Tahra Abd El-Lateef Hassan - The American University in Cairo

Tahra Abd El-Lateef Hassan
18 Zaki Al Mohandes St. Al Nozha Al Gadida
Tel: 26217408 Mobile: 0117723201
Email: thassan@aucegypt.edu
Personal Data
Nationality: Egyptian.
Martial Status: married.
Date of Birth: 12 - 11 - 1972.
Place of Birth: Cairo / Egypt.
Career Objective.
Seeking a Job where my educational background may be applied and developed. I am in search of
a position that would give me an opportunity to enhance my skills, be creative and acquire new
knowledge.
Education.
-Introductory courses for the master degree in mass communication, Faculty of Mass
Communication, Cairo University. June 1999.
-Diploma in International Politics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University,
September 1997.
-Bachelor of Arts, Mass-Communication specialization Television and Radio, Cairo University,
June 1994.
Research Skills
-Studied the impact of the Iraqi Political System on the Foreign policy of Iraq.
-Examined the new role played by the NATO alliance and the different expectations concerning
this role.
-Conducted a study on the expected relation between Israel and (Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria)
after the peace agreement with Israel.
-Carried out a study on the arguments related to the issue of Middle Easternism.
-Studied the effect of the exposure to the Television on the exposure to the other Mass Media.
-Researched the relation between Television Arabic Drama and reality and its relation with the
audience.
Projects
-A Comprehensive graduate project concerning the OZONE layer and its effect on the
environment.
This was through a cultural program that aims to enlighten the audience.
-A Program on the effect of the GATT treaty on Egyptian Agriculture.
-A Program on Privatization in Egypt.
-A Program on the Mass -Media that deals with Development.

Work Experience
-Research Assistant in the Social Research Center, American University in Cairo in several
projects since March 1997 to present including:
1- “Safe cities free of violence against women and girls”. July 2010 to Present.
2- “Proximate determinants of educational attainment in Egypt”. Sept. 2005 - present, “in sub-
Saharan Africa”. Sept. 2008 - present.
3- A study of the experience of CARE’s multi-grade schools. Nov. 2010 - Present
4- "Panwapa International Summative Study". Responsibilities included Designing and Translating
Questionnaires. May 2008 to Dec 2008.
5- “Ishraq Project”. Responsibilities included Programming, data checking and data management
using Access and Spss programs. May 2004 to Jan 2005.
6- “Validation of Gender Differences in disability and care”. Responsibilities included
Programming and data management using Access program. June 2003 to May 2004
7- “Determinants of educational attainment: A cross - National Household level analysis”
Responsibilities included using statistical Spss program for quantitative analysis. July 2002 to
June 2003.
8- “Prenatal Neonatal mortality”. Responsibilities included making decisions on the different
problems that appear during the project and working in different aspects like translation from
Arabic to English; coding; data management; using the Statistical Programs Spss & Stata for
Quantitative Analysis and using DTSearch program for qualitative analysis. December 1997 to
May 2002.
9- “Patterns of Marriage among Egyptian Youth in Egypt”. Participated in the development of the
data management program and supervised the data management process. December 2000 to
June 2001.
10- “Healthy Mother Healthy Child”, March 1997 to November 1997.
11- “Adolescence and Social Change - Transitions to Adulthood: A national Survey of Adolescents
in Egypt”, July 1997 to September 1997.
12- Assistant Manager, Wood Gate Company. Responsible on the Secretarial and Administrative
Work of the company. 1996.
13- Trainee, Al Kahira Al -Kobra Broadcasting, summers 1993-1994. Working as a Reporter who
covered different conferences that dealt with political, cultural and scientific aspects.

Language Skills
- Fluent in Arabic.
- Good Command of English, both spoken and written.
Computer skills
- Sufficient knowledge of word, FoxPro, Excel, Access, Spss and Stata.
- Familiar with DTSearch.
- Internet applications using Internet explorer, Netscape and electronic mail..