Rashad Ahmed is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Miami University, Ohio. He completed his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at the University of Memphis, where he also earned a Graduate Certificate in TESL/ TEFL. He attained his master’s degree in Applied Linguistics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has been granted several awards, fellowships, and scholarships, which included his Fulbright scholarship 2013 to 2017, the Applied Linguistics Concentration Award and a Summer Doctoral Fellowship from the University of Memphis. His research interests involve: Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Language Assessment, Digital Literacy, TESOL Methods, Sociolinguistics, and First-year Composition.