Dr. Muhammad Swaileh A. Alzaidi

🔹 Professional Experience

1. Institutional Leadership, Governance, and Quality Assurance

• Certified Academic Reviewer – National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation (NCAAA), Saudi Arabia (2022 – Present)
  Conducted institutional and programmatic reviews aligned with national quality standards, offering strategic recommendations that improved operational efficiency by over 15%.

• Member, Strategic Planning Committee – College of Languages Sciences, King Saud University (2024 – Present)
  Contributed to the development of an internationalised strategic plan aligned with Saudi Vision 2030 through global benchmarking and strategic collaboration frameworks.

• Assistant Dean for Quality and French Accreditation – King Saud University (2019 – 2024)
  Oversaw international accreditation processes and translated institutional documents, reducing preparation time by 25% and ensuring successful programme certification.

2. Executive Leadership and National Projects

• Chair, Permanent Committee for MoU Implementation with the Ministry of Culture – King Saud University (2023 – 2024)
  Supervised the execution of over 25 fully funded cultural and academic projects, transforming strategic agreements into measurable national impact.

• Vice Chair, Global Engagement Office – King Saud University (2023 – 2024)
  Managed a unified partnership database and led collaborations with 10+ international institutions, increasing project outputs by 15%.

• Rapporteur, Committee for Internal and External Initiatives and Partnerships – College of Languages and Translation (2024 – Present)
  Drafted and formalised MoUs, managed academic partnerships, and strengthened the college’s local and global presence.

3. Higher Education and Research

• Associate Professor of Linguistics – King Saud University (2018 – Present)
  Taught undergraduate, MA, and PhD courses in semantics, phonetics, discourse analysis, and AI-based linguistic applications. Published extensively in Web of Science-indexed journals.

• Member, Permanent Committee for the Joint Supervision Programme – King Saud University (2025 – Present)
  Participating in strategic planning and evaluation of joint supervision initiatives, ensuring alignment with institutional and international academic standards.

• Member, Graduate Studies Committee – Postgraduate Programmes in Applied Linguistics, College of Arts (2019 – 2023)

• Member, Scientific Research Committee – College of Arts (2022 – 2023)
  Developed research support policies and evaluated funding proposals aligned with national priorities.

• Member, Academic Coordination Committee – Department of English Language and Literature (2018 – 2023)

• Member, Summer Term Committee – Department of English Language and Literature (2018 – 2023)

• Member, Academic Development Committee – Department of English Language and Literature (2018 – 2023)

• Member, French Accreditation Committee – Applied Linguistics Programme (2019)

• Supervisor, Learning Resources Unit – College of Arts (2018 – 2021)
  Led digital learning initiatives and organised training workshops for faculty and students to enhance academic excellence and smart learning.

4. Scientific and Societal Leadership

• Founder and President, Saudi Linguistics Association – King Saud University (2018 – 2021)
  Established the first national body dedicated to linguistic research in Saudi Arabia, building its institutional identity, strategic vision, and academic networks.

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Arts – King Saud University (2019 – 2020)
  Streamlined editorial workflows, reduced publication turnaround by 25%, and enhanced the quality of scholarly content.

• Chair, Academic Advising Committee – Taif University (2015 – 2018)

• Chair, Part-Time Study Committee – Taif University (2015 – 2018)

• Member, Scholarship Committee – Taif University (2015 – 2018)

• Founder and President, Reading Club – Al-Taif Neighbourhood Centres (2016 – 2018)

🔹 Awards and Honours

• Cultural Creativity Award – British Council (2023)
  In recognition of outstanding contributions to cultural and creative industries.

• Nominee, Cultural Creativity Award – British Council (2022)
  For impactful contributions to the Arabic cultural landscape.

• Excellence in Research Award – UAE University (2019)
  For work on computational modelling of Emirati Arabic intonation.

• Academic Excellence Award – PhD Level – Saudi Cultural Mission in the UK (2012)

• Academic Excellence Award – Master’s Level – Saudi Cultural Mission in the UK (2010)

• Academic Excellence Award – Bachelor's Level – Taif University (2005)