PhD candidate I am currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Philosophy and a master's student at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Georgia. I teach in both the Department of Philosophy and the Institute for Women's Studies at the same university. My research primarily concentrates on environmental ethics, water ethics, feminist philosophy, gender and sexuality in North Africa, postcolonial theory, the intersection of artificial intelligence and social justice, and the cultural politics of Islamic discourse and modernity in Egypt. Previously, I held the position of assistant lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Cairo University. Additionally, I have served as a visiting scholar at Michigan State University and as a research fellow at the University of Bologna in Italy. I earned my MA in Applied Philosophy from Cairo University and completed a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies from the University of Georgia. My Doctoral Dissertation title is "Islamic Feminism as a Neocolonial Project" أنا جهاد عبد العال، باحثة دكتوراه في الفلسفة وطالبة ماجستير في الذكاء الاصطناعي في جامعة جورحيا. أيضا محاضرة في قسم الفلسفة ومعهد الدراسات النسوية بجامعة جورجيا. اهتماماتي البحثية تنطوي على الأخلاق البيئية، خاصة أخلاق المياه، والفلسفة النسوية، خاصة دراسات الجندر والجنسانية في دول شمال أفريقيا، بالإضافة إلى نظريات الما بعد استعمارية، الذكاء الاصطناعي و العدالة الاجتماعية، والسياسات الثقافية للخطاب الإسلامي والحداثة في مصر بشكل خاص. لقد كنت مدرسا مساعداً بقسم الفلسفة بجامعة القاهرة، بالإضافة إلى زميل دولي في قسم الفلسفة ومعهد الدراسات المتطورة بجامعة بولونيا بإيطاليا، أيضاً كنت باحثاً زائراً في قسم الفلسفة بجامعة ولاية مشيجان. لقد حصلت على درجة الماجستير في جامعة القاهرة في الفلسفة التطبيقية. لقد حصلت علي شهادة الدراسات العليا في الدراسات النسوية من جامعة جورجيا. عنوان رسالة الدكتوراه "النسوية الإسلامية بوصفها مشروعًا استعماريًا جديدًا" Education Education: 1. Ph.D. degree (ongoing), Department of Philosophy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Supervisor: Prof. Chris Cuomo. 2. Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (ongoing), Institute for Artificial Intelligence, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 3. Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, Institute of Women’s Studies, University of Georgia, Summer 2020, Athens, GA 4. Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, August 2015- November 2016, East Lansing, MI 5. International fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, 2014, Bologna, Italy. 6. Ph.D. fellow, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, 2014, Bologna, Italy. 7. Master's degree with Excellence, Department of Philosophy, Cairo University, 2013, Cairo, Egypt. 8. Bachelor's degree with Honor and First Class, Department of Philosophy, Cairo University, 2008, Cairo, Egypt. Research Research Interests: AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Applied Ethics [Feminist Philosophy and Religion, Water and Climate Change Ethics] and Decolonial Studies in the Middle EastAREAS OF COMPETENCE: Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, AI Ethics, Phenomenology (Aesthetics) , Non-Western Philosophies [Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Philosophies], and Logic.LANGUAGES: Arabic (native), English (near-native) Grants: • 2024 Summer Doctoral Research Assistantship, Graduate School, University of Georgia, the USA. • 2022 Gittler Fellowship, Dept of Philosophy, University of Georgia, USA.• 2022 Graduate Research Award, Willson Center for Humanities & Arts, University of Georgia, USA.• 2022 Association for Practical and Professional Ethics scholarship, USA.• 2017 Foreign Travel Assistance Award, Graduate School, University of Georgia, USA.• 2017 Graduate Assistantship, Philosophy Dept, University of Georgia, USA.• 2016 Marco-Polo Scholarship, University of Bologna, Italy.• 2015 Brains-Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, Italy.• 2014 University of Bologna president fellowship, Department of Philosophy, Bologna, Italy.• 2014 Cairo University Award for Best MA thesis, Egypt.• 2014-2009 Mostafa Abdelrazik Prize for MA in philosophy, Cairo University, Egypt. • 2013-2009 Zaki Naguib Mahmoud Prize for a distinguished MA in Philosophy, Cairo University, Egypt.• 2009 André Lalande Prize for Excellence in Philosophy, Cairo University, Egypt.• 2009 Atef El-Iraqi Prize for Excellence in Philosophy, Cairo University, Egypt.• 2009 Ismat Kandil Prize for Excellence in Philosophy, Cairo University, Egypt.• 2008 Cairo University Award for First Class with Honors in Philosophy, Egypt. Courses Taught Courses Regularly Taught: PHIL 2030 PHIL 2030
