Mehdi Riazi

Mehdi Riazi is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. His research focuses on language assessment, TESOL, writing instruction, and second language acquisition. He has supervised students in test validation and EFL teaching methodologies. Notable projects include collaborations on TOEFL/PTE-Academic validity and diachronic corpus studies in ESP journals. He has authored over 80 papers with an h-index of 15, contributing to applied linguistics research metrics and educational testing frameworks.

• Research Interests: Language testing validity, second language writing, TESOL pedagogy, academic ethics in doctoral supervision
• Recent Projects: Mixed-methods TOEFL research (2011-2016), G8 university publication analyses (2022)

His work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in education, emphasizing empirical validation of language assessment tools.