Yasser Fouad A. Selim, PhD
Associate Professor, English Literature
Date of Birth: 02.05.1978
Address: - The Sultanate of Oman, Al Buraimi P.C 512.
- Egypt, Sohag, Corniche of the Nile West Bank.
Telephone Number: Oman: +96895667581, Egypt: +201144471106
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-yasser-fouad
Marital Status: Married, Two Children Overview
Dr. Yasser Fouad Selim is Associate Professor of English literature at the department of English, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt. He is also Associate Professor of English Literature and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs & Research at Al Buraimi University College, Oman (on-secondment). Dr. Selim received his PhD in 2008 from Sohag University, Egypt, in joint supervision with the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Dr. Selim’s research interests and publications focus on English drama, the interaction between Western and Eastern cultures and the formation of identity within the contexts of politics, racialization, and ethnicization in America. He is the editor of Who Defines Me? Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014). He served various academic administrative positions at Al-Buraimi University College, Oman, including Head of English Department (2012-2015), Director of Scientific Research and Higher Studies Department (2015- 2016), and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs & Research (2016-Present). Dr. Selim is also a certified trainer, an external reviewer for Oman Academic Accreditation Authority; programs reviewer for Oman Ministry of Higher Education; and an editor for a number of international journals.
Academic Employment
2016-Present Associate Professor of English Literature, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt (Full-Time/on-leave).
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2008-2016 Assistant Professor of English Literature, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt (Full-Time/on-leave). 2010- Present Assistant Professor/then Associate Professor of English Literature, Department of English, Al Buraimi University College, Oman (Full- Time/On-Secondment)
2004-2008 Assistant Lecturer, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt (Full-Time).
2000-2004 Demonstrator, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt (Full-Time).
1999- 2000 English Language Instructor, the International British Institute (IBI), Sohag, Egypt (Full-Time).
Education
2008 (February) PhD in English Literature (joint degree); Sohag University, Egypt, in joint supervision with the University of California at Los Angeles. A First-Class Degree Supervisors: Prof. King-Kok Cheung (UCLA, USA), Prof. Fawzia Gadallah (Sohag University, Egypt) Dissertation: “East-West Collision in the Major Plays of David Henry Hwang”
2004 (February) MA in English Literature; Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt. Thesis: “Southern Aspects in Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart, The Miss Firecracker Contest, and The Wake of Jamey Foster.”
1999 (May) BA in English Language and Literature, Department of English, South Valley University, Sohag Branch, Egypt.
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Academic Administrative Experience
May 2016-Present Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Research, Al Buraimi University College, Oman. March 2015-Present Chair of the Scientific Research Committee, Al Buraimi University College, Oman. March 2015-May Director of the Department of Scientific Research and Higher 2016 Studies, Al Buraimi University College, Oman. Feb.2012-March 2015 Head of English Department, Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
October 2011-March Chair of Research and Symposia Committee, Al Buraimi 2015 University College, Oman.
Feb. 2012-Present Member in the College Council, Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
2011-2015 Chair of the Assurance of Learning Committee, Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
2013-Present Member in the Strategic Planning Committee, Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
2013-Present Member in the Crisis Management Committee, Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
June 2008-July 2010 Member in the Translation Program Steering Committee, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt.
Academic Accreditation and Programs Review Service
March 2017-Present. Academic Accreditation External Reviewer: Oman Academic Accreditation Authority
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(http://www.oaaa.gov.om/About.aspx#ReviewerDetails&id=283).
May 2015-Present Postgraduate Programs Reviewer and Consultant, Ministry of Higher Education, Sultanate of Oman (March 2015-Present).
Feb. 2012-Present Member in the Quality Assurance Steering Committee and Chair of Academic Affairs and Research Standards, Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
June 2008- July 2010 Member in the Quality Assurance Unit, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt.
Research Grants and Overseas Studies
2005-2007 Visiting Scholar at the University California, Los Angeles.
2003 (Summer) Fulbright Commission Grant to its first American Studies Summer Institute in Egypt. This was a two-week residential program for scholars and students from throughout Egypt for training in American Studies methods. I got a Certificate of Completion from the George Washington University and the Fulbright Commission.
2002 (7-17 July) IELP2 Summer Institute in Teaching ESP Courses Grant, This was a two-week residential program for teaching assistants from throughout Egypt for training in ESP course design and teaching, Alexandria, Egypt.
Professional Development Trainings and Workshops
2017 (22 July-02 “Training of Trainers (ToT),” Workshop organized by IT Training August) Centre, Sohag University, Egypt.
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2017 (3-4 July) “Stress Management,” Faculty and Leadership Development Centre, Cairo University, Egypt.
2017 (5-6 July) “E-Learning,” Faculty and Leadership Development Centre, Cairo University, Egypt.
2017 (5-6 July) “Effective Teaching Skills,” Faculty and Leadership Development Centre, Cairo University, Egypt.
2017 (17-18 April) “Institutional Standard Assessment External Reviewers Training,” Oman Academic Accreditation Authority, Crown Plaza Hotel, Muscat, Oman.
2016 (17-18 April) “Humanities Research Centers in the Arab World: Challenges, Opportunities, and Cooperation,” a two-day conference organized by the Humanities Research Centre, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.
2015 (11-12 October) “Publishing and Grant Proposal Writing,” a two-day workshop organized by the Research Council in Oman and delivered by COACH program (http://coach.uoregon.edu), Sohar University, Oman.
2014 (7-8 April) “Strategic Planning Workshop (Workshop Leader: Prof. Alan Glassman from California State University at Northridge, USA), Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
2014 (11-13 December) “Strategic Planning: Saying it & Living it, Measuring Impact & Leading Change” (Workshop Leader: Prof. Alan Glassman from California State University at Northridge, USA), Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
2014 ( 20-22 January) “Risk Management Workshop (Workshop Leader: Dr. Gary Langsdale from Pennsylvania State University, USA), Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
2008 (12-14 January) “Local and Competitive Research Projects,” Faculty Leadership and Development Project, Sohag University, Egypt.
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2008 (12-14 February) “Credit Hours System,” Faculty Leadership and Development Project, Sohag University, Egypt.
2008 (16-18 February) “Using Technology in Teaching,” Faculty Leadership and Development Project, Sohag University, Egypt.
2007 (4-6 December) “Communication Skills in Teaching,” Faculty Leadership and Development Project, Sohag University, Egypt.
2007 (11-13December) “Scientific Research Publishing,” Faculty Leadership and Development Project, Sohag University, Egypt.
2004 (4-5 December) “Work Ethics,” Faculty Leadership and Development Project, South Valley University, Egypt.
2003(February) University Teachers’ Training, Faculty of Education, Sohag University, Egypt.
2003(24 Aug-1 Sept.) Students’ Achievement Test Development Workshop (SATD 2003), IELP II, Alexandria, Egypt.
2001(28 July- 2 Aug.) Course Design and Materials Development Workshop, IELP II, Cairo, Egypt.
2000 (17-21 Sept.) Communicative Methods for Language Instructors Workshop, IELP II, Asyut, Egypt.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
2018 (June) Selim, Yasser Fouad. “The Formation of Race and Disability in Philip Kan Gotanda’s I Dream of Chang and Eng,” American, British and Canadian Studies, The Academic Anglophone Society of Romania, Lucian Balga University Press, 30.1 (June 2018): 76-92.
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2016 (July) Selim, Yasser Fouad. “The Cruelty of American Apocalypse in Sam Shepard’s Kicking a Dead Horse.” Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research, Rome, Italy, 7.4 (July 2016): 255-269.
2016 Selim, Yasser Fouad. “Islamophobia in Early and Contemporary America: Reproducing Myths in Slaves in Algiers (1794) and Argo (2012)” ANGLICA: An International Journal of English Studies. University of Warsaw 25.1 (2016): 255-269
2015 Selim, Yasser Fouad. “Wakako Yamauchi’s 12-1-A and Yussef El Guindi’s (February) Back of the Throat: Politics, Ethnicity, and the Question of American Multiculturalism.” The International Journal of Literary Humanities. Common Ground Publishing, Illinois University, USA (February 2015):9-17.
2014 Selim, Yasser F. “Performing Arabness in Arab American Stand-Up Comedy.” (December) American, British and Canadian Studies, The Academic Anglophone Society of Romania, Lucian Balga University Press. 23 (Dec. 2014): 77-92.
2014 Selim, Yasser Fouad. “Arab American Theatre Caught in Censorship: A Study (February) of Betty Shamieh’s Plays.” International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 4.3 (February, 2014): 81-86.
2012 Selim, Yasser Fouad. “The Representation of Arab America in Betty (December) Shamieh’s Roar and The Black Eyed.” Comparative American Studies, Francis and Taylor Publication, 11.4 (December, 2012): 293-303.
2009 Selim, Yasser Fouad. “Homebody/Kabul: Corrupting Touches of Global Politics.” El-Minia University First International Conference Proceedings Book, El-Minia, Egypt (2009).
Books and Book Chapters
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2014 Selim, Yasser Fouad. and Eid Mohamed, Eds. Who Defines Me? Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature. Cambridge Scholars Publishers.
2014 Selim, Yasser Fouad. “The Making of Identity in Arab American Stand Up Comedy.” In Who Defines Me? Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature, edited by Yasser Fouad Selim and Eid Mohamed. Cambridge Scholars Publishers. 2011 Selim, Yasser Fouad. “The Theatre of David Henry Hwang: From Hyphenation to the New Mainstream.” In Positioning the New: Chinese American Literature and the Changing Image of the American Literary Canon. Edited by Tanfer EminTunc and Elisabetta Marino. Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2011. 114-127.
Papers Presented in Referred Conferences
“Aesthetics, Reciprocity and Interpretation in Cyberformance|
“The Fleeting Nature of Short Forms” Conference, Organized by CIRPaLL Research Group, University of Angers, France, 18-20 April, 2018
“Academic Accreditation and Assurance of Learning in Higher Education”
2nd General Education Conference, Abu Dhabi University, UAE, 27-28 October, 2017.
“A Tragic Hero in Upper Egypt: The Localization of King Lear in Dahsha”
Third International Conference on Language, Linguistics, Literature and Translation, Department of English Language and Literature, Sultan Qabus University, The Sultanate of Oman, 3-5 November, 2016.
“Reproducing Islamophobia in Susanna Haswell Rowson’s Slaves in Algiers (1794) and Ben Affleck’s Argo (2012).
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American Studies Association of Turkey 37th International American Studies Conference: Transnational American Studies. Akdeniz University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English Language and Literature, Antalya, Turkey, 25-27 November, 2015.
“Wakako Yamauchi’s 12-1-A and Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat: Politics, Ethnicity, and the Question of American Multiculturalism.” The Twelfth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, CEU San Pablo University, Madrid, Spain, 11-13 June, 2014.
“The Making of Identity in Arab American Stand-Up Comedy” BUC First International Conference: Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature, Al Buraimi University College, The Sultanate of Oman, 19-20 September, 2012.
“Arab American Stand-Up Comedy: Negotiating Identity through Humor” Conference on “ American Literature and the Changing World,” co- organized by Renmin University of China and the University of California at Los Angeles, held at Renmin University of China, Beijing between 30 June-1 July, 2012.
“Staging Arab America in Betty Shamieh’s Roar and The Black Eyed” The British Association for American Studies Conference, School of American Studies, University of East Anglia, UK, 8-11 April, 2010.
“Homebody/Kabul: Corrupting Touches of Global Politics.” El-Minia University First International Conference, El-Minia, Egypt, 3-5 November, 2008.
Trainings and Seminars Delivered
31 October-2 “How to Enhance Teachers’ Assessment Skills,” a 3-day training
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November 2017 given to school English language teachers. The training was organized by the Human resources Department, Directorate of Education, Al Buraimi governorate.
2017 (May) “Writing Effective Learning Outcomes Based on Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives,” a workshop delivered to school English language teachers. The workshop was organized by the Training, Consultancy, and Community Service Department, Al Buraimi
University College. 2017 (11 May) “Academic Advising,” a Workshop delivered at Maritime International College, Sohar, The Sultanate of Oman.
2016 (24 March) “Keynote Speech: Scientific Research and Academic Accreditation,” Scientific Research in Omani Private Universities and Colleges: Challenges and Prospects, National Symposium, Al Buraimi University College, Oman.
2015 (20 August) “Scientific Research at BUC: Mapping the Way,” Al Buraimi University College Research Forum No. 1/ 2015-2016
2015 (05 November) “Scientific Research at BUC: Moving Forward,” Al Buraimi University College Research Forum No. 2/ 2015-2016
Conferences and Symposiums Organized
Conference Chair, BUC 1st Student Conference: Towards Building Students’ Research Capacities. Al Buraimi University College, 26 March, 2018.
Conference Chair, BUC First International Conference: Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature, Al Buraimi University College, Oman, 19-20 Sep., 2012.
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Conference Chair, BUC 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference: English Language, Literature, and Information Technology, Al Buraimi University College, Oman, 2-3 May, 2015.
Symposium Chair, Scientific Research in Omani Private Universities and Colleges: Challenges and Prospects,” Al Buraimi University College, Oman, 24 March 2016.
Research Interests
English Drama The interaction, clashes, and dialogue between Western and Eastern cultures. The formation of identity within the contexts of politics, racialization, and ethnicization in America. Asian American Literature Arab American Literature Postcolonial American Literature. Media, Literature, and Representation. Digital Theatre
Editorial Board Services and Professional Membership
Expert and Consultant, Innovative Solutions and Management Consultancy [ISMC], .O. Box 39460 Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates Advisory Editor, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, England, October 2017-Present. (http://www.cambridgescholars.com/t/AdvisoryBoardYasser) Guest Editor, The International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English literature, Australian International Academic Centre, Vol. 4, No. 6, 2015.
Associate Editor, The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies, Common Ground Publishing, Illinois U, USA, Vol 13, 2014 (http://thehumanities.com/assets/downloads/Humanities_Collection_new-1-1.pdf)
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March 2014-Present. Member in The New Directions in the Humanities knowledge Community (http://thehumanities.com).
Theses Supervised
Amany Abdelqahar, “The Black Experience in the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks.” Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt. Defended on August, 2012 (defended). Nagwa Mohammad, “The Arab Diaspora in America in Diana Abu Jaber’s Crescent and Arabian Jazz.” Faculty of Arts, Sohag University, Egypt (defended).
Extracurricular Activities
Judge, Charisma Competition in the Higher Academic Institutions in the Governorate of Al Buraimi, Organized by Al Waha Institute, Al Buraimi, Oman, April 2017. Supervisor of the English Department Student Group (DOES Group), Al Buraimi University College, Oman, 2012-2015. Chair of a bi-weekly Literary and Cultural Salon, Al Buraimi University College, Oman, 2012-2015. Judge, The Second Theatre Forum, Al Buraimi University College, Oman, April 2016. Judge, Best Student Presentation Competition, Students’ Activities Department, Al Buraimi University College, 2012, 2015. Director, Students’ performance of The Merchant of Venice, Al Buraimi University College, Oman, December 2013. Director, Students’ Theatrical performance of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, Al Buraimi University College, Oman, May 2015.
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Teaching (Sample)
2010-Present, Al Buraimi University College, the Sultanate of Oman, Department of English. (Assistant Professor/Associate Professor): Elizabethan Drama, Modern Drama, Victorian Novel, English Poetry, Critical Approaches to Literature, The Short Story, Essay Writing and freshman Composition, Study Skills, Advanced Communication Skills, Seminar in Literature, Survey of American Literature, British Literature in the 20th Century, Readings in Contemporary English Literature, Literature in the Media.
2008-2010, Sohag University, Egypt, Department of English, Faculties of Arts and Education (Assistant Professor): Shakespeare and English Drama #1, Shakespeare and English Drama #4, American Literature in the 19th Century, American Literature in the 20th Century, English Novel, Essay Writing, Translation from English into Arabic, History of English Literature, English Culture of the 17th Century, English Culture of the 19th Century, English Culture of the 20th Century, Listening and Speaking.
2000-2005, South Valley University, Egypt, Department of English, Faculties of Arts and Education (Teaching Assistant): Shakespeare and Drama, English Novel in the 19th Century, Grammar, Essay Writing, English Phonetics, American Literature in the 19th Century, American Literature in the 20th Century.
2007-2008 Language Door, Los Angeles, California (Part Time): Teaching Arabic language and literature to English speakers.
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