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Administrative

Academic and Administrative Staff: Project

Assoc. Prof. Dr Ruhaya Hussin

Head of Department

 

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Waikato, New Zealand
M.HSc. (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

 

Expertise:

  • Work-family conflict and facilitation

  • Coping

  • Well-being (individual, family and organisational)

 

Research Interests:

  • Work and family

  • Work-family friendly policies

  • Issues in personnel and organizational psychology

  • Coping and its relation to employees' well-being

  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

 

Email: ruhaya@iium.edu.my

Contact No. 03-6421 5146/ 03-6421 5147

Sr. Sapiah Abd. Hamed

Senior Administrative Assistant

Email: sapiah@iium.edu.my
Contact No. 03-6421 5146/5147

Br. Zaid Mohd Ghani Basri

Assistant Engineer

 

Email: zaidmdghani@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 4000 ext. 2892

Academic

Academic and Administrative Staff: Project

Prof. Dr. Shukran Abdul Rahman

Doctor of Occupational Psychology, Murdoch University, Australia

 

Expertise:

  • Occupational Psychology

  • Psychological Assessment

  • Graduate Employability

  • Higher Education Change and Development

  • Social Psychology

 

Research Interests:

  • Career development

  • Organisation development and organisational behaviour

  • Employability and graduateness of student of higher learning institutions

  • Changes and development in higher education

 

Email: shukran@iium.edu.my

Contact No. 03-6421 5050/ 5051

Room No.: 5.025, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mariam Adawiah Dzulkifli

Ph.D. in Psychology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

MSc. In Cognitive Science, Birmingham University, United Kingdom

 

Expertise:

  • Psychology of Human Cognition

 

Research Interests:

  • Normal and abnormal cognitive processes

  • Memory, learning, and aging

  • Neuropsychological and electrophysiological evidences associating brain and behaviour 

 

Email: m.adawiah@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5143

Room No.: 5.005, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lihanna Borhan

Ph.D. in Psychology: Human Development, University of Chicago, USA

M.A. in Psychology, University of Chicago, USA

 

Expertise:

  • Developmental Psychology

  • Educational Psychology

  • Early Childhood Education

  • Quality in Higher Education

 

Research Interests:

  • Family interaction

  • Pedagogical approaches

  • Aspects of self

  • Learner engagement

 

Email: lihanna@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 6780 / 5154

Room No.: 4.36, Level 4, Human Sciences Building

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazariah Shar’ie Janon

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Adelaide

M.HSc (Clinical and Counselling Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Developmental Psychology

 

Research Interests:

  • Children, adolescents, and adulthood development

  • Child and parenting

 

Email: nazariah@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5159

Room No.: 5.29, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor Diana Mohd Mahudin

Ph.D. (Applied Psychology), University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

MSc. (Ergonomics), Loughborough University, United Kingdom

 

Expertise:

  • Environmental psychology

  • Transport and traffic psychology

  • Environmental ergonomics

 

Research Interests:

  • Public transport crowding and crowd management

  • Commuting stress and travel behaviour

  • Occupational ergonomics

  • Restorative effects of environments

 

Email: nordianamm@iium.edu.my

Contact No.:  03-6421 5153

Room No.: 5.27, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Assoc. Prof. Dr Ruhaya Hussin

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Waikato, New Zealand

M.HSc. (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Work-family conflict and facilitation

  • Coping

  • Well-being (individual, family and organisational)

 

Research Interests:

  •  Work and family

  • Work-family friendly policies

  • Issues in personnel and organizational psychology

  • Coping and its relation to employees' well-being

  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

 

Email: ruhaya@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5160

Room No.: 5.31, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Dr. Jusmawati Fauzaman

Ph.D in Psychology, International Islamic University Malaysia

M.A. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of New Haven, CT, USA

 

Expertise:

  • Industrial Psychology

  • Personality

  • Measurement

Research Interests:

  • Employee selection via personality assessment

  • Personality as predictor of performance

  • Structure of personality characteristics

  • Comparability of emic-etic personality taxonomy

 

Email: jusmawati@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5155

Room No.: 5.03, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Dr. Mardiana Mohamad

Ph.D. in Guidance and Counselling, Universiti Putra Malaysia

M.Sc. in Psychological Counselling, City University, United Kingdom

 

Expertise:

  • Counselling Psychology

  • Person-centred approach to counselling

 

Research Interests:

  • Person-centred approach to counselling, Counselling across cultures and Islamic counselling

  • Inner experiences, issues and coping, understanding the experiences of survivors of traumatic events

  • Addiction, Humanistic, Positive psychology

  • Women with HIV

 

Email: mardiana@iium.edu.my

Contact No. 03-6421 5144

Room No.: 5.01, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Dr. Intan Aidura Alias

PhD, Monash University, Malaysia

M.HSc (Clinical and Counselling Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

                              

Expertise:

  • Autobiographical memory

 

Research Interests:

  • Positivity effect in autobiographical memory

  • Health psychology (smoking behaviour)

  • Spiritual/religious cognition

  • Cognition of aging population

 

Email:  intan_ia@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5157

Room No.: 4.093, Level 4, Human Sciences Building

Dr. Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychological Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Master in Clinical Psychology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Clinical Psychology

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

  • Relaxation Training

  • Stress Management

  • Anxiety Disorders

  • Depression

 

Research Interests:

  • Meta-analysis & Systematic review 

  • Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for mental disorders

  • The use of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in managing chronic Illness/ non-communicable diseases 

  • Premenstrual syndrome & Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

  • Test adaptation & Test validation

 

Email: hanum@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5151

Room No.: 5.008, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Dr. Maisarah Mohd Taib

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, International Islamic University Malaysia

MHSc. (Industrial & Organisational Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Work-based Personality Tests

  • Personality and Work-related Outcomes

  • Test Development, Test Adaptation and Test Validation

  • Psychometric and Non-Psychometric Properties of Employment Interviews

 

Research Interests:​

  • Dark Personality at Work

  • Technology-mediated Recruitment and Selection Procedures

  • Drivers and Barriers of Technology Use at Work

  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Psychology

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Email: themaisarah@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5163

Room No.: 5.08, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Dr. Suriati Sidek

Doctor of Philosophy (Health Sciences), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)

M.Sc. in Community Health, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

 

Expertise:

  • Medical and Health Sciences

  • Nutrition (Clinical and Public Health Research), Obesity 

 

Research Interests:

  • Community Health, Body Image

  • Eating Behaviour, Obesity Research

 

Email: suriatisidek@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-64215096

Room No: 4.24, Level 4, Human Sciences Building

 

Dr. Usman Jaffer

Doctor of Neuroscience, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Master Of Clinical Psychology, UCSI University.
Master of Arts (Islamic and Other Civilizations), International Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilization (IIUM ISTAC).

 

Expertise:

  • Clinical Psychology

  • Neuroscience

 

Research Interest:

  • Comparative Psychology, Islam/Maqasid and Psychology.

  • Clinical Neuroimaging, Translational Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, Neuroinformatics, Brain mapping.

 

Email: jafferu@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5585

Room No.: Human Sciences Building

M.HSc (Clinical and Counselling Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Universiti Malaya

                              

Expertise:

  • Clinical Psychology

 

Research Interests:

  • Clinical Psychology

 

Email:  inarahhasim@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5145

Room No.: 5.34, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Dr. Siti Inarah Binti Hasim @ Hashim

PhD (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

M.HSc (Clinical and Counselling Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

                              

Expertise:

  • Clinical Psychology

 

Research Interests:

  • Clinical Psychology

 

Email:  pamilia@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5152

Room No.: 5.004, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Dr Pamilia Lourdunathan

Dr Nurul Miza Mohd Rashid

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, International Islamic University Malaysia

MSc. Psychological Research, University of Edinburgh, UK

 

Expertise:

  • Experimental Psychology

  • Thematic Analysis

 

Research Interests:

  • Developmental Differences of Human Cognition

  • Radicalism, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism

  • Media Usage and Refugees Well-being

Email: mizarashid@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5089

Room No.: 5.33, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

Muhammad Haikal Ahmad Puaád

M.HSc. (Industrial & Organisational Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

B.HSc. (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Organisational Development

 

Research Interests:

  • Training

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Email: haikal@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 6059

Room No.: 5.26, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

 

Nurul Izzati Asyikin Zulkifly

M.HSc. (Industrial & Organisational Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

B.HSc. (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Organisational Psychology

 

Research Interests:

  • Job Loss and Well-being

Email: izzatizulkifly@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5164

Room No.: 5.32, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

 

Nur Aini Alegrea Suner

M.HSc. (Clinical & Counselling Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

B.HSc. (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Clinical Psychology

 

Research Interests:

  • Clinical Psychology

Email: nurainialegreasuner@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 6103

Room No.: 5.23, Level 5, Human Sciences Building

 

Muhamad Karimi Sulaiman

M.HSc. (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

B.HSc. (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Statistics and Data Analysis

 

Research Interests:

  • Statistics Anxiety and Achievement ​

 

Email: karimi@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5162

Room No.: 4.100, Level 4, Human Sciences Building

 

Syed Ahmad Muhajir Alhaddad Syed Esa

Master of Psychology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

B.HSc. (Psychology), International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Mobile Technology Usage, Self-Control

 

Research Interests:

  • Mobile Technology Usage, Self-Control, Social Competence, Adolescents ​

 

Email: muhajir@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 6093

Room No.: 4.063, Level 4, Human Sciences Building

 

Dr Mohd Ferdaus bin Harun

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, International Islamic University Malaysia.
Master of Human Sciences in Psychology, International Islamic University Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Organisational change & development

  • Psychometrics 

  • Personnel selection

  • Islamic psychology 

 

Research Interests:

  • Psychometric: Test Development

  • Industrial & Organizational Psychology: Organizational Change & Development, Personnel Psychology 

  • Islamic Psychology: Islamization of Knowledge, Integration of Knowledge, Relevantalization of Knowledge 

 

Email: ferdausharun@iium.edu.my

Contact No.: 03-6421 5152

Room No.: Human Sciences Building

 

Dr Mohd Taufik bin Mohammad

Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Sains Malaysia 
Master of Social Work, Universiti Sains Malaysia

 

Expertise:

  • Delinquency and criminal justice

  • Adolescence and sexual development

  • Family and restorative justice

 

Research Interests:

  • Implementation of restorative justice.

  • Juvenile delinquency from social work perspectives. 

  • Adolescent sexuality, juvenile offenders, and the victims of crime. ​

 

Email: mtaufik@iium.edu.my 

Contact No.: 03-6421 5102

Room No.: Human Sciences Building

 

Phone: +603 6421 5147

Fax: +603 6421 5063

Department of Psychology, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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