Ghada M. Abdel Hafeez, PhD
Chair of the English Dept.
Minia University, Faculty of Arts
CELF fellow at Maxwell School of Citizenship
Phone Numbers:
Egypt: (Home) 27961084 –Mobile: 01227331956
E-mail: ghadam64@hotmail.com
gabdelhafiz@yahoo.com
Address: 15 Gamal El-Dein Abou El-Mahasen, Garden City, 11451, Cairo. Egypt
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EDUCATION
30/1/1996
Ph.D. in English drama, “The Image of Women in the Plays of Henrik
Ibsen, August Strindberg, and Tennessee Williams: A Feminist Approach.” Minia
University, faculty of Arts
26/9/1989
MA in American Drama, “The Social Protest Motif in the Plays of Clifford
Odets and Elmer Rice.” Minia University, Faculty of Arts
5/1985 BA
Minia University, Faculty of Arts, English Department
Work Experience
From 31/8/2009 till now
Chair of the English Department, Faculty of Arts, Minia
University
From 10/12/2007 till now
Director of Minia University Languages’ Center
From October 2011 till now Coordinator of Translation Program in the Open Education
System
From July 2012 till now
Core Team member with the Pathways to Higher
Education in Egypt
Employment History
Professional Development
TRAINING OUTSIDE EGYPT
 “Civic Education and Leadership Fellows Program” at Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs, Syracuse University. (Feb 2 – May 12, 2013).
 Attending workshops and seminars related to civic education and leadership at
, Syracuse University, from 2 February 2013 till 11th of May 2013.
 Teaching Knowledge Test from University of Cambridge: ESOL Examinations (English
for Speakers of Other Languages) – TKT (module 1, 2 and 3) – July 2012
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Professor from 31/8/2009
Head of English Department from 24/10/2009 till now
Acting Head of English Department from 26/8/3007 to 31/7/2009
Associate Professor from 20/1/2004
Lecturer from 13/2/1996
Assistant lecturer from 1/11/1989
Demonstrator from 12/10/1985
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Educational Measurement and English Language Testing Program, California State
University 1999 through The IELP II
Intensive Advanced Level Teacher Training and Academic Professional Enhancement
course, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 1992 through The Fulbright Commission
TRAINING INSIDE EGYPT
 TOT (Preparatory level) by NCFLD at Minia University from 7-11 October, 2012
 “Teaching Knowledge Test Preparation Courses” “Blended Learning BULATS
Preparation Courses” from the British Council, July 2012.
 Education Reform Program (ERP): ‫برنامج تطوير التعليم‬: External Master Training. 7-9 July,
14-31 July, 19-20 August, 8-10 October (2008)
 ESP Course Design and Materials Development Workshop, August 18th to August 23rd
2001.
 ESP Institute in Course Design and Materials Development, July 1st to July 11th , 2001.
 Item Bank Writing, Testing. IELP with Prof. Arthur Hughes: May 1999- April
2001:
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Leadership Experience
28/2/2013
attending a workshop about “Four Frames Analysis for Conflict” with
Bruce Dayton, Associate Director, Moynihan Institute for Global
Affairs
22/2/2013
attending Leadership a Seminar entitled: “Leadership and Personal
Style” with Catherine Gerard
16/2/2013
Participating in the workshop entitled: “Addressing Conflict in CrossCultural Environments: Skills for Living and Working” by Professor A. Peter Castro,
PARCC – Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration,
Maxwell School, Syracuse University, NY, USA
Teaching Experience
a. In Egypt: Minia University
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TOT Training Experience
15/1/2013 teaching “Effective Presentations” at FLDC, Minia University
20/11/2012 teaching “Effective Presentations” at FLDC, Minia University
8/9/2012 till 10/9/2012 TKT 4 Training course in the British Council, with Pathways to
Higher Education.
2/9/2012 till 6/9/2012 BULATS Training course in Minia University (Pathways to
Higher Education).
1/7/2012 till 5/7/2012 BULATS Training course in Minia University (Pathways to
Higher Education),
Training supervisors from Minia & Fayoum Governorates to use Active Learning &
Comprehensive Assessment in the academic year 2009, with USAID, ERP (English
Reform Program)
10/10/2012 till 12/10/2012 TOT workshop at Minia University Center for Developing
Exams
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Teaching drama, novel, translation, essay writing and grammar in the English
Department, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education.
In Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
 Teaching drama to the first, second, and third year students, (English Department),
Faculty of Education (Girls Colleges), Madinah Munawarah. (2004-2006)
b. As an Instructor:
 2007 till now teaching TOEFL preparation courses at Minia University Languages’
Center.
 1998 till 2004 & from 2007 till 2012 teaching English for professionals in the media
field, and designing courses,
 24/8/2008 till 26/8/2008 teaching Business Communication to senior managers at the
Ministry of Higher Education in collaboration with ITI (Information Technology
Institute), affiliated with Telecommunication Ministry.
 From 2007-2008 teaching English as a Foreign Language at MUST (Misr University
for Science & Technology)
 1999 till 2004 teaching business writing, designing and teaching special courses to
Daewoo Motors, and MCSD in The Fulbright Center.
 2001 till 2004 teaching general English and business communication courses, and
designing placement tests in The Central Bank of Egypt.
 1997 till 2000 teaching English for Banking in The Banking Institute.
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Publications
“The Dynamics of Myth: Luis Vadez’s Bernabe and Haggag Oddoul’s The River
People. Culture and Identity. Francis Jarman. Ed. Wildside Press LLC (2012):
136-191.
“Trauma and Memory in Jane Harrison’s Stolen,” Journal of Scientific Research
in Arts (Ain Shams University: Faculty of Women): 10 (4) 2009 289-309.
“Negotiating the Logics of Sameness and Difference between Blacks and Jews
in Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the Mirror.” CSE. (1: 2007): 55-85.
“Liminal Ritual of Resistance in Dennis Scott’s An Echo in the Bone.” Proceedings of
The 8th International Symposium on Comparative Literature. 2006: 545-64.
"Dicteé: A Postmodern Feminist Rewriting of Korean History." Cairo Studies in
English. Jan. 2005.
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EXAMS’ SPECIALIST
Chairing a committee responsible for revising the first term exams’ specifications for
primary and prep stages at National Center for Examinations and Educational
Evaluation: 18/10/2012.
Charing a workshop held at National Center for Examination & Educational Evaluation
to evaluate English language exam specifications 1/2/2012 & 5/2/2012
Chairing a committee responsible for revising the first term exams’ specifications for
primary and prep stages at National Center for Examinations and Educational
Evaluation: 26/10/2011.
A member in The Saqqara Item Bank (IELP II)
1999—2001.
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“"Speaking the Truth to Power": Naomi Wallace’s In the Heart of America and The
Retreating World." Philology. June 2004.
"Cultural Identity, Exile and Home in Joan Riley's The Unbelonging." Fikr Wa Ibda’.
Nov. 2004: 26.
“Crossing Borders in Anzaldua’s Borderlands and Kureishi’s Borderline.” Cairo
Studies in English. April 2003.
“Breaking the Silence: Voices behind the Silence in Deshpande’s The Intrusion and
Other Stories.” Fikr Wa Ibda’. June 2003: 19.
"Education, Mis/Communication and Power in Mamet's Oleanna." Cairo Studies in
English. Nov. 2002.
“Multi-Dimentionality in Silko’s Yellow Woman.” Cairo Studies in English. Feb 2002.
“Ideological Dualities in Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” (a paper presented in Cairo Sixth
International Symposium on Comparative Literature. Nov. 2000.
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND PRESENTATIONS
 13/12/2012 participating in “Upper Egypt State Alumni Leadership Conference,”
sponsored by: MASHOURA SAE and Assuit Alumni Association in cooperation with the
US Embassy in Cairo Public Affairs Section.
 25-27/11/2012, organizer and moderator of the 3-day Fulbright event:
- 27/11/2012: Organizing and moderating a session with the Humanities Circle, entitled:
Literary Adaptation: From Theory to Practice.”
- 26: Organizing 2 information sessions for scholars and graduate students.
- 25/11/2012: In-country Dialogue with American Fulbrighters and moderating the session
entitled: “Cultural Misconceptions between Egypt and the US>
 22/11/2012 Participating in “International Experience of Studying Abroad”, Cairo
University”, the 5th in Cairo University and AMIDEAST Capacity-Building for Study
Abroad Workshops: The Egyptian Experience in International Education.”
 Chairing a session at the Eleventh Symposium on Comparative Literature, Wednesday
14th of November 2012.
 Salzburg Seminar. “Resistance, Nativism and the Challenge of Ethnic and Religious
Diversity in the US and Europe Today.” September 27-October, 2012.
 Salzburg Seminar, “Contemporary American Literature: Cultural Diversity and
Aesthetic Continuities,” April 2-9, 2003
 7/12/2010 Chairing a session at Cairo University Tenth International Symposium on
Comparative Literature: “The Marginalized”
 “Rituals as a Form of Resistance,” a paper presented at the Cairo University eighth
international symposium on comparative literature: Power and the Role of the
Intellectual, November 2005.
 Participating in “Developing American Studies at Arab Universities: Resources,
Research and Outreach”, Cairo, Egypt: Jan. 24-26, 2004.
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Participation in Thesis & Dissertation Vivas
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THESES SUPERVISION
Supervised 20 Ph.D. & MA theses
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Took part in 48 PhD & MA vivas in various universities: Cairo, Ain Shams, Women’s
College (Ain Shams), Beni-Suef, Assuit, Alsun (Minia), Assuit, and Sohag
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