Dr. Mehdi Riazi's Bio

Dr. Mehdi Riazi obtained his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Toronto. He has supervised 50 master’s and 22 doctoral theses to completion. He has been the chief investigator for three research projects on test validation funded by IELTS, Pearson, and Educational Testing Service (the writing section of the TOEFL-iBT). 

He is the author of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Research Methods (Routledge, 2016) and Mixed Methods Research (Equinox, 2017), and more. His academic works have been cited 4,397 times by other researchers. He has an h-index of 33 and an ih-index of 63 according to Google Scholar.

Research Interests

• Advanced Academic Writing and Knowledge Production
• Research Methodology
• Program Evaluation
• Text Analysis
• Issues Related to Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Experience

1. 2016 - 2020; Full Professor/Department of Linguistics, College of Humanities/Macquarie University
2. 2009 - 2015; Associate Professor/Department of Linguistics, College of Humanities/Macquarie University
3. 2009 - 2012; Director of Higher Degree Research/Department of Linguistics, College of Humanities/Macquarie University
4. 2003 - 2008; Associate Professor/Dean of the college of humanities, Shiraz University
5. 1998 - 2002; Director of research & member of strategic planning, Shiraz University
6. 1995 - 2002; Assistant professor/Foreign Languages, College of Humanities/Shiraz University
7. 1986 - 1991; English language instructor/Foreign Languages, College of Humanities/Shiraz University

Education

1. 1995; PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2. 1989; Masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
3. 1985; BA in English Language & Literature, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

A Selection of Dr. Mehdi Riazi's Publications