Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan
Ph.D , University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (2004) in Social and Clinical Psychology, Psychological Testing (Psychometrics)
Research Interest: Social//Clinical/Organizational/Educational Psychology, Psychometrics, Test Construction and Adaptation, Islamic Perspectives in Psychology
Telephone: +92919216701
Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan has been a Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychology, University of Peshawar and Director Staff Training Institute. In December 2011 he was appointed as Vice Chancellor, University of Swat, Pakistan. He joined the Department of Psychology back in Dec. 2015 as Professor and Chairman. In 2011 he got a project of about 42 million rupees approved from HEC for his Department, which was completed in 2016.
After being appointed as Vice Chancellor, University of Swat he added to the strength of the university by establishing 25 new academic units including a specialized College of Home Sciences for girls (now turned into Women University Swat) and Department of Psychology and also Social and Gender Studies. He has been member of several statutory, academic and administrative bodies in different universities e.g. the Senate, Academic Council, Selection Board, and different national committees.
He completed his M.Phil. (in the area of Assessment of Depression) and then Ph.D. on Ethnic self-discrepancy in Afghan refugees and native Pukhtoons in N-WFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). In 2008 he was awarded with a Fulbright fellowship and has completed his Post Doc. from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. As a Fulbight Fellow, he was attached to the Graduate School of Education, Department of Psychology, and Psychology Clinic. He also delivered seminars at UC Berkeley and American University in Washington, DC. In 2012 he availed Charles Wallace Fellowship to University of Leicester, UK. He made a presentation about Counselling and Clinical facilities in the Department on a visit to DW Academy BONN, Germany in 2017.
Dr. Khan has been publishing in quality journals and also organized international conferences, seminars, and workshops. He has been editing an international and a national journal in the area of social sciences. He has also produced many PhD scholars at University of Peshawar. Dr. Khan has also been running the Psychological Testing and Computer Sections of Department of Psychology, University of Peshawar. He established a Psychology Clinic and an Assessment and Counselling Centre at University of Peshawar. He has developed and adapted various cognitive and personality tests. He is a leading researcher in the area of Pukhtoon studies in social sciences in his part of the world. His other areas of interest are self and identity, social psychology, clinical psychology, and psychometrics. He has produced 6 PhDs and about 30 research publications.
He has been elected to the office of President Pakistan Psychological Association (PPA) in 2015 and now working to reorganize PPA and establish Pakistan Psychological Council (PPC).