I. EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Cincinnati, August
1978.
Dissertation: Non-State Actors in the Middle East: A Case Study of the
Palestinian Liberation Organization
M.A. in Political Science, University of South Florida, December
1974.
Thesis: Military Intervention in the Politics of Egypt and Iraq
B.A. in International Affairs, Jacksonville University, August
1972.
II. FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Comparative Politics: Middle East, Development, Methodology
International Relations: Methodology, Law, Global Interdependence
III. ACADEMIC AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AFFILIATIONS
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Sigma Pi
Taft Fellow, 1977-78
Fulbright Fellow, 1987-88
AMPART Fellow, 1988
Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honor Society
Exceptional Teacher Award, Red Tassel Mortar Board
Outstanding University Teacher, Illinois State University
Malone Faculty Fellow
Arts and Sciences Lecturer, Illinois State University
IV. PUBLICATIONS
Books
With Richard Payne. Politics and Culture in the Developing World:
The Impact of Globalization. New York: Addison, Wesley and Longman, 2002.
With Robert W. Hunt, ed. Change Without Borders: The Third World
at the End of the Twentieth Century. Needham Heights, MA: Ginn Press,
1993.
The Palestine Liberation Organization: From Armed Struggle to the
Declaration of Independence. New York: Praeger, 1991.
With Roger Heacock, eds. Intifada: Palestine at the Crossroads.
New York: Praeger, 1990.
Articles and Book Chapters
"The Culture of Resistance: The 1967 War in the Context of the
Palestinian Resistance," Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Summer
1997), pp. 77-98.
"Sectarian Political Cultures: The Case of Lebanon," The
Muslim World Vol. LXXXV, No. 3-4 (July-October, 1995), pp. 246-265.
"Elections and Popular Participation," in The Center for Policy
Analysis on Palestine, Palestinian Self_Government: An Early Assessment.
Washington, D.C.: CFPAOP, 1994, pp.7-9.
"The Fundamental Rights of the Palestinian People," in United
Nations, Questions of Palestine: Legal Aspects. New York: United
Nations, 1992, pp. 282-289.
"Al-Taabir Assiya Al-Filastini Fil-Aradi Al-Muhtallah" in
Camille Mansour, ed., Al-Sha'b al-Filastini Fi al-dakhil. (The Economic,
and Social Ramifications) Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1990,
pp. 149-174.
"The Message of the Intifada," Middle East International,
No. 344 (17 February 1989), pp. 18-19.
"The Nature of the Palestinian Intifada," Journal of Arab
Affairs, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 1989), pp. 10-27
"Political Expression of the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories,"
in Camille Mansour, ed., Les Palestiniens De L'interiur. Paris:
Revue d'etudes Palestiniennes, 1988, pp. 113-129.
"Apartheid in the Jewish State: The Refugees Who Never Left Home,"
Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives, Vol. VI, No. 1
(March 1987), pp. 116-124.
With S. K. Kassicieh, "Political Risk in the Gulf: The Impact of
the Iran-Iraq War," California Management Review, Vol. XXVIII,
No. 2 (Winter 1986), pp. 69-86.
With Ali Jarbawi, "A Code of Conduct for Palestinian Unity,"
Middle East International, No. 256 (9 August 1985), pp. 6-15.
_____, "PLO Must Redefine National Unity," Al-Fajr: Jerusalem
Palestinian Weekly, Vol. VI, No. 288 (November 8, 1985), pp. 6-15.
"Weapons for Repression: The Israeli Role in Central America,"
Caribbean Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Spring, 1983).
With S. K. Kassicieh, "Revolution and War in the Gulf: Impact of
MNCs," California Management review, Vol. XXVI, No. 1 (Fall,
1983), pp. 88-98.
With S. K. Kassicieh, "Political Risk and the MNC: A Study of the
Impact of the Iranian Revolution on Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and U.A.E.,"
Management International Review, Vol . 22, No. 3 (Fall, 1982), pp.
22-32.
"The Camp David Accords and the Fundamental Rights of the Palestinian
People," in The United Nations, The Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People. New York: U.N. Publications, 1982, pp. 134-146.
With Richard J. Payne, "The New International Economic Order at
Sea," Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 17, No. 1 (October,
1982), pp. 31-50.
"Saudi Politics in the 1980's," International Review of
History and Political Science, Vol. xviii, No. 3 (Fall, 1981), pp.
28-42.
"Is the PLO a Legitimate Representative of the Palestinian People?"
The Search: Journal for Arab and Islamic Studies, Vol. 2, Nos. 3
& 4 (Summer-Autumn, 1981), pp. 607-622.
"The PLO and the Arab States," Asian Affairs, Vol.
3, No. 3 (September, 1981), pp. 305-328.
Book Reviews
Andrew Gowers and Tony Walker, Behind the Myth: Yasser Arafat and
the Palestinian Revolution, in Journal of Palestinian Studies
V. 22, No. 3 (Spring 1993), p. 130.
William V. O'Brien, Law and Morality in Israel's War with the PLO,
in the Journal of Palestine Studies V. XXII, No. 2 (Winter 1993),
p. 116. Also in Majallat Al-Dirasat Al-Filastiniyyah, 10 (Spring
1992), pp. 155-6.
Phyllis Bennis and Neal Cassidy, From Stones to Statehood: The Palestinian
Uprising, in International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies,
Vol. VIII, No. 1 (Winter 1991), pp. 109-110.
Stephen Green, Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant
Israel, in International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies,
vol. IV, No. 2 (Spring 1987), pp. 118-119.
Jami Jreisat and Zaki R. Ghoseh, Administration and Development in
the Arab World, in Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Fall,
1986), pp. 431-432.
Jillian Becker, The Palestinian Liberation Organization, in International
Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Vol. II, No 1 (Winter 1985),
pp. 103-104.
William Zartman, et. al., Political Elites in Arab North Africa:
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, in Arab Studies Quarterly,
Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter 1983), p. 89.
R.E. Long , Saudi Arabia's Development Potential: Application of
an Islamic Growth Model, and R.E. Mallakh and D.H.E. Mallakh, Saudi
Arabia: Energy, Development Planning and Industrialization, in Third
World Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2 (April 1983), pp. 509-510.
V. PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
Program Co-Chairperson. Palestine, the Arab World and the Emerging
World System. Jerusalem, July 3-12, 1993.
Program Chairperson, Birzeit University International Conference on
Two Decades Under Occupation: From Resistance to Uprising.
Program Chairperson, The Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Association
of Arab-American University Graduates, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
Approximately three dozen papers presented to various professional conferences
including :
The International Studies Association
Middle East Studies Association
Third World Studies Conference
Association of Arab-American University Graduates
Southern Political Science Association
Southwest Political Science Association
Other Professional Activities
Editor, Arab Studies Quarterly, 1991-1995
Editorial Board, Critique: Journal of Critical Studies of Iran and the
Middle East
Book Review Editor, Arab Studies Quarterly, 182-1990
Addressed the United Nations Conference on Palestine at U.N. Headquarters
Lectured at many universities in the U.S., Canada, and the Middle East
on the Question of Palestine.
VI. EMPLOYMENT
Illinois State University, Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor: 1978-1984
Associate Professor: 1984-1990
Professor: 1990-present
Chair 1998-Present
Birzeit University, Visiting Fulbright Scholar: 1987-1988
University of South Florida, Department of Interdisciplinary Social
Science
Birzeit University (West Bank), Department of Political Science
Courses Taught: (including undergraduate and graduate level course)0
Middle East Politics
Comparative Politics
Third World Politics
Global Issues
International Relations
American Government
International Law
VII. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Served on many department, college and university committees over the
years. They include:
Administrative Committee
Department Faculty Status Committee
Graduate Committee
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Research Committee
College Faculty Status Committee
University Studies Committee
Core Courses Committee (College)
Provost Search Committee
Chair Search Committee, Political Science
Many Faculty Search Committees
Also, served in the following capacities:
Chair, Department of Political Science
Advisor, Global Studies Concentration
Advisor, many student organizations
Member of the Board of Directors:
McLean County United Nations Association
Association of Arab-American University Graduates
Institute for Arab Studies
Member, Board of Trustees, Jerusalem University
VIII. LANGUAGES
Arabic (native fluency)
