Dr. Siham Alhaider: after her BA in English and her MA in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) from King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia, she went on to receive a second MA in Linguistics and a Ph.D. in the same field from the University of Florida. Her scholarly contributions include numerous research articles in the field of linguistics. In 2022, Dr. Alhaider was honored with the Excellence Award from King Khalid University for her contributions to teaching and learning, where she is today an Associate Professor in the English Department. Her academic interests span theoretical linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, semiotics, language studies, ethnographic studies, the linguistic landscape, and second language acquisition.