Associate Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Mahasin Saleh, Ph.D., MSW, FHEA

Dr. Mahasin Saleh, Ph.D., MSW, FHEA, Associate Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, is an international scholar who has worked in full-time academic posts in 4 countries, including the USA, Palestine, England, and Qatar. Her research focuses on the intersections of fathers, child welfare, and diversity, along with Arab Intergenerational Family Storytelling and Palestinian Family History. Dr. Saleh is the Lead Principal Investigator of the research study “Family Legacy: Developing and Grounded Theory of Intergenerational Family Storytelling in Qatar,” funded by the Qatar Research Development and Innovation Council (QRDI Council). Dr. Saleh served as a US Fulbright Scholar at Bethlehem University in Palestine, where she taught and worked on establishing their Master of Social Work program. She also served as a US Fulbright Specialist and has cooperated on other projects at Bethlehem University. Dr. Saleh also received a research fellowship from the Palestinian American Research Center. Currently, she is the Lead Principal Investigator of the research study “Rooted in Social Justice and Identity Exploring and Preserving Palestinian Family History,” which is funded by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. For a number of years, Dr. Saleh has volunteered to help individuals and families trace their family history.