Prof Dr. Abdulaziz Albrithen

Professor Abdulaziz Albrithen is from Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD in social work from the University of Liverpool in United Kingdom in 2007. He joins the United Arab Emirates University in August 2017, and serves as a coordinator of the MSW program in August 2018. He worked as an assistant professor at Umm Al-Qura University and then as an associate professor and professor at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He took part in writing some English books by contributing some chapters. He also published articles on social work, both Arabic and English. In 2014, he received an International Prize for his remarkable work of translating ‘The Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders’ into the Arabic language. Dr. Albrithen’ s research interests include; social work ethics, and social work & human rights.