Dr Hamza’s principal research interests are on citizenship as practice and identity in emerging societies such as that of the UAE. His principal teaching duties are postgraduate classes on Globalisation and Citizenship, Research Methods and Middle East society, as well as the undergraduate Islamic Culture (GEC).
Qualifications: BA, London University, MPhil, DPhil, Oxford University
Location: Block 15, Floor 2, Room 2-10
Telephone: +971 4 2781925
Email: (@uowdubai.ac.ae):FerasHamza
Dr Suzanne Robertson-Malt is Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and is the Discipline Leader for the Bachelor of Nursing (Bridging) and the Master of Nursing programs. She has a keen interest in Leadership, Clinical Research, Evidence
Qualifications: PhD (Faculty of Medicine), University of Adelaide, Australia; BHSc (Class 1 Honours) and Faculty Medal, New England University; Leadership in Healthcare Education, Harvard Macy Institute, Harvard University; Graduate Certificate in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Nursing, NSW College of Nursing; Graduate Certificate in Cardiac Nursing, Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
Office Location: Block 14: 315
Telephone Number: 04 2781998
Email: suzannermalt@uowdubai.ac.ae
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Dr Suzanne Robertson-Malt is Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and is the Discipline Leader for the Bachelor of Nursing (Bridging) and the Master of Nursing programs. She has a keen interest in Leadership, Clinical Research, Evidence Implementation and Shared Governance.
Dr Robertson-Malt is an advocate of the ‘flipped classroom/learning’ pedagogy proposed by Flipped Learning Network (FLN) that is defined by four principles: Flexible Environment, Learning Culture, Intentional Content and Professional Educator.
Prior to joining UOWD, Dr Suzanne was the Executive Director, Clinical Excellence & Research – Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi.
Dr Robertson-Malt has a successful track record as an industry specialist with a work history that includes both senior position in both Clinical and Academic environments, such as Director of Implementation Science, Joanna Briggs Institute, University Adelaide; Director of Nursing Practice & Research and Clinical Director of the Heart Institute at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Clinical Manager, Coronary Care Unit – John Flynn Private Hospital, Gold Coast, Australia.
Dr Robertson-Malt’s professional contributions include inaugural membership of Healthcare Chapter for the Charter of Compassion; the Chair of the Evidence Implementation Committee – JBI Institute of Evidence Based Healthcare and the inaugural Managing Editor – Bloomsbury’s Qscience publication: Avicenna; the Research & EBP Sub Council and Leadership Council of the UAE Nursing & Midwifery Council.
Dr Robertson-Malt obtained her PhD from the University of Adelaide, Australia with a National Medical & Research Council scholarship studying the social, ethical and professional impact of ‘Organ Donation and Transplantation’. Her current research interests include Governance structures that enable/ stimulate clinical excellence; Mindfulness as a prevention strategy for ‘Burnout’ in healthcare professionals and the Fundamentals of Care.
Her publications include (but not limited to):
Prof Ysanne Chapman is Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches the first year modules of the Bachelor of Nursing. Her specialist teaching areas include Death and Dying, Health Communication and Research.
Qualifications: PhD, Adelaide University, Australia
Office Location: Block 15, Office 221
Telephone Number: +971 4 278 1954 (Direct)
Email: YsanneChapman@uowdubai.ac.ae
Prof Ysanne Chapman is Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches the first year modules of the Bachelor of Nursing. Her specialist teaching areas include Death and Dying, Health Communication and Research.
She enjoys self-directed learning, flipped classroom, non-didactic teaching, noisy classrooms and lots of activity in them.
Prior to joining UOWD, Prof Chapman’s was Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Central Queensland University, Australia; Associate Professor Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Assistant Professor College of Nursing and Allied Medical Sciences, National Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania, Flinders University, New England University (Australia). She has also held various clinical positions in hospitals and community health.
Prof Chapman obtained her PhD from the Adelaide University in Australia specialising in ‘Death and Dying and Palliative Care in the Community’.
Her major areas of interest include Palliative Care, Education in Nursing, Chronic Illness, Death and Dying and University learning.
Dr Amr is an Associate Professor of Education at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Health at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. Before joining UOWD, Dr Amr was an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Jordan specialising in teaching courses with a focus on learning disabilities
Qualifications: PhD, MPhil, University of Cambridge/ BA, MA, University of Jordan
Location: Block 14, Room 3-17
Telephone: +971 4 2781948
Email: (@uowdubai.ac.ae):MunaAmr
Dr Amr is an Associate Professor of Education at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Health at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. Before joining UOWD, Dr Amr was an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Jordan specialising in teaching courses with a focus on learning disabilities, language and speech disorders and curriculum and instruction design in special education.
In her academic and professional career, Dr Amr participated in various academic events, research activities in Jordan, the Middle East and Internationally. She designed and delivered numerous teacher training workshops and served as an educational consultant for many projects in education working with national and international organisations including UNECIF, UNRWA, USAID, RTI International, Caritas Austria, Creative Associates and GIZ. Dr Amr also a Co-founder and board member of Footage Foundation (http://www.footageyouth.org), a non-profit organisation that utilises local media technologies and media arts to amplify women and young people’s voice as means of igniting change.
Dr Amr obtained her PhD in Education and MPhil in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge where she researched Dyslexia in Arabic Language and examined teachers’ practices in teaching reading in Jordan. She also holds a BA and MA in special education from The University of Jordan.
In the field of education, Dr Amr’s primary research interests are on literacy, inclusive education, teacher education, education for refugee children and educational polices and reform in the Middle East. Her current principle teaching duties include postgraduate classes on educational psychology, current issues in education, behavioural management, inclusive education and research methods.
Her recent research projects include improving the learning environment through promoting extracurricular activities in public schools in Jordan. Her published research include examining teachers’ knowledge and attitudes toward inclusion (International Journal of Special education, 2016), investigating the collaboration between special education and regular teachers in public schools in Jordan (International Journal of Special Education, 2015), examining professional competencies for resource room teachers (Dirrasat, 2016), and reviewing teacher education for inclusive education in the Middle East (Prospect, 2011).
Dr Afnan Boutrid is Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches Psychology, Assessment in the School Context; Leadership in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; Assessment in Effective Change, and Leadership of Non-academic attributes in Educational Leadership on undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Qualifications: EdD University of Washington, USA; MA Teachers College Columbia University , New York, USA; BA Meredith College, Raleigh, USA
Office Location: Block 14- Office #315
Telephone Number: +971 55 639 8931
Email: afnan@uow.edu.au
Dr Afnan Boutrid is Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches Psychology, Assessment in the School Context; Leadership in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; Assessment in Effective Change, and Leadership of Non-academic attributes in Educational Leadership on undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Dr Boutrid feels most alive and inspired in the classroom, where she strongly believes in student-centered learning where her students are viewed as assets and that it is her goal as an educator to tap into the vast and diverse assets that her students bring to the classroom.
Dr Boutrid believes in community, building strong latest relationships, high expectations and in pushing students to achieve their highest potential. She believes that the most powerful learning takes place when her students feel safe in their classroom environment and have the space and capacity to be vulnerable.
Prior to joining UOWD, Dr Boutrid’s was a Teacher, teaching all grades from Grade 1 -10 in the USA, a Curriculum Designer for a NGO in Jordan designing curricula that enabled students to be creative and innovative. She returned to the States to work for another NGO in urban education in New York City where she gained experience in teacher education and coaching.
She obtained her Doctor of Education (EdD) from the University of Washington in the USA specialising in ‘Teacher Education, Coherence, and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy’.
Dr Boutrid’s research interests include Teacher Education, Teacher Training, Student Teaching Experience, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Student-centered Teaching.
Dr William Guéraiche is an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches International Security at postgraduate level. He has a keen interest in International Relations, Geopolitics, Conflicts and Politics.
Qualifications: PhD in History, University of Toulouse; Master in Sociology and the Anthropology of Politics, University of Paris, Habilitation in Geopolitics, Sorbonne University.
Location: Block 14, Office 308
Telephone: +971 4 278 19 99
Email: WilliamGueraiche@uowdubai.ac.ae
Dr William Guéraiche is an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches International Security at postgraduate level. He has a keen interest in International Relations, Geopolitics, Conflicts and Politics.
After studying Law and History as an undergraduate, Dr William Guéraiche earned a Master’s in Sociology and the Anthropology of Politics (University of Paris) and completed his PhD in History (University of Toulouse). In 2013, he earned his Habilitation (the degree following the PhD in France) in Geopolitics at the Sorbonne in Paris.
In France, Dr Guéraiche taught History (History of Colonisation) for three years at the Sorbonne and Geopolitics at the University of Marne la Vallée) before coming to the UAE in 2004. At the American University in Dubai and the American University in the Emirates, his teaching extended over many areas in the social sciences, including International Relations, Geopolitics, Conflicts, Politics, and Diplomacy in the Middle East and Asia. At UOWD, his focus is Security and the non-traditional Security topics: Migrations, demographics, etc. Beyond the traditional and yet necessary disciplinary content of Geopolitics, his classes will incorporate skills that the students will need in their careers, such as negotiation, strategic thinking or networking.
Dr Guéraiche has written 4 books, edited two, and authored more than 50 articles in French and in English. His last research examines the UAE's foreign policy and diplomacy. His book, The UAE. Geopolitics, Tradition and Modernity (2017), is a comprehensive examination of the relations that the UAE maintains with the outside world. He is currently working on a volume on security issues (traditional and non-traditional) in the UAE.
Dr Imène Ajala is Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD). She mainly teaches in the Master of International Relations (MIR) programme.
Qualifications: PhD, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva-(IHEID); M.A, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva-(IHEID): Kyoto University International Education Programme Certificate, Kyoto University (Academic Exchange); Diplôme de Sciences Politiques, Grenoble Institute of Political Studies(IEPG)
Location: Knowledge Village Block 15, Office 2-25
Telephone: +971 4 278 1950
Email: AjalaImene@uowdubai.ac.ae
Dr Imène Ajala is Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD). She mainly teaches in the Master of International Relations (MIR) programme.
She obtained her PhD from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Prior to joining UOWD, Dr Ajala taught at Webster University and at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations. She also worked as a Project Manager at the International Institute for Peace, Justice and Human Rights in Geneva. In 2015, she was selected by the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva to complete an International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) on the theme of “Women Leaders: Promoting Peace and Security”.
Dr Ajala’s research interests are Comparative politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, Diaspora studies and multiculturalism with a particular focus on Muslims in Europe. She won the International Award for Excellence for Volume 12 of the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Journal Collection for her article “From Islamic Dress to Islamic Fashion to Cool Islam: An Exploration of Muslim Youth Identities in the West”. She is the author of European Muslims and their Foreign Policy Interests. Identities and Loyalties (Gerlach Press, 2018).
Selected publications:
2019. "Tunisian Terrorist Fighters: A Grassroots Perspective". Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression 11(2): 178-190.
2018. European Muslims and their Foreign Policy Interests, Identities and Loyalties. Islam and International Relations Series. Berlin: Gerlach Press.
2017. “Muslim youth and consumerism: a study of Islamic street wear” Contemporary Islam (12) 1: 57-71.
2017. “From Islamic Dress and Islamic Fashion to Cool Islam: An Exploration of Muslim Youth Hybrid Identities in the West”. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies 12(3):1-11.
2014. “Muslims in Europe after 9/11: Securitization, Identities and Loyalties”. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 34, No. 2-3 April 2014: 123-133.
Dr William Smith is Associate Professor at UOWD. Prior to joining the University Dr Smith was an Assistant Campus Dean, Program Director, Academic & Program Manager on academic level and Managing Director, Creative Director and Corporate Communications Manager on industry level.
Qualifications: PhD, The European Graduate School in Switzerland; MA in Media Studies, The New School of Social Research, New York City, USA; BA in New Media & Moving Image, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, USA
Location: Block 15, Floor 1, Room 1-08
Telephone: 042781976
Email: (@uowdubai.ac.ae):WilliamSmith
Dr William Smith is Associate Professor at University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD). Prior to joining the University Dr Smith was an Assistant Campus Dean, Program Director, Academic & Program Manager on academic level and Managing Director, Creative Director and Corporate Communications Manager on industry level. He obtained his PhD in Philosophy, Art & Critical Thought from The European Graduate School in Switzerland and holds the title of ‘Antonin Artaud Fellow’ at The European Graduate School in Switzerland.
Dr Smith has extensive experiences in iterative design process, concept and launch for emerging media products and services, emerging media technology development, corporate identity development, brand and specialised product market positioning and innovation and creativity management.
He is teaching An Introduction to Philosophy to undergraduate students and Media & Communications to postgraduate students. His specialist teaching areas include Emerging Media Technology, Media Theory, Media Archaeology, Media & Philosophy, Media Innovation & Creativity, and Artificial Intelligence. He follows a student centred approach and believes in a blended and experiential learning experience.
Dr Smith’s research interests are Emerging Media Technology, Media Theory, Media Archaeology, Media & Philosophy, Media Innovation & Creativity and Artificial Intelligence.
Artistic Projects:
Director/Producer. City Beat/Travel Unraveled. 2004-05, Shanghai Dragon TV, episodic program.
Director/Producer. Ayi-Five-0. 2005, Shanghai 10-minute short movie contest, comedy, digital video.
Writer/Director/Producer. Hambone Saved My Life. 2001, 30-minute, documentary, digital video.
Writer/Director/Producer. Berber Tribes in the Sahara. 2001, 26 minutes documentary, digital video.
Director of Cinematography. Shoot the Girl. 2000, 90-minute, Independent feature, 16mm & DV.
Writer/Director/Producer. Voyeurism. 2000, 17-minute, documentary, digital video.
Actor/Director. Bastards with Fathers. 1999-2000, Public Television, episodic comedy TV program.
Community Theatre Actor. Various Roles, 1994-99. Seattle, Washington.
Group Show. 1993, Performance Art Project at Memphis Museum of Art – PBS TV
Lead Actor. Maintenance Men. Performance Art at Memphis State University 1987
Torsten Burns is Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches Global Media and Culture, Emerging Digital Tools and Practices, Transmedia Storytelling, and Making Media. His specialist teaching areas include History of Global Cinema, Media Art Production, Contemporary Art, and Communications & Design.
Qualifications: Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco, USA
Office Location: Block 14 / 3-12
Telephone Number: 971 4 278 1953
Email: torstenburns@uowdubai.ac.ae
Terminal Degree: MFA in Video & Performance Art
Torsten Burns is Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches Global Media and Culture, Emerging Digital Tools and Practices, Transmedia Storytelling, and Making Media. His specialist teaching areas include History of Global Cinema, Media Art Production, Contemporary Art, and Communications & Design.
Torsten’s approach to teaching includes improvisation, project-based learning, class critiques, as well as teaching as curation.
Prior to joining UOWD, Torsten was an Associate Professor and Independent Filmmaker at the New York Institute of Technology (Beijing Campus).
He obtained his Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute , San Francisco specialising in Video & Performance Art.
Torsten is interested in researching many areas including Post-Humanism, Global Art, Global Cinema, and Global Speculative Fiction.
His recent publications include (*2019 Film screenings)
Dr Michael L. Mallory is Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD). He teaches in the School of Humanities, Social Science & Health, specifically in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (BCM) and Master of Media and Communication (MMC) programs
Qualifications: PhD Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought (PACT) European Graduate School, Saas Fee, Switzerland; MA Media and Communication, European Graduate School, Saas Fee, Switzerland; BS Social Science, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
Location: Block 15- Office #217-A
Telephone: +971 4 278 1915
Email: michaelmallory@uowdubai.ac.ae
Dr Michael L. Mallory is Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD). He teaches in the School of Humanities, Social Science & Health, specifically in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (BCM) and Master of Media and Communication (MMC) programs. Recent courses taught include Intro to Media and Communication; Media Ethics and Law; Sociology; Global Cinema Studies, and Technology, Presence and Perception.
Dr Michael believes some of the most meaningful learning happens when students are able to take ownership of their education. He uses the classroom and other learning platforms to facilitate the development of skills and tools students can use to become innovators, creators and critical thinkers.
Prior to joining UOWD, Dr Michael was Assistant Professor with the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) at the campus in Beijing, China. Prior to China, Michael studied, worked and taught in multiple cities in Thailand. He is definitely embracing the life of a ‘Global Citizen.’
Dr Michael received his PhD in 2017 from the European Graduate School (EGS) under the supervision of Professor Wolfgang Schirmacher. While at EGS, Michael had the opportunity to study under some of the most prominent names in academia. Slavoj Zizek, Simon Critchley, Alain Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, Michael Hardt and Avital Ronell were a few who had a significant impact on his studies and research.
Dr Michael’s research interests are in the areas of Technology, Society and Life. He has recently published papers titled, ‘Politics of Perception: Imagination and Information, Reality and Artificiality’ and ‘Political Economy of Cyberspace, Data & Technology’. Dr Michael is currently interested in the role technology has/can have in the evolving concepts of urban space, identity, and ‘thirdspace’.
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