Linda F. Maloul
Address: Effat University Phone: +966 122137791
Email: [email protected] EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in English and American Studies, University of Manchester. United Kingdom, 2014.
Title of PhD Thesis: “From Immigrant Narratives to Ethnic Literature: The Contemporary Fiction of Arab British and Arab American Women Writers.”
Master of Arts in English Literature, University of Jordan, 2005.
Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature. AL al-Bayt University, Jordan, 2000.
International Baccalaureate Certificate from the United World College of the Atlantic, United Kingdom, 1996.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
EFFAT UNIVERSITY, JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA.
Assistant Professor, Dean of Effat College of Humanities. 2020 to the present
Assistant Professor, Chair of the English and Translation Department and Director of the Master in Translation Studies Program. 2015-202
Assistant Professor, English and Translation Department 2014-2015 Full- time Lecturer of English Literature. 2007- 2009
Jordan University, Jordan
Part-time English teacher 2003-January, 2005.
NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL, Jordan
Full- time English teacher. 2000- 2003.
Teaching
Introduction to literature Survey of English Literature Survey of American Literature Introduction to Western Thought II Shakespeare & Drama
Modern & Contemporary Drama Introduction to Poetry
Modern & Contemporary Poetry Literary Criticism
From text to Film
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1. Reviewer for journals such as the Journal of Postcolonial Writing and Cogent Arts and Humanities
2. Supervisor of capstone research projects in Literature
PUBLICATIONS
Political Islam, Islam as faith and modernity in 1970s Egypt: a socio-political reading of Ahdaf Soueif’s In the Eye of the Sun. (2017). Contemporary Levant. Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 77-88.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20581831.2017.1365448
The construction of Palestinian Muslim masculinities in two novels by Laila Halaby and Randa Jarrar. (2019). Norma: International Journal for Masculinity Studies. Published online:
14 Mar 2019.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18902138.2019.1592537 PRESENTATIONS
• “The Oriental Tale in Ahdaf Soueif’s Aisha.” Arab Women in Diaspora: Horizons of Dialogue, a one day Symposium, University of Manchester, December, 2009.
• “Subverting and Refracting the Oriental Tale in the Fiction of Ahdaf Soueif and Leila Aboulela.” Postcolonialism and Islam Conference, University of Sunderland, UK, April, 2010.
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“Arab Muslim Masculinity in the fiction of Randa Jarrar and Laila Halaby.” RAWI:Radius of Arab American Writers, Dearborn, Michigan, United States, May-June, 2012.
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“Socio-spatial Representations of Mosques and Muslims in Hulu’s Arab American Series Ramy.” Cultural Inquiry event. Effat University. Forthcoming May, 2022.AWARDS AND HONORS
• Full scholarship to attend the United World College of the Atlantic, UK, 1994-1996.
• The Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) Award, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, UK, 2010.
• The Gender, Sexuality and Cultures Award, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, UK, 2010.
• Effat University Award for Excellence in Teaching - 2019-2020
COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Conference Organization:
“Translation in Time and Space.” Online Conference. Chair, 3rd December 2020, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference in Linguistics, Literature, and Translation: " Cultural Vibrancy: Literature, Translation Studies and Linguistics Current Trends and Future Visions." Chair, 27th March 2019, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Third Interdisciplinary Conference in Linguistics, Literature, and Translation:
"Intercultural Exchange: Language, Literature, and Translation." Chair, 23 February 2017, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Second Interdisciplinary Conference in Linguistics, Literature, and Translation: "Language:
The Beacon of Culture and Thought (LBCT)." Member, 5-6 November 2014, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• Mentor of Ethos Magazine
• Organizer of extra-curricular activities for students
• Member in ad-hoc Ministry of Education Committee for Interdisciplinary Programs in the Humanities
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N32SYL4AAAAJ&hl=en
