Office Hours
Currently I am not holding regular office hours, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but I am available to meet virtually by appointment--please use the email address or phone number (for voice messages) provided above.
Profile
I am a faculty member of the English Department at Mesa Community College (MCC), a member of the Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona. I teach English courses in several areas including English as a Second Language, College Writing, and Linguistics.
My research interests include Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Composition, Rhetoric, and Critical Discourse Studies. To me, all these academic areas share a common thread: Language and social life are inextricably intertwined. To understand one, the other must be studied and critically analyzed; and to learn language well and use it effectively, one must understand and appreciate how language is used to represent the world and establish and maintain social relationships and identities.
My research as well as my teaching is informed by Critical Discourse Studies, Multimodal Discourse, and Systemic Functional Linguistics.
In addition to teaching English at MCC, I have served as coordinator of the English Language Program and faculty advisor in the International Education Office; I am currently chair of the College Research Review Committee (CRRC) at MCC, and chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the District.
For ten years I served as the area chair of Arab Culture in the U.S. at the annual conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. I also served on the boards of Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) and the Arab American Studies Association. Currently, I am on the Board of the Arizona affiliate of TESOL International Association.
Classes Taught
Spring 2021
| ENG108 | First-Year Composition for ESL | 3 Credits | ||||
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| Equivalent of ENG102 for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on persuasive, research-based writing and understanding writing as a process. Developing advanced college-level writing strategies through three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG107. |
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| General Education Designations: First-Year Composition [FYC] | ||||||
| Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
32152 |
Live Online |
Live Online
Lecture
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01/20/2021 - 05/14/2021 |
MoWe |
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM |
Class Started |
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Notes: Live Online classes have sessions that meet online on specific days and times. Attendance in these sessions will be at the discretion of the instructor, and additional work will be required on the student’s own time. Access to a computer or mobile device with Internet connection is required.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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Spring Flex Start 2021
| ENG213 | Introduction to the Study of Language | 3 Credits | ||||
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| Study of language as code; phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics; language acquisition; historical and socio-linguistics. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG102, or ENG111, or permission of Instructor. |
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| General Education Designations: Humanities, Fine Arts & Design [HU], Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] | ||||||
| Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
32186 |
Dobson Campus |
Online (On Your Time)
Lecture
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02/01/2021 - 05/14/2021 |
Class Started |
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Notes: This is an Online class that does not meet at specific class times. Students are required to have access to a computer or mobile device, and Internet access, unless otherwise specified.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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| ESL030 | English as a Second Language III: Grammar | 3 Credits | ||||
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| Third level of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on sentence structure and paragraph building. Extensive grammar study and writing practice. Prerequisites: Appropriate ESL placement test score or a grade of P or C or better in ESL020. |
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| Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
32248 |
Live Online |
Live Online
Lecture
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02/01/2021 - 05/14/2021 |
MoWe |
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Class Started |
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Notes: Live Online classes have sessions that meet online on specific days and times. Attendance in these sessions will be at the discretion of the instructor, and additional work will be required on the student’s own time. Access to a computer or mobile device with Internet connection is required.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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| ESL040 | English as a Second Language IV: Grammar | 3 Credits | ||||
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| Fourth-level of English as a Second Language (ESL). Continued emphasis on sentence structure and paragraph building. Extensive grammar study and writing practice. Prerequisites: Appropriate ESL placement test score or a grade of P or C or better in ESL030. |
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| Section | Location | Delivery | Dates | Days | Times | Availability |
32161 |
Live Online |
Live Online
Lecture
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02/02/2021 - 05/14/2021 |
TuTh |
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
Class Started |
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Notes: Live Online classes have sessions that meet online on specific days and times. Attendance in these sessions will be at the discretion of the instructor, and additional work will be required on the student’s own time. Access to a computer or mobile device with Internet connection is required.
Before enrolling in their first online class at MCC, students need to view the online orientation and complete the readiness survey on https://www.mesacc.edu/online/get-started for additional information. |
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Degrees & Awards
Ph.D. in English (Linguistics and Rhetoric), Arizona State University
M.A. in English (Linguistics), Arizona State University
B.A. in English Language and Literature, Yarmouk University in Jordan
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