Aymen Elsheikh is a classroom teacher and teacher educator with a wide range of research interests. This research has investigated issues of translanguaging in English medium instruction contexts, writing centers in the Gulf region, language teacher knowledge and identity, motivation, investment, and identity development of second language learners and teachers, teachers and students’ perceptions of teaching English as an international language, language teachers’ associations, among others. He has given numerous conference presentations on these topics, as he is a frequent invited speaker at international conferences.

Elsheikh is also involved in leadership and professional development projects. He has recently won the prestigious Leadership and Mentoring Program Award from TESOL International, the world’s preeminent English language teaching association.

Education

Ph.D. in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education with a minor in Second Language Studies, Indiana University – Bloomington, 2012

M.S. in Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language, Southern New Hampshire University, 2004

BA in English Education, Omdurman Islamic University, 1996

Experience

Instructional Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar, August 2017 – present

Adjunct Faculty of English, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, August 2015 – June 2017

Adjunct Instructor of TESOL (Online), University of Missouri, January 2016 – May 2017

Lecturer of English, Qatar University, Qatar, August 2010 – June 2015

Associate Instructor of TESOL/Arabic, Indiana University, August 2007 – May 2009

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