He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He holds an M.A. in American Literature from the United States and a graduate degree in TESOL. Dr. Elyas also received a Chevening Fellowship from the UK where he obtained a degree in International Law and Human Rights from the University of Nottingham in England. He has presented and published in a broad variety of international conferences and journals and is the winner of the 2008 Bundey Prize for English Verse, Australia and Emerald Publication Reviewer of the Year 2010. His interests are: Global English, Teacher Identity, Policy Reform, Human Rights, International Law, Language Rights, and Pedagogy