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Khaled Al Masaeed is an applied linguist who works with graduate and undergraduate students in applied linguistics, language acquisition, and Arabic studies. His research is situated primarily in the interdisciplinary field of language acquisition, focusing on the tension between language ideologies and the realities of everyday sociolinguistic practices. Dr. Al Masaeed's work explores how individuals and societies navigate multilingual and multidialectal contexts, with particular attention to language pragmatics. His recent publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Applied Linguistics, Modern Language Journal, Foreign Language Annals, and System Frontiers. In addition to publishing, Dr. Al Masaeed regularly shares his scholarship through lectures and research presentations. He serves on Ph.D. dissertation committees across a wide range of international contexts, including Australia, Canada, France, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, Qatar, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Before joining Carnegie Mellon University, he taught at the University of Arizona and directed study abroad programs in the Arab region, specifically in Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco.
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