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.
Schweiberger K, Harris KW, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Soudi A, Arnold RM, Merlin JS, Kasparian NA, Chang JC. “I Just Want You to Hear That Term”: Characterizing Language Used in Fetal Cardiology Consultations. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2023; 10(9):394.
Huang, C., Hill, A., Miller, E., Soudi, A., Flick, D., Buranosky, R., Holland, C. L., Hawker, L., & Chang, J. C. (2023). "Are You Safe at Home?": Clinician's Assessments for Intimate Partner Violence at the Initial Obstetric Visit. Journal of Violence Against Women, 29(2), 185–201.
Soudi, A., deBorja, L., South-Paul, J. (2020) Exploring Themes of Culture in a Medical School Cultural Competence Course. In A. Murrell, J. Petrie & A. Soudi (Eds.), Diversity Across the Disciplines: Research on People, Policy, Process, and Paradigm. Information Age Publishing (IAP)
Gooden, S., Soudi, A., Park, K., Kinloch, V. (2020) Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Multifaceted Approach. In A. Murrell, J. Petrie & A. Soudi (Eds.), Diversity Across the Disciplines: Research on People, Policy, Process, and Paradigm. Information Age Publishing (IAP)
Edited Volume: Murrell, A., Petrie, J., Soudi, A. (Eds.). (2020) Diversity Across the Disciplines: Research on People, Policy, Process, and Paradigm. Information Age Publishing (IAP)
Soudi, A., Gooden, S., Chang, J., Kiesling, S., & South-Paul, J. (2017) Humanities in Health Editorial. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 5 (4) 506-512, Editorial (Full set in EJPCH 5 (4) 506-560), Executive Communication by Provost and Senior-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Patty Beeson.
Soudi, A., (2018) Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what about the language of driving?, The Conversation, Jan 8, 2018. Reprinted in multiple media including: Salon, AP News, LA Times, CNBC...
Soudi, A., Gooden, S., Chang, J., Kiesling, S., & South-Paul, J. (2017) Humanities in Health Editorial. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 5 (4) 506-512.
Soudi, A. & South-Paul, J. (2017). An interdisciplinary approach to cultural competence education in an academic health, European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 5 (4) 516-521
Soudi, A., (2017) Living & Working Together: The Value and Meaning of Diversity. University of Pittsburgh.
Soudi, A. (2015a). Timing of gaze alone tells us nothing about visit quality and EHR design. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 21: 173. doi: 10.1111/jep.12236
Soudi A, McCague AB. (2015b). Medical Scribes and Electronic Health Records. JAMA, 314(5):518-519. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.6947
Soudi, A., Chaski, C., (In preparation for LESLI). Cross-Cultural Communication in Forensic Linguistics: Arabic Interviewing.
Parker, J., Behrens, S., Chaski, C., Tzoukermann, E., Soudi, A. (2015) Linguists Working with Related Professions, Symposium at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, LSA Handbook (122-124)
Chaski, C., Kang, S.M, Walters, K., Baugh, J., Almela, A., Soudi, A. (2015) Expertise and Methodology in Forensic Linguistics, Symposium at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, LSA Handbook (104-106)
Soudi, A. (2013) Competing lines of action: A sociolinguistic approach to the human-computer interface in doctors' consultations. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh
