Professor Mona Fouad Attia

Professor Mona Fouad Attia Professor of Linguistics Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt Home Tel: +2 02 2755234/ +2 02 2875120 Cell: 0100 660 3180 e-mail: monafouada@yahoo.com Education Ph.D. Common Channels: Nottingham University, England, Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1998. M.A. Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1992. B.A. Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, 1984. High School As-salam College (English Mission), 1980. Professional Career 2014-2017 Deputy for postgraduate and research affairs, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University 2013-present Part time Professor in Post-Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport in collaboration with Alexandria University 2011-2014 Chair of the English Department, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University 2011 Professor of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 2010/2011 Director English for Specific Purposes (ESP) center, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 2007 Visiting Professor, The United Arab Emirates University 2004-2011 Associate professor of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Helwan

2004-2011 Part time Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Languages, The French University, Egypt. 1998-2004 Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 2002-2004 Part time Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Languages, The French University, Egypt. 2000 Part Time Assistant Professor, Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams 1995 Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 1992- Jan. 1995 Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Helwan 1992 Demonstrator, Faculty of Education, Helwan Academic and Professional Experience 2017 External Reviewer for the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. 2017 Workshop on Credit hour system, Helwan University, May. 2016-present Reviewer for the Promotion Committee of the Supreme council and the Promotion Committee of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. 2015-present Reviewer for different periodicals at Helwan University, Cairo University, Ain Shams University, Sohag 2015-2017 Member of Helwan University s Impact Factor committee 2014- present Member of committees of the supreme council for accreditation of different programmes of different universities 2014 External Reviewer for credit hour postgraduate programme, Faculty of Alsun, Ain Shams

2013 Workshop on Program Accreditation Benchmark organized by the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Unit, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 2011 Attended a 2-day workshop on :Quality Standards in the Education Process. Helwan University, Jan., 2011. 2011 Writing Workshop at AUC. 2010 Workshop on Reformulation of Course Description organized by the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Unit, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 2010 Workshop on Electronic Syllabus organized by the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Unit, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 2010 Workshop on Academic Benchmark for postgraduate studies organized by the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Unit, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 2010 Assessment Committee for extra curriculum books at CCIMD, Ministry of Education. 2009 ELT seminar British Council 2009/2008 Outlining course descriptions of Language Skill courses (team work, Faculty of Arts, Helwan 2006 Attended a 3-day workshop on Accreditation and Assurance. Helwan University, Nov., 2006. 2005 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Applied Languages, Sorbonnes, Paris III. University, France. March, 2005. 2004 Member of the Organising Committee of The Interaction Between Languages Conference held at Helwan University, 23-25 Nov. 2004. 2004 Coordinator with Professor Salwa Farag of The Discourse Analysis Group (Monthly Seminars). English Language and Literature Dep., FOA, Helwan

2001 Attended a 5-day workshop in Basic Computer and Internet Skills entitled Computer and Internet Training for English Language Teaching organized by International English Language Programme, held at Helwan University 2001 Organiser of the Academic Seminar of the Department of English Language and Literature, FOA, Helwan 1999 Organiser of the Academic Seminar of the Department of English Language and Literature, FOA, Helwan 1997 Attended PALA 17 Conference The New Rhetoric, Nottingham, 1-5 July, 1997. 1994 Preliminary Certificate in Teaching English as A Foreign Language to adults (PCTEFLA), The American University in Cairo. 1993 Attended Alexandria ESP Orientation Course (ESP centre, Alexandria University). Awarded by the Binational Fulbright Commission) 1992 Attended Scottish Universities International Summer School (SUISS), University of Edinburgh, Scotland. International Conferences and Presentations: 2016 Presentation entitled Voices of resistance and youth identity in popular culture: A multimodal cognitive critical discourse analysis at the international conference NEW PROSPECTS OF ARABIC SOCIOLINGUISTICS, ORGANIZED BY AUC & the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Cairo, 14 th -15 th of December 2016 2015 Presentation entitled Discourse of Resistance in 25th January Revolution in Egypt: A multimodal Discourse Analysis at The 33rd International Symposium on Developing English Teaching Teacher as Researcher, CDELT, FoE, Ain Shams University, October 24&25, 2015.

2015 Presentation entitled A Cognitive Perspective of Satirical Discourse at the First Quarterly Linguistics Seminar, English Department, FoA, Cairo University, 25 March, 2015 2013 Presentation entitled Writing Research May 2013, Staff Development Sessions (2012-2013), English Language Department, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University 2011 Seminar (with a colleague) entitled Managing the Crisis: A Twoway Channel, May 2011, Cairo linguist Group. 2011 Presentation entitled Discourse Analysis: Historical Background and Recent Developments April, 2011, The French University in Egypt. 2010 Presentation entitled Caught in the Net: Metaphors in Business Discourse. In The International Conference: Languages, Cultures, and Professionally-oriented Education under Globalization: Business and Translation within the Euro-Arab framework held by the French University in Egypt (April, 2010) 2010 Presentation entitled Schema Disruption in Satirical Discourse in PALA 2010 The language of Landscapes University of Genoa, Italy 21-25 July. 2009 Seminar on Cognitive Linguistics and Critical Metaphor Analysis in collaboration with others. Cairo Linguist Group. 2008 Presentation entitled A Quest for Identity: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to Said s Out of Place: A Memoir In Conference of The English Department University of Cairo. 2008 Presentation entitled A Critical Metaphor Analysis to Egyptian Political Discourse in CADAAD, University of Hertfordshire, England. 2006 Presentation entitled A Critical cognitive approach: the Egyptian written Media in CADAAD, University of East Anglia, England.

2005 Round Table on CDA: Discourse Analysis from Theory to Practice in collaboration with others. Cairo linguist Group, Dec., 2005. 2004 Round table on CDA (Media and Discourse) in collaboration with others. Cairo Linguist Group, April, 2004. 2004 Presentation entitled The Emotive aspect in Reporting Accidents in PALA conference, New York 2003 Presentation entitled Media Discourse Analysis, FOA, Helwan 2003 Presentation entitled Creating A text world Theory of Mansfield s At the Bay, PALA conference, Turkey. 2002 Presentation entitled Who is Us? Who is Them? Cultural Conflict versus Cultural Interaction in Map of Love PALA Conference, Birmingham 2002 Presentation entitled Who is Us? Who is Them? Cultural Conflict versus Cultural Interaction in Map of Love, Cairo Linguist group. 2001 Presentation entitled Uncovering the Emotive Aspect in Reporting Accidents in the Egyptian Media, Contrastive Rhetoric Conference, AUC. 2001 Presentation entitled Feminist Linguistic Theories, FOA, Helwan 2000 Presentation entitled Seeing through Advertisements: A Feminist Stylistic Approach in Arabic and English discourse, PALA conference, University of Goldsmith, London. 2000 Presentation entitled Seeing through Advertisements: A Feminist Stylistic Approach in Arabic and English discourse, Cairo linguist group.

Publications: Forthcoming Voices of resistance and youth identity in popular culture: A multimodal cognitive critical discourse analysis Forthcoming Discourse of Resistance in 25th January Revolution in Egypt: A multimodal Discourse Analysis Forthcoming Schema Disruption in Satirical Discourse 2011 The Discursive Construction of the Marginalized and the Powerful in A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Discourse Historical Approach in Sahifatul Alsun, 27. 2010 (A) Critical Metaphor Theory applied to Egyptian political Discourse in Cairo Studies in English, (Essays in Honour of Salwa kamel). 2010 (B) A Quest for Identity: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to Said s Out of Place; A Memoir in Philology, Vol. LIV, June, 2010. 2010 Farag, Attia & Eid The Powerful and the Powerless in Parliamentary Discourse in Cairo Studies in English, (Essays in Honour of Salwa kamel). 2009 Review Article Metaphor in Discourse by Elina Semino, Metaphor and Symbol, 24:4,293-265. 2007 A Critical cognitive approach: the Egyptian written Media. In Cognitive Linguistics in Critical Discourse Analysis: Application and Theory. Eds. Christopher, Hart and Dominik Lukes. Cambridge; Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2003 Attitudinal and Intersubjective Positioning: The Appraisal Model. English language and literature Studies, VOL.II, No. II, Dec. 2003. 2003 Creating A text world Theory of Mansfield s At the Bay. Occasional Papers, VOL. 36, April-September 2003. 2002 Who is Us? Who is Them? Cultural Conflict versus Cultural Interaction in Map of Love. Philology, VOL. XXXVII, Jan. 2002

2001 Uncovering the Emotive Aspect in Reporting Accidents in the Egyptian Media. Bulletin of FOA, Helwan University, special issue, Jan. 2001. 2001 Seeing through Advertisements: A Feminist Stylistic Approach in Arabic and English discourse. Occasional Papers, VOL. 32, summer, 2001. Theses Supervised a number of M.A. and Ph.D. theses in the fields of Stylistics, Discourse Analysis, CDA, Cognitive studies, Pragmatics, Functional Grammar in different Egyptian universities such as Helwan University, Ain Shams University, Tanta University and Menoufeya University A member of viva committee of a number of theses in different Egyptian Universities such as Helwan, Ain Shams, Cairo, Alexandria, Tanta, Suez Canal, Menya, Mansoura, Zagazig, Sohag, Banha and Al-Azhar Membership of organizations Cairo Linguist Group PALA (1997-2004) Courses taught Postgraduate level: Methods of Research, Stylistics, ESP, Discourse Analysis Undergraduate Level: Stylistics, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Functional grammar, Academic Writing and Reading, Semantics, phonetics, Introduction to Syntax and Morphology.

Taught and Supervised ESP courses at different faculties at Helwan References: Professor Aly Ezzat, Professor of linguistics, Ain Shams University Professor Salwa Farag, Professor and Chairperson, Department of English language and literature, FOA, Helwan Professor Nahwat ElAroussy, Professor of linguistics, Department of English language and literature, FOA, Helwan