Dr. Fahad did research and taught graduate and undergraduate level courses in ESL, second-language acquisition, TESOL teacher education, TESOL methods, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, and graduate writing. Ahmed has a strong record of community service in TESOL. He serves on the Ohio TESOL Board of Directors as the higher education interest section representative. He is a recipient of the Outstanding International Graduate Student Award and the Holmes Scholar Program Award. Dr. Fahad received a BA in EFL from Thi-Qar University, Iraq, an MA in applied linguistics from Baghdad University, Iraq, an MEd in TESOL, as well as a doctorate in literacy and second language studies from the University of Cincinnati.