gamil alamrani
I am an assistant professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies. I specialize in the new approaches to comparative literature and literary theory, examining the recent scopes of comparative literary studies with regards to decoloniality, imperialism, and globalization. I study the development of literary theory in areas of race, gender, and ethnicity, to examine the representations of power structure in contemporary world literature, film, and popular culture. I also apply my knowledge of literary theory in analyzing and understanding the theories of rhetoric and composition from the early traditional product-based prescribed methodology, to the recent disciplinary and rhetorical approaches
In 2011, I received my Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Arkansas, on a Fulbright scholarship that shaped my perspective about the value of diversity and intercultural communication
Gamil M. Alamrani
Dept. of English, College of Arts and Humanities, Jazan University
jalomrani@jazanu.edu.sa gamil_alamrani@yahoo.com Cell: 966508029700
Ph.D., Cultural Studies, University of Arkansas, Arkansas, 2011. Specialization: World Literature, Literary Theory, Rhetoric and Composition
M.A., Cultural Studies, University of Arkansas, Arkansas, July 2007
Intensive Academic Writing Program, The State University of NY at Buffalo, New York, July-August 2005
B.A., English Literature and Linguistics, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen, 2002
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Counselor, to the JU Vice President of Academic Affairs, Jazan University, 2019-current
Head, English Dept. Faculty of Arts, Jazan University, 2016-2019
Director of Sc. Research and Community Service Unit, Faculty of Arts, Jazan University, 2014-present
Director of International Cooperation Unit, Faculty of Arts, Jazan University, 2015-2014
Director of Academics, Dept. of English, Jazan University, 2013-Present
Assist. Professor of English, Jazan Univ., 2013- Present
Post Doctorate Researcher and Lecturer, University of Arkansas, July 2011-2013
Associate for English Language Learners, Brown Chair in English Literacy Program, University of Arkansas, 2010-2013
Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of Arkansas, 2005-2011
Teaching Assistant, Taiz University, 2003-2005
Lecturer, National University, Int. Languages Center and Contز Languages Institute, 2002
Translator, English Department, Taiz University, Alduis Corp. 2002-2005
ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Academic Accreditation for Educational Programs and Institutions
Program Learning Assessment – Qualification and Exit Exams
Academic Strategic Planning for Educational Institutions- SWAT / KPI Analysis
Organizational Management for Educational Institutions
Academic Development and Curriculum Planning
Educational Technology Integration
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Alamrani, G. & Alhazami, A. (2022). Essential Learning Skills for First-Year College Students. Technical and Vocational Training Corporation. KSA. [in Arabic]
Alamrani, G. & Alhazami, A. (2019). Applications of Social Media in Education. Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf
States. [in Arabic]. Avaialbe at: https://www.abegs.org/detailsbooks/6229223182434304
Alamrani, G. Trans: Life in School: An Introduction to Critical Pedagogy in the Foundations of Education. By Peter McLaren . In progress
Book Chapters
Alamrani, G. (2016). Jazan University Faculty and Student Attitudes towards Academic Integrity. In Learning across Borders (1st ed.). Ed: Seawright, L. & A. H. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Available at
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-8583-6
Alamrani, G. (2014). Arab ESL Students at American Universities and Their Identity Formation Process. In Going Global: Transnational Perspectives on Globalization, Language, and Education (Unabridged edition) Ed. Seawright, L. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. doi:10.1177/1028315308329804 . Available at
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-6333-9
Journal Articles
Alamrani, G. (2022). Seeking National Identity in Modern African Literature. The Scientific Journal of King Saud University, accepted
Alamrani, G. (2021). Modern Arab Women and Traditional Morality. Humanities and Management Sciences - Scientific Journal of King Faisal University, 22(2), 1–7. DOI:10.37575/h/art/0091
Alamrani, G. (2018). Representations of the “Other” in Colonial Discourse: A Comparative study of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and al-Tayyib Salih’s Season of Migration to the North. THEMATICS: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal of English Studies, 9(1), 18–27
Alamrani, G. (2017). The Orient: The Heaven of the Erotic in Burton’s Translation of The Arabian Nights. International Journal of Translation, 29(2), 1–7
Alamrani, G. & Alzughaibi, A. (2016). Social Network Analysis of Saudi Students' English Language Learning. Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 42(2)
Alamrani, G. (2016). The Politics of Cultural Practices of Arab Students in the West. Communication Studies and Language Pedagogy, 2(1)
Alamrani, G. (2015). Literacy Acquisition among Arab ESL Students. Journal of Foreign Languages, Cultures and Civilizations, 3(1), 37-48
Alamrani, G. (2015). Sulu’k Poets in a Post-Modern Perspective: A Study of Al-Shanfara’s Lamiyyat Al-Arab Based on Nietzsche’s Philosophy of the Aesthetics. International Journal of Language and Literature, 3(1), 76-81. DOI: 10.15640/ijll.v3n1a10
Alamrani, G. & Alzughaibi, A. (2015). Phonological and Morphological Transfer among Arab ESL Learners. International Journal of Language and Literature, 3(1), 91-98. doi.org/10.15640/ijll.v3n1a13
FUNDS
Research Fund from Technical and Vocational Training Corporation. KSA. 2021
Two Research Funds from the Bureau of Education for the Gulf States, 2019, 2020
Jazan University Academic Advising Research Project. 2016
Post Doctorate Research Grant, University of Arkansas, 2011
Brown Chair in English Literacy Fund 2010-2013
Graduate Assistantship, U. of Arkansas, 2007-2013
Fulbright Scholarship, 2005-2007
CONFERENCES and LECTURES
“Academic Integrity: A Study of Jazan University Students’ Performance.” Texas A&M. Qatar. Feb. 1-3, 2015
“ESL Writing and Pedagogy.” Stanford University. Stanford, California. April 23-24, 2011
Multiple Literacies, Fragmented Identities: Arab ESL Students at American Universities " English Association 42nd Annual Conference. Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront. St. Petersburg, Florida. March 31-April 2, 2011
“Phonological and Morphological Transfer among Arab ESL Learners.” Midwestern Conference on Language, Literature, and Media. Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, Illinois. April 9-10, 2010
“Between Two Worlds: The Identity Construction of Arab Muslim Students in The West.” Second Annual Graduate Conference at the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Arkansas. March 9-10, 2010
“Vocabulary Teaching Styles for Arab ESL Learners.” SWTX PCA/ACA Conference. Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 10-13, 2010
“Literacy Acquisition Among Arab ESL Students.” Expanding Literacy Studies Conference The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. April 3-5, 2009
“Arab and Muslim Identity in American Public Schools.” First Annual Graduate Conference at The University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Arkansas. March 13-15, 2009
“The Politics of the Erotica.” East-Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference. Georgetown University, Washington DC, November 7-9, 2008
“Teaching English as a Second Language in Yemeni Schools.” Sana’a University National Seminar. Sana’a, Yemen. January 10-13, 2004