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Workshops and Events

HARP's vision is to regularly host various workshops and events that cater to faculty and student needs. These are designed to enhance professional and research skills, help students make informed career-related decisions, provide a glimpse into faculty and student research.
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Priority is given to The American University in Cairo (AUC) psychology majors and minors, graduate students, and faculty members, particularly those who have not previously attended a workshop. Below is a list and description of this semester’s workshops and events. 

 

Upcoming Events in Spring 2025

Brownbag Seminar: The Attachment Lab: One Year of Exploring Bonds and Understanding Connections

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 

Time: 1 - 2 pm

Location: HARP lab (HUSS 2123)

Presenter: Nour Zaki, Visiting Assistant Professor, AUC

Demystifying Positive Psychology

Date: Sunday, February 16, 2025

Time: 1 - 2 pm

Location: Hatem P024 (Mansour)

Presenter: Louise Lambert, Director of Happiness Programming and Policy Design, HappinessMatters.org

Looking for the Positive: The Courageous Choice

Date: Monday, February 17, 2025

Time: 1 - 2 pm

Location: Hatem P024 (Mansour)

Presenter: Louise Lambert, Director of Happiness Programming and Policy Design, HappinessMatters.org

Spring 2025 Psychology Speed Advising Event

Date: Monday, April 7, 2025

Time: 1 - 2 pm

Location: HARP Lab (HUSS 2123)

Happened at HARP

Psychology Department Welcome Back Event

Sunday, September 8, 2024

1-2 pm 

Location: HARP Lab (HUSS 2123)

Beginner SPSS Workshop

Thursday, September 12, 2024

 1-2 pm 

Location: HARP Lab (HUSS 2123)

Presenter: Hassan Zaky, Professor, Department of Psychology

NVivo Beginner Workshop

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Presenter: Mahmoud Gawdat

Location: HARP (HUSS 2123)

Fall 2024 Psychology Speed Advising Event

Monday, November 18, 2024

1-2 pm 

Location: HARP Lab (HUSS 2123)

Psychosocial Aspects of Breast Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Among Women in Ghana: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?

Monday, November 25, 2024

Presenter: Professor Enoch Teye-Kwadjo, Department of Psychology, University of Ghana

Location: Waleed CP75

Spring 2024 Psychology Speed Advising Event

Sunday, April 14, 2024

1 - 2 pm

Location: HARP lab (HUSS 2123)

Spring 2024 Psychology Speed Advising Event

Monday, April 22, 2024

1 - 2 pm

Location: HARP lab (HUSS 2123)

Brownbag seminar: Introducing Attachment Research in Egypt: The Journey of Establishing an Attachment Lab and Exploring the Strange Situation Procedure

Thursday, May 9, 2024

1 - 2 pm

Location: HARP lab

Presenter: Dr. Nour Zaki, Visiting Assistant Professor

Why Does Terrorist Threat Enhance the Appeal of Conservatism? New Insights into the Role of Emotion and Boundary Conditions for Ideological Shifts

Sunday, May 12, 2024

1 - 2 pm 

Location: Mohamed Gaber Shafik Hall

Presenter: Dr. Fade Eadeh, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Seattle University, USA

How Threatening Events Can Shape Citizens’ Attitudes and Voting Behaviors

Monday, May 13, 2024

1 - 2 pm 

Location: Tim Sullivan Lounge

Presenter: Dr. Fade Eadeh, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Seattle University, USA

Nvivo Workshop

Sunday, October 15, 2023 

3:30 to 4:30 pm

HARTB lab 

Presenter: Mahmoud Gawdat (graduate student)

Pizza aculty-student advising event 

Sunday, November 12, 2023

12:45 to 2:00 pm 

HARP lab 

International Guest Speaker research talk about "the prevention of PTSD among individuals exposed to traumatic events

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

12:45 to 2:00 pm

Tim Sullivan Lounge, HUSS Building 

Presenter: Ken Abrams 

Brown bag seminar about a "sex education manual for children with intellectual disabilities"

Monday, December, 4, 2023  

12:45 to 2:00 pm

Location: TBA 

Presenter: Heba Kotb, Associate Professor of Practice

Adapting psychological tests to Arabic: What have we done in 20 years and recommendations forward 

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
1 - 2 pm

Presenter: Pia Zeinoun, PhD

Mental health in Lebanon after the Beirut Blast: The story of Embrace

Thursday, February 16, 2023
1 - 2 pm

Presenter: Pia Zeinoun, PhD

NVivo Beginner Workshop

Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1 - 2 pm

Presenter: Mahmoud Gawdat, MA Student, Community Psychology 

Nature as a restorative tool to urban stress: Examining stress recovery using fNIRS

Wednesday, March 9, 2023
1 - 2 pm

Presenter: Salma K. Mowafi, MSc

Why Worry?

Sunday, October 16, 2022
1 - 2 pm

Presenter: Rosanna Francis, PhD

Psychology Career Paths

Wednesday, November 2, 2022
4 - 5 pm

Presenters: Noha El Nahas, MA and Maram Tolba, MA 

NVivo Beginner Workshop

Thursday, November 3, 2022
1 - 2 pm

Instructor: Mahmoud Gawdat, Graduate Student, Community Psychology

Research Experience Conversation

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
1 - 2 pm

Panelists: Lameese Eldesouky PhD, Ahmed Abdellatif PhD, and Maysa Ayoub PhD

SPSS Advanced Workshop

March 21, 2022

Instructor: Hassan Zaky, PhD

Brownbag Series: Observational Study on Parent-Child Interactions and Attachment

March 28, 2022

Speaker: Nour Zaki, PhD

Arabic-English Biliteracy: Cognitive Effects

Presenters: Jacquelyn Berry, PhD

Family-Centered Autism Interventions for Diverse Populations

Presenter: Sarah Dababnah, PhD, MPH, MSW

Sand Therapy

Presenter: Alexandra Gazis, PhD Candidate, LPCC

Perspectives on Inclusive Education

Presenter: Hadeel El-Ahraf, MS and MA

Co-Presenters: Heba Kotb, PhD and Hala Abdel Hak, MA MBPsS

SPSS Beginner Workshop 

Instructor: Hassan Zaky, PhD

AUC Psychology Department Graduate Programs Talk

Presenter: Yasmine Saleh, PsyD

Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society Information Session

Presenter: Lameese Eldesouky, PhD

Qualtrics Beginner Workshop

Instructor: Lameese Eldesouky, PhD

PhD General Talk and Panel 

Presenter: Mona Amer, PhD, Lameese Eldesouky, PhD and Patricia Correia, PhD

MA General Talk and Panel  

Presenter: Nour Zaki, PhD, Hadeel Al-Ahraf, MS and MA and Hala Abd Alhak, M.A. MBPsS

Beginner Qualtrics Workshop

Instructor: Lameese Eldesouky, PhD

Brownbag Seminar  

Presenter: Irene Strasser

SPSS Beginner Workshop 

Instructor: Hassan Zaky, PhD

Replication, Reproducibility, and Open Science

Presenter: Nicholas Fox, Research Scientist, Center for Open Science