Principle Researcher
Associate Professor Kahirol Mohd Salleh, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Education and Human Resource Studies – Educational Leadership, Renewal & Change (Organization, Performance & Change– Competence). Colorado State University, U.S.A.
Kahirol Mohd Salleh currently serves as an Associate Professor at Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia and also as Senior Researcher at Advanced Center for Technical and Vocational Education (ACTiVE), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. He has earned almost 22 years of experience working as faculty member and assistant director with higher learning institutions including Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia. Apart from that he is actively participating in numerous researches involves national and international levels, relatively to his expertise in Research Methodology and Applied Statistic; within Career and Technical Education field. His substantive education background has influenced his career path especially when he graduated his Ph.D. in 2012.
Kahirol received a B.Sc. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering with majoring in Plant Engineering from University of Technology Malaysia, an M.Ed. in Technical Education also from University of Technology Malaysia, and a Ph.D. in Education and Human Resource Studies specialized in Organization, Performance and Change from Colorado State University (CSU). After completing his doctoral program, he was granted CSU Presidential Fellowship award for his noble contribution on his area of research. Due to his success stories, he was selected as Post-Doctoral student in Research Methodology where he was also worked as Teaching Assistant at the same university, CSU. He returned to School of Education, CSU in 2017 as post-doctoral fellowship and visiting professor in Research Methodology for two years.
Some of his success stories in research career are Malaysian TVET policy project under the Ministry of Higher Education, Uniform terminology of service that incorporate horses to benefit people under PATH International, USA, the university council for workforce and human resource education Biennial survey analysis, USA and others. Likewise, he has worked with colleagues from Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Germany in research, publications, and consultations within his area of expertise. He has an experience teaching different graduate research classes and subjects including Quantitative research, Mixed-method research, Research methods, Data analysis, and Qualitative research. He is appointed as Visiting Professor at the Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia having taught research methods courses for graduate students. His publications include articles in various academic journals and presentations of more than 100 papers in both local and international. As a Malaysian who is still developing his research knowledge and skills, he wishes to continue conducting more research with other researchers to learn more about their research perspectives and cultures.
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