Ph.D. Scholar
Howard University
Qatar
A Qatari, Arab, Muslim, Social Work Ph.D. Scholar at Howard University, focusing on organizational culture and employee behavior in social services. She obtained her Master and Bachelor of Social Work from Arizona State University. While in the U.S., she founded a refugee-dedicated project "The Global Market" and served as its administrative coordinator at the Office of Vice-Mayor Laura Pastor in Phoenix City in 2017-2018. She also facilitated partnerships between non-profits, for-profits, and educational institutes to establish a community dental clinic in Gilbert, AZ.
Alyaa earned the "Knowledge Mobilization Award" from the Graduate College at ASU in 2018. It is the first award that recognized the contributions of students from School of Social Work. The Ministry of Culture in Qatar also recognized Al Maadeed in 2019 as a Women Influential Character.
She is the community representative at Qatar's Primary Health Care Corporation IRB subcommittee. Al Maadeed collaborated with family physicians on nationally published research during COVID-19 to screen the psychological effects of home isolation and social distancing and coping strategies used by Children and Adolescents.
Alyaa received a Social Impact Measurement Certification from ASU in 2020 and provided evaluation-focused workshops as a certified trainer by the American Accreditation Association, she also provides organizational consultations related to designing and managing social services across different governmental sectors.