UMass Boston

Writing Studies, TESOL, Curriculum Design & Pedagogy, Program Administration & Assessment

PhD, English, Purdue University

MA, English, American University of Beirut

BA, English, American University of Beirut

• Panahi, P., Banat, H., Sims, R., Tran, P., & Dilger, B. (in press). Transnational curriculum design for intercultural learning in writing programs. In C. Donahue & B. Horner (Eds.), Teaching and Studying Transnational Composition. MLA Volume.
• McMullin, M., Banat, H., Weech, S., & Dilger, B. (2021). Using iterative persona development to support assessment and research. Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC). Article No. 29, 1–8.
• Banat, H., Sims, R., Tran, P., Panahi, P., & Dilger, B. (2021). Developing intercultural competence through a linked course model curriculum: Mainstream and L2- specific first- year writing. TESOL Journal, 00e1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.613.
• Yaylali, A., Banat, H., & Novikov, A. (2021, March). Using corpus-based materials to teach English in K-12 settings. TESOL SLW News.
• Banat, H. (2021). The status and functions of English in contemporary Lebanon. World Englishes, 40(2), 286-279.
• Banat, H., McMullin, M., & Dilger, B. (2020, October). Initiating and sustaining student professionalization through grant writing [Paper published in conference proceedings]. Proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC). Association of Computing Machinery. Article No. 2, 1–6.
• Banat, H. (2019). Floating on quicksand: Negotiating academe as Muslim while tutoring. In H. Denny, R. Mundy, L.M. Naydan, R. Sévère, & A. Sicari (Eds.), Out in the Center: Public Controversies and Private Struggles. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press.
• Banat, H. (2018). Policy Makers, assessment practices and ethical dilution. In D. Crusan & T. Ruecker (Eds.), International Political Contexts of Second Language Writing Assessment. New York, NY: Routledge.

Dr. Hadi Banat is an assistant professor of English and the ESL Program Director at UMass Boston. He earned his BA and MA in English Language from the American University of Beirut and his PhD in English from Purdue University with a dual concentration on Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and Rhetoric/Composition. His published works focus on L2 writing assessment and pedagogy, tutor identity in writing centers, grant writing in collaborative research teams, World Englishes, and the internationalization of writing and ESL programs. For a detailed overview of his scholarly expertise, please visit hadibanat.com , writecrow.org, and writeic.org.

Collaborative Research Projects

• The Corpus and Repository of Writing: writecrow.org
• Transculturation Pedagogical Research Group: writeic.org

Scholarship Review Service

• Utah State University Press: Reviewer
• Composition Studies Journal: Reviewer
• Writing Center Journal: Reviewer
• GA TESOL in Action Journal: Reviewer