1- Personal Details

• Name: Suliman Mohammed N. Alnasser
• Academic Rank: Professor
• Y.O.B.: 1982
• Major: English Language
• Minor: Educational & Applied Linguistics
• Affiliation: Department of English Language, College of Language Sciences, KSU
• Email: SMALNASSER@KSU.EDU.SA 

2- Education

• PhD in Educational & Applied Linguistics, Newcastle University, September 2013.
• MA in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, Newcastle University, November 2009.
• BA in English Language, King Saud University, 2005.

3- Work Experience

• 2023-present: Advisor to KSU President & Assistant to the GM of the President's Office.
• 2023-2025: Assistant to KSU Board of Directors Secretary, responsible for Board’s external coordination and communication.
• 2023-present: Full Professor— Department of English, College of Language Sciences, KSU, Riyadh.
• 2019-2023: Associate Professor— Department of English, College of Language Sciences, KSU, Riyadh.
• 2017-2023: Vice Dean for Development & Quality, College of Humanities & Social Sciences-CHSS (formerly known as College of Arts).
• 2014-2019: Assistant Professor— Department of English Language & Literature, College of Arts, KSU, Riyadh.
• 2008-2013: Abroad pursuing MA & PhD degrees.
• 2007-2008: Teaching Assistant— Department of English Language & Literature, College of Arts, KSU.
• 2005-2007: Language Instructor— public schools.

4- Other Certificates

• PMP®: Project Management Professional, PMI, 2022 (Certification No. 3303836).
• RMP®: Risk Management Professional, PMI, 2022 (Certification No. 3304165).
• ACP®: Agile Certified Practitioner, PMI, 2022 (Certification No. 3306728).
• KAQA: Internal Evaluator According to the Excellence Model of King Abdulaziz Quality Award, SASO, June 2021.
• ISO LA: Lead Auditor (ISO 9001 : 2015), Bureau Veritas (Approved by CQI -IRCA; Unique Delegate No. 311445), June 2021.
• TIW: Certificate of Test Item Writer (an expert evaluation certificate), Education & Training Evaluation Commission, March 2021.
• SSET: Certificate of School Self-Evaluation for Trainers (an expert evaluation certificate), Education & Training Evaluation Commission, December 2021.
• AAR: Certificate of Academic Accreditation Reviewer (an expert evaluation certificate), Education & Training Evaluation Commission, October 2020.
• AQP: Certificate of Academic Quality Practitioner (an expert evaluation certificate), Education & Training Evaluation Commission, August 2020.
• SES: Certificate of School Evaluation Specialist (an expert evaluation certificate), Education & Training Evaluation Commission, November 2020.
• RPSRR: Reviewer for Processing SAQF Registration Requests, Education & Training Evaluation Commission, 2018.

5- Publications:

ORCID: 0000-0001-5805-6144

• Alnasser, S.M.N. & Almoaily, M. (in review). The impact of automated feedback on EFL learners’ motivation in writing classrooms.

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (in review). The impact of using politeness expressions on the leverage of official correspondence letters.

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2022). A gender-based investigation into the required English language policies in Saudi higher education institutions. PLOS ONE, 17(9), 1-11 (ISI – WoS - Scopus).

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2022). EFL Learners’ Perceptions of Integrating Computer-Based Feedback into Writing Classrooms: Evidence from Saudi Arabia. Sage Open, 12(3), 1-14. (ISI – WoS - Scopus).

• Alnasser S.M.N. (2022). I want but I can’t: The dilemma of EFL learners in practising English in the Saudi context. International Journal of English Linguistics, 12(5), 1-14.

• Almohaimeed, N. & Alnasser, S.M.N (2022). Shaping English Language Policies in Academia: Female Saudi English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Perspectives. International Journal of Linguistics, 14(4), 59-74.

• Almohaimeed, N. & Alnasser, S.M.N (2022). English Language Use by Saudi Female Students in Higher Education: Insights for Educators and Policymakers. International Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 4(2), 283-295.

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2022). Comparing EFL Learners’ Perceptions of How Reliable Computer-based, Teacher-based and Peer Feedback is: A Case Study. Journal of Language Teaching Research, 13(3), 678-687 (Scopus).

• Alnasser S.M.N. & Almoaily, M. (2022). The Elephant in the Room: Is a Nationwide English Language Policy Needed in EFL Contexts? A Study on English Departments in Saudi Arabian Universities. World Journal of English Language. 12(5), 66-76 (Scopus).

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2022). Exploring EFL Instructors’ Self-Derived English Language Policies at Higher Education Level: A Case Study in the Saudi Context. Frontiers in Education, 7, 1-9 (ISI – WoS - Scopus).

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2021). Designing Administrative Correspondence in Official Documents: A Study on Selected Forms. Journal of Archival Studies, 3, 65-114. (A journal published by the Saudi Royal Court)

• Almoaily, M., & Alnasser, S.M.N. (2019). Current English Language Policies in Saudi Arabian Higher Education English Departments: A Study beyond the Domain of the Classroom. Journal of Arts, 31(2), 35-47.

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2018). Exploring Student-Writers’ Views on Replacing Teacher Feedback with Peer Feedback and Computer-Based Feedback. Arab World English Journal, 9(3), 345-366 (ISI – WoS).

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2018). Employment of the ‘Peer Feedback’ Technique in L2 Writing Classrooms: An Introductory Guide for Novice Instructors. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 6(8), 1652-1658 (paper indexed in Scopus).

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2018). Exploring Saudi English Departments’ Beliefs on Language Use at Department Level: When and Why? Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 9(3), 128-137.

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2018). Gender Differences in Beliefs about English Language Policies (ELPs): The Case of Saudi Higher Education English Departments. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 6(2), 111-118.

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2018). Investigating English Language Policies in Saudi Higher Education English Departments: Staff Members' Beliefs. Linguistics and Literature Studies, 6(4), 157-168.

• Alnasser, S.M.N. (2018). Language Use by Staff Members in Saudi English Higher Education Departments: Beliefs and Gender Differences. International Education Studies, 11(9), 22-35.

• Alnasser, S.M., & Alyousef, H. (2015). Improving the Effectiveness of the Peer Feedback Technique: The Impact of Focusing EFL Student-writers on Macro Level Features. IJELE, 3(1), 92 – 112. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijele.v3i1.6764

• Alnasser, S.M., & Alyousef, H. (2015). Investigating Saudi Learners’ Preferences for Giving and Receiving Macro and/or Micro Level Peer Feedback on Their Writing. English Language Teaching, 8(6), 57-68 (paper indexed in Scopus).

• Alyousef, H.S., & Alnasser, S.M. (2015). A Study of Cohesion in International Postgraduate Students’ Multimodal Texts: An SF-MDA of a Key Topic in Management Accounting. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), 6(3), 30-46.

• Alyousef, H.S., & Alnasser, S.M. (2015). A Study of Cohesion in International Postgraduate Business Students’ Multimodal Written Texts: An SF-MDA of a Key Topic in Finance. The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics, 1, 56-78. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/bjll.v1i0.1047

6- Sample Training & Workshops:

- Trainee Evaluator Program 2022 (According to the Excellence Model of King Abdulaziz Quality Award), SASO, June 2022.

- Internal Evaluator According to the Excellence Model of King Abdulaziz Quality Award, a training program, SASO, June 2021.

- Lead Auditor (ISO 9001 : 2015), a training program, Bureau Veritas, June 2021.

- Project Management Professional (PMP), a training program, Deanship of Skills Development, KSU (2021).

- School Self-Evaluation for Trainers, a 30-hour workshop, Education & Training Evaluation Commission (2021).

- Test Item Writer, a training program, Education & Training Evaluation Commission (2021).

- Academic Quality Practitioner, a training program, Education & Training Evaluation Commission (2020).

- School Evaluation Specialist, a training program, Education & Training Evaluation Commission (2020).

- Private Schools Evaluation (Domains & Standards), a workshop, Education, & Training Evaluation Commission (2020).

- Accreditation as a Launching Pad for Improvement, a workshop, Education & Training Evaluation Commission (2020).

- Studying the Needs for Building a Program in Leadership in KSU, a workshop, Deanship of Skills Development, KSU (2019).

- Preparing Reviewers for Processing SAQF Registration Requests, a training program, Education & Training Evaluation Commission (17-19/04/2018).

- Scientific Publishing in International Periodicals, a training program, Deanship of Skills Development, KSU (16-17/ 11/ 2014).

- SPSS for Statistical Analysis, a training program, Deanship of Skills Development, KSU (9-10/ 11/ 2014).

- Searching Skills in Electronic Information Resources, a training program, Deanship of Skills Development, KSU (19-20/ 10/ 2014).

- Research Projects and Grants Proposals Writing, a training program, Deanship of Skills Development, KSU (14-15/ 10/ 2014).

- USF Faculty Development Training for King Saud University, a training program, Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, University of South Florida, USA (3-7 August, 2015).

- Emotion Concepts in Use: An Interdisciplinary Workshop, Dusseldorf, Germany, (2015).

7- Administrative Roles & Responsibilities:

• 2023 - present: Advisor to KSU President & Assistant to the GM of the President's Office.
• 2023 - 2025: Assistant to KSU Board of Directors Secretary, responsible for Board’s external coordination and communication.
• 2023 - 2025: Member of the committee responsible for improving KSU international rankings.
• 2023 - present: Member of the Scientific Committee for Raising Graduates’ Readiness for the Job Market (a learning outcomes program – BA in English Language division), ETEC.
• 2023 - present: Head of the committee responsible for (KSU) hosting the Commercial Politics Training Program, organized by World Trade Organization.
• Dec. 2017 - 2023: Vice Dean for Development & Quality, CHSS (formerly known as College of Arts).
• Dec. 2017 - 2023: CHSS Council’s Secretary.
• Dec. 2017 - 2023: Member of the CHSS Academic Plans Committee.
• Dec. 2017 - 2023: Vice chair of the CHSS' Advisory Board.
• 2022: Member of the College of Arts Study Plans Transformation to the Three Semesters System.
• 2022: Consultant to the College of Arts Volume Production for Its Prominent Accomplishments.
• 2021 - 2025: Academic accreditation consultant, NCAAA/ ETEC.
• 2021 - present: Senior Quality Ambassador, SASO.
• 2021 - 2023: Vice chair of the CHSS Supervising Committee for Initiatives and Projects.
• 2021 - 2023: Supervisor of the committee responsible for the signed memorandum of understanding between the CHSS in KSU and Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University.
• 2021 - 2022: Member of the College of Arts’ Higher Emergency Committee for Supervising Administrative & Educational Processes during the Pandemic (Covid-19).
• 2020 - 2022: Member of the College of Arts’ Facility Distribution Committee.
• 2020: Participated in studying and proposing part of KSU’s restructuring plans (concerning colleges).
• 2019 - 2023: Supervisor of the committee responsible for the signed memorandum of understanding between the CHSS and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
• 2019 – 2022: Supervisor of the College of Arts’ Annual Report Committee (Academic year 1439/1440 H).
• 2019 – 2022: Member of the Flexible Working Committee.
• 2019 – 2022: Supervisor of the College of Arts Students’ Academic Writing Skills Development Project.
• 2019 – 2020: Vice chair of the French Accreditation Steering Committee.
• 2019 – 2020: Supervisor of the Executive Committee for French Accreditation of the BA in English Language.
• 2019 – 2020: Supervisor of the Executive Committee for French Accreditation of the MA in English Literature.
• 2019 – 2020: Supervisor of the Executive Committee for French Accreditation of the MA in Applied Linguistics.
• 2019 – 2020: Supervisor of the Executive Committee for French Accreditation of the BA in Mass Communication.
• 2019 – 2020: Supervisor of the Executive Committee for French Accreditation of the MA in Mass Communication.
• 2018-2019: Supervisor of the College of Arts’ Annual Report Committee (Academic year 1438/1439 H).
• 2019 – 2022: Member of the Saudi Society of Linguistics’ Board.
• 2018 – 2023: Vice chair of the Main Strategic Plan Steering Committee for the CHSS .
• 2018 – present: Reviewer for a number of national, regional & international academic journals (e.g., Language Teaching Research – SAGE Publications).
• 2018 – 2023: Head of the CHSS’ Team for Developing Quality Management System (ISO – 9001 : 2015) – 3rd Edition.
• 2018 – 2023: Supervisor of the Executive Strategic Plan Committee for the CHSS.
• 2018 – 2021: Vice chair of the Executive Committee for the National Accreditation for the BA in English Language.
• Dec. 2016 – 2020: Member of the College of Arts’ Research Center Council.
• 2018: Chair of the Executive Committee for Reviewing the College of Arts’ Strategic Plan.
• 2018: Vice chair of the Main Committee for Reviewing the College of Arts’ Strategic Plan.
• 2018: Chair of the Annual Report for the College of Arts Committee (year 1437/1438 H).
• 2018: One of the founding members of the Saudi Society of Linguistics.
• Sep. 2017 – 2018: Member of the Human Resources unit, Department of English Language & Literature (DELL).
• 2017: Chair of the Graduate Admission Committee, DELL.
• Sep. 2016 – Sep. 2017: Head of the Graduate Studies Unit, DELL.
• Sep. 2016 – Sep. 2017: Head of the Human Resources unit, DELL.
• Nov. 2015 – 2018: Member of the BA Plan Revision & Modification Committee, DELL.
• 2015 – Sep. 2016: Head of the Graduate Studies Sub-unit for Applied linguistics, DELL.
• 2016: Chair of the Graduate Studies Programs Admission Committee, DELL.
• May 2015 – Oct. 2016: Vice chair of the Department of English Language & Literature (DELL).
• 2015 – Sep. 2016: Member of the Human Resources Committee, DELL.
• 2014 – Sep. 2016: Head of the Student Rights Unit, DELL.
• 2014 – 2015: Member of the MA in Applied Linguists Plan Modification Committee, DELL.
• 2014 – 2015: Chair of the PhD in Applied Linguists Plan Modification Committee, DELL.
• 2013 – 2018: Member/head of several ad hoc committees, DELL.
• 2013 – 2014: Member of the Graduate Studies Unit, DELL.

8- MA & PhD Theses Supervision & Examination:

• Examination:

• An approved examiner for MA & PhD theses, and has participated in a number of viva committees.

• Theses Supervision:

• 2021 - MA thesis (completed): English Language Policies in Saudi English Higher Education Departments: Female Students’ Beliefs about Language Use at the Department Level.
• 2017 - MA thesis (completed - passed with no corrections): Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies by Saudi Female EFL Learners and its Relationship with Their Receptive Vocabulary Size.
• MA thesis (Missing, presumed having a good time): Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention: An Investigation of the Involvement Load Hypothesis in Incidental and Intentional Vocabulary Learning.
• 2023 - PhD thesis (completed): L2 Arabic Syntactic Priming: The role of prediction, syntactic complexity and proficiency.
• PhD supervision: Currently supervising one PhD student in the External Joint Supervision Program for Female Demonstrators.
• PhD supervision: Currently supervising one PhD student in the area of second language acquisition.

9- Other Accomplishments (during the period of running the post of College of Arts’ Vice Dean for Development & Quality):

• Programmatic Assessment & Evaluation

• Participating in several programmatic, review, evaluation & accreditation practices, NCAAA and KSU.
• Representing the NCAAA in executing Verification Visits for different academic programs around the country, and in conducting preparatory workshops for future review visits.

• Academic Accreditation (Receiving a total of 14 accreditation certificates- national & international)

• National Accreditation

• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the MA in Arabic Language & Literature program, awarded by the NCAAA.
• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the BA in Social Work program, awarded by the NCAAA.
• Receiving the academic accreditation of the BA in Social Science program, awarded by the NCAAA.
• Receiving the academic accreditation of the BA in Information Science program, awarded by the NCAAA.
• Receiving the academic accreditation of the BA in English Language program, awarded by the NCAAA (for the period: May 2021 – April 2025).
• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the BA in Mass Communication program, awarded by the NCAAA (for the period: December 2020 – November 2027).
• Receiving the academic accreditation of the BA in History program, awarded by the NCAAA (for the period: December 2020 – November 2024).
• Receiving the academic accreditation of the BA in Geography program, awarded by the NCAAA (for the period: December 2020 – November 2024).
• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the BA in Arabic Language & Literature program, awarded by the NCAAA (for the period: September 2019 – August 2026).

• International Accreditation

• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the BA in Mass Communication program, awarded by the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (for the period: April 2020 – April 2025).
• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the MA in Mass Communication program, awarded by the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (for the period: April 2020 – April 2025).
• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the BA in English Language program, awarded by the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (for the period: April 2020 – April 2025).
• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the MA in English Literature program, awarded by the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (for the period: April 2020 – April 2025).
• Receiving the full academic accreditation of the MA in Applied Linguistics program, awarded by the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (for the period: April 2020 – April 2025).

• Academic Accreditation Visits

• Supervising and executing the Review Visit (external reviewers) for the BA in Social Work program, carried out by the NCAAA (February 2022).
• Supervising and executing the Review Visit (external reviewers) for the BA in Social Science program, carried out by the NCAAA (February 2022).
• Supervising and executing the Review Visit (external reviewers) for the BA in Information Science program, carried out by the NCAAA (February 2022).
• Supervising and executing the Review Visit (external reviewers) for the MA in Arabic Language & Literature program, carried out by the NCAAA (February 2022).
• Supervising and executing the Verification Visit (program readiness for Exploratory Visit) for the BA in Arabic Language & Literature program, carried out by the NCAAA.
• Supervising and executing the Review Visit (external reviewers) for the BA in Arabic Language & Literature program, carried out by the NCAAA.
• Supervising and executing the Exploratory Visit in preparation for the accreditation of 5 academic programs (at BA & MA levels) at the College of Arts, carried out by the French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES).
• Supervising and executing the Expert Panel Visit for the accreditation of 5 academic programs (at BA & MA levels) at the College of Arts, carried out by HCERES.
• Supervising and executing the Verification Visit for three academic programs (BAs in History, Geography & Mass Communication), carried out simultaneously by the NCAAA.
• Supervising and executing the Review Visit (External Review Panels) for three academic programs (BAs in History, Geography & Mass Communication), carried out simultaneously by the NCAAA.
• Supervising and executing the Verification Visit for the BA in English Language program, carried out by the NCAAA.
• Supervising and executing the Verification Visit for three academic programs (BAs in Information Science, Social Work & Sociology), carried out simultaneously by the NCAAA.
• Supervising and executing the Verification Visit for the MA in Arabic Language & Literature program, carried out by the NCAAA.

• BA Level Accreditation Status:
• All BA academic programs at the College of Humanities & Social Sciences have achieved the academic accreditation from NCAAA for the first time in the College’s history, and in three years.

• Post-Graduate Programs Accreditation Status:
• 4 academic programs in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences have received the full academic accreditation from the national and international accreditation bodies, and the remainder of the post-graduate programs are currently being prepared to apply for evaluation.

• Miscellaneous

• Preparing several reports and studies for the College of Arts, part of which were in relation to work processes and achievements during the pandemic (Covid-19).
• Arranging for and signing a memorandum of understanding between College of Arts (at KSU) and College of Arts (at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University).
• Managing & successfully completing a project on Spreading Quality Awareness among College of Arts’ Staff.
• Managing & successfully completing the first phase of a project on Developing College of Arts’ Students Academic Writing Skills in Arabic & English Languages.
• Successfully revising the College of Arts’ Strategic Plan (2018 – 2030), and approving it by the Vice Rectorate for Planning & Development.
• Revising & updating the College of Arts’ organizational structure, and approving it by the university’s Rector, Vice Rector for Planning & Development and College of Arts’ Dean.
• Establishing several administrative supportive units in response to CoA’s strategic plan (Namely, Learning Resources, Community Relations, Project Management Units).
• Supervising and preparing College of Arts’ file on Quality Management System (ISO 9001 – 2015), 3rd Edition.
• Supervising the preparation and production of the College of Arts’ Annual Report (academic year 1438/1437H).
• Supervising the preparation and production of the College of Arts’ Annual Report (academic year 1439/1438H).
• Establishing the Saudi Society of Linguistics (a founding member).
• Receiving an Associate Professorship rank, awarded by KSU Scientific Council.
• Receiving a Full Professorship rank, awarded by KSU Scientific Council.