Conference presentations, reviewing, organisation and professional development have been part of my academic work alongside teaching and research. I present this record selectively: not as a catalogue of attendance, but as evidence of the settings in which ideas were presented, questioned, reviewed and developed with other scholars.
Academic exchange through presentation, review, organisation and continuing professional development.
Upcoming confirmed engagement
MATSDA · Humanising the Coursebook
30 October 2026 · Online
An Evening with Brian Tomlinson: Humanising the Coursebook
A confirmed international academic engagement in the MATSDA online discussion on humanising the coursebook. The event sits directly alongside my continuing work in materials evaluation, language education and the relationship between designed materials and the human experience of learning.
Selected conferences & academic service
Presentation, review and organisational roles
2015
3rd Global Conference on Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching
Paper presentation; Conference Chair; scientific reviewer / academic service.
2015
Alzahra University First Postgraduate Conference on Applied Linguistics
Paper presentation.
2014
7th Biennial Conference on Issues in English Language Teaching in Iran
Presentation / academic participation.
2013
First International TESOL Persia Conference
Academic participation.
2011
9th International TELLSI Conference
Presentation / academic participation.
2011
4th Postgraduate Conference, University of Tehran
Paper presentation.
2012 / 2011
University of Tehran IELTI Conferences
Conference organiser / executive committee roles at IELTI 6th and IELTI 4th.
Professional development
Selected specialist workshops and seminars
Curriculum for English Language Teaching
Professional development with Professor Jack C. Richards, 2012.
Corrective Feedback in the Second Language Classroom
Professional development led by Mostafa Mehdizadeh, 2014.
Speaking and Writing Assessment in IELTS
Professional development with Amir Kaviani, 2011.
Introduction to RASCH Measurement with WINSTEPS
Professional development with Purya Baghaei, 2011.
Concordancing
Professional development with S. S. Marandi, University of Tehran, 2011.
Recasts and Their Implications in EFL Context
Professional development with Hamideh Marefat, 2011.
Why this matters
Academic engagement is not decoration around research.
Presenting a paper, reviewing the work of others, organising a scholarly event or returning to a workshop as a learner all create forms of answerability that solitary writing cannot provide. They expose assumptions, sharpen questions and place professional judgement in relation to a wider community. For that reason, I treat academic engagement as part of scholarly practice rather than a separate list of credentials.
