Mehwish Raza
Deputy Head Center for Learning & Teaching
Ph.D. (Education), Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, Austria (HEC Overseas Scholarship)
MA (Educational Leadership & Management), Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan
Dr. Mehwish Raza joined the Department of Education in Fall 2019 as Assistant Professor of Education. She is an experienced professional within the global higher education sector and has led educational and research initiatives involving technology integration, digital citizenship, leadership development, and inclusive education.
Dr. Raza is an honored recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Scholars Award for postdoctoral research, HEC’s Overseas Scholarship for Ph.D in Education, and the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network’s DEI Grant. She has also served as the Country Head in Pakistan for a German thinktank, Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung.
Dr. Raza’s experience in academia has progressed across various leadership roles as Deputy Head of Center of Learning and Teaching, Dean of Faculty, and Head of Department. In her academic roles, she has taught within graduate and undergraduate programs and served on various university advisement committees.
Education:
Ph.D. (Education), Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, Austria (HEC Overseas Scholarship)
MA (Educational Leadership & Management), Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan
RESEACH & PUBLICATIONS:
Raza, M. & Pate, A. (2023). Digital Professional Competence (DProCom) for Higher Education: A
Systematic Review of Literature. Qlantic Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities 4(4) 385 – 392
doi:10.55737/qjssh.532019821
Raza, M. (2023). Policy Implications of ChatGPT: Insights from the Higher Education of Pakistan.
Journal of Education & Humanities Research (JEHR) 16 (2) 38-46.
http://journal.uob.edu.pk/journal/index.php/jehr/article/view/424/292
Raza, M. (2022). Interactive Radio Instruction – A Legacy of COVID-19 for Marginalized Adolescent
Girls of Baluchistan. Journal of Multicultural Education. 16 (1), pp 55-63.
Raza, M. (2021). The Role of HEIs in Creating Social Academic Entrepreneurial Ecosystem – A Case
of a Liberal Art University in Pakistan in N. Tunio, E. Shaikh, & T. Le. (Eds.), Developing
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Academia (1st ed., Vol. 1, pp. 210–231). IGI Global.
Raza M, Gilani, N. & Waheed, S. A. (2021). School Leaders Perspectives on Successful Leadership: A
Mixed Methods Case Study of a Private School Network in Pakistan. Frontier Education. 6:656491.
doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.656491