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Dr. Mishkat Al Mouminmoumin@wateo.orgFounder and CEO of Women and the Environment Organization (WATEO), a UN founded NGO that works among rural women in the Iraqi Marshlands. WATEO empowers women in their environment to provide for their own security through the management of environmental resources. She has an MA and a PhD in public international law from the University of Baghdad. She has also graduated as a Mason Fellow, and a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where she earned a second Master’s degree in public administration. For more information about her work, please visit True Stories About Security. Amber Pembletonpembleton@wateo.orgAmber graduated from George Mason University with a B.A. in Global Affairs and a concentration in international development. She is pursuing a Master’s degree focused on environmental science, public policy and conflict resolution at George Mason University. She has done research at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies concerning international water scarcity and ensuing implications for state governments. Her academic research has been focused on how the mis-management of environmental resources has the ability to contribute to violent conflict, and how good governance of resources can contribute to peace processes. Meredith WatersResearch Assistantmwaters@wateo.orgMeredith graduated from Mercer University with a B.S in Environmental Science and has a concentration in Military Science and Biology. She is pursuing her Master's degree in American University's Global Environmental Policy program. Her academic research includes the triad of social development, environmental security, and conflict, as well as the relationship between environmental change and human security and their social and practical implications. She has 4 years experience working in Iraq, along side US Military. She has also conducted humanitarian, as well as economic research of the earthquake aftermath in Haiti. Expert Team LeaderProfessor Jamal K. Abaychiabaychi@wateo.orgProfessor Jamal K. Abaychi received his B.S. in Aquatic Biology from the University of Basrah in Iraq and his Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography, Environmental Pollution from the University of Liverpool in England. His interests are in environmental studies and protection, pollution monitoring, mine risk education, and rehabilitation of the Iraqi marshlands. He is currently the director of the Cultural Relations Department, a research scientist, and professor of environmental pollution at the University of Baghdad. He has over 25 publications that have been published, or are in press. Dr. Abaychi provide consultancy on conducting Environmental Impact Assessments for strategic projects in Iraq and the Arab World. ExpertsDr. Ali DouabulDr. Ali Douabul received his B.S. from the University of Basra in Iraq and his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool in England. His specialization was in environmental pollution. His interests are water pollution, water quality, and wetlands restoration. His professional career is vast ranging from conducting an environmental impact assessment on the Gulf War oil spill, to the Managing Director of the Arabia Marine Consultants Project, to his current position working as the Project Manager of the Iraq Foundation to restore the Mesopotamian Marshes. He has recent publications in Environmental Geology. Overall he has over 25 published articles.Hadia Mula KuamHadia Mula Kuam received B.S. in Soil and Land Reclamation and her M.S. in Soil and Water Science from the University of Basrah in Iraq. She has worked with UNEP as the chief assistant for the Environment Awareness Campaign for Women in Iraqi Southern Marshes. She has environmental research experience working with the Cabinet Environment Protection and Improvement Directorate. She is a society member of People Actively Volunteering for their Environment (PAVE). She is currently teaching at Basrah University in the Department of Sediment logy, Marine Science.Dr. Rezan Omar RashidDr. Rezan Omar Rashid received his B.S. in Biology, and his M.S. in Biology (Ecology) from the University of Salahaddin in Erbil, Iraq. He received his Ph.D. in Biology (Ecology) from the University of Sulimani in Iraq. He is currently a professor at the University of Sulimani specializing in Biology and Ecology. He has received training on Aquatic Ecology from the Department of Environmental Protection of Sulaimani, and has worked on water analysis in the Kurdistan region.Board of DirectorsJanice Sadeghian, Ph.D.Dr. Sadeghian has served with several departments and agencies of the Federal Government, including the Departments of State, Commerce, Interior and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. She has also worked as a research assistant to a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, served with the Brookings Institution and as a senior faculty member of the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University. She is currently serving as a member of the Regional Baha’i Council of the Southeastern States, an elected administrative body of the Baha’i Faith.Dr. Sadeghian received a B.A. degree from the University of Maine, Master of Science in Foreign Service (M.S.F.S.) from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in international studies from American University. Lois CritchfieldLois Critchfield serves on the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC and is a member of the Advisory Council of the College of William and Mary’s Reves Center for International Studies in Williamsburg, Virginia. She is active in helping students pursue study programs in the Middle East. Critchfield is a retired US Government officer, who served in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. After 28 years of government service, she worked for a Middle East-based company producing a newsletter for clients on Middle East energy and geopolitics. She graduated from the University of Florida with an MA in Economics.Reena PatelReena Patel, Ph.D., is a feminist scholar whose research focuses on global labor relations with the area of study specific to India, and IT development. Her work has been published in Information Technologies and International Development (MIT Press) and ACME – An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies. She has also received awards for her work on women’s employment in the call center industry at both national and regional conferences such as the Association of American Geographers. Funding for her research was provided for by grants from the National Science Foundation, American Association of University Women, National Security Education Program, and Huston Endowment President's Excellence Scholarship.Dr. Mishkat Al Mouminmoumin@wateo.orgFounder and CEO of Women and the Environment Organization (WATEO), a UN founded NGO that works among rural women in the Iraqi Marshlands. WATEO empowers women in their environment to provide for their own security through the management of environmental resources. She has an MA and a PhD in public international law from the University of Baghdad. She has also graduated as a Mason Fellow, and a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where she earned a second Master’s degree in public administration. For more information about her work, please visit True Stories About Security.  Print this Page
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