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Hind Rassam Culhane
Born
Hind Noel Rassam

Spouse
John Culhane
( m. 1960; died 2015)
Children2
Academic background
Education Rockford College ( BS, MEd)
Columbia University ( PhD)
Academic work
Discipline Child development
Adolescent psychology
Institutions Damascus University
Mercy College

Hind Rassam Culhane is an Iraqi-born American educator and former journalist.

Early life and education

Rassam Culhane was born in Mosul, Iraq, to an Iraqi-Assyrian father and a Lebanese mother. [1] As a child, she and her family moved to the United States. Rassam Culhane studied at Cazenovia College before earning a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in early childhood education from Rockford College.

Career

Rassam Culhane moved to New York City with her husband and worked at Newsweek. She later became a professor at Mercy College and began her doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University. [1] She often gives lectures on Iraq's history and civilization as a way of embracing her culture and heritage.

She is the chair of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Mercy College. [1] She was also a teacher at the Damascus University - Faculty of Medicine, where she taught courses on child development, adolescent disorders and health service delivery. [2]

Personal life

Rassam Culhane met her husband, John Culhane, while attending college. They had two children together, Michael and Thomas. John Culhane died in 2015 at the age of 81. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hind training next generation of Iraqi teachers". usinfo.state.gov. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  2. ^ "Teaching at University in Syria". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  3. ^ Chawkins, Steve (2015-08-08). "John Culhane dies at 81; Disney animation historian inspired Mr. Snoops character". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-01-11.