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).
Dr Feras Hamza is the Head of School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Health at UOWD and Associate Professor in International Studies. Dr Hamza obtained his Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Modern Languages (Spanish and Russian) from London University and an MPhil and a DPhil in Oriental Studies from Oxford University (1997-2002).
Trained as a historian, Dr Hamza spent a postdoctoral year as a Research Assistant in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, before returning to London in 2003 to join the Institute of Ismaili Studies, where he remained as a Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Graduate Program in Islamic Studies and the Humanities for 5 years. In 2008 he moved to the UAE, to the American University in Dubai, where he contributed substantially to the creation of a Department of Middle Eastern Studies, the accreditation of a Bachelor of International Studies and a Middle Eastern Studies Certificate. He joined UOWD in 2012.
In the field of International Studies, 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). His Islamic Studies research centers on Qur’anic ethics inspired by the hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur.
He is currently co-authoring, with Dr Karen Bauer (IIS), a second volume of An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries: Women in the Qur’an, after the success of the first volume, An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries: The Nature of the Divine (OUP, 2008). Dr Hamza is General Series Editor for the Institute of Ismaili Studies’ Anthology of Quranic Commentaries Series, published by Oxford University Press, Editor for E.J. Brill’s new series Islamic Literatures: Texts and Studies, and Member of the Advisory Board of The Qur’an Throughout the Ages, a 6-volume reception history of the Qur’an (with OUP), initially begun by the late Professor Andrew Rippin.
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
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 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 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’.
Publications include but not limited to:
Her current research interests include Governance structures that enable/ stimulate clinical excellence; Mindfulness as a prevention strategy for ‘Burnout’ in healthcare professionals; Compassion Based Resilience skill development and the Fundamentals of Care.
Research Grants
Understanding Resilience in Healthcare Professionals Working in UAE: 2019-2021
Co-Principle Investigator
UOWD Internal Research Grant—25,000
Centre of Research Excellence- Indigenous Health: 2013 – 2017
Co-Principle Investigator
National Health & Medical Research Council – 2.2 million / annum
Systematic Reviews - Non-communicable Disease- related disability: implications for policy and practice:
2012 – 2015
Co-Principle Investigator
World Health Organization 100,000/ annum
Dr Robertson-Malt’s professional contributions include the Chair of the Evidence Implementation Committee – JBI Institute of Evidence Based Healthcare;
Inaugural member of the Steering Committee for Cochrane Collaboration’s NursingNetwork and the inaugural Managing Editor – Bloomsbury’s Qscience publication: Avicenna;
The Research & EBP Sub Council and Leadership Council of the UAE Nursing & Midwifery Council. Inaugural membership of Healthcare Chapter for the Charter of Compassion;
Master in Nursing
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.
Prof Ysanne Chapman is Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and currently teaches all modules of the Bachelor of Nursing. Her specialist teaching areas include Death and Dying, Reflection, Health Communication, Complementary Therapies 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 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 entitled ‘Dimensions of Sadness—expanding awareness of community nurses’ practice in palliative care’. Her thesis was that sadness in this environment is transformational, multidimensional and paradoxical.
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Her major areas of interest include Palliative Care, Education in Nursing, Chronic Illness, Death and Dying and University learning.
Research Grant
2012
Ralph, N., Welch, A., Chapman, Y., Birks, M. & Davis, J. CQUniversity Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program ($142,276.00) - Enhancing teaching delivery and learning using hi-fidelity clinical simulation
Chapman, Y. Birks, M. Ralph, N. McPherson, C. CQUniversity Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program ($173,169) - Beginning students in nursing: Implementing coordination positions across all campuses
Birks, M. Chapman, Y. Horsley, M. Elliot, M. The role of the teaching scholar: a phenomenography LTERC, $22,000.
2011
Chapman, Y. Birks, M. McPherson, C. Muldoon, N. R4N, CQUniversity Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health, Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program ($50,000), Resources for Nurses (R4N) web site development and beginning nurse coordinator
Francis, K. McLeod, M. Chapman, Y. Nursing leaders in Australia, Royal College of Nursing Australia. Unfunded.
2010
Birks, M. Chapman, Y. Al-Mutlaq, M. Factors influencing success and quality of experience in undergraduate nursing programs in rural Victoria, Unfunded.
2009
Birks, M. Chapman, Y. Comparing and contrasting 1st and 3rd year nursing and midwifery students’ perceptions of an ideal curriculum, unfunded.
Siritarungsri, B. Surachej, M. Soranasta, M.S., Francis, K., Barnett, A., Chapman, Y., Sellick, K., Mills, J., Birks, M. Strategies for successful ageing living alone, Sukhothai Thanmathirat Open University, Thailand. $15,000.00
2008
Nestel, D., Chapman, Y., Luke, J., Bearman, M., French, J., Chapman, B., Keating, J., Calandra, A. Development of a health professional simulated patient database – SimMon, $12,810. Faculty Grant Medicine, Nursing & Health Science.
2006
Lee, S., O’Connor, M., Francis, K., Chapman, Y., Humphries, J. & Hamilton, V. A very public death – Exploring the needs of a person dying of methothelioma, School of Nursing and Midwifery Collaborative Grant, $13,733.
2005
Francis, K. Chapman, Y. Sellick, K Broad, L. Kelly, G, Wilson, L. Meeting the nursing workforce shortfall in regional and rural Victoria: Is the recruitment of overseas trained nurses a useful and sustainable strategy? $24,902, School of Nursing and Midwifery Collaborative Grant Scheme.
Francis, K. Chapman, Y. Sellick, K. Recommendation 4: work readiness of graduate nurses, $30,000, DHS Victoria Prepare Nurses for the future Consultancy.
Francis, K. Chapman, Y. Sellick, K. The role of Palliative Care Coordinators in Gippsland, Unfunded.
Doolan, G, Barnett, T, Chapman, Y, Francis, K. Developing a model for recruitment and retention of overseas trained nurses from non-traditional countries to rural hospitals in Gippsland, Victoria. Nurses Board of Victoria $5000.
Miles, M, Francis, K, Chapman, Y. Midwives experience of birthing intellectually disabled women, Nurses Board of Victoria, $5000.
Francis K, Chapman Y, Sellick K, McIntyre M, McKenna L, Dietsch E, Shakleton P. The experience of intellectually disabled women during pregnancy and childbirth, Apex Foundation for research into intellectual disability Ltd. $8,725.
O’Connor M, Chapman Y. Describing palliative care nurse consultant roles. $7136.
Sellick K, Francis K, Chapman Y Dealing with Child Abuse: Experiences of Maternal and Child Health Nurses – a pilot study. $2000 School of Nursing and Midwifery research precinct fund.
Francis K, Chapman Y, Sellick K, McIntyre M, McKenna L, Dietsch E, Shakleton P. The experience of intellectually disabled women during pregnancy and childbirth, $2000 Linkassist grant Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Allied Health, Monash University.
Francis K Chapman Y Mcintyre M, McKenna L, Gilmour C Richardson M, David T, Medhurst A, Sellick K, Grant J. Rural Victorian midwives experiences with models of maternity care. $2000 Linkassist grant, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Allied Health, Monash University.
Francis, K. Chapman, Y. Sellick, K, Barnett, A. Doolan, G. Developing a model for recruitment and retention of overseas trained nurses from non-traditional countries to rural hospitals in Gippsland, Victoria. $2000 Linkassist grant, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Allied Health, Monash University.
Chapman, Y. O’Connor, M. Francis, K. Sellick, K. Keating, J. Farnworth, L. Assessing knowledge of the risk of lymphoedema: a collaborative community project. $2000 Linkassist grant, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Allied Health, Monash University.
French, J. Francis, K. Chapman, Y. Sellick, K. An evaluation of medication endorsement for Division 2 nurses: Implication for skill mix models, workload allocation and nursing staff morale. $2000 Linkassist grant, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Allied Health, Monash University.
2001-2002
Flinders Small Grant: A descriptive exploratory study to ascertain nurses’ perceptions of caring for end of life heart failure patients in community and hospital settings, Borbasi, S. Chapman, Y. Wotton, K. Dunne, J. Stephenson, D. and Read, K. $7,540.
Flinders University Establishment Grant: Borbasi, S. and Chapman, Y. Men’s and their partners’ experiences of lymphoedema, $6,000
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School of Nursing and Midwifery Research Fund 2001, $2,000 – A descriptive exploratory study to ascertain nurses’ perceptions of caring for end of life heart failure patients in community and hospital settings, Borbasi, S. Chapman, Y. Wotton, K. Dunne, J. Stephenson, D. and Read, K. Final report submitted September 2002
School of Nursing and Midwifery Research Fund 2001, $800, An exploration and evaluation of the work and delivery of clinical services to women in a northern, outer metropolitan women’s health clinic in Adelaide, SA. Final Report submitted July 2002.
The experience of Norwegian undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking clinical nursing studies in Australia, Borbasi, S., Chapman, Y., Luxford, Y. and Jackson, D. Unfunded.
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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
Dr Amr is an Associate Professor and programme director of the Master of Educational Studies 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 projects and initiatives in the Middle East and Internationally. She designed and delivered numerous teacher training workshops and led and served as an educational consultant for many projects in education working with national and international organisations including Social Impact, UNRWA, USAID, RTI International, Caritas Austria, Creative Associates and GIZ.
Dr Amr obtained her PhD in Education and MPhil in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge and 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 inclusive education, blended learning, teacher education, literacy, education for refugee children and educational polices and reform in the Middle East.
Research Grants
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 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 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 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 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.
Before coming to the UAE in 2004, Dr William Guéraiche taught History (History of Colonisation) for three years at the Sorbonne-Paris I and Geopolitics at the University of Marne la Vallée. At the American University in Dubai and the American University in the Emirates, his teaching extended over many areas in International Relations, such as Global Governance, Nation-branding, Conflicts, Conflict resolution, International politics and Diplomacy in the Middle East and Asia.
At UOWD, his focus is the UAE Foreign Policy and International Cooperation as well as the non-traditional Security topics (Migrations, Demographics, Covid 19 crisis, etc.).
Last five years
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Dr. William Guéraiche research examines the UAE's foreign policy, diplomacy and international cooperation. His book, The UAE. Geopolitics, Tradition and Modernity (2017), is a comprehensive examination of the relations that the UAE maintains with the world. In his next edited volume on traditional and non-traditional issues in the UAE, Different Facet of Security in the United Arab Emirates, Routledge, 2021, he wrote five chapters:
Master of International Relations (MIR)
Core classes
MIR 903, International Security
This class on International Security examines the national and transnational issues that disrupt, or can disrupt, stability in particular geographic areas.
Skills: Public speaking, Writing a brief.
MIR 906, Development Studies
This course introduces students to problems of inequality in wealth (production and share) from a global, comparative perspective.
Skills: Writing on the social media, project management.
Elective classes
MIR 908, International Environmental Politics
International Environmental Politics is an invitation to examine environmental issues, such as climate change, sustainable development, the geopolitics of raw materials, and the international trade of waste, from a global perspective.
Skills: Project management, Networking
MIR 913, Peace, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
This class aims to equip participants with the key concepts and theories in Conflict and Conflict resolution.
Skills: Emotional intelligence, body language, crisis communication.
MIR 914, Current Dilemmas in International Relations: Geopolitics of the Extended Middle East
The 2020 Summer class focused on the Geopolitics of the Covid 19 crisis (+ Refugees and Labour Migrations).
Skills: Writing on the social media, writing a brief
MIR 965, Geopolitics of the Gulf region
This class is a geopolitical analysis of the Gulf region, spanning the area from North Africa to the Indian Ocean and encompassing the Northern neighbouring states of the Gulf and with the UAE at its centre.
Skills: Geopolitics methodology (maps, demographics, etc.)
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.
Dr Imène Ajala is Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD). She mainly teaches in the Master of International Relations (MIR).
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”.
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).
Dr Ajala’s research interests are Comparative politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, Diaspora studies and multiculturalism with a particular focus on Muslims in Europe.
Research Grants
Research grants from the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences to attend the Euro Mediterranean Forum for Young Researchers in Istanbul (2011) and the 8th PanEuropean Conference of International Relations in Warsaw (2013).
Conference grant from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Seattle (2011).
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 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.
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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
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. Dr Michael is currently interested in the role technology has/can have in the evolving concepts of urban space, identity, and 'thirdspace'.
Bachelor of Communication and Media (BCM) and Master of Media and Communication (MMC)
Recent courses taught include