Overview
Work History
Education
Timeline
Interests
Publications
Conference Presentations
Mentoring
Membership in Professional Organizations
Administrative tasks
Teaching
Honors and Awards
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Umkalthoom Hamed Alzubaidi

Lecturer
Jeddah

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lecturer

University of Hafr Al Batin
04.2014 - Current

Teaching Assistant

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
11.2011 - 04.2014

Education

Ph.D. - Psychology

University of Reading
UK
01.2018 - 07.2023

Master of Arts - Psychology

Concordia University Chicago
USA
08.2014 - 05.2016

Intensive English Program - Teaching English As A Second Language (ESL)

University of Pittsburgh
USA
01.2013 - 04.2014

Intensive English Program - Teaching English As A Second Language (ESL)

Point Park University
USA
09.2012 - 12.2012

Diploma - Education

King Abdulaziz University
KSA
07.2010 - 07.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

King Abdulaziz University
KSA
08.2006 - 08.2009

Timeline

Ph.D. - Psychology

University of Reading
01.2018 - 07.2023

Master of Arts - Psychology

Concordia University Chicago
08.2014 - 05.2016

Lecturer

University of Hafr Al Batin
04.2014 - Current

Intensive English Program - Teaching English As A Second Language (ESL)

University of Pittsburgh
01.2013 - 04.2014

Intensive English Program - Teaching English As A Second Language (ESL)

Point Park University
09.2012 - 12.2012

Teaching Assistant

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
11.2011 - 04.2014

Diploma - Education

King Abdulaziz University
07.2010 - 07.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

King Abdulaziz University
08.2006 - 08.2009

Interests

Emotion, motivation, emotion regulation,social cognition, social psychology, health-related behaviours, self-control

Publications

Vogt, J. , Bajandouh, Y. , Alzubaidi, U. (2020) Beyond negativity: motivational relevance as cause of attentional bias to positive stimuli. In: Okon-Singer, H. and Aue, T. , (eds.), Processing Biases in Health and Psychiatric Disorders: Neurophysiological Foundations. Elsevier pp. 1-18. 

Conference Presentations

Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Meeting, Virtual, 2022.

Poster presented at the Society for the Science of Motivation Annual Meeting, Virtual, 2021.

Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Meeting, Virtual, 2021.

Talk at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2016.

Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, 2015.

Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, "Toward Justice: Culture, Language, and Heritage in Education Research and Praxis," Chicago, Illinois, 2015.

Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2015.


Mentoring

Master Students Supervised

2020, Katie Kupusarevic and Naomi Williams, Second supervisor, University of Reading,UK. 

Membership in Professional Organizations

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Illinois Psychology Association

Midwestern Psychological Association

Society for the Science of Motivation 

American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences 

American Educational Research Association 

Administrative tasks

2017, Coordinator of the Quality Unit.

2017, Secretary of the Council.
2017, Member of the Examinations Committee.

2016, Coordinator of the Postgraduate Studies and Scholarships Unit.

2016, Arbitration of extracurricular activities.

2016, Vice President of the Scientific Research Unit.

2016, Coordinator of the Planning and Development Unit.

Teaching

Lecturers and course coordinator

2023, lectures,course (Social Service for People with Special Needs), University of Hafr Al Batin.

2023, lectures,course (Social Problems),University of Hafr Al Batin.

2023, lectures,course (Social Service for the Elderly),University of Hafr Al Batin.

2023, Course Coordinator (Social Service for People with Special Needs), University of Hafr Al Batin.


Honors and Awards

2021. Award for Outstanding Student from the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading.

2010. King Abdullah Scholarship, Saudi Ministry of Higher Education, represented in the USA by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM), Saudi Royal Embassy.

2011. Award from Princess Hassa al-Shaalan for achieving a high GPA at King Abdulaziz University.
 

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