Courses Taught
LING 1800 Special topics: Sociolinguistics of Arabic
LING 1267 Aspects of Sociolinguistics
LING1930 Applications of Linguistics
LING 1000 Introduction to Linguistics
LING 1900 Linguistic Consulting/Internship (Connecting Linguistics to the Industry & Community)
LING 1520 Introduction to Arabic Linguistics
LING 1263 Cross-Cultural Communication
MEDEDU2240 (Master’s level courses): Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Medical Practice, CETP Master’s Level Program
FM 5485 Cultural Competence Fourth Year Elective
Representative Publications
Schweiberger K, Harris KW, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Soudi A, Arnold RM, Merlin JS, Kasparian NA, Chang JC. “I Just Want You to Hear That Term”: Characterizing Language Used in Fetal Cardiology Consultations. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2023; 10(9):394.
Huang, C., Hill, A., Miller, E., Soudi, A., Flick, D., Buranosky, R., Holland, C. L., Hawker, L., & Chang, J. C. (2023). "Are You Safe at Home?": Clinician's Assessments for Intimate Partner Violence at the Initial Obstetric Visit. Journal of Violence Against Women, 29(2), 185–201.
Soudi, A., deBorja, L., South-Paul, J. (2020) Exploring Themes of Culture in a Medical School Cultural Competence Course. In A. Murrell, J. Petrie & A. Soudi (Eds.), Diversity Across the Disciplines: Research on People, Policy, Process, and Paradigm. Information Age Publishing (IAP)
Gooden, S., Soudi, A., Park, K., Kinloch, V. (2020) Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Multifaceted Approach. In A. Murrell, J. Petrie & A. Soudi (Eds.), Diversity Across the Disciplines: Research on People, Policy, Process, and Paradigm. Information Age Publishing (IAP)
Edited Volume: Murrell, A., Petrie, J., Soudi, A. (Eds.). (2020) Diversity Across the Disciplines: Research on People, Policy, Process, and Paradigm. Information Age Publishing (IAP)
Soudi, A., Gooden, S., Chang, J., Kiesling, S., & South-Paul, J. (2017) Humanities in Health Editorial. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 5 (4) 506-512, Editorial (Full set in EJPCH 5 (4) 506-560), Executive Communication by Provost and Senior-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Patty Beeson.
Soudi, A., (2018) Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what about the language of driving?, The Conversation, Jan 8, 2018. Reprinted in multiple media including: Salon, AP News, LA Times, CNBC...
Soudi, A., Gooden, S., Chang, J., Kiesling, S., & South-Paul, J. (2017) Humanities in Health Editorial. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 5 (4) 506-512.
Soudi, A. & South-Paul, J. (2017). An interdisciplinary approach to cultural competence education in an academic health, European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 5 (4) 516-521
Soudi, A., (2017) Living & Working Together: The Value and Meaning of Diversity. University of Pittsburgh.
Soudi, A. (2015a). Timing of gaze alone tells us nothing about visit quality and EHR design. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21: 173. doi: 10.1111/jep.12236
Soudi A, McCague AB. (2015b). Medical Scribes and Electronic Health Records. JAMA, 314(5):518-519. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.6947
Soudi, A., Chaski, C., (In preparation for LESLI). Cross-Cultural Communication in Forensic Linguistics: Arabic Interviewing.
Parker, J., Behrens, S., Chaski, C., Tzoukermann, E., Soudi, A. (2015) Linguists Working with Related Professions, Symposium at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, LSA Handbook (122-124)
Chaski, C., Kang, S.M, Walters, K., Baugh, J., Almela, A., Soudi, A. (2015) Expertise and Methodology in Forensic Linguistics, Symposium at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, LSA Handbook (104-106)
Soudi, A. (2013) Competing lines of action: A sociolinguistic approach to the human-computer interface in doctors' consultations. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh
Theses Advised:
Heisler, Hannah J. (2022) Lost in translation: the impacts of the language brokering process on the sociolinguistic identities of Arabic-speaking immigrants and refugees. Unpublished Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
Coates, Catherine (2020) The use of suprasegmentals in the production of emotion-affected speech between native English and native Korean speakers. Unpublished Thesis, University of Pittsburgh
Shalaby, Mariam A. (2018) Qur'anic recitation in Pittsburgh, PA and Cairo, Egypt: shaping identity, nostalgia, and religious practice across the Egyptian-American diaspora. Unpublished Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
Research Interest Summary
Research Interests
Abdesalam Soudi’s research interests include Conversation Analysis, Human-Computer Interface, Sociolinguistics, Doctor-Patient Interaction, Arabic Linguistics, Statement Analysis and Methodology in Forensic Linguistics. He has also done work in the following areas: Intercultural discourse, Cross-cultural Communication and Language Teaching.