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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English language and Applied Linguistics in Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan. I have a long and distinguished academic career as an English language teacher and researcher. My research deals primarily with computer-mediated communication, distance education, online teaching, intercultural communication, English as a lingua franca, and second language acquisition. Other research expertise includes epistemological and methodological issues in applied linguistics research. I am an editorial board member of several leading international journals and serves as an external examiner and research supervisor at a number of universities in Pakistan and abroad. I have delivered invited lectures in many national and international conferences. I am also an internationally published poet.