Randa Mahasneh, Ph.D.

Paper Presentation Topic

Transition in Action: Making the Invisible Visible Through Teacher Training in Hattie’s Ten Mindframes to Enhance Mathematics Achievement and Support Grade-Level Transition

Biography

Randa Mahasneh is a Professor of Educational Psychology whose work focuses on learning and instruction. Her research interests include self-regulated learning, reading for pleasure, service learning, medical education, and women’s empowerment. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Simon Fraser University in Canada.

Dr. Mahasneh has held several academic leadership roles, including Associate Dean for Academic Development and International Outreach and Head of the Department of Educational Psychology (2009–2012). She served as a faculty member at Hashemite University in Jordan (2006–2014) and Qatar University (2014–2021).

She has an extensive record of publications, conference presentations, and international collaborations. In addition, she has secured and successfully managed several research and capacity-building grants, including:

• ERASMUS+ EU CBHE Fund for project (CaP4Preceptors), (2023–2026)

• Qatar National Research Fund (UREP20-100-5-015), (2017)

• TEMPUS project, “Developing Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Partnerships across the Curriculum" (158914-TEMPUS-1-2009-1-UK-TEMPUS-JPCR), (2010–2013)

Throughout her academic career, Dr. Mahasneh has received numerous awards and prestigious scholarships, including:

• Fulbright Visiting Scholar Research Award (2025–2026), University of Minnesota

• Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Scholarship (2024), University of Pitești, Romania

• Sheikh Faisal Prize for Educational Research (2020), First Prize for Academics.

• Erasmus Mundus AVEMPACE II Postdoctoral Scholarship (2013–2014), Cardiff University, UK

• Erasmus Mundus JOSYLEEN Academic Mobility Scholarship (2011–2012), Montpellier 2 University, France