Hope Rodefer has worked at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar since 2007. Her background is in English as a second language (ESL) and she holds a MA in teaching. She has lived and worked in Qatar since 1993. 

Master's Degree, Teaching ESOL, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT

Bachelor's Degree, Anthropology, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Member, CMU-Q Staff Council, 2016-2019

Member, CMU-Q Task Force on the Student Experience, 2016-2018

Member, Senior Staff Council, 2019-present

Student College (StuCo) advisor, 2017-present

Consultant, Cartus – Intercultural and Language Solutions, 2008-present

• NESA Networked Learning Series: Advancing the Work of Anti-racism, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Social Justice in International Schools, 2021-22
• Member, Board of Directors at American School of Doha, 2017-2022
• Panelist, First Year Experience panel discussion at Student Learning Support Symposium, Qatar University, 2020
• Co-presenter: “Transition to University: Challenges and Lessons Learnt from a Pre-Orientation Program at an International Branch Campus” (Limam-Mansar and Rodefer) NACADA, Sheffield, England, 2017
• Roundtable presentation: “Salting the Oats: Can We Motivate First Year Students to Succeed Academically?” International Conference on the First Year Experience, Waikoloa, HI, 2013
• Supplemental Instruction Supervisor Training, UMKC, Kansas City, MO, 2011
• Co-presenter: “Changing Expectations in the Arabian Gulf: Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum” (Carlson, Reilly, Reynolds, and Rodefer), Language Issues in English Medium Universities: A Global Concern, Hong Kong 2008