Dr. Jamal Nassar
Curriculum Vitae (Full Version)
Department of Political Science, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4600
Phone: 309.438.2493 Fax: 309.438.5310
Email: jnassar@ilstu.edu
Academic Awards, Fellowships, and
Affiliations
Professional Conferences and
Activities
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
"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.
"The Arab World
and the Palestinians: From Nasser to the Gulf War," Vand Kunsten
Vol. 6, No. 92 (Spring 1992), pp. 77-88.
"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.
"The
Palestinians and Camp David," Al. Ittihad: A Quarterly Journal of
Islamic Studies, Vol. 18, No. 3 (July-Sept., 1981), pp. 28-42.
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 and Other Activities
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.
"The Current Situation in Palenstine," The United Holy Land Fund 27th Annual Conference, Chicago, Nov. 3-5, 1995.
"Unexpected Peace Initiatives: Israel/Palestine," Good Surprises: A Conference at Duke University, Nov. 10 & 11, 1995.
"The Palestinian Congress and the Palestinian Community in the USA," The Palestinian American Congress Founding Convention, Chicago, May 26-28, 1995.
"Elections and Popular Participation in the Context of the Emerging Palestinian Self-Government. " The Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine, Washington, D.C. March 1, 1994.
Member, Program Committee, "The Arab World: Preparing for the 21st Century," July, 1994, Amman, Jordan (AAUG and Univ. Of Jordan).
Program Committee, "Regional Realities, Post-Gulf War and the PLO/Israeli Agreement," Nov. 4-6, 1994, Atlanta, AAUG Conference.
"Deepening Crisis and Peace Prospects," Second Annual Conference of the Center for Critical Studies of Iran and the Middle East, Hamline University and the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, February 26 and 27, 1993. Presentation and panel discussion.
"The Socio-Economic Aftermath of the Gulf War," Lake Forest College Conference on the Middle East in the 1990s: A Decade of Redefinition, April 17, 1993. Panel Moderator.
"Peace and the Dilemmas of State-Building," Joint International Conference, July 5-9, 1993, Panel Participant (round-table style).
"Development of Local Level Political Institutions in Palestine," International Humanities Forum, Depaul University, November 4, 1993.
"The Middle East Peace Process," 6TH Palestine Democratic Youth Organization Conference, Chicago, IL. January 24, 1992.
"The Palestinians and the Peace Conference," The United Holy Land Fund Conference, Chicago, IL. January 19, 1992. (Luncheon Lecture).
"Peace Negotiations and Palestinian Rights," Palestine Aid Society, San Francisco, CA. February 23, 1992 (Keynote Address).
"The Future of the Peace Process," United Holy Land FundConference, September 26, 1992 (Luncheon Address).
"The Palestinians and the Peace Process," Council on Foreign Relations, Omaha, NE. December 8, 1992 (Dinner Speaker).
"The Intifada and the Peace Conference," The 5th Palestine DemocraticYouth Organization Conference, Washington, D.C. October 17-20, 1991.
"Palestinian Education Under Israeli Occupation," 4th National Convention, Organization of P.D.Y.O. (Palestinian Democratic Youth Organization) Glen Ellyn, IL. June 16, 1990. Attended by more than 300 Palestinian students from across the country.
"The Intifada and the Gulf Crisis," 13th Annual Palestine Human Rights Campaign Conference, Northwestern University, October 6-8, 1990. Attended by 250 professionals and academicians.
"The Nature of the Intifada," Arab American Anti-DiscriminationCommittee Conference, Arlington, Virginia, April 13-16, 1989. Panel was attended by about 2000 (two thousand) people from the media, government, professions, etc. It was also televised nationally on C-Span twice. Currently, a video of it is being sold nationally by both A.D.C. and Purdue University Video Archives.
"The Intifada: The Palestinian Perspective on Peace in the Middle East," American Council for Palestine Affairs, November 5-6, 1988 (New York).
"The Palestinian Uprising Against Israel’s Occupation," Conference of theAssociation of Arab-American University Graduates, San Francisco, California, November 10-13, 1988.
"The Politics of Israel’s Occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip," The 27th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Anaheim, California, March 25-29, 1986.
"Images and Perceptions of College Students on the Palestinian-Israeli Confrontation: Suggestions for College Teachers," 19th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, New Orleans, November 23-26, 1985.
Program Chairman, 18th Annual Convention of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Chicago, November 7-10, 1985.
Panel Chair, "Plenary Session" Association of Arab-Americans UniversityGraduates, Chicago, November 16, 1985.
"Apartheid in the Jewish State: The Refugees Who Never Left Home," ThirdWorld Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, October, 1984.
"The West Bank: Future Prospects," Birzeit University, October, 1984 (Panel Discussion).
"International Law and Belligerent Occupation: Israel in the Occupied Territories," National Association for the Social Studies, San Francisco, November, 1983.
"The Camp David Accords and the Fundamental Rights of the Palestinian People," Fifth U.N. Seminar on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, United Nations Headquarters, New York, March 15-19, 1982.
"Socialist Values Among the Palestinians," International Studies Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 24-27, 1982.
"PLO’s Relations with the Arab National Movement and Arab Regimes in the Aftermath of the War in Lebanon," 15th Conference of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Montreal, Canada, October 22-24, 1982.
"The Israeli Role in Central America: Weapons for Repression," 5th NationalConference on the Third World, Omaha, Nebraska, October 27-30, 1982.
"The Palestinians and Camp David," 5th Annual Third World Conference, Chicago, March, 1981.
"Arab Perceptions of Palestinian Sovereignty," 14th Annual Conference ofthe Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Houston, November, 1981.
"Palestinian Rights at Camp David," The fourth Annual Third WorldConference, Omaha, Nebraska, October, 1980.
"The Saudi stability in the 1980’s," The International Studies Association/Midwest, Chicago, Illinois, October, 1980.
"Impact of US-Sino Relations on the Middle East," 5th Annual Third World Conference, Chicago, IL. March 28, 1979.
"The Catholic Church and the Middle East: Implications to the Selection of John Paul II," Conference on the Selection of John Paul II on World Politics, Normal, IL. April 12, 1979.
"Revolutionary Values Among the Palestinians," International Studies Association-South Conference, Athens, GA., October 3, 1979.
"American Foreign Policy in the Middle East in the Aftermath of Camp David," Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, November 3, 1979.
"The United States and the Palestine Question," 1979 Annual Meeting of the Association of Arab American University Graduates, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1979.
"Mass Political Mobilization in the Middle East," Tenth Annual Meeting of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates; Southfield, Michigan, October, 1977.
"Quasi Governmental Institutions in the Middle East," Third World Series, Youngstown State University, February, 1977.
"The United States and the Lebanese Civil War," International Affairs Seminar, University of Michigan, November, 1976.
"Israel and the Lebanese Crisis," Ninth Annual Meeting of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates, New York, October, 1976.
"The Diplomacy of Resources: The West and Arab Oil," World Affairs Symposium, University of Illinois at Urbana, March, 1976.
Earhart Foundation, "China’s Muslim Minorities," $1,150, 1996.
Issam Fares Fund for Arab Studies, "The Decline of Arab Nationalism," Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, $5,000-, 1991.
Friedrich Eibert Foundation, Bonn, West Germany, "Intifada: Palestine at the Crossroads," $14,300-, 1989.
AMPART Fellows Program, "Fact Finding and Lecture Tour of Arab States," $5,000-1988.
Senior Fulbright Scholar, Birzeit University, West Bank, $44,600-, 1987.
National Endownment for the Humanities, "Summer Research Grant," $3,000-, 1984.
Institute for Arab Studies, "Fact Finding Tour of West Bank and Gaza," $1,200-, 1984.
Association of Arab-American University Graduates, "Work Camp on the West Bank," $1,700-, 1983.
Department of Energy, "Summer Workshop on Energy: An Interdisciplinary Approach," with David Ramsey and others, $20,000-, 1980.
National Science Foundation, "Training Program on Global Issues for Social Studies Teachers," $27,294-, 1979.
PANEL
CHAIR/DISCUSSANT:
Chair and Discussant, "Domestic Sources of Agenda-setting in the Middle East," International Studies Association, Chicago, February 21-25, 1995.
Chair and Discussant, "US Intervention in the 3rd World," Illinois State Political Science Conference, March 26, 1994.
Moderator, Panel at 4th Annual Conference on Rhetoric and Historical Imagination, "Feminist and Orientalist Historiography," Dec. 10, 1994.
"Replacing/Reshaping the Old System: Conflicts in Public and Foreign Policy Formation," Joint International Conference, July 5-9, 1993, Panel Chair.
"Changing Realities in the Arab World: Opportunities and Dangers," 26th Annual AAUG Conference, Arlington, VA, October 22-24, 1993, Master of Ceremonies.
Chair "Nationalism, Islamic Revivalism and the Future of the Arab World," Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Washington, D.C. Nov. 13-15, (Organized and chaired the panel.)
Member, Conference Committee, Association of Arab-American University Graduates, 1989.
Organized and Chaired, "The Palestinians Under Israeli Occupation," The International Studies Association, March 25-29, 1986.
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
Birzeit University, Visiting Fulbright Scholar:
1987-1988
University of South Florida, Department of
Interdisciplinary Social Science
Interim Instructor: 1974
Birzeit University (West Bank), Department of
Political Science
Instructor: 1972-1973
Courses Taught: (including undergraduate and graduate level course)
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:
Acting 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)
References provided upon request.