Biography

Dr. Nur Husna Abd Wahid is a senior lecturer in the department of Technical and Engineering Education UTM where she has been a faculty member since 2006. Dr. Nur Husna completed her Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University in Workforce Education & Development in 2016. She graduated from University Putra Malaysia (previously known as Malaysian Agriculture University) in 2005 with a Bachelor Degree in Science majoring in Microbiology.In 2010 she completed her Master’s Degree in Technical and Vocational Education (agriculture education) from the same University. Her research interests are in the area of agricultural education, technical and vocational and training, teacher preparation, and global teacher competencies. Recently her research explores how diversity in ethnicity, culture, language, and socioeconomic class impact teaching preparedness in technical and vocational education. Dr.Nur Husna international/global learning experience includes her involvement as the Global Teach Agriculture Initiative Visiting Scholar (2013-2016) at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State.