Anoud Alhamad, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman university
Anoud Alhamad
Assistant Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Studies
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman university

Anoud A. Alhamad is an Assistant Professor of English Literature and Literary Theory in the College of Languages at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh, KSA. She has been assigned different positions at PNU as a vice chair of the Department of the English Language and Literature, a Vice Dean of Quality at the College of Languages, Vice Dean of Academic Accreditation, Vice President’s Deputy of Quality and Development, the Vice President’s Deputy of Higher Studies and Scientific Research, Quality Consultant of the College of Languages, and lately the Director of Women Research Center.

 

      She attended many national and international programs on quality assurance and accreditation, and she joined projects of both Institutional and Program Accreditations at college and university levels. She is an internal assessor of the European Foundation of Quality Management Excellence Model (EFQM). She is also an internal auditor and trainer of quality and accreditation and a member of the University Ranking board at PNU.  She joined many review panels as a review panel member of program accreditations with the NCAAA in many universities. She has participated in membership and chairing many of PNU quality boards and committees like chairing Quality Assurance Standard and Institutional Conditions Report. She is also a member of many institutional boards like Spend Efficiency, Research-only Staff Board, Human Power Planning, PNU KPIs' Board beside other committees on the dept. and college levels. 

 

    She has also good experience in the field of translation, and she took a part in the English/Arabic Islamic Glossary as a head translator.  She also translated children’s stories and was an external assessor of the nominated works for King Abdullah Award for Translation.  Lastly, she has interests in creative writing, world literatures, criticism and women and gender studies. Currently, she also works with the Coordinating Council for Social Research Centers in KSA.

 

     Moreover, she has good practical experience in leadership, and she also attended a one-year program on Pioneering Executive Leadership (PEL) in PNU in partnership with INSEAD School of Business. Recently, she has been awarded “an Outstanding Leadership Award” from the international Education 2.0 Conference in 2023. 

aaalhamad@pnu.edu.sa