Curriculum Vitae

Name: Hoshiar S. Sangawi

Degree: PhD

Title: Lecturer

Department: Special Education

Email:  hoshiar.faraj@univsul.edu.iq

Mobile: +964(0)7701453297

Language: Kurdish (mother tongue), English (very good), Arabic (good)

Education and Qualifications:

 -  07/01/2013 to 17/04/2017  PhD student at Durham University in the UK.

-  08/10/2012 – 14/12/2012  English Pre-sessional course (B2) at Durham University, in the UK.

- 10/04/2012 – 01/10/2012 English language course, achieved Upper-Intermediate level at Concorde international / Canterbury – Kent in the UK.

-  04/12/2007 – 01/12/2009  M.Sc in Developmental psychology at Sulaimani University, in KRG

- 01/09/2000 – 05/7/2004   B.A in Education & Psychology at Salahaddin University, in KRG

Occupations (Employment):

- 2010 – Now  Lecturer at the College of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani- KRG.

- 2010 – 2011  Privately contracted to teach Criminal Psychology at the College of Police in Sulaymaniyah city.

-  2010 – 2011 Privately contracted to teach Educational Statistics, including SPSS at College of Education in Chamchamal.

-        2006 - 2007   Assistant researcher at department of Social Science- at University of Sulaimani.

-  2005 –2006  Assistant researcher at department of Psychology- University of Salahaddin-Krg

 Experiences:

2024- Attended a workshop which was organised by Family Hubs In Northumberland, UK.

-  2016- 2017  Tutor is 5 SPSS workshop sessions in the Department of Psychology-Durham University, UK.

- 2014 - 2015  Member of the Ethics Committee in the Department of Psychology (for evaluating and discussing students’ proposals) - Durham University – UK

- 2014-2015  Participated as a (Speaker) at 9th Annual Psychology Postgraduate Conference, Durham-UK.

- 2014-2015   Participated as a poster presenter at Developmental Section Annual conference (2014) in Amsterdam-Netherland which was held by British psychological society (BPS)

- 2014-2015  Conducted a Parenting Intervention “STEP” among 16 Kurdish mothers for 7 weeks.

- 2012-2013  I have made major contributions to the translation, back-translation of Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to Kurdish language and accepted by the scale publisher   http://www.sdqinfo.com/py/sdqinfo/b0.py

-  2005- 2006    Worked for the Foundation promotion of Democracy {F.P.D}, an NGO organization.  

-  2006-2007   Worked as an Interviewer with Civilian Development Organization {C.D.O}; to interview people concerning Referendum issues.

Other academic experiences:

- Team writer in Korpa {Monthly magazine, for children 1-6 years old} in 2007-2008 in KRG.

-  Writer in Psych magazine 2006-2007.

- Writer in Psycho weekly magazine, issued by psychology department at Salahhaddin University at (2005-2006).