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Experience

Assistant Professor | ذكذكتسئµ University | Beaumont, Texas | 2021 - present

  • Teaches graduate level courses, including Counseling Skills, Human Growth and Development and Advanced Counseling Ethics, Residency

Counselor Education Faculty | Ege University | Izmir, Turkey | 2018-21

  • Taught undergraduate and post-graduate level courses such as Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counseling, Non-Test Techniques, Preventive Approaches to Counseling, Group Counseling (Experimental), Practicum, Internship, Professional English, Guidance, Community Service, etc. 
  • Supervised students during their field experiences individually and in group to ensure quality service delivery as well as abidance to ethical codes
  • Provided evidence-based individual and group counseling to students at the Student Counseling Unit
  • Served on the editorial board of the Ege Educational Journal reviewing over 30 articles per year
  • Supported student development by attending weekly activities of Student Club

Project Coordination Member | Directorate of Education | Izmir, Turkey | 2017-18

A joint project of the Turkish Ministry of Education and European Union titled "Promoting Integration of Syrian Children into Turkish Education System-PICTES", coordinating around 200 teachers in 81 schools serving over 14,000 asylum-seeking Syrian students and their families. 

  • Successfully coordinated all aspects of the project within the Izmir province
  • Managed the assignment and payrolls of around 200 teachers 
  • Assisted refugee children and their families in school registration and other related official business
  • Organized distribution of clothing and stationary items to over 4,000 Syrian students
  • Reported to and attended meetings with the Ministry of Education 

Board Member | Global Trauma Research Inc. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | 2013-18

  • Attended board meetings and involved in decision making
  • Organized international mental health trainings in Haiti and interviewed volunteers
  • Made final decisions
  • Ensured ethical and professional practice

Assistant Professor | Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University | Dammam, KSA | 2015-17

  • Acted as the Supervision and Quality Consultant of the University Counseling Center
  • Lead the working team for the international accreditation process of the UCC. After successful application and field visit, the International Association for Counseling Services granted three-year unconditional accreditation 
  • Provided consultancy for supervision program
  • Developed forms according to international standards and measured the effectiveness of the services
  • Provided workshops and trainings on the supervision of counselors 
  • Initiated Mental Health Facilitators Saudi Arabia program in collaboration with the National Board for Certified Counselors, located in North Carolina
  • Conducted two MHF trainings for counselors and Medical School Students
  • Developed the Policies and Procedures Manual and Counseling Service Forms

Clinical Supervisor | Duquesne University | Pittsburgh | 2012-15

  • Provided weekly clinical supervision with the class organization
  • Helped organize the syllabus 
  • Organized and scheduled student assignments
  • Communicated with students individually when needed
  • Taught classroom lectures
  • Graded student presentations
  • Organized a multicultural panel consisted of international students
  • Organized an immersion trip to a local cultural center