Dr. Marietta Bradinova is an Adjunct Professor in TESOL at Fairfax University of America in Fairfax, VA. She is in her 10th year of teaching at FXUA. She is a former EFL and ESL teacher of 15 years. Dr. Bradinova holds a PhD in English Rhetoric and Linguistics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. She has also earned a Master’s Degree in English Philology and Master’s Degree in English Linguistics from St. St. Cyril and Methodius University, Bulgaria and George Mason University, Fairfax, VA respectively.

Dr. Bradinova creates and delivers face-to-face and online (virtual) professional development services tailored to the unique needs of public school teachers and administrators. She coaches content-area teachers and administrators on best practices for teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Her scholarly work includes the publication of ESOL student and teacher materials, presentations at national and international fora, and invited lectures. Her research and pedagogical interests are shaped by her extensive international ESOL experience.

In 2012 and 2013 Fairfax University of America, 2012 and 2013 Fairfax University of America awarded her its Faculty Outstanding Award for Academic Excellence.

Muhib Qaderi is a Grant Management Accountant at FXUA. Muhib is Accountable for maintaining financial oversight of all donors’ financial requirements and obligations, managing the development and implementation of all grants along with preparing and monitoring project spendings. Muhib is a multilingual individual with over 9 years of extensive experience in projects funded by The World Bank, USAID, and State Department. His contributions to the administrative strengthening have resulted in many achievements and noticeable outcomes. Prior to joining FXUA, Muhib has worked as an accountant in the automotive industry.
He has attained his BBA and MBA from universities in Malaysia.

Emily Zheng serves the FXUA learning community as the Executive Assistant to the Office of the President. She has several years of experience in K-12 and higher education. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Hood College and a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay. She also received her bachelor’s degree in Communication from Chubu University in Kasugai, Aichi, Japan. One of her favorite things is to explore nice restaurants in DMV area with her family.

Farah Morshali her Master’s in TESOL from Shiraz Azad University. Having been a university lecturer for more than twenty years, she has taught a variety of TESOL major courses including advanced technical writing, academic writing, research methods, general linguistics, English language testing, and English teaching methodology, as well as TOFEL and IELTS courses. Her research work and publications focus on teaching and learning English.

Having had extensive experience working with ESL students, Farah prides herself in creating a classroom environment that accommodates the needs of her individual students while still promoting a high level of critical thinking and language skills. Some of her most invaluable experience as an instructor have come from helping struggling students to grasp nebulous concepts through a perfect combination of individual conferences, class activities, and group discussion.

Ever since she started teaching, Farah has been passionate in her genuine commitment to three things: maximizing individual student performance, inspiring students’ interest in learning, and instilling a sense of self-worth among all students. She has dedicated her career to each of these pursuits, and as a result most of her students call her a “ball of energy.” Having been an educational manager and a supervisor for years, she is especially patient and sensitive to learners and peers who may need special attention. She truly enjoys spending time with students, and finding their excitement when they finally get a tough concept so gratifying. Her teaching style is to guide students as opposed to just telling them the answers so that they can develop independent thinking and problem solving skills.web

Wafia Alchurbaji is Instructional Designer at FXUA. Prior to joining the FXUA team, she worked in higher education admissions and recruitment as well as in administration and program design in her home-state of Michigan. She has a bachelor’s degree in education from Eastern Michigan University and is bi-lingual, with native fluency in both English and Arabic. In her free time she loves to read, hike, and spend time in nature.

Boshra Zawawi is a senior instructional designer at FXUA. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning Technologies Design Research, a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Instructional Design and Development, and an e-Learning Graduate Certificate from George Mason University.

Dr. Zawawi is a creative and passionate designer who continuously searches for interactive learning solutions to support learning excellence and students’ achievement. She holds exceptional knowledge of instructional design (ID) models, adult learning theories, and sound pedagogical strategies to create learner-centered learning environments.

Dr. Zawawi has several years of ID expertise in higher education, private, and government sectors. She also has previous experience teaching in higher education. She is an Adobe Certified Professional – Adobe Captivate.

Dr. Zawawi has several publications focusing on online learning technologies, social learning, and integrating formal and informal learning for higher education students. She presented her research at national and international conferences in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. Dr. Zawawi is also the Director of Communities of Practice at the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Metro D.C. Chapter.

George Rado is in charge of accreditation and regulatory compliance. He is a graduate of ELTE University in Budapest, Hungary. Prior to joining FXUA, he had served as Executive Director of Capital English Academy, Medtech Institute and Sanz School. He has also served as the Academic Dean of Fortis Institute and Medtech College in the DMV area. His areas of expertise are school operations, educational administration, accreditation and regulatory compliance, program development and assessment as well as staff and faculty recruitment and development.

Senior IT professional with 30+years of proven experience supporting technical projects and programs in large organizations in the DoD and DOJ. Areas of specialization include business application development, and enterprise systems O&M.  Adjunct Professor in IT and Project Management.

Mayyada Al Hammoshi is working as a Computer Science program chair and associate professor at Fairfax University of America since 2016. Prior working at Fairfax University of America, Mayyada worked (2008-2015) as assistant professor and chair at University of Technology and Applied Computer Science in Sultanate of Oman.  During that period, she served as the chair of Computer Science department and supervised 37 full- time faculties. She also served as the chair of Scientific Research department to handle all the Scientific Research activities in the University.

Mayyada served as the Principal Investigator (2010-2015) for the Omani Research Council Grant’s research and supervised PhD and Master thesis nationally and globally.

Prior working in Oman, Mayyada worked (1995-2008) as a lecturer and assistant professor at the university of Mosul in Iraq.

In her more than 20 years of experience, Mayyada taught many Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, and Computer Engineering courses. She also published more than 25 papers in international peer reviewed journals and conferences. Finally, she volunteered as technical program committee, reviewer, and editorial board in many international journals and conferences.

Dr.Halil Atabay received his PhD in the area of microbiology from the University of Bristol (UK) in 1998 and his DVM degree from Istanbul University in Turkey in 1992. After completion of his PhD, he has worked as professor at several universities, including departments related to the field of microbiology. His tasks involved teaching, research, and administrative activities, which also covered curriculum development for undergraduate and graduate studies and oversight of academic policies and procedures. He is a dedicated academician in his commitment to student success, institutional effectiveness, and academic excellence. He has extensive experience in grant writing and project management. He led and successfully completed many research projects either as PI or researcher, and supervised and/or mentored many postgraduate and undergraduate students.

In addition to his work as a professor, Dr. Atabay served as the director for a graduate school at a health sciences institution where he was actively involved in developing and opening numerous graduate-level programs and respective courses. He taught a wide variety of courses in the field of microbiology, including general microbiology, immunology, food microbiology, medical microbiology, and project techniques both at undergraduate and graduate levels. He has served as an expert evaluator for the European Union’s HORIZON 2020 Projects since 2009 and for several national-level project funding bodies. Throughout his career, he also worked in research and project coordination and international relations.

Dr. Atabay completed his postdoctoral studies in Denmark in 2001. He has over 34 research papers published in high-ranked journals, has written two book chapters, and has received over 1805 citations to his publications with an h-index of 22.