M. Kamel Igoudjil is currently a full-time faculty member in the Washington, DC Public School System for the past twelve years where he teaches English/ Humanities/AP Language, Literature and Composition courses. Mr. Igoudjil’s research and teaching interests are in literary and cultural studies, multicultural studies, modern/postmodern narratives, postcolonial studies, comparatives studies, and critical literacy. He has published extensively on Algerian and Francophone literature of the Twentieth century as well as on Native American literature and contemporary Indian-American literature. He is also the Editor of The Global Rise of Indigenous Languages Symposium (Jendouba University, Tunisia, 2015) and International Conference Proceedings on Creating Myths as Narratives of Empowerment and Disempowerment (Individual Contributors, 2016). He recently published “Rethinking Multiculturalism: Critical Pedagogy and Critical Literacy in Education” (Cambridge Scholars, 2017). When he is not teaching, Mr. Igoudjil enjoys taking pictures, being outdoors, traveling, swimming, etc.