Dr. Lubna A. Sherif is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics
and Translation in the Faculty of Language Studies, Arab Open University. Her
research employs interdisciplinary approaches to linguistics and translation,
with specific expertise in sociolinguistic ethnography, cognitive stylistics,
and multimodality.
A Fulbright alumna, Dr. Sherif secured a grant from the
Institute of International Education and the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to implement
a teacher training program. Dr. Sherif is also an active member of the academic
community, serving as a reviewer for the MexTESOL Journal and maintaining
affiliations with NileTESOL, the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF),
and The Egyptian Association for Globalization and Language Solutions (EAGLS).
Her profile can be accessed via ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0059-1491 and a Scopus ID 58212321800.
- General Course Coordinator (GCC) for TR103, TR306, TR307, and TR308.
- Teaching Introduction to Language (E120), Exploting English Grammar (E304A), Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting (TR306), Political and Diplomatic
Translation (TR307), and Translation of Special Topics (TR308).
Freelance translator, interpreter, and editor
Taught several courses in linguistics,
translation, in addition to general English and ESP at various reputable
private universities
BOOK CHAPTERS
Adel, L., & Alger, A. J. (2017). Towards developing
performative assessment strategies for flipped learning. In C. Coombe, P. Davidson, A. Gebrie, D. Boraie, & S. Hidri. (Eds.). Language assessment in the Middle East and North Africa: Theory, practice and future trends, (pp. 247-60). Dubai: TESOL Arabia.
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Sherif, L.A. (2025). Intersemiotic Complementarity in Netflix Movie Posters: Analyzing Visual-Verbal Synergy for Dystopian Themes. CALR, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.60149/TNNC2524
Al Shazly, A. & Sherif, L. (2025). Ecology in politics: a multimodal eco-critical analysis of environmental discourse. Language and Semiotic Studies, 11(2), 207-232. https://doi.org/10.1515/lass-2024-0074
Fawzy, R., Al-Shazly, A., Nayef, H., & Sherif, L. A. (2023). Interfacing the cultural dialectics of commodification and resistance: Nubian spatial/narrative repertoires as markers of hybrid diaspora culture. Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 18(4), 289–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2024.2387637
Sherif, L. A. (2023). Reporting the Iraq War: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Stylistic Analysis of Selected English Translations of Iraq War Poetry. Textual Turnings: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal in English Studies, 5(1), 183-201. doi:10.21608/ttaip.2023.331326
Sherif, L. A. (2021). Representation of Social Actors in Medical Humanities: A Multimodal Study of Selected English and Arabic Infographics on COVID-19. In Cairo Studies in English, 2021(2), 124-144. doi: 10.21608/CSE.2021.217020
Sherif, L. A. (2020). Posters of Oscar-winning movies as visual narratives: A visual semiotics study. New Perspectives in Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 51(2), 41-63. doi: 10.21608/KGEF.2020.311600
Adel, L. (2020). A Tale of Two Revolutions: A Discourse Historical Analysis (DHA) of Selected Political Speeches during the Arab Spring of the Egyptian and Lebanese Revolutions. In Textual Turnings: An International Peer Reviewed Journal in English, 1(2), pp. 117-34. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ttaip.2020.133420
Adel, L. (2019). Mapping the ecolandscape in the cinematic adaptation of Eat, pray, love: A multimodal study. In CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education.
Adel, L. (2019). Positioning the Autobiographer in the Arabic Translation of Eat, Pray, Love: A Study of the (re)Framing Techniques. In CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education. Vol. 66(1), 2019, 301-322.
doi: 10.21608/opde.2019.133240
Adel, L. (2018). A feminist stylistic study of identity change in Kate Chopin’s The story of an hour. Paper presented at the 1st conference on Visions of Change. In New Perspectives in Linguistics, Literature and Translation, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University, pp. 128-53.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Adel, L. (2015). A constructivist approach to the integration of mobile assisted language learning in enhancing the writing skills of Egyptian adult ESL learners. In Pixel. (Ed.). Paper presented at the 5th conference on The Future of Education (pp. 98-103). Florence: Pixel International Education.
WHITE PAPERS
Adel, L. (2014). Quotation for motivation. NILE TESOL Newsletter, Issue #6, pp. 12-14.
