Meet TIME's team
We are a group of skilled individuals.
Dr Hanan Al-Hmouz
Dr. Hanan Al-Hmouz is a Professor of Gifted Education and Psychological Assessment with extensive expertise in giftedness, double exceptionalities, and technology-enhanced cognitive and educational assessment. She earned her Ph.D. in Giftedness from the University of Wollongong, Australia, with a strong foundation in educational psychology and psychometric measurement. Dr. Al-Hmouz has held academic appointments across the UAE, Bahrain, and Jordan, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in human learning and neuroscience, theories of intelligence, assessment of higher-order thinking skills, and gifted education. Her research focuses on standardizing cognitive and achievement tests using the CHC theory, developing comprehensive psychoeducational assessment tools, and advancing inclusive and gifted education practices in Arabic-speaking contexts. She is the second author of Arabiya Intelligence and Achievement Tests ( https://riversideinsights.com/arabiya-intelligence-achievement) and has led and contributed to several funded international research projects, professional training programs, and peer-reviewed publications.
Dr Nancy Mather
Dr Nancy Mather is a Professor at the University of Arizona in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies. She holds an MA in Behavior Disorders and a PhD from the University of Arizona in Special Education and Learning Disabilities. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Samuel Kirk at the University of Arizona. She has been a coauthor of both the Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III®) and the WJ IV. Dr. Mather has published numerous articles, conducts workshops on assessment and instruction both nationally and internationally, and has coauthored several books linking assessment and intervention, including Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors: A Guide to Intervention and Classroom Management, Evidence-Based Interventions for Students with Learning and Behavioral Challenges, Essentials of Assessment Report Writing, Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions, and most recently, Essentials of Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention.
Dr Lynne Jaffe
Dr Lynne Jaffe earned her MA, EdS, and PhD in Special Education at the University of Arizona with an interdisciplinary focus in learning disabilities, school-age language disorders, and reading. Currently, Dr. Jaffe is the Learning Disabilities Specialist on the Technical Assistance to Schools Assessment Team of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind, providing in-service training and evaluation statewide, and continues a part-time private practice. Dr. Jaffe wrote the testing cautions and accommodations for subjects with hearing and visual impairments for the Examiner's Manuals of the WJ III® Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Tests of Achievement. She is also coauthor of a booklet, Attention Deficit Disorder: A Parent's Guide, a manual for parents in obtaining appropriate evaluation and treatment for their children, and is on the Advisory Board of the Tucson chapter of CHADD.