Curriculum Vitae

Ayah H. Wakkad
E-Mail: waqqadi@hotmail.com

Objective: Obtain a lecturing position within a reputable institution that will utilize my
acquired qualifications, develop my skills and reward hard working and outcome.

Education:

PhD English Literature The University of Kansas, Lawrence, 2015-Present

M.A. English Literature/Thesis Track (Excellent 3.94/4) The University of Jordan,

2013. My thesis is entitled "Political Jail in Four Modern Novels."

B.A. English Language & Literature (Excellent 3.80/4)The University of Jordan,

2008. (2nd out of 170 students)

High School (Tawjihi/Literary Field) (Excellent 95.2/100)Dahiat Al-Rashid School,

2004

Training:

IELTS UniHouse, 2015

TOEFL iBT Amid East, 2012
GRE Amid East, 2012
GRE Literature in English Amid East, 2012
30 hour ICDL course at The Technology Club/The University of Jordan, 2007
A Member in the Book Club at The Department of English/The University of Jordan,
2006

Experience:

GTA Department of English/University of Kansas, Lawrence, 2015-Present

Teaching & Research Assistant Department of English/University of Jordan, 20092015
Acting Head of the American Corner The University of Jordan, July 1st 2013- Jan.
30, 2014.
A Teacher of English at Al-Ridwan Schools, 2009.
A Volunteer Instructor at the Writing Lab Department of English/University of Jordan,
2008
30 hour Translation course (Arabic/English), the Languages Club/University of Jordan,
2007
30 hour Translation course (English/Arabic), the Languages Club/University of Jordan,
2007
Experience as a Free-lance Translator.

Taught Courses:

Writing
Intensive English
Introduction to English Literature
Reading and Listening
Translation from Arabic into English
American Lit. Until 1800
Novel
Short Story
English Literature until 1660
Technical Writing

Skills and Qualifications:

Fluency in Arabic, a native language

Very Good command of English
Fair in Hebrew and Turkish
Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office, Publisher, Movie Maker)
Very good skills in editing
Good skills in journalism writing and in English/Arabic and Arabic/English translating
Open minded and ambitious, a hard worker and team player

Scholarships & Awards:

Granted a GTA scholarship from the University of Kansas, Lawrence in 2015 to pursue
my PhD in English Literature.
Awarded a certificate of gratitude from the Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages
for the efforts rendered in the performance of Bernard Shaws Arms and the Man on
the occasion of the Third Scientific Day of the Faculty, April 14th, 2011.
Granted a teaching assistantship from the University of Jordan in 9002 which covered
the tuition of my Masters degree in English Literature.

Conferences and Publications:

Participated in Power to Connect in a Changing World: International Conference

on Language, Literature and Translation, which was held in the University of
Jordan, Amman, on 22nd to 25th April 2014. The paper I submitted is entitled
"Introduction to Jail Literature and Theory," which is part of my MA thesis.

Participated in The 5th AASRC international conference Information Systems

and Technology Management for Innovation and Regional Development
ISTMID2013, which took place in Amman, Jordan, on March 27th and 28th, 2013.
The article published is part of MA thesis, and it is entitled Political Jail in the Novels
of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, al-Ghtn's Zayn Barakt, Munfs East of the
Mediterranean and Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians: A Comparative Study. It is
published in The American Academic & Scholarly Research Journal, Special Issue.

Vol. 5, no. 3 (April 2013): 20-31.

Participated in the Charles Dickens Literary London Symposium (in the session of
the 200th Anniversary of Charles Dickens Birth (1812) that was held at the
Oxford/Cambridge Club, London during the dates of December 15 December 17,
2012). My paper is entitled "The Function of Animal Imagery in Hardy's Jude the
Obscure".

Attended the European Languages and Linguistics Symposium organized by the

Faculty of Foreign Languages at the University of Jordan and the EUNIC, Oct 2, 2011.

Community Service:
Assisting the visually-impaired students in their exams Department of English/ University of Jordan, 2009-present.
Advising BA Students
Working as a volunteer instructor at the Writing Lab-Department of English/University
of Jordan, 2008.

References:
Reference letters and further documents will be provided upon request.