Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Dlnya Abdalla Mohammed

E.Mail: dilnya. mohammad@univsul.edu.iq

Personal Information:____________________

Place & date of birth: Kirkuk, 28 / 8 / 1976

Nationality: Iraqi -Kurdish Citizen

Gender:  Female

Marital status: Married

No. of children: Two

Blood Group: A+

Education and Academic Qualifications:__________

Bachelor: University of Sulaimani, Faculty of Language, Dept. of English, 1997-1998

Master: University of Sulaimani, Faculty of Language, Dept. of English, 2005 – 2008

Doctorate: University of Sulaimani, College of Basic Education, Dept. of English, 2020 – 2023

Scientific Grade: Lecturer

Specialty: English Literature

Sub-specialty: Modern Novel.

Current Job Location: Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Sulaimani, University of Sulaimany, Faculty of Physical & Basic Education, School of Basic Education, Department of English

Employment status (Appointment, Contract): appointment

Published Researches:

1. Oppressing and Discriminating Women as Depicted in Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth

2. Nora as the Distressed Heroine in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

3. Anthropomorphism in George Orwell’s Animal Farm and Mark Twain’s A Dog’s Tale

4. Children in Ted Hughes’s Poetry

5. Class and Dialect in Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers, George Eliot’s Adam Bede, and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

6. T. S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral: A Reconsideration

7. Heritage of Slavery in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

8. Occultism in Yeats’s “The Second Coming”: A Critical Interpretation

9. Gender and Sexuality in Alice Walker’s Color Purple

10. Sustainability in Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer

11. Setting Parallels with Character’s Circumstances in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles

12.  Racism in Nell Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird 

13. Internal Monologue in James Joyce’s Ulysses

14. Speech and Social Class in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights

15. Sense of Humor in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird

16. Catharsis in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

17. Parfit on Personal Identity: A Psychological Study of Immigrants in Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners

18. Emotional Dissociation and Isolation Among Immigrants in George Lamming’s The Emigrants

Published Books:

A Thematic Study of Pearl S. Buck’s All Under Heaven and The Devil Never Sleeps

Work Experience

2015- Present: Lecturer, University of Sulaimani, School of Basic Education, English Dept

2008- 2015: Assistant Lecturer, University of Sulaimani, School of Basic Education, English Dept

2007- Present: Member of Kurdistan Legal Translators authorized by the Supreme Court of the KRG

 2003-2004: Teaching at Arbat School in Sulaimani

2000-2003: Translator for Halabja Group Company in Sulaimani

1999 Field work with UN FAO in Sulaimani

1998 Working as monitor with UN FAO in Halabja

Teaching Experience:

- Teaching English Literature to the first-year students at the College of Basic Education for ten years.

- Teaching English Novel to the fourth-year students at the College of Basic Education for four years.

- Teaching English Drama to the third-year students at the College of Basic Education for five years.

- Teaching English Poetry to the second-year students at the College of Basic Education for six years.

- Teaching Program and Textbook Analysis to the third-year students at the College of Basic Education for five years.

- Teaching Methods of Research to the third-year students at the College of Basic Education for five years.

- Teaching English Short Story to the second-year students at the College of Basic Education for six years.

- Teaching Academic Writing to second year students at the College of Basic Education for two years.

Training Cources:

December 8, 2013. TEFL and TESOL Professional Training Course, Midwest Education Group, Sulaimani, Kurdistan region of Iraq. Presented by Dr. Tien Chau.

September 23 - October 1, 2013. Garnet Education Induction Training Course for ‘Foundation English for University Students’. School of Basic Education, English Department, University of Sulaimani. Presented by Peter Holly & Tamas Lorincz.

August 31 - September 4, 2013. English for the future (Teaching Knowledge Test / module two). Erbil.

December, 2014. Teaching Through Technology. Salahaddin University / Culture Centre (Grand Hall).

February 21 – March 10, 2009. A Training Course on Methods of Teaching. University of Slaimani.

September- October 2010. Advanced Computer training in Word, Excel, Power point, Access and database, University of Sulaimani, Computer Center.

September- December 2000. Advanced Computer Training Course (Word, Excel, and Access), Solidarity Organization.

Participation in Conferences and workshops:

June 2015: Towards the Paralleling the Education Program and Higher Education Workshop

April 2015: The Conduction of Alternative Assignment by TESOL teachers at the tertiary level. School of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani.

 April 2015: The Environment is Everyone's Responsibility

 April 1-2, 2014: The First International Scientific Conference, University of Human Development, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

March 2014: A Workshop on Don’t Stop Believing. School of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani.

 December 2013: A Workshop on Creative Writing. School of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani. Presented by both American poets Tom Sleigh & Christopher Merrill.

 December 2012: A Workshop on Toward a Contemporary Education. School of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani.

 December 2012: Teaching English as a Foreign Language Conference. Salahaddin University / Culture Centre (Grand Hall).

Awards and Certificates:

1. Garnet Education induction training course.

2. British Council/ TKT Module Two.

3. TEFL & TESOL Certificate.

4. Computer Certificate twice.

Language Skills:

• Kurdish:  Mother Tongue:

• English:  Very Good

• Arabic: Very Good

• Turkish:  Fair

Additional Skills:

• Excellent Microsoft Word (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) user.

• Excellent Internet user.

• Translation and interpretation.

• Linguistic and scientific evaluation of research papers and books both in the scientific and humanities fields.

Membership:

1. Member of the Association of Kurdistan Academicians

2. Member of Kurdistan Legal Translators, authorized by the Supreme Court of the KRG

3. KELTPN member

4. Editorial board member & peer reviewer of the International Journal of Art and Literature

5. Editorial board member/peer reviewer of the American Journal of Arts and Design