Personal CV
(belghais rowshan / belghis roshan/ belghais roushan)
A: Personal Data
Given Name : Belghis
Surname : Rovshan
Data of Birth : September 17, 1955
Place of Birth : Tehran, Iran
Marital status : Married with three children
Nationality : Iranian
Present position : Assistant professor of Payame Noor University
B : Education
B.A. : English Language and Literature, Allameh Tabatabaee University, 1984
M.A. :General Linguistics, Tehran University, 1989
Ph.D. : General Linguistics, Tehran University, 1998
Academic Experience C:
1984-1995 :
Lecturer of English Language and Literature, English Translation and Linguistics, Tehran University, Allameh Tabatabaee University ( Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages), Shahid Beheshti University and Medical Sciences Universities of Semnan and Tehran .
2000-Present :
Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics, Payame Noor University
( PNU )
2007-2008 :
Visiting Professor, Department of Linguistics, Tehran University .
2009- 2011:
Visiting Professor, Department of Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
2008 :
Founder member of PNUET ( Payame Noor University English Test )
D: Courses Taught
1984-1995 :
Courses in ESP, General Linguistics, Phonetics and Psycholinguistics (B.A and B.S levels); Tehran, Allameh Tabatabaee and Shahid Beheshti Universities, as well as Tehran and Semnan Universities of Medical Sciences.
2000 :
Courses in General Linguistics and Phonetics, (B.A level); Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Rehabilitation .
2000-2008 :
Courses in English translation, English literature, and Linguistics; B.A level, PNU.
2002 – Present :
Courses in General Linguistics ( Semantics, Morphology, Phonetics, Psycholinguistics ) and in Teaching of the Persian Language (Phonetics, Semantics, Verbal Skills ; ) MA level, PNU .
2005- Present :
Courses in General Linguistics (Advanced Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Semantics ), ( Ph.D. level); PNU
2007-2008 :
Courses in Semantics , M.A level; Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Tehran University .
2009-2011 :
Courses in Language and Cognition, and Psycholinguistics ( Ph.D. & M.A levels); Department of Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
E : Publications
a. Books :
1) The Short Story (2010), in collaboration with Hussein Rahmani. PNU, ISBN: 978-964-387-640-1
2) Introduction to Literature (1), in collaboration with Abbas
Saeedipour. PNU ( Pdf available on the site, will soon be published)
b. Articles : 12 Published articles
c. Editorship : Scientific editor of 8 PNU textbooks (B.A & M.A levels):
1) Interpretation 2 (2002), PNU, ISBN: 964-455-877-4
2) General English, (2002), PNU, ISBN: 964-455-920-7
3)Methods of Interpretation 1, (2005), PNU, ISBN : 964-387-0758
4) Principles and Basis of the Curriculum Planning of Teaching Persian 2004), PNU, ISBN: 964- 387-084-7)
5) ESP 1(For History Students) , (2004), PNU, ISBN: 964-387-074-X
6) Developing Reading Proficiency in English 3, (2005), PNU, ISBN: 964-387-143-2
7) English in Library and Information Sciences (1), (2010),PNU, ISBN: 978-964-387-699-9
8) English in Library and Information Sciences (2) (Will soon be published).
F : Administrative Experience
1. Payame Noor University ( PNU )
2000 – Present :
Head of the Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages.
2002- Present :
Member of the Expert Councils of General Linguistics, Teaching Persian Language, and Teaching English Language, M.A level.
2006-Present:
Member of the Expert Councils of General Linguistics and Teaching English, Ph.D. Level.
2002- Present :
Member of the Editorial board of Peyke Noor Journal ( Humanities)
2004- Present :
Member of the Assessment committee of Faculty of Literature and Humanities .
2008- Present :
Member of PNUET Committee
2. Linguistics Society of Iran
2002- Present :
Permanent member
2004- Present :
Legal Inspector
G. Addenda :
. a. Theses : 1) Supervisor of 28 PNU M.A theses, and 2) Advisor of more than 70 PNU M.A theses.
b. Workshop on "How to write a self- study book" in collaboration with two other colleagues ( 2007 ).
c. Judgment of articles:
1. More than 50 Articles of Peyke Noor Journal (Humanities), PNU
2. Four Articles of Language and Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics Society of Iran,
3. Two Articles of the Journal of Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Tehran University
4. Four Articles of the Journal of Ministry of Education and Training
5. Five articles of Audiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Rehabilitation
6. Eight articles of the 23rd Annual Conference of Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), ,(2009), PNU.
d. Performing in Educational films of General Linguistics (2) and Structure of the Persian Language (for B.A students of English Language and Literature, and English translation), Educational Channel, IRIB.