Cirriculum Vitae Name: Maha Abdu Aldawi Abdalla Sex: Female Nationality: Sudanese Date of Birth: 11/11/1980 Marital Status: Single Current Job: An Assistant professor, Head of the Department of linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum. Languages • (mother tongue) • English (spoken and written)- close to native speaker Education • Postdoc Scholarship funded by the FMSH foundation • PhD in Linguistics, University of Khartoum (2010) • M.A. in Linguistics, University of Khartoum (2002) • B.A. Honours in Linguistics, University of Khartoum (1997) • Al-khartoum Al-Gadeema Secondary High School (1990-92) • Comboni Omdurman (1987-90) • Bennett Primary School (1981-86), Colorado Springs, USA. Work Experience • Head department of Linguistics, University of Khartoum, Faculty of Arts; (2005-2006), (Sept. 2012-Mar. 2015), (March 2016- until now).

• Assistant professor (full time), Department of linguistics, University of Khartoum (February 2011-until now)

• Lecturer (full time), Department of linguistics, University of Khartoum (2003-2010).

• Teaching Assistant (full time), Department of linguistics, University of Khartoum (1997-2002).

• teacher. Part time job in Intermediate Diploma in Social work, in the Faculty of Technical and Development Studies, University of Khartoum (1999-2000).

• English language teacher. Part time job, National Center for languages (SELTI)- Khartoum (1997-98).

Teaching Experience (undergraduate) • Phonetics, Phonology, Introduction to Morphology, Advanced Morphology, Methods of Linguistic Analysis, Lexical Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, The Linguistic Situation in Sudan, Linguistic Research Methods, General English language courses.

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Teaching Experience (post-graduate) • Phonetics & Phonology of African Languages. A first semester M.A. course, Department of Sudanese and African Languages and Linguistics, Institute of African & Asian Studies, University of Khartoum.

• Elements of Modern Linguistics (2). A second semester M.A. course, Department of Sudanese and African Languages and Linguistics, Institute of African & Asian Studies, University of Khartoum. Research Supervision • A number of undergraduate honor students’ dissertations at the Department of Linguistics, University of Khartoum.

• Supervisor of an MA. Thesis, Department of Linguistics-University of Khartoum; on “Nominal Morphology of Darfur Arabic”, by Eman Ali Mohamed Rudwan.

• Supervisor of an MA. Thesis, Department of Sudanese and African Languages and Linguistics, Institute of African & Asian Studies, University of Khartoum: on “The Number Marking System of Moro language” by Egbal Sirelkhatim Ali. Research & Fieldwork Experience • A Fifth-year honors dissertation (based on field work) entitled: “To what extent has Arabic as a first language spread among the non-Arab migrants in Dar Al-Salam Camp; A case study on the Southern Tribes (1996).

• M.A. thesis entitled “A sociolinguistic Database on the sociolinguistic parameters of some Sudanese languages, (based on fieldwork with speakers of these languages living in Khartoum), the study focused on (15) Sudanese languages chosen according to their geographical distribution (2002).

• A PhD thesis on “The Morpho-syntactic Structure of Zaghawa language in Sudan- the Wegi dialect” (2010). (based on fieldwork with speakers in the homeland and in Khartoum between 2008- 2009).

• Fieldwork research on the ‘Orthography of Tagoi language’. A project on the orthography of Tagoi, sponsored by the British Institute of Eastern Africa (BEIA), Nairobi, Kenya. September 2015- September 2016.

• Fieldwork on “The Noun-phrase of Rashad language” (2017) (based on fieldwork with native speakers in Khartoum between February-July 2017). Training, Workshops & Conferences • A comprehensive course in Computer interpretations and Internet applications for staff members, University of Khartoum (1998).

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• A training course in the Staff Development Centre; University of Khartoum on: Educational training (2002).

• A training course on “Women Law and Development: Gender and Human Rights perspective”- University of Khartoum, Development Studies and Research Institute in collaboration with the European Commission (2006).

• Participated in the workshop of “Unity and Diversity of Nubian Languages: toward a standardized writing system”, organized by the department of Linguistics, University of Khartoum and the Centre for Advance Studies of African Society (CASAS), Cape Town, South Africa. Khartoum 7- 8 December 2009.

• Participated on a workshop on Endangered Nubian languages December 2009, University of Khartoum. • Participated on a workshop of Dictionary making at the Department of Linguistics, University of Khartoum from 3-7 January 2010.

• Participated in a training workshop on ‘Qualitative Research Methods: New European Developments. University of Khartoum, faculty of Economic and Social Studies, from 21-24 March 2011.

• Participated on a workshop on ‘Field Methods’. Sponsored by University of Leipzig, Radford University Nijmegen and University of Khartoum, Department of Linguistics, from 28-30 of June 2011.

• Participated in an Advanced study and Training Program on Pedagogy and Chinese Teaching Materials in China, University of Beijing December 2011.

• Participated in the Annual Conference of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research (DSRCR) for Humanities and Educational studies, University of Khartoum 25-28 February 2013.

• Participated in the 11th Nilo-Saharan Conference, University of Cologne 22-24 May 2013 with a paper on “Modality Markers in Wagii-A dialect of the Zaghawa language spoken in Sudan”.

• Participated in the 1st NAPATA workshop on “Arabic Loans in Sudanese languages: A comparative study” as part of the NAPATA project 2016-2017 between the Department of Linguistics- University of Khartoum, The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, France) & Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire (LLACAN, France), Khartoum 15-16 December 2016.

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• Participated in the Doha Institute for Graduate studies’ conference in collaboration with University of Khartoum & University of Nileen, held at the University of Khartoum from 8-9 January 2017 with a paper on “Grammatical Relations in Zaghawa Language”.

• Participated in the 13th Nilo-Saharan Conference, University of Addis Ababa 4-8 April 2017. • Participated in the 3rd Nuba Mountain Languages Conference, University of Cologne, Germany 27-29 Sept. 2017.

• Participated in the 2nd NAPATA workshop on “Sudan as a linguistic Area” as part of the NAPATA project 2017-2018 between the Department of Linguistics- University of Khartoum, The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, France) & Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire (LLACAN, France), Paris 7-8 November 2018.

• Participated in the Fielding- International School in Linguistic Fieldwork, 3-7 September 2018, Paris – France.

Writings & Publications • “Morpho-syntactic structure of the Zaghawa Verbs”, in Revue Scientifique du Tchad, Centre National De Recherche Pour Le Développement- Série A, January 2017, pp. 39-63.

• “The Pronominal System of the Zaghawa language” in: Adɑɑb (A journal of the Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum, December 2016.

• “Arabic loan-words in Wagii: A dialect of the Zaghawa language in Sudan”. In the proceedings of the 1st NAPATA workshop on “Arabic Loans in Sudanese languages: A comparative study” as part of the NAPATA project 2016-2017 between the Department of Linguistics- University of Khartoum, The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, France) & Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire (LLACAN, France), Khartoum 15-16 December 2016. (forthcoming)

• “An Initial Sketch of Rashad Noun-phrase”. In the proceedings of the 3rd Nuba Mountain Languages Conference held in Cologne-Germany from Sept. 27-29, 2017. (forthcoming)

• “Areal Features in Rashad”. in the proceedings of the 2nd NAPATA workshop on “Sudan as a linguistic Area” as part of the NAPATA project 2017-2018 between the Department of Linguistics- University of Khartoum, The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, France) & Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire (LLACAN, France), Paris 7-8 November 2018. (forthcoming)

•“Grammatical Relations in the Zaghawa Language” in: The University of Bakht Alruda Scientific Journal, University of Bakht Alruda, December 2018, volume 26.

• Verb Morphology of Rashad language, as a result of a postdoc research stay in Paris, France funded by the FMSH foundation, (forthcoming). Other duties & membership of specialized committees • Member of the Senate of the University of Khartoum.

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• Member of the faculty board, Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum. Maha Abdu Aldawi Abdalla Assistant Professor Head Department of Linguistics Faculty of Arts University of Khartoum P.O. Box 321, Khartoum/ Sudan E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 00249-912934327

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