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 World Language Teacher Education Action Research Differentiated Instruction Applied Linguistics & Multiculturalism Foodways Through an Educational Lens Service Learning Recent Publications Mahafza, H. (2025). Hoppy Tales with Asal: The “Real” Helper Bunny – Children's Book Series: Dorrance Publishing, Pittsburgh, PA. Mahafza, H. & Greene, M. (In Progress). Scaffolding success: the role of course syllabi in enhancing self-efficacy and classroom engagement. Higher Education Studies Mahafza, H. (2023). The Arabian Cinderella and the Secret of the Woven Threads. Children's book: Dorrance Publishing, Pittsburgh, PA. 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.
