GINA R.

DOMINIQUE, PhD
AL-AZARIA (BETHANY), PALESTINE
Primary Email: ginadominique.eng@gmail.com; Contact Number [cell, messages] 056-914-3637
Skype: gina.dominique1
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ACADEMIC PROFILE: BRIEF OVERVIEW

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS

Intellectual freedom and freedom of expression in universities under occupation
Decolonizing epistemologies and cognitive strategies
Transgressing and transforming disciplinary boundaries
Sacred and secular knowledge in the ancient Near East, Gnostics of the 1st and 2nd centuries CE
The interdisciplinary production of knowledge and the exercise of power in the academic establishment

TEACHING SPECIALIZATIONS IN PALESTINE

Literary History, Criticism, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Critical / Resistance Theory
English for Special Purposes: Tourism Studies and Guiding in Historical Palestine (providing instruction in both linguistic skills and content, having
completed an intensive, two-year program, Archaeological Seminars, under the auspices of the Ministry of Antiquities)
English for Academic Purposes: (1) International Relations, Area Studies, and Political Science; (2) Archaeology, History and Heritage Studies; (3)
General Science (4) The Humanities in general
Writing as an epistemic practice, particularly in dialectical journaling and various other techniques Ive developed or deployed in the generation
of text

ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES IN PALESTINE

Al Azaria English-Language and General Academic Services [AEGAS]
Academic editing of papers, abstracts, conference proceeding, grant proposals and miscellaneous reports produced by faculty
Providing workshops, seminars, symposia for faculty, staff and students
The International Academic Boycott of Israel [PACBI]

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH / THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSE, PhD in English and Cultural Studies, 1998.
Doctoral Examinations [Comprehensives] Pittsburgh, 1989
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION: RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Literary/Critical Theory, Postmodern and Postcolonial Epistemologies
Decolonizing practices or Counter-Hegemonic Discourse in the Literary Arts and Humanities
Victorian Intellectual History [Knowledge/Power] and the History and Philosophy of Science
Romanticism and German Philosophical Idealism: Freud, Fichte, and Schellings Naturphilosophie
Dissertation [Defended with Highest Honors, 1998 in San Jose, Costa Rica, University of San Jose]: Postmodern and Postcolonial
[Mis] Appropriations: Critical Theory, Romanticism, and the German Scientific Weltanschauung

THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, M. A. English, 1986

Comprehensive Examinations, Pittsburgh, 1989
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION: RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Elizabethan-Jacobean Drama [interdisciplinary study in conjunction with the faculty of Theatre Art
Composition and Writing across the Curriculum
Eighteenth Century Literature and Philosophical Romanticism
Literary and Critical Theory

HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM, 1980-82.

Graduate-level coursework in Social Anthropology and Intensive Hebrew [1980-82] in expectation of matriculating in the Institute of
Archaeology
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION: COURSEWORK AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology; Hebrew Language
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, B. A. Anthropology / History, 1981 [final year in residence at Hebrew
University, Jerusalem] Minors in History and Near Eastern Studies

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS IN PALESTINE

AL-QUDS UNIVERSITY, Department of English Language and Literature [2007-2014] Teaching and Advising:
Courses Regularly Delivered
Graduate-Level
Readings in American Literature [AQB- MAT Program]
Period and Genre Studies in the Contemporary Novel, 1945-2012: Historical, Academic, Philosophical Fiction [AQB- MAT
Program]
Thesis advising [7 MA candidates, 2014 to 2015] [for the AQB- MAT Program]
Academic Editing and Publishing for Translators [AQU Masters in Translation Program, MA]
Upper Division Undergraduate
Contemporary Poetry
The Rise of the Novel [in English]
Contemporary Literary and Critical Theory
Comparative Literature: Two Authors, Poe and Baudelaire
Comparative Literature: Two Authors, Ibsen and Shakespeare [the Late Plays]
Special Topics in Literature: Ruins and Romanticism
Special Topics in Literature: Victorian Non-Fiction Prose
Special Topics in Literature: Gnosticism and Mystery Cults of the Eastern Mediterranean
Undergraduate
Introduction to Drama and Contemporary Drama
Introductions to both Poetry and Drama
17th Century Metaphysical Poetry [Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, and Vaughan]
The Rise of the Novel in English
Mythology and Religion in Literature [pre-Islamic sacred texts]
Survey of the English Canon II: Romanticism to Post-Modernism
Survey of the English Canon I: The Literature of Medieval England through the Age of Enlightenment
New Courses in Development
Cultural Security and Intelligence in a Palestinian Context: Critical Approaches to Archaeological Practice and the Illicit
Antiquities Trade
Power, Knowledge, and Academic Discourse
Decolonizing Epistemology and the Theory and Practice of Literature
English for Academic Purposes: Critical Archaeology, History and Tourism Studies
Special Topics in Critical Discourse Analysis Ideology and Information Warfare [CDA]
Special Topics in Language: Discursive Strategies in National Narratives
Special Topics in Literature: Palestine in Western Fiction and Travel Narratives

Academic Support Services

1. A multi-disciplinary Digital Library and Archive. Domains covered include the following: Critical Theory, English
Literature and Linguistics, Integrated Studies, Academic Writing/Academic and Critical Literacy, Area and International Studies and
related knowledge domains. My Digital Library and Archive include scholarly monographs, edited volumes of recent scholarship, and
specialized reference works in the various disciplines from which Cultural Studies derives its methods and materials. It is a multi-
media resource, containing film and photography and various other media. This continuing resource was originally intended to serve
as a countervailing measure to ameliorate the effects of the Occupation on the availability of scholarly resources, particularly journals
and indeed of scholars themselves in residence at West Bank colleges and universities. It features both web-based and digitalized
print resources. The general collection is updated annually and consists of full-text, scholarly monographs and edited collections as
well as journal articles, abstracts, and bibliographies of print and electronic sources.

2. An International Literature and Cultural Studies Syllabus Collection. This is an extensive and regularly updated database
of program descriptions, course outlines and open-source materials from universities offering similarly integrative and
interdisciplinary approaches to the critical, self-reflexive, and non-linear process of reading, writing, and research. Students are
invited to discuss similarities and differences between courses offered in various geographical regions, languages, and institutional
types. They are asked to address the manner in which certain relevant content is organized, structured, and presented across the
curriculum by institutions serving various demographics and by departments and instructors representing a broad array of disciplinary
practices and theoretical orientations

3. Proposed on-site English-Language Academic Consultancy Functions, Resources, and Workshops in English for
Academic and Special Purposes

4. Proposed Workshops in Academic Literacy

Academic Integrity and the Responsibilities of the Intellectual
Conceptual and Lexical Development
Workshop Materials Collections [available online] include

5. Curriculum Proposal: MA Cultural Studies/Center for Cultural Studies [published on-line at academic.edu]
6. Fieldwork in Literature and Cultural Studies: regular one day visits to sites in Palestine that are associated with course
content
7. Department of English, Hiring Committee, 2008-2010; Proposals: Writing Workshops / Writing Center; Proposal: Critical
Cultural Studies: MA or Honors Undergraduate

8. Academic Editing, Al-Quds University Institute of Archaeology and Hebrew University, Faculty of Social Sciences

9. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Bibliography for proposed conference: Critical Resistance, and
Cultural Security in Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean: The bibliography focuses on the interrelations between Critical Theory,
and archaeological practice in the Occupied Territories, the Deep State, and the Illicit Antiquities Trade

10. Proposed student-based academic collaboration and critical and strategic thought Participatory Research organization
[attached below] designed to help AQU students carry on the task of building an academic community

HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM [2003-07]

Courses Regularly Delivered:

Graduate-Level
Academic Writing in English for Doctoral Candidates, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Undergraduate
English as a Foreign Language: Intermediary and Advanced/Undergraduate: Readings in the Social Sciences and Humanities,
English as a Foreign Language: Readings in the Theoretical Sciences and Applied Sciences [also at the Jerusalem College of
Engineering and the Jerusalem College of Technology for students of medical engineering, computer science, and electro-
optics]
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Senior Lecturer [1990-2001]

Courses Regularly Delivered:
The College of Arts and Sciences
English Composition I and II [105, 106, 107]
Critical Reading and Writing
Writing about Science
Advanced Scientific Writing [fourth year and graduate students]
The College of Arts and Sciences Honors College
Special Topics in Composition: Writing about Literature [variations included sections on Postmodernism and Critical
Theory]
Special Topics in Composition: Literature of Resistance and Protest: The Viet Nam War;
The Occupation of Palestine
 Special Topics in Composition: Power, Knowledge, and Academic Discourse
Special Topics in Composition: Writing about Science: Physics and Philosophy
Special Topics in Composition: Writing about Science: Biographies and Memoirs

The College of Engineering, IMPaCT Program

Academic Writing for Engineering Students
Consultancies and Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development
Faculty of Arts and Sciences / Richter Library Liaison [1993-1996]: In this capacity, I developed instructional techniques
and research methodologies. I also conducted seminars and workshops for both students and faculty in the use of discipline-specific
electronic databases and proprietary information sources

University of Miami College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences, The IMPaCT Program [1996-2001]: I
was tasked with developing and implementing what came to be known as the, sponsored by the University of Miami College of
Engineering and the IEEE. I represented the Department of English in an initial, 12-month preparatory project designed to integrate
the teaching of mathematics, physics, and communications [IMPaCT] for all newly-admitted Engineering students.

Academic Service [1990-2001]

Richter Library liaison
Composition Advisory Board
Hiring Committee
Library Requisitions Committee
Curriculum Development Committee
Writing Across the Curriculum Committee

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Part-time and/or summer semesters only [1990-2002]

Courses Regularly Delivered:

Undergraduate
Expository Writing
Literary Analysis [Introductory Literary Theory and Criticism]
Approaches to Literature and Narrative Technique
Technical Writing
Advanced Writing and Research
Writing across the Curriculum
Special Topics in Composition: Literary Theory and Film Studies
Special Topics in Composition: Studies in Short Fiction
Materials and Methods of Academic Inquiry [Undergraduate and Graduate Research]

Academic Service [1990-2001]

Writing across the Disciplines, Annual Conference [1993-98]
Writing across the Disciplines, a Multi-disciplinary Bibliography [updated annually until 2000]

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH [1984-1990]

Courses Regularly Delivered [Teaching Fellow and Adjunct faculty]
Undergraduate
English Composition II and II [105 and 106]
The Dramatic Imagination [Introduction to Drama]
Advanced Composition [third and fourth year undergraduate] Critical Writing: The Nature and Function of Scholarly Inquiry
Academic and University Service
Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival Seasons 1985 and 1986

WORKS AVAILABLE ONLINE

 Advanced Studies In English for the Social Sciences, General Sciences and Humanities
of Palestinian Universities
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PLEASE NOTE: Draft copies are generally available online at [https://aqu.academia.edu/GinaDominique] These coursebooks are intended for
advanced undergraduates and MA-level students who intend to apply for graduate work in universities abroad. Most are available online at
Academia.Edu [https://aqu.academia.edu/GinaDominique]

[Series One] Cultural Studies, Epistemic Practices, and Resistance Theory for Palestinian Universities
[Series Two] Resources in the Study of Academic Literacy and Academic Discourse in English for Palestinian Universities
[Series Three] Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities

Vol. 1. Cultural Studies, Epistemic Practices, And Resistance Theory for Palestinian Universities [English EFL] Critical Resistance And Cultural
Studies: An International, Interdisciplinary Curriculum For Palestinian Universities

The courses described in this catalogue form the basis of a proposed international and interdisciplinary curriculum for advanced studies in
Palestinian universities and, to a lesser extent, perhaps, delivered by means of online platforms.

Most of them, however, can be adapted for use in an honors undergraduate trackparticularly for English majors and for those matriculating in the
Faculty of Arts with the intention of pursuing graduate studies abroad.

COURSES ADDRESSING PALESTINIAN ISSUES

Seminar in Israel/Area Studies: Zionist History, Historiography, and Ideology I: Po'alei Zion to the Palestinian Nakba [1880-1949]
Seminar in Israel/Area Studies: Zionist History, Historiography, and Ideology II: The War of Attrition to the Second Intifada and the Articulation of a
Post-Zionist Israeli Left
Inventing Victorian Palestine: Travel Literature and Content- Laden Photographic and Film Collections
Seminal Texts in the Sacred and Secular Literature of Byzantine Palestine, 4th to the 7th Century CE
Sacred, Secular, and Political Literature of Crusader Palestine
Special Topics in Critical Discourse Analysis in a Palestinian Context
Orientalism, Post-Colonialism, and Resistance Theory
II. COURSES IN CRITICAL THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
Power, Polemics, and the Professoriate
Literature, Culture, and Ideology
The Rise of the Public Intellectual
An Introduction to Literary and Critical Theory
Literature and Philosophy and Disciplinary Configurations
Death, Madness, and French Theory
Biography, Autobiography, and Memoirs: The Hermeneutics of Life Writing
Special Topics in Critical Discourse Analysis and Qualitative Media Analysis
Post-colonialism and Narrative Fiction/Non-Fiction
III. COURSES IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL HISTORY
Heresy and the Postcolonial: Gnosticism and Mystery Cults of the Eastern Mediterranean
The Contemporary Novel: Academic, Philosophical, and Historical Fiction
Literary Approaches to Myth and Religion
Victorian Literary, Non-Fiction Prose
A Conceptual and Contextual Introduction to Hermeneutics and Exegesis
English Mystical and Metaphysical Poetry and Prose: Literature as a Way of Knowing
Critical Approaches to Classical Studies, Version II [Hybrid]
Studies in Contemporary Prose Fiction: The Academic, Historical, and Philosophical Novel
Readings in the Secularization of Knowledge: Darwin, Freud, and Marx
The Ritual Origins of Drama
Naturphilosophie and the Romantic Movement in the Arts and Sciences
IV CRITICAL APPROACHES TO CANONS AND CANONICITY
Critical Approaches to Classical Studies
Survey of the English Canon I: The Medieval Period through the Age of Reason
A Survey of the English Canon II: 1789 to Mid-20th Century
American Literature and Society I: The Canon in Historical and Intellectual Context
American Literature and Society II: Narratives of Empire in a Multi-Cultural Context
A Survey of Classical Mythology, Holy Scripture, and National Narratives
Elizabethan-Jacobean Drama

Vol. 2. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: An Interactive Arabic-English Lexical Notebook for Advanced Undergraduate
and Graduate Students in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Vol. 3. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities Discipline-Specific and Interdisciplinary
Lexicons, Academic Phraseology, and Conceptual Metaphors for the Social Sciences and Humanities [one of several systematic and interactive
lexical notebooks for use in a traditional classroom setting as well as in technology- enhanced courses, and distance learning]
Vol. 4. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-Specific Lexis:
Literary History and Criticism

Vol. 5. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-Specific Lexis:
Archaeology and Heritage Preservation/Management in Palestine

Vol. 6. Resources in the Study of English for Special Purposes in for Palestinian Universities: Cultural, Archaeological, and Political Tourism in
Palestine.

Vol. 7. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Conceptual History and the History of Concepts: Timelines in the Western History
of Ideas.

Vol. 8. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities Political Science, Area Studies, and
International Studies

Vol. 9. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Critical Conceptual Analysis of Documentary Films, Verbal and Visual Mass
Culture, and Ancillary Materials in the Study of Contemporary Political Discourse

Additional Volumes Currently In Preparation

Vol. 10. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Approaches to Writing as a process and an Epistemic Practice

Vol. 11. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-Specific
Lexis: Literary Theory, History, and Criticism

Vol. 12. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-Specific
Lexis: Theatre and the Performing Arts

Vol. 13. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-Specific
Lexis:
Introduction to Middle Eastern History

Vol. 14. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-Specific
Lexis: Media and Communication Studies

Vol. 15 Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-Specific Lexis
Intellectual History

2. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: An Interactive Arabic-English Lexical Notebook for Graduate Students
in the Social Sciences and Humanities

3. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Discipline-Specific, Interdisciplinary and Cross-Disciplinary Lexicons,
Academic Phraseology, and Conceptual Metaphors for [EFL] Systematic and Interactive Self-Directed Study [updated frequently]

4. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Conceptual History and the History of Concepts: Timelines in the
History of Ideas.

5. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Interdisciplinary Readings in English for Academic Purposes: Political
Science, Area Studies, and International Studies

6. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-
Specific Lexis: The Social Sciences

7. Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian Universities: General Academic and Domain-
Specific Lexis: Archaeology and Heritage Preservation/Management

8. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Critical Conceptual Analysis of Documentary Films, Verbal and Visual
Mass Culture, and Ancillary Materials in the Study of Contemporary Political Discourse
9. Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Approaches to Writing as an Epistemic Practice

CURRENT RESEARCH, RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, AND BOOK PROJECTS

Edessa, working title of an historical / academic novel concerning the Herodian dynasty of Roman Palestine
and the Bagratid rulers of Eastern Anatolia. Research extends into the areas of Syro-Palestinian Archaeology,
Early Christian heresies, and 1st to 5th Century apocrypha and Gnostic sacred texts
Research concerning literary forgeries and the rare manuscript archives in the Mar Saba Monastery [Bethlehem]
The Monastery of St. Mark , Jerusalem; the Armenian Library and Museum [Jerusalem]
A history of Christianity in Al-Azaria [Bethany]

OTHER TEACHING-RELATED RESEARCH INTERESTS

Decolonizing epistemologies and methodologies in the Palestinian context
Social, standpoint, and liberation epistemology
Threshold Concepts / Knowledge
Conceptual History, History of Concepts, and Historiography
The Western university and the military-industrial, academic complex
BDS and the political economy of Comparative Literature and English Studies
Resistance theory and literature
The erosion of civility in higher education
Higher Education under Israeli Military Occupation

APPENDIX 1
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AL AZARIA ENGLISH-LANGUAGE AND GENERAL ACADEMIC SERVICES [AEGAS]

Gina Dominique, PhD, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and On-line
Contact Information ginadominique.eng@gmail.com [cell] 056-914-3637 [messages] On-Site English-Language Consultancy

Overview of Services Offered and Resources Available

Academic research, writing, and editing assistance on-line content development for university websites and public relations
On-site workshops and symposia for university-level instruction in English as a Foreign Language
E-library and archive; full-text and recently published scholarly monographs, edited collections and anthologies, specialized reference works,
online and continuously updated educational films and video resources, digitized photographs
for research on historical and contemporary Palestine

1. TUTORING
English-Language Writing and Research for University Students
Small group workshops on Academic Literacy [across the curriculum]
Theme-Based Tutorials in Conversational English

2. GENERAL COPY-EDITING AND PROOFREADING

The English content of the university website , social media and networking platforms, as well as correspondence and on-
campus signage, brochures, museum and special collections display panels and catalogs

3. ACADEMIC EDITING
Publishable papers, abstracts, conference presentation and poster sessions, conference proceedings, bibliographies, grants,
research proposals and miscellaneous reports produced by AQU faculty
Grammar, syntax, accuracy of word choice, and other stylistic norms and conventions
Intercultural communications, levels of formality, and context-specific rhetorical issues
Linguistic norms, codes and conventions of written institutional discourse
Level of detail necessary to foreign readers and visitors
 General and subject-specific terminology [controlled terms or keywords] of higher education cultural heritage conservation

4. RESEARCH ASSISTANCE
Database and other online searches
Primary and Secondary Sources [full-text and excerpts] for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Subject / Author Bibliographies [both published and custom-made, for offered courses and new research]
Open-Source Information Brokering Services : Accessing and Evaluating Information Open-Source Information Brokering
Services
Accessing and Evaluating Information

5. LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, AND DATABASES

Open Educational Resources (OER)
Sample and model cover letters and CVs for academic, governmental, cultural, and corporate institutions
Templates and model letters of recommendation, letters of interest, Grant Proposals, general memoranda

6. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESOURCES

Collections of course syllabi and outlines, primarily from English-language colleges and universities
Assignments and assignment sequences, sample papers and theses, and exam elements from multiple disciplines and sources
[for faculty]
Images library and slides / power-point, including historically significant photographs [Palestine and Syria] and other public-
domain files for courses in Art History, Archaeology, Tourism, Palestinian Cultural, Social, Political, and Military History
Multimedia Enrichment Collections, including transcripts wherever available of documentaries, lectures, videotaped
speeches, broadcast news media
E-libraries : Free and open access to the full-text, Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Digital Library
and Archives for Cultural Studies and Related Domains, 2013- the present [continuously revised and updated online, Multi-
Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary]
PDF files of recently published academic monographs and reference works
7. ENGLISH/ ARABIC MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND THEMATIC
Published online as Introductory Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian
Universities. [discipline-specific and cross-disciplinary lexicons, with practice items on idiomatic expressions, collocations,
phraseology, and conceptual metaphors]

8. RESOURCES FOR PALESTINIAN TOUR-GUIDES

English for Academic and Special Purposes [Special Topics by Request]
Archaeological sites prepared for public view
Historical and indigenous architecture
Environmental or eco-tourism Political Tourism
Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Cities, Towns, and Village Profiles
Specialized Subject Bibliographies [with or without annotations] for guiding preparation and as handouts documents,
templates, letters, financial and field and reports for clients, tour operators and sponsoring institutions
English-language Guide Scripts on specialized topics requested by or suggested to tour organizers and operators
Multimedia Resources to enhance the experience of foreign tour participants or deepen and reinforce the educational
experience of university sponsored tours
 GENERAL OVERVIEW

Professional and academic editing

Academic research and On-line content development
E-library and Archive: full-text and recently published scholarly monographs,
edited collections and anthologies, reference works,
curriculum development, and bibliographies [with detailed catalog, continuously updated]
Original, continuously updated full-text resources for English language acquisition
Online, continuously updated distribution platform for educational film and video resources
Online, continuously updated photographic resource for research on historical and contemporary Palestine
Workshops and Symposia for university-level instruction in English as a Foreign Language for academic and special purposes

OUTLINE OF SERVICES

ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND WRITING ASSISTANCE

Selecting appropriate research methodologies
Accessing and negotiating electronic general and discipline-specific databases and bibliographies
Locating, assessing, and managing primary, secondary, and tertiary sources
Scholarly journal articles, monographs, reviews, and review articles
Citation searching and indexing

WEBSITE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

1. Multi-disciplinary e-library [from my own series of resources for Palestinian universities: To be published elsewhere online as:
Resources in Cultural Studies for Palestinian Universities: Digital Library and Archives for Cultural Studies and Related Domains,
2013- [15. 9. 14 continuously revised and updated online]

2. Multi-disciplinary, interactive English/ Arabic Glossaries with Practice Items. [My own work, continuously updated] To be
published elsewhere online as: Introductory Resources in the Study of Academic Discourse in English [EFL] for Palestinian
Universities [glossed in Arabic]: Discipline-Specific, and Cross-Disciplinary Lexicons, Phraseology, and Conceptual Metaphors
[27.10.16 continuously revised and updated online] Topics include the following:

3. Annotated guides and links to published, theme-based English-Arabic glossaries [with permission]1

4. Palestinian historical, sociological, political, and cultural resources [multi-media, public domain] of interest both to the local
academic community and to a general on-line readership

Images databases: Links to digitalized images such as that of Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection, 1898 to
1946
Film collections: Annotated guides to filmic images of historical Palestine 2
Academic documentary films [with transcripts wherever available]
Videotaped lectures

 A collection of rare, full-text travel accounts of 19th and early 20th century Palestine [as well as links to previously published
other related materials]

5. Full-text or links to freely downloadable e-books and films by Palestinian artists, writers, and scholars or about Palestine [Free
sources include the following: http://www.leedspsc.org.uk/the-palestine-review-the-largest-online-library-of-free-ebooks-on-
palestine/; http://palestinereview.com/ebooks.htm; http://www.digitalbookindex.org/_search/search010areastudiespalestinea.asp]

6. English language open-access, educational web pages accessed directly from the main website. Topics may include

Resources in academic literacy and basic skills in English

Methodologies of critical analysis
Interdisciplinary research: methods and materials
Cognitive biases and logical fallacies
Key concepts in textual and discourse analysis
Bibliographies, bibliographical databases
Academic literacy and lexicons
Scholarly arguments
Academic writing and research
Critical reasoning across the disciplines
Critical thinking and academic research
Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary assessment rubrics

7. Information on the holdings of major Palestinian archives and special collections, particularly those based in Jerusalem and largely
inaccessible to many in the Palestinian academic community. 3

WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA [FACULTY- LED MULTI- AND INTERDISCIPLINARY]

1. For students and instructors of the tourist guide program: training and resource development for accurately identifying and
describing
Archaeological, historical and religious sites and remains of material culture
Artifacts, art works, and other visually-based objects
Geographical and geological features
Social and political issues involving the occupation: foreign relations; military orders; principles of
governance; international law, and peace-building initiatives
2. For students and faculty across the curriculum
Discipline-specific and interdisciplinary terminology
Socialization in academic discourse
Research and electronic databases
Discipline-specific style sheets
General vocabulary development
Basic grammar
Discourse models
Grants, proposals, teaching statements, portfolios
Recognizing cultural bias
Conversation and oral reports
Course descriptions
3. For administrative and support staff: training and resource development for tasks such as the following:
English-language letter-writing, and e-correspondence between individuals and external institutions
Drafting / writing and responding to documents, statements, policy briefs

 Revising for grammatically and idiomatically correct English, rhetorical strategies, gender-neutrality
and cultural
Responding to requests for information
Documents used in soliciting donations and aid packages from foreign agencies and similar tasks

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL [ORIGINAL]

English-Arabic lexical notebooks, glossaries, etc. across the disciplines [samples are available by
request]
Guides to research writing in English across the disciplines
Guides to specific issues in Arabic/English academic research writing