The great news is in the air for the entire lecturers and students of UIN Sunan Kalijaga, especially for the English Department, Faculty of Adab and Cultural Science. One of our lecturers has officially earned a Doctorate degree in education, Dr. Fuad Arif Fudiyartanto.

Dr. Fuad Arif Fudiyartanto is a senior lecturer at the English Department of the Faculty (FADIB) UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. He got his Ph.D. after receiving his doctoral education at the University of South Australia. Previously, he received his bachelor's degree in English Education from IKIP (now UNY) and obtained two Master's degrees in Humanities from UNS Surakarta in Translation Studies and Education from Flinders University Australia.

He officially graduated on October 28th, 2020 with a dissertation entitled Habitus and Capital in Play: Assessment Practices in English Studies in Indonesian and Australian Higher Education. This dissertation is a sociological assessment of the practice of English study in his own country, Indonesia and Australia, where he accomplished his Ph.D.

In 2002/2003, Dr. Fuad translated several books. Books that he has translated are entitled Anak-anak pun Berfilsafat: Memasuki Filsafat Melalui Dunia Anak by Gareth B. Mathews and was published by Mizan, Makna Fisika Baru dalam Kehidupan by Gary Zukav which was published by Kreasi Wacana, and Politik Pendidikan: Kebudayaan, Kekuasaan, dan Pembebasan by Paulo Freire which was published by Pustaka Pelajar.

Dr. Fuad believes in the power of aspirations, as those can drive positive energy,and Allah will always grant such efforts. He proved it brilliantly by earning a Doctorate degree in education just recently.