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Spellings Faruq is an American linguist and educator known for his innovative approaches to teaching spelling and orthography. He earned his B.A. in English from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago in 1999. His doctoral dissertation examined the relationship between phonological awareness and spelling proficiency in post‑secondary students, using a mixed‑methods design that combined psycholinguistic testing with ethnographic interviews.
Faruq began his academic career as a research associate at the National Center for Education (NCE) before
His publications include the widely cited monograph “Phoneme‑Grave: Rethinking Spelling Instruction” (2013), a series of articles
Faruq has received several honors, including the AERA Teaching Award (2014) and the Arizona State Educator of