Dr. Elsa T. Khwaja, PhD

What if instead of making AI companions to REPLACE real interactions, making them as ingratiating and fawning as possible, AI was used to create relationship TRAINING, rewarding users for being unselfish, cooperative and empathetic? Goal should be to help people improve, not just capture attention.

Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse? Five conditions determine whether revolutions succeed. For the first time since 1979, Iran meets nearly all of them.

My latest on the protests in Iran, with Karim Sadjadpour:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Surviving Academia, Sustaining Hope: A World Mental Health Day Reflection Advocating for mental health and belonging in academia amid a world in crisis.

A Reflection on World Mental Health Day.

medium.com/be-open/surv...

... I have to wonder why it's absent on this forum.

I haven't posted here since I joined. I just thought to come back & see what everyone is talking about here. Scrolling through the news feed, I don't see anything about Palestine. That's all I see on X. This is the most important human rights issue of our generation...

Fieldnotes from a Sacred Journey: Practicing Qualitative Reflection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia On Travels, Faith, and the Nonlinear Nature of Fieldwork from the Heart.

A recent post from my newsletter, The Qualitative Inquisition... it begins my reflections from a beautiful spiritual journey. I look forward to sharing more.

qualinquisition.substack.com/p/fieldnotes...

I would love to connect with other scholars, academics, writers, and artists here, especially if all the above!

I am also on Medium and Substack and I look forward to sharing my work from these platforms, and hopefully connect with others there too!

Hi Everyone, I am here to explore what Bluesky has to offer.
I am an international development policy scholar and consultant with a passion for writing and art. I look forward to connecting and discovering the community here.
Feel free to learn more about me here: linktr.ee/dr.elsatkhwaja