Dr. Sawsan Abbadi

午夜AV

Arabic Language & Culture Minor

Arabic Interactive Blogs:

• My Arabic: 
• An Eye on the Arab World: 
• Students Voices: 

Degrees

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst,  Doctor of Education (Ed.D.): Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies: Language, Literacy, and Culture
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst , Master of Education (M.Ed.): Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies: Bilingual, Multicultural, ESL
• Media-Institute, Frankfurt, Germany,  Certificate in German proficiency            
• University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Bachelor of Arts (BA): English Language and Literature

Research Interests

• Post Modernity & Critical Language Awareness
• Bilingual, ESL & Multicultural Education
• Teaching Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages
• Methods, Assessments & Technology in Curriculum Studies
• Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies in Teaching Language & Culture
• Learners鈥� Identities and Investments.

Courses Taught

• Arabic 101-251
• Arabic Literature in Translation: Critical Theory & Critical Language Studies in Literature and Film
• Arabic E 250 - Engaged Experiential Learning Service course- Forthcoming

Awards

• Nominee for The Pedro Arrupe SJ Faculty Award for Diversity Leadership- Office of the Provost - 午夜AV (2024)
• Nominee for The St. Ignatius 午夜AV Award for Excellence in Teaching- Office of the Provost & the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy - 午夜AV (2023)
•  Ignatian Pedagogy summer Faculty Scholar Award (2022) - Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy- 午夜AV
• Runner-Up for Peter Hans Kolvenbach Award for Engaged Teaching named for 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus- Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy- 午夜AV (2021)
• Awarded Certificate in Ignatian Pedagogy- the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy- 午夜AV (2020)
• Awarded Community-Engaged Experiential Learning Scholar- the Center for Experiential Learning- 午夜AV (2018)

• Recipient of Edwin T & Vivijeanne F. Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence - College of Arts and Sciences - 午夜AV (2018)
• Nominee of Edwin T & Vivijeanne F. Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence - College of Arts and Sciences - 午夜AV (2013, 2014, 2015,  2017, & 2018)
• Finalist Nominee for the Faculty Member of the Year Award sponsored by the Student Government of 午夜AV Chicago (SGLC) and the Maroon & Gold Society (2018)
• Community-Engaged Experiential Learning Scholar - Center for Experiential Learning - 午夜AV (2018)
• Nominee for Alice Bourke Hayes Award for Advising and Mentoring - Office of the Provost & the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy - 午夜AV (2017 & 2018)
• Finalist Nominee for Provost鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Teaching Freshmen - Office of the Provost and the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy - 午夜AV (2017)
• Nominee for St. Ignatius 午夜AV Award, the most prestigious teaching award given by 午夜AV to recognize commitment to excellence, raising global awareness, promoting social justice, and educating the whole student (i.e., cura personalis)- 午夜AV (2014 & 2017)
• Nominee for Outstanding Dissertation Award 鈥� the American Educational Research  Association (AERA) Qualitative Research SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award (2011)

Selected Publications

•  Abbadi, S. (2021). Reorienting Humor for Arabic Classroom: 鈥淎re You On Mute鈥� in the Midst of a Pandemic?! In K. Vaidya (Ed.), "Teach Arabic with a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Arabic Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom?" [ISBN 978-1-925128-04-8]. 

• Abbadi, S. (2016). Globalization and Possibilities for Intercultural Awareness: Multimodal Arabic Culture Portfolios at a Catholic University. In C. Wang, & L. Winstead (Eds.)
  Handbook of Research on Foreign Language Education in the Digital Age (pp. 277-294). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0177-0.ch013
  

• Abbadi, S. (2014). Teaching Arabic post 9/11: Humor and the Potential for CriticalLanguage Awareness. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences Journal, 41(1), 322-334.
• Abbadi, S. (2013). Teaching Arabic post 9/11: Late Modernity in Language Classrooms-Challenges and Possibilities for Change. (Doctoral dissertation). Scholars Press: Germany.
• Abbadi, S. (2008). Of Rage and Hope. In S. Nieto (Ed.), Dear Paulo: Letters from those who dare teach. Paradigm Publishers