Alshahrani holds a PhD in teaching English to speakers of other languages from the university of Leicester and works as an assistant professor at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman university (PNU). Her PhD thesis is on learners’ engagement with written corrective feedback and their L2 writing improvement, in which she discussed the cognitive, affective, and social factors that contribute to the changes in writing in a second language. Dr. Alshahrani holds two masters in TESOL and applied linguistics from Canberra University, Australia and Birkbeck College, London, UK. She holds a bachelor’s in education from the school of education, PNU, Riyadh. Nadia has obtained many awards in her studies. Her research interests vary from teaching and learning a second language, language use, educational leadership, quality assurance in education, and language and identity. For the last two years, Nadia has been working as the head of the institutional excellence department at the PNU. Her job includes maintaining and improving the status of the PNU as a recognized higher education institute that delivers top quality services to the intended customers. In addition, Nadia is has participated in national and international committees that targeted quality assurance and curriculum designs.
Nadia worked as a consultant in strategic planning for the vice-rectorship of quality and development at the PNU. She was also the project manager for the strategic plan for the community college at the PNU, which enhanced her first-hand experience of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and objectives delivery.