Jillian Pandor
Chair of Liberal Arts Department, and Assistant Professor of English and Spanish
Jillian Pandor
Chair of Liberal Arts Department, and Assistant Professor of English and Spanish
Education
Ph.D. and M.A. in Teaching English and Spanish as Second and Foreign Languages from the University of Alicante (Spain); B.S. in World Languages Education and a B.A. in Applied Spanish from the Pennsylvania State University.
Bio
Dr. Jillian Pandor holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Teaching English and Spanish as Second and Foreign Languages from the University of Alicante (Spain) as well as a B.S. in World Languages Education (Spanish and ESL) and a B.A. in Applied Spanish from the Pennsylvania State University.
She boasts over 15 years of experience in education across the U.S., Spain, and the Middle East, working within a variety of educational contexts and cultures. She currently holds the position of Chair of the Department of Liberal Arts and Assistant Professor of English and Spanish at Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai and teaches Beginning Spanish I and II. Prior to joining RIT-Dubai in 2020, she worked as Academic Director at Curtin University Dubai and taught undergraduate courses pertaining to academic literacy, research and writing skills, as well as postgraduate courses in international education, second language teaching and research methods within Murdoch University Dubai's Master of Education program.
Dr. Pandor holds an active role as Chair of the Dubai British School Mira School Advisory Board and is also an active member of the GEMS Wellington Academy (Dubai Silicon Oasis) Local Advisory Board, currently serving on their curriculum committee and chairing their teaching and learning committee. She is an advocate of excellence in education and in closing the gap between K-12 and higher education.
Her research interests include pedagogical approaches to language learning (in K-12 and Higher Ed), academic literacy in Higher Ed and academic culture shock (international student integration into new academic contexts/cultures) and study abroad within the higher education space.
Select Scholarship
Journal Articles
- Pandor, J., Strawbridge, T. and Muñoz-Basols, J. (2025). Linguistic and Cultural Immersion of American Students in Spanish Universities: Implications for Higher Education and Study Abroad Programs. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12823
- Pandor, J. (2024). Español académico como LE/L2 destrezas, competencias y movilidad universitaria. [Review of the book Español académico como LE/L2 destrezas, competencias y movilidad universitaria, by S. Pastor Cesteros]. Revista Íberica. https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-2784.47.336
- Razem, R. and Pandor J. (2023). The Motivational Orientations of Undergraduate Students to Learn Arabic in a Dubai Private University. Journal of Language Teaching and Research 14(1), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1401.11
- Langdon, A. and Pandor, J.M. (2020). An investigation of scaffolding strategies to support structured inquiry language teaching to novice learners in a primary school setting. Language Value, 1-22.
- Pandor, J. (2018). Alfabetización académica: un camino hacia la inclusión en el nivel superior [Review of the book Alfabetización académica: un camino hacia la inclusión en el nivel superior, by L. Natale & D. Stagnaro]. Journal of Spanish Language Teaching 5(2), 183-184. doi: 10.1080/23247797.2018.1505337
- Pastor Cesteros, S. & Pandor, J. (2017). El choque cultural académico del alumnado estadounidense en la universidad española. Revista de Lingüística Teórica y Aplicada 55(2), 13-38. doi: 10.4067/S0718-48832017000200013
Other Publications
- Pandor, J. (2017). Integración académica del alumnado estadounidense en la universidad española: el choque lingüístico y cultural. Reposotorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante (RUA). Retrieved from: http://rua.ua.es/dspace/handle/10045/71176
- López, E., et al. (2016). Español académico e inmersión universitaria del alumnado extranjero de la Universidad de Alicante. In Álvarez Teruel, José Daniel; Grau Company, Salvador y M. Teresa Tortosa Ybáñez (Coords.), Innovaciones metodológicas en docencia universitaria: resultados de investigación (pp. 1745-1757). Universidad de Alicante, Vicerrectorado de Estudios, Formación y Calidad, Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación (ICE). (ISBN: 978-84-608-4181-4). (Please note: surname is listed as maiden name, “Prevost”)
- Barrajón López, et al. (2015). Guía Académica para Estudiantes Internacionales. Departamento de Filología Española, Lingüística General y Teoría de la Literatura de la Universidad de Alicante. Retrieved from: https://dfelg.ua.es/es/documentos/noticias/ano-2015/guia-acedemica-para-... (Please note: surname is listed as maiden name, “Prevost”)
Conference Presentations
- 2023 – Sharjah International Summit on Improvement in Education (UAE) - Peer Review of Educational Practice (PREP): Current trends in research and practical applications to the K-12 context
- 2021 – BATA Inaugural International Conference - The Motivational Orientations of University Students to Learn Arabic Language: A Case Study in a Private University in Dubai
- 2017 - ASELE’s XXVIII International Conference (Spain) - Integración acadé