Hadi Banat
Biography
Hadi Banat is an assistant professor of English and the Director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program at UMass Boston. He also serves on the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) steering committee at UMass Boston. He is a co-PI of the Corpus and Repository of Writing Project (CROW: writecrow.org) and the Transculturation Pedagogical Research Group (writeic.org).
Area of Expertise
He studies multilingual writing, intercultural competence development and assessment, infrastructure development in collaborative research teams, and writing program administration.
Degrees
- PhD in English with a dual concentration in Rhetoric & Composition and Second Language Studies, Purdue University, 2020
- MA in English, American University of Beirut, 2007
Professional Publications & Contributions
Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters since starting at UMB
Sims, R., Tran, P., Banat, H., Panahi, P., & Dilger, B. (2025). Capturing nonlinear intercultural development via student reflective writing. Written Communication, 42(2), 371-404.
Messier, D., & Banat, H. (2025). Writing confidence: tutoring, identity, and race—A mixed- methods approach. Writing Center Journal, 43(1), 31-63. 9414.2045
Banat, H., Palese, E., Gill, H.M., Staples, S., & Dilger, B. (2023). Designing digital repositories: User centered design thinking and sustainable professional development. Composition Studies, 50(1), 44-64.
Panahi, P., Banat, H., Sims, R., Tran, P., & Dilger, B. (2022). Transnational curriculum design for intercultural learning in writing programs. In C. Donahue & B. Horner (Eds.), Teaching and Studying Transnational Composition (pp. 323-341). Modern Language Association of America.
McMullin, M., Banat, H., Weech, S., & Dilger, B. (2022). Building ethical distributed teams through sustained attention to infrastructure. Communication Design Quarterly, 10(2), 32-43.
Sims, R., Banat, H., Tran, P., Panahi, P., & Dilger, B. (2022). Illuminative evaluation of an intercultural-competence-focused first year writing curriculum. Writing and Pedagogy, 14(1), 103-127.
Banat, H. (2022). Crossing through borderlines of identification and non-identification: Transforming writing center response to faculty outreach. Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 19(1).
Banat, H., Sims, R., Tran, P., Panahi, P., & Dilger, B. (2021). Developing intercultural competence through a linked course model curriculum: Mainstream and L2- specific first-year writing. TESOL Journal, 13(1), 1– 16.
Banat, H. (2021). The status and functions of English in contemporary Lebanon. World Englishes, 40(2), 286-279.
Peer-Reviewed conference proceedings since starting at UMB
Weech, S., Banat, H., McMullin, M., Swatek, A.M., Gupta, A., Dilger, B. (2022). Assessing equity and inclusion in research teams through constructive distributed work. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm). 65-71. 10.1109/ProComm53155.2022.00015.
McMullin, M., Banat, H., Weech, S., & Dilger, B. (2021). Using iterative persona development to support inclusive research and assessment. Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC). Article No. 29, 205-12.
Banat, H., McMullin, M., & Dilger, B. (2020). Initiating and sustaining student professionalization through grant writing. Proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC). Article No. 2, 1–6.
Reviews and other writing since starting at UMB
Banat, H. (2023). Review of the book Feedback in L2 English Writing in the Arab World: Inside the Black Box, by A. M. Ahmed, S. Troudi, & S. Riley (Eds.). Journal of Second Language Writing, 62.
Yaylali, A., Banat, H., & Novikov, A. (2021). Using corpus-based materials to teach English in K-12 settings. TESOL SLW News.
Forthcoming peer reviewed work
Banat, H., & Bowen, L.M. Holistic guided self-placement: An equity-centered approach for assessing multilingual students’ repertoires. Writing Program Administration Journal, 49(2).
Gherwash, G., & Banat, H. (Eds.). On the intersectionality of second language writing research and writing center practice: Facing today’s diverse linguistic landscape, Special issue of The Writing Center Journal, 43(3).
Work currently under review
Banat, H. Efthymiou, A. R., Naydan, L., Sicari, A., & Wright, L. We are all torn: Rhetorics of faith in writing centers and programs. WAC Clearing House.
·Banat, H. Infrastructure in motion: An intersectional approach to ESL program administration. In K.M. Costello & J. Babb (Ed.), Re-defining boundaries: Exploring writing program administration identities. Utah State University Press.
Banat, H., Bowen, L., Carvajal Regidor, M., Davis, M., & Olekesiak,T. The UMass Boston model< as a practice of care. In J. Kitchens & C. Lutkewitte (Eds.), Inclusive hiring and job market practices in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies. National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Research in progress
Sims, R., Banat, H., & Tran. P. Becoming culturally attuned communicators: Navigating difference among global turmoil. Advance book contract signed with Bloomsbury Academic.
Banat, H., Tran, P., Sims, R., Langlois, A., & Norova, N. Writing across borders: Transnational literacy narratives of immigrant multilingual students. Article in progress for College English.
Denny, H., Gherwash, G., & Banat, H. (Eds.). From data to dialogue: How AI is impacting language diversity.Special issue of Íkala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 31(3). Call for proposals issued.
Peer reviewed articles and book chapters prior to UMB
Banat, H. (2018). Floating on quicksand: Negotiating academe while tutoring as a Muslim. In H. Denny, R. Mundy, L.M. Naydan, R. Sévère, & A. Sicari (Eds.), Out in the Center: Public Controversies and Private Struggles (pp. 156-172). Utah State University Press.
Banat, H. (2018). Vignette: Policy makers, assessment practices, and ethical dilution. In T. Ruecker & D. Crusan (Eds.), The Politics of English Second Language Writing Assessment in Global Contexts (pp. 60-66). Routledge.