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Ms. Samina Najeeb is a distinguished academic and former Head of the Department of English and Deputy Provost IIMC Riphah University. She is currently serving at DELL as a Senior Lecturer at Riphah International University, Gulberg Green Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan. With over a decade of experience in teaching English language and literature to Pakistani students, she has developed expertise in English Linguistics, Literature, and English Language Teaching (ELT). Her research interests encompass second-language pedagogy, digital technology integration in education, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), artificial intelligence, and philosophical consciousness. She further specializes in the application of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing (NLP) within the domain of ELT. She is an ABD (all but dissertation) specializing in American Literature. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Ms. Najeeb is an active contributor to academic research, student mentoring, and institutional development. She has authored four books and holds the distinction of being a founding member and twice-elected General Secretary of the Educational Broadcasters’ Forum; a consortium of national universities with FM radio and television stations. Her academic engagements extend internationally, having represented her university at Kuala Lumpur University, Imperial College London, and the University of British Columbia. She also served as an Honorary Research Associate at the Institute of Policy Studies. Ms. Najeeb’s academic journey began with teaching literature and language at various prestigious national institutions, including SZABIST University, SHIFA (affiliate of Bahria University), Women Institute of Science and Humanities (affiliated with the University of the Punjab), F-7/2 Government College, and F-6 Degree College for Women.