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AMIRA A. AKL
4809 Secor Rd
Toledo, Ohio 43623
Mobile: 1 (419) 320-0580
Home: 1 (419) 475-0330
Email: Amira_Akl@hotmail.com
Citizen of the United States of America

EDUCATION

August 2007- Present: PhD in Composition and Rhetoric
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403

August 2004 - July 2006: Master’s Degree of Arts in English
Concentration: Teaching Writing
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio 43606

MA Research Title:
Finding Their Place: Case Study Research on Arab and Arab-American Students Engaged in U.S. Writing Courses

August 2000 - July 2004: Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in English
Concentration: Writing
Minor: Women’s and Gender Studies
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio 43606

EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty - English Composition Instructor
Monroe County Community College 2006-2007
Monroe, Michigan 48161-9746

Owens Community College 2006-2007
P.O. Box 10,000, Toledo, OH 43699-1947

Adjunct Faculty - Women’s and Gender Studies Instructor
University of Toledo 2006-2007
Toledo, Ohio 43606

Graduate Student - English Composition Instructor
University of Toledo 2004-2006
Toledo, Ohio 43606

Elementary School Teacher (grades 4-7)
Islamic School of Greater Toledo 2004-2005
25877 Scheider
Perrysburg, Ohio 43551

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

I enjoy teaching online or Web-enhanced courses and I am an avid reader of NCTE journals such as College Composition and Communication.

I have submitted academic paper proposals and been accepted to two conferences:

January 12-15, 2007 Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities (Honolulu).
March 21-24, 2007 CCCC: Conference for College Composition and Communication (New York).

COURSES TAUGHT

Health (for grades 4-7)
History and Geography (for grades 4-7)
Language and Literature (for grades 4-7)
Introduction to Gender Studies
Basic Writing Skills
College Composition I
College Composition II: Discourses and Disciplines
College Composition II: Writing the Community

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES RECEIVED

J & V Altschuller Scholarship (for Excellence in Academics) 2002-2004
Edward Kumrow Scholarship (for Excellence in Academics) 2004
Graduate Assistantship at the University of Toledo 2004-2006
Ohio State Department of Education Teaching Certificate 2005
Certificate in the Teaching of Writing (from UT) 2006
Tillotson Scholarship (for Academic Excellence) 2006
Presidential Scholarship at BGSU 2007

LANGUAGES

English- Native speaker
Arabic- fluent spoken Arabic, Lebanese Accent
French- Reading knowledge

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