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Portrait of Dr. Khalid Arar

Dr. Khalid Arar

  • Professor at Conslng, Ldrship, Adlt Educ & Schl Psych, College of Education

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, American Educational Research Journal. August 2024 - Present.
  • Chair, Annual Review Committee Chair. January 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, External Reviewer, Promotion for the Associate Professor Position, Qatar University. 2023 - Present.
  • Editor, Leadership and Policy in Schools. September 2023 - Present.
  • Member, CLAS PPS Committee. August 2023 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Leadership in Education. July 2023 - Present.
  • Member, School Improvement SIG. May 2023 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Education among Indigenous Palestinians in Israel: Inequalities, Cultural Hegemony and Social Change, Majid Ibrahim Al-Haj. Suny Press. February 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Review Admission of Doctoral Students. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Participation in reading doctoral students comprehensive exams. 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Review for AERA. 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Review for UCEA. 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reference letter for hiring University of Athens, Greece. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, CLAS Annual Review Committee. December 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Educational Management. December 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer for promotion to the rank of Full Professor, The Open University, Israel. December 2022 - Present.
  • Supporting students: Reference letters for Shannon Belcher. November 2022 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, An-Najaha National University, Journal of Research. November 2022 - Present.
  • Organizer, Hosted a professor from Israel. October 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Book Proposal Review: Bing, M., Thomas, V., Peter, D., Bohm, A., & Stricker, M. Looking Back, Teaching Forward: Autoethnographic Explorations of the Race Studies Classroom. October 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Comparative and International Education Society of Canada. September 2022 - Present.
  • Member, College Review Committee Member (T&P). August 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Review of Education. August 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership. August 2022 - Present.
  • Member, College Review Group. August 2022 - Present.
  • Editor, 2022- present, Chief Editor: Arar, K., Guajardo, M., Tian, M., & Linyuan, G. Educational Leadership for an Equitable, Resilient and Sustainable Future, https://www.routledge.com/Educational-Leadership-for-an-Equitable-Resilient-and-Sustainable-Future/book-series/ELERSF. June 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cosmopolitan Civil Societies. June 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Book proposal review: Neoliberal education reforms: An appraisal from an outsider, Bloomsbury Academic. June 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, External Reviewer for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor, The American University in Cairo. June 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Israeli Science Foundation. May 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Review of Education. May 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer for promotion to the rank of Full Professor, College of Education, Haifa University. May 2022 - Present.
  • Editor, 2022-present, Chief Editor: Arar, K., Turan, S., Gumus, S., & Mahfouz, J. Educational Policy and Leadership in the Middle East and North Africa, https://www.routledge.com/Educational-Policy-and-Leadership-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa/book-series/EPLMENA. April 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Israeli Science Foundation. April 2022 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Mentor, Jackson Scholar, UCEA. March 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, School Leadership. March 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Borderlands Studies. February 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Leadership and Policy in Schools. February 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Book review: Gender and Educational Leadership in Greece, Bloomsbury Academic. February 2022 - Present.
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Equity in Education and Society. January 2022 - Present.
  • Editor, Associate Editor, International Journal of Leadership in Education. January 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Power and Education. January 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Educational Leadership. January 2022 - Present.
  • Member, participation in the assessment center and interview doctoral candidates. 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Co-planning and running week-long conversations on the program's anniversary. 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Routledge. December 23, 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Leadership and Policy in Schools. October 2021 - Present.
  • Member, San Marcos Superintend Parent Advisory Committee. October 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Glasgow, College of Education. October 17, 2021 - Present.
  • Member, College Review Committee Member. September 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Faculty Advisory Committee Member. September 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Compare, Journal of Comparative Education. September 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Hiring Committee. August 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Bloomsbury. August 8, 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership. July 2021 - Present.
  • Editor, Sage. July 1, 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Teaching and Teacher Education. June 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Professional Capital and Community. June 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Birmingham University. June 3, 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Educational Development. May 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, BELMAS Distinguish. May 4, 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Continuing and Higher Education. April 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. April 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Leadership & Innovation in our School, University of West Attica, Greece. April 24, 2021 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, School Leadership. January 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Review Admission of Doctoral Students. January 20, 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AERA. January 10, 2021 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Higher Education Governance and Policy. January 2020 - Present.
  • Editor, Regional Editor, Journal of Education Administration and History, Routledge. March 2019 - Present.
  • Editor, Regional Editor, Journal of Education Administration and History. 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, CIES. March 2018 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Leadership and Policy in Schools. March 2, 2018 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Education Administration. February 5, 2018 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Higher Education Policy. February 1, 2018 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of Educational Management. January 17, 2017 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, UCEA. March 2016 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Applied Research in Higher Education. January 2016 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Research in Educational Administration and Leadership. January 2016 - Present.
  • Editor. January 1, 2016 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Europe Council for Educational Research. March 2015 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Executive Committee Member LSI, SIG, AERA. January 2023 - January 2025.

2024

  • Member, Michael Abbott Scholarship in EDCL. August 2023 - 2024.
  • Member, External Reviewer, Promotion for the Associate Professor Position, Kibutzzim College. October 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, Eternal Reviewer, Promotion for Full Professor Position, Newcastle University. September 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, 2024 External Reviewer, Promotion for the Associate Professor Position, Monash University. August 2024 - December 2024.
  • Editor, School Improvement Book series. May 2023 - December 2024.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Committee. September 2024 - November 2024.
  • Member, External Reviewer, Promotion for the Associate Professor Position, UAE University. March 2024 - May 2024.
  • Member, CLAS PPS Committee. September 2023 - April 2024.
  • Member, Division A, Scholarly Excellence Award, AERA. February 2024 - March 2024.
  • Member, Social Justice in Teaching Award, Social Justice SIG, AERA. February 2024.
  • Member, College Review Group. September 2024 - February 2024.
  • Chair, Barbara Jackson Scholar, UCEA. September 2022 - January 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, British Educational Research Journal. November 2023 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AER Open. September 2023 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Fixing Educational Governance from Below: Why Short Route of Accountability Cannot Solve the Learning Crisis, By: Masooda Bano. Oxford University Press. September 2023 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research on Leadership Education. August 2023 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AERA. August 2023 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AERA. August 2023 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Quality Schooling for Displaced Children: A global perspective informed by children from Syria, By: Eleanore Hargreaves, Bassel Akar, Brian Lally and Jumana Al-Waeli, London: UCLA Press. August 2023 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Education Administration and History. July 2023 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, English Literacy Educators Working with Refugee Families: An Intercultural Approach to Adult Education and edited by Clarena Larrotta and Merih Ugurel Kamisli. Routledge. July 2023 - 2023.
  • Co-Chair, Mentor, Research Development Program, Leadership for School Improvement SIG, AERA. November 2022 - November 2023.

2022

  • Chair, 2021-2022, Mentor, Research Development Program, Leadership for School Improvement SIG, AERA. 2021 - 2022.
  • Supporting students: Reference letter for April Mouton. December 2022.
  • Supporting alumni: Reference letters for supporting Thu Ya Aung. July 2022 - December 2022.
  • Supporting students: Reference letters for supporting Munibe Yilmaz. January 2022 - December 2022.
  • Chair, EDCL Action Research Oral Exams. December 2, 2022 - December 10, 2022.
  • Supporting students: Reference letter for supporting Kelley Glover. November 2022.
  • Supporting students:, Reference letters for supporting Michael Ota. November 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Education Administration Quarterly. October 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reference letter for Research Fellowship, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies. August 2022.
  • Scientific Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Learning and Advisory Board Member for the International Conference: Teaching in the Digital World. "The Future of Education in the era of post COVID-19., An-Najah University. May 2022 - August 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Education Administration Quarterly. June 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reference letter for hiring in the rank of assistant professor, University of British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reference letter for hiring in the rank of lecturer, School of Education, Tel-Aviv University. March 2022.
  • Member, Hiring Committee Member, CLAS Dep. September 2022 - March 2022.
  • Chair, 2021, Mentorship for Research Development Program, Leadership for School Improvement, SIG, AERA. March 2021 - March 2022.

2021

  • Member, EDCL, Action Research Oral Exam. March 2, 2021 - December 8, 2021.
  • Organizer, Hosting a Visiting Professor from Morocco, Hasan First University. November 3, 2021 - November 8, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Emeral. October 14, 2021 - October 15, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Prince Edward Island. October 11, 2021 - October 15, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Springer. September 13, 2021 - September 14, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dissertation Examiner, School of Education Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture. June 4, 2021 - June 6, 2021.
  • Program Review, CLAS, Texas State University. September 1, 2020 - June 1, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, North-West University, Graduate College. May 11, 2021 - May 13, 2021.
  • Co-Chair, ISPC2021, International School Principals' Annual Conference. February 11, 2021 - May 2, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Faculty of Education, Toronto University. April 23, 2021 - April 25, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Educational Management at the North-West University. April 11, 2021 - April 13, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Troy University. April 2, 2021 - April 3, 2021.