Bnar Mustafa
1313 West 39 St, Apt. B
Norfolk, VA, 230508
757-201-4968 (Cellular)
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a post-doctoral research position as a feminist researcher on equality and the rights of women.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in English Department, May 2022
Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, USA.
CURRENT COURSES
Major Debates in English Studies, Proseminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Theories of Global Women’s Act.
PUBLICATION
Submitted a journal to Forced Migration Review on (Direct Service to Refugees in Hampton) on November 22, 2018
Master in Humanities, May 2018
Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, USA.
COURSES
Introduction to Humanities, Theory, and Methods in Humanities, Feminist Research Method, Refugee Studies Research. Women Intergenerational Activism, Migration Policy, and Practice, Preparing Humanities Researchers Scholars, Thesis & Non-Thesis Preparation, Feminist Thought, Advanced Refugee Studies Research, and Intersectionality, Theory & Practical.
Bachelor of Science in College of Law, June 2009
Sulaimany University, Sulaimany Iraq/Kurdistan.
COURSES
Constitutional law, Introduction to the Study of law, History of Law, Introduction to Alshari’a (Islamic Law), Principles of Criminology Science and Punishment, Introduction to the Study of Law, Principles of Economic Science, Kurdology, Programming Computer Science, Human Rights, Civil Law (general theory of obligation), Penal Law : Public Part, Administrative Law, Law of Personal Status (marriage and divorce), International Organizations, Political Systems, Public Financial and Financial Legislation, Principles of Administrative and Consultation Law. Civil Law : Civil Contracts, Penal law : Private Part, Principles of Commercial Law and Law of Companies, The Law of Criminal Procedure, Public International Law, Law of Personal Status (legacy and inheritance), The Law of Labor and Social Insurance, Public International Law, Civil Law (real rights), Private International Law, The Law of Civil Procedure and Proof, Commercial Law : Commercial Papers, Principles of Fiqh (Islamic Legislation), The Law of Execution, Commercial Law, Research Method.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office Suite and EndNote. Website Editing Using AEM Program.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Kurdish, English, and Arabic.
EXPERIENCE
First: Graduate Assistance, Old Dominion University Editing English Studies department Web Page (Fall 2018 Present)
Second: Gust lecture at Old Dominion University
*Sex Power and Intimacy for 201 Intro to Women’s studies
*The pill for 201 Intro to Women’s Studies
*Refugees and Migration for Human Rights in World Lit and Cultures
*Humanitarianism for Human Rights in World Lit and Cultures
Third: Courthouse of the city of Sulaimany, Sulaimany, Iraq/Kurdistan (July 2009 – November 2011).
- Working as a Lawyer in general cases.
ACTIVITIES
- Participating in fundraising with Helping Hand Organization (HHRD) and MSA/ODU for poor People all over the world (present)
- Working as a translator volunteer for new family refugees (present)
CONFERENCES
- Mustafa, B., “Life of Women of Iraq and Syria in the Camps after ISIS War,” Works in Progress Conference, Virginia Wesleyan College, April 2, 2016.
- Mustafa, B., “Life of Women of Middle East in the Camps after ISIS War,” Humanities Unbound Conference, Slover Library, April 21, 2016.
- Mustafa, B., “Refugee Dreams and Expectations: Resettlement of Refugees in Hampton Roads, Virginia,” Virginia Social Science Association Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, March 25, 2017.
- Mustafa, B., “The Narratives of Two Elderly Muslim African-American women,” Works in Progress Conference, Old Dominion University, April 1, 2017.
AWARDS
- Nancy Topping Bazin Scholarship Endowment (2017)
- Anita Clair Fellman Service Learning Scholarship (2017)
- Anita Clair Fellman Service Learning Scholarship (2018)
REFERENCES
Available upon Request