Title: FSUs College of Social Work Faculty and Ph.D. Student present at Kuwait Symposium
1FSUs College of Social Work Faculty and Ph.D.
Student present at Kuwait Symposium
2Summary
- Charles Figley, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work
and Traumatology Institute Director and Elizabeth
Donnelly, MSW, MPH and first year student in the
Ph.D. Program in the College spent a week in
Kuwait.
3Summary (cont.)
- They co-presented two papers with two Kuwait
University professors at an international
conference focusing on women of the Gulf states
4Summary (cont.)
- And they met with the other members of the
research team on a national study of well-being
in Kuwait.
5Day 1-3 The Symposium
- Attended and presented two papers at the 3rd Gulf
Symposium on the Social and Political Challenges
Facing Women in the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait
University, Kuwait, May 2.
6Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)
- The papers were
- Ridha, H., Al Nasser, F., Figley, C R., and
Donnelly, E. (2007). Age, Gender, and Mental
Health Results of a National Survey in Kuwait
and - Donnelly, E., Ridha, H., Al Nasser, F., and
Figley, C R. (2007). The Raha of Kuwaiti Women
Results of a National Survey in Kuwait.
7Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)
- Attended various sessions
8Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)
- Visiting the various booths from different
countries in the Gulf region
9Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)
- Lecture on working with traumatized families
10Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)
- Attended a special dinner at the Kuwait
Legislature hosted by legislators supportive of
womens rights
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12Drs. Figley and Hadi with Elizabeth and
colleagues from Iraq and Lebanon
13Day 4-5 The weekend in Kuwait
- Socializing with Hadis family
14Wonderful lunch Kuwait-style
15Day 6-7 Research Collaboration
- Collaborating on the national survey of Kuwait
wellbeing 16 years after the invasion and
occupation by Iraq
16Day 6-7 Research Collaboration (cont.)
- Discussions included data analysis of current
data and plans for the 2nd national survey in the
fall of 2007.
17Day 6-7 Research Collaboration
- Discussions also included plans for presenting
(e.g., the American Psychological Associations
2007 conference in SFO) and publishing the
findings (Two papers published with plans for
publishing at least three more)
18A Productive and Fun Trip