Dr Ahmar Mahboob

2003 Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Dissertation title: Status of Nonnative English Speakers as ESL Teachers in the United States.
1997 Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
1995 Master of Arts in Linguistics. University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
1993 Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in English Literature. University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

Phone

9351 3548

FAX

9351 7572

Location

Rm 245
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Applied Linguistics Program Advisor.

Dr Ahmar Mahboob earned his PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2003. The title of his dissertation was: Status of nonnative English speakers as ESL teachers in the United States. Ahmar has worked in the areas of language policy development, pidgin and creole languages, NNEST studies, English language acquisition, English language teaching and teacher education, World Englishes, pragmatics, and issues surrounding minority languages in South Asia. Ahmar is the Past President of Indiana TESOL (www.intesol.org) and the current Chair of the NNEST Caucus (http://nnest.moussu.net) in TESOL International.

Fellowships, grants, awards

Research grants and fellowships

2009 – Visiting Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. July 2009 – July 2010.
2008 – City University of Hong Kong: Mapping Learner Pathways to Improved English Language Writing Performance (Research grant with Prof Jim Martin).
2008 – City University of Hong Kong: UG Writing Support Consultancy Grant.
2004 – University of Sydney R and D Grant.
2004 – ECU Research and Creativity Award.
2003 – TESOL International Research Forum (TIRF) Priority Research Grant.

Teaching and other grants and fellowships

2009 – University of Sydney Small TIES Grant. (with Bronwen Dyson, Betsi Been, Megan Le Masurier, and Louise Katz).
2006 – Faculty of Arts Teaching Award. University of Sydney, Australia.
2005 – Fellow of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU).
2005 – University of Sydney Teaching Initiative Award.
2002 – ‘Distinguished President Award’ INTESOL, Indianapolis, November 16, 2002.
2001 – The International Association for World Englishes, the Ohana Foundation, and the East-West Center, Hawaii, invited to represent Pakistan at the English Language Education (ELE) Roundtable on “Increasing Creativity and Innovation in English Language Teaching and Learning” November 7-16.

Publications

In-press

Mahboob, A. and Szenes, E. (in press for 2010). Construing Meaning in World Englishes. In A. Kirkpatrick (Ed.) Handbook of World Englishes. London: Routledge.
Mahboob, A. and Szenes, E. (in press for 2010). Linguicism and Racism in Assessment Practices in Higher Education. In M. Poe and A. Inoue (Eds.) Race and Racism in Writing Assessment. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
Mahboob, A. (in press for 2009). Racism in the ELT industry. In A. Mahboob, A. and C. Lipovsky, C. (Eds.) Studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Mahboob, A. and Lipovsky, C. (in press for 2009). Studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Mahboob, A. and Lipovsky, C. (in press for 2009). Identities, politics, and practices in Applied Linguistics. In A. Mahboob, A. and C. Lipovsky, C. (Eds.) Studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Mahboob, A. and Lipovsky, C. (in press for 2009). Students’ appraisal of their native and non-native English speaking teachers. In B. Brady (Ed.) American University TESOL Program Working Papers. Washington, D.C.: American University.

Published

Monographs and edited books

Mahboob, A. and Knight, N. (2008). Questioning Linguistics. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Mahboob, A. (2003). The Future of English in Pakistan. Islamabad: Strengthening Participatory Organization.

Journal articles

Mahboob, A. (2009). English as an Islamic Language. World Englishes, Vol 28.2.
Mahboob, A. (2009). Elite discourses of racism in TESOL. SPELT Quarterly. Vol 24.1.
Mahboob, A. (2008). Power, resistance, and Pakistani English. SPELT Quarterly. Vol 23.2, 2-9.
Mahboob, A. (2007). Toward a familiarity-based approach to language proficiency. JALT - On Cue: For the language professional in higher education, 15 (1).
Mahboob, A. (2004). Demystifying the Native Speaker in TESOL. SPELT Quarterly, 19(3), 1 - 14.
Hartford, B., and Mahboob, A. (2004). Models of discourse in the letter of complaint. World Englishes, 23(4), 585 - 600.
Mahboob, A. (2003). The English Language in Pakistan: A brief overview of its history and linguistics. Pakistan Journal of Language, 4(1), 1 - 28.

Book chapters

Mahboob, A. (2009). Additive Perspectives on Religion or ‘Growing Hearts with Wisdom’: A response paper. In M. Wong and S. Canagarajah (Eds.) Christian and Critical English Language Educators in Dialogue: Pedagogical and Ethical Dilemmas. New York: Routledge.
Mahboob, A. and Lipovsky, C. (2008). The semantics of graduation: examining ESL learners’ use of graduation over time. In A. Mahboob and N. Knight (Eds.) Questioning Linguistics (pp. 225-241). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Mahboob, A., and Talaat, M. (2008). English language teachers and teacher education in Pakistan. In S. Dogancay-Aktuna and J. Hardman (Eds.), Global English Language Teacher Education (pp. 3-26). Washington, D.C.: TESOL Publications.
Mahboob, A. (2008). Assessment in higher education: A case study from Australia. In Sajidin, M. and Khurram, B. (Eds.) Quality Enhancement in Higher Education in Pakistan (pp. 59-76). Karachi: University of Karachi Press.
Mahboob, A. (2008). Pakistani English: An overview of its syntax, morphology, and lexis. In Mesthrie, R. (Eds.), A Handbook of Varieties of English (Vol. 4). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Mahboob, A., and Ahmar, N. (2008). Pakistani English: A historical and phonological overview. In Mesthrie, R. (Eds.), A Handbook of Varieties of English (Vol. 4). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Lipovsky, C. and Mahboob, A. (2007). Examining attitudes: a comparison of a thematic vs. an appraisal analysis. In C. Gitsaki (Ed.) Language and Languages: Global and Local Tensions (pp. 292-306). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Bhatt, R., and Mahboob, A. (2007). Minority languages in South Asia. In B. Kachru and K. Sridhar (Eds.), Languages in South Asia (pp. 132-152). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mahboob, A. (2006). Confessions of an enraced TESOL professional. In A. Curtis and M. Romney (Eds.), Shades of Meaning: Articulating the Experiences of TESOL Professionals of Color (pp. 173-189). NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum.
Mahboob, A. (2005). Beyond the native speaker in TESOL. In S. Zafar (Ed.), Culture, Context, and Communication (pp. 60-93). Abu Dhabi: Center of Excellence for Applied Research and Training and The Military Language Institute.
Mahboob, A. (2004). Pakistani English: An overview of its syntax, morphology, and lexis. In B. Kortmann and E. Traugott (Eds.), A Handbook of Varieties of English (Vol. 2, pp. 1045 - 1056). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Mahboob, A. (2004). Native or nonnative: What do the students think? In L. Kamhi-Stein (Ed.), Learning and Teaching from Experience: Perspectives on Nonnative English-Speaking Professionals (pp. 121 - 147). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Mahboob, A., and Ahmar, N. (2004). Pakistani English: A historical and phonological overview. In B. Kortmann and E. Traugott (Eds.), A Handbook of Varieties of English (Vol. 1, pp. 1003 - 1016). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Mahboob, A., Uhrig, K., Newman, K., and Hartford, B. (2004). Children of a lesser English: Nonnative English Speakers as ESL teachers in English language programs in the United States. In L. Kamhi-Stein (Ed.), Learning and Teaching from Experience: Perspectives on Nonnative English-Speaking Professionals (pp. 100 - 120). Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press.
Mahboob, A. (2002). No English, No Future: Language Policy in Pakistan. In S. Obeng and B. Hartford. In S. Obeng and B. Hartford (Eds.), Political Independence with Linguistic Servitude: The politics about languages in the developing world (pp. 15 - 40). New York: NOVA Science.
Clements, J., and Mahboob, A. (2000). Wh-words and question formation in Pidgin/Creole Languages. In J. McWhorter (Ed.), Language change and language contact in pidgins and Creoles (pp. 459 - 497). Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Other publications, translations, interviews

Mahboob, A. (2007). Neoliberalism and Madrassas: An Unholy Connection, Chowk: Ideas, identities, and interactions (October 26, 2007 ed.). www.chowk.com: Chowk.
Mahboob, A. (2007, July 1). The White Elephant: An interview with Ahmar Mahboob. The Daily Dawn.
Mahboob, A. (2007). The Native Model Fallacy in SLA: What can we do about it? NNEST Newsletter, 9(1).
Mahboob, A. (2006). Towards a familiarity-based approach to language proficiency. NNEST Newsletter, 8(1).
Mahboob, A. (2005). On ‘double standards’ in graduate program and ‘agism’ in scholarship/hiring policies. NNST Newsletter, 7(1).
Mahboob, A. (2004). Pakistan Mein Angreizi ka Mustaqbil. Islamabad: Strengthening Participatory Organization. (Translation of The Future of English, 2003)
Mahboob, A. (2004). “On, for and with”: Finding room for ‘emancipation’ in academic research. NNEST Newsletter, 6(2).
Mahboob, A. (2004). A Sad Story Looking for a Happy Ending. Teacher Education Interest Section Newsletter, 19(2).
Mahboob, A. (2003, August 6). Linguist Ahmar Mahboob on ‘Pakistani English’. The Daily Dawn.

Published audio-visual material

Kamhi-Stein, L., and Mahboob, A. (June, 2006). Teachers' Language Proficiency in English Language Teaching. Washington D.C.: TESOL Inc., from http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp?CID=1426&DID=6144
Mahboob, A. (March, 2006). World Englishes and TESOL, Washington D.C.: TESOL Inc., from http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/genform.asp?CID=761&DID=5995
Griffin, R., and Mahboob, A. (March, 2006). Learner Perspectives of Native and Nonnative Teachers, Washington D.C.: TESOL Inc., from http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/genform.asp?CID=761&DID=5995