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“下课休息吧”: Academic Life at CET Beijing

Written by Kaylee Henderson (Kalamazoo College), Student Correspondent for CET Beijing, Fall 2019 One of the biggest adjustments I’ve had to make since coming to Beijing was adjusting to the academic life and expectations. On top of a 24/7 language pledge, we spend around six hours each day learning Chinese. The first day we arrived in Beijing, we […]

Breaking Down Academics at CET Japan

Written by Laurel Brinker-Cole, (Franklin & Marshall College) Student Correspondent CET Japan Spring 2019 If you’re anything like me, one of your biggest questions about CET is academics. Academics are a major part of study abroad, after all; you have to make sure you’re meeting your own school’s requirements while still taking courses you’re interested in and that […]

Looking Chinese in China (When You’re Not, or Not Entirely)

Written by Kira Porter, (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Student Correspondent CET Beijing, Spring 2019 As a Chinese adoptee (I was born in China and adopted as a baby, after which I grew up in the U.S.), my Chinese appearance means that people I encounter throughout my semester abroad naturally expect me to understand Chinese and be […]

Staying Sustainable Abroad

Written by Maria Farnan, (American University) Student Correspondent CET Jordan: Intensive Language Spring 2019 “ما بدي كيس، لو سمحت”     Before you grab for your Al-Kitaab textbooks to decipher the above phrase, I should make you aware that its translation will not be found buried within the chapters that prepare you to engage in conversations of culture, conflict […]

Being Vegetarian in Amman ،بالحقيقة

Written by Cecilia Beard, (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill) Student Correspondent CET Jordan: Intensive Language Spring 2019 Before coming to Amman, I’d been vegetarian for almost ten years. At the age of eleven, after coming home from a friend’s house who happened to not eat meat, I decided that chicken was strange, I […]

Foreigners at National Day

Written by Emma Tilley, (Brown University) Student Correspondent CET Beijing, Fall 2018 Every year on October 1, the People’s Republic of China’s National Day, patriots gather in Tian’anmen Square to watch a ceremonial flag raising perfectly timed to both the sunrise and the national anthem. While the flag is raised and lowered with the sun every […]

CET Jordan: Academic Consultation Board

Over the years, we’ve built a strong network of locally-based faculty that we’re proud to call our peers. These faculty make up our Academic Consultation Board—a select group of local voices and thought leaders that help advise and shape components of the CET Jordan program. 

Board members support the program in many ways, including but not limited to:

  • Leveraging topical expertise to help develop courses, including field-based components.
  • Teaching courses or guest lectures for CET Jordan and custom programs
  • Recommending and providing academic resources for research

Academic Consultation Board Members

  • Dr. Bader Al Madi | American University of Madaba, PhD, Sociology, Political Science
  • Dr. Amani El Serhan | University of Jordan, PhD, Women's Studies
  • Dr. Amani Qashmar | University of Jordan, PhD, Education
  • Dr. Areej Alawzi | University of Jordan, PhD, English Literature/Translation
  • Dr. Ahmad Al Khrisha | World Islamic Sciences & Education University, PhD, Arabic Language & Literature

Learn more about studying abroad with CET

Learn more about studying abroad with CET