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Ayman M. Abu-Shomar (Dr.)
Assistant Professor of English Literature & Cultural Studies
I) PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of birth: 1971 Nationality: Jordanian Marital status: Married Biographical note: Ayman Abu-Shomar (PhD) is Assistant Professor of English in The University of Jordan /Aqaba. Previous to this, he taught in Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Saud University, Warwick University (UK), Hashemite University (Jordan), and extensively in Saudi Arabia. His principal research interests are Contemporary literary and cultural studies, post-colonialism and dialogism. He has a particular interest in issues pertaining to literatures of Diaspora, Critical Spaces of Diaspora and Intercultural studies. His papers on postcolonial criticism have been published in several local and international journals. He has also participated in different international conferences including UK, USA, Turkey, Jordan, UAE, Malaysia and Sweden. Recently, he participated as keynote speaker in Tunisia. Abu-Shomar is also an editor in chief for the Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies. Ayman Abu-Shomar has an extensive experience in teaching various topics in cultural and literary studies, applied linguistics and academic and research skills for both undergraduate and graduate students. He also supervised MA and PhD students in literary and cultural criticism.
II) INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
English literature (Anglophone & World’s Literatures), Contemporary literary theory (Dialogic, Deconstruction, Post-colonialism & Diaspora Studies)
III) HIGHLIGHTS
PhD in English, University of Exeter, UK MPhil in Philosophy of Arts: University of Exeter, UK MA in Applied Linguistics (TEFL/TESOL): Yarmouk University, Jordan BA in English Language and Literature: Yarmouk University, Jordan Associate of Higher Education Academy: University of Exeter, UK
[email protected] [email protected] Aqaba/ Jordan 00962799024757 (mobile)
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Guest Editor for the Journal of Post-colonial Cultures & Societies A Keynote Speaker in the Conference of Anti/Post-disciplinarity: Rethinking Academic Paradigms,
Tunis, University of Kairawn Member of Postcolonial Studies Association, UK Member of American Philosophical Association Member of Literature and Culture Supporters and Promoters Association
IV) ACADEMIC
Oct. 2007– Jan 2011 PhD in English; Post-colonial Theory and Literatures (novel)/ University of
Exeter, UK
Thesis title: "Interrogating the Cultural Constructs of the English Literary Canon:
The Potential of 'Dialogic Spaces'"
Awarded the degree on the viva session; A Straight Pass (without any
corrections)
External Examiner: Professor Mario de Lynn Souza
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lynn_Menezes_de_Souza/publications
The programme included
Studying various modern literary and cultural theories (e.g. Russian
Formalism, Structuralism, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, Cultural Materialism,
Feminism, Post-structuralism, Hermeneutics, Modernism, Postmodernism,
and specialised in Post-colonialism)
Critical review and approach to contemporary Cultural theories with special
interest in (deconstructive approaches to culture, cultural supremacy, cultural
relativism, cultural hegemony, Hybridity of culture, binary logic, Subaltern
Studies, and Frankfort School of ‘Critical Theory)’
Completing a PhD research in the area of postcolonial literature and criticism,
diaspora and cultural studies, the Anglo-American literary canon, dialogism,
modernism and postmodernism.
Oct. 2007 – May
2008
MPhil, (Mater of Philosophy), University of Exeter, UK
Thesis title: “Ideology and the Canon Formation: A Case Study of Literary Canon
in Post-Colonial Contexts”
Grade: Merit
Topic covered on the two-stage programme included:
- Principle research skills (Four modules), Grade: Merit
- Studies in Philosophy (ontology, epistemology, research paradigms, etc.)
- History of Western Thought & Philosophy
- Postcolonial Literary Criticism
- A 10,000-word conversion paper (From MPhil to PhD). The paper was the
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only one to pass among 11 papers submitted by peer students.
Sept. 1995 –
June 1998
MA in Applied Linguistics/ Yarmouk University, Jordan
Dissertation entitled: "An Analysis of the English Teachers' Procedures and
Perceptions in Teaching Literary Texts for Jordanian Students"
Grade: 86.6% (Honour distinction)
Sept. 1990 – June
1994
Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature/ Yarmouk University, Jordan
Grade: 81.4% (High very good)
On the honour board for four semesters (from 1992 to 1994)
July, 1987 – August
1990
High School Certificate/ National High School Exam, Jordan
Grade: 88. 7%
(Ranking the third on Irbid Governorate and the sixth on the Kingdom of
Jordan)
V) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sept. 2014 – May Assistant Professor of English Literature/ Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic
University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Teaching MA & BA Literature courses
Supervising MA & PhD students
An External supervisor for a PhD student at De Montfort University, United
Kingdom
Member of the Faculty of Arts Research Centre
Member of Graduate Unit in the Department
Member of the quality assurance unit
Subject-coordinator (Literary criticism)
Sept. 2011 – June
2014
Assistant Professor of English/ King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Teaching MA & BA Literature courses
Supervising MA students
Member of Quality Assurance Unit
Member of Research Centre (Faculty of Arts)
Part-time Assistant Professor of English, Al-Faisal University (Teaching ESP,
Technical Writing, TBS, Research Methodologies, Oral Communication for
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engineering and medical students).
Oct. 2012 – July 2014
Part-time Assistant Professor of English/ Al Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
May, 2011 – July,
2011
Part-time Assistant Professor of English Literature, Hashemite University,
Jordan
Teaching BA Literature courses (American Novel, Modern Poetry, Romantic
Poetry, and others)
July, 2010 – Feb, 2011 Par-time English Lecturer, Warwick University, UK
Teaching academic writing and research skills to highly proficient graduate
students at the Medical School.
Specifically, the programme included
Teaching approximately 18 hours of classes per week, in addition to
providing one-to one support to each student in the designated Home
Group on a weekly basis .
Teaching core course materials on the curriculum, and where necessary,
supplementing this with materials that are in line with the aims of the
course .
Teaching students to express themselves in English to the level required of
them at their future department .
Setting, monitoring and reviewing individual targets for students through
weekly formative tasks .
Maintaining a learning (classroom) environment that is conducive to
effective learning .
Promptly reporting student problems to a member of the management
team .
Closely monitoring student attendance and reporting absences to the
Course Director.
Carrying out other duties commensurate with the post, as required by the
Director.
Oct. 2007 – July 2009 Part-time Teacher of Arabic/ Saudi School, Exeter
Teaching various subjects (Arabic, Islamic Studies, History, etc.)
Engaging in several activities for enhancing students' Arabic language skills
mainly writing and reading
Conducting action research in the students' learning difficulties of Arabic
language
Taking part in the Placement test by assessing students’ level orally and in
writing
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Designing different activities and games
Oct. 2000 – July 2007 Supervisor/Teacher of English American Diploma, Riyadh Schools, Saudi
Arabia
I have worked in various posts and carried out many activities including
Supervising the English programme
Teaching research skills for American Diploma students
Teaching English Literature to American Diploma students
Teaching preparatory courses for TOEFL & ILETS
I also worked as
Curricula Developer
Head of Quality Assurance Committee
Editor of 'The Leaders' (the school monthly periodical)
A Head of a team of 36 English teachers
Coordinator of a Saudi-Cambridge team (Cultural issues in English textbooks)
Trainer of E-learning (ICT) and Blended learning
Aug 1998 – June 2000 Supervisor and Teacher of English/ Dar Assalam Schools, Saudi Arabia
I have worked in various posts and carried out many activities including
Supervising the English Programme (a group of 23 English teachers)
Teaching Cambridge Curriculum (levels One to Eleven) in association with
the British Council
Training 'Effective Ways of Teaching' programme
Training English teachers on several methods of assessment and evaluation
(e.g. diagnostic assessment, portfolio assessment
Managing Teacher-parent school programme
Aug 1995 – June 1998 High School English Teacher/ Ministry of Education, Jordan
Teaching English to High school students
During this period and while being an MA student I worked as
Teaching Assistant in a micro-teaching course for Sophomore English
Department students, at the Faculty of Education, Yarmouk University,
Jordan
A translator from Arabic into English and vice versa (I have translated many
academic texts including three books).
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VI) RESEARCH
A) GOOLE SCHOLAR PROFILE https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=10&q=Ayman+Abu-Shomar&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 B) ACADEMIA.EDU https://imamu.academia.edu/AymanShomar C) LINKEDIN PROFILE https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayman-abu-shomar-02a557b7?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
D) PUBLICATIONS
(1 Book (Lexington, KY, USA), 1 Chapter (Routledge), 19 papers, 1 book review
(Routledge), a collection of poem)
1) Books: 2012 Abu-Shomar, A. (2012). Dialogic Spaces: The Potential for Interrogating the
Cultural constructs of the English Literary Canon in Postcolonial contexts,
Lexington Books, KY, USA. A preview of the book is available on:
http://www.amazon.com/Dialogic-Spaces-Potential-Interrogating-
Constructs/dp/1480268666
Abu-Shomar, A. (xxx). Post-coloniality, Diaspora and the Text: a Handbook
into Contemporary Literary and Cultural Studies. Research Centre, Faculty of
Arts, King Saud University, (final editing stage).
2) Chapters in Edited Books
2015 Abu-Shomar, A. (2015). Critical Pedagogy and Postcolonial Education. In
Darder, A, Mayo, P. & Paraskeva J. (Eds.), International Critical Pedagogy
Reader, London: Routledge.
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781138017894/
3) Journal Articles
2012 Abu-Shomar, A. & MacDonald, M. (2012). 'Dialogic Spaces': Diasporic
Negotiation of Difference. Journal of Post-colonial Cultures & Societies, 3 (3-4),
pp. 1- 36
http://www.jpcs.in/upload/1127385927Dialogic%20Spaces%201.pdf
2013a Abu-Shomar, A. (2013a) "Culture" 'Sous Rature': A Critical Review of the
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Notion of "Culture": Considerations from Cultural and Literary Studies.
African Journal of History and Culture. 5 (9).
http://academicjournals.org/article/article1381852756_Abu-Shomar.pdf
2013b Abu-Shomar, A. (2013b). The Apparatus of Ideology: A Post-colonial Reading
of English Literature; Consideration from ‘Institutional Literature’.
International Journal of Comparative literature & Translation, 1 (2), pp. 17-30
http://www.ijclts.aiac.org.au/images/Articles/6.pdf
2013c Abu-Shomar, A. (2013c). The Enduring Hegemony of the English Literary
Canon: Symptoms of the Monopoly of Power Relations in Academia. Journal
of Arts. KSU, 25 (3), pp. 71-89.
2013d Abu-Shomar, A. (2013d). The Politics of Education and Critical Pedagogy:
Considerations from the English Literary Tradition in ‘Post-colonial’ Academic
Contexts. Postcolonial Directions in Education, 2 (2), pp. 268-313.
http://www.um.edu.mt/pde/index.php/pde1/issue/current
2013e Abu-Shomar, A. (2013e). Critical Spaces of Diaspora for liquid post-modernity,
Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies. 4 (3), pp. 1-14.
http://www.jpcs.in/archives.php
2013f
Abu-Shomar, A. (2013f). Post-Paradigmatic Diaspora in Response to Paradigm
‘Violence’: Towards a Proliferation of Epistemologies in Socio-cultural
Research. Journal of Social Science Research, 2 (1). pp. 247-265.
http://worldconferences.net/journals/icssr/toc/index.html
2014 AbuHilal, F. & Abu-Shomar, A. (2014). The Construction of the ‘Self’ in Mark
Twain's The Innocents Abroad: 'The Positional Superiority' of the American
Identity in the Nineteenth-century Travel Narrative. International Journal of
Comparative literature & Translation Studies, 2 (4), pp 15-26.
http://journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJCLTS/article/view/541
2014 Abu-Shomar, A. & Abu-Hilal, F. (2014). Dialogic Signs of Resistance: a Case
Study of Reading Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Arab World English
Journal, 5 (4), pp 145-171.
http://awej.org/images/AllIssues/Volume5/Volume5number4Decmber/10.pdf
2015a AbuHilal, F. & Abu-Shomar, A. (2015a). On Pedagogy and Resistance:
Unravelling the Post-colonial Politics in the Literature Classroom. Journal of
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Anti-Utilitarian and Postcolonial Studies, 4 (2), pp. 175-192.
http://www.nucleodecidadania.org/revista/index.php/realis/article/view/137/
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2015b Abu-Shomar, A. (2015b). Diasporic Reconciliations of Politics, Love and
Trauma: Susa Abulhawa’s Quest for Identity in Mornings in Jenin. Australian
International Academic Centre, Australia, 6 (2), pp. 127-136
http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/alls/article/view/1375
2016a Abu-Shomar, A. (2016a). Narrative Protocols, Dialogic Imagination and
Identity Contestation: A Critique of a Prescribed English Literature Curriculum.
Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume. 7 (2), pp. 299-315
http://www.awej.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=933:
ayman-abu-shomar&catid=66&Itemid=168
2016b Abu-Shomar, A. (2016b). Edward Said’s Worldliness, Amateurism and
Heterotopia: Negotiating the Interdisciplinarity of Literary Theory, Canonicity,
and Paradigm. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 7 (3), pp, 125-135.
http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/alls/article/view/2295
2017 Abu-Shomar, A. (2016c). Orientalism, Humanism and Diaspora: The
Epistemological Radiance of Edward Said’s Scholarship. Interdisciplinary
Literary Studies: Theory and Literary Criticism. Vol 19 number 3.
http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_ILS.html
(Published by Pennsylvania University Pres, this journal is listed in Thompson
and Reuters Web of Science ISI, MUSE & JSTOR data bases).
Abu-Shomar, A. (XXX). Prospero on Caliban and Ariel: Towards
Deconstructing Binary Logic in Shakespeare’s the Tempest (Accepted for the
Journal of Literary Studies) http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjls20/current
Abu-Shomar, A. (XXX). ‘Double Consciousness’ and ‘Double Voicedness’: The
Construction of Diasporic Identity in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin
(Submitted)
Abu-Shomar, A. (XXX). Homi Bhabha and the Quest of Ambivalence: The
Location of Ambivalence in Bhabha’s Theories. (Submitted)
Abu-shomar, A. (XXX). Locating Leila Aboulela’s The Translator: “Cultural
Compatibility”, “Clash of Civilisation” Or a not-yet-told Story? (in progress)
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4) Book Reviews
2013h Abu-Shomar, A. (2013h). Resistance in Contemporary Middle Eastern
Cultures: Literature, Cinema and Music (book review) Journal of
Postcolonial Cultures and Societies. 4 (3).
http://www.jpcs.in/archive.php?id=89
5) Conference Proceedings
2010 Abu-Shomar, A. (2010). 'Dialogic Spaces'; the Potential for Disrupting
Essentialised Constructions of Culture: International Journal of Arts and
Sciences, March 2, pp. 86-101.
2014 Abu-Shomar, A. (2014). The Power of Dialogism, Diaspora and the Text:
Negotiating with Identities. Transcultural Identity Constructions in a Changing
World, Dalarna University, Sweden
http://www.du.se/PageFiles/92719/Abstracts%20final.pdf
2016 Abu-Shomar, A. (2016). Dialogic Spaces: Towards a Proliferation of
Epistemologies: Anti/ Post – Interdisciplinary Direction in Humanities, Kairawn
University, Tunisia.
*I was invited as a Keynote speaker in this conference
6) Conference Participations
2006 Abu-Shomar, A. (2006). Confuting Cultural Barriers in Understanding Literary
Texts, 13th Annual TESOL Arabia Conference, Dubai, UAE.
2007 Abu-Shomar, A. (2007). 'Disrupting Essentialised Constructions of Culture In
Intercultural Communication, Annual Student-Staff Conference. University of
Exeter, UK.
2008 Abu-Shomar, A. (2008). A Post-colonial Critique of the English Literary
Canon, Annual Student-Staff Conference, University of Exeter, UK.
2009 Abu-Shomar, A. (2009). Dialogics and Literary Analysis: Reading 'Heart of
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7) Published Creative Writing
2013 Abu-Shomar, A. (2013g). When the 'Other' Speaks (a collection of poems).
Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies. 4 (3).
http://www.jpcs.in/archive.php?id=89
2011 Abu-Shomar, A. (2011). Remember Me. Booksie Publishers:
http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/aymanshomar/remember-me;-
little-angles/chapter/1
2014 Abu-Shomar, A. (2014). While Pages. Booksie Publishers:
http://www.booksie.com/other/poetry/aymanshomar/white-pages
2014 Abu-Shomar, A. (2014) It’s Private. Booksie Publishers:
http://www.booksie.com/other/poetry/aymanshomar/its-private
2014 Abu-Shomar, A. (2013). After a Long Night with Derrida. Booksie Publishers
http://www.booksie.com/other/poetry/aymanshomar/after-a-long-night-
with-derrida
Abu-Shomar, A. (XXX)‘The Other”, (a novel in progress.)
8) Reviewing and refereeing of academic research and essays
Darkness", Fifth IDEA Conference, linguistics, Translation &Literature, ATILIM
University, Ankara, Turkey.
2010 Abu-Shomar, A. (2010). Interrogating the Cultural Constructs of the English
Literary Canon: The Potential of ‘Dialogic Spaces’, International Journal of
Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conference for Academic Disciplines, University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
2011 Abu-Shomar, A. (2011). 'Diasporic-Response Ability': A Third Space Creation
in constructing Meaning, 7th International Conference of linguistics,
Translation &Literature, Irbid National University, Irbid, Jordan.
I have reviewed and refereed several research papers and essays
for the following journals
1) Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies
2) Language and Intercultural Communication
3) The Journal of Arts/ KSU
4) Critical Literacies: Theorise and Practices
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VII) RESEARCH AWARDS & PROJECTS
2010 Research Merit Award, International Journal of Arts & Sciences,
University of Nevada, USA
2013
2014
Research Excellence Award (10,000 SR), Research Centre, Faculty
of Arts, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
An International research project entitled
Dialogic Spaces, Post-coloniality, and Intercultural Dialogue:
Diasporic Negotiation with Difference
An Investigation of the Contemporary Arab and Islamic World
Relations with the Western World as represented in Cultural
Artefacts: Media, Literary Texts, Educational Disciplines, and Social
Discourse
This project is financed with 50,000.00 SR
2017 Research Merit Award Web of Science (ISI) Thompson and
Reuters Award (15, 000 SR), Scientific Research Deanship, Imam
Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia
Paper title: Orientalism, Humanism and Diaspora: The
Epistemological Radiance of Edward Said’s Scholarship.
Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: Theory and Literary Criticism. Vol
19 number 3.
2018
Research Merit Award Web of Science (ISI) Thompson and
Reuters Award (15, 000 SR), Scientific Research Deanship, Imam
Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia
Paper title: Narrative Protocols, Dialogic Imagination and Identity
Contestation: A Critique of a Prescribed English Literature
Curriculum. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume. 7 Number.
2, pp. 299-315
5) Postcolonial Directions in Education
6) Comparative Critical Studies
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VIII) ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
1) Postcolonial Studies Association, United Kingdom
2) Literature and Culture Supporters and Promoters Association,
USA
3) Nietzsche Philosophy & Studies, Online Association
4) The Arts, Criticism, Theory, Exeter University, UK
5) Historical Materialism: Research in Critical
6) Marxist Theory, Online Association
7) Arab World English Association, United Arab Emirates
IX) SUPERVISION & TEACHING
A) Supervising PhD & MA Theses
1) “Double-Voicedness in the Colonial and Postcolonial Novel:
Geomodernism and Cultural Parataxis”
(An external PhD supervisor/ De Montfort University, UK).
2) Culture, Language & Identity Crisis: A post-colonial Analysis of Bernard
Shaw’s Pygmalion and Brian Friel’s play Translations
3) Coleridge's Second "Annus Mirabilis": A Study of His Marginalia and
Notebooks
4) Mathew Arnold and Aeons: rejection of social discipline; a critical
reading in Culture and Anarchy.
5) Females and Artist Isolation: A Feminist Analysis of Tennyson's
'Mariana' and 'The Lady of Shalot'.
6) A comparative Study of Resistance Poetry: Seamus Heaney and
Mahmoud Darwish.
7) The Uncanniness of Identity Construction in Post-Colonial Sudan in
Leila Aboulela’s Minaret
8) Waiting for Godot: A Representation of the Postmodern Reality
9) The Trauma for the Australian and Canadian Aboriginal Generations: A
study of the (Dis)integration of identity in Selected Plays by Ned Manning
and Jane Harrison
10) Manipulation and Ideology in Translating Literary Texts: A Case Study
of Denys Johnson-Davies's Translation of Tayeb Salih’s Mawsim Al-Hijra
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Ela Al-Shamal.
11) Maya Angelou's Poetry as Anti-oppression of African American
Women
12) Clare Savage's Identity Crisis as a Cultural Consequence of Hybridity in
Michelle Cliff's Abeng
13) The Importance of Parents’ Role in Santiago’s Developments in
Coelho's The Alchemist
B) Postgraduate Course teaching (M.A.)
1) Orientalism Studies
The course includes a detailed study of Orientalism in its cultural,
literary, political and linguistic aspects. Among subjects in the
humanities, Oriental Studies is unique in introducing students to
historical development and major figures who has studied the eastern
world from various aspects. The course presents both the major
traditions of the historical studies and, in most cases, their modern
developments of the topic. The course includes language, literature,
history, philology, literary and cultural comparative studies, and there
is a wide range of options in such fields as art and archaeology, history,
literature, philosophy, religion and modern social studies.
2) Special Topics in Culture and Literature
This course is normally left to the professor to choose the topics to be
studies. I usually select the following topics: Secularism, Humanism,
Women and Gender issues, Terrorism, Media, etc. All these topics
among others are studied from a critical cultural perspective, and
based on critical analyses of selected literary texts.
3) Studies in Novel
This course explores different facets of loner fiction (Novel). After
grounding knowledge of the genre in nineteenth- and twentieth-
century classics of the novel, students are required to study 4 novels
of recent works including Western, Postcolonial, Russian and Arabic.
Studying a range of loner fiction by authors writing today, students are
required to consider how loner fiction provides a source of pleasure
and knowledge that is integral to the buzzing public conversations we
call "culture."
4) Research Methods
This course provides an opportunity for participants to advance their
understanding of research through critical exploration of research
philosophy, paradigms, language, ethics, and approaches. The course
introduces the language of research, ethical principles and challenges,
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and the elements of the research process within quantitative,
qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. Participants will use these
theoretical underpinnings to begin to critically review literature
relevant to their field or interests and determine how research
findings are useful in forming their understanding of their work, social,
local and global environment.
5) Contemporary World’s Literatures
This course defines the contours of literature written in English in the
Twenty-First Century, paying attention both to major contemporary
writers in the academic landscape and to critically-acclaimed popular
artists. The perceived difficulties of contemporary written poetry
against the perceived accessibility of major popular artists will be
critically studied, engaging with one artist's work per week in
chronological order.
6) Comparative Literature
This course offers a study of literature in its relation to culture. It
focuses on literature as a cultural institution and directly relates to the
construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique
of values. A comparative approach to literature emphasis on cross-
cultural comparison of literary works.
7) Literary Theory (20th-Century Literary theory)
This course is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary
theory. A background knowledge is provided for the readings and
explicate them where appropriate, while attempting to develop a
coherent overall context that incorporates philosophical and social
perspectives on the recurrent questions: what is literature, how is it
produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose? This
course examines the ways in which we read. It introduces some
important strategies for engaging with literary texts developed in the
twentieth century, paying special attention to poststructuralist
theories and their legacy. The course is organized around specific
theoretical paradigms.
8) Islamic Civilization and the West
This course introduces the history of the Middle East from the rise of
Islam to the twenty-first century. The course emphasizes on the
encounters and exchanges between the Islamic world and the West. It
is structured chronologically—each phase focuses on the emergence
of a particular Middle Eastern society or empire during a specific time
period. Each phase will include representative primary-source
documents that illustrate important overarching political, economic,
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and social themes, such as the emergence of Islam in the seventh
century, conflicts between Islamic and Christian peoples during the
Crusades, European domination of Muslim territories in the
nineteenth century, independence movements and the rise of
nationalism.
C) Undergraduate Courses (B.A.)
English Literature 1) Survey of British Literature
2) Survey of American Literature
3) Appreciating Poetry
4) Appreciating Drama
5) Renaissance Drama (Shakespeare)
6) American Literature from 1865 to the present
7) Victorian Poetry
8) 19th Century Novel
9) America Modernism (Novel)
10) American Realism (Novel)
11) Criticism (1) [Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Longinus, Renaissance Critics,
Romanticism, New Criticism, etc.]
12) Criticism (2) [Russian Formalism, Structuralism, Marxism, Feminism,
Deconstruction, New Historicism, Post-structuralism, Post-colonialism,
etc.]
13) Modern Poetry
14) The Rise of the Novel
15) Writing about literature
16) History of English Literature
Linguistics MA Introduction to Linguistics
Semantics
Language and Culture
Language Skills (ESP & EAP)
Foundations of Rhetoric and Writing
Rhetoric & Writing
Essay Writing
Advanced Writing
Oral Communication
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TBS (Test-based Skills)
Discourse Analysis
X) COMMITTEES
Selected committees
2012 – 2014 1) Member of the Faculty of Arts Research Centre, King Saud University,
Saudi Arabia
2) Member of E-learning and Curriculum Development Committee,
English Department, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
2012 – 2013 3) Member of PhD Comprehensive Exam Committee, King Saud
University, Saudi Arabia
4) Member of the Graduate Unit/ English Department King Saud
University, Saudi Arabia
2014 – 2015 5) Head of Examination Committee, English Department, Imam Uni. Saudi
Arabia
6) Head of Schedule, Registration and Courses Equalisation Committee,
English Department, Imam Uni. Saudi Arabia
7) Member of Quality Assurance Unit/ Imam University Saudi Arabia
2015 – 2016 8) Member of Graduate Unit/ Imam University
9) Member of Examination Committee/ Imam University Saudi Arabia
XI) SKILLS & APTITUDES
1) Professional Development and Training courses
May – Sep. 2009 1) Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE) Stage One, UK
Higher Education Academy, University of Exeter/ UK
Oct.– Dec. 2009 2) Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE) Stage Two
Award: Associate of Higher Education, UK
2013 3) Pathways to Higher Education, King Saudi University, Saudi Arabia
2013 4) Using The Web od Science Data Base, King Saud University, Saudi
Arabia
2013 5) Using LMS, Designing E-courses
March 2007 6) Teaching Practice Improvement Project, The Integrated English
Language Program Stage II
July, 2013. 7) Training of Trainers, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia, July,
2013.
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2008 8) Presenting Data Visually, Effective Researcher Workshop, University of
Exeter, UK
2008 9) Using SPSS in Research, Effective Researcher Workshop, University of
Exeter, UK
2009 10) Rapid Reading, Effective Researcher Workshop, University of Exeter,
UK
2010 11) Using EndNote Bibliography Software, Effective Researcher
Workshop, University of Exeter, UK
2) Skills & Further experience
2000 - 2007 - First Aid/CRP: Saudi First Aid Society/ score in the exam 100%
- Intermediate level of Spanish & Russian/ Spoken
- High level of organisational skills, teamwork, time management
- High level of command Arabic language specially writing
- Creative writings in Arabic (I have written a novel: Al Mutameiz, several
short stories, poetry, and many essays)
- IT Skills (ICDL, e-board IWB, ICT, WebCT and Microsoft Office).
- Problem solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational and planning skills
- High standard of presentation skills
3) Leadership & Administrative experience
200 0 - present 1) Supervising pre-service and in-service English teachers in Saudi
Arabian high schools for six years
2) Developing teaching materials in all language skills
3) Selecting English Language course books
4) Preparing an induction programme for all teachers before the start of
the course
5) Developing timetables for English teachers in a private English
Language Institute
6) Ensuring the smooth running of the weekly teaching
7) Monitoring teachers’ performance through regular classroom
observation sessions and writing reports accordingly
8) Developing teachers’ knowledge base and pedagogical practices
through regular teachers’ training workshops and peer-observation
9) Preparing briefing agendas and holding briefing sessions every week
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with teachers
10) Handling students’ problems and issues confidentially, timely and
fairly
11) Keeping records of all students’ performance in all stages of the
course
12) Checking teachers’ lesson plans and tutorial booklets regularly
13) Following up teachers’ records of teaching
14) Running a Booster Week during the course
15) Holding a weekly meeting with classroom representatives and
writing a minutes report accordingly
16) Providing timely responses and solutions to all teachers and
students’ problems and enquiries
17) Arranging for guest speakers to give talks whenever possible to
increase students’ exposure to the English language
18) Organising marketing events to advertise for the offered courses
and degrees
19) Organising marketing events to advertise for the offered courses
and degrees
20) Ensuring the use of recent teaching methods including the use of
technology in everyday classroom teaching
21) Supervising English teachers’ home tutorials
Setting up students’ folders and keeping them up-to-date
22) Overseeing exams and teachers’ double making processes
23) Training in-service English teachers via video-conferencing
24) Preparing and running assessment moderation sessions for teachers
25) Developing and updating exams and rubrics for marking students’
level in the placement, formative and summative assessments
26) Organising mid and final course evaluation sessions with both
teachers and students
27) Organising the end of course ceremonies
XII) ESTEEM
1) Consultant with CAMBRIDGE/OBEIKAN Publishing Group regarding
the cultural aspects of English language learning text books for Arab
learners
2) Participant in a PEARSON-Education seminar aimed at updating
teachers with ways and equipment of English language.
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3) Participant in a MCGRAW-HILL workshop aimed to update teachers
about the advanced teaching methods and materials
4) Consultant & participant in various meetings, seminars, and
workshops with the Ministry of Education/ Saudi Arabia: developing
teaching material for teaching English
XIII) REFERENCES
Dr. Malcolm MacDonald
(PhD Supervisor)
Position: Associate Professor, University of Warwick
Address: University of Warwick, Main Campus, Coventry, CV4 7AL
Telephone: +44/ 2476-5-24250
E-mail: [email protected]
Professor Mario De Lynn
Souza (PhD Thesis External
Examiner)
Position: a Professor of Language Education University of San Paulo, Brazil, Department of Modern Languages E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 4083561283385617
Dr. Yasser Al Tamimi (Work
Supervisor, Al-Faisal
University)
Position: Associate Professor of English Head of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Former UPP Director Address: College of Science and General Studies Alfaisal University Riyad- Saudi Arabia http://cos.alfaisal.edu/departments/dep_hum
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +099 0561252200
Dr. Naif AlSaud Head of
Research Centre KSU
Position: Director of the Research Centre/ KSU Address: Riyadh Saudi Arabia Telephone: +966/ 505460142 Email: [email protected]
Professor Janet Wilson
(joint research project)
Professor of English and Postcolonial Studies Position: School of the Arts, University of Northampton E-mail: [email protected]
Nigel Prentice (Work
Supervisor, Warwick
University)
Position: Senior Tutor, CAL, University of Warwick Address: CAL, University of Warwick, Main Campus, Coventry, CV4 7AL E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: +44/ 2476524317