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College of Humanities and Social Sciences
United Arab Emirates University
P.O. Box 15551
Al Ain, UAE

Phone: +971 3 7136493
Fax: +971 3 7134978
Email: fhss.office@uaeu.ac.ae

CHSS - Dean's Office

Geography and Urban Sustainability Department

Languages and Literature Department

Arabic Language & Literature Department

Media and Creative Industries Department

Cognitive Sciences Department

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Faculty Directory

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Dean's Office

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Prof. Mohamed Bin Huwaidin	Dean	mohd.hwaiden@uaeu.ac.ae	5017
Dr. Ali Alghafli	Vice Dean	ali.alghafli@uaeu.ac.ae	6499
Dr. Saif Al Mahrouqi	Assistant Dean for Students Affairs	saifm@uaeu.ac.ae	5038
Prof. Khaula Al Kaabi	Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies	khaula.alkaabi@uaeu.ac.ae	5001

Department of Arabic Language and Literature

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Ghaneimah AlYammahi	Assistant Professor & Chair	g.salem@uaeu.ac.ae	6445
Dr. Saif Al Mahrouqi	Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for Student Affairs	saifm@uaeu.ac.ae	5038
Dr. Fatima Al Breiki	Professor	Fatima.Albreiki@uaeu.ac.ae	5036
Dr. Ismaael AlMazaedh	Professor	i.almazaedah@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Saad Meqdad	Professor	s_meqdad@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Emad Zapin	Associate Professor	emadzapin@UAEU.AC.AE	6447
Dr. Da'ed Al Nasser	Associate Professor	daad-alnaser@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Muna A. Sahli	Associate Professor	muna_sahli@uaeu.ac.ae	5043
Dr. Al Amein Alshareif	Assistant Professor	Alamein.ali@UAEU.AC.AE	-
Dr. Hany Rashwan	Assistant Professor	hrashwan@uaeu.ac.ae	5069
Dr. Mohamad Abou Adel	Assistant Professor	mohamad.abouadel@uaeu.ac.ae	-

Department of Languages and Literature

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Mozah Tenaijy	Assistant Professor, Chair	mozah.o@uaeu.ac.ae	6459
Dr. Paul Innes	Professor	paul.innes@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Doris Hambuch	Associate Professor	Hambuchd@uaeu.ac.ae	5047
Dr. Hala Sharkas	Associate Professor	hsharkas@uaeu.ac.ae	5061
Dr. Jamal Mohamed	Associate Professor	j.giaber@uaeu.ac.ae	5063
Dr Mohammed AlBatineh	Associate Professor	m_batineh@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Raja Lahiani	Associate Professor	raja.lahiani@uaeu.ac.ae	5048
Dr. Michael O'Sullivan	Associate Professor	mosullivan@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Ayman Abu-Shomar	Associate Professor	ashomar@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Noureldin Abdelaal	Associate Professor	nour.abdelaal@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Amna Al Ahbabi	Assistant Professor	amna_alahbabi@UAEU.AC.AE	5089
Dr. Ghadeir Alkindi	Assistant Professor	gkendi@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Mona Al Shamsi	Assistant Professor	mona.alshamsi@uaeu.ac.ae	6437
Dr. Fatima Alblooshi	Assistant Professor	f.alblooshi@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mr. Basil Muir	Instructor	b.muir@uaeu.ac.ae	5053
Ms. Mary Rita	Instructor	rmacdonagh@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mrs. Ulrike Wantig	Instructor	uwaentig@uaeu.ac.ae	6456
Ms. Ji Hye Kim	Instructor, Korean Language	jihye@uaeu.ac.ae	6456
Mr. Derek Brown	Instructor	derek.b@uaeu.ac.ae	6084
Mr. Ricardo Mateos	Instructor	rroque@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mr. Andrej Fajgelj	Instructor	afajgelj@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Ms. Theresa Beadle	Instructor	beadlet@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Ms. Mai Nourelhuda	Instructor	mai.n@uaeu.ac.ae	-

Department of Tourism and Heritage

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Adriaan De Man	Professor & Chair	adriaandeman@uaeu.ac.ae	5097
Dr. Yehia Mahmoud	Associate Professor	yehia.ahmed@uaeu.ac.ae	6463
Dr. Sa'ad Twaissi	Associate Professor	saad.twaissi@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Clarisse S. Roche	Assistant Professor	clarisse.roche@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Ralph Leo	Assistant Professor	ralphaleo@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Ahmed Almaazmi	Assistant Professor	almaazmi@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Amare Wondirad	Assistant Professor	amare.wondirad@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Mohamed Khater	Assistant Professor	mokhater@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Shirin M. Mohamed	Instructor	shereen.atreis@uaeu.ac.ae	5454

Department of Cognitive Sciences

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Maryam AlJassmi	Assistant Professor, Chair	maryam.aljassmi@uaeu.ac.ae	6410
Dr. Hamzeh Dodeen	Professor	hdodeen@uaeu.ac.ae	6478
Dr. Sami Boudelaa	Professor	s.boudelaa@uaeu.ac.ae	6178
Dr. Abduljaleel Al Wali	Professor	abdeljelil.kazem@uaeu.ac.ae	5067
Dr. Tommi Leung	Professor	leung@uaeu.ac.ae	4073
Dr. Martin Endley	Associate Professor	martinjendley@uaeu.ac.ae	4071
Dr. Yahya Nassar	Associate Professor	yanassar1007@uaeu.ac.ae	6455
Dr. Abdullah Saif	Associate Professor	aabdullah@uaeu.ac.ae	6487
Dr. Simon Langford	Associate Professor	simon.langford@uaeu.ac.ae	5044
Dr. Ian Grey	Associate Professor	Ian.grey@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Brettjet Cody	Associate Professor	brettjet.cody@uaeu.ac.ae	6470
Dr. Marina Marren	Assistant Professor	mmarren@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Nikolaos Kargas	Assistant Professor	nkargas@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Mariana Coutinho	Assistant Professor	mariana.coutinho@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Arthur Schipper	Assistant Professor	arthur.schipper@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Vladimir Krstic	Assistant Professor	krstic.v@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Abdalla Zeinelabdein Mohamed	Assistant Professor	a_mohamed@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Marius Golubickis	Assistant Professor	mgolubickis@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Faye Foster	Assistant Professor	Faye.Foster@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Sin Chi Cheung	Assistant Professor	olivia.cheung@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Natalia Pavlou	Instructor	natalia.pavlou@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Lance Kahn	Instructor	lance.kahn@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. James Rose	Instructor	ames.rose@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mr. Abdel Hameed Darweish	Instructor	abdelhameed.mohd@uaeu.ac.ae	6484
Ms. Mervat Ijha	Instructor	m.ijha@uaeu.ac.ae	6413
Ms. Ann Boddicker	Instructor	aboddicker@uaeu.ac.ae	-

Department of Social Wellbeing

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Shamma Alfalasi	Assistant Professor, Chair	sh.alfalasy@uaeu.ac.ae	6426
Prof. Ansie Fouche	Professor	ansiefouche@uaeu.ac.ae	5091
Prof. Abdulaziz Albrithen	Professor	aziz88@uaeu.ac.ae	5070
Dr. Krista Cooper	Assistant Professor	kcooper07@uaeu.ac.ae	5056
Dr. Muna Albahar	Assistant Professor	mona.bahar@uaeu.ac.ae	6467
Dr. Raquel Silva	Assistant Professor	raquel.marta@uaeu.ac.ae	6479
Dr. Vinnarasan Aruldoss	Assistant Professor	v.aruldoss@uaeu.ac.ae	6434
Dr. Jessica Donohue-Dioh	Assistant Professor	Jessica.D@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Manjusha Gopalakrishna	Assistant Professor	mwarrier@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Ms. Enas Almarqab	Instructor	e.almarqab@uaeu.ac.ae	5080
Ms. Mariam AlNuaimi	Instructor	mariam@uaeu.ac.ae	5035

Department of Media and Creative Industries

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Muhammed Musa	Associate Professor, Chair	mu.musa@uaeu.ac.ae	4081
Dr. Ahmed Mansoori	Associate Professor	a.mansoori@uaeu.ac.ae	6425
Prof. Badreya Al Jenaibi	Professor	aljenaibi@uaeu.ac.ae	5059
Dr. Sameera Tahira Ahmed	Associate Professor	stahmed@uaeu.ac.ae	5009
Dr. Shujun Jiang	Associate Professor	shujun.jiang@uaeu.ac.ae	5088
Dr. Ali Rafeeq	Associate Professor	alirafeeq@uaeu.ac.ae	5055
Dr. Ahmed El Gody	Associate Professor	ahmed.elgody@uaeu.ac.ae	6423
Dr. Khalaf Tahat	Assistant Professor	k.tahat@uaeu.ac.ae	6480
Dr. Abdulaziz Altawil	Assistant Professor	a.altawil@uaeu.ac.ae	5078
Dr. Ioannis Kontos	Assistant Professor	yannis.kontos@uaeu.ac.ae	5027
Dr. Tan Danny	Assistant Professor	danny.tan@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Shadi Abuayyash	Assistant Professor	shadi.abuayyash@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Akhmed Kaleel	Assistant Professor	akhmed.k@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Hussein Khalifa	Assistant Professor	husseink@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mr. Ahmed Nori	Instructor	ahmed.nori@uaeu.ac.ae	5057
Ms. Queentali Thokchom	Instructor	queentali@uaeu.ac.ae	5086
Mr. Michael E. Walter	Instructor	walterm@uaeu.ac.ae	5096
Ms. Stacey Kalkowski	Instructor, Fine Arts	staceykalkowski@uaeu.ac.ae	6436
Ms. Sarah Willard	Instructor	sarah.willard@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mr. Toomas Altnurme	Instructor	toomas.a@uaeu.ac.ae	5075
Ms. Aysha Ayaz	Instructor	ayshaayaz@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mr. Islam Hasan	Instructor	islam.nasib@uaeu.ac.ae	-

Department of Government and Society

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Ahmed AlMulla	Assistant Professor, Chair	ahmed.almulla@uaeu.ac.ae	5029
Dr. Mohamed Bin Huwaidin	Professor, Dean	mohd.hwaiden@uaeu.ac.ae	5017
Dr. Ali Alghafli	Associate Professor and Vice Dean	ali.alghafli@uaeu.ac.ae	6499
Dr. Abdulfattah Yaghi	Professor	abdulfattah@uaeu.ac.ae	5018
Dr. Gamal Selim	Professor	gm.selim@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Mohd Mizan Aslam	Professor	mohdmizan@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Suaad Al Oraimi	Associate Professor	s.aloraimi@uaeu.ac.ae	5030
Dr. Madalla Alibeli	Associate Professor	madalla.a@uaeu.ac.ae	5014
Dr. Osman Antwi-Boateng	Associate Professor	o.boateng@uaeu.ac.ae	5024
Dr. Tatiana Karabchuk	Associate Professor	tkarabchuk@uaeu.ac.ae	6468
Dr. Anne Bartlett	Associate Professor	annebartlett@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Paul O'Connor	Associate Professor	pauloconnor1978@uaeu.ac.ae	6448
Dr. Sumaia AlKohlani	Associate Professor	salkohlani@uaeu.ac.ae	5037
Dr. Sawsan Abutabenjeh	Associate Professor	sawsan.abu@uaeu.ac.ae	5021
Dr. Malina Voicu	Associate Professor	malina.voicu@uaeu.ac.ae	5076
Dr. Gareth Davey	Associate Professor	garethdavey@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Dr. Danyel Reiche	Associate Professor	reiche@uaeu.ac.ae	5054
Dr. Aqil Abdulfattah	Assistant Professor	a.kazim@uaeu.ac.ae	5013
Dr. Maxime Jaffre	Assistant Professor	mjaffre@uaeu.ac.ae	6461
Dr. Ibtisam Al Kitbi	Assistant Professor	ekitbi@uaeu.ac.ae	5021
Dr. Mohammed Aljanahi	Assistant Professor	m.aljanahi@uaeu.ac.ae	5022
Dr. Ali Al Ahbabi	Assistant Professor	ali_alhbabi@uaeu.ac.ae	5026
Dr. Xiang Zhao	Assistant Professor	xiang.zhao@uaeu.ac.ae	5019

Department of Geography and Urban Sustainability

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Dr. Naeema Al Hosani	Professor, Chair and Director of the Desert Environment Research Center	naeemam@uaeu.ac.ae	6430
Dr. Mohamed Yagoub	Professor	myagoub@uaeu.ac.ae	5028
Dr. Khaula Al Kaabi	Professor and Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies	khaula.alkaabi@uaeu.ac.ae	5001
Dr. Nazmi Saleous	Associate Professor and Director of the M.Sc. in Remote Sensing and GIS Program	nazmi.saleous@uaeu.ac.ae	5031
Dr. Ahmad Bin Touq	Associate Professor	abintouq@uaeu.ac.ae ;	5902
Dr. Tareefa AlSumaiti	Associate Professor	tareefa@uaeu.ac.ae	5025
Dr. Khalid Hussein	Associate Professor	khalid.hussein@uaeu.ac.ae	5051
Dr. Robert M.Bridi	Associate Professor	rmbridi@uaeu.ac.ae	5087
Dr. Ahmed Almurshidi	Associate Professor	ah.almurshidi@uaeu.ac.ae	5008
Dr. Elnazir Ramadan	Associate Professor	elnazirr@uaeu.ac.ae	5033
Dr. Khawla Alhebsi	Assistant Professor	khawla.alhebsi@uaeu.ac.ae	6435
Dr. Li Lin	Assistant Professor	Lin@uaeu.ac.ae	5075
Dr. Mona Ramadan	Assistant Professor	mona.s.ramadan@uaeu.ac.ae	6751
Dr. Hossam Khedr	Assistant Professor	hossam.khedr@uaeu.ac.ae	-
Mr. Abdallah Al Bizreh	Instructor	abdbizreh@uaeu.ac.ae	4373
Ms. Athheba Al Ahbabi	Instructor	athheba@uaeu.ac.ae	5090
Dr. Muhagir ElKamali	Instructor	muhagir.hk@uaeu.ac.ae	5041
Dr. Fatmaelzahraa Hussein	Visiting Faculty	fatma.hussein@uaeu.ac.ae	-

Staff Directory

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Dean's Office

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Mrs Eman Bader	Senior Administrator	emanbadr@uaeu.ac.ae	6457
Mrs Noura Al Mezaini	Communication Executive	nalmezaini@uaeu.ac.ae	5005
Mrs Noura Al Dhaheri	Senior Financial Officer	nm.aldhaheri@uaeu.ac.ae	5288
Mrs Rauda Bal Kaila Al Ameri	Administrator	r.alameri@uaeu.ac.ae	5081
Ms Khuloud Alsaeedi	Executive Secretary	k.khaled@uaeu.ac.ae	5010
Ms Noura Al Baloushi	Senior Administrator	nourab@uaeu.ac.ae	4733

Vice Dean's Office

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Ms Noora Al Tenaiji	Administrator I	noora.altenaiji@uaeu.ac.ae	4240

Office of the Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Mrs Alyazia Alneyadi	Graduate Studies Administrator I	alyazia_alneyadi@uaeu.ac.ae	6402
Ms Baheya Al-Orimi	Administrative Services Spec I	baheya.a@uaeu.ac.ae	4018

Office of the Assistant Dean for Professional Development

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Mrs Afra Al Muhairi	Senior Training & Internship Spec I	al.muhairi@uaeu.ac.ae	6490
Ms Kamela Al Shamisi	Administrator I	kamela@uaeu.ac.ae	4374
Ms Jamila Bal Kaila Al Ameri	Administrator I	j.alameri@uaeu.ac.ae	5928
Mrs Mahra Saeed Alhassani	Training & Internship Spec	ms-alhassani@uaeu.ac.ae	6404

Office of the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Mrs Mariam Al Azizi	Student Affairs Administrator I	students.dean@uaeu.ac.ae	6493

Advising Units

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Ms Noura Al Dhaheri	Senior Academic Advisor (Female)	Noraf@uaeu.ac.ae	6451
Mrs Amal Morsy	Academic Advisor (Female)	amalm@uaeu.ac.ae	6401
Mrs Nashwa AlShamsi	Senior Academic Advisor (Female)	nashwah@uaeu.ac.ae	6452
Ms Amna Saeed Alhassani	Academic Advisor (Female)	amna.sa@uaeu.ac.ae	5016
Mrs Mouza Bal Kaila Al Ameri	Senior Administrator	m.alameri@uaeu.ac.ae	6069
Ms Saleha Saleh Al Ameri	Academic Advisor (Male)	s_alameri@uaeu.ac.ae	6077

Administrative Secretaries

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Mrs Fatima Al Badi	Department of Arabic Language and Literature	arabic@uaeu.ac.ae	6414
Mrs Shamma Aljaberi	Department of Languages and Literature	english@uaeu.ac.ae	6896
Mrs Muna Al safwani	Department of Tourism and Heritage	history@uaeu.ac.ae	6415
Ms Afra Al-Falahi	Department of Government and Society	a_alfalahi@uaeu.ac.ae	5003
Ms Mariam Al Shamisi	Department of Government and Society	political@uaeu.ac.ae	6456
Mrs Maitha Al Mansoori	Department of Cognitive Sciences	cognitive.sciences@uaeu.ac.ae	6420
Mrs Neela Al Ketbi	Department of Media and Creative Industries	masscomm@uaeu.ac.ae	6458
Mrs Aysha Al Kaabi	Department of Geography and Urban Sustainability	geography@uaeu.ac.ae	6411
Ms Fatima Al Nassibi	Department of Social Wellbeing	sowork@uaeu.ac.ae	6412

Others

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Mr Almothana Mahdawi	Senior A/V Support Technician, Media and Creative Industries	a.mahdawi@uaeu.ac.ae	5042
Ms Shamma Albedwawi	Laboratory Specialist I, Geography and Urban Sustainability	shammaalbedwawi@uaeu.ac.ae	5053
Mrs Abeer Ali Abdulla	Social Work Specialist I, Social Wellbeing	abeera@uaeu.ac.ae	6419
Mr Ahmed ElMagairy	Senior Media Technician	ahmed-elmagairy@uaeu.ac.ae	5034
Ms. Akeela Abdul Gafoor	Laboratory Specialist	akeelafatheen@uaeu.ac.ae	5046
Ms Maryam Alblooshi	Marketing and Communication Executive	maalblooshi@uaeu.ac.ae	4025

IT Support

Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Mrs Alia Abdulla	IT Support Specialist I (Female Campus)	alia.a@uaeu.ac.ae	6859
Mr Saeed Alnuaimi	IT Support Specialist I (Male Campus)	saeed.alnuaimi@uaeu.ac.ae	6852

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