Dr. Hamsa Mahafza Clinical Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction Contact 301 Sparkman DriveRoberts HallRoom 313AHuntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.2330hamsa.mahafza@uah.edu Biography Curriculum Vitae Education Ph.D., Culture, Literacy and Language (CLL) Program, The University of Texas at San Antonio, August 2012 M.A., Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2007 B.S., Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, The University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan Honors & Awards Recipient of the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Service Award Recipient of 2022 AWLA "Friend of Languages" Award - The Alabama World Languages Association (AWLA) Honors College Faculty Fellow 2022 - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Nominee for 2022 Student Organization "Advisor of the Year" - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Recipient of "Five Years of Service" Award 2022 - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) "Advocacy Director" for The Alabama World Languages Association (AWLA), 2022 Candidate for "Higher Ed" Board of Directors - The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2021 Fellowship Award: Culture, Literacy and Language (CLL) Program-UTSA, 2009-2012 First Place Doctoral Award: Student Research Colloquium-UTSA, 2011 Nominated for the "Outstanding Graduate Student" Award - UTSA, 2006 Affiliations The Alabama World Languages Association (AWLA) The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) The National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Alabama Association of Teacher Educators (AATE) American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) American Educational Research Association (AERA) Expertise Multicultural Education/Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) Applied Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Differentiated Instruction/Assessment Curriculum Integration-Interdisciplinary Studies Recent Publications Mahafza,H., & Smith, H. (2022), The 4-C's model: Care theory for culturally responsive pedagogy. Journal of Education and Practice, 13 (21), 78-94 Aburumuh, H., Smith, H. L., & Ratcliffe, L. G. (2009). Educators' cultural awareness and perceptions of Arab-American students: Breaking the cycle of ignorance. The Journal of Multiculturalism in Education, 4, 1-29 Cuero, K. K., & Aburumuh, H. (2007). Concurrent translation method. In J. M. Gonzalez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. Mahafza, H. (in press). Children's picture book: The Arabian Cinderalla and the Secret of the Woven Threads Mahafza, H. & Gonzales, S. (in progress). Research Article: World Language pre-service teachers' perceptions toward their service-learning experience: Action research project Mackenzie, I. & Mahafza, H. (in progress). Research Article: Transcending Diversity in the Workplace: Developing a Diversity Responsive Scale to Determine Diversity Training Readiness of Employees Mahafza, H. (in progress). Theory-based Article: Heritage Languages: A New Term Emerges Mahafza, H. (in progress). Practice based Article: Student Clubs & Organizations: Campus-Based Practices as a Medium for Diversity Awareness
