Faculty Profile
Asmaa Zakaria Ahmad Taha
Brief Bio
Asmaa Taha is an Instructor of Arabic at the University of Mississippi. Origina Cairo, Egypt, Taha received her BA in English Language, Literature and Simultan Interpretation. After graduation, she worked with the British Council in Egypt years teaching English as a Second Language, and pursued additional education studies in the United Kingdom. Taha has taught Arabic for more than eight years. Prior to joining the Universi Mississippi, she taught at Reed College and the College of the Holy Cross. She awarded the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) scholarship to teach Arabic at Reed College, where she had the chance to get acquainted with t American education system. In 2012, Taha joined the Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship programme (FLA) at the College of the Holy Cross. In June 2013, s joined the Modern Languages Department at the University of Mississippi as a gr student of Teaching English as Second Language (TESL), and was granted a teachi assistant position. In 2015, she graduate with a MA degree in TESL then she bec Instructor of Arabic in Fall 2016. Taha enjoys learning about the people and cultures of different countries, and particular, has most enjoyed her travels to Turkey, England, and Scotland. She herself as fortunate to have the chance to work with and learn from the great s and faculty of the Modern Languages Department at the University of Mississippi
Degrees
MA |
MODERN LANGUAGES |
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI/UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI (2015) |
MA |
ARABIC |
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE/ MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT (2017) |