Alireza Jalilifar is professor of Applied Linguistics at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran, where he teaches discourse analysis, applied linguistics and advanced research. He has published extensively and presented papers in many conferences on academic discourses. He is also the author of three books in academic discourse and two books in reading for academic purposes. Dr. Jalilifar is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics and member of the editorial board of a few other journals. Besides, Jalilifar has supervised more than 70 MA these and 15 PhD dissertations in Iran. His main interests include second language writing, genre analysis, and academic discourse.