
Bachelor's degree: Kuwait University (2012).
M.Ed.: Texas A&M University (2017).
Ph.D.: Texas A&M University (2020).
Teaching and mentoring; Research and scholarly publishing; University and community service.
Radio scriptwriting; Lectures and professional development courses; Reviewing business magazines, books, and research papers.
Literacy: Reading; Writing; Listening; Speaking; and Viewing.
Arabic and Communication; Issues in Language and Education; Curricula; Foundations of Arabic Instruction; Arabic Instruction; Graduation Project.
Al-Jafar, A. A., & Jouhar, M. R. (2024). Typography and meaning-making in Arabic children’s
literature: The covert communication! Text & Talk: An Interdisciplinary Journal of
Language, Discourse and Communication Studies, 44(3), 293–318.
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Jouhar, M. R. (2023). Factors underlying the quantitative writing development of
students of the Arabic language program in the college of education at Kuwait
university. Journal of Educational & Psychological Studies, 17(3), 344–
358.
https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol17iss3pp344-358
Jouhar, M. R. (2023). Effects of diglossia on the acquisition of underlying reading
processes: Toward pragmatic solutions. International Journal for Research
in Education, 47(1), 200– 229.
http://doi.org/10.36771/ijre.47.1.23-pp200-229
Jouhar, M. R., & Al-Jafar, A. A. (2022). Functional activation of grammar during
oral reading. Journal of Educational & Psychological Sciences, 23(2), 193–
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Jouhar, M. R. (2022). Writing errors of Kuwait university’s college of education
pre-service Arabic teachers. The Educational Journal,
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Jouhar, M. R. & Rupley, W. H. (2021). The reading–writing connection based on independent
reading and writing: A systematic review. Reading & Writing Quarterly: Overcoming
Learning Difficulties, 37(2), 136–156. https://doi.org/10.1080/10573569.2020.1740632
Moody, S., Hu, X., Kuo, L. J., Jouhar, M., Xu, Z., & Lee, S. (2019). Vocabulary instruction: A
critical analysis of theories, research, and practice. In T. Rasinski & W. H. Rupley
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Moody, S., Hu, X., Kuo, L. J., Jouhar, M., Xu, Z., & Lee, S. (2018). Vocabulary instruction: A
critical analysis of theories, research, and practice. Education Sciences, 8(4), 180.
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