Brief Bio
1. Personal Information
Name: Susanne Shunnaq
E-mail: susanne99@squ.edu.om
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: English
Specialization:
Minor specialization:
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42, P.C. 123. Al-Khod, Sultanate of Oman.
2. Employment History
Place of Work (Institution)
Year
Occupation
Sultan Qaboos University
2013Assistant Professor
Yarmouk University
2010Associate Professor
Yarmouk University
2000-2010
Assistant Professor
Yarmouk University
1993-1995
Teaching Assistant
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
Qualification
Institution
1995-2000
Ph.D
Pennsylvania State University
1990-1993
M.A
Yarmouk University
Yarmouk University
1987-1990
B.A
3-2 Courses Taught
Level
ENGL 3214: Section 20 (Survey of American Literature I)
Advanced
ENGL 3215: Section 10 (Survey of Am. Literature II)
Advanced
ENGL 3219: Section 10 (Survey of British Literature II
Advanced
ENGL 4222: Section 20 (Modern Poetry)
Advanced
ENGL 2211: Section 20 (Introduction to Fiction)
Intermediate
ENGL 3127: Section 100 (Academic Writing)
Advanced
ENGL 4566: Section 10 (Twentieth Century Literature)
Advanced
ENGL 2217: Section 10 (Introduction to Poetry and Drama)
Intermediate
ENGL 2225: Section 20 (Introduction to Literature: Prose)
Intermediate
4. Research
4-1 Research Interests
American literature, British Literature, Modern Literature, Culture Studies, Teaching Literature, Interdisciplinary Studies
4-2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers)
Shunnaq, S. R., & Balasubramanian, C. (forthcoming 2016). Prescriptive and Descriptive Approaches. In The TESOL
Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching ( Vol. The Language) published by Wiley in partnership with TESOL
International as an eight-volume set
Shunnaq, Mohammed, Susanne Ramadan Shunnaq. (2012). Camel-Trekking in Jordan: Between Oriental Perception and
Authentic Tourist Expectation. Camels in Asia and North Africa: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on their Past and Present
Significance by Knoll, E. and P. Burger eds. Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences 177-185, 269.
Ramadan, Susanne. (2012). "Conflicting Careers? F. Scott Fitzgerald the Literary Artist and the Professional Writer.
Damascus University Journal 28,1: 85-112. Damascus: Damascus University.
Ramadan, Susanne. (2011). "Transatlantic Influences: Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Kipling's Kim." Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth
wad-Dirasat (Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies) 26,1: 9-32. Karak: Mu'tah University.
Ramadan, Susanne. "'Switzerland:' An Unpublished Poem of J. S. Knowles." Notes and Queries 56,3 (2009): 392-393.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
4-3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences)
3rd Kuala Lumpur International Communication, Education, Language & Social Science Conference
27th – 28th February 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
College of Arts and Social Sciences Third International Conference "Interdisciplinarity Between Social and Other Sciences:
Experiences and Aspirations" 15th –17th December, Sultan Qaboos University
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4 International Conference on Teaching, Education and Learning (ICTEL), Yildiz Technical University, 34349
Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, August 16-17, 2015
THE 2ND WORLD CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC THOUGHT & CIVILIZATION : RISE AND FALL OF CIVILIZATION
- CONTEMPORARY STATES OF MUSLIM AFFAIRS (WCIT2014), organized by Kolej Universiti Islam Sultan Azlan Shah
Islamic University College, Ipoh Perak, Malaysia, 18 – 19 August, 2014.
2012 Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Washington D.C. December 2012
4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
Synthesizing Naturalism and Existentialism: A Study of Theodore Dreiser's Characters in Jennie Gerhardt. Lubna Farraj,
2013
Rewriting the Self through Memory in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day and The Unconsoled. Assil Ghariri, 2013
Nocturnal Creativity: The Insomnia Poems of John Keats and Robert Frost. Muath Al-Azzam, 2013
Terrorism as an Anti-Thesis in Selected Contemporary American Novels. Amin Ata Zaki, 2012
Female Solidarity Against Oppression in Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place. Badr
Aldeen Al-Zoubi, 2012
5. Awards
Fulbright Scholarship 1995-1997
6. Community Service
6-1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….)
Gave a public lecture at the 2nd English and Translation Forum organized by the English and Translation Society 18-20 May,
2015.
Conducted a workshop on "Basics of Academic Writing" organized by Deanship of Postgraduate Studies on Nov. 17 th, 2015.
Member in the Judging Panel and editorial member of Penned Thoughts Competition for Omani Youth in commemoration of
Ali Mehdi since 2014
Conducted a workshop on "Basics of Academic Writing" organized by Deanship of Postgraduate Studies on April 13 th, 2015.
Gave a Public Lecture in the Department of English entitled: "Faded into Oblivion: The Story of a Manuscript by a Once
Famous Author." Department of English. (May 8, 2014).
6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
Member in the Academic Program Review Committee starting fall 2015/2016
Member in the Education English Accreditation Liaison Committee since 2013
Member in the Quality and Accreditation Committee since 2013
Member in the Departmental Conference Committee since 2015
Member in the Editorial Board Committee for the Journal of Arts and Social Sciences since 2015
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