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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English

Teaching areas

English for Academic Purposes, Rhetoric

Research areas

Rhetoric, Pragmatics, Cross-cultural Communications

Education

MA, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, American University in Cairo, Egypt
MA, Rhetoric, Composition Theory, University of Arizona, United States
BA, Literature, East Stroudsburg University, United States
Other, General Studies, Keystone Jr. College, United States

Professional experience

Writing Instructor at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2001 - Present)
Writing Instructor at American University of Cairo, Egypt(1995 - 2001)
Writing Instructor at Nicholls State University, United States(1992 - 1995)
Writing Instructor at Central Arizona College, United States(1991 - 1992)
Graduate Assistant at University of Arizona, United States(1988 - 1992)
Writing Instructor at Pima County Community College, United States(1990 - 1990)

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2717

Mr. Christopher Horger

Senior Instructor
MA in Rhetoric, University of Arizona, USA

Christopher Horger received an MA in Rhetoric from the University of Arizona and an MA in TEFL from the American University of Cairo. He has been teaching academic writing at American universities for 31 years, 24 of them in the Arab world. His research interests include rhetoric and composition theory, applied linguistics, and cross-cultural communications. Since 2005 he has been Editor-in-Chief of the DWS Reader, a collection of the best student essays from Writing 101 and 102, and which also is used as a textbook in freshman writing courses.

Conference Presentations

Christopher Horger, Grading more effectively: Using online assessment in EAP university composition courses, International Conference on the Future of Teaching and Education, Prague, Czech Republic, March, 2019

Other creative/research

Mediterranean Conference for Academic Disciplines: presented a paper entitled “Dilemma in the Teaching of Writing: Where's the Rhetoric?” Gozo, Malta; 2009

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