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Maha Houssami

Maha Houssami CV

Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
maha.houssami@duke.edu
222 Franklin Center, Box 90414, John Hope Franklin Center, Durham, NC 27708
CV

Selected Presentations & Appearances

Virtual Reality in the Arabic Classroom at Duke - Wednesdays at the Center · April 10, 2018 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Duke University, John Hope Franklin Center

Highlights from a panel's conversation as part of the John Hope Franklin Center's weekly Wednesdays at the Center series.

Livestream: https://jhfc.capture.duke.edu/Panopto...

Panelists: Elizabeth Evans, Chip Bobbert, Leah Rothfeld, Thatcher Owen, and Maha Houssami

This panel will describe what 360 video is and how it's recorded, including some of the cameras you can use to capture an immersive experience to share a vacation memory or a family event. You will also learn about a project funded by the Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) and executed with the support of AMES, CIT and OIT and Duke Engage in Lebanon and Jordan exploring the use of 360 video in teaching and learning Arabic at Duke. 360 video captures scenery and action from all sides and, in some cases, from above and below, too!

Elizabeth A. (Libby) Evans manages the Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) at Duke University. The DDI is a collaboration between the central IT group and Duke's Learning Innovation. DDI is charged with exploring new and emerging technologies as they might be used in teaching and learning including drones, motion tracking,virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D video, 360 degree video, lightboards, and more.

Chip Bobbert, Digital Media & Emerging Technologies Engineer, manages Duke’s two specialty labs—the Multimedia Project Studio and Innovation Studio—within the university's Software and Lab Services group.

Leah Rothfeld is a senior from Florida majoring in International Comparatives Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies on the Arabic language track and minoring in Economics.

Thatcher Owen is a senior Mechanical Engineering and Arabic double major from Yorktown, Virginia. He studied ten semesters of Arabic at Duke University and with Boston University abroad in Rabat, Morocco.

Maha Houssami is an Arabic language lecturer at the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies department since October 2011. Maha is also the Faculty Fellow for Duke Engage in Jordan and the faculty advisor of INJAZ, a student-run volunteer organization in which students meet weekly with local refugees from Arabic speaking countries for language and cultural exchange.
Go Animate in Arabic 408 - CIT Annual Showcase · October 2014 Invited Talk CIT at Duke, Washington Duke
Discourse and Deeds: Building Bridges between university students and Arab refugees - Fourth Annual Conference on Arab Philanthropy and Civic Engagement · June 4, 2014 Other TAKAFUL, American University of Beirut- Beirut, Lebanon

presented this paper as part of a panel with Dr Darla Deardorff, executive director, AIEA and Ms Jennifer Stratton, PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge Manager
Role of Community in FL classroom: A Service Learning Perspective · April 26, 2014 Other 17th conference of the National Council of the Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCLTCOL) Chicago, IL

Presented this paper as part of a panel with Premlata Vaishnava (Hindi Lecturer) and Shelli Plesser (Hebrew lecturer) from AMES
Second Language Acquisition: Challenges and Best Practices - Third Annual Duke Foreign Language Share Fair · November 8, 2013 Invited Talk Duke
Using Ipads for Collaboration in Arabic 306 - CIT Annual Showcase · April 2013 Invited Talk CIT at Duke, Washington Duke
“Innovations in language teaching through new community-based learning initiatives” - 2013 Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference · February 13, 2013 Other Elon University

Presented a paper in the panel “Innovations in language teaching through new community-based learning initiatives” (McManus & Houssami - Duke University/Parkins & Venere - UNC Chapel Hill)

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Service Learning Class - AMES 320S · January 2018 - May 2018 Service Learning NaTakallam
DukeEngage Program Leader - Supporting local development in the changing Middle East · May 2017 - August 2017 Service Learning flag Jordan
Instructor - DukeEngage in Jordan · 2012 Service Learning SIT Study Abroad, Amman, Jordan flag Jordan Students work with local organizations in and around Amman, Jordan, focused on educational, environmental, economic, health, refugee, and social issues.The services themes of the program include immigration/refugees, environment/conservation and education/literacy.