EDUCATION
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
2024—2025
University of Alberta
Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship
School of Dentistry
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Edmonton. Alberta, Canada
GRADUATE DEGREES
2019—2023
University of Alberta
Ph.D. Measurement, Evaluation, and Data Science
Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation
Edmonton. Alberta, Canada
Dissertation: Using Automated Procedures to Score Written Essays in Persian: An Application of the Multilingual BERT System (Supervisor: Dr. Mark Gierl)
2015—2019
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Ph.D., Applied Linguistics (Language Testing and Assessment)
Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran
Dissertation: Iranian EFL Teachers’ Competencies in Classroom Assessment Practices: Development, Validation, and Application of a Measure (Supervisors: Dr. Kiomars Razavipour and Dr. Alireza Ahmadi)
2012—2014
Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan
M.A., Applied Linguistics (Language Testing and Assessment)
Rafsanjan, Kerman, Iran
Thesis: Investigating Differential Item Functioning on the Iranian National University Entrance Exam Using Multiple-Indicators Multiple-Causes Structural Equation Modeling (Supervisor: Dr. Hamdollah Ravand)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2024-Current
University of Alberta
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Education
Measurement Evaluation and Data Science Program
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2023
Alberta Education
Senior Psychometrician
Ministry of Education, Government of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2017—2018
Queens' University
Visiting Research Student
Assessment and Evaluation Group
Kingston. Ontario, Canada
Project: Assessment Literacy as a Catalyst for Systemic Curriculum Reform (Supervisor: Dr. Christopher DeLuca)
GRADUATE COURSES
Applied Linguistics (Language Testing)
(From Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan)
LING 406 Issues in Linguistics
LING 409 Contrastive Linguistics and Error Analysis
LING 469 Discourse Analysis I
LING 500 Theories of Language Testing
LING 505 Research Methodologies in Language Testing I
LING 507 Testing and Assessment in Language Programs
LING 569 Statistical Analysis Using Computer
Applied Linguistics (LanguageTesting)
(From Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz)
LING 600 Discourse Analysis II
LING 601 Syntactic Analysis
LING 603 Theories of Second Language Learning
LING 605 Research Methodologies in Language Testing II
LING 607 Culture and Identity in Second Language Learning
LING 609 Language and Pragmatics
LING 649 Language Testing
LING 659 Computerized Language Testing
Measurement and Statistics
(From University of Alberta)
EDPY 503 Educational Learning Analytics Using Artificial Intelligence
EDPY 505 Advanced Univariate Statistics in Educational Research
EDPY 506 Educational Data Mining
EDPY 507 Measurement Theory I
EDPY 605 Multivariate Statistics in Educational Research
EDPY 607 Measurement Theory II
EDPY 699 Automated Essay Scoring Using Neural Networks
Computing Science
(From University of Alberta)
CMPUT 365 Reinforcement Learning
CMPUT 501 Introduction to Natural Language Processing
CMPUT 600 Computational Linguistic