Shaista Rashid is an Assistant Professor at the Prince Sultan University. She holds an M.A. in Linguistics from University of Oregon and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Canterbury in 2011 and 2019, respectively. Before her current role, she was a Lecturer at the Islamiyah University of Bahawalpur from 2012 to 2013. She is also a member of the American Association for Applied Linguistics.