I completed my Ph.D. at the university of Leeds in 2004 in TESOL. My Ph.D. dissertation was on "The Relatiionship between the Vocabulary Knowledge and the Vocabulary Use". I have supervised more than 15 Ph.D students and more than 50 MA students. I have established workshops in several universities in the world such as  Pannasastra University of Cambodia, Ak Deniz University in Turkey and have been an active member of Azerbaijan English Teachers' Association (AZETA). I have also attended many refereed congresses and seminars worldwide. As for teaching experience, I have started off teaching at the early stages of my life at the high schools with the High School degree due to having a high command in English language before commencing my higher education at the university. Having completed my BA at Isfahan University, I was employed as a lecturer at the University of Medical Sciences in Isfahan for approximately 3 years due to having a high English langue proficiency.  I completed my MA at Tarbiat Modarres university in Tehran in TEFL(one of the renowned universities in Iran).  I was also a professional test designer for seven years at the Educational Testing Measurement whose responsibility is to  provide nationwide University Entrance Exam for the university applicants  before leaving Iran to do my Ph.D. at the University of Leeds, UK.  During my stay in England, I used to teach Phonetics and Phonology and Teaching Methodology to the International students while doing my Ph.D program.  

As regards the official positions, I was the first Head of the English Language Department  of Urmia University before going to England and was appointed as the director of International Relations Office having completed my Ph.D. degree. 

My areas of interest are  Critical Discourse Analysis,  Sociolinguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, Testing, Teaching methodology, Psychology for Language Teachers as well as the ones relevant to TESOL at the BA, MA and Ph.D. levels.