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.