Dr. Wided Dafri

Assistant Professor - College of Security and Global Studies

Publications : 6
Citations : 23
h-Index : 4
Last Updated : Nov/21/2024 03:35:52

Dr. Wided Dafri holds a Ph.D. in International Relations (Summa Cum Laude degree.). She has held various scientific and administrative positions in the UAE and other countries.
Dr. Wided has been actively involved in a wide range of activities and training related to international relations, public relations, customer service, communication, and human resources. She participates in and organizes international conferences and programs in collaboration with several Ministries in the UAE, which have received recognition from relevant bodies. Additionally, she has authored and co-authored numerous research articles and book chapters indexed in Scopus.
She received the Certificate of “Excellence in Scientific Research” from Yarmouk University in Jordan and was awarded first prize at the level of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for her research in the 10th Research Contest of Jordanian Universities (2007/2008), organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
In 2014, Dr. Wided was awarded the Certificate of “Excellence in Teaching” from Canadian University and has been selected by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) to train for the "Excellence Diploma in Customer Service" and the "Future Services Diploma.

Honoring & Awards:

2024	Honored in recognition of her outstanding participation as a trainer in the successful delivery of the Future Services MOI Diploma Program.
2022	10th of October 2022 Honored by the President of Umm Al Quwain University for "Recognition on achievements in the field of scientific research published in “Scopus Index Journals of the Academic Year 2021-2022 ".
2021	On 7th September 2021, certificate of: Awarding Activist at ARID Scientific Events Badge 2021
2019	24th of April 2019 Honored by Dubai Economy as a "Best coordinator ".
2018	On December 12, 2018, she was honored by the Ministry of Culture & Knowledge Development in Umm Al Quwain, UAE, for her efforts in providing a customer service diploma to their employees.
2018	On November 19, 2018, she was honored by Ajman Police in the UAE for her efforts in providing customer service Diploma to their employees.
2014	Certificate of "Teaching Award" Recognizing outstanding contribution in the area of teaching, awarded in April 2014 by Canadian University/Dubai.
2008	Certificate of “Excellence in Scientific Research” from Yarmouk University, Jordan.2008
2008	She was honored to win the first prize at the national level within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for her participation in the scientific research titled 'The International and Regional Strategic Dimensions of Iran's Nuclear File Crisis.' This achievement was attained in the 10th Research Contest of Jordanian Universities, an event organized by the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies.

Publications: Journals

Cover Date	Title	Citations
September 2023	Impacts of political and strategic thinking on knowledge society: A study of university students in the United Arab Emirates. Volume 8, Issue 1, Open Access, 2023, 100667, ISSN 2590-2911, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100667 / Indexed in Scopus.	-
August 2023	Challenges and Opportunities to Enhance Digital Financial Transformation in Crisis Management. Social Sciences & Humanities Open. Volume 8, Issue 1, Open Access, 2023, 100662, ISSN 2590-2911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100662/ Indexed in Scopus.	5
February 2022	An Account of Civil Liability for Violating Private Life in social media. Education Research International, Volume 2022 \|Article ID 3620543 \| https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3620543 / Indexed in Scopus.	4
2022	Managing international student mobility through pathways to citizenship: Early reporting and discussion on the effectiveness of the Government of Canada’s crisis strategy on international student mobility during COVID-19, Academy of Strategic Management Journal, Vol: 21 Issue: 2S (Print ISSN: 1544-1458; Online ISSN: 1939-6104)/	-
2019/2020	Impact of Fake News and Myths related to COVID- 19, Vol. 12, ISSN: 2395-7514, page 270- 279/ Indexed in Scopus.	6
2014	Myanmar crisis and its effect on media in Middle East journal, Jordan.	-

Publications: Book Chapter

Cover Date	Title	Citations
March 2024	Universities Faculty’s Perception of E-learning Tools: Filling the Gaps for Enhanced Effectiveness. Book Chapter- Studies in Big Data (Vol. 144). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-52280-2_36 / Indexed in Scopus.	3
March 2024	Effect of e-Learning on Servicing Education in Dubai. Book Chapter- Studies in Big Data (Vol. 144). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-52280-2_40 / Indexed in Scopus.	2
2019	“Socialization and the Construction of a Professional Identity among Public Relations Students in the United Arab Emirates”, -Book chapter, M. Carmo (Ed.), Education and New Developments (published by InScience Press) June 2018. https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/mru%3A85/datastream/PDF/view	-

Publications

Journal

Cover Date	Title	Citations
Jan/01/2022	An Account of Civil Liability for Violating Private Life in Social Media	4
Jan/01/2023	Challenges and opportunities to enhance digital financial transformation in crisis management	6
Dec/01/2020	IMPACT OF FAKE NEWS AND MYTHS RELATED TO COVID-19	6
Jan/01/2023	Impacts of political and strategic thinking on knowledge society: A study of university students in the United Arab Emirates	0

Publications

Book Series

Cover Date	Title	Citations
Jan/01/2024	Effect of e-Learning on Servicing Education in Dubai	3
Jan/01/2024	Universities Faculty’s Perception of E-learning Tools: Filling the Gaps for Enhanced Effectiveness	4

Dr. Khaled Al-Kassimi

Assistant Professor/ Research Support Director/ College of Media & Mass Communication

Dr. Khaled Al-Kassimi is an Assistant Professor of Political Sociology, International Relations, and Legal Jurisprudent Philosophy at the American University in the Emirates. Preceding his appointment at AUE he was a sessional lecturer (2019-2021), a Teacher’s Assistant (2015-2019), and a Research Assistant (2018-2019) in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University. His teaching expertise includes subjects including International Law and International Relations, Critical Security Studies and (Post)-Development Studies, and finally, Philosophical Theology.

Dr Khaled Al-Kassimi holds a Philosophical Doctorate in Political Science from the faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University (2016-2020), a Masters’ degree in International Relations from McMaster University (2015-2016), and an Honours Bachelor of Arts combining a double specialist in History and Political Science from the University of Toronto (2009-2013).

Dr Khaled Al-Kassimi’s academic research navigates approaches accenting critical security studies and decolonial studies with a particular interest in Arab-Islamic and Latin-European epistemological differences pertaining to their different jurisprudent and philosophical sources (i.e., revealed Law and rationalized law). Such eclectic disciplinary navigation has permitted Khaled Al-Kassimi to publish peer-reviewed articles in a variety of journals interested in law and philosophy, history and political science with an eye appreciating the civilizational heritage accentuating the cultural reconnaissance between the Orient and Occident. His research has been cited by prolific scholars such as Andrea Hoffmann, Roberto D. Sirvent, Greg Simmons, Melvin Delgado, Gorden Moyo, Walter Mignolo, José Briceño-Ruiz, Adam Grydehøj, and Gonzalo Lizarralde. Finally, Khaled Al-Kassimi also sits on the editorial and reviewers board of: Athens Institute for Education & Research – Journal of Humanities & Arts (2019-Present); MDPI – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2020-Present), Social Sciences (2020-Present), and Laws Journal (2020-Present), and lastly, the African Journal of Political Science and International Relations (2019-Present).