College of Arts and Sciences Department of English

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.

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

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

Reading, Genre, English for Academic Purposes, Student Plagiarism

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Cultural impact on literacies, intercultural rhetoric and discourse organization.

Holistic Learning, Academic Literacy, Classroom Method-in-Use, Non-Blind Journal Paper Review, Text and Discourse Analysis, Intercultural Communication, The Meaning of Objectivity, Systemic Linguistics, Contrapuntal Readings of Literature

Linguistics, academic discourse, etymology