Dialogue Program Associate
Lebanese American University
Total years of experience :4 years, 7 Months
• Preparing and managing project-related records, correspondence, and databases
• Recording project activities and outputs, then generating progress reports for stakeholders
• Coordinating and supporting logistics for meetings, workshops, training sessions, and events
• Updating and managing social media platforms
• Conducting advanced research projects under faculty guidance.
• Assisting in research proposal writing and administrative tasks.
• Formed, trained, and led a 31-person Senior Secretariat Board and 176-member secretariat divided across 8 teams: Logistics & Operations, Media & Design, Outreach, Public Relations, and 4 Training & Educational Development teams for LAU’s 4 simulation programs: Model United Nations, Model Arab League, Model European Union, and Model Good Governance.
• Organized 6 training sessions and 4 conferences for around 3, 000 middle and high school students from 200+ schools across two university campuses.
• Established connections with VIPs from embassies and International Organizations.
• Managed databases pertaining to school registration and staff recruitment.
• Divised a social media and outreach strategy and established an interactive YouTube program-related news show.
• Represented LAU in the annual Friedrich Naumann Foundation visiting program on political education in Berlin, Germany (March 2023).
• Became part of the first-ever LAU Training & Educational Development team simultaneously managing all 5 simulation models.
• Recruited and formed 160 undergraduate students to deliver training material to high and middle school students.
• Wrote and proofread around 500 pages of training material in the fields of conflict resolution, politics, and diplomacy.
• Wrote 5 and edited more than 50 research guides related to international relations, the Arab world, European politics, African politics, and good governance in Lebanon.
• Conducted research on Women in Peace and Security, including case studies on Conflict-related Sexual Violence and Women Advisory Bodies.
• Worked on translation from English to Arabic and Arabic to English.
• Prepared news features analyses, event briefs, and speaker background profiles for the institute’s podcast.
• Chaired conferences and trained high school students in negotiation, public speaking, geopolitics, and diplomacy in Model United Nations & Model European Union.
• Wrote 2 research guides on the ICJ and Marine Life Preservation policies in the EU.
• Provided administrative support to the Dean's office, ensuring the efficient operation of student-related initiatives.
- Minors: Legal Studies, Gender Studies, and Conflict Analysis & Resolution - Honors Merit Scholarship - Honors Program Participant - MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders Gender Scholarship (TLS) Recipient - Senior Study on UNIFIL titled “Rethinking UNIFIL’s Assessment: The Political Practice of Peacekeeping” - Clubs: President of the Human Rights Club | Vice-President of the International Affairs Club | Member of the Debate Club - Deputy Secretary-General of the LAU Simulation Model Programs: Model United Nations, Model Arab League, Model European Union, and Model Good Governance