​Education
2010 – present     Michigan State University Ph. D. student in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology
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   2007 – 2010     American University of Beirut B. A. in Psychology with High Distinction

                   T.D. in Special Education with High Distinction​

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Teaching Experience
Jan. 2011 – May 2012    Michigan State University – College of Education Teaching-assistant 

                        CEP 800: Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings
 

 May 2011 –Aug. 2011    Michigan State University – College of Education Teaching-assistant 

                        CEP 822: Approaches to Educational Research

 Aug. 2010 – present    Michigan State University – College of Education Teaching-assistant 

                        TE 150: Reflections on Learning


 

Research Projects
Oct. 2011 – Apr. 2012     Michigan State University – College of Education

                          HAL support team member
                          How Arabs Learn: A 15-country study of how Arab business executives respond to experts’    
                          recommendations for leadership development.

                 2010     American University of Beirut
                          Differential Effects of Note-Taking and PowerPoint-Based Lectures on Student Performance on
                          Subsequent Lecture-Relevant Quizzes
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                 2009     American University of Beirut
                          Differential Effect of Context on Reading-Comprehension Computer-Based and Paper-Based Test
                          Scores
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                 2008     American University of Beirut
                          Differential Effects of Note-Taking, Lecture and PowerPoint Based Classes on Student Retention
                          of Information

 

 

Fellowships
May 2012         Michigan State University – College of Education
                 Fellowship to Enhance Global Understanding - China

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Other Experience
Dec. 2011        Michigan State University
                 Safe Zone facilitator training