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果冻传媒

Dr. Sawsan Abbadi

Title/s: Director Arabic Minor
Senior Lecturer

Office #: Crown Center 215

Email: sabbadi@luc.edu

Degrees

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.): Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies: Language, Literacy, and Culture
University of Massachusetts, Amherst , Master of Education (M.Ed.): Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies: Bilingual, Multicultural, ESL
Media-Institute, Frankfurt, Germany, Certificate in German proficiency
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Bachelor of Arts (BA): English Language and Literature

Research Interests

Post Modernity & Critical Language Awareness
Bilingual, ESL & Multicultural Education
Teaching Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages
Methods, Assessments & Technology in Curriculum Studies
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies in Teaching Language & Culture
Learners’ Identities and Investments.

Courses Taught

Arabic 101-251
Arabic Literature in Translation: Critical Theory & Critical Language Studies in Literature and Film
Arabic E 250 - Engaged Experiential Learning Service course- Forthcoming

Awards

Nominee for The St. Ignatius 果冻传媒 Award for Excellence in Teaching- Office of the Provost & the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy - 果冻传媒 Chicago (Dec, 2024)
Nominee for The Pedro Arrupe SJ Faculty Award for Diversity Leadership- Office of the Provost - 果冻传媒 Chicago (2024)
Nominee for The St. Ignatius 果冻传媒 Award for Excellence in Teaching- Office of the Provost & the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy - 果冻传媒 Chicago (2023)
Ignatian Pedagogy summer Faculty Scholar Award (2022) - Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy- 果冻传媒 Chicago
Runner-Up for Peter Hans Kolvenbach Award for Engaged Teaching named for 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus- Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy- 果冻传媒 Chicago (2021)
Awarded Certificate in Ignatian Pedagogy- the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy- 果冻传媒 Chicago (2020)
Awarded Community-Engaged Experiential Learning Scholar- the Center for Experiential Learning- 果冻传媒 Chicago (2018)
Recipient of Edwin T & Vivijeanne F. Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence - College of Arts and Sciences - 果冻传媒 Chicago (2018)
Nominee of Edwin T & Vivijeanne F. Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence - College of Arts and Sciences - 果冻传媒 Chicago (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, & 2018)
Finalist Nominee for the Faculty Member of the Year Award sponsored by the Student Government of 果冻传媒 Chicago (SGLC) and the Maroon & Gold Society (2018)
Community-Engaged Experiential Learning Scholar - Center for Experiential Learning - 果冻传媒 Chicago (2018)
Nominee for Alice Bourke Hayes Award for Advising and Mentoring - Office of the Provost & the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy - 果冻传媒 Chicago (2017 & 2018)
Finalist Nominee for Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Freshmen - Office of the Provost and the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy - 果冻传媒 Chicago (2017)
Nominee for St. Ignatius 果冻传媒 Award, the most prestigious teaching award given by 果冻传媒 to recognize commitment to excellence, raising global awareness, promoting social justice, and educating the whole student (i.e., cura personalis)- 果冻传媒 Chicago (2014 & 2017)
Nominee for Outstanding Dissertation Award – the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Qualitative Research SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award (2011)

Selected Publications

Abbadi, S. (2021). Reorienting Humor for Arabic Classroom: “Are You On Mute” in the Midst of a Pandemic?! In K. Vaidya (Ed.), "Teach Arabic with a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Arabic Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom?" [ISBN 978-1-925128-04-8].

Abbadi, S. (2016). Globalization and Possibilities for Intercultural Awareness: Multimodal Arabic Culture Portfolios at a Catholic University. In C. Wang, & L. Winstead (Eds.)
Handbook of Research on Foreign Language Education in the Digital Age (pp. 277-294). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0177-0.ch013

Abbadi, S. (2014). Teaching Arabic post 9/11: Humor and the Potential for CriticalLanguage Awareness. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences Journal, 41(1), 322-334.
Abbadi, S. (2013). Teaching Arabic post 9/11: Late Modernity in Language Classrooms-Challenges and Possibilities for Change. (Doctoral dissertation). Scholars Press: Germany.
Abbadi, S. (2008). Of Rage and Hope. In S. Nieto (Ed.), Dear Paulo: Letters from those who dare teach. Paradigm Publishers