Ep. 20 - The Path Towards Research on Social-emotional Skills and Transformative Education with Dr. Ilham Nasser, a Senior Researcher and Director

Join Amina as she interviews Dr. Ilham Nasser, an expert in education, teacher training, and research and a Director and Senior Researcher for the Human Development Program at IIIT. She was the principal investigator for the Mapping the Terrain Study part of the Advancing Education in Muslim Societies initiative at the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a non-profit organization in the Washington DC area. Dr. Nasser tells us more about this project and walks us through her career journey and gives away important lessons she has learned as she completed her PhD, shifted from being a Professor to a Researcher taking the lead on various projects and offering consulting services to various NGOs in the education space. She also gives away some of the most important lessons or skills she has learned "on the way there" that would be helpful for others to know.