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[email protected] [email protected] Date of Birth: 12 September 1968 Nationality: Syrian Assistant Professor of English Literature with full professional proficiency in English and eleven years’ experience of teaching an impressive array of subjects in the field of English literature and language at university level. Highly versatile, I have taught students with a variety of different levels and international backgrounds, and have broadened my teaching scope to include courses in understanding English law and business. I have taught undergraduates, postgraduates, children, academic staff, business professionals and government officials. Work History Assistant Professor of English Literature • Department of English Language and Literature, Damascus University, October 2013- October 2014 . Head of the Department . Member of the college council Assistant Professor of English Literature • Department of English Language and Literature, Damascus University, 2004-present . Teaching – in English – several undergraduate courses: Renaissance Poetry, An Introduction to Poetry, Renaissance and Restoration Drama and Literary Theory. Teaching Literary Theory, Renaissance Poetry and Research Methodology to Master’s students in English Literary Studies. Creating study packs, reading lists, exam questions, and MCQs. Supervising five MA dissertations and sitting on examination panels for MA candidates. Assistant Professor of English Literature • Department of English, International University of Science and Technology, 2005, 2011, 2015—present . Teaching – in English – several undergraduate courses: Academic Writing, Introduction to Literature and Literary Theory. [Tutor] • The Syrian Virtual University, Damascus, 2006-present . Teaching simultaneously in Arabic and English legal terminology, criminal law and commercial and maritime law to Bachelor of Law students.