MASSASOIT NECIT SEMINAR

SPRING 2005

 NECIT @ UMass, Boston

Sawsan Nasser Zahara (szahara@massasoit.mass.edu) has taught in the department of modern languages for a year and a half.  She is originally from Beirut, Lebanon and arrived in the US in 1986 on a student Visa, with a government grant, to study at Boston University.  She has a B.A. English language and literature (1983 Lebanon), a MEd in TESOL (1987 Boston University), and an EdD in Language, Literacy, and culture (1994 Boston University).  She has taught English in middle school and ESL in high school in Lebanon, ESL at Boston University, Roxbury Community College, Beirut Arab University, Lebanese University, Stonehill College, and Massasoit Community College.  She has taught English Composition I and II at American University of Beirut and Bridgewater State College.  She has also taught courses in teacher education and supervised student teachers at Lebanese University, School of Education.  Sawsan participated in writing the new curriculum for the government of Lebanon at the National Center for Educational Research and Development, a national textbook for grades 9-12, and evaluation procedure textbooks for teachers at grades 9-12.  Since arriving at Massasoit, she has started an Arabic language program.

 

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Reflections:  Spring 2005

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