Abdesalam Soudi
- Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
- Linguistic Internship and Consulting Advisor
- Cultural and Linguistic Competence Master’s Course Co-Director, Family Medicine Department
Dr. Abdesalam Soudi is a Teaching Associate Professor in the department of Linguistics in the Dietrich School, a Faculty Fellow with the Honors College, and a Faculty Affiliate with the African Studies Center at Pitt. Dr. Soudi is the primary investigator of a project on Humanities @ Work in the Community, Health, and Tech Industries which is part of the Pitt Strategic Plan (2025). He earned his Ph.D. Linguistics from the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Soudi’s research interests include Electronic Health Records, Arabic Linguistics, Medical Discourse, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Sociolinguistics. He is a Lead Innovator of The Cultural Engagement Playbook™ which is focused on creating culturally and linguistically inclusive spaces for living and working together while embracing cultural differences. His diverse personal and interdisciplinary experiences have contributed to his approach to research and teaching, building an open and safe learning environment for his students, and work with under-served and diverse communities.
Dr. Soudi’s research has been published in several journals and magazines. He co-edited a volume called Diversity Across the Disciplines in 2020.