Profile
Tariq Elyas is a Full Professor of Applied Linguistics at King Abdulaziz University-KAU (Saudi Arabia). He holds an MA in English Literature (USA) and a PhD in Applied Linguistics (Australia). Prof. Elyas was awarded the British Chevening Fellowship in International Law & Human Rights (UK) as well as a Post-Doctorate in Applied Linguistics from the British Commonwealth Council (UK). Prof. Elyas’s areas of interests include World Englishes, Teacher Identity, Policy Reform, Media Studies, and Women Studies in the Middle East. His research papers have appeared in leading international journals such as British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Digest of Middle East Studies, Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues, Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, World Englishes, Asian Englishes, ELT Journal, and The Journal of Asia TEFL, as well as a contribution to the (2018) TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Prof. Elyas has been awarded the Bundey Prize for English Verse (Australia); Travel Writing Fellowship (USA); Cambridge Gulf Research Award (UK); Reviewer of the Year-Emerald Publisher (UK); EU-GCC Relations Project Award (Belgium); and the Best Supervisor Award in the Humanities & Social Sciences Track-KAU in 2018 and 2020 (Saudi Arabia). Prof. Elyas has been the most highly cited author in Saudi Arabia and Arabian Gulf in the fields of Education and Applied Linguistics since 2016. In 2020, Prof. Elyas has guest-edited two special issues: 1) ‘World Englishes in MENA’ (with Ahmar Mahboob) in World Englishes; and 2) ‘Gender in Language Education’ (with Handoyo Puji Widodo) in Sexuality & Culture; 3) ‘English Language Education: A Critical Global Englishes Perspective’ (with Fan Fang and Handoyo Puji Widodo) in Asian Englishes. His latest book was an edited volume (co-edited with Ahmar Mahboob) entitled Educational Challenges during the GCC in the 21st Century (Cambridge Scholars Publisher). Prof. Elyas has served as an external examiner for (22) PhD students from Australia, Malaysia, UAE UK, and Saudi Arabia. Also, Prof. Elyas has worked in Australia, UK, USA and Saudi Arabia. Currently, Prof. Elyas has been assigned as the Associate Editor for Wiley Encyclopedia of World Englishes-MENA region
Education
- 1995
Bachelor degree from EnglishArts, King Abdulaziz University, , المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2001
Master degree from Applied Linguistics Applied Linguistics , Old Dominion University, , امــريــكـا
- 2011
Doctorate degree from Applied Linguistics Applied Linguistics , University of Adelaide, , اســـتراليا
Research Interests
World Englishes, Teacher Identity, Women's Studies , Media Studies, and Pedagogy.
Scientific interests
World Englishes, Teacher Identity, Women's Studies , Media Studies, and Pedagogy.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-7391