Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
Biographic Data
| ID | 6209708 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amra Sabic-El-Rayess |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amra |
| FAMILY NAME | Sabic-El-Rayess |
| SIGNATURE | SABIC-EL-RAYESS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Faith Leaders as Violence Prevention Partners
This study underscores an empirical and novel effort in the form of a professional development program designed for Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and Indigenous faith leaders that: i) introduced faith leaders to the Educational Displacement Model of Radicalization; ii) offered interactive activities and engagements to highlight the power of interfaith collaboration and cooperation in building a community’s resilience to hate; …
Education and extremism
Epistemological shifts in knowledge and education in Islam
I theorize that the idea of knowledge and education has shifted in Islam from an inclusive and rational search for all knowledge to a narrowed focus on religious knowledge, void of rationality. By synthesizing literature on education and knowledge in Islam, this study identifies three shifts in the cultural history of Islamic education. I argue that those shifts in what was deemed valuable knowledge have played a significant role in the emergence…
School uniform policy’s adverse impact on equity and access to schooling
Research on the effect of school uniforms on school attendance in low income countries is scarce. Building on a meta-analysis of the available literature, this paper analyses primary survey data collected (n = 462) in Mongolia on students’ perceptions of school uniforms. The findings reveal that it is not only the cost of uniforms that matters, but also poor students’ feelings of exclusion when the majority of students in a school wear uniforms. …
Merit matters
Favor reciprocation theory in education
Embedded in a systemic and chronic process, corruption in education is a pervasive element that exacerbates developing countries’ efforts to educate their citizens. Understanding the cumulative impact rests upon exposing key features of educational corruption and bringing to light the varied forms in which corruption emerges within institutions of higher education. Classifying educational corruption may be elusive in the developing settings due t…
Acting and Reacting
With its broader employability to the issues of underperformance that may emerge in educational systems internationally, this empirical study redefines and expands Albert Hirschman's theory of voice, exit, and loyalty within higher education. The article formulates a new education-embedded theoretical framework that explains reactionary behaviors of students in corrupt educational systems. The new corruption coping theory defines a set of coping …
Favor reciprocation theory in education
Embedded in a systemic and chronic process, corruption in education is a pervasive element that exacerbates developing countries’ efforts to educate their citizens. Understanding the cumulative impact rests upon exposing key features of educational corruption and bringing to light the varied forms in which corruption emerges within institutions of higher education. Classifying educational corruption may be elusive in the developing settings due t…
Epistemological shifts in knowledge and education in Islam
I theorize that the idea of knowledge and education has shifted in Islam from an inclusive and rational search for all knowledge to a narrowed focus on religious knowledge, void of rationality. By synthesizing literature on education and knowledge in Islam, this study identifies three shifts in the cultural history of Islamic education. I argue that those shifts in what was deemed valuable knowledge have played a significant role in the emergence…
School uniform policy’s adverse impact on equity and access to schooling
Research on the effect of school uniforms on school attendance in low income countries is scarce. Building on a meta-analysis of the available literature, this paper analyses primary survey data collected (n = 462) in Mongolia on students’ perceptions of school uniforms. The findings reveal that it is not only the cost of uniforms that matters, but also poor students’ feelings of exclusion when the majority of students in a school wear uniforms. …
Merit matters
Acting and Reacting
With its broader employability to the issues of underperformance that may emerge in educational systems internationally, this empirical study redefines and expands Albert Hirschman's theory of voice, exit, and loyalty within higher education. The article formulates a new education-embedded theoretical framework that explains reactionary behaviors of students in corrupt educational systems. The new corruption coping theory defines a set of coping …
Acting and Reacting
With its broader employability to the issues of underperformance that may emerge in educational systems internationally, this empirical study redefines and expands Albert Hirschman's theory of voice, exit, and loyalty within higher education. The article formulates a new education-embedded theoretical framework that explains reactionary behaviors of students in corrupt educational systems. The new corruption coping theory defines a set of coping …
Merit matters
Favor reciprocation theory in education
Embedded in a systemic and chronic process, corruption in education is a pervasive element that exacerbates developing countries’ efforts to educate their citizens. Understanding the cumulative impact rests upon exposing key features of educational corruption and bringing to light the varied forms in which corruption emerges within institutions of higher education. Classifying educational corruption may be elusive in the developing settings due t…
Epistemological shifts in knowledge and education in Islam
I theorize that the idea of knowledge and education has shifted in Islam from an inclusive and rational search for all knowledge to a narrowed focus on religious knowledge, void of rationality. By synthesizing literature on education and knowledge in Islam, this study identifies three shifts in the cultural history of Islamic education. I argue that those shifts in what was deemed valuable knowledge have played a significant role in the emergence…
School uniform policy’s adverse impact on equity and access to schooling
Research on the effect of school uniforms on school attendance in low income countries is scarce. Building on a meta-analysis of the available literature, this paper analyses primary survey data collected (n = 462) in Mongolia on students’ perceptions of school uniforms. The findings reveal that it is not only the cost of uniforms that matters, but also poor students’ feelings of exclusion when the majority of students in a school wear uniforms. …
Education and extremism
Faith Leaders as Violence Prevention Partners
This study underscores an empirical and novel effort in the form of a professional development program designed for Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and Indigenous faith leaders that: i) introduced faith leaders to the Educational Displacement Model of Radicalization; ii) offered interactive activities and engagements to highlight the power of interfaith collaboration and cooperation in building a community’s resilience to hate; …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Empirical research (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (3 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (2 works)