Dr. Benjamin Hoffiz
Associate Professor of Composition/Expository Writing
Dr. Benjamin Hoffiz is a professor, research and curriculum program developer. He joined the American University in Iraq – Baghdad in the Fall of 2020, thereby being one of its original faculty members. From an initial undergraduate enrollment falling short of one score, he has witnessed its exponential growth hands-on. His academic training covers the following disciplines:
Teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, Linguistics & Sociolinguistics, and Arab and Islamic History. For all these areas, he has developed and introduced student-centered, communicative curricula, accompanied by the establishment of sound evaluation criteria, test materials, and detailed lesson plans.
At the college-level, Dr. Hoffiz has previously taught on three continents in several countries: 1.The USA, 2.Saudi Arabia, 3.Japan, 4.Germany and 5.Iraq. Courses he instructs include college writing, language instruction (AFL, EFL | ESL), global history, global studies, translation, linguistics, English and world literature, internships and related areas. Moreover, he has taught for both the US and Saudi Arabian military.
He was granted the AB and AM are from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, whereas he earned the Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in MENAS, Minor Linguistics. He has also studied at the American University in Cairo (Arabic language), as well as Temple University Japan in Tokyo (Japanese language). Regarding academic publications and research, he has authored a textbook for Arabic instruction, a textbook for expository and academic writing, an Arabic-English lexicon, and several other academic research publications. Most recently, (in October 2025), Dr. Hoffiz presented an academic paper, and served as a reporter at an academic workshop at the Eleventh Conference for Arabic conducted in Dubai, UAE.
It is worth mentioning here that Dr. Hoffiz has been an academic advisor for Majors in Literature, served on an academic disciplinary committee, the AUIB Press and as a club sponsor.