Ahmed A. Alzahrani
Doctoral Graduate – July 2017
Email: aalzahrani@lamar.edu
Hometown
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Current Employment
- Lecturer, Majmaah University; Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Education
- Ed.D. in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Lamar University, 2017
- M.A. in Special Education, Deaf Education, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2009
- B.A. in Special Education, Deaf Education, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1994
Research Interests
- Sign language and Interpreting
- Literacy and Deaf Education
- Early Intervention in Deaf Education
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- N/A
Recent Non Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Alzahrani, A. (2009). Problems facing sign language interpretation as perceived by sign language interpreters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Unpublished master’s thesis). King Saud University, Riyadh.
- Alzahran, A. (2009, March). The importance of teaching in sign language in the elementary Deaf schools. Paper presented at
third international conference on disability and rehabilitation. Riyadh: Saudi Arabia
Recent Presentations
- Alzahrani, A., Alamri, G., Alqarni, F.,
Alamri,A. , & Andrews, J. (2015, February). (2014, February). The teaching of reading and writing Arabic with deaf students in Saudi Arabia: A survey ofteacher methods. Poster session presented at the Association for College Educators-Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACE-DHH), St. Louis, MO.
Dissertation Focus
- Perceptions of Saudi Arabian Deaf college students into their
postsecondary education in the United States
Languages
- Arabic, English, Arabic Sign (ARS), Saudi Arabian Sign Language (SASL), and American Sign Language (ASL)