Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: Reflections from the Classroom

Cindy L. Gunn, Director of the Faculty Development Center and Associate Professor in the department of English at American University of Sharjah (AUS), holds a PhD from the University of Bath, UK. Before joining AUS in 2001, she lived and taught in Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, Turkey and the United States. In addition to authoring one book, editing another, and co-editing two conference proceedings, she has published in peer reviewed journals such as Language Teaching Research, The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics and Academic Exchange Quarterly. She has presented her research at international conferences focusing on Educational Leadership, Educational Technology and TESOL in Australasia, Europe, The Middle East, North America and South East Asia.