Dr. Mohammed Albakry is a professor of English Linguistics at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). He teaches various linguistics and language education courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His research in linguistic studies can be clustered into three main areas: Corpus-based discourse analysis, English for academic purposes, and translation theory and practice. A former Fulbright Scholar, his work has garnered grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the University of Connecticut’s Humanities Institute, and the Hanban Center of Language Education. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles in highly ranked peer-reviewed journals such as World Englishes, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, Language and Literature, and Text & Talk, among other venues. His book publications include Writing Recommendation Letters; Translation and the Intersection of Texts, Contexts, and Politics; Tahrir Tales: Plays from the Egyptian Revolution; and the forthcoming Presentation of Self in Academic Support Genres (Michigan University Press). He has also contributed several chapters to edited volumes focused on translation, sociolinguistics, and corpus linguistics. He has lectured and given invited talks at many US and overseas institutions, including universities in Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Ghana, and China. He has also served on the review boards of international journals and federal grant programs such as the International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, the NEA Translation Projects, and the National Fulbright Scholar Review Committee of TEFL & Applied Linguistics--among other professional and community services. He hosts "OnTranslation," an education podcast covering translation issues from the classical past to the global present. 

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Recent Publications

Presentation of self in academic support genres: Job application statements. (Forthcoming). Michigan University Press: Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Writing recommendation letters: The discourse of evaluation in academic settings. (2024). Michigan University Press: Ann Arbor, Michigan.  

Navigating academic arguments: Teaching reporting verbs in transitional reading courses. (2024). Journal of College Reading and Learning. 

Effect of formulaic sequences on fluency of English learners in standardized speaking tests. (2021). Language Learning & Technology, 25 (2), 26-41. 

Beyond assimilation and othering: Theater translation and the translator’s agency (2020). In Routledge Handbook of Arabic Translation. 

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