Mehrdad Yousefpoori-Naeim (PhD)

Mehrdad Yousefpoori-Naeim, PhD

Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences

+982129902476

m_yousefpoori@sbu.ac.ir

Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran, Iran

Educational Background

2021 - 2023 / MEd in Measurement, Evaluation, & Data Science (University of Alberta, Canada)
2011 - 2016 / PhD in Applied Linguistics - TESOL (Shahid Beheshti University)
2015 / Sabbatical with Prof. Lawrence J. Zhang (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
2008 - 2011 / MA in Applied Linguistics - TESOL (Shahid Beheshti University)
2003 - 2007 / BA in English Language and Literature (Shahid Beheshti University)

Academic Teaching Experience

2017 - 2018 / Teacher Trainer at LCSBU (Language Center of Shahid Beheshti University)
2015 - 2020 / SPSS & Research Methodology Instructor at Chanteh Educational Group
2012 - 2014 / Teacher Trainer at Kakhe Simin Language Institute
2011 - 2015 / Lecturer at Shahid Beheshti University

Professional and Other Academic Experience

2024 - present / Mentor at NorQuest College, Edmonton, Alberta
2023 - present / Senior Data Analyst at the Government of Alberta
2022 - 2023 / Research Analyst Intern, Research Branch, Alberta Education
2022 / Teaching Assistant to Dr. Ken Cor for EDHS 503 (Introduction to Methods of Educational Research in Health Sciences Education) (graduate)
2021 - 2022 / Alternate Graduate Student Representative on FGSR Council at the University of Alberta
2021 / Teaching Assistant to Prof. Timothy Coates for EDPY 303 (Educational Assessment) (undergraduate)
2020 - present / Mendeley Advisor (recognized by Elsevier)
2019 - 2021 / International Baccalaureate (IB) Examiner
2017 - 2018 / Member of Board of Directors at Shahid Beheshti University (Pardis Campus)
2017 - 2018 / Advisor to Shahid Beheshti University Chancellor (Pardis Campus) in LCSBU (Language Center of Shahid Beheshti University) Affairs
2017 - present / Founder & Manager of Dr. Mehrdad Language Clinic
2011 - 2014 / PhD Research Assistant to (Dr. Sasan Baleghizedeh)
2009 - 2013 / Contributor to The Grammar Exchange (associated with Longman Pearson)
2008 - 2010 / Educational Manager at Kakh Simin Language School
2004 - 2009 / Translator at FIMA Educational and Research Center

Editing and Reviewing Services

2024 - present / Editorial Board Member of Practical & Pedagogical Issues in English Education
2024 - present / Review Editor of Frontiers
2024 - present / Reviewer of Forum for Linguistic Studies
2024 / Reviewer of Association for Computational Linguistics - 19th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications
2023 / Reviewer of American Educational Research Association - 2024 Annual Meeting
2022 - present / Reviewer of The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (Athabasca University)
2022 - present / Editorial Board Member of Journal of Modern Educational Research
2022 / Sub-Reviewer of 35th Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference
2022 & 2023 / Reviewer, 2nd & 3rd Annual Conference for Graduate Students in Language, Communication, and Culture (University of Alberta)
2021 - 2023 / Reviewer of Eureka Journal (a student science journal at the University of Alberta)
2021 - present / Reviewer of Language Teaching Research (SAGE Journals)
2020 - present / Reviewer of System (Elsevier)
2017 - present / Reviewer of Cogent Arts & Humanities (Taylor & Francis)
2015 - present / Reviewer of TESOL Quarterly
2010 - 2016 / Editor-in-Chief of Threshold

Other Certifications

2023 / Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) Test: Witting: 12/12, Speaking 11/12, Reading: 11/12, Listening: 11/12
2020 / Python for Data Science and AI (5 weeks - online) by IBM
2020 / Neurolinguistics (7 weeks -В online) by Saint Petersburg State University
2020 / R Programming (4 weeks - online) by Johns Hopkins University
2020 / The Bilingual Brain (8 weeks - online) by University of Houston
2018 / Statistical Analysis with R (8 hours) by Department of Statistics at Shahid Beheshti University
2010 / SPSS (30 hours) (100 out of 100) by Jahade Daneshgahi at Shahid Beheshti University
2006 / Persian Editing (290 hours) (90.5 out of 100) by Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization

Distinctions and Honors

Entrance Scholarship, Awarded by the University of Alberta, the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (2021)
PhD Sabbatical Full Grant Awarded by Iran's Ministry of Science and Research (2015)
Iran's Distinguished Student Award (a national award granted yearly by the Ministry of Science and Research of Iran) (2015)
Distinguished MA Graduate of the Faculty of Human Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran (2011)
3 National and 3 University Awards as the Editor-in-Chief of Threshold (2013 - 2016)

Publications

Authored Books

Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., Shahhosseini, K., & Vaezi, K. (2017). 504 words tests. Tehran: Jungle Publications.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2014). Comparing teachers' views on grammar with those of their students. SaarbrГјcken: Lambert Academic Publishing.
Yousefpoori Naeim, M. & Jazayeri, M. (2012). 43 word stories. Tehran: Rahnama Press.

Translated Books

Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. & Hemmatyar, N. (2017). Village wooing [Khastegari dar dehkadeh]. Tehran: Hermes.

Copy-Edited Books (in English)

Fatemi Jahromi, S. A. & Babapour, S. (2014). A translation of selected tales from the Shahnameh in prose and verse. San Diego: Montezuma Publishing.
Noorani, A. (2013). Tehran magician: A bilingual play. Tehran: Bamdade No.

Edited Books

Anani Sarab, M. R., Azimi, H., Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., Javidanmehr, Z., & Derakhshesh, A. (Eds.) (2012). The 10th international TELLSI conference: Bridging the gap between research, policy and practice: Book of abstracts. Tehran: Shahid Beheshti University.
Anani Sarab, M. R., Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., Saharkhiz, A., Gordany, Y., Nasrollahi, N., & Abolghasem, M. (Eds.) (2012). TELLSI 10 conference proceedings. Tehran: Shahid Beheshti University.

Papers and Chapters

Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., He, S., Cui, Y., & Cutumisu, M. (2024). Predicting teachers’ research reading: A machine learning approach. International Review of Education, 70(3), 1-20.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., Zargari, S., & Hatami, Z. (2024). Using machine learning to predict item difficulty and response time in medical tests. In E. Kochmar, M. Bexte, J. Burstein, A. Horbach, R. Laarmann-Quante, A. Tack, V. Yaneva, & Z. Yuan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th workshop on innovative use of NLP for building educational applications (BEA 2024) (pp. 551–560). Association for Computational Linguistics.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., Bulut, O., & Tan, B. (2023). Predicting reading comprehension performance based on student characteristics and item properties. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 79, 1-8.
He, S., Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., Cui, Y., & Cutumisu, M. (under review). Using machine Learning to identify predictors contributing to the college enrollment of high school students with lower socioeconomic status.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. & Vaez, K. (under review). High school students' sense of relatedness and academic motivation: Lessons from the pandemic.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2023). A review of Duolingo Stories. International Journal on Innovations in Online Education, 7(2), 1-7.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. & Baleghizadeh, S. (2018). Towards finding a difficulty index for English grammatical terminology. Terminology, 24(2), 236-261.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., Zhang, L. J., & Baleghizadeh, S. (2018). Resolving the terminological mishmash in teaching link words in EFL writing. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, 41(3), 321-337.
Baleghizadeh, S., Goldouz, E., & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2016). What grammar activities do ELT workbooks focus on? In Brian Tomlinson (Ed.), SLA research and materials development for language learning (pp. 153-165). New York: Routledge.
Wilson, A. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2016). Developing English literacy teaching in New Zealand secondary schools. Roshd FLT, 30(2), 47-54.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2014). Performance-based assessment: What we should know about it. Roshd FLT, 29 (2), 39-47.
Davoodi, S. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2014). The use of grammatical terminology in foreign language classrooms: A qualitative study of teacher cognition and practice. Threshold, 7(2), 95-115.
Baleghizadeh, S. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2013). Surveying metalanguage through three EFL textbooks. E-International Journal of Educational Research, 4, 27-40.
Anani Sarab, M. R. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2013). Comparing teachers' views on the role of grammar and error correction in language teaching with those of their students. In Baleghizadeh, S. & Zahedi, K. (Eds.), The handbook of current research on teaching language skills (pp. 223-241). Tehran: Shahid Beheshti University
Baleghizadeh, S. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2011). Enhancing vocabulary retention through semantic mapping: A single-subject study. International Journal of Language Society and Culture, 32, 11-16.
Baleghizadeh, S. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2011). Promoting vocabulary retention through etymology presentation. Journal of Theory and Practice in Education, 7(1), 111-123.
Baleghizadeh, S. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2010). Learning vocabulary through etymology: A practical lesson. MATSDA Folio, 14, 2.
Nojoumian, A. A. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2009). Teaching literature for the sake of grammar. ILI Language Teaching Journal, 5, 55-66.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2009). Present simple, present continuous, past simple, and present perfect: A review for language teachers. Threshold, 2&3, 97-106.

Presentations, Seminars, and Workshops

Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2024, June). (Social) network analysis and its applications in analyzing government data. Project presented in person and virtually at Government of Alberta Data Analysts Network Event, Edmonton, Canada.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., He, S., Cui, Y., & Cutumisu, M. (2023, May). Using machine learning to predict teacher research reading. Paper presented virtually at 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Chicago, the US.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. & Vaez, K. (2023, May). Students' sense of relatedness during and after the pandemic and its relationship with academic motivation. Paper presented virtually at 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Chicago, the US.
He, S., Yousefpoori-Naeim, M., Cui, Y., & Cutumisu, M. (2023, May). Using machine learning to identify predictors contributing to the college enrollment of high school students with lower socioeconomic status. Paper presented virtually at 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Chicago, the US.
Vaezi, K., & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2022, November). High school students' sense of relatedness during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with academic motivation. Research presented at the Alberta Research Network (ARN) Meeting, Alberta Education, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2021, September). Education policy implementation: The case of Wales. Webinar presented at the Alberta Education Research Committee (AERC) Meeting, Alberta Education, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. & Zhang, L. J. (2015, December). Teaching clauses in ESL/EFL writing: A terminological approach.Paper presented at Sharif English Language Teaching (SELT) Conference, Tehran, Iran.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2015, June). A search for a difficulty index for English grammatical terminology. Seminar presented in the Faculty of Education, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. & Shahhosseini, K. (2015, February). An introduction to a language learning app: 504 Words EXAM. Seminar presented in the Faculty of Human Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2013, May). The importance of punctuation in the translation of academic texts from Persian to English. Workshop presented at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Davoodi, I. & Yousefpoori-Naeim, M. (2012, October). Working memory and verbal fluency in monolinguals and bilinguals. Paper presented at the 10th International TELLSI Conference, Tehran, Iran.

Developed Products

504 Words EXAM (language learning application - Android)