Dr Lamia Nemouchi

I joined the education team at DMU in November 2022 after I finished my PhD from, the School of Education at Durham University. My PhD project was on the use of literature in intercultural education and communication in Algerian universities. While doing my PhD I was also teaching on the MA in intercultural Communication and Education and the BA in Education at Durham university.

Prior to my PhD, I did my BA and MA in Constantine, Algeria, then spent one year studying at Canterbury Christ Church University to develop my linguistic and research skills. During this period, I had the opportunity to meet with key scholars in the field of intercultural education and communication who inspired me to develop interest in and do my PhD in this area.

My PhD experience has given insights into epistemologies of intercultural education from different perspectives (Global North and South) by researching multilingually using English, French and Arabic to understand education values in different countries and cultures. This has become an area I’m passionate about and has encouraged me to broaden my perspective and consider developing an interdisciplinary expert knowledge profile.

I currently teach and supervise students on the BA Education Studies, the MA Education Practice and Doctoral College and welcome expressions of interest for PhD supervisions in the areas outlined below.

Institute for Research in Criminology and Community and Social Justice

• Nemouchi, L. and Byram, M. (in press) Intercultural Competence. In Fäcke, C. , Gao, A. Garrett-Rucks, P. and Meissner, F. (Eds.) Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning. Oxford: Blackwell-Wiley.
• Veerasamy, Y. S., Nemouchi, L. and Hammadi, H. (2024) Intercultural Competence at the Intersection of Euro American and Islamic Ways of Knowing: Algeria a Case Study. In Deardorff, D. and Tatebayashi, M. Current Perspectives on Intercultural and Global Competence. Star Scholars Press.
• Holmes, P. & Nemouchi, L. (2023). The (inter)cultural turn in foreign language teaching. In N. Patchler and A Redondo (eds.), Practical guide: Teaching foreign languages in the secondary school (3rd ed). Routledge.
• Nemouchi, L. & Holmes, P. (2022). Multilingual researching, translanguaging, and credibility in qualitative research: A reflexive account. In P. Holmes, J. Reynolds, and S. Ganassin (Eds.). The politics of researching multilingually. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
• Nemouchi, L. and Byram, M. (2019) Developing intercultural competence by teaching literature: Principles and practice from a case-study in two Algerian universities. Langue(s) et Parole 4, 173–202.

Lamia has research expertise in the following areas in which she welcomes expressions of interest for PhD supervision:

• Intercultural communication
• Creative methods, arts and literature in education
• Intercultural competence/dialogue/encounters in foreign language teaching.
• Researching multilingually
• Global citizenship and education
• Comparative Education
• Epistemologies of intercultural education: Global South perspectives.
• Social justice in education

I am currently module leader of Global Comparative Education (L6) and Diversity and Inclusion (L4) and Negotiated Study (Level 7). Other modules I taught include: Language and Culture, TEFL, Intercultural Communication, Contemporary issues in Education, Childhood and Social Justice in Education.

• BA in English Language and Literature
• MA in Language Science and TEFL
• PhD in Education
• CELTA

• TEFL
• Intercultural Communication and Education
• Education Studies
• Education Practice

• 2023-2024. Experience of multilingual students in a monolingual education system: issues of identity and inclusion. With Dr Julie Summers.
• 2023-2024. Experience of Muslim Students in the UK education system: An EDI perspective. Internally funded project through DMU HLS Faculty funding. With Raj Gill, Dr. Ruqy Sakyi-Nyarko, Dr. Rachel Higdon and Yusra Maryam.

Other collaborations include:

• 2022-2023. Building Epistemologically Just UK-Cuban Collaboration. The Situated Meanings Of Second-chance Education. Internally funded Peace and Social Justice project. By Dr. Rosi Smith with Talitha Bird, Lamia Nemouchi and the University of Holguín, Cuba.
• 2022-2023. Co-creating A Diverse, Student-led Curriculum In The Context Of Block Teaching. Internally funded 'Academic Innovation Project' linking students, academics and library services to co-create content for our new second-year module in Inclusion and Diversity foregrounding topics prioritised by diverse students. By Dr. Rosi Smith With Dr Lamia Nemouchi, Professor Sarah Younie, Dr Blessing Marandure, Leanne Herbert, Dr Meredith Wilkinson, Jennifer Wilkinson, Yusraa Maryam, Gillian Page, Hadassah Andrews, Jess McGowan and Roze Arbaciauskaite.

• Nemouchi, L. Oliveira, G. and Gill, R. (September 2024) Exploring lived experience with wooden treasures. At Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Students' Engagement (Raise) Conference, Leicester , UK.
• Nemouchi, L. and Summers, J. (September 2024) Using creative Research Methods to understand the experiences of multilingual students within a monolingual educational system: Researchers’ reflections. At International Creative Research Methods Conference (ICRMC), Manchester, UK.
• Nemouchi, L. (May 2024) Literature for social justice and inclusion: Students’ learning and experience. At Reading For in-depth English Learning (RidEL) Conference, Bodo, Norway.
• Smith, R., Nemouchi, L., Wilkinson Hing, J., Marandure, B., Wilkinson, M., Andrews, H., Herbert, L. Maryam, Y. Curriculum co-creation as a decolonising tool: Reflections from student and staff co-creators. Presented at both DMU Teaching and Learning Conference 2024 and at Reimagining HE Decolonising Conference 2024.
• Nemouchi, L. (April 2023) Epistemologies of Intercultural Education: Global South Perspective. At Cultnet Meeting, Durham, UK.
• Nemouchi, L. (April 2022) From intercultural competence to citizenship education for social inclusion and justice. At World Council Meeting, USA.
• Nemouchi, L. (March 2022) Arts in education for active citizenship, inclusion and social justice: an action research case study. At Creative Approaches to Democracy Education Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Nemouchi, L. (2019) Students’ responses to intercultural encounters in literary texts. International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) Conference – Valencia, Spain. 

Raj Gill: ‘Exploring British South-Asian Women Academics Experiences in Higher Education. 3rd year part-time. 2nd supervisor with Professor Sarah Younie, Dr Blessing Marandure.

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