Abdulrahman Bindamnan
Abdulrahman Bindamnan, M.S.Ed., Ph.D., is a contributing author for Psychology Today, where he spearheaded an entire scholarship around his coinage of "zero-generation college-going" students. Dr. Bindamnan is both a Regional Scholar Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center and a Scholar Fellow at the University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change.
Dr. Bindamnan completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Comparative and International Development Education at the University of Minnesota (2022–2025). He earned a Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) in International Educational Development from the University of Pennsylvania (2020–2022). He received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology and Religious Studies from the University of Miami (2016–2020). He was also valedictorian in his school class in Yemen, an honor for which he received fully funded scholarships to pursue his American higher education.
Dr. Bindamnan has published numerous articles in English in both professional and popular literature. His publications have appeared in the International Journal of Educational Development, International Studies in Sociology of Education, Material Religion, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Minnesota Star Tribune, The Minnesota Reformer, Acton Institute, Middle East Forum, American Institute for Yemeni Studies, and Heterodox Academy.