Hind Rassam Culhane
Hind Rassam Culhane | |
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Born | Hind Noel Rassam |
Spouse |
John Culhane
(m. 1960; died 2015) |
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Education | Rockford College (BS, MEd) Columbia University (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Child development Adolescent psychology |
Institutions | Damascus University Mercy College |
Hind Rassam Culhane is an Iraqi-born American educator and former journalist.
Early life and education
[edit]Rassam Culhane was born in Mosul, Iraq, to an Iraqi-Assyrian father and a Lebanese mother.[1] As a child, she and her family moved to the United States. Rassam Culhane studied at Cazenovia College before earning a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in early childhood education from Rockford College.
Career
[edit]Rassam Culhane moved to New York City with her husband and worked at Newsweek. She later became a professor at Mercy College and began her doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University.[1] She often gives lectures on Iraq's history and civilization as a way of embracing her culture and heritage.
She is the chair of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Mercy College.[1] She was also a teacher at the Damascus University - Faculty of Medicine, where she taught courses on child development, adolescent disorders and health service delivery.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Rassam Culhane met her husband, John Culhane, while attending college. They had two children together, Michael and Thomas. John Culhane died in 2015 at the age of 81.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hind training next generation of Iraqi teachers". usinfo.state.gov. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ "Teaching at University in Syria". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Chawkins, Steve (2015-08-08). "John Culhane dies at 81; Disney animation historian inspired Mr. Snoops character". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
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- People from Mosul
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