Mahmoud Amer is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and former Chairperson of the Department of Languages and Cultures at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Amer is an Adobe® Certified Expert® and a CompTIA® Certified Technical Trainer (CTT++). He’s authored several award-winning applications and his most recent work includes the development of www.vocabee.org, a non-commercial game-based platform for learning and teaching vocabulary.