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On Tuesday, January 28, 2014, Wilkes will host the first United Nations Lecture for the Spring Semester.  

The following events are free and open to the public:

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm       Reception for Dr. Taha in the Sordoni Art Gallery

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm       Main Lecture, Miller Room, Women’s Empowerment in the Middle East

Dr. Taha is acting dean of Bahrain Teachers’ College at the University of Bahrain. She previously served as the director of Arabic programs at the Language Acquisition Resource Center at the San Diego State University. Dr.Taha is also the director of Arabexpertise, an educational consulting group based in California. She has taught Arabic language for the past 25 years to native and non-native speakers in many countries around the world including Lebanon, Bahrain, Sultanate of Oman, United Arab Emirates and the United States.  

Dr. Taha is involved in foundational work developing Arabic language standards for the Arab Thought Foundation and to the International School Services in charge of developing the first series of standards-based Arabic language programs. She received her doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of New Orleans in 2001, and her master’s degree in educational psychology from the American University of Beirut in 1996.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Andrew P. Miller, Associate Professor of Political Science at andrew.miller1@wilkes.edu or 408-4476.