Sobhya Agha
Profile 

Sobhya Agha is an adjunct faculty at the Department of Homeland Security at San Diego State University. She completed her bachelor’s degree in computer science, a master’s in criminology, and a master’s in homeland security. Agha worked as a project officer in Pakistan with the police department’s “Prevention of Honor Killings and Violence against Women” project, funded by the United Nations Development Program, UK Aid, and the United Nations Office for Project Services. She managed 23 district human-rights cells and their officers, carrying out capacity-building training of police personnel; conducting public awareness campaigns; and, along with local police, intervening to protect honor killing, rape, and domestic violence victims. During that time, the project saved 27 potential victims of honor killings. In 2016, she completed terrorism and homeland security specialist training from the California Specialized Training Institute; and received the Amy K. Christensen Outstanding Diplomacy Security Award. Agha is a member of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Crises Mappers (International Humanitarian Technology Network), Women in International Security (WIIS), Ocean Beach Women’s Club (OBWC), Arts Council of Pakistan, and International Sindhi Women Organisation. Agha can read, write and speak Sindhi, English, and Urdu; speak Hindi; and read, write, and comprehend Arabic. She will teach Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Counter-Terrorism.