Dr. Hiam Loutfi ElZein is the Dean and Professor at Rafik Hariri University, College of Arts and Sciences. She received her EdD in Educational Management form Leicester University, England. Ever since 1992, she has been teaching different courses in Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Arts of Lebanese American University (1992-2010), and Rafik Hariri University (2011-till present). The taught courses covered a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: Psychology for Sustainability, Children and War, Psychology of Women, Stress Management, Positive Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Observational Behavior, Women in the Arab World, Exceptional Child, Conflict Transformation, Cultural Studies I, II, and III, Education courses.
Dr. Loutfi developed an acceptable record of scholarly research through her academic work. Her research focus centers on social sciences with emphasis on trauma and its consequences. She also has done work in the field of early childhood development where she helped in developing chapters in a series of books directed to daycare teachers. She also served as a chair in conferences nationally and internationally and edited and reviewed a few articles. Her interests in doing research have resulted in being nominated in one of the conferences as the best presenter.
In addition to teaching, coordinating social and humanities courses, advising, doing research, and reorganizing the general education programs, she extended her services beyond the borders of the campus as part of the outreach dimension by offering workshops for schoolteachers at all levels.
Her transformational leadership skills are also revealed in sharing updated pedagogical methods, emphasizing life learning projects and technology integration, setting collaborative research plans, and spreading collegiality.
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