Khaled Al Masaeed

Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Arabic Studies
Coordinator of Arabic Studies

Bio

Khaled Al Masaeed is an applied linguist who teaches and mentors both graduate and undergraduate students in applied linguistics, second language acquisition and Arabic studies.

His work is situated at the intersection of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, with a particular focus on the relationship between language ideologies and everyday sociolinguistic practices. His research focuses on advancing our understanding of second language pragmatics, particularly how learners develop pragmatic competence across multilingual and multidialectal contexts.

Dr. Al Masaeed’s publications have appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Applied Linguistics, The Modern Language Journal, Foreign Language Annals, System, Journal of Pragmatics, etc.) and edited volumes (e.g., The Routledge Handbook Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics, The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Second Language Acquisition, etc.). He regularly contributes to the field through research presentations, invited talks and service on Ph.D. dissertation committees across a range of international contexts, including Australia, Canada, France, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, Qatar, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon University, he taught at the University of Arizona and directed and coordinated study abroad programs across the Arab region, including Egypt, Jordan and Morocco.

Education

Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona

M.A., Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona

M.A., English Education, University of North Carolina–Pembroke

B.A., English Language and Literature, Al al-Bayt University

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