Department of Applied Psychology

Dr. Saima Eman

Dr. Saima Eman
Dr. Saima Eman

Assistant Professor

Department of Applied Pshycology
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Experience

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK from 14 February 2022 to 31 October 2022
  • Assistant Professor, LCWU from 22 Jan, 2019 to present and Commonwealth Alumna
  • Lecturer, LCWU from 01 Jan, 2009 to 22 Jan, 2019
  • Research Assistant, Khoj Society for People’s Education from 12 Feb, 2007 to 24 Apr, 2008
  • Research Executive, Gallup Pakistan, Lahore from 19 Mar, 2006 to 30 June, 2006
  • Research Associate, Training Impact from 14 Nov, 2006 to 19 Mar, 2006

Honour and Awards 

  • APA Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute 2021 and winner of the leaderboard.
  • Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society since 2020
  • Representing Pakistan at the Advisory Council of Global Network of Psychologists for Human Rights- February 2021: http://humanrightspsychology.org/about/advisory-council/
  • External Examiner and Viva Examiner into the Directory of Examiners and Directory of Voluntary Career speakers at The British Psychological Society- 23 February, and March 2021 respectively
  • Selected as a selected as a finalist for the Professional Achievement award category in Pakistan- UK Alumni Awards 2020-21- on 9 February, 2021- The British Council
  • Invited as a guest speaker at University of Strathclyde webinar on Psychology careers on 19 February, 2021: https://www.strathunion.com/events/8040/1887/
  • Certified Publons Academy Peer Reviewer -2020
  • Chartered Member of The British Psychological Society, UK- 2020
  • Appointed Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Alumni Advisory Panel member for 2 years -September, 2021 to September 2023
  • Appointed Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Alumni Advisory Panel member for 2 years -12 September, 2019 to September 2021
  • Interview published as feature alumni, Middlesex University-25 March 2019: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/alumni/featured-alumni/health-and-ed/saima-eman
  • Shield for World Health day and Certificate for Mental Health walk at LCWU, Pakistan- 2018
  • Appointed Dengue Prevention Committee Coordinator from Applied Psychology department, LCWU- 17 August 2018
  • Shield presented by Chairman Higher Education Commission for organising International Conference on Health and Wellbeing, Pakistan- 2017
  • Judge for an International prize in UK- 2017 (Member of a pan-University panel of judges for a legacy of Professor Sir Harry Kroto in the form of an international prize for children and young people's creative communication of science named “Kroto Research Inspiration: Championing the creative communication of research”- May- June 2017
  • BBC radio observer participant online, UK- 2016
  • University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) student representative, University of Sheffield, UK-2014-2016
  • Received Commonwealth scholarship- 2012-2016
  • Contributed to VC strategic plan for next 5 years for University of Sheffield Our Social responsibility-2015
  • My poster at the Gothic conference was fully funded- 2015
  • Received Learned Society Fund, UK- 2015
  • Senior Reviewer, IAFOR- 2014 and 2015
  • Association for Research Ethics conference sponsored visit- 2015
  • Third prize in poster competition at University of Birmingham- 2015
  • Internship guide- 2009-2012
  • First position in CHRP course- 2006
  • Best Essay by Mansehra board-2005
  • First prize in presentation skills- 2005
  • Group research leader 2004
  • Chief minister scholarship of 1 year of M.Sc. on merit -2003
  • First prize in Child development, psychology of childhood and adolescence, biochemistry, psychology of behaviour, housing, advanced nutrition and sociology- 1999-2002
  • English group leader- 2001
  • Grooming certificate-1996
  • Best science model-1994
  • Prize from radio Pakistan for speech-1994
  • Participant radio Pakistan-1993
  • Best written speech-1991 and 1992
  • Best behaviour-1990
  • Circles of Friendship- (participation certificate)-1988

Memberships

  • Joined  APA  Div 41, AP-LS on 13 October, 2021
  • Member of Quality Enhancement Cell at LCWU August 2021
  • British Alumni Association- 2021 to present
  • Joined Global Network of Psychologists for Human Rights on 6 December, 2020
  • Member of Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers of Psychology at British Psychological Society, UK- 14 July 2020 to present
  • International Affiliate of American Psychological Association- 14 April, 2020 to present
  • Member of Workload, result, and scholarship committees- 2019
  • Appointed Member board of studies, Human Development, UHEL, 1st October, 2019 to 30 November, 2019
  • Appointed Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Alumni Advisory Panel member for 2 years -12 September, 2019
  • Member of editorial board, Journal of Applied Psychology, LCWU, 2018 to present
  • Women Action Forum, 14 April, 2019
  • Member TeachersFirst, UK 2015 to present
  • Member of UREC, 2014-2016
  • University of Sheffield Islamic circle 2013-2019
  • Members team at PCSIR Phase 2, Lahore, 2016 to 2020
  • Member of a pan-University panel of judges for a legacy of Professor Sir Harry Kroto in the form of an international prize for children and young people's creative communication of science named “Kroto Research Inspiration: Championing the creative communication of research”- May- June 2017
  • Commonwealth alumna-2016 to present
  • Middlesex University alumna 2008 to present
  • University of the Punjab alumna 2005 to present
  • University of Sheffield alumna 2019 to present
  • Amnesty International 2017 to present
  • Sheffield Interpersonal Violence Research Network, 2017 to present
  • Broomhill community library- 2015
  • Affect, feelings and emotion network-2015
  • Advanced quantitative methods network- 2013
  • Gender research network, 2013
  • Lion’s club, 2013
  • Pakistan Psychological Association 2013
  • Member of Result and information sharing committees, and Scientific review committee, workshop committees and scholarship committees at LCWU-2017
  • Member dengue prevention committee, 2018 to present
  • PsyPAG, 2013 to 2018
  • Race research network- 2013
  • Sheffield University International Women’s club, 2013 to present
  • Women TUoS, 2013 to present
  • iCog, 2013 to present
  • International resource center, LCWU, 2012 to present
  • Alzheimer’s Pakistan, 2011 to present
  • Languages Sheffield, 2013-2017
  • Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, 2014-2016
  • British Psychological Society, MBPsS, 2013-2015
  • American Psychological Association for Graduate Students, 2004-2008
  • Lahore HR Forum, 2005-2006
  • Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology, 2004-2005
  • Kyokushinkae Karate Organisation, 1999 to 2002
  • DeSOM, Defense Services Club, 1997-2000
  • French language, English Dramatics, Knitting and Lawn Tennis and cooking clubs, 1992 to 1996
  • Children Complex Alhumra, 1989 to 1993
  • The British Library, 2007-2008; 2013-2015
  • Beaconhouse School System Alumni-1998 to present
  • Home Economics Alumni- 2002 to present

Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students

Supervised postgraduate theses
  1. Attitude of Public Towards COVID-19 Vaccine: An Exploratory Study in Pakistan-2021
  2. Misinformation and Perception Of COVID-19 and Risk Assessment Among People In Pakistan-2021 
Supervised undergraduate theses
  1. Informal Dementia Caregivers in Pakistan and Chile: A Cross-Cultural Study of Caregivers’ burden and distress- 2021
  2. Everyday sadism in a Pakistani sample: A mixed methods complex comparative study-2021 
Supervised mixed methods (survey and observation) undergraduate research projects (2011-2012)
  1. An exploratory study on Motivation to acquire higher-level education: Part time sophomore employees in Pakistan.
  2. Use of SMS and quality of family life.
  3. Psychological factors involved in-group conformity amongst shisha and cigarette users.
  4. Effect of inflation and electricity load shedding on family life of shopkeepers in Pakistan.
  5. A comparative of joint family versus nuclear family conflicts on expression of anger among youngsters.
  6. Facebook and college students academic achievement.
  7. Confidence level of shy adolescent females: Effect of karate activities at schools in Pakistan.
  8. Truancy and dress-up style of sophomores.
  9. Internet versus paperback: Comparison of reading skills amongst undergraduate students. 
Supervised qualitative undergraduate research projects (2018-2019)
I adapted, taught and used a 25-page ethics form of Flinders University, Australia for qualitative research with my students.
  1. Cyberbullying from Pakistani female students’ perspective.
  2. Effect of status discrimination in higher educational institutions on the mental of students, teaching, and non-teaching staff: A case of Pakistan.
  3. Positive body image in Pakistani students.
  4. The quality of life of Pakistani senior citizens with dementia.
  5. The role of emotion in the construction of career in parent-adolescent conversations in Pakistan, a replication of Young et al. (1997)’s study.
  6. The informal adoption crisis! Identity and self-esteem of informally adopted individuals in Pakistan.
  7. Exploring musical preferences, personality, emotions, and behaviours: An in-depth qualitative study of female students’ music preferences in Pakistan.
  8. ‘I consider myself sadistic’: A qualitative analyses of sadistic endorsement of Pakistani female undergraduate, a replication study of Irish undergraduates.
Supervised undergraduate internships (2009 to present)
  • 42 internship reports
    • 9 in health psychology and
    • 33 in clinical psychology.

Service Activity

Courses taught and weekly plans prepared
  1. Health Psychologyto BS semester 8 and MS students semester 1
  2. Human Resource Management to BS semester 8
  3. General Psychologyto F.A students 
  4. Elements of Psychologyto BS-semester 1
  5. Organisational Psychologyto BS-semester 7; Organisational Behaviour to BS semesters 4 and 7
  6. Clinical Psychologyto BS-semester 8
  7. Fundamentals of Psychology including social psychology to BS semester 3
  8. Experimental Psychologyto BS semester 5
  9. Quantitative research methodsto BS semester 5
  10. Qualitative research methodsto BS semester 7
  11. Behavioural Neuroscience to BS semester 6
  12. Personalities Theories to BS semester 3
  13. Psychology of Adjustment to BS semester 3
  14. Organisational and social psychology to BS semester 4
  15. Introduction to Psychology 2 (practical course)- semester 2
  16. Counseling in Health Psychology-I- MS Health Psychology
  17. Counseling in Health Psychology-II- MS Health Psychology
  18. Educational Psychology to BS semester 7
  19. Active citizenship module global citizen ship 2 lectures and 1 lecture on debate versus discussion to BS semester 7 
Course Outlines designed/contributed to
  1. Qualitative research in Psychology (for PhD)
  2. Fashion Psychology
  3. Women Institute of research programs on experimental psychology, research ethics, and research
  4. MS & PhD entry test.  
Event coordination
  1. First Astronomy event at LCWU-2011
  2. Breast cancer awareness event- 2019
  3. Dementia Awareness university wide Campaign- 2019
  4. Student educational tour to GCU culture conference-2019
  5. Student educational tour to Services hospital to attend Epilepsy seminar- 2020
  6. Student recreational tour to old Lahore city- 2020

Event organisation and Management

  1. Health psychology exhibition for MS students in 2011
  2. Organised World Health day 2018
  3. Organised pre-conference workshops and was part of the organising team for International Conference on Health and Wellbeing at Lahore College for Women University in 2017
  4. Organised one day event on dementia friends by Alzheimer’s Pakistan- 2019
  5. Organised one day workshop on by Sahera Hashmi on Self Management and Leadership Skills or Attributes- 2020
  6. Managed a workshop on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy by Dr. Muhammad Irfan-2020
  7. Hosted a webinar for MS health Psychology students on What is the BPS and What can I do after my Psychology Degree? on 12 February, 2021 and for University of Strathclyde students on 19 February, 2021/
  8. Led online weekly writing retreats from 10 March 2021 onwards 10 writing workshops.
  9. International webinar on dementia during the pandemic- 2021: https://youtu.be/fYDXNXeVdP0
Committees Membership
  1. Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Psychology at LCWU- September 2021
  2. Member of Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) at LCWU-August 2021
  3. Result and information sharing committee-2017, LCWU
  4. Scientific review committee-2017, LCWU
  5. Workshop committee-2017, LCWU
  6. Scholarship committee-2017, LCWU
  7. Held a Disabled students interview on 26 September, 2018 as an observer, LCWU
  8. Member dengue prevention committee, 2018 to present
  9. Member corona virus prevention committee, 2020 to present
  10. BS and MS admissions committees- 2018 to 2020, LCWU
  11. Member of a pan-University panel of judges for a legacy of Professor Sir Harry Kroto in the form of an international prize for children and young people's creative communication of science named “Kroto Research Inspiration: Championing the creative communication of research” at University of Sheffield, UK- May- June 2017
  12. University Research Ethics Committee at University of Sheffield, UK- 2014-2016
  13. Member of International resource center/Department of Faculty development and internationalization since 2012

Administrative Duties

  1. Paper setting
  2. Paper marking
  3. Invigilation
  4. Attendance percentage calculation
  5. Assignment checking
  6. Preparing character certificates
  7. Preparing students’ award list
  8. Idea generation and planning for events and new programmes at new campuses
  9. Contributed to the policy document of JRP.
  10. Contributed to MS & PhD entry test items in 2021 and MS admission interview (panel)
  11. Facilitated 2 MoUs
Research Supervision series
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeFcagdpRRlIMvzDFd2KYJydR3n-3UcgF
Facebook classroom for behavioural neuroscience
Private classroom developed during the pandemic: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2626977214288765
First ever student website named Kcoolmind Zoom
Developed and successfully maintained a student website 2010 to 2012: https://sites.google.com/site/kcoolmindzoom/
Volunteer Consultancies
Provided many career, educational, psychological practice, and dementia informational support consultancies. Many provided with 7+ in 2021

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Broadly social psychology and human rights
Personality traits, peace and conflict, antisocial behaviours, racism, prejudice, discrimination, diversity, dementia, everyday sadism, environmental psychology, psychopathological behaviours, educational psychology, problems of adolescence, informal adoption, health literacy, COVID-19 misinformation and health behaviours.
Research Publications
  1. Eman, S. (2021, accepted). Quality of life: Mild dementia: The Quality of life of older Pakistanis with Dementia: Three cases in Lahore, Pakistan. Human Sciences Magazine. HEC Y category
  2. Batool, S.H., Sulehri, IG., Rehman, A.U., & *Eman, S., (2021, accepted). Measuring everyday health information literacy: A survey of Pakistani married working women. Libri- International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies. HEC X category
  3. *Eman, S., Nicolson, R.I., Blades, M., & Jha, R.P. (2021, accepted). Gender-based personality traits in physically aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behaviours. Current Issues in Personality Psychology. (HEC recognized Y category)
  4. *Eman, S. (2021). Shifting from face-to-face learning to Zoom online teaching, research, and internship supervision in a technologically developing 'female students' university in Pakistan: A psychology teacher's and students' perspective. Psychology Teaching Review, 27(1), 42-55.
  5. *Eman, S., Nicolson, R.I., Blades, M., & Jha, R.P. (2020). The role of gender, empathy, sensation seeking, and callousness in physically aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behaviours among students. International E-journal of Criminal Sciences, 15, 1-22. Retrieved from https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/inecs/article/view/21989 HEC Y Category WOS
  6. Leroi, I., Chaudhry, N., Daniel, A., Dunne, R., *Eman, S., Farina, N.,...Zadeh, Z. (2019). A roadmap to develop dementia research capacity and capability in Pakistan: A model for low- and middle-income countries. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 5, 939-952. doi: 10.1016/j.trci.2019.11.005

  7.    Impact factor: 4.35 HEC X category scopus

  8. *Eman, S., Khalid, A., & Nicolson, R.I. (2019). A review of heterogeneous interpretations of emotional reactivity. International Journal of Emotional Education, 11(2), 71-90. Retrieved from https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/417070/v11i2p5.pdf WOS- HEC Y category Impact factor: 1.15
  9. *Eman, S. (2015). Discussion paper: Feeling through the eyes. PsyPAG Quarterly 94, 28-30. Retrieved from http://www.psypag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Issue-94.pdf
  10. *Eman, S., Nicolson, R.I., & Blades, M. (2015). Sensation seeking or empathy? Physically Aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behaviors (ASBs) amongst university students.  The IAFOR Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences, 1(1), 65-88. Retrieved from http://iafor.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/5.-Final-Manuscript-212-Understanding-antisocial-behaviors-paper-by-Saima-Eman.pdf
  11. *Eman, S., Nicolson,  R.I., & Blades, M. (2015). Classifying and defining heterogeneity within antisocial behaviour. In ISSN: 2188-9627 The European Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences 2015: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 101-124). Brighton, England, UK. Retrieved from http://iafor.org/issn-2188-9627-the-european-conference-on-psychology-and-the-behavioral-sciences-2015-official-conference-proceedings/
  12. *Eman, S., Nicolson, R.I., & Blades, M. (2014). Understanding antisocial behaviors: The roles of sensation seeking and subtypes of empathy. In ISSN: 2189-1087 – The IAFOR North American Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2014: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 43-63). Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Retrieved from http://iafor.org/archives/proceedings/NACP/NACP2014_proceedings.pdf
  13. *Eman, S. (2014). Research in Brief: Family structure and Pakistani young adults’ anger expression.  PsyPAG Quarterly, 90. Retrieved from http://www.psypag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PsyPag-90.pdf#page=38
  14. *Eman, S., Dogar, I. A., Khalid, M., & Haider, N. (2012). Gender differences in test anxiety and examination stress. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 9(2), 80-85. EBSCO Host. HEC Y category

    Other Publications  (Book Chapters, blogs, and magazines) 

  15. Eman, S. (2021, August 3). It is time to translate psychology into native languages of Pakistan. LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-translate-psychology-native-languages-pakistan-dr-saima-eman/?trackingId=LnpCxgYkSoSooL3u%2FCqiAg%3D%3D
  16. Eman, S. (2021). A day in the life blog. The British Psychological Society Blogs. https://connect.bps.org.uk/memberconnect/blogs/community- manager1/2021/04/12/day-in-the-life-saima-eman
  17. Eman, S. (2020, October). Ignorance, unawareness paves authority for untrained, inexperienced professionals. The Nation blogs. Pakistani newspaper. Retrieved from  https://nation.com.pk/26-Oct-2020/ignorance-unawareness-paves-authority-for-untrained-inexperienced-professionals
  18. Eman, S. (2020, September). Drama review. In-Mind: A magazine by IYPS, (2), 23-24. Retrieved from https://iyps.org/magazine/2nd-edition/
  19. Eman, S. (2020). Ebony of My Life. In A.U.U. Rashid & S. Phillips (Eds.), The Bridge, 2, (pp.5-6). Orange County, California, USA: Picture Show Press. Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/dp/1734170247
  20. Eman, S. (2019). In the kingdom of my mind. In N.F. Abdul Manaf & A.U.U. Rashid (Eds.), The Bridge, 1, (p.17). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Silverfish Books. Retrieved from http://www.silverfishbooks.com/the-bridge
  21. Eman, S. (2017, December). Gender pressures on the female and male genders in Pakistan. Journal of Advanced Nursing: Interactive blog spot. Retrieved from http://journalofadvancednursing.blogspot.com/2017/11/vaw-2017gender-pressures-on-female-and.html?m=0
  22. Eman, S. (2017, October). Identity as an adopted human being. Inspirited Minds. Mental health Charity London, UK. Retrieved from https://inspiritedminds.org.uk/2017/10/27/identity-as-an-adopted-human-being/
  23. Eman, S. (2017, September). This Alzheimer's day how do I hold back my tears? The Nation blogs. Pakistani newspaper. Retrieved from http://nation.com.pk/blogs/21-Sep-2017/this-alzheimer-s-day-how-do-i-hold-back-my-tears
  24. Eman, S. (2017, August). Your online presence as a researcher. ThinkAhead Blog.  Researcher Professional Development team at the University of Sheffield. Retrieved from https://thinkaheadsheffield.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/your-online-presence-as-a-researcher/
  25. Eman, S. (2017, February). Poem: Continuous Surveillance. New Asian Writing. Retrieved from http://www.new-asian-writing.com/continuous-surveillance-by-saima-eman/
  26. Eman, S.  (2016, December). Story: The international student researcher in crisis. Booksie Classic House. Retrieved from https://www.booksie.com/491381-the-international-student-researcher-in-crisis
  27. Eman, S. (2016, August). Why not suffer in silence? Brain Knittings, 2(1). Retrieved from http://brainknittings.com/2016/08/why-not-suffer-in-silence/
  28. Eman, S. (2016, July). Relating to your supervisor: What can you do? ThinkAhead Blog.  Researcher Professional Development team at the University of Sheffield. Retrieved from https://thinkaheadsheffield.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/relating-to-your-supervisor-what-can-you-do/
  29. Eman, S. (2015, October). What I wish I had known in my first year. Doctoral Times. Newsletter-Research & Innovation Services, University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.512242.1443539553!/file/Doctoral_Times_10_Autumn_15.pdf
  30. Eman, S. (2015, December). Workplace bullying. Brain Knittings, 1(3). Retrieved from http://brainknittings.com/2015/12/workplace-bullying/
  31. Eman, S. (2015, October). Do you suffer from math anxiety? Brain Knittings, 1(2). Retrieved from http://brainknittings.com/2015/10/do-you-suffer-from-math-anxiety/
  32. Eman, S. (2015, August). How to tackle pessimism on the go. Brain Knittings, 1(1). Retrieved from http://brainknittings.com/2015/08/how-to-tackle- pessimism-on-the-go/
  33. Eman, S. (2014). The world beyond 2015: Is higher education ready for the developing countries? The Association of Commonwealth Universities. Retrieved from https://beyond2015.acu.ac.uk/submissions/view?id=126
Conference Presentations
  1. Oral Presentation (Only Pakistani speaker) at APA Virtual 2021 on 12 August 2021, on 2 environmental psychology studies in densely and thinly planted areas of Pakistan. 3000 presentations and 9000 attendees only 12 attendees from Pakistan.
  2. Poster Presentation at the BPS DART-P virtual conference on 24 June, 2021, on A Qualitative Study on Prejudice and Discrimination in Universities: A case of Pakistan
  3. Oral presentation: Jahiliyah and Racism: An Islamic and Psychological Hermeneutic at the 15th National conference (Society for Advancement of Muslim Psychology). “Suicide Prevention and Rehabilitation in Muslim Perspective”. On 11 December, 2019
  4. Oral presentation of my poem “In The Kingdom of My Mind” at the International Symposium of English Department at LCWU, Pakistan- 29-31 October, 2019.
  5. Oral presentation on “Understanding antisocial behaviours in University Students: The roles of sensation seeking and callousness” at International conference on Peace, Conflict and Violence, COMSATS, Lahore, Pakistan -2017
  6. Presented artefacts at “Dementia Futures Conference” at University of Sheffield-30 June, 2017: http://www.sydcae.co.uk/2017/06/
  7. Presented artefacts about my PhD thesis at "Abuse and Art: exhibiting artifacts and information about domestic violence" Conference at University of Sheffield on 15 July, 2017 (organised by Sheffield University Interpersonal Violence Research Group).
  8. Oral presentation: Antisocial behaviours: The role of subtypes of empathy, sensation seeking and callous and unemotional traits” at Psychology and Law conference, Nuremburg, Germany-2015
  9. Oral presentation on “Understanding antisocial behaviours: Is callousness linked to sensation seeking and everyday sadism and jealousy? At Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK- July, 2015
  10. Oral presentation on “Classifying and defining heterogeneity within antisocial behaviour” at IAFOR international conference, Brighton, UK- July 2015
  11. Poster presentation on Commentary on “Big five personality and academic dishonesty: A meta-analytic review by Giluk & Postlethwaite, 2015”- won 3rd Prize - University of Birmingham, UK
  12. Oral presentation on Antisocial behaviours: Sensation seeking and callousness at postgraduate conference, Psychology department, University of Sheffield, UK- 2015
  13. Poster presentation, “Psychological analysis of The Outsider”, at the Re-imagining the Gothic conference at Sheffield, Department of English, University of Sheffield, UK-May, 2015
  14. Oral presentation on “Heterogeneous interpretations of emotional reactivity and its subtypes, A review” at Psychology of emotion and feeling, University of Northampton, UK – one day free student conference, April, 2015
  15. Oral presentation on “Understanding antisocial behaviors, Sensation seeking and subtypes of empathy” at IAFOR North American series- conference-Providence-Rhode Island, USA-2014
  16. Poster presentation on subtypes of empathy and subtypes of antisocial behaviours at postgraduate conference, Psychology Department, University of Sheffield, UK-2014
  17. Poster presentation on subtypes of empathy and subtypes of antisocial behaviors -White Rose Conference “Impact through Engagement”, University of Sheffield, UK-2014
  18. Poster presentation on Attitudes towards research methods with statistics at the White Rose Psychology Postgraduate conference-2013
  19. Oral presentation on neurobiology of callous and unemotional (CU) traits at Post-graduate conference, Psychology Department, University of Sheffield, UK- 2013
  20. Oral presentation: A review article on Social support, illness beliefs, and coping in patients with terminal diseases and non-terminal chronic diseases: An Overview; 13th conference of Pakistan Psychological Association- November 2011
Professional Presentations/trainings delivered
  1. Presentation on the play Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw- Beaconhouse School System, Pakistan 1994
  2. Psychology of Adolescence (7 year olds)-2000
  3. Biological Paradigm- Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2003
  4. Structure and Function of Vitamin C-2002 Biological Paradigm- Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2003
  5. Psychological Research in Pakistan- Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2004
  6. Rapport Building in Test Administration- Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2004
  7. Self Presentation- Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2005
  8. Leadership Skills Development- Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2005
  9. Anatomical Basis of Motivation-Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2005
  10. Leadership and Team building -Gallup, Pakistan 2006
  11. Labor Laws and Labor relations: Case of Misconduct- PIQC-NUST, Pakistan 2006
  12. Training and Development- Gap Analysis of the Training policies-PIQC-NUST, Pakistan 2006
  13. Projective Techniques-CMD, Pakistan 2006
  14. Taught in PCSIR welfare (primary) school for the underprivileged- 2007
  15. Genocide and Violence (Middlesex University) London, UK- 2008
  16. Age of Acquisition and Bilingualism (Middlesex University) London, UK-2008
  17. Critical Review of literature on Test Anxiety and academic performance in undergraduate and graduate Students (Middlesex University) London, UK 2008 and at LCWU 2009 in Pakistan.
  18. Delivered interview as a psychology expert on FM 99.6 on effect of Brand Marketing on youth -15th December, 2011
  19. Delivered a talk at International Women’s day to an audience of women from 18 different countries at Sheffield International Women’s club- 2013
  20. Presented at SHEP (introduction to myself and my research)-2013
  21. Taught URDU in the second International language festival as part of world week-2013
  22. Presented my poster on pain management at the speaking skills for research purposes class-2014
  23. Oral presentation on Understanding Antisocial behaviors: The roles of sensation seeking and subtypes of empathy in speaking for research skills class-2015
  24. Presented my outreach project proposal on educational development in Pakistan at Sheffield International Women’s club- 2015
  25. Presented at CSCY Centre for the study of Childhood and Youth PhD Winter Warmer event: Saima Eman; Title: Countering obstacles and managing transition during my PhD-2015 http://cscy.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/February-2015-CSCY-Newsletter.pdf
  26. Parent storyteller at Beaconhouse Canal side campus: told the story of Dave to KG-purple and gave an activity to draw a health food for hungry cat Dave in a card.- 2017
  27. Presented assertive discipline in a workshop on positive parenting organised by sports department, LCWU- 2018
  28. Presented a seminar on Commonwealth Scholarships at LCWU, organised by DFDI (paid lecture).- 3 December, 2019
  29. Facilitated a seminar as a one of the resource persons on Commonwealth Scholarships at LCWU, organised by DFDI (paid lecture).- 28 December, 2020
  30. Presented coaching psychology in education at BPS coaching psychology peer practice group coaching stars- 2021
  31. Delivered a presentation on informal adoption research project at APA Minority Fellowship Program Psychology Summer Institute -15 July 2021
  32. Psychology careers webinar delivered to MS health psychology students on What is the BPS and What can I do after my Psychology Degree?, on 12 February, 2021
  33. Invited as a guest speaker at University of Strathclyde webinar on What is the BPS and What can I do after my Psychology Degree? on 19 February, 2021: https://www.strathunion.com/events/8040/1887/
  34. Writing Retreats (online workshops 10) for faculty and students at LCWU sponsored by DFDI, 31 March, 2021 to 16 June, 2021
  35. Recorded webinar on research ethics for faculty and students at LCWU sponsored by DFDI, 13 April, 2021
  36. Recorded webinar on Ethics in professional communication for faculty and students at LCWU sponsored by DFDI, 20 April, 2021
  37. Webinar on stress at Facebook Live to people from Kenya at Mombasa Mental Health Awareness Group on 17 April, 2021
  38. Delivered a Presentation on Coaching Psychology in Education in a BPS Peer practice group on May 4, 2021
  39. Poster presentation at BPS DART-P, 24 June, 2021
  40. Delivered a presentation on informal adoption research project at APA Minority Fellowship Program Psychology Summer Institute -15 July 2021
  41. Delivered a brief speech on animal rights on an event by Animal Welfare and Protection Society at LCWU on 2 November, 2021
  42. Delivered brief orientation speech to BS, MS, and PhD students at Department of Applied Psychology, LCWU on 29 November, 2021
    Invited interview by The Bridge team episode 10, Writers in conversation published on 4 December, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwpmr3PGec0
Volunteer Work 
  1. Coordinated an international webinar on dementia on behalf of Department of Faculty Development and Internationalisation, LCWU. 26 November, 2021: https://youtu.be/fYDXNXeVdP0
  2. Facilitating a Memorandum of Understanding between Department of Psychology, Lahore College for Women University and Sen Learning Institute in Lahore, Pakistan in November 2021
  3. Evaluated a PhD thesis as an external local PhD examiner at National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad in the area of Peace and Conflict Studies.
  4. Facilitated a Memorandum of Understanding between Lahore College for Women University and Commonwealth Scholarship Commission – November 2021
  5. 31 LCWU related achievements: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lcwu-100-years-celebrations-1922-2022-dr-saima-eman/?published=t
  6. Proposal for biofeedback counselling center approved by the VC at LCWU-29 October, 2021
  7. Joined The Bridge creative writers community on 24 October, 2021
  8. Selected as a Commonwealth Mentor at Commonwealth Scholarship Commission 28 October, 2021
  9. Human rights message at GnPfHR: https://app.memento.com/IZKhl2Lfe/group-video
  10. AP-LS Reviewer- (7 reviews; 6 papers and 1 poster)-2021
  11. Career and education, women protection contact, and psycho-education consultations in UK and Pakistan (8+) provided-2021
  12. Appointed as Associate Editor of Journal of Research in Psychology- 2021 to present-LCWU

(Contributed to the policy document of JRP submission preparation checklist and reasons for rejection: general and editorial reasons.

  1. Signed 100 + Change.org, and many Amnesty International and PETA animal rights petitions.
  2. BPS Memberconnect 53+ contributions to discussions
  3. Attended the AGM of BPS 2021 on 26 July, 2021 to support the vote of converting Special Group of Coaching Psychology to a Division of Coaching Psychology and enable chartership in this area.
  4. Fourteen papers reviewed 9 WOS and 5 Elsevier
  5. Organised 10 writing retreat workshop online weekly from 10 March 2021 onwards.
  6. Hosted a webinar on The British Psychological Society and Psychology careers for MS Health Psychology students at Lahore College for Women University, Lahore and students from University of Strathclyde on 12 and 19 February, 2021 respectively.
  7. Zoom awareness session on commonwealth scholarships delivered to university teaching faculty as a co-host guest speaker at DFDI, LCWU-28 Dec, 2020
  8. Workshop Proposal Reviewer at Workshop Proposal Reviewer at BPS Professional Development Centre from 20 October 2020 to present
  9. Article Editor thrice for Sage Open-2020, 2021
  10. E-mentor, University of Sheffield Careers Service eMentoring Programme 12 October, 2020 onwards
  11. Donated toys, books, and clothes to SOS Village, and deserving people in July to September 2020
  12. SAGE and Scopus Peer Reviewer by invitation since 2020
  13. Online Psychological Consultancy at Activity Review Corner Mentorship Program on Whatsapp client call and Facebook Messenger: https://www.facebook.com/groups/154278749244811/about/ 26, April 2020 to present
  14. Running 5 Facebook pages, 1- Think Logically (to stimulate intellectual thinking) 2- Khan Bahadur Visionaries Welfare (my NGO to promote educational awareness) 3- Contact Manzur Fatima Husain (part of my empathy museum project in Khan Bahadur Visionaries), 4- Dementia and Delirium Support Lahore (Support and awareness page part of Dementia Carers in Khan Bahadur Visionaries), 5-Global Children Association (To unite children around the world and promote the interests of children; it is part of Child Scholar’s Institute in Khan Bahadur Visionaries)
  15. Running 2 Facebook Groups, 1- Adoptive human’s rights (to highlight the human rights of adoptive parents and informally adopted children), 2-Sadistic Tendencies Treatment (to explore the interventions and learn about the concept of everyday sadism followed on from my PhD thesis)
  16. During COVID-19 lockdown, running online reading group channel, reading and discussing “The diary of a young girl” by Anne Frank for children since 31 March, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDv9VCk6PgA
  17. Performed a review for Dementia as a Sage reviewer on 8 March, 2020: https://publons.com/journal/8281/dementia
  18. Hosted a workshop on role of cognitive behavioural interventions in improving psychological impacts of parents of children affected with emotional and behavioural disorders by Professor Dr. Muhammad Irfan and Assistant Professor Dr. Madeeha Latif on 5 March, 2020
  19. Lead-coordinator for university-wide dementia awareness project -MS Health Psychology- 3-6 Feb 2020; Led a number of dementia awareness campaigns from 2016 to present
    1. Organised Dementia Awareness Event, a collaboration between Psychological Society, LCWU and Alzheimer’s Pakistan- Dementia Friends were created and Champions chosen- 20 November, 2019: https://www.lcwu.edu.pk/component/content/article/24-news-events/1556-dementia-awareness-event-report.html?Itemid=563
    2. Led dementia awareness campaign class activity for qualitative research methods- September 2018
    3. Public engagement activity: Prepared and displayed video on facebook (more than 180 views) on difference between lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease; also common misperceptions of dementia in Pakistan on World Alzheimer’s day- 21 September, 2018 and on 23 September, 2018
    4. Organised and hosted “Dementia carers and friends”, a dementia awareness event at PCSIR Phase 2 small park, Lahore, Pakistan on October 23, 2016.
  20. Celebrated Global creative thinker’s forum by Khan Bahadur Visionaries – 21 April, 2019- students sent in their creative entries.
  21. Celebrated women’s day through compilation of women’s day video messages and disseminating it through social media- 8 March, 2019
  22. Conducted Children’s reading group on behalf of Child Scholar’s institute on 22 and 24 February, 2019
  23. Organised one-day workshop on Self Management and Leadership skills/attributes by Ms. Sahera Hashmi on 14 January 2020: http://www.lcwu.edu.pk/component/content/article/24-news-events/1839-app-pshy-workshop.html?Itemid=563
  24. As a commonwealth resource person delivered a presentation at LCWU about CSC scholarships- 3 December, 2019
  25. Organised Pinktober, Breast cancer awareness event from a psychological viewpoint on 15 October, 2019 as part of a team and autism seminar 17 October 2019
  26. Appointed Member board of studies, Human Development, UHEL, 1st October, 2019
  27. Was a part of an international book project, a collaboration between LCWU, Pakistan and IIU, Malaysia- October, 2019
  28. Appointed Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Alumni Advisory Panel member for 2 years -12 September, 2019
  29. Operating Khan Bahadur Visionaries since 2016
  30. Reviewed a research paper for psychology Journal of Applied Psychology department, LCWU- 15 January, 2019
  31. Conducted art session with children at BSS on 20 November 2018
  32. Participated in Public engagement activity by translating gratitude cards in Urdu for upcoming Festival of the Mind project titled “The International Wall of Gratitude” at University of Sheffield- 2018
  33. Book donation project: Donated around 300 books to Applied Psychology department, LCWU and 30 books to PCSIR community library 2018
  34. Toy donation project-2018
  35. Judge for an International prize in UK, May- June 2017
  36. Volunteered for plantation supporting United Members team at PCSIR Phase 2, Lahore- April 16, 2017
  37. Volunteered as a parent storyteller at Beaconhouse Canal side campus: told the story of Dave to KG-purple and gave an activity to draw a health food for hungry cat Dave in a card.- 2017
  38. BBC radio observer participant online, UK- 2016
  39. UREC student rep-2014-2016
  40. Contributed to VC strategic plan for next 5 years for University of Sheffield-2015
  41. My poster at the Gothic conference was fully funded- 2015
  42. Participated in go-green events: home energy saving visit invited; grew spinach at home-2014-2015
  43. Senior Reviewer, IAFOR- 2014 and 2015
  44. AfRE conference sponsored visit- 2015
  45. Commonwealth scholars representative at University of Sheffield-2015
  46. Volunteered at Conversation club for asylum seekers and refugees at the Church, Sheffield, UK-2015
  47. Contributed to @Diversity_Is; Give it a go event-2015
  48. Proof read a maths doctoral thesis-2015
  49. One woman awareness campaign about alcohol free cosmetics in Pakistan-2015
  50. Participated in Econsoc Women's Week (20th - 24th April) - a week focused on events, workshops and discussions aiming to involve and inspire women-2015
  51. Submitted several ideas to Student Voice at Student Union and ideas forum 2013-2015
  52. Pakistani representative at Psychology Department- 2014 to present
  53. Volunteered as a Head sister at University of Sheffield Islamic circle-2014
  54. Helped organize a conference on emotions at Northampton by advertising it -2014
  55. Attended World food festival thus contributing to Cancer charity UK and children from Bosnian war-2014
  56. Suggested a logo (self-made) for the PG psychology society-2014
  57. Henna service provider at one a Paksoc stall at University of Sheffield-2013
  58. Taught URDU in the second International language festival as part of world week-2013
  59. Participation in virtual tour of university (volunteer)-2013
  60. Asian day role facilitator (paid role) as part of SIID (Sheffield Institute of International Development) Share-2013
  61. Submitted an idea regarding childcare and night services like night line to ideas forum-2013
  62. Prepared a development plan- 2013-2015
  63. Champion of digital aspects of internationalisation, LCWU- 2012-present
  64. Arranged two guest speakers for HRM students, skits and a visit to an organization-2011-2012
  65. Coordinated the first Astronomy event at LCWU on 21st June, 2012
  66. Delivered interview as a psychology expert on FM 99.6 on effect of Brand Marketing on youth -15th December, 2011
  67. Acted as a resource person at Coffee with Alumni: Career counseling symposium-British Council- 2011
  68. Set the foundation for Ethics Committee at Applied Psychology Department, LCWU, Lahore, 2011
  69. Arranged two guest speakers from industry, skits and a visit to 2 organizations-2011-2012; 2018
  70. Developed and successfully maintained a student website since 2010
  71. Library Shelver (3 days at Middlesex University- inter library transfer form Enfield to Trent Park)
  72. Taught in PCSIR welfare (primary) school for the underprivileged- 2007
  73. Volunteered for enterprising activities, cake bake, spaghetti, haleem and card sale at funfairs College of Home Economics and Lahore College for Women University, Lahore. -1999 and 2011
  74. Participant radio Pakistan-1993, 1994
  75. Best written speech-1991 and 1992
  76. Participated in the following competitions: Photography competitions 2017 and 2018; Helped my children win Broomhill festival postcard art competition and Project Paddington art competition- 2016; Submitted Creative IT solutions idea to the summer of student innovation competition-2015; Participated in the go-green competition spinach growing-2015; Participated in cake bake-2014; FameLab-2014; Creative media presentation competition on teaching and the digital world in next 5 years-2014; Wellcome trust science essay competition at University of Sheffield-2013; Mental health week poetry competition “In the kingdom of my Mind”-2013
  77. Charity contributions to SOS village, Shaukat Khanum hospital, Edhi, British Heart Foundation, Oxfam, MacMillan, Swap shop at University of Sheffield, Nether Green Infant School, Syrian refugees, Project Paddington, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Time to Change campaign, the Samaritans support helpline and Oxfam charity-2001-2019
  78. My daughter Shifa Asif won 2 world poetry competition on poetyzone.co.uk – 2019 and 2020
  79. Helped influence change in policies for example the confirmation review policy and online survey administration policy at University of Sheffield. Took part in Tesco feedback surveys, university academic surveys, student research surveys such as experiment on effect of stress on psychosis; breaking bad habits study and earned 5 pounds-2013; EEG experiment; leader follower study-2013; signing petitions against fossil fuel investment policy, on change.org, post office, national express bus service and other surveys-2013-2015
  80. Participated in British Psychological society poetry competition for 2021 “from poverty to flourishing theme”