Hoda is a Professor of Practice and the Director at the Center for Learning and Teaching, American University in Cairo. She actively leads and serves in the areas of educational development, digital education and strategic educational initiatives that enhance the profile of AUC as a global university.

She collaborates across the university and beyond, as a faculty developer, supporting and enabling innovation in teaching and learning, formative assessment of learning and teaching, digital education, experiential learning, and integration of creative and critical thinking into the curriculum. She also has an MD in Ophthalmology and lengthy experience in clinical practice and medical education.

Hoda joined AUC as a faculty member in 2011 after transitioning into higher education and continues to develop her interest in, and commitment to, faculty development, design thinking, digital education, pedagogy and thinking skills in the classroom and beyond.

She develops and facilitates professional development workshops for faculty and teaching assistants across a variety of topics within the field of educational development. She also consults with faculty and leaders across AUC through her role as director of the CLT, an active educational developer and consultant. Hoda has held leadership positions at the Center for Learning and Teaching since 2016 as Associate Director and Director in 2018.

She has taught extensively in the core curriculum at AUC for over 10 years teaching and developing the course Scientific Thinking and directed this multi-section course initiative from 2011-2015. She has also directed the co-development of the course Creative Thinking and Problem Solving at a freshman level and co-taught Design Thinking as part of this multi-section core offering.

Hoda recently led her team to support the university’s transition to emergency remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic and is responsible for blended and online learning initiatives. She has contributed extensively and co-led multiple high impact institutional initiatives such as AUC’s Learning Spaces Plan, Hybrid Learning Spaces (dual delivery), the Quality of Education Task Force for Undergraduate and Graduate Education, and Design Thinking Initiative.

She is also a passionate design thinking facilitator and coach with a mission to spread innovation frameworks in higher education curricular and co-curricular activities and spear-heads design thinking activities at AUC.