SURF Mentoring
Potential projects/topics: Linguistics; sociolinguistics; discourse analysis; second language acquisition
Potential skills gained: Carry out literature reviews on specific topics; work on academic writing skills; evaluate, interpret, and analyze a body of empirical data and evidence.
Required qualifications or skills: Students majoring/minoring in linguistics, Asian Studies, or in any language are encouraged to apply.
Direct mentor: Faculty/P.I.
Research Areas
Hossam Elsherbiny earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Ain Shams in Egypt. Prior to joining Rice, Dr. Elsherbiny taught Arabic language, Translation Studies, and Discourse Analysis at the University of Ain Shams and the University of Minnesota. Dr. Elsherbiny’s research and teaching portfolio spans a wide variety of topics, including Critical Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Media Arabic, and Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Articles by Dr. Elsherbiny have been published in various journals, such as Recall (Cambridge University Press) and The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL).
