Dr. Yaar Muhammad

Designation(s):  Associate Professor
Formal Title(s):  Chairperson
Education:  PhD Education (Australia)
Department(s):  Education
Email:  yaar.muhammad@gcwus.edu.pk

Career Brief:

Dr. Yaar Muhammad is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the GC Women University Sialkot, Pakistan. He has previously served as an Assistant Professor in the University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat for one year and then the University of Management and Technology, Lahore for more than four years. He earned his PhD degree at the University of Tasmania, Australia exploring whether and how citizenship education in Punjab schools is promoting and balancing common national identity, ethnic and religious diversity, and global perspectives. He has also served as a secondary school teacher in Social Studies and Pakistan Studies and he has earned his Master in Pakistan Studies (2004) at Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan; Master in Education (2010) at Linkoping University, Sweden and Master in International Migration & Ethnic Relations (2010) at Malmo University, Sweden. He has published 89 research articles in national and international journals related to his research interests—mainly in the areas of citizenship, national identity, classroom management, citizenship education, curriculum policy, qualitative research, and textbook analysis. In addition, he has contributed research-based book chapters in the books published by international publishers such as Routledge, Springer, and Sense. He is an HEC Approved PhD Supervisor and has successfully supervised five PhD dissertations and 51 MPhil theses.