Dr. Juhary is a professor of military pedagogy, and a teaching member at the National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was born in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia about four decades ago. She received her first and second degrees from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia in teaching English as a second language and English language studies, respectively. Her PhD is on governance and development from Monash University, Australia. Juhary’s areas of expertise include military pedagogy, higher education, and educational technology.

She served as the Director of the Language Centre at the Defence University for seven years, prior to holding her current administrative position now as the Director of UPNM Press, the University’s publication wing. Concurrently, she is also teaching undergraduate students, and supervising postgraduate students. She also publishes journal articles and chapters in books, including “IR4.0 Ready and Aware Academics at the National Defence University of Malaysia” in Research Anthology on Military and Defence Applications, Utilisation, Education, and Ethics (2021); “Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Educators in Malaysia” in E-Learning and Digital Education in the Twenty-First Century – Challenges and Prospects (2020); and “The Role of Military Pedagogy in Creating Internationalised Leaders of Character: The Malaysian Way” in Professional Military Education: A Cross-Cultural Survey (2019). Her research interests include military pedagogy, higher education, and educational technology, focusing on language studies.

At the national level, Prof. Dr. Juhary is a committee member for preparing Malaysia’s e-Learning Policy, and 2u2i Policy (a policy for allowing 2-year study at the university, and 1-year or 2-year training at the industry for undergraduate students).