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 LUMS 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)