Education
Education
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration (2023)
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Committee: Sawsan Abutabenjeh (chair), Eddie French, Mike Potter, & Julius Nukpezah
Research Interests: Social Equity, Generative Artificial Intelligence and Digital Governance
Dissertation: Navigating the Road to Distributional Social Equity Using Smart Cities Technologies.
Master of Science (MS) in Economics (2016)
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lahore, Pakistan
Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance (2013)
Lahore School of Economics (LSE)
Lahore, Pakistan
Education
Academic Service
Education
Journal Reviewer
- Public Administration Review
- Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
- Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration
- Public Integrity
- Economic Development Quarterly
- Social Indicators Research
- Public Works Management & Policy
Journal Reviewer
- Editorial Board Member, Public Integrity
- Member, Outstanding Graduate and Undergraduate Student Committee
- Member, Co-Curricular Committee
- Member, SPA Committee (Curriculum, Admissions, Search)
- Member, Graduation Thesis Defence Committee (Adhoc)
- Supervisor of three MPA students
- Reviewer for Travel Grant, Arizona State University
- Reviewer for Research Grant, Arizona State University
- Discussant, APPAM Fall Research Conference
- Volunteer, ASPA Conference
- Panel Chair, SPSA Conference
- Poster Evaluator, MSU Undergraduate Research Symposium
Workshop Conducted
- Promoting Equity in Higher Education Through No-Code AI, Virginia, United States (Accepted) 2025
- Managing and Integrating GenAI to Classroom, Haikou, China 2024
Software and Skills
- Stata, Mplus,
- MAXQDA, ArcGIS, Python
- Generative AI, MindStudio, LaTeX
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Public Administration (ASPA)
- Digital Government Society (DGS)
- EDUCAUSE
Certifications
Certified AI Expert by MindStudio (2024)
Career Essentials in Generative AI, Microsoft & LinkedIn (2023)
Botvin LifeSkills Training (2021)
Online Teaching Certification, Mississippi State University (2020)
Classroom Teaching Certification, Mississippi State University (2019)
