Personal Details

 

Dr. Yasser Abdullah Al-Tamimi

Associate Professor of English

Head of the Department of Humanities and

Social Sciences

College of Science and General Studies

Alfaisal University

Riyadh, KSA

e-Mail: yaltamimi@alfaisal.edu

Tel : +(966-1) 215- 7735

Mobile: 00966561252200

 

 Education

Ph.D.

2002

University of Reading, UK

MA

1990

University of Jordan (thesis was part of a joint research project with University College London)

BA

1985

Yarmouk University

 

Research Interests:

Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Applied linguistics, Pragmatics, and Translation

 

Courses Taught:

Taught several language and linguistic courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including phonetics and phonology, morphology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, pragmatics, and applied linguistics, in many universities in the UK, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

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Administrative Experience

 

Chair, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at College of Science and General Studies/ Alfaisal University, since March 19, 2013, until present

 

- Founder and Director of Language Center, Hashemite University 2005- 2008

 

- Head of English Department, Hashemite University 2003-2006

 

- Director of a Program for Literature and Cultural Studies, Hashemite University 2003-2006

 

- Secretary and Publicity Officer for the Association of Professors of English Language, Literature and Translation at Arab Universities (APETAU) 2003-2006, re-elected for 2006- 2009.

 

Academic Experience:

 

Associate Professor of English at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2011 until 2021 and the English Department from 2021 until the present.

 

Associate Professor of Linguistics and Translation at the Department of Languages and Translation. College of Languages and Translation. KSU. Oct, 2009- August 25, 2011

 

- Associate Professor of English at the English Department of Hashemite University/ Jordan since July 6, 2009            

 

- Assistant Professor of English, Hashemite University: English Department, May 20, 2002- July 5, 2009.

 

- Research Assistant, Hashemite University:  English Department, 1998-1999

 

- Lecturer, Applied Science University: English Department, Amman1992-1998

 

- Editor of Ma'ab Bulletin, the Royal Assembly for Islamic Civilization Research. Al-Albayt Foundation, 1993-1994. The job also included setting up a bibliography for Arabic and Islamic manuscripts in different international universities.

 

- Lecturer, Intermediate University College, Amman 1985- 1989

      

- Translator, Private sector, Saudi Arabia. 1991-1992

 

- Translator, Jordan Armed Forces: Directorate of Military Training, 1990-1991

 

- Translator, Arab- European Social and Political Research Group, 1989-1990

 

 

Dissertations

 

- Tamimi, Y. (1989). Arabic-English Voice Dysfunction in Laryngeal Pathology: An –Electro-Laryngographic Study. Part of a joint project with University College London.  English Department, University of Jordan.

 

-Tamimi, Y. (2002) 'h'- Variation and Phonological Theory: Evidence from Two Accents of English. School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (SLALS) University of Reading, UK.

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