BouJaoude Saouma

Saouma BouJaoude graduated from the University of Cincinnati, USA, in 1988 with a doctorate in science education. Between 1988 and 1993, he was an assistant professor at Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA. In 1993 he joined the American University of Beirut (AUB) where he served as Director of the Science and Math Education Center (1994-2003), Chair of the Department of Education (2003-2009), Director of the Center of Teaching and Learning (2009 – 2021), Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) (2016-2021), Interim Dean of FAS (January 2022- December 2023), and Special Advisor to the Dean and Senior Advisor to the AUB President (January 2023 – Present). BouJaoude has published in several science education journals, written book chapters, and authored several books. He has also served as an associate editor of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching and currently serves on the editorial boards of several science education journals. BouJaoude received the Excellence in the Field of Education/Takreem Award (2010), the Kuwait Prize for Education in the Arab World (2017), and the NARST Distinguished Contributions to Science Education through Research Award (2020).