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Clinical Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Ph.D. 1989 (linguistics), M.A. 1988 (teaching Arabic as a foreign language) Michigan; M.S. 1979 (applied linguistics), Edinburgh.
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Research Interests: Arabic language; sociolinguistics; pedagogical applications of technology.
Affiliations: Executive Board, Association of American Teachers of Arabic (AATA), 1992-1995; Executive Board, Arabic Speaking Academic Immersion Program (ASAIP), 1991-1996; Certified Tester, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL); Arabic Linguistics Society; Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA); Association of American University Professors (AAUP).
Fellowships/Honors: Fulbright Scholar, 2001/2001; sole nominee of the Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU, for the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Medal; Special Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1989-1990; Dissertation Grant, University of Michigan, 1988; Research Block Grant of the Linguistics Program, University of Michigan, 1986-1987; Cornell University Fellowship based on fine academic record, 1984.
Selected Works:
The Kurdish Liberation Movement 1931-1961, ed. Forthcoming monograph.
Teaching Culture While Teaching Arabic. Proceedings of the Conference on the Arabic Language and Culture, Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies in America (IIASA), Virginia. Fall 1997.
Incorporating Video in Teaching Arabic, ed. Al-Batal.
The Teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language: Issues & Directions. AATA Monograph #2. 1995.
Clitics in Arbili Kurdish. Inventing Arabic, ed. R. Rammuny and D. Parkinson. Columbus, OH: Greyden Press. 1993.
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