BIODATA
Name: Hossein Farhady
Born: March 18, 1947, Iran
American Citizen
Education
1974 BA in English. Tehran University, Iran.
1977 Certificate in the teaching of English as a second language.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1978 MA in TESL, UCLA
1980 PhD in Applied Linguistics, UCLA
Job Experiences
Present Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Yeditepe University, Istanbul
2011-2012 Adjunct Professor, USC, CA
2010-2011 Project Supervisor, Lidget Green
2008-2010 Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Department of English
Programs, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2007-2008 Project Manager, Second Language Testing Incorporated,
Rockville MD
2007-2007 Senior Consultant, Ordinate Corporation, Menlo Park, CA.
2006-2006 Adjunct Associate professor Texas A&M University
1999- 2006 Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics. Iran University of
Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
1996- 1999 Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics. Iran University of
Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
1985-1995 Assistant Professor. University for Teacher Education
1984-1985 Vice Chancellor to academic affairs, Academy of Marine
Sciences (AMS), Noshar, Iran
1983-1984 Dean, College of Science, AMS, Noshahr, Iran
1983-1984 Chair, Department of English, AMS, Noshahr, Iran
1981-1982 Assistant Professor, AMS
1980-1981 Lecturer, UCLA
1969-1975 EFL Teacher, public high schools, Iran
Current Research Interest: Research on language proficiency testing and
classroom assessment, EAP materials development
Professional Honors: Outstanding Foreign student in California (1979)
Outstanding University Researcher, Tehran (1992)
Outstanding instructor, Yeditepe University (2015)