Shaimaa El Sherif is an instructor at the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at The American University in Cairo (AUC). El Sherif first joined AUC in 2015 as an instructor in the Professional Educator Diploma (PED) program at the Department of Educational Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences. In this teaching position, she assists educators in acquiring knowledge on a variety of topics related to learning theories, updated instructional concepts and best practices, and employing reflective and experiential pedagogic approaches in teaching and learning. In 2019, she became the academic coordinator of the Teaching Early Years Learners track in the same diploma program, where she participates in providing professional development sessions for the diploma instructors, and developing course descriptions, learning objectives and syllabus outlines.

She is currently doing her PhD in Educational Research in Higher Education at Lancaster University. She also studied a Post-graduate Diploma in curriculum design and development from UNESCO. EL Sherif has attended and presented at several national and international conferences. Her research interests include Global Citizenship Education (GCE), Civil Society, Transformational Learning and Teaching, and enhancing students’ 21st Century Skills, in addition to Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development.