Hind Rassam Culhane

John Culhane

(m. 1960; died 2015)

Children2Academic backgroundEducationRockford College (BS, MEd)
Columbia University (PhD)Academic workDisciplineChild development
Adolescent psychologyInstitutionsDamascus University
Mercy College

Hind Rassam Culhane is an Iraqi-born American educator and former journalist.

Early life and education

Rassam Culhane was born in Mosul, Iraq, to an Iraqi-Assyrian father and a Lebanese mother.^[1] As a child, she and her family moved to the United States. Rassam Culhane studied at Cazenovia College before earning a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in early childhood education from Rockford College.

Career

Rassam Culhane moved to New York City with her husband and worked at Newsweek. She later became a professor at Mercy College and began her doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University.^[1] She often gives lectures on Iraq's history and civilization as a way of embracing her culture and heritage.

She is the chair of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Mercy College.^[1] She was also a teacher at the Damascus University - Faculty of Medicine, where she taught courses on child development, adolescent disorders and health service delivery.^[2]

Personal life

Rassam Culhane met her husband, John Culhane, while attending college. They had two children together, Michael and Thomas. John Culhane died in 2015 at the age of 81.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Hind training next generation of Iraqi teachers". usinfo.state.gov. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
^ "Teaching at University in Syria". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
^ Chawkins, Steve (2015-08-08). "John Culhane dies at 81; Disney animation historian inspired Mr. Snoops character". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-01-11.