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2) Academic Qualifications.

* Ph.D. & MA in Sociology / 1987

University of Southern California,

Los Angeles – U.S.A

Ph.D. Thesis title: ' Diffusion of an Innovation among Jordanian Cities: Reduced Marriage Crash'

Major field of specialization: Demographic Sociology

Secondary field of specialization: Urban Sociology.

* B.A. in Sociology / 1978

University of Jordan

* General Secondary Certificate with a GPA of 83.3%,

Jordan

1974.

3) Languages.

- Arabic: Native.

- English: Very good.

4) Academic Appointments.
Academic Ranks

May 21, 1999 Professor of Sociology

December 26, 1992 –May 20,1999 Associate Professor of Sociology.

September 5,1987 – Dec. 25,1992 Assistant Professor of Sociology.

Administrative and Academic Positions

- January 5,2008 – Present. Vice President for Administrative Affairs, Mu'tah University.

- Acting President of Mu’tah University for several times.

- 2006 – 2007 Dean, Deanship of Scientific Research, Mu'tah University.

- 2005 – 2006 Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mu'tah University.

- 1993 – 1994 Vice Dean, Faculty of Arts, Mu'tah University.

- 1991 – 1992 Chairman of the Department of Sociology, Mu'tah University

- 1990 – 1991 Chairman of the Department of Social Sciences, Mu'tah University.

- 1998- 1999 Visiting Professor, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.

- 1981 -1983 Instructor & Researcher, College of Social Services

- 1978 – 1981 Social researcher , Ministry of Social Development.

5) Committees.

- Member of the board of directors of Jordan Innovation Company (ltd.) 2008 -2009.

- Member of Board of Trustees, Isra'a Private University. 2007 - present

- Chairman, Committee of Scientific Research – Mu'tah University.

- Editor-in-chief, Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies / Natural Sciences Series 2006-2007.

- Editor-in-chief, Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies / Social Sciences Series 2006-2007.

- Member of the Higher Committee for Scientific Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

- Member of the technical committee for the Scientific Research Fund, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

- Member of the Higher National Committee for the Project of 'Family Library', Ministry of Culture.

- Member of the committee responsible for setting an implementation plan for the Scientific Research Fund, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

- Member of the Recruitment and Promotion Committee. 2005-2006

- Member of the Recruitment and Promotion Committee. 2007-2008

- Editor-in-chief, Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies / social sciences series 2007-2008.

- Editor-in-chief, Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies / Natural Sciences Series 2007-2008.

- Chairman, Committee of Heritage Revival, Mu'tah University. 2007.

- Chairman & member of several committees of public and private accreditation for universities, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

- Member of the Committee of Graduate Studies Program Planning, Jordan Police Academy.

- Member of the Assessment Committee of the PhD program in Prince Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

- Chairman, the Primary Disciplinary Council for Teaching Staff Members – Mu'tah University 2005-2008.

- Member, the Disciplinary Council for Students – Mu'tah University 1990-1991.

- Member, the National Committee for Population, 1988-1996.

- Member, the National Team for Higher Education Policy 1988.

- Editorial staff member, 'Mu'tah Knights' magazine 1990.

- Editorial staff member,' Mutah Journal for Research and Studies'(Internationally referred journal) 1992-1993.

- Member, the investigating committee with students, Mu'tah University 1991-1993.

- Member, Cadets' Selection Committee, Mu'tah University 1990-1991.

- Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Arts, 1990-1991.

- Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Arts, 1992-1993.

- Member, Curricula Plan Committee, Faculty of Arts, 1990-1991.

- Member, Curricula Plans Committee, Department of Social Sciences, Mu'tah University, 1990-1991.

- Chairman of the books selection and provision committee responsible for reviewing and purchasing books and journals related to sociology, Mu'tah University.

- Reporter, the committee responsible for setting the study plan of the Department of Sociology 1990.

- Member, the Committee of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Arts 1990-1991.

- Member, ' Friends of Antiques' Society/ Karak Branch.

- Other standing & ad hoc committees.

6) Publications.

1. Papers.

· "Social Status of Dominant Professions and Occupations in Jordanian Society". Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 18 , issue 1, Kuwait University, 1990.

· "The Social and Economic Status of Southern Mazar District" Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies, 1989.

· "Culture and Markets in Jordan Bride Prices in the Diffusion of Tradition" This paper was presented at the proceedings of the American Sociological Association Conference in San Francisco, California, 1989.

· "The Use of Contraceptives in Rural Areas in Al-Karak Governorate, the Nursing Scientific Journal of the College of Nursing, Baghdad University, 1990.

· "Future of Demographic Situations in Occupied Palestine", Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies, 1993.

· "The Relation between Academic Specialization and some Aspects of Alienation according to Dwight Dean Measure", Yarmouk University Researches- Series of Social Sciences.

· "The Impact of the Preference of Infant Sex and Some Other Related Variables in Determining Family Size", Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies.

· ‘From Cave to Village’ , a socio-anthropological field study on Al-Bdoul tribe in Petra; Deanship of Scientific Research – Mu’tah University.

· "An Attempt to describe the Social Class System in

Jordan

using the method of self-analysis", Al-Yarmouk Researches . vol. 15 ,issue 3, 1999.

· "Causes of Divorce in Al-Karak Governorate", Journal of the Center of Educational Researches, Qatar University, issue 18 , 2000.

· "Patterns and Attitudes of Social Education in Jordanian Society", Journal of Psychology, Iraq 1995.

· "Perspective of Children toward Father's or Mother's Dominance on Family Decision Taking". Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies, vol. 11, issue 3 1996.

· "Demographic Growth Development in Jordan 1930-1990", (accomplished during the Sabbatical Leave 1998).

· "The Social Organization of Al-Gwair Village", Field Study.

· "Distinguishing Poor from Non-poor Families in the Remote Areas of the Southern Region", Journal of Economic Policies Development, vol.7, First Issue, 2004.

2. Other General Articles.

· "The Importance of Causality in Social Sciences", Rai'at Mu'tah Journal, 1992.

· "History between Rewriting & Rereading and Modernization", Rai'at Mu'tah Journal, 1993.

· "Innovation", Mo'ab Newspaper ,issued by the Deanship of Students' Affairs, Mu'tah University.

· "A Reading in the Social History of Al-Karak Area in the 1950s".

3. Published Book.

· Social Care Institutions in Jordan, 1981.

7) Conferences

1. The Conference of American Sociological Association, San Francisco 1989.

2. The First Conference on Jordan Demography, Amman 1991.

3. The Seventh Arab Conference for Electronic Education (Education by Laptops," Toward a Positive Change"). Cairo, October 7-9, 2008.

4. Several Scientific Conferences inside Mu'tah University, and others outside.

8) Other activities.

1. Evaluating many papers for local and international referred Scientific journals.

2. A chairman and member of several theses committees in different specializations.

9) Fields of Interest.

1. Demographic Studies.

2. Urban Sociology

3. Social Research Methods and Approaches.

4. The Social Theory.

5. The History of Social Thought.

6. Social Classes.

10) Courses Taught.

1. Designing Social Researches (For Graduate Students).

2. Introduction to Sociology

3. Jordanian Society.

4. The Contemporary Society in Oman.

5. principles of Demography.

6. Methods of Social Research 1.

7. Methods of Social Research 2.

8. Structure and systems of society.

9. Social Classes.

10. Medical Sociology.

11. Social Problems.

12. Educational Sociology.

13. Human Migrations.

14. Urban and Rural Societies.

15. Sociology of Development.

16. Social Change

17. The Sociology of law.

18. Demographic Culture.

19. Contemporary Sociological Theory.