Christina Gitsaki
Research Coordinator, Zayed University, Center for Educational Innovation, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Christina Gitsaki is an Associate Professor and Research Coordinator at the Center for Educational Innovation, Zayed University, UAE. She has previously served as the UNESCO Chair in Applied Research in Education designing professional development programs for teachers in the K-12 and higher education sectors. Dr. Gitsaki has served on the executive boards of professional associations such as the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia, the Gulf Comparative Education Society, TESOL Arabia, and she is currently the Secretary General of the International Association of Applied Linguistics. Her research interests are in second language acquisition and pedagogy, the use of educational technology in the second language classroom, teacher professional development, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.