CURRICULUM VITAE Ahmed M. Abdulla Alabbasi, Phd Head, Department of Gifted Education Co-Founder, Medical Students Gifted and Talented Program Arabian Gulf University
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July 2021 CURRICULUM VITAE Ahmed M. Abdulla Alabbasi, PhD Head, Department of Gifted Education Co-Founder, Medical Students Gifted and Talented Program Arabian Gulf University PERSONAL INFORMATION Gifted Education Department, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University Medical Students Gifted and Talented Program, College of Medicine & Medical Sciences P.O BOX: 26671, Manama, Bahrain Email: [email protected] Mobile: (+973) 38814414 Office: (+973) 17239414 Website: www.dralabbasi.com EDUCATION 2019 Leading and Building A Culture of Innovation, Harvard Business School, Harvard University. 2016 Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Georgia (GPA 3.95). Major: Gifted and Creative Education; Minor: Creativity Dissertation: A Systematic Review and A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Problem Finding and Creativity Committee: Bonnie Cramond (chair) Mark A. Runco Martha M. Carr Rodney K. Dishman Significant Coursework: Creativity Theories; Creativity: Instructional Procedures and Problem-Solving Processes; Creativity and Diversity; The Social Context of Creativity; Creativity: What It Is and What It Is Not; Educating and Enhancing Creativity. 2016 Leadership Development, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 2011 MA with first class honors, Gifted Education, Arabian Gulf University (GPA 3.97). Thesis: The effectiveness of the Master Thinker Program in developing critical thinking skills of 11th grade students in Bahrain 2006 BA, Special Education, University of Jordan (GPA 3.22). July 2021 ACADEMIC EXPERIANCE 2019- Head, Department of Gifted Education, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2018- Head, Medical Students Gifted and Talented Program (MGTP) 2017- Assistant Professor, Department of Gifted Education, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2016-2017 Lecturer, Department of Gifted Education, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2012-2016 Demonstrator, Department of Gifted Education, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2011-2012 Educational Specialist, Gifted Students Center, Muharraq, Bahrain. 2008-2011 Gifted & Talented Specialist, The Ministry of Education, Bahrain. 2006-2008 Special Education Specialist, The Ministry of Education, Bahrain. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIANCE 2020- EPP Unit Leader Reporter (CAEP). Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2019-2020 Member, Academic Committee of the Department of Technology Management, and Innovation. Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2019-2020 Member, Research Ethics Committee. Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2019 Reviewer, The National Policy for Gifted and Talented Students, Ministry of Education, United Arab Emirates. 2019 Scientific Committee, International Conference of Innovation in Gifted Education, Manama, Bahrain. 2018 Co-Founder, Medical Students Gifted and Talented Program, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. July 2021 2018 Member, Intellectual Property Policy and Procedures Committee. Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2018- Coordinator, Department of Gifted Education, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2018-2019 Assistance Professors’ Representative, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2018-2019 Member, Quality Assurance Committee. Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2017-2019 Member, Theses and Dissertations Audit Committee. Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2017-2018 Member, Climate Change Committee (Educational Group), Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. 2017 Reviewer, The 64th National Association for Gifted Children Convention. 2014 Monitor, Georgia Future Problem Solving Bowl, Athens, GA. PUBLICATIONS ( PUBLISHED/ACCEPTED/IN PRESS) Abdulla, A. M., & Peak, S. (in press). Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking: Past, present, and future. In B. Cramond & S. Sumners (Eds.), The Torrance Reader. Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Reiter-Palmon, R., & Sultan, Z. (accepted). Which Divergent Thinking Index is more associated with problem finding ability? The role of flexibility and task nature. Frontiers in Psychology. Paek, S., Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Acar, S., & Runco, M. A. (accepted). A Meta-analysis of the time-on-task effect on divergent thinking. Thinking Skills and Creativity. Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Runco, M. A., Sayed Mohammad, A. (accepted). Problem finding, divergent thinking and evaluative thinking in gifted and nongifted students. Journal for the Education of the Gifted. July 2021 Ayoub, A., Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Al-Subaie, A., Runco, M. A., & Acar, S. (in press). The effect of robotics on problem finding and active-openminded thinking. Roeper Review. Aljasim, F. A., Alhamdan, N. S., Al-Hindal, H. S., Al-Sherawi, M. I., Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M, & Sanad, F. (in press). The effect of implementing enrichment activities on developing awareness of climate change among elementary students in Bahrain. Journal of Arab Children [In Arabic]. Ayoub, A., Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Plucker, J. (2021). Closing poverty-based excellence gaps: supports for low-income gifted students as correlates of academic achievement. Journal for the Education of the Gifted (online first), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/01623532211023598 Ayoub, A., Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Plucker, J. (2021). Social, Psychological, Academic, Environmental, and Cognitive Supports for Gifted Students’ Scale. Journal for the Education of the Gifted (Suppl. 1). https://doi.org/10.1177/01623532211023598 Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Acar, S. Tadik, H., & Runco, M. (2021). Birth order and divergent thinking: A meta-analysis. Creativity Research Journal (online first), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2021.1913559 AlSaleh, A., Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Ayoub, A., & Hafsyan, A.S.M. (2021). The effects of birth order and family size on academic achievement, divergent thinking, and problem finding among gifted students. Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists, 9(1), 67-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.17478/jegys.864399 Aljasim, F. A., Alhamdan, N. S., & Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M. (2020). Styles of learning and thinking among gifted and ordinary elementary school students in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Arab Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences, 18, 531-554 [In Arabic]. July 2021 Abdulla Alabbasi A. M., Sumners, S., Paek, S., & Runco, M. A. (2020). Association, overlap, and inhibition: A study of implicit theories of creativity. Creativity. Theories- Research-Applications, 7(2), 251-283. https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2020-0014 Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Ayoub, A., & Ziegler, A. (2020). Are gifted students more emotionally intelligent than their non-gifted peers? A meta-analysis. High Ability Studies (online first), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2020.1770704 Abdulla, A. M., Paek, S., Cramond, B., & Runco, M. A. (2020). Problem finding and creativity: A meta-analytic review. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000194 Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M. (2020). Disruptive innovation. In M. A. Runco & S. R. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of creativity (3rd ed., pp. 350-335). San Diego, CA: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.23833-9 Abdulla Alabbasi A. M. (2020). Government. In M. A. Runco & S. R. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of creativity (3rd ed., pp. 555-561). San Diego, CA: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.23657-2 Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M. (2020). Multiple discovery. In M. A. Runco & S. R. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of creativity (3rd ed., pp. 190-195). San Diego, CA: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.23746-2 Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M. (2020). Voting. In M. A. Runco & S. R. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of creativity (3rd ed., pp. 697-700). San Diego, CA: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.23764-4 Richard, V., Yang, Y., Runco, M., Abdulla, A. M., & Tenenbaum, G. (2019). Does engaging in creative activities influence the use of coping skills and perception of challenge- July 2021 skill balance in elite athletes? IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, 5(special issue), 3-20. doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs.5.si.01 Acar, S., Abdulla Alabbasi, A. M., Runco, M. A., & Beketayev, K. (2019). Latency as a predictor of originality in divergent thinking. Thinking Skills and Creativity. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2019.100574 Alhindal, H. S., Al-Sherawi, M. I., & Abdulla Alabbasi A. M. (2019). Climate change in elementary social studies’ books in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A content analysis study. Arab Journal of Quality in Education, 6(1), 69-85. [in Arabic]. Abdulla, A. M., & Cramond, B. (2018). The creative problem finding hierarchy: A suggested model for understanding problem finding. Creativity. Theories-Research- Applications, 5, 197-229. Abdulla, A. M., Runco, M. A., AlSuwaidi, H.N., & Alhindal, H. S. (2018). Obstacles to personal creativity among Arab women from the GCC countries. Creativity. Theories- Research-Applications, 5, 41-54. DOI: 10.1515/ctra-2018-0003 Abdulla, A. M., & Runco, M. A. (2018). Who funds the future? Federal funding support for 21st century learning research. Business Creativity and the Creative Economy, 4(1), 1- 7. DOI: 10.18536/bcce.2018.10.8.1.01 Richard, V., Abdulla, A. M., & Runco, M. A. (2017). Influence of skill level, experience, hours of training, and other sport participation on the creativity of elite athletes. Journal of Genius and Eminence, 2(1), 65-76. DOI: 10.18536/jge.2017.04.02.01.07 Alhamdan, N. S., Aljasim, F. A., & Abdulla, A. M. (2017). Assessing the emotional intelligence