Dr. Lina Haddad Kreidie is an assistant professor of gender studies, coordinator of the MA in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, and academic director of the TL Gender Scholars Program. Dr. Kreidieholds a PhD in Political Science with a concentration in political psychology from the University of California, Irvine. 

Dr. Kreidie is a Jerome and Hazel Tobis senior fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality, University of California, Irvine, and a research consultant on women’s empowerment for Intisar Foundation-NGO. She also served as a council member of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy from 2012 to 2021.

Research Interests

Dr. Kreidie’s research interests mainly centers around the Middle East Region, gender studies, international relations, political psychology, conflict management, peacebuilding and human development.

Selected Publications

• Haddad Kreidie, L., Sakhi, S., Wardani, F., AlSabah, I., & Anbar, K. (2024). The Impact of Dramatherapy on the Mental Health of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged and Refugee Women in Lebanon. Journal of Social Service Research, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2024.2349236
• Sakhi, S., Kreidie, L., Wardani, F., & Anbar, K. (2022). Drama therapy as a mental health intervention for women in the shatila refugee camp, Lebanon. Intervention, 20(1), 58. https://doi.org/10.4103/intv.intv_12_20
• Sara Sakhi, Lina Haddad Kreidie, Farah Wardani, HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah, & Karima Anbar. (2020). The Power of Theater Expression and Communication: A Psychological Theraputical Intervention in a Refugee Camp: An IPA Study Into the Narratives of Women Refugees’ Experience With Drama Therapy. Journal of Psychology Research, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.17265/2159-5542/2020.01.002
• Kreidie, Lina, and Jesse Marks. “Assad Needs the U.N.’S Help for Refugees to Return Safely.” Refugees, 16 Aug. 2018, deeply.thenewhumanitarian.org/refugees/community/2018/08/16/assad-needs-the-u-n-s-help-for-refugees-to-return-safely.
• Kreidie, Lina, and Jesse Marks. “Jordan’s Interest in a Stable Syria.” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 23 Aug. 2018, carnegieendowment.org/sada/2018/08/jordans-interest-in-a-stable-syria?lang=en. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
• Lina Haddad Kreidie, Mahmoud Kreidie, & Haya Atassi. (2016). Living with Ongoing Political Trauma: The Prevalence and Impact of PTSD among Syrian Refugees. Journal of Psychology Research, 6(10). https://doi.org/10.17265/2159-5542/2016.10.005
• Kreidie, Lina Haddad, and Hussein Itani. “The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Tackling Sectarianism and Extremism in Lebanon: Track-Two Diplomacy and Good Governance.” Middle East Review of Public Administration (MERPA), January 20, 2016. merpa.scholasticahq.com.
• Kreidie, L. (2005) “Religion and Identity: Deciphering the Construal of Islamic Fundamentalism” in The Future of Identity, edited by Kenneth R. Hoover, Lexington Books.
• Kreidie, L.H., Monroe, K.R. Psychological Boundaries and Ethnic Conflict: How Identity Constrained Choice and Worked to Turn Ordinary People into Perpetrators of Ethnic Violence During the Lebanese Civil War. (2002). International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 16, 5–36. 
• Khashan, H. Kreidie, L.(2001)  “The Social and Economic Correlates of Islamic Religiosity.” World Affairs.

Academic Degrees

• PhD Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 2000
• MA Political Studies and Public Administration, American University of Beirut, 1988
• BA International Affairs, Lebanese American University (BUC), 1982