Large Scale Programming • Plan and implement First-Gen Week (second week of November). • Plan and support campus-wide first-gen programming and initiatives throughout the academic year. First-Gen Peer Mentoring Program • Provide support with recruiting, screening, and matching peer mentors with program participants • Help monitor the relationship between peer mentors and their mentees • Assist with general supervision of mentors including monthly mentor meetings and monthly 1:1 mentor check-ins (more frequently as needed) • Support the coordination, marketing and execution of programs, events and activities for program • Support ongoing data collection and assessment related to programmatic and student learning outcomes Committee Based Work • Serve as an active participant in the First-generation Working Group • Serve on committees within the department that may include but are not limited to: Search Committees and others as time in schedule permits. Student Transition Empowerment Program (STEP) summer bridge for first-gen students Logistical/Program Preparation • Work in collaboration with other summer staff members and First-Gen+ Center professional staff in: o Programming components of the summer program, to include: planning field trips (including designating tasks), monitoring/tracking spending and expenses, facilitating activities o Educational components of the summer program, to include creating an academic calendar, keeping track of student’s academic progress during the program (to include creation of spreadsheet to log assignment and exam grades), implementation of cultural competency training for staff and student participants o Logistical components of the program, to include monitoring and tracking spending, maintaining academic spreadsheet, and coordinating special study halls as needed • Aid in the recruitment and selection of STEP 2023 cohort

George Mason University | Jan 2017 - Dec 2020

Graduate Research Assistant

Review literature, design interview protocols, and survey instruments for institutional research • Collect and analyze qualitative and data from teachers and students for Sterns Center for Teaching and Learning, and present the results to key stakeholders • Designed User Interface for the database of classroom and lab technologies that is serving numerous departments • Provide technical, logistic, and ground support to design, development, and implementation teams for 200+ Mason learning spaces • Developed several instructional documents in support of Provost Office initiatives • Serve as a committee member at Learning Environments Group (LEG) and Learning Assessment and Evaluation Group (LEAG)

Punjab Information Technology Board | Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

Instructional Designer

Led the designing, storyboarding, Sound/voiceover engineering, making the game flow, and maintaining the coherence in the educational content that is being developed • Supervised application design and guiding the process from scratch till the release of the apps/game • Served as a liaison among administration, donor agency, and multiple project teams • Developed procedures to streamline the process of design and development • Tracked progress and met deadlines

N/A | Sep 2014 - Dec 2016

Lead Trainer

“Design of Interactive Learning Applications and Games” to eLearn team of forty employees at Punjab Information Technology Board, Lahore (one week) • UNESCO organized “Using ICT to enhance teacher’s pedagogical skills” at NUST (Three-days) • UNESCO organized a “Hands-on session on LMS Edmodo” at NUST with one hundred f2f and one hundred and thirty online participants (Three-days) • Faculty Workshop on Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) at Lahore College for Women and University (Two-days) • Teacher training on “How to Harness 21st Century Skills In Preschool Children” at Namal School, Mianwali (One-day) • Faculty training on “Learning Teaching and Technology” at Department of EE&CS at Islamia University, Bahawalpur (Two-days) • UNESCO organized “Using ICT for Reflective Practices” at NUST (Three- days) • UNESCO organized a “Hands-on session on LMS Edmodo” at NUST with ninety f2f and two hundred online participants (Three-days) • “Blended Learning for preschool” Organized by AFAQ Foundation at of Punjab School Lahore (One day) • DFID-UkAID Funded Training of forty Public School Teachers on “Blended Learning” in Multan District (Two-days)

Namal College, Mianwali | Jul 2015 - Jan 2016

Innovation Manager

Apart from acquiring and managing educational research projects under Namal Center for Edutainment & TIDE, my responsibilities include: -Planning of the center and the projects conducted under the center. -Track the progress and quality of work being performed by project members -Recruitment of the skilled personnel for the center -Overseeing the design, content and development teams -Planning and managing creative projects -Look for funding opportunities -Research on the new educational approaches and resulting publications.

NUST School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

Lead Instructional Designer

My responsibilities are • Designing, storyboarding, Sound/voiceover engineering, making the game flow and maintaining the coherence in the educational content that is being developed • Usability Testing and partial monitoring and evaluation of development and deployment phase • Designing data collection tools and leading a team of monitoring and evolution assistants during the deployment and analyzing the data collected during the process. • Acting as liaison between, administration, instructional design, graphic design and game development teams.

Information Technology University, Lahore | Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

Lab Instructor

My responsibilities are • Designing and conducting interactive hands on lab sessions for the course of “Design of interactive learning applications and games” • Supervising application design and guiding the process from scratch till release of the apps/game.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Learning Technologies Design ResearchGeorge Mason University | 2023

Master of Science (MS), Innovative Technologies in EducationNational University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) | 2016

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical and Electronics EngineeringAir University | 2013

About Me

EdTech Evidence Based Researcher & Designer

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