وايفانا Shubina, Associate Professor

وايفانا Shubina

Associate Professor

American University of the Middle East

البلد
الكويت
التعليم
دبلوم, Project management
الخبرات
24 years, 2 أشهر

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مجموع سنوات الخبرة :24 years, 2 أشهر

Associate Professor في American University of the Middle East
  • الكويت - الأحمدى
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ يناير 2013

• Research conducted individually and in collaboration with colleagues from Business Department
• Supervising students research projects
• Teaching 320-450 students per semester,
• Developed all necessary documents, course folders and teaching the following subjects:
o Clinical Psychology / Counseling
o Social Psychology
o Modern Problems in Psychology
o Psychological therapy improving education
o Psychology of health
o Psychosocial prevention
o Addiction prevention
o Psychological factors of human functioning in society
o Psychology of stress
o Motivation
o Business and Organizational Psychology
o Elementary Psychology
o Simple Thinking
o Creative Thinking
o Effective Thinking
o Practical Thinking
o Academic Character & Skills Development
o Career Planning
o Technology and Research Methods
o Interpersonal Relationships Management.
• Developed quizzes, exams, assignments, projects, and homework.
• Developed syllabus, course materials and course documents.
• Revised the syllabus for all the courses to meet accreditation standards.
• Coordinated work with a team of 1-3 colleagues.
• Member of Exam Committee.

Assistant Professor في University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz
  • بولندا
  • سبتمبر 2006 إلى يونيو 2019

• Research work
• Supervising students master thesis and courses researches
• Research work at European Union Projects
o Evaluator in the project “New village - workshops and career counselling for people leaving agriculture” (I developed the research tools and prepared the report based on results)
o Member of Project Research group. Report and research data analysis “New village - professional counselling for people quitting agrarian career”, 2010
• 180-250 students per semester, covering the following courses: Social Psychology, Pedagogical Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Modern problems of Psychology, Modern Tendencies in Psycho-education, Psychology of human development;
• Developed quizzes, exams, assignments, projects, and homework.
• Developed syllabus, course materials and course documents.
• Revised the syllabus for all the courses to meet accreditation standards.
• Online teaching: developing course content and writing an e-learning manual, preparing and conducting the assessment, providing support to students through an online platform

• Worked in EU projects:
o Career counsellor (180h) in the project “From agriculture to the service sector”.
o Lecturing (different courses on psychology) for postgraduate students - EU projects “Diagnosis in preschool education” and ”Preschool Education.”

Head of Research Unit, specialist in organizing workshops, trainings and internship, في European Meeting Centre, Institute of Labor Market
  • بولندا
  • يونيو 2007 إلى يونيو 2009

• International collaboration in conducting research, writing a report;
• Coordination of the Consultation Center for Employers and Immigrants;
• Promotion, collaboration with media;
• Organizing and participating in scientific conferences, seminars and trainings;
• Psychological skills workshops;
• Writing a Manual for Immigrants and Manual for Employers and Immigrants in Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian.

Teaching Assistant, Psychology of Organization and Management في The John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin
  • بولندا
  • أكتوبر 2001 إلى يونيو 2005

• Teaching the topics in Decision Analysis, or Organisational Psychology; 30-50 students per semester,
• Developed quizzes, assignments
• Advising in students projects.
• Organizing meetings with students

Teaching Assistant في Kyiv National Shevchenko University by T. Shevchenko (KNU)
  • اوكرانيا
  • سبتمبر 2000 إلى يونيو 2001

• 20-40 students per semester, covering the topics in Social Psychology, or Counselling and Prevention;
• Developed quizzes, assignments
• Advising in students projects.
• Organizing meetings with students

School Psychologist في Gymnazium 239
  • اوكرانيا
  • سبتمبر 2000 إلى يونيو 2001

Diagnosis of psychological and social problems among children;
Psychological Counseling for children, parents and teachers
Testing children's skills and abilities with standardized psychological tools and scales, analysis and interpretation of tests' results,
Preparing programs for managing behavioral problems: aggressive behavior, misbehavior, behavioral disorders
Preparing and conducting workshops on cognitive skills development, creativity, personal development.

Teaching Assistant في Drahomanov Pedagogic Institute
  • اوكرانيا
  • سبتمبر 1998 إلى يونيو 2000

• 10-20 students per semester, covering the topics in Introduction to Psychology;
• Developed quizzes, assignments

الخلفية التعليمية

دبلوم, Project management
  • في University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin
  • مايو 2012

Specialist on research project and work management Final project: “Social advertisement: form idea to application.”

دبلوم, Psychotherapy
  • في Oxford Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Centre
  • أبريل 2009

Cognitive-behavioral therapist Therapy of mental disorders: introduction in CBT, cognitive-behavioural therapy patients with depression, anxiety disorder, eating disorder, OCD, PTSD, personality disorder therapy.

دكتوراة, Psychology of Organization and Management
  • في European Collegian of Polish and Ukrainian Universities, John Pall II Catholic Univ
  • يونيو 2005

Department: Psychology of Organization and Management, Dissertation: “Determinants of marketing efficiency of social advertisement.” Committee: Stanislaw Wilk (chair), Adam Biela, Andrzej Sekowski

ماجستير, Psychology And Sociology
  • في Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU)
  • يونيو 2001

Department of Psychology and Sociology Thesis: “Special conditions for social advertisement creating.” Advisor: Olha Plakhotnik

بكالوريوس, Psychology And Sociology
  • في Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU)
  • يونيو 2000

Department of Psychology and Sociology Minored in Social Pedagogic and Psychology

Specialties & Skills

Advertising
Psychotherapy
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Psychology
Teamwork
Communication
Research organization
Establishing a network
Interpersonal skills
Computer skills
Time-management skills
Leadership
Management skills
Problem-solving

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس
البولندية
اللغة الأم
الأوكرانية
اللغة الأم
الروسية
متمرّس
الايطالية
مبتدئ

العضويات

British Psychological Society
  • Member, Chartered Psychologists (492573)
  • January 2019
International Association of Applied Psychology
  • Member, Professional membership (4586)
  • January 2018

التدريب و الشهادات

Positive Psychology: Martin Seligman's Visionary Science (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
November 2019
Practical Teaching with Technology (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
University of London
تاريخ الدورة:
September 2019
Certification, Systematic Reviews: Meta-Analysis, Qualitative Synthesis and Mixed Methods Synthesis (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
March 2019
Self-regulation Foundations Certificate Program. Foudation 1 & 2 (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
February 2020

الهوايات

  • Playing Musical Instruments
    Graduated from music school as an honor student; I enjoy playing piano and singing
  • Travelling
    Visiting various countries over the world to learn more about people's culture and traditions.