Prof. Tariq Elyas is a full-tenured professor of Applied Linguistics at King Abdulaziz University, KAU (Saudi Arabia). He holds an MA in English Literature (USA) a PhD in Applied Linguistics (Australia), an LLM in International Law and Human Rights (UK), and a Post-Doctorate in Applied Linguistics from Newcastle University via the British Commonwealth Council (UK). Prof. Elyas’s areas of interest include global English, teacher identity, policy reform, the media, and female studies in the Middle East. Prof. Elyas has worked in numerous educational posts in Australia, the UK, the USA, and Saudi Arabia. Prof. Elyas has been assigned as an Associate Editor for the Wiley Encyclopedia of World Englishes-MENA Region, as well as the Tourism Section Editor for Routledge Resources Online-English in the Real World. Prof. Elyas has been the top-cited researcher in Saudi Arabia in the fields of Applied Linguistics and Education since 2014.