Wael El-Sokkary earned his MA in instructional systems development (ISD), with a concentration on the design, development and assessment of bilingual education programs, from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in Maryland, USA, in 2003. He received K-12 certification from the State of Maryland in the same year. His undergraduate degree was also in education, majoring in English literature and linguistics from Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 1992. Wael El-Sokkary taught English and educational methodology at UMBC and later moved to Prince George’s County Public Schools. He relocated from the USA to the UAE in 2006, to join the Petroleum Institute as an English lecturer. The Petroleum Institute became part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology in 2017. His research interests include engineering education and applied linguistics.
