Noor Abbady

Noor is an applied linguist, public speaker, and nonprofit leader with more than 18 years of experience across higher education, linguistics research, and civic engagement. She joined the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech in 2026. She has also taught at Georgia State University and the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Noor worked as a Research Consultant with the Georgia State University College of Law, where she collaborated with legal and linguistic scholars on corpus-based analysis of legal texts. Her work included scholarly articles and amicus briefs connected to the Emoluments Clauses litigation. She has presented at linguistics and law conferences and co-published in the Georgia State Law Review.

Noor holds an M.A. and B.A. in Applied Linguistics, with graduate credentials in instructional design and TESOL. She is a fellow of the University of Southern California's Center for Religion and Civic Culture and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Her background also includes nonprofit leadership and intercultural education, including co-founding the Interfaith Speakers Network. Outside academia, she is a woodworker and serves as Vice President of the Woodworkers Guild of Georgia.