Alean Al-Krenawi

Algoma University, Canada

Title: Somatization, Healthcare Utilization, and Cultural Considerations: A Study of Bedouin-Arab Women in Polygamous and Monogamous Families

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Biography

He has a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, a Master of Social Work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a B.A. from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is a Professor in the Spitzer Department of Social Work at Ben-Gurion University. He has held faculty, senior administrative, and consultative appointments at Ben-Gurion University, Al-Ahliyya Amman University of Jordan, Achva Academic College (Israel), Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Social Work and Bournemouth University (UK). To date, he has published extensively, including several books, many book chapters, and numerous journal articles. As Principal Investigator, he has managed millions of dollars (US dollar equivalent) in funded research and community projects. 

One of his co-authorships in 2000, a journal article on practice principles with Arab people, has been recognized as among the top 50 most-cited social work articles in the English-speaking world. He was the recipient of the Killam Visiting Scholar Award in 2009 from the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. The Killam Visiting Scholar Award provides sponsorship to a distinguished scholar who has made significant contributions to academic life. In 2016, the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto selected him as one of nine impressive alumni who are changing lives in countries around the world. In 2022, he was also among the top 100 contributors to social work journal scholarship.

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