CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Info
Name
Date of Birth
Nationality
Material Status
E-mail
Telephone
Affiliation
: Ayman Rashad Yasin
: Jan,27,1972
: Jordanian
: married
: aymanolu@gmail.com
: +962 78 5058208 / +962 79 6076047
: Isra' University/ Jordan
Objective
To get an opportunity in a reputable school, with a leading role in teaching and research.
Profile
A dynamic and active PhD holder in linguistics, equipped with a wide scope of exposure to
languages & dialects of Arabic and linguistic theories built through teaching different college
courses and having professional training.
Academic qualifications
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PhD in Linguistics: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2012 (GPA 3.93).
M.A in Linguistics: University of Jordan, 2006 (GPA 4.0)
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B.A in English Literature: University of Jordan, 1993(GPA 71.3/100).
Skills
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Native speaker of Arabic, speak English fluently, fair knowledge of Spanish (4
courses at Purdue)
Good knowledge of most Arabic dialects
Learnt two courses in American Sign Language (ASL).
Sound Analyzing (Praat)
Managing excel formulas on spreadsheets
Communicating well with people from different cultures
Awards and Achievements:
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Lynn Fellowship / Purdue University 2008
TA in the Linguistics Department at Purdue (2009-2012)
College teaching workshops (series II) at Purdue 2011
Presented a paper at ILLS ( Illinois Language and linguistics Society 4 (April,
2012)
Working Experiences:
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CURRENTLY Assistant Professor at Princess Sumayya University for Technology/
Jordan (SINCE Fall 2013)
Assistant professor at Isra' University / Jordan
I have taught:
 Phonetics and phonology
 Oral skills 2
 Study skills
 Grammar 1
 Grammar 3
 Translation 1
Assistant Professor at the University of Jordan (summer 2012)
I taught
 Syntax 1
 Advanced writing
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TA at Purdue (2009-2012)- I taught
 201 course ‘Introduction to Linguistics’,
 321 course ‘ Foundations of Semantics and Syntax’
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Instructor at the University of Jordan 2006-2008:
I taught
 ‘Introduction to linguistics
 Phonetics
 communication skills I
 communication skills II’
 English for tourism
 Translation of economic texts
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Instructor at Balqa University for Applied Sciences / Jordan 2007:
I taught
 English 101
 English 102
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Instructor at Zarqa Private University /Jordan 2006-2007
I taught
 Language skills
 Writing
 Advanced Writing
 Reading
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English Teacher at public schools in Jordan 1997-2004
I taught the government English curriculum for Beginning, Intermediate and
Advanced students (grades 3-12).
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Arabic instructor:
I taught Arabic to American students who came to Jordan under the umbrella of Peace
Corps in the year 2000.
Extra Responsibilities at PSUT
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Coordinating between the Department of University Requirements and visiting foreign
faculty members (Mr Andrew Fichter and Mr Sam Chung) ensuring a smooth transition
to Jordanian university culture.
Assigned by Unit Head to represent the University Requirements Unit in assisting in the
development of the new English and Arabic website for PSUT enabling the University to
better showcase itself to the world.
Translating news for the university website.
Preparing an Outline, Teaching Methodologies and Course description for teaching
English for IT graduates. The Course titled, “English for IT”, is offered through USAID
to help Jordanian graduates find better job opportunities (30 training hours)
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Preparing an Outline, Teaching Methodologies and Course description for teaching
English for IT graduates. “English for IT”, is a joint project between JEI (Jordan
Education Initiative) and MENA that represents USAID to help Jordanian graduates find
better job opportunities (120 training hours).
Helping all staff members in the Unit of University Requirements to use e-learning and
other electronic services on the university website.
Conferences
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Participated in: Illinois Language and Linguistic Society conference (ILLS4): I presented
a paper about edge marking in Jordanian Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. (April 13-14,
2012)
Papers:
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'Syntax-Prosody Interface: Wh-movement in Jordanian Arabic and Egyptian Arabic'.
2012.Studies in the Linguistic Sciences: Illinois Working Papers. Proceedings of the
fourth meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society, Urbana Champagne,
Illinois, USA. pp. 37-52.
'The Acquisition of Negative Morphemes by Jordanian EFL Learners'. 2013. Arab
Journal for the Humanities, 127(32) 2014. Kuwait University, Kuwait. 127 : ‫ العدد‬32 : ‫السنة‬
2014 http://pubcouncil.kuniv.edu.kw/ajh/homear.aspx?id=8&Root=yes
The Translation of Active Participles and Hyperbolic Patterns into English. 2014. The
Islamic University Journal of Humanities, Gaza.
Deglottalization in Jordanian Arabic: Syntax-Prosody Interface. 2014. Dirasaat: Human
and Social Sciences, University of Jordan, Jordan.
Liaison in Jordanian Arabic and Standard Arabic: Syntax-Prosody Interface.
International Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 6, No. 5, 2014. Las Vegas Nevada.
http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijl/issue/current. Copyright © Macrothink
Institute ISSN 1948-5425 pp. 22-36
Cognate Accusatives: Lost in Translation. European Scientific Journal (ESJ). Vol 10, No
(26) 2014. http://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/issue/view/151. ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print)
e - ISSN 1857- 7431 pp/ 327-353.
Auxiliary Behavior in Jordanian Arabic
References :
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Ronnie B Wilbur
Department: speech, language and hearing sciences
Purdue University
Office Phone: +1 765 49-43822
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Email: wilbur@purdue.edu
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Elaine J Francis
Department: English
Purdue University
Office Phone: +1 765 49-43326
Email: ejfranci@purdue.edu
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Jihad Hamdan
Head of the English department/ Faculty of Foreign Languages
University of Jordan,
Office Phone 06/5355000 ext. 24827
Email: jihaddan@yahoo.com
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Mai Shaykhali
Assistant Professor at Translation Dept
Isra' University
Office phone 06/ 4711710
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Hussein Sbdel-Fattah
Full Professor in the English department/ Faculty of Arts
Isra' University
Office phone 06/ 4711710 ext. 2443
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