Areej Tayem
Alum (MA ALDS/20)
My interest in the applied linguistics and discourse studies MA program in 杏吧原创 University originally derived from my passion in linguistics and second language acquisition. However, the different courses I took in curriculum development and teacher training introduced me to a whole other dimension of discourse studies that I got so fascinated about.
I鈥檓 now continuing my Ph.D. in education with a concentration on leadership, evaluation, curriculum, and policy studies. Today, I received the news that I won the SSHRC Insight Development Grant and that my project will be funded for the next two years. In important days, like this one, we tend to remember the beginning of the road that led us to where we are standing now. If it wasn鈥檛 for Professor Geoffrey Pinchbeck and Professor Janna Fox鈥檚 support from the very beginning, I would have never been where I am today. Thus, I鈥檓 forever grateful for their faith in me.