Ashraf Alqudah, PhD
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Dr. Ashraf F. Alqudah has more than 15 years of experience leading immersive study abroad and experiential learning programs in Jordan. He has mentored hundreds of international students through internships, research, intercultural learning, and community engagement experiences. Dr. Alqudah also has significant experience in academic research, publishing, and scholarly writing, with publications in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals.
His work bridges psychology, global wellbeing, humanitarian action, and international education through collaborations with universities, NGOs, humanitarian organizations, and public institutions in Jordan and the wider region. Dr. Alqudah has worked on many projects with a wide range of local, regional, and international organizations. He has an extensive professional network and a deep understanding of Jordanian culture and society, creating academically rigorous and personally transformative learning experiences and mentorships for students.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses Taught
Research Methods and Ethics
The Psychology of Peace
Globalization and Health
Public Health: From Biology to Policy
Select Publications
AT Hirsh, AF Alqudah, LA Stutts, ME Robinson. (2008). Virtual human technology: capturing sex, race, and age influences in individual pain decision policies. Pain 140 (1), 231-238
Laura D Wandner, Lauren A Stutts, Ashraf F Alqudah, Jason G Craggs, Cindy D Scipio, Adam T Hirsh, Michael E Robinson. (2010) Virtual human technology: patient demographics and healthcare training factors in pain observation and treatment recommendations. Journal of pain research 3, 241
AF Alqudah, AT Hirsh, LA Stutts, CD Scipio, ME Robinson. (2010) Sex and Race Differences in Rating others’ Pain, Pain-Related Negative Mood, Pain Coping, and Recommending Medical Help. Journal of cyber therapy and rehabilitation 3 (1), 63
CA Torres, EJ Bartley, LD Wandner, AF Alqudah, AT Hirsh, ME Robinson. (2013) The influence of sex, race, and age on pain assessment and treatment decisions using virtual human technology: a cross-national comparison. Journal of Pain Research 6, 577
AF Alqudah. (2013) Resiliency levels among Iraqi refugees in Jordan and its relation to some demographic variables. International Journal of Psychological Studies 5 (4), 50
C Torres, L Wandner, A Alqudah, A Hirsh, B Lok, M Robinson. (2013) Pain assessment and treatment decisions among students in the United States and Jordan. The Journal of Pain 14 (4), S8
M Juweid, K Farah, Z Hawamdeh, A Alqudah, L Nowlin, J Vlaeyen, Z Trost. (2015) Fear of Movement/[Re] Injury Among Arabic Low Back Pain Patients: Establishing the Validity of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia–Arabic Version. Myopain 23 (3-4), 134-142
ALS Abdulrahman, K Farah, ZM Hawamdeh, A Alqudah, ME Juweid. (2020) Psychometric testing of a short form, 11-item Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia–Arabic version: TSK-AV-11. Medicine 99 (24)
Select Presentations
Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video
Education
- PhD, Clinical and Medical Psychology, University of Florida
- MA, Psychology, University of Jordan
