Ahmed M. Abdulla Alabbasi, PhD
Gifted and Creative Education, University of Georgia
Leadership Development, Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education, Harvard University
Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Ahmed M. Abdulla Alabbasi is the Director of the Department of Gifted Education (2019-2024), and the Head of the Department of Special Education (2024-) at the Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. Dr. Ahmed earned his PhD. in Gifted and Creative Education from the University of Georgia in 2016. He also earned a professional certificate in Leadership Development from Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education, Harvard University، and a professional certificate in Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation from Harvard Business School, Harvard University. Dr. Ahmed has co-founded the Medical Students Gifted and Talented Program in the Arabian Gulf University. His research interests include creativity, giftedness, divergent thinking, problem finding, and emotional intelligence. He received several awards including the Doctoral Student Award from the National Association for Gifted Children in 2016, the Doctoral Level Completed Research Award from the National Association for Gifted Children in 2016, and the 2nd placing certificate from the American Psychological Association (Division 52) in 2018. Dr. Ahmed is a member in several committees including the Quality Assurance committee and the Climate Change Committee (Educational Group) at the Arabian Gulf University. Dr. Ahmed translated a number of creativity tests from the Runco Creativity Assessment Battery (r-CAB) into Arabic. He is an active member in a number of professional organizations including the American Psychological Association (APA), The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC), and the American Educational Research Association.
