Dr. Amina Obaid Khawaja

Assistant Professor

Department of Applied Pshycology

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Profile
Research Publications

Experience

October 2011 – To date | Assistant Professor
Currently:

Coordinator, MS Health Psychology program
In Charge and founder, Animal Welfare and Protection Society, LCWU
Convener, Drug Abuse Control Committee, LCWU
Managing Editor, Journal of Research in Psychology
Focal person, LCWU chapter of Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology
Formerly:
Member Student Affairs Forum (Office of Directorate of Student Affairs)
In Charge, Psychological Society
Departmental Web Coordinator
October 2004 – October 2011 | Lecturer

Lahore College for Women University | Lahore

April 2004 – October 2004 | Lecturer (On contract)

Queen Mary College | Lahore

September 2002 – October 2004 | Lecturer (PPSC Selectee)
Government Degree College for Women, Band Road | Lahore

Honor and Awards

Secured the highest CGPA in PhD Psychology at LCWU (Batch 2013-17)
Was awarded commonwealth doctoral scholarship in 2015 and was first in terms of merit in Pakistan
Secured the highest CGPA in Mphil Psychology (GCU; Batch 2008-10)
Topped in the Hifz examination held in 2001 in MadrassahTadreesul Qur’an wal Hadith.
Topped in Public Service Commission interview held in 2001.

Secured the fourth position in Punjab University (among 400 + students) in M.Sc Psychology
Secured the first position in Lahore College in BA in the Humanities group overall (among 600 + students)

Memberships

Member Advisory Board, Centre for Islamic Psychology, Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology, Pakistan.
Member Advisory Board, Al-Balkhi Institute of Islamic Psychology Research (ABIIPR)
General Secretary , Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Bhavioural Sciences (JBS), Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab.
Member, Editorial Board, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Review, Institute of Clinical Psychology, UMT.
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Gender & Social Research, Gender Studies Department, LCWU.
Member, Pakistan Animal Rights Advocacy Group

Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students

MS Health Psychology:

2010-12 Sana Saleem, Fariha Rasheed and Madah Javaid

2011-13 Hina Sultan

2012-14 Wuzna Haroon

2015-17 Arooba Yousaf

2016-18 Nimra Asghar

2017-19 Ayesha Liaquat,Aqsa Saleem

2018-20 Brira Afzal and Javeria Shahid

2019-21 Rimla Masood, Saira Khalid and Anam Waheed

BS Applied Psychology:

2017-21 Hamaeel Babar, Mahnoor Salahuddin, Anusha Tariq and Zainab Mazhar

Service Activity

Animal rights activism.Member, Pakistan Animal Rights Advocacy Group
Founder- In Charge Animal Welfare and Protection Society, LCWU
Invited talks on digital platforms on mental health and social issues.
Focal person for the first project in Lahore for humane management of Street Dogs being carried out by Todd’s Welfare Society in Valencia Housing Society

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Qualitative Research, Death and Dying, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Indigenization of Psychology, Religion and Psychology.

Publications

1۔ Khawaja, A.O., & Ajmal, M.A. (2012). Perceptions of death among Pakistani undergraduates. Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 9(3), 3-8. ‘Y’ category

2۔ Aslam, S., Amjad, N., Anjum, A., Khawaja, A.O., & Bashir, Z. (2015). Stepfamily Stereotypes in Common Discourse and Lived Experiences. Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 13(1), 3-12. ‘Y’ category

3۔ Sultan, H., Khawaja, A. O., & Kousir, T. (2016). Spousal Abuse among Pakistani Women: A Thematic Analysis. Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology ‘Y’ category

4۔ Anjum, M., & Khawaja, A.O. (2017). Investigation of User Behavior on Social Networking Sites. PLOS ONE [Impact factor: 2.740 (2019)]Foreign Journal. ‘W’ category

5۔ Haroon, W., Khawaja, A. O., & Ghayas, S. (2018). Ego Integrity, Physical Health Status and Death Anxiety in Older Adults. Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 28(1), 18-32. ‘Y’ category

Lewis CA, Davis S, Sohail T, Khawaja AO. Urdu translation of the Ottawa Self-injury Inventory version 3.1. Asia Pac Psychiatry. 2019 Sep;11(3):e12359. doi: 10.1111/appy.12359. Foreign Journal. ‘X’ category.

7۔ Shahed, S., & Khawaja, A.O. (2019). The experience of happiness among Pakistani older adults. The Annals of King Edward Medical University, 25(2). ‘Y’ category

8۔ Safdar, I., Ghayas, S., Khawaja, A.O., & Akhtar, S,T., (2020). Construction and validation of Life Regrets Scale for elderly people in Pakistani culture. Applied Psychology Bulletin, 288, 30-43. Foreign Journal. ‘Y’ category.

9۔ Asghar, N,. Khawaja, A.O., & Ghayas, S., (2020). Experienced Grief on Parental Death. International Review of Social Sciences, 8(12), 447- 455. ‘Y’ category

10۔ Ghayas, S., Khawaja, A.O., & Ehsan, S. (2020). Urdu Translation and Validation of Self-Concealment Scale. International Review of Social Sciences, 8(12), 197-203. ‘Y’ category

11۔ Khawaja, A.O., & Shahed, S. (2020). Predictors of Subjective Wellbeing among Pakistani O lder Adults: What Matters Most? Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18(2), 41-46. ‘Y’ category

12۔ Khawaja, A.O., & Ajmal, M.A. (2021). Death in the Context of Tradition and Modernity. International Review of Social Sciences, 9(1), 263-278. ‘Y’ category

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

Developed an indigenous therapeutic model: Transcendental Therapy (Submitted for publication as book chapter)

Selected non-empirical publications

“A tale of Intolerant Cities: The plight of the Street Dogs”: Published in Natura Magazine, a WWF Pakistan publication (Volume 42, Issue 4, 2018)
“From White Silk Floss to Orange Jasmine: A Yearlong Journey of Wonder”. Published in Natura Magazine, a WWF Pakistan publication (Volume 40, issue 4, 2016)

Presentations at international conferences.

Title of Conference/Symposium

Organization

Country

Year

Date(s)

1. Twelfth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry

(Paper title: The Colonial Legacy: Narrative from Pakistan)

International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

USA

2016

20th May, 2016

2. Vancouver International Conference on the Teaching of Psychology

(Title of paper: Research Supervision Challenges: A Cross Cultural Perspective); Co-presented)

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Canada

(Vancouver, BC)

2015

23rd July, 2015

Presentations at local conferences

S.No	Title of Conference/Symposium	Organization	Year	Date(s)
1	11^th Muslim Psychological Conference (Paper title: Transcending Modernity: Indigenous Ways of Conceptualizing Health)	Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology	2013	24-25^th May, 2013
2	1st International Conference on Developmental Psychology Paper title: Death in the Context of Tradition and Modernity	Department of Psychology, GC University, Lahore	2012	27-28th March 2012
3	Two Days International Conference on Social Psychology	Department of Psychology, GC University, Lahore	2014	20th -21st May, 2014
4	14^th International Conference of Psychology	Pakistan Psychological Association & IAP, PU.	2015	19th-21^st March, 2015
5	Islamic Tradition in Psychology (Title of paper: An examination of Research Paradigms in the context of Islam: Some Reflections on Islamic Epistemology	Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology, Lahore School of Management, University of Lahore	2016	5th March 2016
6	12^th Muslim Psychological Conference (Paper title: Rudimentary Framework of an Indigenous Therapeutic Model: Trans Therapy)	Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology	2014	10^th November, 2014
7	8th Muslim Psychology Conference (Paper title: Psychology and Invisible Realities)	Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology	2007	29th October, 2007
8	3 Day International Conference on Health Psychology: Issues and Challenges	Department of Psychology, GCU	2017	26-28^th April, 2017
9	Conference of Psychology (COP 2018)	RICPP, IPP, CCP & PACP	2018	6-7 July, 2018
10	Islamic Perspectives in Modern Psychology (IPMP, 2019)	Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology	2019	24-26^th September, 2019

Workshops conducted

Interpretative phenomenological analysis: what, why and how. Workshop conducted in Applied Psychology Department, Punjab University on 5^th December, 2012.
Interpretative phenomenological analysis. Workshop conducted in Lahore College for Women University on 26^th June, 2013.
Qualitative Research Methods. Workshop conducted in Department of Psychology, Lahore Garrison University on 9^th and 10^th January, 2019
Interpretative phenomenological analysis. Workshop conducted in Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology, Riphah International University, Lahore on 26^th September, 2019.

Conferences organized

Annual Conference, Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology, 21^st October, 2021 (Online) . Theme: Muslim Psychology and Positive Emotions.
16^th Annual Conference, Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology, 21st October, 2020 (Online). Theme: Coping in Times of the Pandemic: Defining the New Normal.
15^th National Conference by Society for the Advancement of Muslim Psychology held on 11^th December, 2019 at Fountain House, Lahore. Theme: Suicide Prevention and Rehabilitation from the Muslim Perspective.
International Conference on Health and Wellbeing (Department of Applied Psychology, 11^th to 13^th December, 2017; Conference Coordinator)
One day conference on “Islamic Tradition in Psychology”. (Lahore School of Management, University of Lahore, 5^th March 2016)

Invited talks on digital platforms

Live show on Kindness to Animals at “Healthy Lifestyle with Ilmi City”, a popular digital hub (November, 2020)
Talk on Gender Justice at “Healthy Lifestyle with Ilmi City” (December, 2020)
Talk on Mental Health at “Healthy Lifestyle with Ilmi City” (January 2021)
Talk on Judging Others on Knowledge Hub (July, 2021)

Department of Applied Psychology

Applied Psychology