Faculty Profiles

Arar, K., & Mifsud, D. (2024). The Where and the What of Poverty. Power and Education, 16(3), 328–342. https://doi.org/10.1177/17577438231218377

Arar, K., Tlili, A., & Salha, S. (2024). Human-Machine symbiosis in educational leadership in the era of artificial intelligence (AI): Where are we heading? Educational Management Administration & Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432241292295

Arar, K. (2024). Introduction to Volume. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 23(4), 751–753. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2024.2420511

Arar, K., Turan, S., Gumus, S., & Mahfouz, J. (2024). Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., DeCuir, A., & Amatullah, T. (Eds.). (2023). Islamic-based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management: Challenging Expectations Through Global Critical Insights. Taylor & Francis.

Arar, K. (2024). Tlili, A., Salha, S., Shehata, B., Zhang, X., Endris, A., Arar, K., & Jemni, M. (2024). How to maintain education during wars?: An integrative approach to ensure the right to education. Open Praxis, 16(2), 160-179. Open Praxis.

Emily, C., Mann, B., & Arar, K. (2024). New Country, New School: Recognizing and Supporting Afghan Families’ Cultural and Religious Practices in U.S. Schools. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.

Arar, K., Crawford, E., Orucu, D., & Bogotch, I. (n.d.). Reimagining Education, Immigration and Migration: Policy, Leadership and Praxis for Changing World. UK: Emerald.

Arar, K., Bogotch, I., De La Rosa, Y., Fong, C. J., Guajardo, M., & Mifsud, D. (2024). Decolonizing research methods. In Decolonizing Educational Knowledge: International Perspectives and Contestations (pp. 9–38). Springer. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55688-3_2

Schunka, L., & Arar, K. (2024). Imagination at the Helm: Navigating Renewal in Educational Leadership.

Arar, K., Guajardo, M., Yilmaz, M., & Belcher, S. (2024). Understanding the experience of educational leadership doctoral studies contribution to alumni growth, community engagement, and impact. Philadelphia.

Salha, S., Arar, K., & Taysum, A. (2024). Palestine Occupied Territory, Scoping Efficient and Effective Investment in High-Quality Education and Training Dismantling Racism.

Arar, K. (2024). Symposium: Higher Education Credentialing Educational Leaders to Boost Inclusive Education Through Systemic Culturally Responsive Methodologies.

Arar, K., Arar Abo Zaed, E., & Brion, C. (2024). Culturally Proficient Leadership: Equipping Educators to Serve Refugee Students.

Arar, K., Brion, C., Arar Abo Zaed, E., & Saiti, A. (2024). Culturally proficient leadership: Equipping educators to better serve refugee students during a crisis. Equity in Education & Society, 27526461241227970. Equity in Education and Society, UK.

Arar, K., Yilmaz, M., & Koschoreck, J. (2024). Mapping doctoral dissertations in an educational leadership programme: A longitudinal examination of knowledge construction in the last two decades. Review of Education.

Arar, K., Turan, S., Gumus, S., & Mahfouz, J. (Eds.). (2024). Arar, K., Turan, S., Gümüş, S., SeDemystifying Educational Leadership and Administration in the Middle East and North Africa. Routledge. Routledge.

Arar, K., Guajardo, M., Saiti, A., & Abo-Zaed Arar, E. (2023). Relational assurance in higher education in the knowledge technology era: The case of postgraduate program of educational leadership. Power and Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/17577438231218376

Arar, K., & Guajardo, M. (2023). The “Beyond” Spaces of Social Justice Leadership. In Handbook of Leadership in Education. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Arar, K. (2023). Arar, K., & Oplatka, I. (2023). Egitimde Liderlik, Model, Teori ve Uygulama. Asos [Turkish]. Bursa, Turkey: ASOS.

Selami, A., Arar, K., & Sawalhi, R. (2023). Sellami, A., Arar, K., & Swalhi, R. (2023). Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Arabian Gulf States: Opportunities, Aspirations and Challenges. Routledge. NY, USA: Routledge.

Ketko, T., Bor, H., & Arar, K. (2023). Ketko, T., Bor, H., & Arar, K. (Eds.). (2023). Enhancing Values of Dignity, Democracy, and Diversity in Higher Education: Comparative Insights for Challenging Times. Taylor & Francis.

Arar, K., Guajardo, M., & Bogotch, I. (2023). Arar, K. H., Guajardo, M. A., & Bogotch, I. (2023). The “beyond” spaces of social justice leadership. In Handbook on Leadership in Education (pp. 190-204). Edward Elgar Publishing. UK.

Arar, K., & Haj Yehia, K. (2023). Arar, K., & Haj-Yehia, K. (2023). AHMAD AL-SHUQAIRI, in M. Ezzani & M, Brooks (eds.). Great Muslim Leaders: Lessons for Education (pp.233-250). IAP. (pp. 233–250).

Arar, K., & Kekto, T. (2023). Ketko, T., Bor, H., & Arar, K. (2023). Preface, in T, Ketko., H, Bor., and K. Arar (Eds.). (2023). Enhancing Values of Dignity, Democracy, and Diversity in Higher Education: Comparative Insights for Challenging Times (pp. x-xxix). Taylor & Francis. Routledge.

Arar, K., & Brion, C. (2023). Arar, K., & Brion, C. (2023). Building welcoming capacity for the integration of diversified forced immigrants in education and in the community, in , Ketko., H, Bor., and K. Arar (Eds.). (2023). Enhancing Values of Dignity, Democracy, and Diversity in Higher Education: Comparative Insights for Challenging Times (pp. 98-114). Taylor & Francis. Routledge.

Arar, K., & Sawalha, R. (2023). Arar, K., & Sawalhi, R. (2023). A call to re-explore Islamic-based educational leadership through new lenses. In Islamic-Based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management (pp. 15-34). Routledge. Routledge.

Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., & DeCuir, A. (2023). Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., DeCuir, A., & Amatullah, T. Introduction. In Islamic-Based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management (pp. 1-13). Routledge. Routledge.

Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., & DeCuir, A. (2023). Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., DeCuir, A., & Amatullah, T. Concluding remarks, in In Islamic-Based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management (pp. 256-276). Routledge. (pp. 256–276). Routledge.

Arar, K., & Joseph, S. (2023). International Journal of Leadership in Education.

Arar, K., Guajardo, M., Saiti, A., & Abo-Zaed Arar, E. (2023). Arar, K., Guajardo, M., Saiti, A., & Abo-Zaed Arar, E. (2023). Relational assurance in higher education in the knowledge technology era: The case of postgraduate program of educational leadership. Power and Education, 17577438231218376. Power and Education.

Salha, S., Taysum, A., & Arar, K. (2023). Salha, S., Taysum, A., & Arar, K. (2023). Palestinian Occupied Territory:  Scoping efficient and effective investment in high-quality education and training, Journal of Groundwork Cases and Faculty of Judgement 2(2), 189-208.

Arar, K., Yilmaz, M., & Koschoreck, J. W. (n.d.). Mapping doctoral dissertations in Educational Leadership program: A longitudinal examination of knowledge construction in the last two decades (2002-20220. Review of Education.

Arar, K., & Mifsud, D. (2023). Arar, K., & Mifsud, D. (2023). The where, who, and what of poverty in schools: Re-framing the concept from a leadership perspective. Power and Education, 17577438231218377.

Arar, K. (2023). Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., Hourani, R. B., Hollweck, T., & Brion, C. (2023). Women in Educational Leadership and Community Building: Voices from Across the Globe. Taylor & Francis. NY, USA: Routledge.

Arar, K., Zohri, A., Sawalhi, R., Youmen, C., & Alhouti, I. (2023). Arar, K., Zohri, A., Alhouti, I., Chaaban, Y., Sawalhi, R., & Salha, S. (2023). A critical analysis of education policy in turbulent times: A comparative study. Power and Education, 17577438231168965. Power and Education.

Arar, K., Swalhi, R., & Dcuir, A. (Eds.). (n.d.). Islamic-Based Educational Leadership, Administration and Management. Routledge.

Arar, K., Saiti, & Guajardo, M. A. (2022). Redesigning and recomputing the future of education: The role of technology, the learning process, personality traits, and diversity in learning systems. Power and Education, Vol. 0(0), 1–16. https://doi.org/17577438221117346

Haj-Yehia, K., & Arar, K. (2022). The Global Mobility of Palestinian Arab Students: Current Trends and Flows. Higher Education Governance and Policy, 3(2), 89–101. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55993/hegp.1200521

Arar, K., & Örücü, D. (2022). Post-migration ecology in educational leadership and policy for social justice: Welcoming refugee students in two distinct national contexts. Educational Management Administration & Leadership,. https://doi.org/17411432221136404

Guajardo, M. H., Arar, K., & AboZaed-Arar, E. (2022). Higher Education and Digital Literacy During the Pandemic Era: Analysis of a Program of Educational Leadership. San Marcos, USA.

AboZaed-Arar, E., Arar, K., & Guajardo, M. H. (2022). Enhancing Newcomer Youth’s Sociocultural Inclusion in Schools and Communities: A Statement of Purpose.

Arar, K., Blaik, R., Hollweck, T., & Sawalhi, R. (2022). Equity and Sustainability Among Women in Educational Leadership Across the Continents.

Arar, K. (2022). Invited critical symposium titled: Sustaining Equity and Social Justice in Leadership, Policies, and for Future Possibilities: National and International Perspectives.

Arar, K. H., Mahfouz, J., & Orucu, D. (2022). Social Justice Leadership in High-Needs Schools. ארצות הברית.

Arar, K., Yilmaz, Z. H., Guajardo, M., & Koschoreck, J. H. (2022). Mapping Doctoral Dissertations in Educational Leadership Program: A Longitudinal Examination of Knowledge Construction, and Impact.

Arar, K., & Guajardo, M. (2022). Promoting Innovation in a Global Era for Better Living, Working, and Learning,.

Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Mahfouz, J. (2022). Social in/justice and double marginality in educational leadership: Trajectories of three female school principals from the Middle East (pp. 79–89). London, UK: Bloomsbury. Retrieved from https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/the-bloomsbury-handbook-of-gender-and-educational-leadership-and-management/

Arar, K., Yilmaz, Z. H., Guajardo, M. H., & Koschoreck, J. H. (n.d.). A Meta-Scoping Study of Doctoral Dissertations in Educational Leadership Program in the Last Two decades: Examination of Knowledge Construction, Application and Impact.

Arar, K., & Oplatka, I. (2022). Advanced Theories of Educational Leadership. Springer. Singapore: Springer. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14510-0

Arar, K., & Saiti, A. (2022). Ethical leadership, ethical dilemmas and decision making among school Administrators, Equity in Education & Society, Vol 0(0), 1-16. Equity in Education and Society. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/27526461211070828

Arar, K. H., Saiti, A., & Guajardo, M. H. (2022). Redesigning and recomputing the future of education: The role of technology, the learning process, personality traits, and diversity in learning systems. Power and Education. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17577438221117346

Arar, K., & Essawi, M. (2022). Challenges of Arab Aspiring and Novice Principals. Eyunim Bahinuch [Hebrew], 37(2), 115–137.

Arar, K., & Massry-Herzallah, A. (2022). Trust between principals and school counselors in the Arab Education System. Eyunim Beninhal Hahinukh (Insights in Education Adminsitration), 37(2), 35–59.

Arar, K., & Orucu, D. (2022). The research on educational leadership for refugees since 2009: an international systemic review of empirical evidence. International Journal of Leadership in Education. https://doi.org/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13603124.2022.2068190

Arar, K. H., 6. Savvopoulos, D., & Saiti, A. (2022). The role of the school head in inclusion and cultural responsive leadership. Journal of Education Administration and History. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220620.2022.2122419

Arar, K., Saiti, A., & AboZaed-Arar, E. (2022). Understanding school leaders and educators’ attitudes towards youth migrants: An experimental analysis. Equity in Education and Society. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/27526461221102458

Arar, K., Saiti, A., & Savvopoulos, D. (2022). School Heads Perceptions of the Role of Culturally Responsive Leadership in Inclusive Education.

Arar, K. (2022). Invited symposium and workshop. Disrupting Oppressive Systems Through Engagement with Intersectional Equity Work in Contentious Times.

Arar, K., & Merchant, B. (2022). An International Study of the Cultural and Spatial Politics of Education During the COVID Pandemic.

Arar, K., Guajardo, M., & Bogotch, I. (2022). Educational Leadership and Policy and the Enhancement of Newcomer Integration in Schools and Communities: A global Comparative Lens.

Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Gümüş, S. (2022). Educational leadership and policy studies in refugee education: a systematic review of existing research. Educational Review, 1–25. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00131911.2022.2066632?cookieSet=1

Arar, K., & Ibrahim, F. (2022). Palestinian Academicians Graduates of the USSR: Development, and contribution to the Palestinian society. Journal of Palestinian Studies, 46–65. Retrieved from https://www.palestine-studies.org/sites/default/files/mdf-articles/046-065.pdf

Arar, K., Kondacki, Y., Streitwieser, B., & Saiti, A. (2022). Higher Education in the Era of Migration, Displacement and Internationalization. London, UK: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Higher-Education-in-the-Era-of-Migration-Displacement-and-Internationalization/Arar-Kondakci-Streitwieser-Saiti/p/book/9780367363024

Arar, K. H. (2022). Understanding The Educational Administrator’s Role in a Turbulent Ethnic Education System. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 21(2). Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15700763.2020.1757723

Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., & Yilmaz, Z. H. (2022). The Research on Islamic-Based Educational Leadership Since 1990: An International Review of Empirical Evidence and a Future Research Agenda. Religions. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13010042

Arar, K. (2021). Refugees’ pathways to German Higher Education institutions. International Journal of Educational Development. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102459

Arar, K. (2021). The Research on Refugees’ Pathways to Higher Education since 2010s: A Systemic Review. Review of Education. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3303

Arar, K., & Saiti, A. (2021). Higher education and equitable life-long learning for diversified students in the digital era. Higher Education Governance & Policy. Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/hegp/issue/63449/897549

Taysum, A., & Arar, K. (2021). “EYSIER Charter Mark with ABCDE and Assessment for Personal and Social Learning: A Bottom-up Approach to Building Faculty of Judgment with an Open Access Knowledge Base of Science with and for Society (Swafs).” European Journal of Education, 3(2), 129-150.

Chen, D., & Arar, K. (2021). Education in 2051: Knowledge Technology to the Rescue, Adapting Education Means and Process to Diverse Learners. In: R. Papa & K, M, Jackson (eds.), Artifcial Intelligence, Human Agency and the Educational Leader (pp. 155-162). Springer Nature Switzerland. Springer.

Chaaban, Y., Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., Alhouti, I., & Zohri, A. (2021). Exploring teachers’ professional agency within shifting educational contexts: A comparative study of Lebanon, Qatar, Kuwait, and Morocco. Teaching & Teacher Education. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103451

Arar, K., Kurtz, G., & Bar Yishai, H. (2021). Introduction, Education as a complex system, In: K, Arar, G, Kurtz., & H, Bar-Yishai (eds.), Education as a complex system (pp.25-40). Pardes [Hebrew]. (pp. 25–50). Haifa, Israel: Pardes. Retrieved from https://www.pardes.co.il/?id=showbook&catnum=978-1-61838-752-3

Arar, K. (2021). Educational policy and leadership in the shadow of global crisis: The issue of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. In K, Arar, G, Kurtz., & H, Bar-Yishai (eds.), Education as a complex system (pp.403-424). Pardes [Hebrew]. (pp. 403–424). Haifa, Israel: Pardes. Retrieved from https://www.pardes.co.il/?id=showbook&catnum=978-1-61838-752-3

Arar, K., & Örücu, D. (2021). A Foucauldıan analysıs of culturally relevant educatıonal leadershıp for refugees as newcomers. In F.English (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse. Springer Nature Switzerland. Springer. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007%2F978-3-030-39666-4

Arar, K. (2021). Understanding social justice discourse in a school facing challenging circumstances: a case study. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2021.1980912

Arar, K., & Chen, D. (2021). The Future of Higher Education: A New Paradigm Shift Addressing Students’ Diversity, In: van’t Land H., Corcoran A., Iancu DC. (eds) The Promise of Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67245-4_55. Springer. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-67245-4_55

Arar, K., Sawalhi, R., Chaaban, Y., Zohri, A., & Alhouti, I. (2021). School leaders’ perspectives towards leading during crisis through an ecological lens: a comparison of five Arab countries. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2021.1957793

Arar, K., Kurtz, G., & Bar-Yishai, H. (Eds.). (2021). Education as a Complex System. Pardes Press [Hebrew]. Haifa, Israel: Pardes.

Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Wilkinson, J. (Eds.). (2021). Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict Exploring Challenges Across the Globe. London: Routledge. New York, USA: Routeldge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Neoliberalism-and-Education-Systems-in-Conflict-Exploring-Challenges-Across/Arar-Orucu-Wilkinson/p/book/9780367362935?gclsrc=aw.ds&utm_source=cjaffiliates&utm_medium=affiliates&cjevent=875eae0a6fe711ec809600730a1c0e0c

Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Wilkinson, J. (2021). A Call to Explore and Map the Educatıonal Challenges under Neolıberalısm across the Globe. In Arar, K, Örücü, D&Wilkinson, J (Eds).  Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict Exploring Challenges Across the Globe (pp. 1-10). London: Routledge. NY: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Neoliberalism-and-Education-Systems-in-Conflict-Exploring-Challenges-Across/Arar-Orucu-Wilkinson/p/book/9780367362935?gclsrc=aw.ds&utm_source=cjaffiliates&utm_medium=affiliates&cjevent=875eae0a6fe711ec809600730a1c0e0c

Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Wilkinson, J. (2021). Concluding Remarks: Meeting at the Global/Local Nexus of School Challenges: What Next. In: Arar,K, Örücü, D &Wilkinson, J (Eds).  Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict Exploring Challenges Across the Globe (pp. 199-205). London: Routledge. Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Neoliberalism-and-Education-Systems-in-Conflict-Exploring-Challenges-Across/Arar-Orucu-Wilkinson/p/book/9780367362935?gclsrc=aw.ds&utm_source=cjaffiliates&utm_medium=affiliates&cjevent=875eae0a6fe711ec809600730a1c0e0c

Örücü, D., & Arar, K. (2021). Challenges of School Principals and Teachers in Private Schools: Comparison of Turkısh and Palestinian Cases. In Arar,K, Örücü, D&Wilkinson, J (Eds).  Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict Exploring Challenges Across the Globe (pp. 13-28). London: Routledge. UK: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Neoliberalism-and-Education-Systems-in-Conflict-Exploring-Challenges-Across/Arar-Orucu-Wilkinson/p/book/9780367362935?gclsrc=aw.ds&utm_source=cjaffiliates&utm_medium=affiliates&cjevent=875eae0a6fe711ec809600730a1c0e0c

Arar, K., & Örücü, D. (2021). Rethinking Educational Leadership and Policy in Schools in Challenging Circumstances: Inter/Intra-Continental Perspectives. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 20(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2020.1838555

Gümüş, S., Arar, K., & Oplatka, I. (2021). Review of international research on school leadership for social justice, equity and diversity. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 53(1), 81–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2020.1862767

Örücü, D., Arar, K., & Mahfouz, J. (2021). Three Contexts As The Post-Migration Ecology For Refugees: School Principals’ Challenges And Strategies In Turkey, Lebanon, And Germany. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 20(1), 41–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2020.1833044

WAITE, D., & Arar, K. (2020). Problematizing the Social in Promoting Social Justice Education. In Springer Handbook on Promoting Social Justice. SAN MARCOS, The Netherlands: Springer. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74078-2_153-1

Arar, K. (2020). Understanding The Educational Administrator’s Role in a Turbulent Ethnic Education System. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2020.1757723

Arar, K., & Avidov-Ungar, O. (2020). Superintendents’ perception of their role and their professional development in an era of changing organizational environment. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 19(3), 462–476. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2019.1585550

Arar, K., Kondakci, Y., & Streitwieser, B. (2020). Higher Education for Forcibly Displaced Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Higher Education Policy, 33(2), 195–202. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-020-00184-z

Arar, K., Kondakci, Y., Kaya Kasikci, S., & Erberk, E. (2020). Higher Education Policy for Displaced People: Implications of Turkey’s Higher Education Policy for Syrian Migrants. Higher Education Policy, 33(2), 265–285. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-020-00181-2

Arar, K., & Nasra, M. A. (2020). Linking school-based management and school effectiveness: The influence of self-based management, motivation and effectiveness in the Arab education system in Israel. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 48(1), 186–204. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143218775428

Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Ak Küçükçayır, G. (2019). Culturally relevant school leadership for Syrian refugee students in challenging circumstances. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 47(6), 960–979. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143218775430

Arar, K. (2019). The challenges involved when Arab women forge a path to educational leadership: Context, personal cost, and coping. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 47(5), 749–765. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143217753191

Arar, K. (2017). Academic spheres, students’ identity formation, and social activism among Palestinian Arab students in Israeli campuses. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 10(4), 366–380. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000051