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First, let me tell you about myself! I am Professor Kamal Belmihoub. I am originally from Algeria. I speak Kabyle, Arabic, French, and English. I am learning German. I have been in the USA for 12 years. I came in 2008 as an international student and studied in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana until I obtained a PhD in Applied Linguistics. I have been at Baruch for three years and I taught writing for ten years. I am passionate about education and creating a better society through education. I am proud to be at Baruch because I get to work with diverse students with so much rich cultural knowledge and I contribute to their upward socioeconomic mobility. I believe in the power of writing as a means to acquire new knowledge and express precise ideas that can change the world. I am working on a project to improve the research, teaching, learning, and administration of writing in my home country of Algeria. I then hope to create exchanges between Algerian universities and CUNY faculty and students. I see writing as more than just 'words on paper' but a means to compose complex messages that may include images, video, audio, tables, graphs, etc. I think of writing, not as good or bad, but a process that over time results inevitably in great writing. Writing is only as good as the purpose it achieves with a particular situation in a given context.  In my free time I enjoy soccer, yoga, cooking, hiking, swimming, and biking. I dream about ways to foster educational exchange between Algeria and the US. I look forward to learning about you and working with you! Do you have any questions for me?
My girlfriend, Alisa, and I in the city of Lexington in Kentucky.
What is your name? How would you like to be called?
Where are you from? What languages do you know? Where are your parents/grandparents from? Where did you all live? Where do you hope to live and work in the future?
Tell me more about yourself. Do you live with your parents and/or siblings, with a spouse and/or siblings, or alone? If you have a job, what is it? What is your work schedule?
What classes are you taking? Which ones do you like and which ones you're not too excited about? Why? What is is your major and what is your dream job? Would you like to work for a non-profit, a private company, a local or federal government, or something entrepreneurial?
Do you expect to miss more than four synchronous classes this semester? If yes, why? Do you have all the resources you need to take your classes fully online? Do you have any restrictions, like sharing devices with family members? Do you share technology devices with anyone else you live with for example? Are you in a different time zone? Is there any reason you may not be able to turn on video for class days?
Do you know how to use Google Drive (including Google Documents), Zoom, and Blackboard? Are you comfortable navigating a typical WordPress website or do you need accommodation? Would you like me to schedule a special meeting to walk you through how to use any of the 4 platforms I just mentioned?
What is your experience with writing? What kind of writing do you like and don't like to do? What did you learn about writing in high school? What do you expect to use writing for in the future at Baruch and beyond? What do you consider to be your strengths and weaknesses? How could I best help you meet your writing needs?
List all the things you like to do in your free time? What hobbies do you have that you really enjoy doing? How did your get into them?  Have you ever used the investing app Robinhood to invest for fun for example? What is your sport, show, movie, or book?
Do you have personal stories and/or aspirations that would motivate you to gain financial literacy about creating wealth through investing? If you do, would you be interested in conducting research for and writing about an Investopedia investment simulation game for your research-based writing project this semester?
What is your phone number (optional? What is your Gmail address (if not, create one)? What is your Baruch Email?
Do you have any questions? Please write them here, and write anything else you want me to know to make this class an excellent experience for you and to help you turn writing into something relevant, useful, important, and fun in your life.
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