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Meddeb, Elizabeth

Curriculum Vitae

  1. Education

    DegreeInstitutionFieldDates
    PhD Columbia University Language, Literacy, and Technology 2004 
    MPhil Columbia University Comparative Education 2004 
    M Ed Columbia University Applied Linguistics 1998 
    MA Columbia University Applied Linguistics 1996 
    BA Richmond University International Business Administration 1990 
    non-degree American College of Switzerland Political Science 1986-1988 

  2. Full-Time Academic Experience

    InstitutionRankFieldDates
    York College, CUNY Associate Professor Foreign Languages/ESL/Humanites 2009-Present 
    York College, CUNY Assistant Professor Foreign Languages/ESL/Humanities September 1, 2004—2009 
    Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ ESL Curriculum Specialist English as a Second Language July 2003--June 2004 
    Camden County College, Camden, NJ Language Technology Specialist English as a Second Language July 2002--June 2003 
    Columbia University, Teachers College Research Assistant at NCREST Restructuring Education Spring Semester 2002 

  3. Part-Time Academic Experience

    InstitutionRankFieldDates
    New York University (NYU), Information Technologies Institute Teaching Assistant Programming using Java Spring 2000 
    The College of New Rochelle in the South Bronx Adjunct Lecturer of English English Department 1997--2000 
    Fundacion Pedro Francisco Bono, NY, NY Instructor ESL 1996--1997 

  4. Non Academic Experience

    Place of EmploymentTitleDate
    IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY Research Associate (in the Applied Learning Sciences) June 1996-June 2002 
    Columbia University, Teacher's College, NY, NY Computer Consultant June 1997-July 2002 
    Children's Progress, Inc., NY, NY Language Consultant/Item Editor 1999-2000 
    Cambridge Biotech-INSERMAGH INC, Hamman-Sousse, Tunisia French-English Translator 1991-1992 

  5. Employment Record At This Institution

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  6. Publications In Field of Expertise

    1. Books:
    2. Papers in Professional Journals:
      1. Articles:
      2. Proceedings:
        1. Refereed Proceedings
        2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
          • Barnes, A., & Meddeb, E. "E-practice Makes Perfect: Online Portfolios and Writing Improvement in English Language Learners."Discover. 2.12009: 44-56.
    3. Chapters in Books:
    4. Government Reports or Monographs
    5. Book Reviews:
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  7. Other Publications

    1. Books:
    2. Papers in Professional Journals:
      1. Articles:
                • Proceedings:
                  1. Refereed Proceedings
                  2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
                • Chapters in Books:
                • Government Reports or Monographs
                • Book Reviews:

                • Presented Papers, Lectures, And Exhibitions And Performances

                  • "Acquiring the Language of Trauma: from "I believe you Anita Hill" to "#metoo" (with Salek, F.)" 2019, June:64th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association Centro de Estudios del Lenguaje en Sociedad (CELES), Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
                  • "The Women’s March: Signs of Resistance” (with Salek, F.)." 2017, July:The 15th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Imperial College, London, UK..
                  • "Framing Resistance: Cultural Identities & Protest Marches” (with Salek, F.)" 2017, June:Left Forum 2017. John Jay College, NY, NY..
                  • "Occupy Wall Street: How a Social Movement is Depicted in Mainstream Media" (with Frenz-Belkin, P.). Paper presented as part of the panel "Sociolinguistics of Revolution in World's Capital Cities." 2012, August:Sociolinguistics Symposium 19. Freie Universität Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
                  • "Game Over: Sociolinguistics of the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolution" (with Saad, Z.)." 2012, April:International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research Spring 2012 Conference. Atlantic City, NJ.
                  • "Read this, not that and look over here: How gestures highlight talked-about objects in a technologically complex speech-to-text environment" (with Frenz-Belkin, P.)." 2011, July:The 12th International Pragmatics Conference. Manchester, England.
                  • "Listening Around the Computer"(with Frenz-Belkin, P.). Paper presented as part of the panel "Listener Activities and Responses." 2009, July:The 11th Conference of the International Pragmatics Association. Melbourne, Australia.
                  • "E-practice Makes Perfect: Online Portfolios and Writing Improvement in the ESL Classroom (with Barnes, A.)." 2009, January:The 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities.
                  • "The Use of Deictic References in Information-Rich Environments: Tutorials at the Computer" (with Frenz-Belkin, P.)." 2008, August:The 6th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey.
                  • "How Speech Recognition Dictation Technology Affects Non-Native English Speakers." (Invited talk) 2008, March:Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI). City University of New York, New York, NY.
                  • "The Pragmatics of Speaking to Write for Non-native Speakers of English." Paper presented as part of the panel "The Pragmatics of Human-Computer Interaction." 2007, July:The 10th Conference of the International Pragmatics Association. Gothenburg, Sweden.
                  • "The Use of "Okay" in Learning-Teaching Interactions around the Computer" (with Frenz-Belkin, P.)." 2007, July:The 5th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. The American University of Paris, Paris, France.
                  • ""Historical Trauma, Displacement and Well-Being of Indigenous Women.” Invited Panelist at the Fourth Annual Women's Symposium. Graduate School of Social Service" 2007, March:Fordham University, NY, NY.
                  • "Medium Transferability: Managing Speech Disfluencies when Speaking to Write with Speech Recognition Dictation Software." 2007, January:The 3rd International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society. Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
                  • "Strategies for Accommodating Speech Recognition Dictation Technology." 2006, April:"How People Talk to Computers, Robots, and Other Artificial Communication Partners" Workshop. Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany.
                  • "The Interaction between Speech Recognition Dictation Technology and Language Use: A Sociolinguistic Study." 2005, December:The Second International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society.Hyderabad, India.
                  • "The Interaction between Speech and Writing." 2004, June:The Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities: Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
                  • "Speech Recognition talk as a Novel Register." Paper presented as part of the panel "Multimodal Interaction: How New Media Reshape Communicative Practices." 2003, March:American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference. Arlington, VA.
                  • "The Impact of Speech Recognition Technology on Language Use" 2002, November:Language in Education Division Colloquium. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
                  • "The Impact of Speech Recognition Technology on Spoken and Written Language." 2002, April:American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
                  • "Speech Recognition-mediated Literacy: Redefining the relationship between language, speech, and writing." Paper presented as part of the panel "Multimodal Interaction and Learning." 2002, March:Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics. Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

                • Patents

                • Submitted for Publication

                  1. Books:
                  2. Papers in Professional Journals:
                    1. Articles:
                              • Proceedings:
                                1. Refereed Proceedings
                                2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
                              • Chapters in Books:
                              • Government Reports or Monographs
                              • Book Reviews:

                              • Work In Progress

                                1. Books:
                                2. Papers in Professional Journals:
                                  1. Articles:
                                            • Proceedings:
                                              1. Refereed Proceedings
                                              2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
                                            • Chapters in Books:
                                            • Government Reports or Monographs
                                            • Book Reviews:

                                            • Research In Progress

                                              1. Books:
                                              2. Papers in Professional Journals:
                                                1. Articles:
                                                          • Proceedings:
                                                            1. Refereed Proceedings
                                                            2. Non-Refereed Proceedings
                                                          • Chapters in Books:
                                                          • Government Reports or Monographs
                                                          • Book Reviews:

                                                          • Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships

                                                            • Fulbright-Hays Study Seminar: Women, Family and Social Change in China. Grant Administered by Fordham University & Rust College: 2006.
                                                            • Visiting Scholar at The University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. Language in Education Division.: September 2002—August 2003.

                                                          • Grants-In-Aid

                                                            • Center for Teaching and Learning. Title III Faculty Grant Program, E-Practice Makes Perfect.2008-2009: .
                                                            • CUNY-wide Seminar on ePortfolio Research & Practice, An Inquiry into Learning.2007-2008: .
                                                            • Out-of-Cycle PSC Research Grant, CUNY Research.5/05-06/06: .
                                                            • CUNY Sloan Foundation, CUNY Research.Fall 2005: .
                                                            • National Center for Restructuring Education, Schooling, and Teaching. Teachers College, Columbia University, Tuition Exemption.Spring 2002: .
                                                            • Teachers College, Columbia University, Grant-in-Aid.Spring 2000 - Fall 2002: .
                                                            • Academic Computing Services Teachers College, Columbia University, Tuition Exemption.1997- 2001: .
                                                            • Scholarship from the Department of International and Transcultural Studies Teachers College, Columbia University, .1999-2000 Academic year: .
                                                            • Scholarship from the Department of Languages, Literature, and Social Studies Teachers College, Columbia University, .Summer term 1997: .
                                                            • Graduate Assistant, Office of Student Housing Teachers College, Columbia University, Tuition Exemption.1995-1996: .

                                                          • Institutional Service

                                                            1. Service to the Department
                                                              • Member of the Department Curriculum Committee: Fall 2005-Present.
                                                              • Full-time member of the Departmental P&B Committee: Fall 2007-Present.
                                                              • Substitute member of the Departmental P&B Committee: Fall 2006.
                                                              • Chaired the search committee for a CLT position: Fall 2014.
                                                              • Chaired the search committee for a CLT position open to manage the Language Resource Center: Spring 2007.
                                                              • Edited the ESL Journal for both the credit-bearing ESL program and the CLIP program: Spring 2005, Fall 2006, and Spring 2008.
                                                            2. Service to the School
                                                              • Coordinator of Applied Linguistics: Fall 2014--Present.
                                                              • Coordinator of ESL: Fall 2008--Present.
                                                              • Coordinator of Women's Studies: Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, and (interim) Fall 2016.
                                                              • Member of the Women's Studies Advisory Board: Fall 2005--Present.
                                                              • Member of the Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board: Fall 2007--Spring 2011.
                                                            3. Service to the College
                                                              • Faculty Senate: Fall 2016--Present.
                                                              • Academic Integrity Committee: Fall 2015--Present.
                                                              • Tech Fee Committee: Fall 2006--Spring 2013.
                                                              • Interim Representative on the YC Curriculum Committee: Spring 2008.
                                                              • Coordinator, Writing in the Disciplines: Fall 2006, Spring 2007.
                                                            4. Service to the Graduate Center
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                                                            5. Service to the University
                                                              • Alternate member of the ESL Discipline Council: Fall 2005--Present.
                                                              • Academic Advisor for the CUNY BA Program: Fall 2018--Present.

                                                          • Offices Held In Professional Societies

                                                          • Other Professional Activities And Public Service

                                                            • Academic Reviewer for the Human Robot Interaction (HRI) Conference:HRI 2015.
                                                            • Academic Reviewer for the Human Robot Interaction (HRI) Conference:HRI 2014.
                                                            • Conducted ESL Workshop: CALL to the Future, Camden County College, Camden Campus (co-presented with Dr. Hoda Zaki).:2003.
                                                            • Teacher Trainer (Workshop) on Digital Book-building: Developing multimedia materials for ESL literacy programs:March, 2002, July 2001.
                                                            • Teacher Trainer (Workshop) on the speech recognition-based reading program "Watch-Me!-Read":October, 2001.
                                                            • Teacher Trainer (Workshop): Developing multimedia adult literacy materials:May, 2001.
                                                            • Teacher Trainer (Workshop): Developing multimedia materials for ESL literacy programs:April, 2001, September 2000.
                                                            • Teacher Trainer (Workshop): Developing multimedia materials for migrant worker literacy programs:March, 2001.
                                                            • Teacher Trainer (Workshop): Watch-me!-Read training and curriculum development:June, 2000, August 1998.
                                                            • Teacher Trainer (Workshop): Developing multimedia literacy materials for English and Spanish first-language learners:September, 1999, July 1998.

                                                          • Teaching Activities At This Institution

                                                            1. Courses Taught (List)
                                                              CourseDescription
                                                              HUM 101 American Tradition of Social Change 
                                                              HUM 200 Intercultural Communication 
                                                              HUM 202 Introduction to Linguistics 
                                                              HUM 209 (WI) Gender and Language 
                                                              HUM 210 Language Development 
                                                              HUM 290 Special Topics: Phonetics/Phonology 
                                                              HUM 290 Special Topics in Humanities 
                                                              HUM 302 Women's Studies 
                                                              ENG 200 Introduction to Literature 
                                                              ESL 145 Academic Reading and Writing I 
                                                              ESL 150 (hybrid) Academic Reading and Writing II 
                                                            2. New courses/programs developed (list):
                                                              • Applied Linguistics Minor, An interdisciplinary academic program that provides students with a deeper understanding of the foundations of learning a language, and an appreciation of the metalinguistic skills needed to analyze and teach a system of communication used by a community..
                                                              • BENG200 (Liberal Arts) Modern Bengali Literature, This course is designed to acquaint students with contemporary Bengali literature through the close reading of selected literary texts from a variety of genres..
                                                              • ESL 150: Academic Reading and Writing for Non-Native Speakers II. H-WEB, A Hybrid version of ESL 150.
                                                              • Hum 200: Intercultural Communication, A class that examines the role of social, cultural, and historical context in human interaction (PATHWAYS: World Cultures & Global Issues).
                                                              • Hum 202: Introduction to Linguistics, Converted the existing course to PATHWAYS: Scientific World.
                                                              • Hum 209: Gender and Language, A sociolinguistics course focusing on how gender shapes Language use.(PATHWAYS: Individual & Society).
                                                              • Hum 210: Language Development, A class covering first and second language acquisition (PATHWAYS: Individual & Society).
                                                              • Hum 219: Second Language Acquisition, A course covering the major theories of SLA.
                                                              • ESL 150: Academic Reading and Writing for Non-Native Speakers II. H-WEB, A Hybrid version of ESL 150.