LAILA MOHAMMAD FAWZI ABU-SHARKH
27 T El-Walid Bin Abdelmalik St.
P.O.Box: 167
Zip Code : 11941
Amman, Jordan
Phone : (+962 6) 5341938
Mobile: (+962 79) 6202080
E-mail : laila.abu.sharkh@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
Seeking an academic position in an esteemed educational
institution with intensive and influential teaching and research
efforts that commensurate with a scholar's academic ambitions.
TARGET JOB
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EDUCATION
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Master’s of Art, English Language & Literature – Jan, 2008.
GPA: (3.50/4.00)
Full-time
University
Present
No Preference
English Language, Literature or
Translation.
Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, Jordan
Bachelor of Art, English Language & Literature – Jun, 2004.
GPA: (3.77/4.00)
Ranked the Second among all students
Rosary Sisters College, Amman, Jordan
General Secondary Certificate, Scientific Stream – July, 2000.
Master’s Thesis
The Revolt of a Writer: Race, Gender, and Identity in Zora Neale Hurston’s Novel:
Their Eyes Were Watching God
This thesis attempts an analytical study of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel titled Their Eyes Were Watching
God. The significance of this study is derived from the significance of Their Eyes as the most widely read
and most privileged text in all of the African-American literature. It is appreciated in the present time as
an inherent part of all American literary canons and has made Hurston the godmother of the modern Black
female authors. This study suggests that the quest for identity is the primary theme of Hurston’s Their
Eyes and spotlights the author’s invitation for all suppressed subjects to search for individuality and
independence. It argues that Hurston urges all Americans to make the necessary reconciliation in order to
achieve an independent identity within a larger national unity. Therefore, she addresses the binary
opposites in the American society, including males and females, as well as Whites and Blacks, all in equal
terms. Her premise relies on her conviction that the quest for identity is a general human tendency and an
inspiration from God, whom the writer identifies with nature in the novel. In fact, the study suggests that
the title of Their Eyes Were Watching God is very relevant to Hurston’s ultimate theme concerning the
quest for identity. The study is both theoretical and analytical. Applying Charles Taylor’s theory about the
creation of identity and the politics of recognition, the thesis examines Hurston’s attempt to accentuate the
mutual relationship between a human’s identity and the society’s granted approval or recognition. The
Canadian philosopher’s theory about the reciprocated recognition between the members of the same
society confirms the validity of Hurston’s concept of a united American identity.
Teaching Experience
Sep 2012- Present
Philadelphia University
Full-time Instructor
I work as a full time instructor at the Language Center.
Taught Courses:
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English 099, English 101, and English 102.
Summer 2012
Petra University
Adjunct Faculty.
I worked as a part-time instructor at the Department of English. I taught the following
course:
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English 101
Summer 2011
University of Jordan
Adjunct Faculty
I worked as a part-time instructor at the Department of English and taught the
following course:
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Oral Skills
Petra University
Adjunct Faculty
I worked as a part-time instructor at the Department of English and taught the
following course:
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English 099
Feb 2009- Aug 2009
New York Institute of Technology
Adjunct Faculty
I worked as a part-time instructor at the Faculty of Arts and Science and taught the
following courses:
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Writing for the Technical Positions.
Composition II.
Summer 2008
Amman Al-Ahliyya University
Adjunct Faculty
I worked as a part time instructor at the Department of English and taught the
following course:
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English 101
Mar 2008- Feb 2009
Queen Aliaa' College
A Faculty Member
I was a full-time instructor and taught the following courses:
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Approach to Literature.
English Novel
Reading and Listening
The English Phonetics and Phonology
Advanced Oral Skills
English 101
English 102
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Languages
Arabic (Fluent)
English (Fluent)
French (Very Good)
Honourship
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Being on the Dean’s list at Amman Al-Ahliyya University for four years.
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Dimplomes & Certificates
Dimplome d'etude en Langue Francaise (D.E.L.F)
References
Dr. Riyadh Hussein
Department of English, Chairman
Middle East University for Graduate Studies, MEU
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Department of English, MEU.
+962796703868
rfhussein@hotmail.com
Professional
Dr. Ahmed Abdelhadi
College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Campus Dean
New York Institute of Technology
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107 NYIT, Undergraduate Campus.
+962-77-7644867
ahmad.abdelhadi@nyit.edu.jo
aabdelh@gmail.com
Professional
Dr. Osama “Mohammed Fawzi” Abu Sharkh
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Assistant Professor
Department of Communications Engineering,
Princess Sumaya University For Technology
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Faculty of Engineering, Office #442
+962-79 - 6370380
osama@psut.edu.jo
Personal & Professional