Habibullah Pathan

Biography

Professor Habibullah Pathan is currently working as a full Professor (Research) at Faculty of Language Studies, Sohar University, Oman.

Before Joining Sohar University, Prof Pathan worked as Professor and Director Centre of English Language and Linguistics, Mehran University in Pakistan. Prof Pathan received his first Master's degree in English from Pakistan, followed by his second professional Master's (M. Ed. ELT) and PhD in English Language Education from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. Later, under the Hubert H. Humphrey's professional affiliation opportunity, Dr.Pathan did his Postdoctoral research at the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in USA under supervision of Prof. Noam Chomsky who is known as father of modern linguistics and the most influential intellectual alive in the world.

Later in 2015-2016 , Dr. Pathan received his leadership development training under the most prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey fellowship at Boston University, USA in the fields of higher education administration, policy and planning and received certifications from the State Department signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Senator John Kerry and from Questrom Business school in non-profit management and leadership. To his credit, Dr. Pathan has published several research papers in journals of national and international repute. He has presented several research papers in international and national conferences in USA, UK, New Zealand and Pakistan as an invited and keynote speaker in broader field of English Language Education. Dr. Pathan is the founder of the first ever research degree program and undergraduate program in language and linguistics at Mehran University – a first in the 50-year history of the university. He has remained member of both provincial and national curriculum review committees, Chair Board of Studies at Mehran University and a Board Member at various other universities in Pakistan in addition to his role as supervisor of MPhil/PhD theses and member advisory board and reviewer of various research journals in Pakistan and overseas. Dr. Pathan has authored a book titled Indus Identity: A study of textbooks in Pakistan. His two other books on My Days with Noam Chomsky and Language Motivation are in publication process. With the help of the HEC and his team, Dr. Pathan has established the first ever Self Access Center at Mehran University, serving as a teacher- training hub in computer assisted language learning. Professor has served as a guest editor of Russian Journal of Linguistics and currently working on a project (Teachers' Motivation) at RUDN University in Moscow. He is also working on a project on gender equity in linguistics as co-PI funded by USEFP State Department USA.