Name:	Kinda Al-Fityani
Education:	University of California- San Diego      ABD, Department of Communication             Advanced to Candidacy: March 2007     Expected Graduation: June 2009  Illinois State University, Normal, IL     Masters of Science in Communication    Graduated August 2003             - Thesis entitled “Co-Cultural Communicative Practices of Deaf People ... vis- à-vis Hearing People,” Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award  Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.     Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts & Deaf Studies             Graduated May 2001             - University Honors & Summa Cum Laude
Work Experience:	Department of Communication, University of California - San Diego             Research Assistant             Summer 2007, Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Spring 2004             - Assisteing Professor Carol Padden with her study of a Bedioun sign language in Israel.             Graduate Teaching Assistant             - Methods of Media Production (COGN 21) Spring 2007             - Methods of Media Production Lab (COGN 22) Winter 2007             - Voice: Deaf People in America (COHI 124) Fall 2006             - Introduction to Communication and the Person (CAP 100) Winter 2006             - Introduction to Communication and Culture (COCU 100) Winter 2005             - Introduction to Communication (COGN 20) Fall 2004  Department of Communication, Illinois State University             Graduate Teaching Assistant             Fall 2001- Spring 2003             - Language and Communication(COM 110)
Publications:	Al-Fityani, K. (March 2007). Arab sign languages: A lexical comparison. CRL Technical Report, 19. Available: http://crl.ucsd.edu/newsletter/19-1/TechReports/19-1.pdf    Al-Fityani, K. & Padden, C. (submitted paper). A lexical comparison of sign languages in the Arab world. Electronic proceedings of the 9th conference of Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research. Florianopolis, Brazil.
Awards:	Sanford I. Berman Chair travel grant to attend Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference in Florianopolis 2006    Tec Kidane-Mariam Scholarship from the Friends of the International Center, 2005   NSF travel grant to attend Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference in Barcelona 2004    Graduate fellowship (tuition & fees) with stipend 2003-2004    C. B. Congdon Scholarship 2000-2001    The Alice M. Teegarden Memorial Award 2001, 2000    Phi Alpha Pi Honorary Society Award 2000    Joseph L. Mattivi Internship Stipend Award 2000    Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Writing Award in American History 2000    International Deaf Education and Advancement Fund (I-DEAF)  Scholarship:1998-2000    President’s Scholar, Dean’s List and Summa Cum Laude: Fall 1997 through Spring 2001    First-Year Student Award 1997-1998
Activities:	Graduate Representative to the Graduate Affairs Committee Fall 2004-Spring 2006    Workshop Instructor for Sign Language & Its Culture (LIGN 7) Fall 2005    Experimental film The Sound of Captions screened at Ladyfest Film Festival Summer 2005    President of Gallaudet University’s chapter of Lambda Pi Eta Communication Studies Honor Society- August 2000- May 2001
Relevant Skills :	Native/near-native competence in American Sign Language, Arabic and English