Ms. Barlas is a teaching fellow in the psychology department at Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She completed her Bachelors from ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ in Accounting and Finance (2015), and then went on to do a dual masters in Applied Educational Psychology and School Psychology from Northeastern University (2019). She is also a US licensed school psychologist (NCSP), and alongside teaching, she works with children, aged 2-18 years old, who are dealing with developmental, social emotional and behavioral issues, as well as parents on a range of child centered concerns.
Prior to teaching, Ms. Barlas worked to establish the Office of Advising & Student Success. She also helped on leadership development and capacity building at OSA.
Sidhu, J., Barlas, N., & Lifter, K. (2020). On the Meanings of Functional Play: A Review and Clarification of Definitions. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 0271121420951859
Khalid, E., Javaid, H., Waseem, Y., & Barlas, N. S. (2025, October 1). AI as a Mind Partner: Cognitive Impact in Pakistans Educational Landscape. ACL Anthology. https://aclanthology.org/2025.aimecon-wip.2/
Barlas, N. S., Sidhu, J., & Li, C. (2021). Can social-emotional learning programs be adapted to schools in Pakistan? A literature review. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 1-15.
Barlas, N., Sidhu, J., & Li, C. (2018, July). Can social-emotional learning programs be adapted to schools in Pakistan? International School Psychology Association, Tokyo, Japan.
Yeung, T., Sidhu, J., & Barlas, N. (2019, August). International trainees: Lived experiences and perspectives on school psychology supervision. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Barlas, N., Sidhu, J., & Li, C. (2018, February). The applicability of social emotion X
Yeung, T., Sidhu, J., & Barlas, N. (2020, February). International trainees: Lived experiences and perspectives on school psychology supervision. National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD.
Jeung, T., Sidhu, J., & Barlas, N. International trainees: Lived experiences and perspectives on school psychology supervision. (Working paper)