She received her Ms, DSc in Computer Science from George Washington University, USA, and her Bachelors in CS from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a former Department Chair and as Vice Dean of Distance Learning launched the first e-learning program in the kingdom for women. She has extensive faculty training background and referred papers for publications. Her publications and primary research interests are in HCI, usability, multimedia, e-learning, e- government and knowledge cities and has been involved in many web-based research projects