Dr Ahmar Mahboob teaches at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney.Ahmar Mahboob was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and received his early training in English literature and linguistics from Karachi University. Ahmar earned his PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2003, with a dissertation on Status of nonnative English speakers as ESL teachers in the United States. Ahmar has worked in the areas of language policy development, pidgin and creole languages, NNEST studies, English language acquisition, English language teaching and teacher education, World Englishes, pragmatics, and issues surrounding minority languages in South Asia. His recent work has focused on Pakistani English and on languages of Pakistan. Ahmar is the Past President of Indiana TESOL and the Past Chair of the NNEST Caucus in TESOL International.
