ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2017 – present, Head of English Department at Alzahra University
September 2014 – present, Associate professor, English department, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2013 – 2016, Director of International Academic Collaborations at Alzahra University
2012 – 2016, President of TELLSI (i.e., Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran)
2011 - present, Director of TELLSI CALL-SIG
2009 - 2012, Vice-president of TELLSI (i.e., Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran)
2008 - 2016, Member of Board of Directors of TELLSI (i.e., Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran)
2006 - 2010, Head of English Department at Alzahra University
September 2003 – September 2014, Assistant professor, English department, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
September 2001 – September 2003. Lecturer, English department, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS/HONORS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS
Recognized as Exemplary Researcher at Alzahra University, 2014, 2015, 2016.
Offering and teaching the first online CALL course in Iran, 2011.
Establishing the first CALL (i.e., Computer-assisted language learning) course to ever be offered at MA level in Iranian public universities, Alzahra University, 2010.
Chairperson of TELLSI8 conference held at Alzahra University, with the theme “CALL for change in our language teaching,” 2010.
Scholarship, Travel accommodations and conference fees for WorldCALL in Fukuoka, Japan, 2008 (1387).
Establishing the first CALL (i.e., Computer-assisted language learning) course to ever be offered at PhD level in Iranian public universities, Alzahra University, 2007.
Coordinator of Electronic Village Online (EVO, Annual international project undertaken by CALL-SIG of TESOL), 2007 - 2010.
Supervisor to over 35 MA theses and advisor to over 40 MA theses; supervisor to 14 PhD dissertations and advisor to 8 PhD dissertations, 2002 - present.
Over 30 presentations at national and international conferences, as well as numerous workshops, 2002 - present.
2nd place prize for educational CD-ROM (i.e., English at Home), co-authored with Seyyedeh Sepedeh Marandi, awarded by Minister of Education at the First National Fair of Iranian Software, 2002.
PhD top student, University of Tehran, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), 2002.
MA top student, University of Tehran, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), 1996.
BA top student, University of Tehran, Faculty of Foreign Languages, English Language and Literature, 1992.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Classes taught at Alzahra University:
A variety of BA, MA, and PhD courses, notably among them: Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) (PhD and MA), Research Methodology (PhD and MA), Language assessment (PhD, MA, and BA), Critiquing Language Teaching Methods/Approaches (MA), Language Skills (MA), Syllabus Design (MA), SPSS (MA), Advanced Writing (MA, BA), English Poetry (BA), Reading Comprehension (BA), etc.
Lecturer at other universities:
University of Tehran (Syllabus Design, MA; Practice Teaching, MA; Advanced Writing, MA; Language Teaching Methodology, MA); Allameh Tabatabaie University (Research Methodology, MA; Seminar, MA); Sharif University (Research Methodology, MA; Seminar, MA; Computer-assisted language learning, MA); Tarbiat Modarres University (Computer-assisted language learning, PhD).
LANGUAGES
Persian (Farsi): native competence
English: native competence
French: upper-intermediate competence
Arabic: basic competence
FURTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Participation in 10-week workshop on Item Response Theory, Alzahra University, 2017.
Participation in 10-week workshop on Multivariate Statistical Analyses (2), Alzahra University, 2017.
Participation in 10-week workshop on Multivariate Statistical Analyses (1), Alzahra University, 2016.
Participation in numerous online CALL courses via the Electronic Village Online (EVO), from 2005 to 2010.
Participation in 6-week workshop on Item Response Theory, National Organization for Educational Measurement, 2007.
Participation in Qualitative Research Workshop, Iran Language Institute, 2005.
Participation in QSR.Nudist Workshop, Iran Language Institute, 2005.
Participation in online course on Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) at St. Michael's College in Vermont, US, 2004, once as learner and once as teacher assistant.