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Faculty and Staff
All faculty of the College of Education, on both the Abu Dhabi and the Dubai campuses, contribute to the activities of the CPD. The senior administrative staff of the CPD are:
- Dr. Sadiq Midraj – Director, Abu Dhabi campus
- Dr. Barbara Harold – Directory, Dubai campus
Faculty provide their academic credentials to the Center, and these are used to match the requests for professional development with the particular faculty member. Faculty biographies are below:
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Peggy Blackwell (Dean of the College of Education)
Qualified and certified teacher of English. Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Texas Tech University USA
Expertise in: Assessment, standards-based school reform, graduate education, educational leadership.
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Kenneth Carr (Assistant Dean, Dubai Campus)
Qualified and certified teacher, Ph.D. in Mathematics Education (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Expertise in: The teaching and learning of mathematics, learning theories, assessment, international education.
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Sadiq Midraj (Director, Abu Dhabi Campus Center)
Qualified and certified teacher, Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction ( Indiana State University, USA)
Expertise in: Teacher education, bilingual education, assessment, quantitative research.
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Lauren Stephenson (Assistant Professor and Director, Dubai Campus Graduate Programs)
Qualified and certified teacher, Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (University of Sydney, Australia)
Expertise in: Educational leadership, English language teaching, teacher professional learning, curriculum and materials design, and qualitative research approaches.
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Barbara Harold (Associate Professor and Director, Dubai Campus Center)
Qualified and certified teacher. Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and School Reform (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Expertise in: Educational leadership, assessment, qualitative research approaches and teacher professional learning.
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Guillermina Engelbrecht (Professor, Dubai Campus)
Ph. D. in Elementary Education, Arizona state University, Tempe, Arizona
Qualified and certified teacher.
Expertise in: Human growth and development, early childhood education, teacher education, and international programs in education.
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Fida Atallah (Assistant Professor, Abu Dhabi Campus)
Qualified and certified mathematics teacher, Ph.D. in Educational Technology (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
Expertise in: Educational technology, Mathematics education, Teacher education, Teacher professional development
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Gloysis Mayers (Associate Professor, Dubai Campus)
Qualified and certified teacher, Ph.D. in Child Development (Iowa State University, USA)
Expertise in: early childhood education, curriculum planning, guidance and classroom management, pre-kindergarten/daycare programming and administration.
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Kathija Adam (Assistant Professor, Dubai Campus)
Qualified and certified teacher, Ed.D. in Education Management (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Expertise in: Teaching science as inquiry (constructivist approach), active learning, technology in science education, learning center development, classroom management and assessment.
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Keith Bradshaw (Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, Abu Dhabi Campus)
Certified special education teacher. Ph.D. in Special Education, University of Western Sydney Australia 1994.
Expertise in: Planning and change.
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Lilly Tennant (Associate Professor, Abu Dhabi Campus)
Ph.D. in Special Education. University of Arizona, USA
Expertise: Inclusion, Differentiated Instruction, Special Education and Teacher Education
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Raymond Tennant (Professor, Abu Dhabi Campus)
Qualified and certified teacher. Ph.D. in Mathematics (State University of New York at Albany, USA)
Expertise in: Visual mathematics, mathematics education, ethnomathematics, uses of technology in the classroom.
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Sharon Bryant (Assistant Professor, Abu Dhabi Campus)
Certified English teacher Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University 1995.
Expertise in: Educational Leadership, Educational Organizations, Resource Management, Evaluation, School Effectiveness.
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Toni Briegel (Associate Professor, Abu Dhabi Campus)
Qualified and certified teacher, Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America)
Expertise in: Early adolescent education, classroom management, teaching writing, teaching methods.
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Saroj Thapa (Assistant Professor, Dubai Campus)
Qualified and certified teacher, Ph.D. in Special Needs Education ( University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Expertise in: Teaching Strategies for students with special needs, Inclusive Education.
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Linda K. Colburn (Assistant Professor Dubai Campus)
Ph.D. in Instructional Technology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Expertise in: Technology Integration, Cognition and Instruction, Reading, Teacher Professional Development
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Esperanza DelaVega (Assistant Professor in Education, Abu Dhabi Campus)
Ph.D. Language, Literacy, and Culture in Education from University of California, Berkeley.
Expertise in: English Language Learners, Literacy Development, Bilingual and Multicultural Education, Qualitative Research in Education
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Patience Sowa (Assistant Professor, Abu Dhabi Campus)
Ph.D in Education. University of Kansas.
Expertise in: ESL, bilingual education, multicultural issues.
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Rabaa Alsumaiti (Director Field Services, Dubai Campus)
MEd,(Special Education) University of Bristol, UK
Expertise in: Special Education, Early Intervention Programs, Autism and PDD, School Community Relationships.
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Lolowa AlMarzouqi (Director Field Services, Abu Dhabi Campus)
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, Zayed University, Dubai.
Expertise in: School leadership
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