Dr. Mohammed Albakry is a professor of English and Applied Linguistics at Middle Tennessee State University. His research in language studies is interdisciplinary and often takes up the intersection between discourse and society, language and education, and translation theory and practice. He has taught and lectured extensively at universities in North Africa and East Asia, and his work has been awarded grants and fellowships from different foundations such as Fulbright, Hanban Confucius Institute, The University of Connecticut’s Humanities Institute, and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). His book publications include Writing Recommendation Letters: The Discourse of Evaluation in Academic Settings (Michigan University Press, forthcoming), "Translation and the Intersection of Texts, Contexts, and Politics" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), and "Tahrir Tales: Plays from the Egyptian Revolution" (Seagull Books/ University of Chicago Press, 2016). His other publications include numerous refereed articles in such journals as World Englishes; English World-Wide; Educational Theory; Language & Literature; and Text & Talk, among others. He serves on the review and adivsory panels of many professional organizations, and co-hosts the podcast "On Translation," a podcast dedicated to the discussion of the linguistic and cultural issues of translation from the classical past to the global present.

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Recent Publications

Book 

Writing recommendation letters: The discourse of evaluation in academic settings. (In press). Michigan University Press: Ann Arbor, Michigan. With Clint Bryan.  

Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters

Effect of formulaic sequences on fluency of English learners in standardized speaking tests. (2021). Language Learning & Technology, 25 (2), 26-41. With Jennifer Francois. 

Building a corpus-based interdisciplinary vocabulary model in university reading support courses. (2021). Journal of College Reading and Learning, 51(1), 17-33. With Tim Nelson. 

Beyond assimilation and othering: Theater translation and the translator’s agency (2020). In Routledge Handbook of Arabic Translation (pp. 270-282). Taylor & Francis. London and NY.

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