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Wafa Alkhadra

Prof. Wafa Alkhadra

Academic Rank/Date: Professor
Email: w.khadra@aum.edu.jo
Ext. Number: +962 (5) 3294444 – Ext.

Degrees with fields, institution, and date:

Degree Discipline/Field Institution Country Year
Ph.D English Language and Literature University of Jordan Jordan 2002
M.A. English Language and Literature University of Jordan Jordan 1995
B.A. English Language and Literature University of Jordan Jordan 1988

Other Related Experience-Teaching, Industrial, etc.:

Period Position Institution Country Year
One Year Committee Member of Social Sciences and Humanities The Higher Council for Science and Technology Jordan 7/11/2024-7/11/2025
2 Years Acting Dean Amman Al-Ahliyya University Jordan 2008-2010
4 Years Acting Dean American University of Madaba Jordan 2018-2021
4 Years Chairperson Amman Al-Ahliyya University Jordan 2004-2008
6 years A Member of the Board of Trustees National Centre for Human Rights NCHR Jordan 2019-Present
3 Years A Member of the Executive Council National Centre for Curriculum Development NCCD Jordan 2017-2020
6 Years A Member of the Research Fund Council Shoman Jordan 2019-Present
2 Years A Member of the Steering Committee of Modernization of Higher Education Senate House Jordan 2022-2024
7 Years A Member in the Board of Sabelat El Hassan El Hassan Youth Award Jordan 2018-Present
3 Years Chairperson of the National Committee to Design and Curate the Framework and Activities of Co-curricular Activities for Public Schools NCCD Jordan 2021-2024
42 Days A Member of the Royal Committee for Political Modernisation in Jordan Royal Committee Jordan 2021 June 10-July 22
4 Years A Member of the Hussain Fund for Excellence Central Bank of Jordan Jordan 2004-2008
22 Years Consultant UN, UNDP, USAID, EU, UNIFEM, ALPHA, RAMP, FAS, Fulbright, US Embassy, RAWABET. Jordan from 2002 to Present

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years:


Publication Year
Alkhadra, W., Hamdan, W., Hamdan, H., & Hamdan, J. (2023). The pragmatic functions of wa in Jordanian Arabic: A corpus-based study. Psycholinguistics, 34(2), 132-155. 2023
Alkhadra, W. A. (2023). Barefoot nisswiyya in practice and theory: The case of grassroots feminists in Jordan. Gender & Development, 31(1), 71-88. 2023
Al Qaisi, Z., & Al Khadra, W. A. (2023). The thirdspace of resistance literature in Naomi Shihab Nye’s “1935” and Hala Alyan’s “Hijra.” Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 13(9), 2263-2270. 2023
Al-Dmour, A. H., Al Hasan, R., Alkhadra, W., & Al-Dmour, R. (2023). Integrated model for the factors determining the academic’s remote working productivity and engagement: Empirical study. Cogent Open, 13(3), 1-20. 2023
Alkhadra, W. A. (2023). Emile Habiby and the reinvention of the Palestinian novel: The Pessoptimist in a post-realist context. Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies, 22(1), 1-20. 2023
Alkhadra, W., Brown, N. J., Al-Thani, S. J., El Deghaidy, H., Karami-Akkary, R., Muasher, M., & Zacharia, C. (2022). Innovation and new directions: Searching for novel paths in Arab education reform. Malcolm H. Kerr/Carnegie Middle East Center. 2022
Alkhadra, W., Shahzadeh, Y., & Al Kabarity, A. (2022). Gender disparity in school textbooks in Jordan: The case of Arabic and social education in grades 4, 5, and 6. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, 49(3), 547-558. 2022
Alkhadra, W., Khawaldeh, S., & Aldehayyat, J. (2022). Relationship of ethical leadership, organizational culture, corporate social responsibility and organizational performance: A test of two mediation models. International Journal of Ethics and Systems. 2022
Alkhadra, W., Kessar, S., Rabab’Ah, G., & Hamdan, H. J. (2021). The representation of the Algerian Hirak protest movement in the international media: France 24 and Al-Jazeera. Cogent Social Sciences, 7(1), 1930646. 2021
Majdoubeh, A. Y., & Alkhadra, W. (2021). Challenges pertaining to Arab research and knowledge output, and their applications: The example of the humanities at Jordanian universities. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, 48(4). 2021
Alkhadra, W. A. (2015). Al-Ghitani's Zayni Barakat: History as narrative. European Scientific Journal, 11(29). 2015
Alkhadra, W. A., & Majdoubeh, A. Y. (2014). Naomi Shihab Nye’s neo-and post-romanticism: The mystique of separate and hybrid landscapes. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, 41. 2014
Majdoubeh, A. Y., & Alkhadra, W. A. (2014). Anne Bradstreet’s romantic precedence. Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature, 6(2), 125-140. 2014
Alkhadra, W. A. (2013). Identity in Naomi Shihab Nye: The dynamics of biculturalism. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, 40(1), 184-193. 2013

Scientific and Professional Societies (Previous membership):

Societies Year
IWF 2015-Present
Harvard Alumni 2015-Present
SUSI Alumni 2014-Present
Georgetown Leadership Program 2023-Present
Fulbright Selection Committee 2010-2021

Scholarships, Honors, Prizes, Awards & Juries:

Scholarships, Honors, Prizes, Awards & Juries By Year
Fellowship for Qualitative and Quantitative Research. Columbia University 2010
Scholarship for The Harvard Leadership Seminar on Leadership, Action, and Community Organization Harvard University 2015
Recipient of the Georgetown Leadership Seminar scholarship in 2023. Georgetown University 2023
Fellowship in The Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) program. SUSI Program 2014
Honored as one of the "Women Who Make a Difference." Honored as one of the "Women Who Make a Difference." 2024
Winner of the Outstanding Paper in the 2023 & 2024 Emerald Literati Awards for the article: "Relationship of ethical leadership, organizational culture, corporate social responsibility and organizational performance: a test of two mediation models"#Litera Related Hyperlinks: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJOES-05-2022-0092/full/html 2023&2024

Institutional and Professional Services in the Last Five Years:

Period Position Institution Country Year
4 Years Dean AUM Jordan 2018-2021