Specialists: Passions and Careers By [First and Last name] A Short Bio [Frist Middle Last name] is from [Country]; her mother tongue is [language]. She has taken Intensive Programs studying English as a Second Language. [Last name] is currently a Ph.D. student at Saint Louis University-Missouri, and attained a Master’s Degree at New Mexico State University-Las Cruces. Her thesis was entitled, How Teachers in Graduate Programs Use Technology to Improve Creative Thinking with Students. [Last name] attended Teacher Trainer of Secondary Teachers. She also worked as a Student Journalist in the Department of Public Relations at the King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She has conducted numerous media interviews, has published education articles in university newspapers, has been involved in many activities at the university including the Legacy and Culture program, and has attended numerus workshops such as Introduction to Research and Measurement and Statistics, Instructional Technology Classroom Management training courses at the Professional Development Center in the U.S. [Last name] involved of doing public presentations such as Global Perspectives of Female Doctoral Students from Five Countries. Atlas Week, Saint Louis University. Her interdisciplinary research examines curricula and educational technology. Currently, she is working on her Ph.D. dissertation, which focuses on curricula and educational technology. The attraction of the filed; First of all, I always like to create things, and for me the best creation is to create new thing that people can learn and benefit from it as designing curriculum and its instruction which is my master and Ph.D. major. I believe the importance of creating knowledgble future generation is start from how we design their curriculum and how we instruct this curriculum. From this perspective, I started to look back at my [name of the society] society needs. And I concluded that as cohesive society, we need to create our curricula that match our society needs. At the same time our curricula need to be up to date with developments in the world. The choice of speciality and its relevance to the work; I am Ph.D. student and I am not worker yet. However, I am plaining for my future job as faculty member in a university and curriculum designer is to be specialized in curriculum and educational technology since we live in digital world. It is important to take technology advantage and apply it in my filed (curriculum and instruction) in order to have a high educational input. Form here, I have done my thesis in instruction and technology, and now I am working on my dissertation in curriculum and technology. The decision to go for a Master and then for a PhD; Pursing a doctorate in higher education was always my dream from the first day that I attended a university to study my bachelors degree, and this dream is increased from year to year in my quest for knowledge and best practices. Passion vs. .

1. Specialists: Passions and Careers
By
[First and Last name]
A Short Bio
[Frist Middle Last name] is from [Country]; her mother tongue
is [language]. She has taken Intensive Programs studying
English as a Second Language. [Last name] is currently a Ph.D.
student at Saint Louis University-Missouri, and attained a
Master’s Degree at New Mexico State University-Las Cruces.
Her thesis was entitled, How Teachers in Graduate Programs
Use Technology to Improve Creative Thinking with Students.
[Last name] attended Teacher Trainer of Secondary Teachers.
She also worked as a Student Journalist in the Department of
Public Relations at the King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. She has conducted numerous media interviews, has
published education articles in university newspapers, has been
involved in many activities at the university including the
Legacy and Culture program, and has attended numerus
workshops such as Introduction to Research and Measurement
and Statistics, Instructional Technology Classroom Management
training courses at the Professional Development Center in the
U.S. [Last name] involved of doing public presentations such as
Global Perspectives of Female Doctoral Students from Five
Countries. Atlas Week, Saint Louis University. Her
interdisciplinary research examines curricula and educational
technology. Currently, she is working on her Ph.D. dissertation,
which focuses on curricula and educational technology.

2. The attraction of the filed;
First of all, I always like to create things, and for me the best
creation is to create new thing that people can learn and benefit
from it as designing curriculum and its instruction which is my
master and Ph.D. major. I believe the importance of creating
knowledgble future generation is start from how we design their
curriculum and how we instruct this curriculum. From this
perspective, I started to look back at my [name of the society]
society needs. And I concluded that as cohesive society, we
need to create our curricula that match our society needs. At the
same time our curricula need to be up to date with developments
in the world.
The choice of speciality and its relevance to the work;
I am Ph.D. student and I am not worker yet. However, I am
plaining for my future job as faculty member in a university and
curriculum designer is to be specialized in curriculum and
educational technology since we live in digital world. It is
important to take technology advantage and apply it in my filed
(curriculum and instruction) in order to have a high educational
input. Form here, I have done my thesis in instruction and
technology, and now I am working on my dissertation in
curriculum and technology.
The decision to go for a Master and then for a PhD;
Pursing a doctorate in higher education was always my dream
from the first day that I attended a university to study my
bachelors degree, and this dream is increased from year to year
in my quest for knowledge and best practices.
Passion vs. pragmatism and which one was the major force
behind the decisions;
My passion is derived me to complete my higher education. As
an example, my culture, as a [country]woman, encourages
women to be educated in general. However, for them to
complete their higher education, still there are some challenges.
In order for both men and women to complete their higher

3. education, they have to be interviewed more than once for
universities and for specific departments of interest. Another
challenge is that some departments accept a limited number of
students, which makes it difficult for other students who want to
complete their higher education in the same major at the same
university. Thus, some women do not have the ability to travel
or even change their home to another university in order to
complete their education. Further, not all universities have had
colleges for higher education. These challenges are different
from one university to another. From here, I strongly believe
that my passion is derived me to complete my higher education
even though I complete it outside the country.
Who was the inspiration or driving force behind the decision;
My parents /family have always encouraged me to pursue my
higher education.
Was the PhD an assets or burden?
Definitely, it is asset. I feel that I have more responsibility to
observe my behaviors towards others, be a more knowledgeable
person, share my knowledge and experiences, and help when it
is needed, and do not give up on goals.
Are the skills acquired during the PhD transferable?
In fact, it depends on the skills types: if the skills related to my
filed "Curriculum and Instruction", these skills can't be
transform because having a doctorate degree for specific major
that does not means that your skills at that major can be
transformed. On the other hand, if the skills are more
generalized such as:
1. Having an ability to search and be a good researcher
2. Good experience in Computer Hardware &
3. Self-study for Adobe Photoshop
4. Excellent experience in MS Office applications
5. Very good experience in .NET Applications
6. Writer and Painter (artist)
7. Communication ability orally and writing with

4. 8. Ability to learn, teach, acquire experience and
9. Problem solving, Decision making, and Conflict
10. Positive and Work under pressure.
11. Effective use of multi-media teaching tools. Yes, these
skills above can be transformed.
Giving a chance to start over, would you do a PhD again, in the
same filed?
Yes, I believe that the knowledge that I gain it today will be
improved or even will be totally different in the future. It does
not mean that someone who got a Ph.D. degree that he or she is
expert in her or his filed. He or she needs to be up to date in
his/her filed.
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