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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of English

Teaching areas

Linguistics, Writing

Research areas

Software design, text and corpus analysis

Education

PhD, Applied Linguistics, University of Memphis, United States

MA, Applied Linguistics, University of Memphis, United States

BA, Humanities (Philosophy), University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

Professional experience

Director of Education at True Learning Online, China(2017 - 2018)

Teacher at Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering, Memphis, United States(2016 - 2017)

Teacher, at Omni Prep Academy,, United States(2014 - 2016)

Chief Scientist, at Decooda, United States(2011 - 2014)

Professor, at University of Memphis, United States(2005 - 2011)

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2523

Dr. Philip McCarthy

Assistant Professor

PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Philip McCarthy has taught English, ESL, writing, and linguistics for nearly 30 years at institutions such as the University of Memphis, the Memphis Academy for Science and Engineering, and the University of Sharjah. McCarthy has also worked in industry as Chief Scientist for the IT company, Decooda. His areas of research and teaching interest are applied natural language processing and foundational writing.

Publications

N Kaddoura, Philip McCarthy, Rachel Buck, A Thomas, Khawlah Ahmed, Counter-Argument Integration and Associated Metadiscourse Features, In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted, English for Academic Purposes

Philip McCarthy, A Al-Harthy, Rachel Buck, Khawlah Ahmed, Nick Duran, A Thomas, N Kaddoura, A Graesser, Introducing Auto-Peer: A Computational Tool Designed to Provide Automated Feedback, Revising to Resubmit, Asian ESP Journal

Conference Presentations

Philip McCarthy, Hello from the Other Side: The Structure of Counterarguments in Argumentative Papers, International Conference on Writing for STEM, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, November, 2019

Philip McCarthy, Introducing Auto-Peer: A Computational Tool Designed to Provide Automated Feedback, International Conference on Writing for STEM, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, November, 2019

Philip McCarthy, This is the End: Identifying, Categorizing, and Teaching the Final Remarks of Paragraphs, International Conference on Writing for STEM, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, November, 2019

Philip McCarthy, Auto-Peer: Developing Technology at AUS to Assist Students in Advanced Writing, Academic writing Seminar at CEN, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, November, 2019

Philip McCarthy, Meaning Counts: The Sad Reality that We Really Are Just a Number, Department of English Research Seminar, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, October, 2019

Philip McCarthy, The Role of Determinism in the Development of AI, IEEE Artificial Intelligence Panel, Sharjah, Sharjah, October, 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Auto-Peer: A Computational Tool Designed to Improve Writing Quality for College Students, American University of Sharjah, 2022

Awards and Honors

Received, Early Career Research Award, University of Memphis, 2009