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Dr. Mehdi Riazi
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
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+974 44545725Office location
C.00.021, Ground Floor, Minaretein Building
Dr. Mehdi Riazi
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Applied Linguistics
Masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Entity
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Program
Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities and Social Sciences
Biography
Dr. Mehdi Riazi obtained his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Toronto. He has supervised 50 master’s and 22 doctoral theses to completion. He has been the chief investigator for three research projects on test validation funded by IELTS, Pearson, and Educational Testing Service (the writing section of the TOEFL-iBT).
He is the author of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Research Methods (Routledge, 2016) and Mixed Methods Research (Equinox, 2017), and more. His academic works have been cited 4,397 times by other researchers. He has an h-index of 33 and an ih-index of 63 according to Google Scholar.
PhD in Applied Linguistics
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
1995
Masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
1989
BA in English Language & Literature
Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
1985
- Advanced Academic Writing and Knowledge Production
- Research Methodology
- Program Evaluation
- Text Analysis
- Issues Related to Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Full Professor/Department of Linguistics
College of Humanities/Macquarie University
2016 - 2020
Associate Professor/Department of Linguistics
College of Humanities/Macquarie University
2009 - 2015
Director of Higher Degree Research/Department of Linguistics
College of Humanities/Macquarie University
2009 - 2012
Associate Professor/Dean of the college of humanities
Shiraz University
2003 - 2008
Director of research & member of strategic planning
Shiraz University
1998 - 2002
Assistant professor/Foreign Languages
College of Humanities/Shiraz University
1995 - 2002
English language instructor/Foreign Languages
College of Humanities/Shiraz University
1986 - 1991
- Riazi, A. M. (2021). The Routledge encyclopedia of research methods in applied linguistics. Routledge.
- 2020 - Student selected professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- 2014 - Research grant, Educational Testing Service, New Jersey, USA
- 2012 - Research grant, Pearson, London, England
- 2011 - Research grant, IELTS, Sydney, Australia
- 1998 - Distinguished assistant professor, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
- 2003 - Distinguished researcher, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran