Dr. Nino Chubinidze

Program Manager

Dr. Nino Chubinidze currently oversees the Safe Online program at Mercy Corps as its Program Manager. Her professional background is rich and diverse, encompassing higher education management, international project management, academic program quality management, and gender issues. Dr. Chubinidze holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Georgia Technical University, Tbilisi, and has completed doctoral studies in General Psychology at Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University. Additionally, she expanded her educational scope with a M.Ed. in International Education from the University of Massachusetts (UMASS), USA, as an Edmund Muskie Fellow, after beginning her academic journey in Philosophy and Psychology at the same Tbilisi university. Her research, focuses on educational management, higher education quality management, and innovations and STEM  education. Dr. Chubinidze has been instrumental in the development of STEM programs in various Georgian state universities, with a special emphasis on gender diversity in STEM education. Her involvement extends to numerous consulting and coordination roles, contributing to projects backed by USAID and in collaboration with U.S.-based entities like Chemonics International, Research Triangle Institute International, San Diego State University Foundation, Los Angeles State University, Washington University at DC, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dr. Chubinidze's commitment to innovation, international cooperation, and the promotion of gender diversity in education exemplifies her drive to foster significant progress and transformation in the educational landscape.