Dr. Amina Ibrahim-Ali
Instructor, Academic Literacies Programme (ALP)
Ground Floor
Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the West Indies,
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: 868-662-2002 Ext. 82588
Email: Amina.Ibrahim-Ali@sta.uwi.edu
Dr Amina Ibrahim-Ali teaches in the Academic Literacies Programme within the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (DMLL) at UWI St. Augustine and contributes to the DMLL’s MA TESOL programme and to the Faculty of Humanities and Education’s Certificate in Humanities. Her work spans academic and creative writing, including children’s literature, journal and newspaper articles, and two co-authored academic book chapters. Dr Amina Ibrahim-Ali’s research is driven by a commitment to addressing real-world challenges in education and community development.
Dr Ibrahim-Ali has over 17 years of experience as a coordinator, assistant lecturer, and instructor of English as a Second Language (ESL) in the former Department of Liberal Arts and at the Centre for Language Learning (CLL) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus. She played a pivotal role in establishing the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test centre at the CLL and served as its administrator until 2019.
Qualification
- PhD Linguistics, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine
- Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine
- BA Spanish, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine
- Diploma in Writing for Children and Teenagers, Institute of Children’s Literature, Redding Ridge, Connecticut, USA
Research Interests
- Language Pedagogy
- Curriculum Design
- Teacher Training
- Human Rights
Featured Work
- Ibrahim-Ali, Amina, and Rómulo Guédez. “Trinidad English Creole in the Study-Abroad Setting: Reconceptualising ESL in the Post-Pandemic Era.” Caribbean Teaching Scholar, 8 (2025), 23–40.
- Ibrahim-Ali, Amina, and Nura Amina Ali. “Escape to Safety: Seeking Shelter from Domestic Violence—The Case of Madinah House (1999–2019).” In Domestic Violence in the Anglophone Caribbean, edited by Ann Marie Bissessar and Camille Huggins. Palgrave Macmill
- Ibrahim-Ali, Amina, and Rómulo Guédez. “Monitoring Lesson-Planning Dynamics in Pre-Service Teacher Teams: A Retrospective Study.” Caribbean Curriculum, 28 (2021), 64–96.
- Ibrahim-Ali, Amina. “Defying Established Practice in the EFL Classroom: The Development of a Theoretical Framework for Teaching and Testing Periphrastic Verbs.” Caribbean Teaching Scholar, 5.2 (2015), 95–110.
- Neva, Carolina, María Landa, Beverly-Anne Carter and Amina Ibrahim-Ali. “Telecollaboration in Spanish as a Foreign Language Learning in Trinidad.” Íkala, Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 15.24 (2010), 75–102.
- Williams, Stella, Beverly-Anne Carter, Amina Ibrahim-Ali, and Glenda Leung. “Trinidadian Patients and Their Cuban Doctors: More Than Meets the Eye and Ear.” In The Patient: Global Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by K.R. Myers. Interdisciplinary Pre
