Dr. Julinda Abou Nasr
Previous Professions
Associate Professor, Consultant, Researcher, Founder and Director of AiW at LAU.
Honorary Office & Memberships
Society for research and child development.
American home Economics Association
International Board on books for young people.
President of the Lebanese chapter of IBBY.
National association for the education of young children
Member of the Asian Women Institute
Field(s) of Expertise
Child Education Development
Rural Women Development
Community and Academical Research
Women, Labor and Economic Development
Publications
A manual for preschool teachers
Perceptual - cognitive development in infancy
Children's Literature in the Arab World
Female workers in the suburbs of Beirut
The development of three to six year-old children and their environment
Guide for setting up children's libraries
Arab women in the Media...
Biography
Child Development and Education, AiW (Institute for Women's Studies in The Arab World- IWSAW)
Education
B.A Louisiana Polytechnic University (1957), M.S. Oklahoma State University (1959), Ph.D Florida State University (1973)
Phd-Child Development and Early Childhood - Florida State University
Exhibitions, Lectures & Performances
Basic living skills project, Established the Lebanese section of IBBY (International Books for young People) in 1980. She initiated the Women and Gender Collection at the LAU Library (now the Julinda Abou Nasr Women and Gender Collection) in 1975. She organized numerous conferences on regional issues including Lebanese and Arab Women's roles, as well as Women's relationship to the environment.
Collaborations & Partnerships
UN Nations and International Organizations, The Arab Fund, Regional NGO's and Social Centers, Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs, Arab Researchers and Activists, Sri Lankan Embassy,
Inventions & Patents
The Portable Library, social and educational innovations designed to empower marginalized communities, Basic Living skills programs, Children's Library and Nursery school, Al-Raida Journal, Women and Gender Collection,
Fellowships
Consultant with Ford Foundation, UN agencies,
Awards
Founder of the First Women's institute in the Arab region, Founder of Al-Raida Journal, Recipient of the Asahi Reading Promotion Award, Advocate for Education and Social change, Immortalized via Academic Collection.
Recipient of Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship award, PEO scholarship, AAUW scholarship,
Competences & Skills
Organization, Writing, Editing, Teaching
Community Involvement
AiW Founder, Executive director, Children's author, Consultant, Associate professor of Child Development and Education