Nadiyah Aamer

Nadiyah Aamer joined NCSSM in fall 2025 as an Instructor of Spanish for the Durham campus. She began her career teaching Spanish at the undergraduate level in 2016, designing and delivering such courses as Advanced Spanish Grammar, Interpreting Literary and Cultural Texts in Spanish, Cultures of Spain, and Medieval and Early Modern Peninsular Topics. During her Ph.D. research in Literary, Cultural and Linguistic Studies at the University of Miami, she earned an additional Certificate in Caribbean Studies. Nadiyah also holds both a bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a concentration in translation and international business and a master’s degree in Spanish with a concentration in translation and cultural studies from Georgia State University.

BA, Psychology, Georgia State University
BA, Spanish, Georgia State University
MA, Spanish, Georgia State University
PhD ABD, Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies, University of Miami

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