Faculty

Professor Martina Dickson holds a PhD in Medical Physics from the University of London and MA in Gender, Education and International Development from the IoE (UCL) in London. She has held a variety of teaching and advisory positions in Greece, Oman, Hong Kong and the UAE, and is currently a Professor in the Curriculum and Instruction Department at Emirates College for Advanced Education in the UAE. Her research interests include gender in education and science pedagogy, and she has led a number of research projects over the last decade, including funded studies of academic parenthood, female STEM leadership, gendered choices and perceptions of scientists and science careers.

Selected Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

• Dickson, M., & Al Harthi, M. (2023). Female STEM Leadership in the Gulf: Journeys Through Education. In M. Dickson, McMinn, M. & Cairns, D. (Eds). Gender in STEM Education in the Arab Gulf Countries (pp. 199-220). Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-9135-6_3
• Dickson, M., & Al Harthi, M. (2023). Gender Representation in STEM Departments in Higher Education Institutions in the UAE. In M. Dickson, McMinn, M. & Cairns, D. (Eds). Gender in STEM Education in the Arab Gulf Countries (pp. 221-244). Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-9135-6_9
• Dickson, M., Hakmani, R. A., McMinn, M., Midraj, J., Elsori, D., & Tedam, P. (2023). University Student-parents’ Experiences in the UAE during COVID-19: Future Implications for Higher Education. Gulf Education and Social Policy Review (GESPR), 267-293. https://knepublishing.com/index.php/gespr/article/view/12615
• Dickson, M., & McMinn, M. (2022). Children’s perceptions of scientists and their work: The ‘Draw a Scientist’ Test in the United Arab Emirates. Public Understanding of Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625221096795
• Dickson, M., & Dickson, J. (2021). “Story time is my duty”: Expatriate academic fathers' experiences of balancing their work and home lives. Gender, Work & Organization, 28(6), 2235-2251. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12741
• Dickson, M., & Tennant, L. (2021). Spouses of Student Mothers in the United Arab Emirates: Enablers or Constraints to Their Pursuit of Higher Education? Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 28(3), 385-407. https://doi.org/10.1177/0971521521103040
• Dickson, M., McMinn, M., Cairns, D., & Osei-Tutu, S. (2021). Children's Perceptions of Scientists, and of Themselves as Scientists. LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 9(1), 643-669. https://journals.helsinki.fi/lumat/article/view/1605
• McMinn, M., Dickson, M., & Areepattamannil, S. (2021). Reported pedagogical practices of faculty in higher education in the UAE. Higher Education, 1-16. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-020-00663-7
• Cairns, D. & Dickson, M. (2020). Girls’ and Boys’ STEM Career Aspirations in the United Arab Emirates. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40299-020-00522-0
• Dickson, M. (2020). “He’s not good at sensing that look that says, I’m drowning here!” Academic Mothers’ Perceptions of Spousal Support. Marriage and Family Review. 1-23. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494929.2020.1712302
• Dickson, M. (2019). Academic Motherhood in the United Arab Emirates. Gender, Place and Culture, 26(5), 719-735. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0966369X.2018.1555143
• Dickson, M. (2019). Student Mothers’ Experiences of Workplace Internship. Journal of Workplace Learning, 31(7). https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-12-2018-0151
• Dickson, M., & Tennant, L. (2019). Emirati University Student Mothers Post-Childbirth: Support Systems in the Home. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 12(1), 88-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/19407882.2018.1533479
• Dickson, M., Fidalgo, P. & Cairns, D. (2019). The ‘S’ and ‘T’ in STEM: Integrating Science and Technology in Education in the UAE. In K. Gallagher (Ed.), Education in the United Arab Emirates: Innovation and Transformation (pp. 95-111). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-7736-5_6
• Dickson, M. (2018). The Joys and Challenges of Academic Motherhood. Women’s Studies International Forum, (71), 76-8. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027753951730482X
• Dickson, M. & Ladefoged, E. (2017). Introducing active learning pedagogy into a technical and vocational education and training academy in Kurdistan, Iraq. International Review of Education, 63(5), 679-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-017-9660-3
• Dickson, M., & Tennant, L. (2017). “The Accommodation I make is turning a blind eye”: Faculty Support for Undergraduate Emirati Student Mothers. Studies of Continuing Education, 40 (5), 1-22. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0158037X.2017.1392296