Mary Jayne McCullough
Lecturer of Global Communication & Applied Translation
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
Posner Hall 341
Pittsburgh, PA
Bio
Mary Jayne McCullough is the founder and CEO of Global Wordsmiths and a lecturer of translation technologies, applied translation and translation as a profession in the Global Communication & Applied Translation master's program at Carnegie Mellon University.
Mary Jayne serves as a commissioner for the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations and is an active member of several advisory boards and committees to share her broad expertise in the fields of language accessibility, applied translation and business administration. She studied public service at the University of Pittsburgh and language translation & interpretation at the Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México in Mexico City. She brings twenty years of field experience as a translator, community interpreter and language accessibility advocate & consultant to my roles. She is driven and passionate and has dedicated my career to advancing a culture of language justice.
Courses Taught
- 82-703 Translation Technologies I
- 82-712 Translation Technologies II
- 82-704 Applied Translation Workshop I
- 82-709 Translation as a Profession III
- Language Program Management and Administration
Selected Awards and Honors
- Curio412 Powered by Purpose Award, 2025
- Multilingual Media Top Influencer Driving the Language Services Industry, 2024
- New Sun Rising Vibrancy Award, 2019
- Global Pittsburgh Immigrant Champion Award Finalist, 2017 & 2019
- Coro Pittsburgh Martin Luther King, Jr. Innovation Leadership Award Finalist, 2018