Dr. Aysar Yaseen Profile

Faculty Member

Academic Rank: 

Assistant Professor

Specialization: 

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

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Education: 

University/College Name	Degree Received	Specialization
Yarmouk University	BA	English Language and Literature
An-Najah University	MA	Applied Linguistics and Translation
Vrije Universiteit Brussel	Phd	Critical Discourse Analysis

Academic Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/09/2005			Assistant Professor	Arab American University - Palestine

Administrative Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/09/2007	02/03/2008		acting chair person	Arab American University
01/09/2010	01/09/2016		chairperson	Arab American University - Palestine

Courses Taught: 

Course Title	Level
writing skills	Undergraduate
reading skills	Undergraduate
expository writing I	Undergraduate
expository writing II	Undergraduate
comparative analysis	Undergraduate
sociolinguistics	Undergraduate
discourse analysis	Undergraduate
translation I	Undergraduate
translation II	Undergraduate
legal translation	Undergraduate
media translation	Undergraduate
translation in humanities	Undergraduate
introduction to communication	Undergraduate
topics in communication and culture	Undergraduate
interpersonal communication	Undergraduate
communication skills for dentistry students	Undergraduate
medical communication	Undergraduate
argumentation and debate	Undergraduate
listening and speaking I	Undergraduate
listening and speaking II	Undergraduate
critical discourse analysis	Graduate
communication , language and culture	Graduate
language and media	Graduate
topics in culture	Undergraduate
academic writing	Undergraduate
academic reading	Undergraduate
creative writing I	Undergraduate
multiculturalism	Graduate

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

C.V.: 

Isar's CV updated 14 2 2021.doc

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Arabic

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