Faculty Profiles

Selected Publications

• Olayemi, M., Deboer, J., & Ahmadi, M. J. (2023). “ Say It Anyhow You Can”: Unpacking How Engineering Faculty Members Approach Culturally Relevant Engineering Education at an Iraqi University. 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://peer.asee.org/say-it-anyhow-you-can-unpacking-how-engineering-faculty-members-approach-culturally-relevant-engineering-education-at-an-iraqi-university
• Ahmadi, M. J. (2021). The use of instructional time in early grade reading classrooms: A study in Herat Province of Afghanistan. International Journal of Educational Development 84 (2021) 102435 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102435
• Ahmadi, M. J., Miri, M. A., Fadil, M. (2021). Feedback loops in teacher professional development: A Qualitative Study in Herat Province of Afghanistan. Cogent Education. 8:1, 1954466, DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2021.1954466
• Ahmadi, M. J., Hatsaandh, A. H., Nazari, M. J. (2020). Language-minority children’s experiences of early literacy: A study of Uzbek and Pashai children in Afghanistan https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00XC5m.pdf
• Ahmadi, M. J. (2017). An Introduction to Program Evaluation. A textbook in Dari.
• Ahmadi, M. J. (2017). Capacity Development and Workplace Learning: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Workplace Learning at Afghan Ministry of Education, Department of Planning. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1937&context=dissertations_2
• Ahmadi, M. J. (2007). School management training impact assessment in Sari Pul and Jawzjan provinces. Kabul, Afghanistan. MoE/BESST Project
• Murray, B., Ahmadi, M. J.,Kissam, E., Intili, J., Hernandez, T., Rapley, B., &Neumann, C.(2006). Strengthening instructional management in local schools: School management team competencies. Kabul, Afghanistan. MoE/BESST Project. (Link)

Presentations

• Systems Thinking in Higher Education Development: A Model for Complexity and a Case Study of Purdue and Anbar University Partnership, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2024, Miami, FL, USA
• Language-Minority Children’s Experiences of Early Literacy: A Study of Uzbek and Pashai Children in Afghanistan, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2021, Virtual Conference
• The Use of Instructional Time in Early Grade Reading Classrooms: A Study in Herat Province of Afghanistan, CIES 2021, Virtual Conference
• Capacity development and workplace learning: An analysis of factors influencing workplace learning at Afghan Ministry of Education, Department of Planning, CIES 2017, Atlanta, Georgia
• Multi-language education in Afghanistan: Achievements, challenges, and policy options (Link) UNESCO International Conference on Language and Education 2013, Bangkok, Thailand
• “We Cannot Teach This Way, So Why Evaluation?” Illustrating Challenges of Evaluating an Afghanistan Development Program with No Local Ownership, American Evaluation Association Annual Conference 2012. Minneapolis, MN
• The Role of Graduate Education in Fragile Contexts, CIES 2012, Puerto Rico
• Whose values are used to evaluate the Afghanistan in-service teacher training program? Considering complexities of culturally competent evaluation in the international development context (Link), American Evaluation Association Annual Conference 2011, Anaheim, CA
• Capacity Building in Monitoring and Evaluation: A Real Challenge for Afghan Ministry of Education, International Donors, and Evaluation Community, American Evaluation Association Annual Conference 2010, San Antonio, TX
• “National Education Strategic Planning: Achievements, Challenges, and Lessons” CIES, 2010, Chicago, IL
• Methodological Lessons and Planning Insights from A Formative Evaluation of a Pilot of Afghanistan's Teacher Education Program (TEP) Initiative, American Evaluation Association Annual Conference 2007, Baltimore, MD
• From Ritual Flowchart to Complexities of Real-World Action: Understanding Local School Context as Part of Formative Evaluation for Teacher Training, American Evaluation Association Annual Conference 2007, Baltimore, MD

• EDST 64600 — Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education