Faculty Profile
Caroline Najour
Title
Senior Lecturer
Department
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
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Language Building401 L
- Caroline.Najour@unt.edu
- (940) 565-5815
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2013.
Major: Humanities
Degree Specialization: Studies in Literature
Dissertation Title: "Counternarratives of Enlightenment Modernity: A Decolonial Reading of Westerners in Contemporary Arabic Novels."
MA, American University of Beirut, 2001.
Major: Literature
Degree Specialization: English Literature
Dissertation Title: "Witchcraft: The Hidden Trope in Out of Africa"
BA, University of Balamand, 1998.
Major: Literature
Degree Specialization: English Literature
Current Scheduled Teaching*
ARBC 3040.001, Advanced Topics in the Culture of the Middle East, Spring 2024 Syllabus
WLLC 3100.001, Arab Cultures in Film and Music, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ARBC 1020.002, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ARBC 1020.302, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ARBC 2050.001, Intermediate Arabic, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.001, Special Problems, Spring 2024 Syllabus
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Previous Scheduled Teaching*
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2023 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2023
ARBC 4900.001, Special Problems, Fall 2022 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.002, Special Problems, Fall 2022 Syllabus
WLLC 3100.888, Arab Cultures in Film and Music, Summer 3W1 2022 Syllabus
WLLC 4900.888, Special Problems, Summer 3W1 2022 Syllabus
ARBC 1010.301, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2021 SPOT
ARBC 1010.302, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2021 SPOT
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2021 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2021 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.703, Special Problems, Fall 2021 Syllabus
ARBC 1010.551, Elementary Arabic, Summer 5W1 2021
ARBC 1010.552, Elementary Arabic, Summer 5W1 2021
ARBC 1020.301, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2021
ARBC 1020.302, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2021
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2021 Syllabus
ARBC 1010.301, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2020
ARBC 1010.302, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2020
ARBC 1010.303, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2020
ARBC 2900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.703, Special Problems, Fall 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 2900.701, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 3040.001, Advanced Topics in the Culture of the Middle East, Spring 2020 Syllabus
WLLC 3100.001, Arab Cultures in Film and Music, Spring 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 1020.001, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 1020.002, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 1020.301, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2020
ARBC 1020.302, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2020
ARBC 2050.001, Intermediate Arabic, Spring 2020 Syllabus
ARBC 1010.301, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2019
ARBC 1010.302, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2019
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2019 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2019 Syllabus
ARBC 1020.301, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2019
ARBC 1020.302, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2019
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2019 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2018 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.703, Special Problems, Fall 2018 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2018 Syllabus
ARBC 1020.002, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2018 SPOT
ARBC 1020.301, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2018 SPOT
ARBC 1020.302, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2018 SPOT
ARBC 1020.303, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2018 SPOT
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2018 Syllabus
ARBC 1010.301, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2017 SPOT
ARBC 1010.302, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2017 SPOT
ARBC 1010.303, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2017 SPOT
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2017 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2017
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2017
ARBC 1020.301, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2017 SPOT
ARBC 1020.302, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2017 SPOT
ARBC 1020.303, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2017 SPOT
ARBC 1010.301, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2016 SPOT
ARBC 1010.302, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2016 SPOT
ARBC 1010.303, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2016 SPOT
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2016
ARBC 4900.702, Special Problems, Fall 2016
ARBC 1020.301, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2016 SPOT
ARBC 1020.302, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2016 SPOT
ARBC 1020.303, Elementary Arabic, Spring 2016 SPOT
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2016
ARBC 4900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2016
ARBC 1010.301, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2015 SPOT
ARBC 1010.302, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2015 SPOT
ARBC 1010.303, Elementary Arabic, Fall 2015
ARBC 2900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2015
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2015
ARBC 3060.001, Advanced Topics in Arabic Language, Spring 2015 Syllabus
ARBC 2050.001, Intermediate Arabic, Spring 2015 Syllabus
ARBC 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2015
ARBC 4900.702, Special Problems, Spring 2015
ARBC 3060.001, Advanced Topics in Arabic Language, Fall 2014 Syllabus
ARBC 2040.001, Intermediate Arabic, Fall 2014 Syllabus
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Published Publications
Published Intellectual Contributions
Book Chapter
Najour, C. A. (2018). "Teachers' Voices: Analysis of Teachers' Speech and Teachers' Perspectives in Integrated Arabic Classrooms". Arabic as One Language : Integrating Dialect in the Arabic Language Curriculum. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
Awarded Grants
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Grant - Service
Najour, C., "Startalk 2020: Caravaning Through the Arab World," Sponsored by National Security Agency, Federal, $89598 Funded. (May 2020 – December 2021).
Najour, C. A., "Rhythms from the Arab World: Cultural Connections and Musical Collaborations," Sponsored by Texas Muslim Women's Foundation, Local, $3000 Funded. (October 2018 – December 2018).
Najour, C. A., "Rhythms from the Arab World: Cultural Connections and Musical Collaborations," Sponsored by Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund, University of North Texas, $7000 Funded. (September 2018 – December 2018).
Grant - Teaching
Kaplan, M. S. (Supporting), Najour, C. A. (Principal), "Rhythms from the Arab World: Cultural Connections and Musical Collaborations," Sponsored by Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund, University of North Texas, $7000 Funded. (2018).
| Overall Summative Rating |
Challenge and Engagement Index |
Response Rate |
|---|---|---|
out of 5 |
out of 7 |
% of students responded |
- Overall Summative Rating (median):
This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):- The course as a whole was
- The course content was
- The instructor’s contribution to the course was
- The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
- Challenge and Engagement Index:
This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):- Do you expect your grade in this course to be
- The intellectual challenge presented was
- The amount of effort you put into this course was
- The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
- Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was