Sami Alkyam

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Department: World Languages & Cultures
Email: salkyam@allegheny.edu
Office Phone: (814) 332-2318
Office Building: Ruter Hall
Office Room: 305
Box #: 30

Professional Title/s

Assistant Professor : Chair, International Studies

Faculty Credentials

B.A., English Literature, Yarmouk University, Jordan; M.A., Applied Linguistics, Jordan University of Science and Technology; M.A., African Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D., African Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Research Interests

Modern Arabic literature and cultural studies; trauma and war novel; Arabic dictator novels; film and television studies; postcolonial and literary translation theory; second language acquisition (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language)

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Office Hours

  • Monday: 1:30 am - 2:30 pm
  • Tuesday: 11:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Wednesday: 1:30 am - 2:30 pm
  • Thursday: 11:00 - 1:00 pm
  • Friday: None

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