UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION Undergraduate Faculty Division of Business and Economics Division of Humanities and Arts Division of Sciences and Engineering Division of Social Sciences Pre-University Intensive English Program Instructors University Administration Office of the President College of Arts & Sciences l Office of the Dean of the College of Art & Sciences l Division of Business and Economics l Division of Humanities & Arts l Division Sciences & Engineering l Division of Social Sciences l Writing Center l Gulf Studies Center Division of Student Affairs l Office of Dean of Student Affairs l Office of Admissions l Office of the Registrar l Student Success Center l Office of Student Life
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Undergraduate Faculty DIVISION OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS ABDUL CADER, Hanas, Assistant Professor of Economics; Ph.D., 2006, Kansas State University, USA. ALJAMAL, Ali, Assistant Professor of Economics; Ph.D., 1999, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA. ANKLI, Robert E., Professor of Management; Ph.D., 1969, University of Illinois, Champaign, Urbana, USA. AL-SABAH, Mariam, Instructor of Finance and Economics; M.Sc., 2008, Cass Business School (City University), London, UK. AL-SALEM, Athmar, Assistant Professor of Management; D.Sc., 1989, Engineering Administration: Engineering Management and Marketing of Technology, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. BAGNIED, Mohsen, Associate Professor of Marketing and Management; Ph.D., 1973, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; M.S. Penn State University, Post-Doc., George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. CARRADA-BRAVO, Francisco, Professor of Finance; Ph.D., 1980, University of Colorado, USA. CHIEMEKE, Charles, Assistant Professor of Economics; Ph.D., 2004, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. CRIPPS, Jeremy, Professor of Management and Accounting; FCA, CPA, FCCA, Ph.D., 1992, The Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; Certified Public Accountant (Ohio); Fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants DAKHLI, Mourad, Associate Professor of International Business and Management; Ph.D., International Business, Cross-cultural Management and Strategy, 2002, University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA. DENNY, Marcia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law; J.D., 1984, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA. HADDAD, Ayman, Assistant Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., 2005, University of East Anglia, UK. KHALEDI, Naser, Assistant Professor of Accounting; Ph.D., 2006, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. MACDONALD, Penny, Associate Professor of Management; Ph.D., 2005, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. MACDONALD, Robin, Associate Professor of Management; Ph.D., 2002, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. 263
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DIVISION OF HUMANITIES AND ARTS AHMAD, Rizwan, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 2007, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. AKBAR, Mohammad, Assistant Professor of Communication; Ph.D., 2005, American University of London, London, UK. ALAKI, Ahlam, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature; PhD. 2002, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. ANDERSEN, William, Assistant Professor of Studio Arts/Graphic Design, MFA, 2000, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. AWWAD, Rawda, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 1997, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. DeANGELIS, Angelica, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 2002, University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA. FARRIN, Raymond, Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature; Ph.D., 2006, University of California at Berkeley, California, USA. FIANNACA, Joseph, Instructor of French Language; M.A. 2002, French as a Foreign Language, Stendhal University, France. GOTTSCHALK, Christopher, Assistant Professor of Humanities (Theatre/Drama); MFA 2003; University of San Diego, California, USA. HOSSEINNIA, Maryam, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design; MFA, 2002, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota, USA. 264
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AL-HUMIDI, Hamed, Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature; Ph.D., 2003, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. KAPOSI, Ildiko, Assistant Professor of Communication; Ph.D., 2006, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. KHAIR, Ramy, Instructor of Graphic Design; MPS., 2002, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York, USA. KLEYPAS, Kathryn, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 2001, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, USA. KULCHITSKY, Marcella, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design; MFA, 1989, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. LAWRENCE, Sharon, Assistant Professor of Studio Arts; MFA, 2007, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA. LOOMIS, Craig, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 1992, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. McDOUGALL, James, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 2007, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. MITCHELL, Charles, Instructor of Journalism; M.S., 2001, Columbia University, New York, USA. MOHAMED, Ghaidaa, Instructor of Arabic; MA, 2005, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. NASSIR, Ghazi, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 1989, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. NIXON, Kathy, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 2008, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA. O’MEARA, Simon, Assistant Professor of History of Art; Ph.D., 2004, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. QUEEN, Mary, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature; Ph.D., 2005, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA. SATTI, Mohamed, Assistant Professor of Communication; Ph.D., 2009, Ohio University, Ohio, USA. TAMIMI, Maher M., Instructor of Arabic; MA, 1998, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. URKEVICH, Lisa, Associate Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology; Ph.D., 1997, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. ZAVALIY, Andrei G., Assistant Professor of Philosophy; Ph.D., 2008, City University of New York, USA.
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DIVISION OF SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING ABU AL-MAATI, Shereef, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Ph.D., 1998, Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA. ABU RSHAID, Dima, Instructor of Computer Science; M.Sc., 2003, Kuwait University, Kuwait. AL-MUTAIRI, Mutlaq, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., 2004, Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida - Florida, USA. AL-OMARI, Zeynep Pirin, Assistant Professor of Math and Physics, Ph. D., 2004, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, UK. CHARARA, Ali, Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D., 1997, Laval University – Canada. DAMAJ, Issam, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, Ph.D., 2004, Institute for Computing Research, London South Bank University, London, UK. EL-ABD, Mohammed, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, Ph.D., 2008, ECE Department, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. GHOLOUM, Abdulaziz, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Ph.D., 2008, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. JALLAD, Karim, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., 2001, Analytical Chemistry, Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. LIVSEY, Monique D., Instructor of Mathematics; M. Arch, 1999, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. MAHASSEN, Hania, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D. 2007, University of Vermont, Vermont, USA. MOSAAD, Neamat, Associate Professor of Physics; Ph.D., 1987, University of Strathclyde, Scotland RISHARD, Mohamed Z., Chemistry Lab Instructor, Ph.D. 2007, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA. TESSIER, Fernand, Associate Professor of Mathematics; M.Sc., 1970, McGill University – Canada. ZEID, Amir, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Ph.D.; 2000, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AL-AWADI, Hesham, Associate Professor of International Studies/History; Ph.D., 2003, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. DINKHA, Juliet, Associate Professor of Psychology; Psy.D., 2000, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois, USA. HAMZEH, Nizar, Professor of Political Science and International Law; Ph.D., 1986, University of Southern California at Los Angeles - California, USA. 266
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KELLY, Marjorie, Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., 1993, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. KULCHITSKY, Dmytro Roman, Assistant Professor of International Studies; Ph.D., 2001, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. MUNSHI, Shoma, Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., 1990, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales - Paris, France. OHAN, Christopher, Associate Professor of History; Ph.D., 1997, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA. VATANDOUST, Gholamreza, Visiting Associate Professor of International Relations and History; Ph.D., 1979, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. IRANI, George Emile, Associate Professor of International Relations; Ph. D., 1984, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, USA. LUCIANO, Pellegrino, Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., 2005 City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center New York, NY, USA. ROSE, James L. Assistant Professor of Psychology; Ph.D., 1999, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
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Pre-University Intensive English Program Instructors AL-SUFFI, Kimberly, Senior Instructor; M.A., 1992, Education, Education Policy and Administration, University of Maryland – Maryland, USA. ARTHUR, Pauline, Instructor; M.A., 1982, Applied Linguistics, Ball State University – Indiana, USA. AWWAD, Beth, Instructor; M.Sc., 2004, English Education, Syracuse University – New York, USA. BARNETT, John, Senior Instructor; M.A., 1967, Reading and Counseling, University of Tulsa – Oklahoma, USA. BROWN, Robert, Instructor; M.A., 1976, Special Education, University of Northern Colorado – Colorado, USA. HOBBS, Robert, Instructor; M.A., 2005, Education, University of Phoenix – Arizona, USA. HOFFER, Debra, Instructor; M.A., 2005, Education, Indiana State University – Indiana, USA. JACQUES, Stephen, Instructor, M.Sc., 2005, Teaching English for Specific Purposes, Aston University, UK. JOHSON, Garth, Instructor; M.A., 2008, TESOL, University of Auckland – New Zealand. JOHSON, Yvonne, Instructor; M.A., 2008, TESOL, University of Auckland – New Zealand. MAHLER, Kurt, Instructor; M.A., 1989, International Journalism, Baylor University – Texas, USA. McMURRAY, Michael, Senior Instructor/Coordinator, M.S., 1994, Education, East Texas State University – Texas, USA. PARKS, Derek, Instructor ; M.A., 1989, TESOL, University of Arizona – Arizona, USA. PEPPARD, Kevin, Instructor; M.A., 1989, Social Studies, New York University – New York, USA. PRADES, Donald, Instructor; M.A., 1985, TESOL, Florida State University – Florida , USA. SANCHEZ-LOOMIS, Rebecca, Instructor/Curriculum Coordinator; M.A., 1997, English, University of California at Davis – California, USA. STEIN, Sandra, Instructor; M.Ed., 2000, TESOL , The College of New Jersey – New Jersey, USA. TESSIER, Marisa, Instructor; M.A., 2008, Education, Bishop’s University – Lennoxville, USA. ZAGORIN, Steven, Instructor; M.A., 1996, British Imperial History, University of Saskatchewan – Canada. ZREBA, Joy, Instructor; M.A., 1999, Linguistics, Indiana State University – Indiana, USA.
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UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE of the PRESIDENT
President Senior Assistant to the President Assistant to the President Executive Assistant Executive Assistant - IPR Director - Arabian Heritage Project Driver
Dr. Marina Tolmacheva Vacant Vacant Hala Auchey Annie Arabian Dr. Lisa Urkevich Mohamed K. Navas
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OFFICE of the DEAN Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean for Administration Assistant Dean for Accreditation & Curriculum Assistant to the Dean Executive Assistant to the Dean Senior Faculty Support Coordinator Coordinator-Gulf Studies Program DIVISION of BUSINESS and ECONOMICS Division Head/Associate Professor of Marketing and Management Senior Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant DIVISION of HUMANITIES and ARTS Division Head/Associate Professor of English Administrative Assistant
Prof. Nizar Hamzeh Prof. John Russell Dr. Rawda Awwad Sameera Al-Qenna Emily Sharpe Dalia Hassaan Dr. Marjorie Kelly Dr. Mohsen Bagnied Amal Hadeed Daniya Alam Dr. Craig Loomis Hadeer Mathews
DIVISION of SCIENCES and ENGINEERING Division Head/Associate Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems Administrative Specialist
Magdalene El-Neaman
DIVISION of SOCIAL SCIENCES Division Head/Professor of Anthropology Senior Administrative Assistant
Prof. Shoma Munshi Micheline Zouein
WRITING CENTER Director Administrative Specialist Administrative Specialist - (PT) Administrative Specialist
Dr. James McDougall Hanouf Al-Juhail Kheirayeh Ahmadi Jose Mangibini
GULF STUDIES CENTER Director Program Coordinator
Dr. Hesham Al-Awadi Mada Hammoud
Dr. Shereef Abu Almaati
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Dr. Carol Ross Theodore (Tadd) Kruse Lamees Hettini Alia El-Assaad Dana Taqi
OFFICE of ADMISSIONS Director Assistant Director Senior Admissions Coordinator Senior Admissions Counselor Admissions Counselor Admissions Counselor Admissions Counselor Administrative Assistant Coordinator Scholarship & Financial Aid
Maher Dabbouseh Eman Kamel Amal Jaber Rama Sabano Manar Khamis Dana Al-Mansour Dana Abu Naameh Louay Al-Khatib Amani Al-Dajane
OFFICE of the REGISTRAR Registrar Assistant Registrar Scholarship Coordinator Scholarship & Information Services Assistant Registrar Coordinator - Registration Registrar Coordinator - Graduation Services Registrar Coordinator - Transcript Evaluator Registrar Coordinator, Record Services
Jill Allgier Hana Mathews Noushig Momdjian Lama Kablaoui Mohamed R. Da’na Dina El-Zohairy Suzan Ghattas Areej Haider
STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER Director Assistant Director/Retention Programs Student Affairs Counselor Student Affairs Counselor Academic Advisor Academic Advisor/Retention Specialist Academic Support Specialist Student Affairs Counselor
Joanne Hands Basema Da’na Vacant Amy Kushner Hala Al-Abdulrazzaq Sally Khalifa Tebyan Al-Nawasreh Andrea Al-Adwani
OFFICE of STUDENT LIFE Director Senior Coordinator of Campus Life Student Engagement Officer Student Life Coordinator Evening Activities Coordinator
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FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of FINANCE and ADMINISTRATION Executive Director Ernest Conklin Executive Assistant Faten Al-Kaderi Software Applications Administrator Mohamed El-Muwaqqat HUMAN RESOURCES Director Assistant Director-Employee and Ministry Relations HR Administrator - Operations and HRIS Administrative Assistant HR Specialist-Compensation and Benefits HR Specialist-Payroll and Administration HR Specialist-Recruitment and Training Residential Services & Communications Specialist HR Specialist-Logistics Senior HR Assistant HR Assistant HR Assistant
Cecil Hill Norma Badran Hugh Lauxley Doaa Abdul Al-Majeed Gretta Al-Sawah Suad Al-Zadjali Angie M. Ibrahim Mishaal Hamdo Vacant Ashoor Moussa Ahmed Bagheri Mohammad Alavi Nejad
FINANCE Director Financial Controller Senior Accountant Purchasing Officer/Contracts Administrator Accountant-Receivables Accountant-GL and Reports Stores Clerk Accounts Clerk/Administrative Assistant Accounts Coordinator - Financial Aid Programs Senior Accounts Clerk
Xavier (Prem) Kumar Lalitha Varadarajan Sarathy Varadharajan Eman Al-Gallad Abdulraheem Sallam Suresh John Leonilo Calingasan Rita Arabian Youssef Habib Fareed Khan
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director Administrative Assistant Senior Database Administrator Information System Analyst/Institutional Research Specialist IT Applications Developer/Institutional Research Specialist IT Systems Administrator IT Network Administrator Systems/ Network Support Specialist IT Support Unit Administrator IT Technical Support IT Technical Support IT Technical Support IT Technical Support Senior Multimedia Applications Coordinator Multimedia Equipment Technician Network and Communication Specialist
Maha Khlat Carla Saliba Hussein Diab Fatma Abu Talaf Nabegh Al-Thalji Shaik Sayeed Mahboob Faeq Abu Khair Hossam Omar Zeina Itani Mohamed Mahussain Ali Bedawala Ali Kutbuddin AbdelRahman Al-Mahani Nezam Hamzeh Munawar Mullaji Vacant
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Abolghasem Alavinejad Joy John Mazin Younes Nawaf Al-Banai Musbah Khalifa Jomma Liaquat Ali Kalimullah Bhuiyan Seyed Fzullula Abdul Rahim Aman Ullah Eric Louis Fernandes Balu Nath Nadeem Rahman
CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION Director Assistant Director-Operations Assistant Director-Programs Corporate/Public Training Advisor Program Coordinator/Curriculum Developer Program Coordinator - Business Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant - (PT) Receptionist/Registrar Receptionist Instructor - IELTS/TOEFL Instructor - Arabic Financial Officer Office Facilitator
Jeanne Al-Failakawi Pareen Tajani Vacant Dalal Al-Hubail Heather Rennison Vacant Moustafa El-Khashab Heba Fahmy Huda Sweidan Ibtissam Khalil Steven Urbano Vacant Vacant Nawaj Pradania
INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM Director Assistant to the Director Laboratory Assistant
Margaret Combs Nour El-Shamsy Jabran Butt
LIBRARY Director Library Automation Analyst Collection/Development Librarian Reference/Instruction Librarian Circulation/Reference Librarian Librarian - (PT) Librarian - (PT) Librarian - (PT) Librarian - (PT)
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Director Senior Coordinator-Publications Planning and Design Senior Administrative Assistant Media & Communication Officer Marketing Development Officer University Editor Web Developer Web Designer Graphic Designer Newswriter/Translator
Amal Al-Binali Amer El-Assaad Hilda Bou Hatoum Fatma Khamis Sarah Boodai Ayeshah Al-Khaledi Roland Lopes Saleem Aboobacker Abdalla AbdelRahman Vacant
Institutional Research Director - (PT) Institutional Research Specialist - (PT) Institutional Research Specialist - (PT)
Maha Khlat Fatma Abu Talaf Nabegh Al-Thalji
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