Mojgan Majdzadeh
Degree:	Ph.D., Cultural and Educational Policy Studies
Dissertation title:	National identity and civic values in the pre-revolution and post-revoluton English as a foreign language textbooks in Iran
E-mail:	mmajdza@yahoo.com

Education:

Ph.D., Cultural and Educational Policy Studies
Loyola University Chicago

North Park University, Chicago, IL Graduate School of Education Master of Education in Teacher Leadership, 1999

Azad University, Tehran, Iran School of Foreign Languages Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language and Literature (English), 1990

Professional Experience:

2000- Present Special Education Teacher (Math), Steinmetz High School, Chicago, IL
Teaching Math to freshmen & sophomores

1999 - 2000 ESL (English as a Second Language) Teacher Novak-King Middle School, District 187, North Chicago, IL
Taught English to the students of other languages in order that they transit and enter the regular classrooms.

1990 - 1996 ESL Teacher NIEL (The National Institute of English Language), Tehran, Iran
Taught to children's classes ages 6-14 & adult classes ages 14-60

1994 - 1996 Free-Lance Translator, Tehran, Iran
Translated for the Tourism Research and Studies Center, import and export firms, university students, and local businesses.

1992 - 1993 Science Department Expert The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, Tehran, Iran
Translated documents and correspondence, communicated with national & international organization through correspondence (English and Persian), attended meetings, took reports, took international guests to national and international organizations in Iran and interpreted for them, and organized the National Workshop on the International Hydrological Program in Tehran, Iran.

Presentations:

Attended & presented a paper in the 45th National Meeting of Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), March 16-19, Washington D. C., 2001.

Attended & presented a paper on The Importance of Understanding Cultural Differences in ESL Classroom: Teachers' Beliefs and practices in Teachers of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students Annually Conference, Chicago, IL - 2001.

Attended TESOL Academy & received the certificate of attendance and Completion, in July 2000

Attended The Center of Hellenic and American Union in Greece, & received a certificate of Completion in Methodology Course

Interpreter and secretary for the Jordanian Chief of Foreign Affairs in the 17th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors for the Islamic Development Bank, Tehran- Iran.

Research Interests:

Disconnection between language and culture: Iranian English textbooks. The purpose of this study is to clarify dominant perspectives on language learning in the English textbooks in Iran. This analysis is based on the relationship between culture and language in learning a Second Language. Strengths and limitations of the connection between culture and language will be discussed.

International Experience:

Lived in Iran, Traveled to Singapore, Malaysia, & Greece, and have been in the U.S. since 1996.

Languages:

English & Farsi (Persian).