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Nahal

Akbari

Director, Persian Flagship Program

Units: 

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Degree(s): 

PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada

Contact: 

nakbaris@umd.edu

301-405-9910

3110 HJ Patterson Hall

Role(s): 

Faculty

About: 

Nahal is the director of the Persian language program, including its Flagship component. Since 1996, she has taught ESL, ESP, academic writing courses, and Persian as an additional language. She has a Ph.D. in second language teaching and learning from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Her research interests include intercultural rhetoric, academic literacy, second language writing, and teacher education.