Dallas Morning News
Originally Posted: November 27, 2015
Two professors and a clinical graduate student from Southern Methodist University’s Department of Psychology will head to Pakistan Dec. 12 for an international psychology conference hosted by the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University of Peshawar.
Called “Advancing Women Issues: Local and Global Directions,” the conference will feature 55 speakers and 400 participants. It’s the result of a three-year partnership between SMU and SBBWU supported by a $1.2 million U.S. State Department grant.
At the conference, SMU Psychology Department Chair George Holden will present joint research on trauma in Peshawar, where the threat of terrorism is constant. SMU psychology professor Lorelei Rowe and graduate student Rose Ashraf will also present research. Other participants will focus on topics such as promoting the well-being of women and children in Pakistan and the impact of Nepal’s earthquake on women and children.
The SMU-SBBWU partnership is one of 20 funded by the State Department. The partnerships connect American universities with universities in Pakistan or Afghanistan. SMU’s grant also brought SBBWU students and faculty to SMU. READ MORE