AYMAN NAZZAL
Rafedia –Al-shinar area
Nablus, West Bank,
     Palestine
2345792
0599100724
anazzal@najah.edu

http://staff.najah.edu/anazzal

EDUCATION

PH.D. in General Linguistics, Speech Communication, and Humanistic Studies 
             State University of New York at Albany, Albany, N.Y. 1996-2001

M.A. Degree in General/theoretical Linguistics & Cognitive Science
            NYU, New York, N.Y. 1990-1993 Part-time
          
M.A. Degree in Applied Linguistics & Pedagogy 
            S.U.N.Y AT Stony Brook, N.Y. 

Some major responsibilities include:
Designing & planning departmental schedules;
Setting up departmental committees for multi-faceted purposes;
Laying out a set of plans for any emerging contingency;
Monitoring the implementation of academic policies; 
Coordinating multi-faceted operation between faculty members & the administration;
Setting up meeting & workshop for the implementation of academic policies
Advising students & Teaching under & graduate courses

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

An-Najah National University
Assistant Professor: Taught courses in General Linguistics, syntax and semantics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and Rhetoric & Public Communication

An-Najah National University

Director, Center for American Studies 
2010 to 2012

Some major responsibilities:
Setting up and hosting dialogue between American diplomats & scholars with Arab counterparts; setting up programs for constructive dialogue and understanding between Arab and American cultures; exposing & providing college students with the necessary skills for the enhancement of their critical thinking and constructive dialogue in English language with some exposure to American culture. 

Chair, Dept of Humanistic Studies at the college of Graduate Studies &
Coordinator of the M.A. program in Applied Linguistics & Translation

Major Responsibilities
In charge of more than 15 graduate programs in humanistic studies and social science
Monitoring the implementation of more than 15 graduate programs 
Sept, 2009- to Sept 2010.

Chair, Dept of English language & literature
Coordinator of the M.A., Program in Applied Linguistics & Translation, 
August 2007-August, 2008  

Some major responsibilities include:
Designing & planning departmental schedules;
Setting up departmental committees for multi-faceted purposes;
Laying out a set of plans for any emerging contingency;
Monitoring the implementation of academic policies; 
Coordinating multi-faceted operation between faculty members & the administration;
Setting up meeting & workshop for the implementation of academic policies
Advising students & Teaching under & graduate courses

An-najah National University: Director of the Language Center	 

Assistant Professor: Linguistics, Speech Communication, and Rhetoric, 

Some major responsibilities include:
Overseeing the implementation of teaching plans for more than thirty faculty members;
Monitoring the performance of three major exams given through the academic semester for more than five thousands students;
Holding monthly meeting and providing academic & pedagogical tips on language teaching to the teaching staff at the LC, 2005- 2007;
Providing strategic actions for emerging contingencies

Assistant Professor: General Linguistics and Rhetoric & Speech Communication

Birzeit University

Taught courses in Linguistics, Writing, Research Methods, Translation, Sociolinguistics, Intercultural Communication, Argumentation & Debate and Critical Thinking to both graduate and under-graduate college students primarily juniors and seniors. 2003-2005 

 Lecturer: Communication & Linguistics
University at Albany, Albany, New York

Taught courses in Speech Composition & Public Speaking, Argumentative Methods, Argumentation & Debate, Intercultural Communication, the Ethnography of Communication, and Applied Linguistics to undergraduate students primarily juniors and seniors.   Fall of 1996-to Dec 2002                          

Assistant Director: English Language Institute
Long Island University, Greenville, New York

Provided pedagogical workshops and training to teachers to become pedagogically 
effective ESL teachers.     1988-1990

Lecturer:  Applied Linguistics
Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

Taught undergraduate students primarily freshman advanced 
Grammar and composition.     1990-1996.                      

ESL Instructor: Applied linguistics                                                                                    
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Taught reading and composition to undergraduate foreign students 
from diverse language backgrounds.     1984-1986              
Research in progress:
1.	"Translation as an intercultural encounter. 
2.	Critical Discourse Analysis of  T.V. Debate shows.
3.	The pragmatic functions of indirectness in the ethnography of Arabic-speaking people
4.	Applied linguistics: Error Analysis and inter-lingual interference
5.	Psycholinguistics: First & Second language acquisition
6.	The evolution of rhetoric in political discourse
RESEARCH INTEREST

Speech Communication, discourse analysis, general linguistics, debate & argumentation, Critical Thinking, and Rhetoric
Topics in Intercultural Communication, Critical/Discourse and Conversational Analysis; 
 
Publication & Presentation

1.	A preliminary Study  of the Translation of English Idiomatic/Formulaic Expressions by ESL/EFL Students: As Marked and Non-Canonical Forms. published in 2017 International Journal on Studies in English language and Literature  
2.	Difficulties Encountered by Arabic-Speaking Undergraduate and Graduate English Language Students in Interpreting English Formulaic Expressions.  Published in 2014. International Journal of English Linguistics
3.	Skopos Theory: as a Paradigm Change”, Published in May 2013.  Arab World English Journal.
4.	"Translation as an Intercultural Communication Encounter" A deconstructive Approach.   Published on Oct 10, 2012.  Arab World English Journal
5.	. TV Conversational Violence as a Linguistic/ Communicative Resource 
         Accepted by  
6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LINGUISTICS, LITERATURE, AND TRANSLATION at Irbid National University, 2011

6.	The Effect of Using "Story Grammar" on the Students' Achievement. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Research & Studies. No. 21. October 2010.

7.	Presentation on “Impediments to Interfaith Dialogue”, 
Proceedings of the conference on the role of the translator in dialogue between civilizations. Palestine, Nablus: an-Najah National University, 2007.  
8.	 “The Pragmatic Functions of the Recitation of Qur’anic Verses by Muslims in their Oral Genre: The case of Insha’Allah, ‘God’s willing".   Pragmatics, International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) Vol. 15, No. 2/3, June 2005, 251-275. 
 
9.	“The Ethnography of Communication of Arabic-Speaking Individuals (in Diplomatic discourse) This paper was accepted and published by the Proceedings of CDELT at Ein Sham University Symposium, Cairo, Egypt, 2004.
M.A. Thesis Supervision: 
1. Saja Abed-alteef. Problems of Translating English Telecommunication Technology: Cell Phone Jargon into Arabic.   2016
2. Salam Daraghmeh. Cultural Consistency in the Literary Translation of the Novel Awlaad Haaretena   2016
3. Kholud Mutlaq Shamasnih.   An Analysis of the Translation Strategies of Barghouti's Autobiography I Saw Ramallah at An-Najah National University. August 2016
4. Sojoud Khdair. Idiological Repetitions: A Comparative Study of Modern Egyptian Politicla Speeches into English: Mubarak, Morsi, Al-Sisi. 2016
5. Mohammad F. Khmous. Inaccuracy in the Translation of Dentistry Terms from English into Arabic. At An-Najah National University, 2016
6. Yahiya A. Aqel. Constraints on Translation Taboo Language in English Movies into Arabic. At An-Najah National University, 2016
7. Jonathan Wright. The Effectiveness of Document-based Questions in Enhancing The Intercultural Competence of Students at An-Najah National University. 22/3/2016.
8. Omar Abdel-Hadi.  Analysis of political language and translation: A case study of Obama's two political speeches in Cairo & Jerusalem 2015  
9. Duaa Almuhtasib. (2015) An Assessment of the Teaching Practices of the Oral Skill at Palestinian Universities.  Unpublished Thesis. Hebron University. Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.  March, 2015.
10. Noor Abu-Assab. The Effect of Experiential Learning on Improving the Performance of EFL Students as Perceived by Teachers of English in the Northern Governorates of Palestine. 2015
11. Nedaa Izzat Zohud. Teaching Strategies and their Role on Students' Engagement in Learning English. 2015
12.  Duha Ishteih. A Pragmatic Spotlight on Audio-visual Advertising: Translation from English to Arabic. 2015
13. Hadeel Abu-Eida. Translating Canned & Packed Food Products' Lbels from English to Arabic: Problems and Strategies. 2014 
14 .Khanfar, Anas. (2013) The translation of puns: Unpublished thesis. An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine. 
15.Ashqar, Amani. (2013) The problem of equivalence: The translation into Arabic of specialized technological texts. An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank,
16. Namura, Muna. (2011). Learners’ attitudes towards using training-based vocabulary learning strategies: The Palestinian context.  Unpublished thesis. Hebron University, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. 
17. Alkhateeb, Saan’. (2009) The Speech Act of Thanking as a compliment response as used by the Arab speakers of English- a comparative intercultural study.  Unpublished thesis. An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine.

PROFESSIONAL/BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
A licensed translator by the Ministry of Justice and in charge of administering and awarding the translator’s license by the Ministry of Justice 2008-2009.

Accomplished Translation Projects:
Translated a fifty-page investigative report for the Investigative Committee on the Goldstone report 2009
Translated the University Academic Guide for both graduate and undergraduate programs primarily in social science and humanistic Studies (500 pages)
COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUACTION (30 pages)
COLLEGE OF Fine Arts (150 pages)
College of Art (120 pages)
College of Media & Mass communication (30 pages)
College of Honors (15 pages)
 
E-learning Training: 
Designed an e-learning course on linguistics for college students after receiving a one-year –training.  I have done an e-learning course and have taught this particular course to college students of linguistics for one semester after receiving training by experts on e learning –a program supported and funded by the international bank. 2008

Training Workshops: 
18-hour-workshop on Business Communication: provided training to Graduate students, managers, and executives on enhancing their organization communication, critical thinking communication skills.  AMIDEAST Center in Nabulus. Spring 2008;
Provided workshops to faculty members on the construction of syllabi with great emphasis on the adoption of a constructivist approach and the incorporation of critical thinking aspects for an academic semester at Abu-Laughed Institute, at Birzeit University, spring 2005 

Account Manager for Middle East operations at SEA                                                                                                         
Software Engineering of America, Lake Success, New York

Detailed tasks assigned: Duties included administration of international accounts: 
Negotiating, drafting, translating, and interpreting international contracts; laying out a communication strategy; coordinating between concerned parties; selecting mechanisms for emerging contingencies 

Outstanding Project: Traveled to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to represent Software Engineering of America in a bid for the Ministry of Defense International Airways Project. 1986-1988  
Construct & implement public relation policies;
Setting up annual schedules & timetables suitable for the academic calendar, 2000- to-Dec 2002                                

Community Service:
Palestinian Transparency Organization:
Ram Allah 

As a an active member of its board, I have Worked for several years on various projects for this non-profit organization to help and assist in awareness-raising and the adherence and application of good-governing human rights laws and regulations. 2004-2006 

Outstanding Teaching Award sponsored by the International Communication Association      2002
Graduate Lectureship from the Department of Communication of the University at Albany     1996-2001
Berlitz's International Award for Excellence in Teaching                                                                                  1989
Community Services and HONORS, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIPS

Community Service:
Palestinian Transparency Organization:
Ramallah 

As a an active member of its board, I have Worked for several years on various projects for this non-profit organization to help and assist in awareness-raising and the adherence and application of good-governing human rights laws and regulations. 2004-2006 

Outstanding Teaching Award sponsored by the International Communication Association      2002
Graduate Lectureship from the Department of Communication of the University at Albany     1996-2001
Berlitz's International Award for Excellence in Teaching                                                                                  1989

Professional Experience

Workshops on
1.	Oral /public-speaking Communication
2.	Business Communication
3.	Organizational Communication & Leadership 

PERSONAL
Excellent administrative and teaching ability
Outstanding rapport with both students & colleagues
Laudatory anonymous reviews by students
American citizen

REFERENCES:

Ekrema Shehab, PhD
Assistant professor of translation and Chair
Coordinator of the MA program in Applied Linguistics and Translation
Dept. of English-An-Najah National University
Nablus-Palestine
Mobile: 00972-(0)599303553

Teresa Harrison
Chair of the Dept of Communication
University at Albany
(518) 442-4883
harrison@albany.edu 

Rami Hamdalah
Professor
President of An-Najah National University
Nablus, Palestine
(518) 442-5007
Cmeskill@uamail.albany.edu

François Cooren
Associate Professor of Communication
Communication Department
University at Albany

(518) 442-4885.
fcooren@csc.albany.edu