Dr. Hamsa Mahafza

Clinical Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

Contact

301 Sparkman Drive
Roberts Hall
Room 313A
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.2330
hamsa.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. (2023). The Arabian Cinderella and the Secret of the Woven Threads. Children's book: Dorrance Publishing, Pittsburgh, PA.

     

  • Mahafza, H. (in progress). Hoppy Tales with Asal: The “Real” Helper Bunny – Children's Book Series.

  • Mahafza, H. & Gonzales, S. (2023). Exploring World language pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their service-learning experience: An action research project. The Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 98, 1-13.

  • 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.

  • 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