UMass Boston

Writing Studies, TESOL, Curriculum Design & Pedagogy, Program Administration & Assessment

PhD, English, Purdue University
MA, English, American University of Beirut
BA, English, American University of Beirut

• Panahi, P., Banat, H., Sims, R., Tran, P., & Dilger, B. (in press). Transnational curriculum design for intercultural learning in writing programs. In C. Donahue & B. Horner (Eds.), Teaching and Studying Transnational Composition. MLA Volume.
• McMullin, M., Banat, H., Weech, S., & Dilger, B. (2021). Using iterative persona development to support assessment and research. Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC). Article No. 29, 1–8.
• Banat, H., Sims, R., Tran, P., Panahi, P., & Dilger, B. (2021). Developing intercultural competence through a linked course model curriculum: Mainstream and L2- specific first- year writing. TESOL Journal, 00e1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.613.
• Yaylali, A., Banat, H., & Novikov, A. (2021, March). Using corpus-based materials to teach English in K-12 settings. TESOL SLW News.
• Banat, H. (2021). The status and functions of English in contemporary Lebanon. World Englishes, 40(2), 286-279.
• Banat, H., McMullin, M., & Dilger, B. (2020, October). Initiating and sustaining student professionalization through grant writing [Paper published in conference proceedings]. Proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC). Association of Computing Machinery. Article No. 2, 1–6.
• Banat, H. (2019). Floating on quicksand: Negotiating academe as Muslim while tutoring. In H. Denny, R. Mundy, L.M. Naydan, R. Sévère, & A. Sicari (Eds.), Out in the Center: Public Controversies and Private Struggles. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press.
• Banat, H. (2018). Policy Makers, assessment practices and ethical dilution. In D. Crusan & T. Ruecker (Eds.), International Political Contexts of Second Language Writing Assessment. New York, NY: Routledge.

• The Corpus and Repository of Writing: writecrow.org
• Transculturation Pedagogical Research Group: writeic.org

• Utah State University Press: Reviewer
• Composition Studies Journal: Reviewer
• Writing Center Journal: Reviewer
• GA TESOL in Action Journal: Reviewer