Conference Presentations

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Isolation or Integration: FYC Program Structures and International Students. Conference on Writing Education Across Borders at Penn State University. September 2019. State College, PA.

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Positionality, Diversity and Inclusion in Mentoring Program. CWPA (Council of Writing Program Administrators) Panel by Vetter, M.; Wenqi, C.; & Yacoub, M. July 2019. Baltimore, MD.

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Integration or Division of Labor: The Impact of FYC Program Structure on Multilingual Students’ Sense of Belonging, Self-efficacy, and Perception of Curriculum. CCCC Convention panel by Yacoub, M.; Darwish, A., Farag, I. Yacoub, O. March 2019. Pittsburgh, PA.

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Tinto’s Socio-psychological Model and Success in a First-Year Composition Course. TESOL Convention. Atlanta, GA. March 2019.

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Sense of Belonging and Engagement: College Muslim Students’ Persistence. New York TESOL. Albany, NY. Online Presentation. November 2018.

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ESL Students’ Self-Efficacy and Success: Correlations and Implications. New York TESOL. Albany, NY. Online Presentation. November 2018.

 

Social Media and Sense of Belonging: How Can We help ESL students belong and persist? Technology Day at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. August 2018.

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The Magic of Reading Poetry on Surface Information Recall. TESOL Convention. Chicago, IL.  March 2003.

Reiterating Anti-Muslim Rhetoric: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Interview Practices in Fox News’ Hannity. AAAL Convention. Sheraton Grand Hotel. Chicago, IL. March 2018.

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Postcolonial Feminism and the Teaching of Writing: Proposing the Idea. CCCC Conference. RNF 2018 VIRTUAL Work-in-Progress. March 2018.

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Rhetorics of Muslim Identity in the West. CCCC Conference. Kansas City Marriott Downtown, MO. A Panel by Duffy, J; Coles, C.; Earle, C.; Miron, L; & Yacoub, M. March 2018.

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From a Theory-less into a Theory-ful Qualitative Researcher in the Field of TESOL: A Personal Anecdote. The Qualitative Report Conference. Nova Southeastern University. Fort Lauderdale, FL. January 2018.

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Is “nativeness” a preference or an absolute requirement in the ESL job posts overseas? A problematization of the notion. Three River TESOL Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. October 2017.

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How Social Media Phone Apps Can Do Part of the Teacher's Job? A Story of How WhatsApp Saved a Class. Technology Day at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. August 2017.

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The Rhetoric of Social Media Comics and the Making of Teaching ESL funnier. PCEA (Pennsylvania College English Association) Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.  March 2017.

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English Article Errors in the Writings of ESL Advanced Arab Students. The 2nd Purdue Languages and Cultures Conference. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN. March 2017.

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The lure and harm of the word ‘native speaker’. TESOL Convention. Sheraton Hotel. Seattle, WA. March 2017.

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Teachers’ awareness of international students’ religious practices conflicting with classroom’s. A roundtable discussion at TESOL Convention by Yacoub, M. & Belknap. Sheraton Hotel. Seattle, WA. March 2017.

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Super-diversity or Supra-diversity? ESL Students’ Identity in the US Colleges. Paper presented in the Doctoral Research Forum at TESOL Convention. Sheraton Hotel. Seattle, WA. March 2017.

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Reading poetry and information recall: Is there any correlation? GEO Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. February 2017.

 

Egyptian Feminism on the Spot: Women’s Portrayal in the Modern Egyptian Film. Paper presented as roundtable discussion at GEO Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. February 2017.

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Students’ right to their own religion: The inclusion of students’ religious practices that can fall into conflict with classroom practices. The 9th State System Summit on Inclusive Excellence and International Education. Indiana, PA. Yacoub, M. & Belknap, K.  November 2016.

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Can loanwords scaffold ESL learners? Arabic as a case study. Three Rivers TESOL, Slippery Rock University. Slippery Rock, PA. October 2016.

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Constructing social media memes to benefit ESL students. Three Rivers TESOL, Slippery Rock University. Slippery Rock, PA. October 2016.

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Memes as a digital literacy tool that has motivational role in ESL classes. Presented online at the L2 Digital Literacies & AZCALL: A Hybrid Symposium on Research and Practice, Arizona State University. Tucson, AZ. September 2016.

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Writing poetry as a negotiation-based translingual pedagogy in ESL classrooms. The Graduate Scholar Forum at Indiana University of Pennsylvanian, PA. USA. April 2016.

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Toward a translingual understanding of Arabizi as an emerging phenomenon. The Graduate Scholar Forum at Indiana University of Pennsylvanian, PA. April 2016

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Franco Arabic in the Post-Colonial Egypt. Penn-TESOL Conference, Philadelphia, PA. April 2016.