Personal Information:

Name: Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah Al-Gharbani

Date of Birth: 14/6/1969

Address: Sana’a – Saawan Residential City – Al-Fawaris District

Tel: 771052260

Summary:

Assistant Professor \ Sana’a University \ Faculty of Arts \ Department of English Language

I teach modern and contemporary English literature and translation in the undergraduate and graduate programs. I supervise master’s theses in the department.

Education:

• PhD in English Literature, Department of English, College of Languages, Sana’a University, 2015.

• Specialized Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Rennert Institute, New York, USA, 2012.

• Master’s in Educational Administration, Specialization in Higher Education Administration, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA, 2005.

• Master’s in English Literature, Department of English, College of Arts and Humanities, Sana’a University, 2001.

• Bachelor’s in Education, Specialization in English Language, College of Education, Sana’a University, 1992.

Experience:

• Assistant Professor – Modern and Contemporary English Literature, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Sana’a University, 2016-present.

• Director of the Center for Translation and Language Teaching, Sana’a University, 2018-2019.

• Lecturer, Department of English, Faculty of Education Rada’a, Al-Bayda University, 1995-2014.

• 10 years of experience in training English language teachers.

• 30 years of experience in teaching English.

• 10 years of experience in translation, translation and training translators, and teaching translation courses in the context of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public and private universities.

• Three years of experience in the field of good governance, corporate governance, governance of small and medium enterprises, and university governance.

• 10 years of experience in training in human development, training in quality, report writing, writing project proposals, and business correspondence.

Conferences and Workshops:

• Delivered the opening speech at the 7th English Language Conference, National University of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia, June 2, 2022.

• Presented a research paper entitled “Translation Editing and Proofreading in the Context of Translator Training” Translation Conference, 2021, Alwar, India.

• Presented a research paper in collaboration with a team of three professors from Oregon State University (USA), on a project to develop higher education in Yemen, English Language Teachers Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2009.

• Presented a research paper entitled “Teaching English Language Skills”, English Language Teachers Conference, American University, Cairo, Egypt, 2007.

• Attended the 28th Higher Education Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2003.

• Conducted several workshops in the field of teaching English.

• Conducted several workshops in the field of human development.

• Conducted several workshops in the field of translation.

• Trainer in the field of good governance, corporate governance, governance of small and medium enterprises, university governance, and total quality in education.

Research and scientific papers:

• Al-Ghurbani, A. M., Jazim, F., Abdulrab, M., Al-Mamary, Y. H. S., & Khan, I. (2022). The impact of internal factors on the use of technology in higher education in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Human Systems Management, 41(2), 283-302.

• Al‐Mamary, Y. H., Abdulrab, M., Jazim, F., Khan, I., & Al‐Ghurbani, A. M. (2022). Factors influencing the use of technology in higher education in Saudi Arabia: A conceptual framework and future research directions. Journal of Public Affairs, 22(4), e2683.

• Khan, I., Khan, N., Jazim, F., Al-Mamary, Y. H., Abdulrab, M., & Al-Ghurbani, A. M. (2022). The effect of external factors in use of technology among Ha’il university academic faculty: evidence from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 14(4), 1319-1339.

• Al Ghurbani, A. M. (2021) Editing and Proofreading Translation within the Context of Training Translators. Shanavas, S. A. (Ed.) Translation Theory, Tools, Techniques, and Tactics. Southern Book Star, Ulloor, India.