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Haya Ali Alshahrani

Email: hayaa@email.arizona.edu
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Education

PhD University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Expected 12/2020

Degree: PhD – Special Education
with a focus in Learning Disabilities

MA Salem College, Winston Salem, North Carolina. 8/2012

Degree: M.A. – Special Education
Thesis: From a “Hidden Subject” to an Educational “Given”, Special Education
in Saudi Arabia and the United States.

BS Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia. 05/2007

Degree: B.S. – Arabic Language and Literature.

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Research Interests

 Strategies to Improve English Vocabulary and Spelling in the Classroom For ELL, ESL, EO
and LD Students.
 Will a Native Centered Education Reduce Unnecessary Placement in Special Education?
 The Changing Role of Female Special Education Teachers in Saudi Arabia
 Using Response to Intervention (RTI) with Children who are English Language Learners
(ELL) and have Learning Disabilities.
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Publications

Alshahrani, H. (2019). The changing role of female special education teachers in Saudi Arabia,
Disability and Psychoeducational Studies University of Arizona. Zaytoon Journal
(University of Arizona).
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Employment Record

 2008-2009 Teacher at Dar-Albra'ah National School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia teach Arabic
language classes for elementary school.
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 2012-2013 Lecturer at Prince Nora Girls University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 2013-2014 Lecturer Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
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Administrative Work
 2019 Member in the University Hearing Board Member at the University of Arizona.
 2015 Member in the Committee Developing the Aramco Study Bag in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
 2015 Member in the Committee between the Ministry of Education an Imam Abdulrahman
bin Faisal University in Dammam.
 2014 Member in the Saudi Society for Educational and Psychological Sciences in Saudi
Arabia.
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Conferences and Training Courses

 2008 Attended the course of the studying class skills held at Dar-Albra'ah National School
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 2017 Attended the Teacher Educators for Children with Behavior Disorders (TECBD)
conference Tempe, AZ.

 2018 Attend the workshop, "Serving Our International Students: Perspectives on Different
Classroom Expectations".

 2018 Attending the Family Programming Focus Group.

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Conference Presentations

Alshahrani, H. (2019). The Changing Role of Female Special Education Teachers in Saudi

Arabia. The 19th annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North

African Studies at the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona).

Alshahrani, H. (2018). Will a Native Centered Education Reduce Unnecessary Placement in

Special Education? 2019 Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies (TLS) Graduate

Student Colloquy in the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona).

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Alshahrani, H. (2019). The Changing Role of Female Special Education Teachers in Saudi

Arabia. 42nd Teacher Education Division for the Council Exceptional children (TED

CEC, New Orleans, Louisiana).

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Teaching Experience

2008-2009 Teacher at Dar-Albra'ah National School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 Teaching Arabic language skills for 7th grade students.
 Teaching Arabic language Grammar for 9th grade students.
 Teaching Arabic language Arabic Reading and writing 7th and 9th grades.
 Students Guides for School Activities such as field Trips, graduation ceremony and social
activities for students' parents.

2012-2013 Lecturer at Prince Nora Girls University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 Teaching Introduction to Special Education (3 credits with two sections).

 Teaching Integration strategies and early intervention (3 credits with two sections).

2013-2015 Lecturer in the psychology Department in the Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal
University in Dammam.
 Teaching Introduction to teaching methods (3 credits with three sections).
 Teaching a course in designing and improvement of lessons (3 credits with three
sections).
 Teaching strategies for learning difficulties students (3 credits with one section).
 Teaching Integration strategies and early intervention (3 credits with two sections)
 General teaching strategies (3 credits with one section).
 Supervisor of special education students at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University.
 Developer the executive plans for the design and development of lessons and methods of
teaching special education at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University in Dammam.
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2019 Teaching Assistant at the University of Arizona

 SERP 504 Cultural and linguistic diversity in the exceptional learner (online class) with Dr.
Todd Fletcher (Fall, 2019).
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Professional Memberships
 Member in Saudi Association for special education (GESTER).
 Member in Council of Exceptional Children (CEC)
 Member in Teacher Education Division of The Council for Exceptional children (TED CEC)