Maher Bechir Khelifa

Associate Professor

B.Sc. University of Tunis, Tunisia, 1986.
MS.Ed. University of Kansas, USA, 1992.
Ph.D. University of Kansas, USA, 1996.

Bio

Maher is Associate Professor. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Tunis and his MS. Ed. and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, USA. Maher served as Acting Assistant Dean for the College of Family Sciences, Interim Chair for the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and is currently the Chair of the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Maher’s research interests are in the areas of Emirati family strength, adjustment and well-being, especially the effects of globalization and social and cultural changes on Emirati youth identity. Maher also specializes in issues of teaching and learning and in undergraduate research scholarship.

Office: Dubai Academic City, (Wing D, D-L1-036)
Phone: +9714 402 1151
Email: Maher.khelifa@zu.ac.ae

Teaching Areas

Psychology, health psychology, sociology, social psychology, globalization, and research methods and statistics.

Research and Professional Activities

Khelifa, M. (2011). Empowering Emirati tertiary studens: Does the syllabus improve classroom communication and student success?
Khelifa, M. (2010). Trading culture: Have Western-educated Emirati females gone Western?
Khelifa, M. (In press). Undergraduate research at Zayed University: current achievements and challenges.
Khelifa, M. (In progress). Negotiating tradition and modernity: Are Emirati women in transition or in crisis?
Khelifa, M. (in progress). Family violence from a strength-based perspective: the case of the United Arab Emirates.
Joseph, S., Khelifa, M., & Sabban, R. (in progress). Emirati youth and the global cultures.
Khelifa, M. (in progress). Fostering a Vibrant Undergraduate Student Research Culture in an Emirati University.
Khelifa, M. (in progress). The United Arab Emirates Females in Transition: Modernity and Culture Change.

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