Community Outreach Coordinator, CMENAS and CSEAS
rhassoun@umich.edu
Office Information:
Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Suite 500, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
CMENAS Staff;
Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies;
CSEAS Staff;
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Education/Degree:
M.A., Modern Arabic Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2004; M.A., English Literature, Western Washington University, Bellingham, 1997
About
Rima is a Palestinian who grew up in the Arab Middle East. For twenty years she taught adult learners at universities, community colleges, and language centers in the U.S. and Jordan. Twelve of those years she spent in her alma mater's Department of Middle East Studies' Arabic-language program and in the Department of American Culture's Arab and Muslim American Studies. She was also certified to teach English Language Arts and Arabic language and culture to Grade 6-12 classrooms, and introduced the curriculum in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. She loves to dance, travel, picnic, cook, and enjoy nature.
Field(s) of Study: Literature, immigration, secondary-school language pedagogy
