التخصص الدقيق:
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
Biography:
I hold a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Yarmouk University, Jordan. My M.A. is in Applied Linguistics and Translation from An-Najah University, Palestine, and my PhD is in Critical discourse Analysis from the VUB, Belgium. I have been teaching a wide range of courses in the Modern languages Department at the Arab American University-Palestine (AAUP) where I have been teaching for 17 consecutive years. My research area is mainly in CDA in general and political discourse in particular. I did publish articles in CDA and education which are relevant to my specialty and expertise.
Skills:
watching foreign movies (American and British in particular)
watching documentaries of all sorts (historical in particular)
watching national geographic
Awards:
PhD scholarship from the Erasmus Mundus
post-doctorate 40-day visit to Kadir Has University, Turkey