Smitha Dev

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About Smitha Dev

Dr. Smitha Dev, has been teaching Psychology for more than 20 years in the GCC. She has a PhD in Psychology, Masters in Applied Psychology, and is working as a Faculty with Abu Dhabi University, UAE for the last 11+ years. She also hold the responsibility as Chair of Humanities Department for college of Arts & Science. Dr. Smitha is also a Psychologist, and has the expertise in counselling and psychometric testing. Prior to joining ADU, she worked in Dubai, Muscat and India, teaching Psychology & worked as Psychologist with Hospitals in Muscat and India. She is a recipient of the “Best Faculty Researcher Award” from Abu Dhabi University for the periods 2014-2015 & 2017-2018 academic years. Prior to her assignment in the Gulf, she worked as Research Analyst back in India with a leading Medical Group. She has her competence and expertise in areas such as Teaching, Research, Developing intervention programs for learning disabled children, Psychometric testing, Diagnosis and treatment of Learning Disability children and Counselling. She is the author and co-author on numerous peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr. Smitha’s Research focusses on Emotional Intelligence, various topics in special education and Educational Psychology. She has a realistic approach and adapts well to any new learnings, distance learning, and her ability to connect with students, educators, administrators and parents