Imad Khan

Fulbright alumnus and Pashto linguist with 10+ years of experience spanning higher education, language assessment, and curriculum development at institutions including LUMS, the University of Pennsylvania, NUML, and Islamia College University. Currently expanding into computational linguistics, natural language processing (NLP), large language model (LLM) evaluation, and AI for low-resource languages, with a specific focus on Pashto orthography, corpus linguistics, and language standardization.

Pashto Language Instructor & Pedagogy Coordinator at LUMS (2020-01 – Present)

• Teach undergraduate Pashto using proficiency-based instructional methods.
• Coordinate pedagogy across language programs, aligning instructional approach with proficiency standards.
• Develop curriculum and organize academic events for the language program.

Pashto Instructor at University of Wisconsin (SASLI) (2021-06 – 2021-08)

Delivered intensive Pashto language instruction in a nationally recognized summer language institute.

Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at University of Pennsylvania (2011-01 – 2012-12)

• Supported university-level Pashto instruction under the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program.
• Prepared instructional materials and assessed learner proficiency.

Lecturer & Department Coordinator at NUML (2014-01 – 2018-12)

• Taught English and coordinated academic activities within the department.
• Implemented communicative language teaching (CLT) practices in course design and delivery.

Lecturer at Islamia College University (2018-01 – 2019-12)

Taught Pashto and English using learner-centered pedagogical approaches.

MS in Linguistics

MA in English Literature & Linguistics – National University of Modern Languages (NUML)

Graduate Studies (Non-Degree) in Fulbright FLTA Program – University of Pennsylvania