Home Department: Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies (TLS)
SLAT Areas of Specialization: Instructional Dimensions of L2 Learning, Sociocultural Dimensions of L2 Learning
Dr. Yousra Abourehab is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies. She earned a Ph.D. in Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies from the University of Arizona with a focus on multilingual and multicultural education. As an applied linguist and educator, Yousra has taught Arabic as a foreign and heritage language. She has also taught courses on global education, linguistic foundations, and instruction and assessment that focus on preparing pre-service teachers for working with bilingual/multilingual learners. She also developed and delivered K-16 professional learning series and workshops in international education and multilingualism through multiple collaborative projects, including the Worlds of Experience for Language Learning (WELL) project. Currently, she is directing the Global Education undergraduate program at the College of Education.
Her research interests include multilingualism, global education, community-based learning, language planning policy, and Arabic as a global language. Her work has appeared in journals such as Applied Linguistics, Intercultural Communication Education, Multilingual and Multicultural Development, and Action in Teacher Education (Google Scholar). Her collaborative research has won the 2021 J. Michael Parker Award from the Literacy Research Association. Her current research focuses on multilingual peace education across disciplines (funded by US Department of Education Title VI center, Center for Educational Resources on Culture, Language, and Literacy).