Mahmoud is a Tenure-Track Associate Professor of Arabic Language, Linguistics, and Pedagogy in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies. Also, he is the University of Arizona Distinguished Fellow (Center for University Education Scholarship) and an affiliate at the Doctorate Interdisciplinary Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching and holds a courtesy appointment at the Department of Linguistics. Recently, he has been elected as the Arabic Sector Head by the American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Language Programs.