HomeCollegesCollegesCollege of Natural and Health SciencesFaculty And StaffProfilesDr. Mazna Patka
Assistant Professor
PhD in Applied Psychology, Specializations: Community Psychology and Research Methods
Bio

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

ZAYED UNIVERSITY (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
January 2019 – Present
Assistant Professor

 
Office

Dubai Academic City, A-L2-037

Email:
Teaching Areas

Community Psychology, Research Methods, Disability Research, Critical Consciousness Development, Sense of Community

Research and Professional Activities

My work as a community psychologist my research focuses on using participatory research methods with the goal of promoting inclusion and empowerment of sociopolitical minorities.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Patka, M., Wallin-Ruschman, J., bin Nauman, H., Ul Hasan, T., Ikram, S., Sharif, J. M….Sharif, G. M. (In Press). Special Olympics Pakistan: Using a segregated space to transition to independence in mainstream settings. Disability & Society.https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2021.1888284 

  • Patka, M., Wallin-Ruschman, J., Al Rahma, B. A., Zar, A., bin Nauman, H., Sharif, J. M….Khanam, Z. (2020). “We need to share our stories”: The lives of Pakistanis with intellectual disabilities and their guardians. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 64(5), 345-356. doi: 10.1111/jir.12723

  • Patka, M., Miyakuni R., & Robbins, C. (2019). PhotoVoice: Teaching and learning about social justice through research. In M. Pope, M. Gonzalaz, E.R.N. Cameron & J.S. Pangelinan (Eds.), Social Justice and Advocacy in Counseling: Experiential Activities for Teaching. CRC Press.

  • Patka, M., Wallin-Ruschman, J., Murry, A. & Minich, N. (2018). Exploring Sense of Community as a Predictor of Critical Consciousness among Youth in Ukraine. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 9(1), 1-17.

  • Wallin-Ruschman, J., Patka, M., & Murry, A. (2018) The role of sense of community on perceived inequalities. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 4(1), 42-65. doi: 10.1285/i24212113v4i1p42

  • Patka, M., Miyakuni R., & Robbins, C. (2017). Experiential learning: Teaching Research Methods with PhotoVoice. The Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 9(2). doi: 10.7729/92.1183

  • Wallin-Ruschman, J. & Patka, M. (2016). Learning from critical collective spaces: Reflections on the community-diversity dialectic in safe spaces. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 4(1), 318-331. doi: 10.5964/jspp.v4i1.530

  • Patka, M., Wallin-Ruschman, J., Wallace, T. & Robbins, C. (2016). Exit cards: Creating a dialogue for continuous evaluation. Teaching in Higher Education, 21(6), 659-668. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2016.1167033

  • Patka, M. & Murry, A. (2016). Body mass index among Special Olympics athletes from Muslim majority countries: Differences in gender and adult status. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60, 335-343. doi: 10.1111/jir.12252

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