Dr. Glenda El Gamal is a Senior Lecturer in the English Department at Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates, with 18 years’ experience specializing in Academic Writing for STEM and Technical Writing and Teacher Education. Glenda is highly active in developing new curricula, and chaired the Curriculum Electives Committee in the English Department 2018-2022. She is also highly active in service activities at the KU Centre of Teaching and Learning as a CTL Champion, and works on interdisciplinary projects across the university with the College of Engineering. Internationally, Glenda is on the Executive Board of AILA (International Association of Applied Linguistics that has over 7000 members) and serves as the Research Networks Coordinator. She is also the book review editor of the Wiley International Journal of Applied Linguistics (INJAL). Glenda has formal teaching qualifications and is a founding member of the CTL Teaching Assistant course team.
Prior to KU, she worked at Masdar Institute (affiliated with MIT) as English faculty, teaching technical writing, research methodology and thesis preparation to Master’s and PhD students. Glenda has presented her research internationally, and has been an Invited speaker at international and regional professional events. She has published in refereed journals and book chapters on English Medium Instruction, intercultural communication and language pedagogy.