Roula Kteily-Hawa, PhD

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters & Encyclopedia Entries

• Kteily-Hawa, R. (2024). HIV Prevention and Community Engagement. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95352-2_48-1.
• Kteily-Hawa, R. & Anderson, C. (2023). Feminist Aesthetics, Intertwined Indigenous and Immigrant Life Narratives, and Teaching Practises (pp. 165-181). In H. Mreiwed, M. R. Carter, S. Hashem, & C. Blake-Amarenti (Eds), Looking back to look forward: Making connections in and through arts-based educational research. U.S.: SpringerBriefs Series. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8028-2_11
• Hawa, R. (2022). Editor. Proceedings, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) 2022 Conference (pp. 1-389). In Roula Hawa, Editor.
• Kteily-Hawa, R. & Gillis, R.J. (2021). Community-Based Adult Education and Intervention Efforts to Promote Human Rights, Health Equity and Reduce HIV Infection Rates: The Response of a Vulnerable Stigmatized Community in Canada. In M. Alfred, P. Robinson & E. Roumell (Eds), Advancing the Global Agenda for Human Rights, Vulnerable Populations and Environmental Sustainability: Adult Education as Strategic Partner (pp. 83-97). North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Kteily-Hawa, R., ***Chikermane, V., Vahabi, M., ***Soor, J., Chambers, L.A., & Wong, J.P. (2024, April). Piloting Culturally Relevant Sexual Health and Stigma Reduction Interventions with Racialized Immigrant Women from Diasporic Communities in Ontario, Canada. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, Johns Hopkins University Press. In Press.
• Kteily-Hawa, R. (2024, April). Applying Educational Leadership and Socialization Theories in an Educational Setting: A Case Study Approach. Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies. In Press.
• Key, K. D., Carrera, J., McMaughan, D. J., Lapeyrouse, L., Hawa, R., Carter, A., ... & Johnson, J. (2023). Advancing Equity Through Centering Societal Values to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis: The KKey Values Inequities Model. Health Equity, 7(1), 477-486. doi.org/10.1089/heq.2023.0113
• **Lluch, C., O'Mahony J., D'Souza, M., Hawa, R. (2023). Health Literacy of Healthcare Providers and Mental Health Needs of Immigrant Perinatal Women in British Columbia: A Critical Ethnography. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, pages 746-757. doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2023.2227267
• **Mokhberi, M., Biswas, A., **Masud, Z., Kteily-Hawa, R., Goldstein, A., Gillis, J.R., Rayana, R., Ahmed, S.I. (2023). Development of a COVID-19–Related Anti-Asian Tweet Data Set: Quantitative Study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, e40403, pages 1-29. doi: 10.2196/40403
• O'Neil, P., Kteily-Hawa, R., & Le Ber, M. J. (2022). Social Portraiture: Decolonizing Ways of Knowing in Education through Arts-Based Participatory Action Research. The Canadian Journal of Action Research, 22(3), 32-44.
• Kteily-Hawa R., Hawa A.C., ***Gogolishvili D, ***Al Akel M., ***Andruszkiewicz N., ***Vijayanathan H., Loutfy, M. (2022). Understanding the Epidemiological HIV risk Factors and Underlying Risk Context for Youth Residing in or Originating from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: A Scoping Review of the Literature. PLoS ONE, 17(1): e0260935. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260935
• McMaughan, DJ, Dolwick Grieb, S., Kteily-Hawa, R., Key, K. (2021). Promoting and Advocating for Ethical Community Engagement: Transparency in the Community-engaged Research Spectrum. Editorial. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 15 (4), 419-424. doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2021.0054.
• Strelnick, H., Grieb, S.M.D., McMaughan, D.J., Key, K.D., & Kteily-Hawa, R. (2021). Beyond the Manuscript: Promoting and Advocating for Ethical Community Engagement: Transparency in the Community-engaged Research Spectrum. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action 15(4), 425- 429. doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2021.0055
• Kteily-Hawa, R., ***Hari, S., Wong, J.P., ***Chikermane, V., Chambers, L., Vahabi, M. (2021). Designing A Peer Leader Training Manual for Community-Based Sexual Health Research: Action-Oriented Implications for Adult Education. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 33 (1), 19-34.

Peer-Reviewed Papers for Conference Proceedings

• Kteily-Hawa, R. ***Dunn, J., ***Brindle, P., *Sharma, M. (2023). Housing as a Human Right: Working with Communities to Amplify the Voices of Women with Lived Experiences of Gender-Based Violence. Proceedings of the 41st Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) Annual Conference, (pp. 121-130), OISE, University of Toronto, June 1st -June 3rd.
• Hawa, R., ***Dunn, J., ***Coulter, S.L., ***Goldsmith, W., *Chopra, R. (2022). Forging Critical Connections through Community-University Partnership: Addressing Housing Issues for Women Experiencing Violence in London, Ontario. In R. Kteily-Hawa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 40th Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE/ACÉÉA) Annual Conference, (pp. 192-199), Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, May 14-17.
• Kteily-Hawa, R., ***Walker, M., ***Dunn, J., ***Coulter, S.L., *Chopra, R. (2022). In Clausen, K., Brown, B. & Salm, T. (Eds.) (2021). The Power of Curriculum in Effecting Change: Teaching Experientially in the Undergraduate Family Studies Classroom. The Canadian Association of Action Research in Education 7th Annual Conference Proceedings, Ottawa, ON: The Canadian Association of Action Research in Education (pp. 1-7). https://journals.nipissingu.ca/index.php/cjar/caare
• Kteily-Hawa, R., ***Chikermane, V., Vahabi, M., ***Vijayantahn, H., ***Soor, J.K., Chambers, L. & Wong, J.P. (2020). Story sharing as a culturally relevant approach in adult sexual health education. In J.P. Egan (Ed.), 2020 Proceeding of the Adult Education in Global Times: An International Research Conference (pp. 385-392), University of British Columbia, Canada, June 4-7.

* Denotes trainee: undergraduate student
**Denotes trainee: graduate student
***Denotes research team community member

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• Kteily-Hawa, R. & Vielka de Danzine, V. (2024, April). “Preparing a Mixed-Methods Research Manuscript”, Webinar Series: Writing, Dissemination & Reviewer Learning Community for Community-Patient Authors and Reviewers, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action Journal. April 17, 2024.
• Invited Panel Presentation, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education Webinar: “Preparing Manuscripts & Publishing Journal Articles”, March 27, 2024.
• Hawa, R. “Amplifying Voice: Engaging Communities to advance Health Equity”. Invited presentation, Gender Innovation Institute, Practice-Based EDI Program, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan. January 23, 2024, virtually via Zoom. https://www.cf.ocha.ac.jp/edi-en/event/d014036.html
• Invited Presentation, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (EDID) Awareness Week 2023, Western University. “Addressing Health Inequities: Nurturing Resilience and Enhancing Well-being through Community Engagement” https://www.edi.uwo.ca/events/edid-week/, October 2nd – 6th, 2023.
• Kteily-Hawa, R., Sameshima, P., Cole, A., Robson, C., Sumara, D. (2023). Vulnerable Populations and Integrated Arts. In R. Kteily-Hawa (Chair and Panelist). Presidential Spotlight Symposium conducted at the 92nd Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, May 27-June 1st, 2023, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Frederking, L. & Hawa, R. (2023). “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Brescia University College: Canada’s Only Women’s University”. Invited presentation, Kickoff Symposium: Practice-Based EDI Program for Future Global Leaders”. March 25-26, 2023, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
• Invited Moderator, International Women’s Day Panel, Brescia’s Sixth Annual Dr. Colleen Hanycz Leadership Lecture (2023). Event was attended by close to 200 community members, alumni, students, staff, and faculty. Brescia University College campus, March 8, 2023.
• Kteily-Hawa, R. (2022). Invited Presentation. Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum as a Social Practice, Faculty of Education, Western University, London (2022). Mobilizing Change through Curriculum: Engaging with Vulnerable Populations through Participatory Action Research. October 24, 2022.
• Heydon R., Sakr, M., da Silva, V. (2022). Invited Spotlight Session: The Promises of Intergenerational Art. In R. Kteily-Hawa (Chair). Spotlight symposium conducted at the 91st Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, May 15 – 20, 2022 (virtual).
• Western CANFAR HIV/AIDS Research & Awareness Conference 2022. “Sexual Health and HIV Prevention Needs in Diaspora Middle Eastern and North African Youth in Ontario, Canada: Key Findings from the YSMENA Study”. March 24, 2022.
• Janzen Le Ber, M., ***Schambach, M., O'Neil, P., *Trask, N. (2021). Portraiture as Arts-Based Learning: Connecting Community, Ways of Knowing and Student Competencies. In R. Kteily-Hawa (Chair).
• Spotlight symposium conducted at the 90th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, University of Alberta, May 30 – June 3, 2021 (virtual).
• Kteily-Hawa, R. (2021). “Healthy Ageing and Age Friendly Communities: Integrating Well-Being in Teaching and Learning”. Invited presentation, International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE), World Home Economics Day (2021). Webinar, March 18, 2021.
• Kteily-Hawa, R. (2018). “Healthy Families and Resilient Communities”. Invited presentation, Family Support Program, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa (2018). On-campus presentation, May 14, 2018.

$740,000 in competitive external funding awarded as Principal Investigator in the past 4 years. $4,862,525 as Co-Investigator

Current External Grants and Projects

• 2024-26 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Nominated Principal Investigator). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research. Funding: $100,000. Awarded. Research Project: Culturally Responsive Sexual Health and Wellbeing Programming for Transgender Middle Eastern and North African Newcomer Young Adults in Ontario: Community-Based Participatory Research through Arts-Based Approaches.
• 2023-27 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Co-Investigator) (Oudshoorn, A., Principal Investigator). SSHRC Insight Grant (Funding Stream, B). Funding: $355,000. Awarded. Research Project: Modelling Permanent Supportive Housing into Canada's Housing and Homelessness System.
• 2023-26 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Co-Lead, Evaluation) (Le Ber, M., Principal Investigator). $200,000. Awarded. SSHRC Partnership Development Grant. Research Project From Intent to Action: Embedding Organizational Practices of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization in Leadership.
• 2023-25 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Nominated Principal Investigator). $50,000. Awarded. The CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CIHR/CTN) Pilot Study Funding. Research Project: Promoting Mental Health and Reducing HIV Risk Behaviours through Self-compassion, Mindful Acceptance & Resilience Transformation (SMART): An Evidence-informed Pilot Randomized Trial with Diaspora MENA Gay, Bisexual and Trans Youth in Ontario.
• 2022-25 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Co-Investigator), Vahabi, M. (Nominated Principal Investigator), $426,640. Awarded. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps  & Priorities. Research Project: Compounding Disadvantage: Impact of COVID-19 among Immigrants Living with Cancers and with Mental Health & Addictions Disorders in Ontario.
• 2022-24 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Co-Investigator), Fournier, B. (Principal Investigator). $65,000. Awarded. SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Research Project: The New Wang Oo: Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer in Northern Uganda Using Theatre for Living.

Current Internal Grants and Projects

• 2023-2024 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Principal Investigator). $1,700. Awarded. Brescia University College, Internal Research Grant. Action Research for Social Justice: Implications for Programmatic Practices Involving Women Affected by Gender-Based Violence.

Indigenization of dental hygiene curricula through meaningful student opportunities in Northern British Columbia , Canada.

• Scott, Jennifer (2023). Master of Education, School of Social Work and Education, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC. (Dr. Mahtab Nazemi, Co- Supervisor)

Capturing lived experience of women with disabilities in higher education: An arts-based inquiry.

• Sepehri, Sanaz (2022). School of Education, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC (Dr. Mahtab Nazemi, Co-Supervisor).

The TRU Peer Support Program to Promote Mental Health and Well-Being to Non-Native English-Speaking International Students.

• Yin, Ray (2022), School of Social Work and Education, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC. (Dr. Mahtab Nazemi, Co-Supervisor).

Student opportunities may be available for those interested in:

• HIV prevention and intervention involving racialized and immigrant women and youth groups
• Youth sexual health, mental health, resilience, and wellbeing
• Women's health
• Gender-based violence and homelessness in Canada and globally
• Health promotion across the lifespan (focus on child, youth and elderly health)
• Vulnerable populations and arts-based research

For details please contact Roula Hawa directly at roula.hawa@uwo.ca.

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor (with tenure), Family Studies and Human Development, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario. May, 2024 – present
• Undergraduate Chair, Family Studies and Human Development, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario. May, 2024 – present
• Associate Professor (with tenure). Family Studies and Human Development, School of Behavioural and Social Sciences. Brescia University College at Western University, London, Ontario. July, 2023 – April, 2024.
• Academic Program Coordinator. Family Studies and Human Development, School of Behavioural and Social Sciences. Brescia University College at Western University, London, Ontario. July, 2023 – April, 2024.
• Assistant Professor (tenure-track). Family Studies and Human Development, School of Behavioural and Social Sciences. Brescia University College at Western University, London, Ontario. July, 2020 – June, 2023.
• Assistant Professor (tenure-track). Master of Education Program (MEd), School of Education, Faculty of Education and Social Work. Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia. 2019-2020.
• Associate Scientist. The Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Planning and Dissemination grant. 2018-2020.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital. University of Toronto. Research Focus: Assessment of mental health and resilience amongst women living with HIV using the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual & Reproductive Health Cohort Study. (CHIWOS). Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Foundation Grant.2016-2018.

Research Affiliations

• Member, Health Equity Research Collaborative. The Health Equity Research Collaborative is built on our shared vision of building and sustaining a socially just and compassionate society through critical, ethical, and inclusive research, policy and practice. 2023.
• Executive Committee Member, Academic. The Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion (CRHESI), Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University. 2023-26.
• Investigator, CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN). 2022-27.
• Graduate Teaching Advisory Member, Faculty of Education, Western University, London, Ontario. 2021-26.
• Adjunct Research Professor, Graduate Programs in Education, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC. 2020-25.

• 2023 Certificate of Appreciation, London Abused Women’s Centre. In recognition of outstanding dedication, selflessness, and unwavering commitment to the London Abused Women’s Centre. September, 2023.
• 2023 Award for Excellence in Teaching, Brescia University College at Western, London, Ontario. The Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes the outstanding teaching accomplishments of Brescia faculty members and is focused on the strength and impact of the nominee’s teaching activities and fostering the academic development of students in their discipline. April, 2023.
• 2021-22 Dean’s Honour Roll of Teaching, Family Studies and Human Development, School of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Brescia University College at Western, London, Ontario.
• 2021 Judges Choice Award, CityStudio London, Hubbub, Fall, 2021. Supervised the winning student project in the Diversity and the Canadian Family course: Housing and Homelessness Crisis among Women in London, Ontario.
• 2020-21 Dean’s Honour Roll of Teaching, Family Studies and Human Development, School of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Brescia University College at Western, London, Ontario.
• 2020 Provincial Award: Adelaide Hoodless Award for Excellence in Family Studies Education in Ontario, Ontario Family Studies, Home Economics Educators’ Association (OFSHEEA). This award is offered in recognition of teaching excellence in Family Studies-Home Economics.
• 2017 Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Annual Conference Scholarship, Track B: Clinical Sciences. Best paper for an oral presentation in Community-Based Research and Participative Approaches at the Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research Paper presentation, CAHR, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• 2015 Healthy Schools and Workplaces Champion Award: 7 years of service and commitment to Healthy Schools, York Region Public Health, Ontario.
  
  

• Invited Reviewer, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research (2024)
• Invited Judge, Social Sciences Track for the New Investigator Award Review Committee, the 33rd Annual Canadian Conference on HIV / AIDS Research (CAHR 2024), April 25-28, London, Ontario (2024).
• Associate Editor, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, Johns Hopkins University Press (2020–present)
• President, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) (2023-2024)
  President, Arts Researchers and Teachers Society Special Interest Group (ARTS SIG), Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) (2022-2024)
• President-Elect, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) (2022-2023)
• Research conference abstract reviewer, Track D: Social Sciences. The 32nd Annual Canadian Conference on HIV / AIDS Research (CAHR 2023), April 27-30 (2023)
• Research conference abstract reviewer, Track C: Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences. The 31st Annual Canadian Conference on HIV / AIDS Research (CAHR 2022), April 27-29 (2022).
• Invited grant proposal peer reviewer, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CBR catalyst grant and CBR Operating grant applications. June 14-16 (2022)
• Editor, 2022 Conference Proceedings, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) Annual Conference (2021-2022)
• Invited grant proposal peer reviewer, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) COVID-19 Rapid Response grant applications. Reviewed a total of five (5) full grant applications, May-June (2020).
• Awards Chair, Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER) Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association (2021-2023)
• Conference Chair, The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, May 2022 (2021-2022)
• Vice-President, Arts Researchers and Teachers Society Special Interest Group (ARTS SIG), Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) (2020-2022)
• Ontario Regional Director, Board of Directors, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) (2020-2022)
• Summit Chair, YSMENA research summit, ‘Being Seen and Heard: Middle Eastern and North African Diaspora (MENA) Youth on the Intersections of Community, Race, Sex and Sexuality’, hosted by Brescia University College and funded by CIHR (2021)
• Conference Chair, The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, May 2021 (2020-2021)
• Chair, The Alan Thomas Best Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Conference Planning Team, Adult Education in Global Times: An International Research Conference (AEGT2020), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 2020 & 2021 (2020 & 2021)
• Editorial Team, Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education (2019-2020)