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Dr Rabiah Rustam

Dr Rabiah Rustam

Associate Professor

Area of Interest: Applied Linguistics

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

Ø  Ph. D (Applied Linguistics) from University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan (session 2009-2013)

Ø  M. Phil (Applied Linguistics) from University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan (session 2007-2009)

Ø  Masters in English Literature from Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan (session 2003-2005)              

Ø  Bachelors in English literature/Psychology from Peshawar University, Pakistan (session 2001-2003) 


Profile / Bio

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Ø  May 2023 – Present Associate Professor Of English Language, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus

Ø  May 2015 – April 2023 Assistant Professor of English Language, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus

Ø  MARCH 2010 – May 2015 Lecturer of English Language, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus

Professional Trainings attended:

  • Completed “Praxis 0361(TESOL) Practice Course” offered by Udemy on January 13, 2020
  • Completed course on “Teaching English to Young Learners (K-12)” offered by George Mason University, as part of the American English (AE) E-Teacher Program, October 21, 2019
  • Completed course on “(K-12/HE) Professional Development for Teacher Trainers” offered by Arizona State University, as part of the American English (AE) E-Teacher Program, November 17, 2018
  • Participated in Management Training Program sponsored by COMSATS University Islamabad at University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, July 17 to 21, 2017
  • Participated in E-Teacher Workshop organized by Regional English Language Office, US Embassy, Islamabad on July 25, 2016
  • Completed course on “Creating Engaging Environments for English Language Classrooms” offered by University of Oregon, USA, June 9, 2016
  • Completed Ten Weeks Teacher Training Course on Critical Thinking in Language Learning and Teaching offered by University of Oregon, USA, November 16, 2015 to February 26, 2016  
  • Participated in Workshop on Women Leadership in Higher Education, February 21 to 22, 2015 at CIIT Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Completed ELTeach Professional Development Certificate Program for English Language Teachers Offered by Educational Testing Service and National Geographic Learning, December 08, 2014
  • Attended International Resource Person Workshop at Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan, March 24to 26, 2013
  • Attended Faculty Development Workshop at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, July 18 to 22, 2011
  • Completed Certificate Course in Digital Computer Basics (Windows, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point and Internet) from International Computer Academy Abbottabad, Pakistan, 2005

Any professional or work related Certifications obtained:

  • Participated in TESOL USA Virtual Convention 2020
  • Participated as a Member of Action Group in Workshop for the Project on Pakistan English Language Teaching Forum sponsored by Regional English Language Office of the Embassy of United States at Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan, December 09 to 13, 2019
  • Presented at E -Teacher Alumni Conference sponsored by Regional English Language Office of the Embassy of United States in Pakistan at Islamabad, Pakistan, July 03 to 07, 2018
  • Presented at Nepal English Language Teachers Association Conference Sponsored by Embassy of the United States, Kathmandu, Nepal, 07 to 09 March, 2016
  • Attended SPELT Annual ELT Conference at Modernage School, Abbottabad, Pakistan, September 28, 2013
  • Attended SPELT Annual Conference at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 2011

Associations

  • Member PAKTESOL
  • Member TESOL USA
  • Member Pak US Alumni Network

Research Interests

  • Applied Linguistics
  • English Language Teaching
  • Pragmatics
  • Stylistics
  • English Literature
  • Language and Media

Awards

  • Awarded TESOL Membership as a Global Professional sponsored by Regional English Language Office of the Embassy of United States (2020)
  • Best researcher at Department of Humanities Award by COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus (2019)
  • Awarded Sponsorship for TESOL USA by the Regional English Language Office of the Embassy of United States (2019)
  • Awarded Sponsorship for Alumni E Teacher Conference by Regional English Language Office of the Embassy of United States for the best fifty ELT presenters
  • Awarded Sponsorship for Management Training Program by COMSATS University, Islamabad for excellent performance at the institute
  • Awarded Sponsorship for Nepal English Language Teachers Conference for best performance in E-Teacher Course by the Regional English Language Office of the Embassy of United States (2016)
  • Awarded Scholarship for E-Teacher Course by the Regional English Language Office of the Embassy of United States (2015)
  • Indigenous Scholarship by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (2006)

Research Projects

Member of Action Group for the Project on Pakistan English Language Teaching Forum sponsored by Regional English Language Office of the Embassy of United States at Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Dr. Haixia Guo Facilitating English Language Learning Through Digital Storytelling; A Systematic Literature Review, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Dr. Haixia Guo Peace building via Language Learning: A Systematic Review of ESL and Peace Education Integration in Pakistan, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2025
3. Tahira Jabeen,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5845" title="Sabeen Khalil">Sabeen Khalil</a> No Social Justice without Ecological Justice: An Eco-feminist Study of Jamil Ahmad’s the Wandering Falcon, Migration Letters(HEC X Category, Scopus Indexed), 2024
4. Tahira Jabeen,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Mian Shah Bacha Marxist Concerns in Anita Desai`s the Village by the Sea, Kurdish Studies, (HEC W Category, Scopus Indexed), 2024
5. Tahira Jabeen,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Zafeer Hussain Kiani Politics and Identity in Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie: A Study of Intertextuality, ONOMÁZEIN Journal of Linguistics, Philology and Translation, (HEC W Category, Scopus Indexed), 2023
6. Ayesha Akter Anie,Naeem Shahzad,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Tahira Jabeen MetamorphosisOf Albert In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple: A Socio-Cultural Analysis, Journal of Positive School Psychology, 2023
7. Shautkat Islam,Dr. Mian Shah Bacha (,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Mis Bakht Sheema Bibi,Dr. Mian Shah Bacha Politeness In Gojri Language (A Case Study Of Patrak And Gwaaldai), JournalofPositiveSchoolPsychology, HEC X Category, 2023
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> Application of Van Dijk Model on the Discursive Identities in Pakistani and Indian Print Media After the Annulment of Article 370, . PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, (HEC X Category), 2022
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=620" title="Dr.Sardar Muhammad">Dr.S.Muhammad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> Standard Language: Analyzing Abbottabadi Dialect of Hindko, PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology(HEC X Category, Scopus Indexed), 2022
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=620" title="Dr.Sardar Muhammad">Dr.S.Muhammad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Dramatic technique in Iqbal’s Poetry: A Study of, `The devil’s Cabinet, PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology(HEC X Category, Scopus Indexed ), 2021
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=620" title="Dr.Sardar Muhammad">Dr.S.Muhammad</a> Analysis Of The Role Of Verbs in the Headlines on CNN Website, Webology (HEC X Category, Scopus Indexed ), 2021
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Sehrish Bano,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> Women’s Self-Identity Conflict Resolution: A Study of ‘My Feudal Lord’, PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology(HEC X Category, Scopus Indexed), 2021
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=620" title="Dr.Sardar Muhammad">Dr.S.Muhammad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> The Concept of Mystical Union: Juxtaposing Islamic and Christian Versions, Webology(HEC X Category, Scopus Indexed), 2021
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=620" title="Dr.Sardar Muhammad">Dr.S.Muhammad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> Leo Tolstoy On Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Case Study, PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology(HEC X Category, Scopus Indexed), 2021
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Muhammad Ilyas,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> The Impact of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on Students Integrated Skills at BS Level: A Case Study of Pashto L1 Speakers in District Dir Upper, Webology (HEC X Category for Social Sciences, Scopus Indexed), 2021
16. Muhammad Ilyas,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> The Effect of ICT Gadgets on The Integrated Skills of BS Level Students of Pashto Language, Webology (HEC X Category, Scopus Indexed), 2021
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> The Problems with Doctoral Degrees in Pakistan, with a Focus on PhD in English:A Question of Quality Assurance, Multicultural Education, ISSN: 1068-3844, HEC X Category, 2021
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> The Phenomenon of Politeness in Pashto Language and Culture: An Exploratory Study, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, 2021
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> The Use of Internal and External Modification Strategies in the Request Patterns of Pashto and English Languages, International Review of Social Sciences, 2021
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> The Use of Internal and External Modification Strategies in the Request Patterns of Pashto and English Languages, International Review of Social Sciences, 2021
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> Decoding the wordplay: Speech act analysis of headlines predicting the future, Journal of Peace, Development and Communication, 2021
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=620" title="Dr.Sardar Muhammad">Dr.S.Muhammad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> War as an Instrument of Political Policy: Clausewitzian Analysis of Operation Zarb-E-Azb, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, 2021
23. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> The Use of Apologies` Strategies in Pashto and English Languages from the Perspective of Politeness, xIlkogretim Online - Elementary Education Online, 2021
24. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Analyzing the Functions of Metaphors in the News Headlines, International Review of Social Sciences, 2021
25. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1794" title="Mian Shah Bacha">Mian Shah Bacha</a> The Pragmatic Concept of Politeness and Face Work by Different Linguistic Scholars, Multicultural Education, 2021
26. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Pragmatic analysis of CNN Headlines on US Pakistan relations, Journal of Peace, Development and Communication, 2020
27. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=620" title="Dr.Sardar Muhammad">Dr.S.Muhammad</a> Speech Act analysis of the Rhetorical Questions in CNN Headlines, International Review of Social Sciences, 2020
28. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1781" title="Alia Bashir">Alia Bashir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=655" title="Alia Bashir">A.Bashir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> The Role of Implied Author in Postcolonial Texts: A Study in the God of Small Things, International Review of Social Sciences, 2020
29. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1780" title="Malik Ikramullah">Malik Ikramullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Analyzing the Reasons Behind Code Switching in English Language Classroom: A Case Study from Peshawar, Pakistan, International Review of Social Sciences , 2020
30. Dr. Mian Shah Bacha,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Farooq Ali Khan The Use of Gender Based Language: A Corpus Study of Text Among Pakistani Male and Female Bloggers, PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION (2020) ISSN: 0033-3077 , 2020
31. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Exploring the Rhetoric of Deceit in Cyber Marketing for Education, Global Social Sciences Review, 2019
32. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a>,Mian Shah Bacha The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages, Global Regional Review (GRR), 2019
33. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Identification and Analysis of Commissive Speech Acts to Decode Indirect Messages in News Headlines, Global Social Sciences Review, 2019
34. Mujeebullah Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Analysis of Compliments and Compliment Responses Used by Male and Female Pashto Language Speakers, Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2017
35. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Analysis of the Arguments Presented in Response to the Allegations against an Online Education Website , Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences , 2017
36. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Assassin or innocent; Portrayal of Raymond Davis in CNN headlines, Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 2017
37. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Identification and Analysis of Directive Illocutionary Acts in CNN Headlines, Kashmir Journal of Language Research , 2013
38. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> An Investigation of Speaking Strategies used by University Learners to Cope with English Language Anxiety, Language in India, 2011
39. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> The Use of Catchy Words; A Case Study from Pakistan, Language in India, 2010

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=420" title="Dr. RABIAH RUSTAM">Dr. Rabiah Rustam</a> Global Perspective of Teaching English Literature in Higher Education in Pakistan, , 2010