PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
(2003-) Chair, The Iraqi Arabic Project, The National Foreign Languages Council, Washington, D.C.
(1990- ) Senior Lecturer in Arabic Language,
Mount Holyoke College, MA
(1989- 1997) Director, The Arabic Language &
Culture Institute, Northfield-Mount Hermon, Northfield,
Massachusetts.
(1985-1990) Assistant Professor of Arabic, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
(1983-1985) Lecturer in Arabic, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
(1984-1988) Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University Summer School (directed the program in 1988).
(1985 & 1987) Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Summer School.
(1982-1983) Lecturer, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.
(1982 & 1983) Lecturer, School of Languages, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. (The First &
Second Intensive Arabic Summer Programs).
(1982-1983) Research Associate IV. The Computer Assisted Instruction Laboratory, College of Arts,
University of Texas at Austin. (Developed programs and teaching materials for intermediate level).
(1979-1982) Program Writer, The Arabic Computer Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin (Developed
Arabic programs and teaching materials for elementary level)
(1978-1982) Assistant Instructor, Department of Oriental and African Languages, University of Texas at Austin.