Abdulrahman Bindamnan

Abdulrahman Bindamnan, a native of Yemen, immigrated to the U.S. in 2016, intending to stay for ‎the period of his education. While he was pursuing his degrees, however, Yemen entered into a civil war, which prevented him from returning home. Specializing in the role of higher education in international development, his research incorporates interdisciplinary scholarship, including educational psychology, religion and modernity, and Middle Eastern history. Bindamnan’s articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in newspapers, conventional periodicals, popular magazines, and academic journals, and he has a blog at Psychology Today. He has a B.A. from University of Miami, an MS.Ed. in International Development from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a doctoral student in Comparative and International Development Education at University of Minnesota.