The Beauty of Every Day: Rethinking Weather as a Reflection of Place
Why do we qualify certain weather as beautiful or ugly? Isn't the simple fact of being alive enough to make any day beautiful?
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About Abir
Born and raised in Monrovia, Liberia to Lebanese parents, Abir Ward is a multinational and multilingual scholar who had lived on three continents before the age of 20. She founded 2Rāth, a social justice initiative that has garnered over 20 million views, and has published research in Elsevier's Women Studies International Forum, TESOL's SRIS, and Computers and Writing Conference Proceedings. She was the recipient of the CCCC Wikipedia Fellowship in 2021 and the Middle East Partnership Initiative grant from the US Department of State. Since 2022, she has been a lecturer at Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences Writing Program.
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2Rāth Initiative
Over 20 million views. Creating Wikipedia articles on notable Arab women.
CCCC Wikipedia Fellow 2021
Recipient of the prestigious CCCC Wikipedia Fellowship.
US Dept. of State Grant
Middle East Partnership Initiative grant from the US Department of State.
Ph.D. in Composition and Applied Linguistics
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Teaching
Currently at Boston University — social & linguistic justice initiatives.
Currently Teaching
- WR 318 — Public SpeakingBoston University
- WR 153 — Writing and Research SeminarBoston University
- visit the Boston University page
Previously Taught
- Survey of English Literature & Sophomore RhetoricLebanese American University
- Advanced Academic EnglishAmerican University of Beirut (AUB)
- Business English & Technical WritingAmerican University of Beirut
From the Blog
Damn My F*k*N Accent
On code-switching, accent-shifting, and the complex repertoire of Englishes that multilingual speakers navigate every day.
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The right way. Plagiarism is how your students learn how to write — and why we need to rethink what that word means for English language learners.
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Published in Elsevier's Women Studies International Forum, TESOL's SRIS, and Computers and Writing Conference Proceedings.
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