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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Finance and Administration
l Office of the Executive Director of Finance and Administration
l Human Resources
l Finance
l Information Technology
l Campus Services
l Center for Continuing Education

Intensive English Program

Library

Public Relations and Marketing

Instituional Research

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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.

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MANSOUR, Aly, Associate Professor of Management; Ph.D., 1994, George Washington University,
Washington DC, USA.

MERZA, Ebrahim, Assistant Professor of Economics; Ph.D., 2007, Kansas State University, USA

PALLIAM, Ralph, Associate Professor of Business Administration; Ph.D., 1998, University of

Pretoria, South Africa.

RITCHIE, Robert J., Associate Professor of Law; J.D., 1983, Temple University School of Law,
Philadelphia, PA; MBA, 1997, Boston University School of Management, Boston, MA, USA.

RUSSELL, John, Professor of Accounting; CGA, CMA, Ph.D., 1998, Pennsylvania State University,
Pennsylvania; Member of the Certified General Accountants of Canada; Member of the Society of
Management Accountants, Manitoba, Canada.

RUTLAND, John, Associate Professor of Business; Ph.D., 1983, University of Washington, Seattle,
USA.

SBEITI, Wafaa, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., 2008, Durham University, UK.

WEBSTER, Geoffrey, Visiting Instructor; M.Sc., 1994, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

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.

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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.

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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 Dr. Marina Tolmacheva
Senior Assistant to the President Vacant
Assistant to the President Vacant
Executive Assistant Hala Auchey
Executive Assistant - IPR Annie Arabian
Director - Arabian Heritage Project Dr. Lisa Urkevich
Driver Mohamed K. Navas

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

OFFICE of the DEAN
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Prof. Nizar Hamzeh
Associate Dean for Administration Prof. John Russell
Assistant Dean for Accreditation & Curriculum Dr. Rawda Awwad
Assistant to the Dean Sameera Al-Qenna
Executive Assistant to the Dean Emily Sharpe
Senior Faculty Support Coordinator Dalia Hassaan
Coordinator-Gulf Studies Program Dr. Marjorie Kelly

DIVISION of BUSINESS and ECONOMICS

Division Head/Associate Professor of Marketing Dr. Mohsen Bagnied
and Management
Senior Administrative Assistant Amal Hadeed
Administrative Assistant Daniya Alam

DIVISION of HUMANITIES and ARTS

Division Head/Associate Professor of English Dr. Craig Loomis
Administrative Assistant Hadeer Mathews

DIVISION of SCIENCES and ENGINEERING

Division Head/Associate Professor of Computer Dr. Shereef Abu Almaati
Science and Information Systems
Administrative Specialist Magdalene El-Neaman

DIVISION of SOCIAL SCIENCES

Division Head/Professor of Anthropology Prof. Shoma Munshi
Senior Administrative Assistant Micheline Zouein

WRITING CENTER
Director Dr. James McDougall
Administrative Specialist Hanouf Al-Juhail
Administrative Specialist - (PT) Kheirayeh Ahmadi
Administrative Specialist Jose Mangibini

GULF STUDIES CENTER

Director Dr. Hesham Al-Awadi
Program Coordinator Mada Hammoud

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STUDENT AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF the DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS
Dean of Student Affairs Dr. Carol Ross
Assistant Dean of Students Theodore (Tadd) Kruse
Executive Administrative Coordinator Lamees Hettini
Senior Coordinator - Outreach and Events Alia El-Assaad
Alumni Affairs Coordinator Dana Taqi

OFFICE of ADMISSIONS
Director Maher Dabbouseh
Assistant Director Eman Kamel
Senior Admissions Coordinator Amal Jaber
Senior Admissions Counselor Rama Sabano
Admissions Counselor Manar Khamis
Admissions Counselor Dana Al-Mansour
Admissions Counselor Dana Abu Naameh
Administrative Assistant Louay Al-Khatib
Coordinator Scholarship & Financial Aid Amani Al-Dajane

OFFICE of the REGISTRAR

Registrar Jill Allgier
Assistant Registrar Hana Mathews
Scholarship Coordinator Noushig Momdjian
Scholarship & Information Services Assistant Lama Kablaoui
Registrar Coordinator - Registration Mohamed R. Da’na
Registrar Coordinator - Graduation Services Dina El-Zohairy
Registrar Coordinator - Transcript Evaluator Suzan Ghattas
Registrar Coordinator, Record Services Areej Haider

STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER

Director Joanne Hands
Assistant Director/Retention Programs Basema Da’na
Student Affairs Counselor Vacant
Student Affairs Counselor Amy Kushner
Academic Advisor Hala Al-Abdulrazzaq
Academic Advisor/Retention Specialist Sally Khalifa
Academic Support Specialist Tebyan Al-Nawasreh
Student Affairs Counselor Andrea Al-Adwani

OFFICE of STUDENT LIFE

Director Damian Medina
Senior Coordinator of Campus Life Fatema Hayat
Student Engagement Officer Ayman Shouman
Student Life Coordinator Laveena Lobo
Evening Activities Coordinator Mohamed El-Kuishawy

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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 Cecil Hill
Assistant Director-Employee and Ministry Relations Norma Badran
HR Administrator - Operations and HRIS Hugh Lauxley
Administrative Assistant Doaa Abdul Al-Majeed
HR Specialist-Compensation and Benefits Gretta Al-Sawah
HR Specialist-Payroll and Administration Suad Al-Zadjali
HR Specialist-Recruitment and Training Angie M. Ibrahim
Residential Services & Communications Specialist Mishaal Hamdo
HR Specialist-Logistics Vacant
Senior HR Assistant Ashoor Moussa
HR Assistant Ahmed Bagheri
HR Assistant Mohammad Alavi Nejad

FINANCE
Director Xavier (Prem) Kumar
Financial Controller Lalitha Varadarajan
Senior Accountant Sarathy Varadharajan
Purchasing Officer/Contracts Administrator Eman Al-Gallad
Accountant-Receivables Abdulraheem Sallam
Accountant-GL and Reports Suresh John
Stores Clerk Leonilo Calingasan
Accounts Clerk/Administrative Assistant Rita Arabian
Accounts Coordinator - Financial Aid Programs Youssef Habib
Senior Accounts Clerk Fareed Khan

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Director Maha Khlat
Administrative Assistant Carla Saliba
Senior Database Administrator Hussein Diab
Information System Analyst/Institutional Research Fatma Abu Talaf
Specialist
IT Applications Developer/Institutional Research Nabegh Al-Thalji
Specialist
IT Systems Administrator Shaik Sayeed Mahboob
IT Network Administrator Faeq Abu Khair
Systems/ Network Support Specialist Hossam Omar
IT Support Unit Administrator Zeina Itani
IT Technical Support Mohamed Mahussain
IT Technical Support Ali Bedawala
IT Technical Support Ali Kutbuddin
IT Technical Support AbdelRahman Al-Mahani
Senior Multimedia Applications Coordinator Nezam Hamzeh
Multimedia Equipment Technician Munawar Mullaji
Network and Communication Specialist Vacant

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CAMPUS SERVICES
Director Abolghasem Alavinejad
Administrative Assistant Joy John
Senior Coordinator Mazin Younes
Safety & Security Coordinator Nawaf Al-Banai
Campus Security Assistant Musbah Khalifa Jomma
Facility Technician Liaquat Ali
Driver Kalimullah Bhuiyan
Driver/Stores Assistant Seyed Fzullula
Office Facilitator Abdul Rahim Aman Ullah
Senior Technician Eric Louis Fernandes
General Maintenance Worker Balu Nath
Driver/Services Assistant Nadeem Rahman

CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION

Director Jeanne Al-Failakawi
Assistant Director-Operations Pareen Tajani
Assistant Director-Programs Vacant
Corporate/Public Training Advisor Dalal Al-Hubail
Program Coordinator/Curriculum Developer Heather Rennison
Program Coordinator - Business Vacant
Administrative Assistant Moustafa El-Khashab
Administrative Assistant - (PT) Heba Fahmy
Receptionist/Registrar Huda Sweidan
Receptionist Ibtissam Khalil
Instructor - IELTS/TOEFL Steven Urbano
Instructor - Arabic Vacant
Financial Officer Vacant
Office Facilitator Nawaj Pradania

INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM

Director Margaret Combs
Assistant to the Director Nour El-Shamsy
Laboratory Assistant Jabran Butt

LIBRARY
Director Amna Al-Omare
Library Automation Analyst Hana Kaouri
Collection/Development Librarian Thomas Kutty
Reference/Instruction Librarian Asma Al-Kanan
Circulation/Reference Librarian Summayah Al-Faresi
Librarian - (PT) Ajitha Nair
Librarian - (PT) Kutub Vadiwala
Librarian - (PT) Liulu Gan
Librarian - (PT) Naji Dimachkie

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PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING

Director Amal Al-Binali
Senior Coordinator-Publications Planning and Design Amer El-Assaad
Senior Administrative Assistant Hilda Bou Hatoum
Media & Communication Officer Fatma Khamis
Marketing Development Officer Sarah Boodai
University Editor Ayeshah Al-Khaledi
Web Developer Roland Lopes
Web Designer Saleem Aboobacker
Graphic Designer Abdalla AbdelRahman
Newswriter/Translator Vacant

Institutional Research
Director - (PT) Maha Khlat
Institutional Research Specialist - (PT) Fatma Abu Talaf
Institutional Research Specialist - (PT) Nabegh Al-Thalji

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(PT): Part-Time

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