Senior Program Manager, Graduate Studies in English
Department of English, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kira Assad manages all aspects of the graduate programs in English, including admissions and advising for the doctoral programs in English Education, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Literature, Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies, and various graduate certificates. She coordinates graduate student funding opportunities including Teaching Assistantships, and she collaborates with the Director of Graduate Studies to identify graduate program needs. She also writes and edits articles for Accents on English, the department newsletter.
Kira Assad received her Bachelor of Arts in English (Literature) in spring 2014 and her Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in spring 2018 at ASU. She also plays tenor saxophone and clarinet in a swing band called the Maestros of Swing.