I am currently leading some exciting educational research projects. Frst, a multi-site design experiment on imaginary play with Muslim children in Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Riyadh, and Toronto, in collaboration with researchers in these places. We recieved funding for this study from the International Society of the Learning Sciences (https://www.isls.org/about/isls-emerging-scholars/). I am also working on a methodological study on how doctoral students in Australia design research paradigms relevant to minority communities. With a colleague in Saudi Arabia, I am about to embark upon a narrative analytic study of how Arabic- and English-speaking children’s literacy and literary skills develop through engagement in literary play. Finally, I am in the final stages of an interpretive study with a Saudi colleague inquiring into academic female leaders’ processes of wellbeing. We recently presented initial results at the Middle East Psychological Association 5th Annual Meeting and Expo, Positive Psychology stream (https://mepa2022.mepa.me/speakers/).