Biography

Quaiser Abdullah teaches courses on adult learning, leadership, communication, conflict resolution, organizational development, research methods and technology in educational settings in the Communication and Social Influence Department in Klein College. Abdullah’s research interests center around leadership, organizational development and identity, and conflict. He has a number of published interviews on the topic of religion and identity in public spaces in various news media. He plans to continue his research in the area of leadership development and how it impacts identity formation in minority communities. He is currently seeking funding for a research project on conflict resolution training in Muslim private schools and parochial schools in the United States. He is also a frequent guest presenter to local and national audiences on topics relating to Islam, identity and conflict.

Abdullah is a certified conflict resolution in education trainer, professional coach, positive discipline educator, and a trained mediator and conflict coach. He is also a Conwell Fellow and was recently awarded a Temple-funded grant to develop a course on social entrepreneurship and help coordinate workshops centering on social entrepreneurship as it relates to workforce development.

Research Interests

• Conflict resolution and communication management, religion (Islam) and identity formation, and management leadership development and communication

Courses Taught

• Conflict and Communication Behavior
• Final Project
• Intercultural and Cross Cultural Conflict
• Leading Diverse Teams
• Senior Seminar
• Social Science Research Methods of Social Influence