Awards and Recognition
Recent Recognition and Appreciation Certificates
UAE University Vice Chancellor, Me, and Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost
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UAE University Vice Chancellor
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Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost, Me, and CETL Director
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College of Education Dean, Me, and Vice Dean
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AWARDS, HONORS, AND RESEARCH GRANTS
Interdisciplinary Grant. 2016-2017 PI - Students and Faculty Members’ Perceptions towards the Use and Impact of Smart Learning on Learning ESL/EFL.
2012 - 2013A grant received from the Scientific Research Council (Teachers’ use of Web 2.0 applications to enhance teaching and learning in the UAE). Principal Investigator.
UAEU Grant 2012-2013- (Co-PI). UAE Special Education Teachers’ Skills, Attitudes, and Actual Use of Assistive Technology in Teaching Students with Special Needs.
2009 - 2010A grant received from the Scientific Research Council (The utility of Assistive Technology for people with special needs in the UAE) – Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Sana Tibi.
2008 - 2009A grant from the Scientific Research Unit at the United Arab Emirates University for a research project entitled: Technology integration in Teaching Languages". Co-principal investigator with Dr. M. Almekhlafy.
2007 - 2008A grant from the Scientific Research Unit at the United Arab Emirates University for a research project entitled: " Technology Integration at UAE K-12 Classrooms: A Qualitative Analytical Study".
2003 - 2004 A grant from the Scientific Research Unit at the United Arab Emirates University for a research project entitled: " The effect of interactive multimedia on learning English as a second language”.
April, 2004Best Individual Research Project Award, the Fifth Annual UAE University Research Conference, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
May, 1999 One of two best Ph.D. graduates for the 1999 academic Year, Dean, Graduation ceremony, College of Education, Arizona State University, USA.
July, 1993-1995 Fulbright Scholarship Recipient, MA in teaching English as a second language, Arizona State University, USA.
Summer 1991Scholarship Recipient, French Language Unit, Besoncon, France.
Summer 1988Scholarship Recipient, British government, Language Improvement and Teaching Methodology, Reading University, Britain.
1993 - 1998Scholarship Recipient, out-of-state tuition, Boards of Regents, Arizona State University, academic years: 93/94, 94/95, 95/96, 96/97, 97/98, and 98/99.
1996 - 1997 Scholarship Recipient, Registration fees, Boards of Regents, Arizona State University.
1985 - 1989High Achievement Honor, Dean's list, (first rank at English Department), Faculty of Education (FOE), Sana'a University (SU), Yemen.
1985 - 1989High Achievement Certificates, Vice Dean; Department of English; Students' Union, Faculty of Education, Sana’a University.
1985High Achievement Honor, Exemption from the 2-year mandatory governmental service, Ministry of Education, Sana'a, Yemen.
1985Teachers Institutes' Achievement Rank, Ministry of Education, (4th in the Republic of Yemen).