Prof. Randa Khair-Abbas

College President

The Academic Arab College for Education in‮ ‬Israel‭, ‬Haifa

randaab@arabcol.ac.il

+972-4-9515543

CV File

 

Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books 

Education
  1. Higher Education
  2. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education
Scholarly Positions and Activities Outside the Institution
    1. Ad-Hoc Reviewer
    2. Membership in Scientific/professional organizations
Active Participation in Scholarly Conferences
    1. International Conferences – Held Abroad
    2. Local Conferences
    3. Conference Chairperson
Invited Lectures (Other than in Scholarly Conferences)
    1. Abroad
    2. In Israel
Research Grants
    1. Grants Awarded
Scholarships, Awards and Prizes
    1. Supervision of Graduate Students
Miscellaneous
    1. Development and writing of academic programs
    2. Development of international educational projects
Professional Experience/Social Involvement

Professional Experience/Social Involvement

PUBLICATIONS

A. Ph.D. Dissertation

B. Scientific Books 

C. Articles in Refereed Journals

D. Articles in Preparation

E. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books 

F. In Conference Proceedings

H. Other Scientific Publications

Conference Booklet

Published Research Reports

Other Publications

i. Published

    1. ✶ Abbas, R. (2026). The qualitative eye: administration as cultural process in the Arab Israeli college. Accepted for publication in A. Akande (Ed.) Applied cross-cultural research today. Rethinking research across borders and nations. Chapter 20. Springer.
    2. ✶ Abbas, R. (2024). The community good as global education policy. In J. Zajda (Ed.) Globalisation, education, policy, and curricula Issues. Springer Nature. (pp.531-540). DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-67667-3_29
    3. ✶Abbas, R. (2023). Family communication styles and self-image of Israeli Druze adolescents: Implications for social justice. In D. Court, R. Abbas, R. Abu Much, & Z. Kamal Z. (Eds.) Social justice in multicultural settings: International perspectives. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars (pp. 365-377).
    4. ✶Abbas, R, Pataki, S. (2023). Diving into difference: Developing students’ understanding of diversity through personal reflection and active learning in the classroom In D. Court, R. Abbas, R. Abu Much, & Z. Kamal Z. (Eds.) Social justice in multicultural settings: International perspectives. Cambridge Scholars. (pp. 243-253).
    5. ✶Abbas, R. (2022). Social justice and academic integration among minorities: Two contradictory concepts? In D. Court, R. Abbas, & Z. Kamal (Eds.), Aspects of social justice in an Arab Israeli teachers’ college: Principles, practices and politics.  Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars (pp. 19-28)
    6. Vaknin-Nusbaum, V., Sabah, S., & Abbas, R. (2018). The contribution of morphological awareness in Arabic reading comprehension. In B. Makhoul & E. Olshtain, (Eds.). Development of language among Arabic speakers in a multilingual society (pp. 45-66).  MOFET Institute.
    7. Abbas, R., Ilaiyan, S., & Zedan, R. (2015). Trainees’ perceptions of multi-cultural education in the Arab Academic College of Education in Israel- Haifa. In Kh. Arar & E. Keinan (Eds.), Identity, narrative and multiculturalism in Arab education in Israel (pp. 265-298). Haifa: Pardes. (Hebrew).
    8. Ilaiyan, S., Toren, Z., & Abbas, R. (2017). Teacher training in the Arab sector in Israel: The story of the Arab Academic College of Education in Israel, Haifa. In. M. Ben-Peretz & S. Feiman-Nemser (Eds.), The role of ideology and political movements in designing teacher education programs (Chapter 3). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield with the MOFET institute.
    9. Abbas, R. (2017). Running between the raindrops: Research, culture, and my life in two worlds. In D. Court, Qualitative research and intercultural understanding: Conducting qualitative research in multicultural settings (pp. 93-97). Routledge.

ii Accepted for Publication

    1. ✶ Abbas, R. & Kamal, Z. (2026). Dropout risk, school success and the complexities of multiculturalism: A comparison between Israeli Druze and Arab students.
      Accepted for publication in Z. Gross et al. (Eds.), Multiculturalism, diversity, and inclusion: Widening access and participation in Education. Information Age Publishing.
    2. ✶ Abbas, R. & Kamal, Z. (2026). Education, law and leadership: conceptual, religious, ethical and practical dimensions.
      Submitted to the 2nd edition of the International handbook of the religious, moral and spiritual dimensions in education, Eds. W. Mascitello, L. Gearon, Z. Gross, Y. Matemba, S. Poulter, H. Brendan, R. Wills. Springer Publishing