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Ms. Alaanoud Abusalim

Senior Instructor

Terminal degree

Research areas

L2 Writing, ERPP; Instruction and Curriculum Design; Excellence in Teaching; Research Writing; Research Evaluation

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Dr. Maya Aghasi

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, University of Wisconsin- Madison, United States

Research areas

narrative, gender and gender expression, world and transnational literatures, immigrant literature, Arab American writing, film, comics.

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Dr. Khawlah Ahmed

Professor

Terminal degree

Research areas

Language and literature teaching approaches/theories; Learning and Instruction; TESOL;curriculum development; intercultural-cross cultural communication; culturally relevant pedagogy; Educational Technology; Arab Islamic culture and its connections to the English language and literature.

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Dr. Adnan Ajšić

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, Northern Arizona University, United States

Research areas

Corpus linguistics; (critical) discourse analysis; language ideologies; language policy; sociolinguistics; sociocultural aspects of second language acquisition

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Dr. Ahmad Al-Issa

Professor

Terminal degree

Research areas

Language and identity, global English, pragmatics, language planning and language policy, intercultural communication (verbal & nonverbal)

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Paul Almonte

Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, New York University, United States

Research areas

Bob Dylan, Thomas Hardy, Humanities Education, Romanticism, Writing Pedagogy.

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Dr. Neslihan Bilikozen

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

Other, The University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Research areas

Critical applied linguistics, critical issues in second language writing, culture and curriculum, language and identity, academic literacy development in ESL/EFL

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Mrs. Randa Bou-Mehdi

Senior Instructor

Terminal degree

MA, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Research areas

Plagiarism in the writing classroom, using technology in the classroom, feedback methods

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Dr. Rachel Buck

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, University of Arizona, United States

Research areas

Reading, Genre, English for Academic Purposes, Student Plagiarism

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Mr. Laurence Craven

Senior Instructor

Terminal degree

Research areas

Written Corrective Feedback, CAF Measures, Technology in the Classroom

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Mr. Brad Curabba

Senior Instructor

Terminal degree

Research areas

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Learning Design, e-learning in Higher Education

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Dr. Eric De Barros

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

Research areas

Shakespeare Studies; Early Modern Race Studies; History and Theory of Education; Postcolonial Studies; Pro-Feminist Masculinity Studies; Personal/Presentist Historicism

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Ms. Hoda El Bakhour

Instructor

Terminal degree

Research areas

She would like to investigate effective teaching writing strategies including, but not limited to, constructive assessment and feedback tactics. She is currently researching the use of technology to deliver instruction, assess, and provide feedback. She is also interested in exploring how to extend...

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Dr. Tharwat El-Sakran

Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, University of Bangor, United Kingdom

Research areas

TESL, TESOL, ESP, Translation, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Forensic Linguistics, Intercultural Communication and fraud.

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Dr. Maria Eleftheriou

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

Research areas

Traditional, contemporary and alternative tutor training models, writing center assessment, on-line tutoring and teaching practices, code-switching in the Writing Center

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Dr. Daniel Fredrick

Associate Professor

Terminal degree

Research areas

Classical Rhetoric, Cicero, The Art of Delivery in Public Speaking, Latin, Orality and Literacy, Composition (EFL), Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Literature (Classical and World)

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Dr. Nawar Golley

Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, Nottingham University, United Kingdom

Research areas

Literary & Cultural Theory, Autobiography, Arab Women's Writings, Women's Travel Writing; Colonial and Post-Colonial Literatures & Discourses; Gender & Women's Studies; Women in STEM; Global Education.

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Dr. Tammy Gregersen

Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile

Research areas

Psychology of language learning and teaching, nonverbal communication in the language classroom, idiodynamic methodologies

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Dr. Kristen Highland

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

Research areas

Early and Nineteenth-century American Literature and Culture; Book History and Print Culture; Cultural Geography; Material Culture; Spatial Humanities; Digital Humanities

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Mr. Christopher Horger

Senior Instructor

Terminal degree

Research areas

Rhetoric, Pragmatics, Cross-cultural Communications

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Liane Jeschull

Terminal degree

Research areas

Language Acquisition, Syntax

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Dr. David Lee Knott

Visiting Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

EdD, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Research areas

Cross-cultural experiences of expatriate teachers; cross-cultural methodologies for English language teaching; cultural issues in TESOL; new faculty orientation; teacher cognitions

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Dr. Brian McAllister

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, Ohio State University, United States

Research areas

Modern and Contemporary Literature, Poetry Studies, Narrative Theory, Spatial Theory, Ecocriticism, Science Fiction

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Dr. Philip McCarthy

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, University of Memphis, United States

Research areas

Software design, text and corpus analysis

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Dr. Aisha Mohamed-Sayidina

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Research areas

Cultural impact on literacies, intercultural rhetoric and discourse organization.

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Dr. Zsuzsanna Munday

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, University of Bath, United Kingdom

Research areas

Economics of education, cultural studies, international and corporate communication

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Jasmina Najjar

Senior Instructor

Terminal degree

MA, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Research areas

*Digital pedagogy *Instructional design and creating learning experiences *Gamification in higher education *Information literacy (fake news and beyond) *Accessibility in the writing classroom *Using technology in teaching (smartphone apps, social media, online tools etc.) *Marketing, branding,...

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