Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, gave a keynote address, “The State of Middle East Studies in the American Academy,” at the 5th Joint International Workshop held in Tokyo, Japan February 12-13. Al-Tikrit also served as a discussant for the graduate student workshop “Science, Institutions, and Identity in the Muslim Societies” organized jointly by Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Listen to “A Night of Jazz,” in The Underground. The program features a discussion led by Doug Gately, director of the UMW Jazz Ensemble, on jazz music in the African-American community and a performance by the UMW Faculty Jazz Sextet. 8 p.m. Free. 540/654-1044.
The Free Lance-Star interviewed Associate Professor of History Nabil Al-Tikriti about the ongoing protests in Egypt. In the February 3, 2011 article by reporter Heather Brady, Dr. Al-Tikriti briefly explained the calculations of the Mubarak regime, and the situation on the ground faced by certain friends and colleagues.
Professor Shukri B. Abed, associate professor of Arabic, will present the lecture “Middle East Report: Analysis of Current Events” at the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, at 12:15 p.m. March 24. The location is the Room 150, SIE Center, 2201 South Gaylord Street, Denver, CO 80208. Dr. Abed holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, and a B.A from Tel Aviv University.
Courtney Clayton, assistant professor in the College of Education’s Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, has written a chapter in the book entitled “Teacher Preparation for Bilingual Student Populations”. “This volume focuses on understanding the structural, substantive, and contextual elements of preparation programs, and provides transformative guidelines for creating Educar signature programs. Designed to improve the practice of teacher preparation by promoting dialogic conversations and applications of praxis in the preparation of bilingual/ESL teacher candidates, it emphasizes that exemplary teacher preparation requires transformative teacher educators.”
Clayton, C. & Brisk, M.E. (2011). It’s my responsibility! Teacher of bilingual learners in an English-immersion context. In B. Bustos Flores, R. Hernandez Sheets & E. Riojas Clark (Eds.). Teacher preparation for bilingual student populations: Educar para transformar. (pp. 182-187). New York, NY: Routledge.
