Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information: 

Name: ALQAHTANI, MUFLEH SALEM M.

Academic Rank: Full Professor.

Marital Status: married

Date of birth: 23/07/1984

Languages: Arabic, English, Persian (Farsi), French.

Country of birth: Saudi Arabia

Department of Linguistics, College of Language Sciences, King Saud University, KSA

Address: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh- P.O box: 112141. 

Email: 

1. mqahtani1@ksu.edu.sa 
2. ssll2009@live.co.uk
3. mufleh2015.phd@gmail.com

Mobile number: 0559244096

Qualifications:

• • PhD in Theoretical Linguistics-Phonology in 2014 from The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. Thesis entitles “Syllable Structure and Related Processes in Optimality Theory: An Examination of Najdi Arabic”.
  • Master in Applied Linguistics from Sussex University in the United Kingdom in 2011. 
  • Bachelor’s Degree in English from King Saud University in 2006 with second class honour.

Certificates: 

• • The Certificate of Teaching English Training from Sussex Coast College in Hastings (Previously Hastings College of Arts and Technology) in the UK. 
  • The certificate of using multimedia for electronic learning from Technical and Vocational Training Corporation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • The certificate of training methods from Technical and Vocational Training Corporation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • The certificate of skills of communication and interaction with others from Technical and Vocational Training Corporation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • The certificate of INTEL for Education from INTEL Company with the corporation of Riyadh Teachers College.
  • The certificate of Gamification - lessons from game theory that enhance learning from King Saud University.
  • The certificate of Basics in Information Security from King Saud University.
  • The certificate of Using SPSS for statistical purposes from King Saud University.
  • The certificate of Critical Thinking and Active Learning from King Saud University.
  • The certificate of establishing the course syllabus from King Saud University.
  • The certificate of skills of effective academic leaning from King Saud University.
  • The certificate of the evaluation of learning outcomes from King Saud University.

Research interests: 

• Theoretical Phonology.         
• Descriptive Phonology.
• Phonological Acquisition.
• Phonological Derivations.
• Sociophonology.
• Morphophonology.
• Diachronic Phonology.
• Synchronic Phonology.
• I am also interested in Optimality Theory in terms of the analysis of phonological aspects of English (Old, Middle, and Modern English), French, Hebrew, Standard Persian and Vernaculars. 
• Pragmatics.
• Syntax.
• Morphology.
• Language Acquisition.
• History of English Language.     
• Translation.

Experience:

• • I spent two years teaching English at Al-Karj Technical College after obtaining my first degree.
  • After teaching English at Al-Karj Technical College, I was employed by King Saudi University to work at the department of English in Teachers College as a teacher assistant for two years. 
  • In 2012 and 2013, I taught Phonetics and Phonology course for undergraduate students at the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom. 
  • I was appointed as an assistant professor at the Department of English Language and Literature, College of Arts, King Saud University from 17/03/2015 to 23/04/2019.
  • I was assigned as the head of the department of English Language and Literature in the College of Arts, King Saud University for four years.
  • I taught MA level in Translation and Interpretation at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences plus English courses at both Arab Open University and College of Applied Studies and Community Services at King Saud University.
  • I am still teaching some courses in MA and PhD level in Applied Linguistics at King Saud University.
  • I was promoted to associate professor at King Saud University on 23/04/2019.
  • I have been transferred to the department of Linguistics, College of Language Sciences at King Saud University, as an associate professor since 08/01/2021.
  • I have been promoted to full professor at King Saud University since 23/05/2023.

Committees:

• A former member of Qiyas committee at the National Centre for Assessment.
• A former member of BA program committee in the department of English Language and Literature at College of Arts, King Saud University.
• A former member of MA program committee in Theoretical Linguistics in the department of English Language and Literature at College of Arts, King Saud University. 
• A member of HR committee in the department of English Language and Literature at College of Arts, King Saud University. 
• A member of the comprehensive exam committee for PhD students in Applied Linguistics in the department of English Language and Literature at College of Arts, King Saud University.
• A member of the student’s right committee in the department of English Language and Literature at College of Arts, King Saud University. 

Scientific Experience:

 I was a member of the VIVA committee for the following MA dissertations:

• Al-Ahmed, G. (2017). Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies by Saudi Female EFL Learners and its Relationship with Their Receptive Vocabulary Size. MA dissertation. King Saud University.
• Therwi, A. (2017). The Effect of Using YouTube Video Clips on Saudi Secondary School Students Listening Skill. MA dissertation. King Saud University.
• Al-Muishieer, R. (2017). Academic Summarization via Twitter in a College EFL Context. MA dissertation. King Saud University.
• Al-Otaibi, S. (2017).  The Effects of Morphological Awareness on Students Vocabulary Knowledge at Dawadmi Science College. MA dissertation. King Saud University.  
• Al-Wazzan, O. (2018). EFL learners' test anxiety levels during CBT and PBT. MA dissertation. King Saud University.
• Al-Tayyar, F. (2018). The Impact of Using Twitter on Secondary Third Grade Students Writing Skills in Riyadh. MA dissertation. King Saud University.

I was a member of the VIVA committee for the following PhD dissertations:

•  Alharbi, S. (2020). Variable Consonant Alternations in Hasawi and Najdi Dialects of Arabic: An Optimality-Theoretic Approach. PhD dissertation. Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University.

Conferences: 

• • 'Sonority and Epenthesis in Najdi Arabic (NA): An OT analysis', Poster Presentation, 8th Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics, 2013.
  • 'Sonority and Epenthesis in Najdi Arabic (NA): An OT analysis', Poster Presentation, 9th Phonetik und Phonologie conference, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2013.
  • 'Non-final Superheavy Syllables in Najdi Arabic (NA)', Manchester Forum in Linguistics, Manchester University, 2013.

Publications:

• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (on progress). Obligatory Contour Principle-the Strength Assimilation Law interaction in Sistani Persian of Iran. Revue canadienne de linguistique/ Canadian Journal of Linguistics. (ISI index)
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (on progress). Harmonic Parallelism versus Harmonic Serialism: The Case of Nasal Place Assimilation in Modern Colloquial Persian. Revista Onomázein. (ISI index).
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (on progress). An OT Serial Approach to Nasal Place Assimilation in Arsi-Bale Afan Oromo. Sage Open.  (ISI index)
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (on progress). The serial relation beyond Duch Voicing Assimilation. Journal of Linguistics. (ISI index)

• Alqahtani, M.S.M. (Forthcoming). Serialism in regressive voicing assimilation: The case of heterorganic obstruent clusters in Modern Hebrew. Journal of Semitic Studies. (ISI index)
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (forthcoming). Adaptation of Arabic Gutturals in Turkish: An Optimality Theoretic Perspective. Revista Onomázein. (ISI index)

• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (2023). Underapplication Opacity beyond the Non-Local Compensatory Lengthening in Modern Colloquial Persian. Sage Open, 13(1): 1-13. (ISI index).
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (2023). Avoidance of Association Line Crossing in Prosodic Structure: An Examination of Non-Local Compensatory Lengthening in Modern Colloquial Persian. Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature, 15 (2):473-496. (ISI index).
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (2023). Conformity to the Obligatory Contour Principle and the Strict Layer Hypothesis: The treatment of initial gemination in Maltese. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10 (420): 1-14. (ISI index)
• Alqahtani, M., & Almoaily, M. (2023). Debuccalization in Gulf Pidgin Arabic: OT Parallelism or Harmonic Serialism. Journal of Semitic Studies, 68 (1): 139-164.  (ISI index).
• Jayendira P Sankar, , R. Kalaichelvi, V.E. Kesavan, Mufleh Salem M. Alqahtani (2022). EFFECTIVE BLENDED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING COVID-19. Information Technologies and Learning Tools, 88 (2): 214-228. (ISI index)
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (2022). On the Phonological Derivation of Compensatory Lengthening in Standard Malay: A Stratal Optimality Theoretical Approach. Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 4 (1):96-112. 
• Jayendira P Sankar, V.E. Kesavan, R. Kalaichelvi, Mufleh Salem M. Alqahtani, May Abdulaziz Abumelha, Jeena Ann John. (2021). Factors Influencing Employee Satisfaction of Educational Institutions. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education (INT-JECSE), 13(2): 327-336. (ISI index)
• Alqahtani, M. S., & Vadakalur Elumalai, K. (2020). Analysis of lexical and cohesive ties usage in undergraduate students’ writing by applying task-based language learning methodology. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume, 11. (ISI index)
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (2020). Initial geminations as non-actual surface forms in Qassimi Arabic. Acta Linguistica Academica, 67(3), 347-369. (ISI index)
• Alqahtani, M. S. M. (2020). The Phonological Opacity of Local Compensatory Lengthening in Modern Colloquial Persian: A Stratal Optimality Theoretic Approach. SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 17(5). (ISI index).
• Sankar, J., Kalaichelvi, R., John, J., Menon, N., Elumalai, K., Alqahtani, M., & Abumelha, M. (2020). Factors Affecting the Quality of E-Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Perspective of Higher Education Students. Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 19(1), 731-753. (ISI index).
• Alqahtani, M. (2019) Sonority Sequencing Principle in Sabzevari Persian: A Constraint Based Approach. Open Linguistics (ISI index).

Elumalai, K. V., Das, N. S., Alqahtani, M. S. M., & Maktabi, A. (2019). Looking into the Operational Modalities Adopted in Some of the POS Tagging Tools in Identification of Contextual Part-of-Speech of Words in Texts. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 8(6), 92-102.

• Alqahtani, M. (2018) Phonological Derivations of Synchronic Metathesis in Modern Persian. Advances in Language and Literacy Studies.
• Alqahtani, M. (2018) Phonological Adaptation of Arabic Loanwords in Sabzevari Persian: Metathesis and Vowel Epenthesis. Linguistics and Literature Studies.
• Kesavan, V. E. & ALQAHTANI, M. (2018) Proposing a Customised Method for Extratextual Documentative Annotation on Written Text Corpus. International Journal of English Linguistics (ISI index).
• Alqahtani, M., Kesavan, V. E. (2018) WHATSAPP in University Level English Education. Arab World English Journal (ISI index).
• Alqahtani, M. (2017) The treatment of Vowel-Initial Syllables in Somali Syllable Structure: A Constraint-Based Approach. The Linguistics Journal (SCOPUS index). 
• Alqahtani, M. (2017) Spirantization and Phonological Derivation in Sabzevari Persian: Parallelism or Stratalism in Optimality Theory. Journal of Arts at King Saud University.
• Alqahtani, M & Musa, R. (2015) Vowel Epenthesis in Arabic Loanwords in Hausa. International Journal of Linguistics.
• Alqahtani, M. (2014) Syllable Structure and Related Processes in Optimality Theory: An Examination of Najdi Arabic. PhD Thesis. The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, the UK.