Academic Experiences - Dara Tafazoli

Academic & Professional Experiences

2023-Now: Academic Developer. Flinders University, Australia.
2021-Now: Research Officer. Virtual Reality (VR) School Study. The University of Newcastle, Australia
2020-Now: Researcher. School of Education. The University of Newcastle, Australia
2023-Now: Adjunct PhD Supervisor (Languages and Cultures). University of Cordoba, Spain
2021-Now: Adjunct PhD Supervisor (Linguistics). Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
2021-2022: Adjunct MA Supervisor (English Language Teaching). University of Isfahan, Iran
2021: Intern. Digital Library Programs. The University of Newcastle, Australia
2019: Supervisor. Smart Khate Sefid, Mashhad, Iran
2019: Head Researcher. Masoumeh Education Complex, Tehran, Iran
2018-2019: English Language Teacher Trainer and Language Teaching & Learning Researcher, Alvand Language School, Shahrood, Iran
2014-2016: Visiting Instructor. University of Applied Science & Technology – Khabarnegaran, Mashhad, Iran
2012-2014: Visiting Instructor. University of Applied Science & Technology – Miras Farhangi, Mashhad, Iran
2012-2013: Educational Director & Chief Supervisor. Mehr Iranian Language Institute, Mashhad, Iran
2011: Visiting Instructor. University of Applied Science & Technology – Farhang-o Honar (1), Mashhad, Iran
2014: English Teacher. Mahan Language Institute, Mashhad, Iran
2014: English Teacher. Rashed English Language Institute, Mashhad, Iran
2011-2014: English Tutor. Seraj English Institute, Mashhad, Iran
2011-2012: English Teacher. Asia Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran
2010: English Teacher. Kish Air Cultural and Educational Institute, Mashhad, Iran
2010: English Teacher. Iran National Language Institute, Mashhad, Iran
2008-2012: English Teacher. Gooyesh Language School, Mashhad, Iran

Editorship/Reviewer

2023-Now: Reviewer of Language Teaching Research, SAGE.
2023-Now: Reviewer of Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, Taylor & Francis.
2023-Now: Reviewer of Foreign Language Annals, Wiley.
2023-Now: Reviewer of American, British and Canadian Studies, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania.
2022-2024: Guest Editor of Special Issue on “CALLing out Culture: The Interplay Between Language, Technology and Culture”; Journal for Multicultural Education, Emerald Publishing, the UK
2023: Associate Editor of Playful CALL: JALTCALL 2022 Post-Conference Publication, JALTCALL SIG, Japan.
2023: Editorial Advisory Board of Learning with Escape Rooms in Higher Education Online Environments, IGI Global, USA.
2022-2023: Guest Editor of Special Issue on “Computer-Assisted Language Learning in Teaching Persian and Other Languages“; Journal of Teaching Persian to Speakers of Other Languages.
2021-2022: Guest Editor of Special Issue on “CALL Teacher Education and Professional Development”; Teaching English with Technology, IATEFL Poland
2022-Now: Reviewer of Educational Psychology Review, Springer
2021-Now: Reviewer of International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, Springer
2021-Now: Reviewer of CALL-EJ, Japan/Australia
2021-Now: Reviewer of Innovation in Language Learning & Teaching, Routledge
2021-Now: Reviewer of Porta Linguarum, University of Granada, Spain
2020-Now: Reviewer of Language Learning & Technology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
2020-Now: Reviewer of Technology, Knowledge and Learning, Springer
2019-Now: Reviewer of Computer Assisted Language Learning, Taylor & Francis
2019-Now: Reviewer of Teaching English with Technology, IATEFL Poland
2019-Now: Reviewer of The Language Learning Journal, Taylor & Francis
2021: Guest Editor (with Michelle Picard) of Special Issue on “New Literacies in Language Education”; Aula Abierta journal, University of Oviedo, Spain
2020: Guest Editor (with Michelle Picard) of Special issue on “Technology in Language Education”; Iranian Distance Education Journal, Payam Noor University, Iran
2019: Reviewer of Iranian Distance Education Journal, Payam Noor University, Iran
2017: Editorial Advisory Review Board of IGI Global Publication, USA
2017: Reviewer of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, IGI Global Publication, USA
2017: Reviewer of International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning & Teaching, IGI Global Publication, USA
2017: Reviewer of International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, The University of West Indies
2017: Editor of International Journal of Educational Investigations
2017: Reviewer of Athens Journal of Philology, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece
2015-2017: Managing Editor of International Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics, Iran
2016: Editor of English Lingua Journal, University of Mostaganem, Algeria
2016: Guest Editor (with Terry Fowler) of Special issue on “Language Teaching and Learning”; International Journal for 21st Century Education, University of Cordoba, Spain
2014: Lead Guest Editor of Special issue on “Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language”; International Journal of Language & Linguistics, USA
2013: Reviewer of Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology, IGI-Global Publication, USA
2013: Reviewer of SAGE Publications

Professional Events

Executive Chair of Technology-Enhanced Language Learning International Conference (TELIC2023), University of Texas – Permian Basin, USA (July 12-14, 2023)
Vetting Chair of the JALTCALL2022 Conference, Tokyo, Japan (June 17-19, 2022)
Scientific Committee Member, 1st Dehkhoda Persian Language International Festival, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (June 15, 2022)
Chair of the Blended Language Learning and Teaching, the 2nd National Conference on Open and Blended Education, Payam-e Noor University, Tehran, Iran (June 14, 2022)
Scientific Committee Member of the 7th International Conference on Computer Games; Challenges and Opportunities, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran (Feb 24-25, 2022)
Executive Committee Member of the SSTAR Conference (2021), School of Education, The University of Newcastle, Australia (Sep 29-30, 2021)
Reviewer of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2021) Conference, The University of New England, Australia (Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2021)
Reviewer of TESOL 2022 International Convention and English Language Expo, Pittsburgh, USA (March 22-25, 2022)
Scientific Committee Member of the 7th International Conference on Bilingual Education, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain (Oct 26-29, 2021)
Reviewer of the JALTCALL2021 International Conference, Hirosaki Gakuin University, Hirosaki, Japan (June 4-6, 2021)
Scientific Committee Member of the 6th International Conference on Computer Games; Challenges and Opportunities, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran (Feb 18-19, 2021)
Reviewer of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2020) Conference, The University of New England, Australia (Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2020)
Reviewer of the CATESOL2020 State Conference, Monterey, USA (Sep 7, 2020)
2020: Scientific Committee Member of the 6th International Conference on Bilingual Education, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain (2020)
Reviewer of the 25th TESOL Arabia International Conference & Exhibition on Empowering Educators, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Oct 2-3, 2020)
Scientific Committee Member of the 5th International Conference on Computer Games; Challenges and Opportunities, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran (Feb 19, 2020)
Chair of the Blended Language Education, the 1st National Conference on Blended Education, Payam-e Noor University, Tehran, Iran (Nov 7-8, 2019)
Chair of the e-learning and e-teaching in language education, the 7th International Conference on e-Learning and e-Teaching, Khajeh Nasir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (Feb 20-21, 2019)
Scientific Committee Member of the 5th International Conference on Bilingual Education, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain (Nov 12-15, 2019).
Scientific Committee Member of the 4th International Conference on Bilingual Education, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain (Nov 6-9, 2018)
Scientific Committee Member of the 1st International Conference on Language Gap and Digital Competence: Challenges for the 21st Century, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain (June 20-21, 2018)
Scientific Committee Member of the 5th International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing, Istanbul, Turkey (March 30, 2018)
Scientific Committee Member of the 4th International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing, Dubai, UAE (March 25, 2018)
Scientific Committee Member of the 3rd International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing, Tehran, Iran (Nov 13, 2018)
Scientific Committee Member of the 3rd International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing, Istanbul, Turkey (Nov 13, 2017)
Scientific Committee Member of the 3rd International Conference on Bilingual Education, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain (Nov 7-10, 2017)
Scientific Committee Member of the Practical and Pedagogical Issues in English Language Teaching and Learning, Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch, Iran (Aug 26-27, 2017)
Scientific Committee Member of the 2nd International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing, Ardabil, Iran (Aug 28, 2017)
Scientific Committee Member of the 1st International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Testing, Dubai, UAE (Aug 24, 2017)
International Coordinator & Editorial Board, the 13th International Teaching English Language & Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI13) Conference, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran (Nov 16-18, 2016)
Scientific Committee Member of the 1st International Conference on Bilingual Education, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain (2015)
Simultaneous Interpreter & International Coordinator, the Conference on Investigating the Innovative Strategies for Teaching English to Children, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (2015)
Session Chair of the 1st National Conference on Challenges in Foreign Language Teaching in Iran, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran (April 30, 2015)
Scientific & Executive Committee Member of the 1st Regional Conference on New English Language Course Books (PROSPECT), University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran (Oct 16, 2014)
Reviewer of the 3rd International Conference on E-Learning & E-Technologies in Education (ICEEE2014), Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (March 18-20, 2014)
Reviewer of the 4th International Conference on E-Learning (ICEL2013), VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic (July 8-10, 2013)
Reviewer of the 2nd International Conference on E-Learning & E-Technologies in Education (ICEEE2013), Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland (Sep 23-25, 2013)
Scientific Committee Member of the International Conference on Challenges of Education of Research in the Society of the Future (PECSV2013), University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania (2013)
Reviewer of the 6th International Online Language Conference (IOLC2013), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (May 17-18, 2013)
Scientific Committee Member of the 5th International Colloquium on Interdisciplinary Research – A Key to the Future European Cultural Space, Center for Research, Resources and European Studies, Bucharest, Romania (2012)
2012: Reviewer of the 10th International Teaching English Language & Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI10) Conference, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran (Oct 16-19, 2012)
Scientific & Executive Committee Member of the 1st International Interdisciplinary Conference on Art, Language & Technology (ICALT2012), University of Applied Science & Technology, Mashhad, Iran (July 18-20, 2012)
Scientific Committee Member of the International Conference on Modern Trends in Communication, Education and Interdisciplinary, Center for Research, Resources and European Studies, Bucharest, Romania (2012)