AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

ANNUAL REPORT OF

THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013

Dr. Peter Dorman President American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon October 2013 Dear Mr. President, Please find enclosed the Annual Report of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for the academic year 2012-2013. This report was written by the chairpersons and/or directors of the academic units and of standing committees of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and edited in the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office. Patrick McGreevy Dean of the Faculty

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I Summary Report of the Office of the Dean Dean Patrick McGreevy P. 1

Part II Reports of the Standing Committees

Advisory Committee………………………………………. Dean Patrick McGreevy P. 7

Curriculum Committee…………………………………….. Dr. Lara Halaoui P. 9

Graduate Committee………………………………………. Dr. Sawsan Kreydiyyeh P. 12

Library Committee………………………………………… Dr. Sirene Harb P. 19

Research Committee………………………………………. Dr. Tarek Ghaddar P. 20

Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs Committee…….. Dr. Malek Tabbal P. 26

Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee…………............... Dr. Bana Bashour P. 32

Undergraduate Admissions Committee…………………… Dr. Hans D. Muller P. 35

Part III Reports of the Academic Units

Anis Makdisi Program in Literature…………………..…

Dr. Nader El-Bizri P. 46

Arabic and Near Eastern Languages Department………...

Dr. David Wilmsen P. 49

Biology Department……………………………………... Dr. Khouzama Knio P. 61

Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies ……………..

Dr. Waleed Hazbun

P. 90

Center for American Studies and Research ………………

Dr. Alex Lubin P. 100

Center for Behavioral Research ……..…………………....

Dr. Samir Khalaf P. 107

Center for Language Research and Teaching ….....…...…

Dr. Kassim Shaaban P. 109

Chemistry Department …………………………………...

Dr. Mazen El-Ghoul P. 112

Civilization Sequence Program ….………………………..

Dr. Maher Jarrar P. 130

Computer Science Department…………………………...

Dr. George Turkiyyah P. 150

Economics Department…………………………………..

Dr. Nisreen Salti P. 164

Education Department……………………………………

Dr. Ghazi Ghaith P. 176

English Department………………………………………

Dr. David Wrisley P. 200

Fine Arts and Art History Department……………….…..

Dr. Thomas Kim

P. 232

Geology Department……………………………………..

Dr. A. Abdel Rahman P. 241

History and Archeology Department…………….……….

Dr. Helen Sader P. 250

Institute of Financial Economics…………………………

Dr. Simon Neaime P. 267

Mathematics Department………………………………...

Dr. Hazar Abu Khuzam P. 280

Philosophy Department…………………………………..

Dr. Ray Brassier P. 293

Physics Department………………………………………

Dr. Samih Isber P. 304

Political Studies and Public Administration……………...

Dr. Thomas W. Haase P. 317

Psychology Department……….………………………....

Dr. Charles Harb P. 335

Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies…….....…....

Dr. Sari Hanafi

P. 348

University Preparatory Program…………………………. Zaki Nassif Music Program………………………………

Dr. Samar Harkous-Rihan Dr. Nabil Nassif

P. 365 P. 370

PART I

SUMMARY OF THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN

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OFFICE OF THE DEAN FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

REPORT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES This report of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences covers the period from September 17, 2012 to August 30, 2013. A. NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION During the first semester, the freshman class saw 361 new students registered, while the sophomore class saw 604 registered. This was an increase in admission to both classes from the previous year. During the second semester, the freshman class saw 42 new students registered while the sophomore class saw 57 new students registered which was a slight increase in admission to both freshman and sophomore classes from the previous year. The current policy of admission in FAS is to keep the student population in the sophomore class in FAS at the same level as in the previous academic years but to increase the number of students at the freshman level, if possible. The graduate program saw 107 (82 graduates, 13 prospective graduates and 12 special graduates) new students enrolled during the first semester. During the second semester, the graduate class saw 68 (53 graduates, 9 prospective graduates and 14 special graduates) new students registered. The UPP (University Preparatory Program) saw 20 new registered in September 2012 out of a total of 42 accepted applicants. This represents an increase in registration in this program in relation to the same period of 2011-12. Nine new UPP students registered in the second semester out of thirteen accepted applicants. During the first semester, the total enrollment at the undergraduate level was 2,736 including fifty in UPP, while at the graduate level it was 412 including fifteen prospective graduates and thirteen special graduates, in addition to 24 students at the PhD level.

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During the second semester, the total enrollment at the undergraduate level was 2,582 including 45 in UPP, while at the graduate level it was 436 including 15 prospective graduates and 16 special graduates, in addition to 24 students at the PhD level. B. STUDENT ADMISSIONS The University Unified Admissions Committee (UUAC), with representation from all faculties, met and acted on all applications. Early admission to the University by the UUAC has resulted this year in 282 applicants being admitted to the sophomore class and 96 to the freshman class in FAS. Furthermore, 837 applications for admission to the freshman class were received and 605 applicants were issued letters of acceptance to-date for the first semester of 2013-14, including early admissions. Additionally, 2,084 out of 3,062 applicants for admission to the sophomore class (including early admissions) were issued letters of admission. It is to be noted that many of these accepted applicants represent students applying to other faculties at AUB also. The faculty acted on 24 applications to the UPP (University Preparatory Program), and to date 21 have been accepted for the first semester. C. CURRENT FACULTY NUMBER AND COMPOSITION The teaching program involved the equivalent of 337 full-time faculty members, plus 160 graduate assistants for the first semester and 162 for the second. During the first semester, a total of 6,388 students were enrolled in 472 different courses (equivalent to 1,145 courses and sections). A total of 6,229 students were enrolled in 502 different courses (equivalent to 1,127 courses and sections) during the second semester. There were 285 budgeted full-time faculty lines in FAS for 2012-13, all of which were filled. Of these, 249 were used for full-time contracts with the balance used for part-time appointments. Fulltime appointments were distributed as follows: 185 in the professorial ranks (assistant, associate, and full professors), 64 in ranks of instructor and lecturer, two assistant instructors. This includes all faculty members on paid junior and research leaves. D. PROFESSORS ON LEAVE, 2012-13

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Eighteen professors were on paid research leaves during the academic year 2012-13. Eleven were on Periodic Paid Research Leaves (seven in the fall and three in the spring, and one for both semesters). Another seven were on Junior Paid Leaves (three in the fall and four in the spring). One faculty member was on leave without pay during the fall semester. In addition, two professors were seconded on REP assignments for the academic year 2012-13. E. PROFESSORS ON LEAVE, 2013-14 Twenty-five professors will be on paid research leaves during the academic year 2013-14. Fourteen will be on Periodic Paid Research Leaves (three in the fall, eight in the spring, and three for both semesters). Another eleven will be on Junior Paid Leaves (five in the fall and six in the spring). Four faculty members will be on leave without pay (one in the fall, one in the spring, and two for both semesters). In addition, two faculty members will be seconded on REP assignments for the academic year 2013-14. F. FACULTY RECRUITMENT A total of 683 applications have been received for faculty positions due to start September 1, 2013 that were advertised by the faculty. After consultation with the departments and the FAS Advisory Committee, 21 offers have been accepted. These faculty members include: 8 Lebanese citizens, 3 US, 2 Lebanese/US citizens, 2 Finnish, 3 Iranians, and one from each: Italy, Russia/Germany, and India/USA. The visiting chairs for the academic year 2013-2014 are Dr. Vijay Prashad (Edward Said Chair of American Studies), Mr. Paolo Orlandi (Whittlesey Chair in the SOAM Department), and Dr. Tayib El-Hibri (Howell Chair in the History and Archaeology Department). G. APPLICATIONS FOR PROMOTION Fifteen applications for promotion were received by the deadline of September 3, 2012. Four applications were for the promotion to the rank of full professor and 11 for the rank of associate professor. One of the four applying to the rank of full professor was successful, and eight applying to the rank of associate professor were successful.

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H. GENERAL REMARKS The Faculty of Arts and Sciences moved ahead on a number of strategic initiatives in 2012-13. We addressed persistent challenges, expanded education and research in selected areas, and worked to improve upon our strengths. The faculty is committed to expanding research and graduate education in support of AUB’s aspiration to make Lebanon and the Arab region a place where new knowledge is not only absorbed but created. Despite our dedication to this goal, we have an equal dedication to maintaining and enhancing undergraduate education and AUB’s longstanding commitment to liberal arts education. In spite of the dire economic, political, and security situation in Lebanon—and in the face of a great deal of tension in September 2013—thousands of new students arrived to pursue undergraduate degrees. It is their willingness, along with the commitment of the university’s faculty and staff, that keeps AUB remarkably stable in such circumstances. We cannot allow undergraduate education to erode. It is absolutely central. In coordination with a university-wide effort, FAS created a new Advising Unit consisting of Associate Dean John Meloy, Student Services Officer Leila Knio, and new FAS Advising Coordinator Bana Bashour, assistant professor in the Philosophy Department. We will offer more training and information for advisers and we will monitor their performance. The unit organized a full-day workshop before the start of the fall semester 2013-14 attended by all advisers, department chairs, and representatives from other faculties and administrative units on campus. Feedback indicated that the workshop was very successful. Others will follow beginning with a session in December that will focus on career advising and related issues. We are very serious about improving advising. Our efforts to assess program learning outcomes became both more organized and more successful in 2012-13. We engaged a faculty member, Malaki Khoury to act as Assessment Coordinator. Working with Associate Dean Malek Tabbal, she compiled reports from all FAS programs on assessment efforts. These reports were required as part of AUB’s Middle States Interim Accreditation Report. This year, we will try to regularize assessment efforts in a sustainable way. FAS also engaged a new part-time communications coordinator, Ms. Karma Arakji. She began by revamping the FAS website and working on a strategic communication plan in coordination with AUB’s Office of Communication. She is simultaneously assisting with information useful for AUB’s Development Office

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and beginning an effort to communicate to prospective and current students about FAS undergraduate programs. Despite challenges of several kinds, FAS has had a very successful recruiting year. We are welcoming twenty-one new faculty members from seven different countries. While recruiting difficulties persist in some fields, we were particularly happy about successful recruiting in public administration and clinical psychology, areas of strategic importance. In order to cope with this year’s arrivals and to create space for other FAS needs, Associate Dean Meloy continued to lead an effort to use space more efficiently by subdividing classrooms and offices. Renovations were completed in the FAS Central Science Research Laboratory that will add 50% to the lab’s total area. In addition, the lab has been enhanced by $1.64 million in new equipment. Some of this, such as the new scanning electron microscope, has already arrived. Other equipment will arrive in the coming months. By pooling equipment into a single facility open to all AUB researchers including students, we are able to do more with less and afford state-of-the-art research equipment that would otherwise be beyond our means. FAS welcomed the second group of 52 USAID-supported students in fall 2013-14. The students who arrived in 2012-13 were academically successful beyond anyone’s expectation. Our University Preparatory Program is providing a foundation program for most of these students. We expect a third group to enter in fall 2014-15. UPP also offered a strategically important intensive English program for new graduate students in the summer. Many graduate students are accepted to AUB but are unable to pass the English proficiency exam and are forced to withdraw. This year, all students who took this subsidized summer program successfully passed the exam and have entered AUB. AUB welcomed graduate students in a number of new master’s programs in the fall of 2013-14 including Media Studies, Clinical Psychology, and Transnational American Studies. A new program in Islamic Studies will start in Fall 2014-15. A number of additional new programs are under development including Composition and Rhetoric, Contemporary Art History, and Materials Science (in coordination with FEA). FAS is also playing a key role in a number of planned interfaculty programs such as Energy Studies and Public Policy and International Affairs.

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FAS recently completed periodic program reviews in the Department of History and Archaeology and the Department of Mathematics. The process involved benchmarking with the best programs internationally and calibrating our strategies carefully based on our own potential here. Two programs are in the midst of the review process: Education and Computer Science. Finally, three programs will begin the process in fall 2013-14: Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, Fine Arts and Art History, and Biology. AUB’s new Byblos Bank Art Gallery opened in 2012-13 in Ada Dodge Hall. The AUB Arts and Humanities Initiative, supported by a three-year Mellon Foundation grant, was successfully launched in 2012-13. The program continues in the fall of 2013-14 with the arrival of our second two external fellows. It also supports releases from teaching for a number of FAS humanities professors each semester for the three years of its duration. The program supports both teaching and curricular development. Finally, FAS decided to act on a long-standing strategic plan to add a third associate dean. The faculty is so massive that expanded leadership was necessary to do more than cope with immediate challenges. Dr. Lara Halaoui from the Department of Chemistry joined the FAS leadership team as associate dean at the start of the 2013-14 year. She will have a particular emphasis on working to assist the departments of Mathematics, Computer Sciences, and the four natural sciences departments in their efforts to improve both education and research. In addition, she will take the lead in coordinating FAS efforts in development, working to secure resources necessary for maintenance and improvement as AUB enters its next campaign. Patrick McGreevy Dean

PART II

REPORTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP Chairperson: Patrick McGreevy, Dean Members: Peter Bornedal, Professor, CVSP Arne Dietrich, Professor, Psychology Sari Hanafi, Professor, SOAM Samih Isber, Professor, Physics Murad Jurdak, Professor, Education Bassam Shayya, Professor, Mathematics B. COMMITTEE POLICIES The committee considered new proposing a change to it composition. The current composition of the FAS Advisory board, as stated in the faculty bylaws, is six elected members (normally, full professors who have served in the University for a period of at least three consecutive years), with a stipulation that no two members may come from the same academic unit. The bylaws do not require a distribution of members as to department or area of scholarship. The new proposal, approved by the committee, is to compose the FAS Advisory Committee of two members each from humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, and one member from Mathematics and Computer Science. The proposal was subsequently passed by the FAS Faculty and will be considered by the senate in 2013-14. C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS The committee advised the dean on matters related to faculty appointments, reappointments, promotion, research leaves, leaves without pay, and REP secondments. Below is an overview of the main actions taken by the committee.

1. The committee considered applications for leaves without pay and research leaves with pay. Twenty-five professors were approved for paid research leaves

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during the academic year 2013-14. Fourteen were approved for Periodic Paid Research Leaves (three in the fall, eight in the spring, and three for both semesters). Another eleven were approved for Junior Paid Leaves (five in the fall and six in the spring). Four faculty members were approved for leave without pay (one in the fall, one in the spring, and two for both semesters). In addition, two faculty members were approved for secondment on REP assignments for the academic year 2013-14.

2. The committee considered many faculty appointments. The committee voted

to recommend offers and the process resulted in hiring twenty-three new full-time professors in various ranks. Of these, one will begin in January 2014, and another in September 2014.

3. The committee considered fifteen applications for promotion. Four

applications were for the promotion to the rank of full professor and eleven for the rank of associate professor. One of the four applying to the rank of full professor, one was successful, and eight applying to the rank of associate professor were successful.

4. The committee considered departmental recommendations for renewal or non-

renewal of contract for all full-time faculty members whose contracts ended in either September 2013 or September 2014. The committee voted on appropriate action in all cases.

5. The committee also made recommendations on the appointment or

reappointment of a large number of department chairs. Members of the committee, along with associate deans, accompanied the dean to consult with all available members of the departments in question.

Patrick McGreevy

Dean

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CURRICULUM COMMITTEE A. MEMBERSHIP Chairperson: Lara Halaoui, Professor, Chemistry (2012-13) Members: Lisa Arnold, Assistant Professor, English Paul du Quenoy, Assistant Professor, History and Archeology May Farah, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies Faraj Hasanayn, Associate Professor, Chemistry Coralie Hindawi, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration Michel Kazan, Assistant Professor, Physics Jad Melki, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies (member of the Senate Academic Development Committee) Wafic Sabra, Professor, Physics (member of the Senate Academic Development Committee) Tamer Tlas, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Hussein Ismail, student, non-voting member Registrar, non-voting B. COMMITTEE ACTIONS During this academic year 2012-2013, the curriculum committee held 11 meetings to discuss and act on various issues regarding: 1. proposals for new courses and modification of existing courses, 2. proposals for undergraduate curriculum changes and introduction of new programs, 3. Students’ petitions on curricular matters following departmental recommendations. The curriculum committee considered this year a total of 162 petitions, 104 course equivalencies and 50 study abroad applications, approving 152 petitions, 103 course equivalence cases and 50 study abroad applications, in addition to 8 cases of course equivalence for students admitted as junior transfers. The petitions included considerations for changes in minor or major course requirements, continuing in courses after failing a pre-requisite, following old or new major and general education course requirements depending on the year the student matriculated at the University for students who transferred into new majors, amongst others. The curriculum committee delegated to its Chair at the start of the academic year deciding on students petitions that

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have had precedent after receiving relevant departmental and advisor approval. Other petitions were decided upon by the committee. C. RECOMMENDATIONS New Programs or Modification of Existing Programs: The Curriculum Committee recommended the following: 1. Introducing a B.A. in Media and Communications 2. Restructuring of the Diploma in Special Education 3. Approval of changes in the list of courses for a Minor in Music 4. Approval of changes in the requirements of Arts History Major 5. Approval of changes in the requirements of Arts History Minor 6. Approval of changes in the requirements of PSPA Minor New Courses: The curriculum committee approved introduction of the following new courses: FAAH 249: Introduction to Conducting, PSYC 238: Applied Behavioral Analysis, UPPU003: UPP Humanities 0 credits, ARAB 219: Turkish I, CVSP 241: Homeric Greek Language and Civilization. Modification of Existing Courses: The curriculum committee approved the following modifications to offered courses: 1. FAAH: Changing FAAH 260-Western Musical Traditions III to FAAH 260 (a,b,c) Special Topics in Music, removal of pre-requisistes of FAAH 284 and FAAH 263, change in the course description of FAAH 262 and FAAH 245, adding permission of instructor as prerequisite for FAAH 218, adding FAAH 218 as prerequisite instead of FAAH 237 for FAAH 219, and other pre-requiste changes for FAAH 201, 206, 207, 210, 212, 215, 217, 239, and FAAH/Theater 283. 2. MCOM: Addition of MCOM 203 as prerequisite for MCOM 240, removal of all pre-requisites for MCOM 250. 3. Biology: Changes in course descriptions of BIOL 268 and BIOL 284, making BIOL 258 a pre- or co-requisite for BIOL 258L, removal of BIOL 202 as pre-requisite to BIOL 250, and changing CHEM 211 from being co- or pre-requisite to BIOL 220 to pre-requisite. 4. PSPA: changes in descriptions to indicate the PSPA 290, 291, 292, and 293 can be repeated for credit.

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5. CVSP: removal of pre-requisite restriction for CVSP 215, 216, and 217. 6. PHYS: Revising the title and course description of PHYS 240 to become Elementary Particle Physics with quantum mechanics and/or senior standing as pre-requisite, to replace the older title Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics. 7. EDUC: Removing EDU215 as pre-requisite to EDU 233. 8. ECON: Making MATH 202 a co-requisite for ECON227, and modifying the course description of ECON 211 to indicate students cannot receive credits for ECON 211 and AGSB 212. Other recommendations: 1. The Curriculum Committee approved a proposal for the introduction of double Major in FAS, and for a revised policy regarding dual degree, second degree, and double major and minor. 2. The Committee recommended applying a level restriction that will prevent Freshman/Sophomore/Junior students from registering in graduate courses. 3. The Committee recommended that the registrar implements the credit transfer of lists of courses taken abroad published on its website without referring to the Curriculum Committee when a course has been approved by the department and the curriculum committee within the previous three years. Otherwise, the transfer of credits should be referred to the department and the CC for reevaluation. The registrar should include the date of the last approval in its published list of approved courses as a reference. The committee studied the issue of credit transfer from European credit system with the assistance and input from the international office and recommended a system of implementation for credit transfer that takes into account the course contents, and the overall credits taken. In brief, the committee recommended that the transfer of credits takes place based on a 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits for 1 AUB credit, and that this takes place separate from the review and approval of course content, independent of credit hours if need be because of the difference in credit system, provided that overall credit transfer is based on a 2-to-1 conversion, for instance 30 credits ECTS can be transferred as 15 credits at AUB. Lara Halaoui Chairperson

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GRADUATE COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP Chairperson: Sawsan Kreydiyyeh, Professor, Biology Members: Mounib El Eid, Professor, Physics Martin Bright, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Tamer Amin, Assistant Professor, Education John Meloy, Professor, History and Archeology Hala Mohtasib, Professor, Biology (member, Board of graduate studies) Karim Makdisi, Associate Professor, PSPA (member, Board of graduate studies) Robert Myers, Professor, English (member, Board of graduate studies) B. COMMITTEE POLICIES

The committee acted on all matters related to graduate work in FAS according to the rules and regulations published in the 2012-13 catalogue and the policies set forth previously by the committee. One new policy was added which is the need of the chairperson’s approval for the registration of the comprehensive exam. C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

The committee held seventeen meetings to discuss and act on matters pertaining to: Curricular issues related to Master/PhD programs; admission to master’s programs; admission to PhD programs, graduate students’ petitions; regular assessment of the academic performance of graduate students; change of status of prospective students after completion of undergraduate requirements; thesis and project committees and proposals. The committee approved: A new Master degree (MA) in Islamic Studies, Revisions submitted by the Psychology department to its graduate programs (general and clinical psychology) and which consist of:

1. The addition to the clinical program of two courses PSYC 332: Practicum in Clinical Psychology, and PSYC 334: Advanced Practicum in Clinical Psychology.

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2. The introduction to the general psychology program of three new courses: PSYC 312: Cognitive Methods, PSYC 316: Experimental Analysis of Behavior, PSYC 322: Systems Neuroscience

3. The renumbering of psychology courses such as numbers from 300-350 are restricted to general psychology courses and all numbers beyond are used for clinical courses.

4. The change in the acronym of the thesis for the general and clinical psychology programs into respectively GPSY 399 and CPSY 399.

The introduction of a new required course: SOAN 304: Anthropological Research Methods which will replace SOAN 300.

The committee reviewed and commented on two interdisciplinary Master programs: A Master in Energy Studies and a Master program in Public Policy and International Affairs (MPPIA). Although the committee acknowledged the need and importance of both programs, yet it raised some concerns about their structure and implementation.

The committee discussed a proposal for uniform tracking of progress of qualifying exams and PhD theses which entails thesis registration under different courses carrying each a different number of credits. The committee found the suggested numbering system very complex and recommended that thesis registration occurs the first time under one course number which varies depending on the total thesis credit. Student pursuing their thesis work would keep on registering for thesis under the same course number but with sequential letter annotations until completion of the work. The committee recommended also that thesis credits be earned at first thesis registration and subsequent thesis registration would carry no credits.

After discussing a proposal from the graduate council to remove the GRE from the list of requirements for admission to graduate work, the committee referred the decision on this issue to the departments and recommended to the faculty that the GRE be changed from a faculty requirement to a departmental requirement for admission to the Master program. For fall 2012-2013, two hundred and twenty three Master applicants out of four hundred and six were admitted, and only ninety eight of those joined AUB. The percentage of students accepted was 54.9%, the percentage of admitted students who registered was 43.9%, and the percentage of applicants who did enroll in the Master programs was 24.1% (Table 1).

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The committee discussed one hundred and eighty one Master applications for spring 2012-2013 and recommended the admission of 121 students. From the admitted applicants only 60 joined graduate work at AUB. Thus 66.8% of the applicants were accepted and only 49.58% of those, registered. Consequently 33.1% of the applicants did enroll in the different Master programs (Table 2). Table 1 Master Admissions for Fall 2012-2013

Fall 2012-2013

Major Applied Accepted Registered ANTH 5 4 2 ARLL 14 3 0 AROL 2 2 2 BIOL 17 6 5 CHEM 9 7 4 CMPS 17 10 6 CMTS 6 2 0 ECON 30 23 8 EDUC 36 21 12 ELIT 4 4 0 ELNG 4 3 2 ENVP 5 2 1 FINE 41 30 7 GEOL 1 1 0 HIST 12 8 4 MATA 2 2 2 MATS 8 5 4 MDST 6 4 1 MEST 64 29 12 PHIL 5 4 1 PHYS 14 10 5 POLS 43 12 3 PSYC 31 15 13 PUBA 21 9 3 SOGY 7 5 1 STAT 0 0 0 TOTAL 406 223 98

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Table 2 Master admissions for spring 2012-2013

The number of PhD applicants who had applied for Fall 2012-2013 was twenty eight. Only eight were accepted, and seven of those only registered and joined the History and Biology departments. The distribution of students in the different PhD programs in fall and spring 2012-2013 is shown in Table 3. The committee studied only three PhD applications for Spring 2012-2013: two to Arabic Language and Literature and one to Physics. Only the physics candidate was recommended for admission and joined the program (Table 4).

Spring 2012-2013

Major Applied Accepted Registered

ANTH 1 1 1 ARLL 5 2 1 AROL 2 2 2 BIOL 9 5 4 CHEM 5 5 2 CMPS 6 6 5 CMTS 3 2 0 ECON 11 9 5 EDUC 17 13 6 ELIT 5 4 3 ELNG 4 3 2 ENVP 1 0 0 FINE 16 13 1 GEOL 1 1 1 HIST 4 3 2 MATS 6 4 1 MDST 10 9 4 MEST 16 10 5 PHIL 4 4 4 PHYS 10 5 2 POLS 13 2 1 PSYC 16 6 3 PUBA 8 6 3 SOGY 7 6 2 STAT 1 0 0

TOTAL 181 121 60

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PhD Fall 2012-2013

Major Applied Accepted Registered

AMEH 14 6 6

ARLL 2 0 0

CMBL 9 1 1

TPHY 3 1 0

TOTAL 28 8 7

For Fall 2013-2014, the committee discussed three hundred and thirty eight applications to the different Master programs at AUB and recommended the admission of twenty on probation, thirty seven as prospective and one hundred and sixty four as regular graduate students. Thus the total number of students admitted under the different categories constitutes 65% of the total number of applicants (Table 5).

Only 6 of the 16 PhD applicants for Fall 2013-2014 were accepted with an admission rate of 37.5% only (Table 6). Table 5. Master applicants for Fall 2013-2014

Fall 2013-2014

Major Probation Prospective Regular Reject Total

ANTH 5 1 6 ARLL 5 1 5 11 AROL BIOL 10 3 13 CHEM 1 9 2 12 Clinical PSYC

1

8

14

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CMPS 4 12 5 21 CMTS 1 1 2 ECON 1 11 4 16 EDUC 3 14 10 5 32

Table 3 PhD admissions for fall

2012-2013

Table 4 PhD admissions for spring

2012-2013

PhD Spring 2012-

2013

Major Applied Accepted Registered

ARLL 2 0 0

TPHY 1 1 1

TOTAL 3 1 1

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ELIT 2 8 11 21 ELNG 4 5 9 ENVP 1 2 2 2 7 FINE 2 4 7 4 17 GEOL 2 1 3 HIST 2 2 MATA 1 1 2 MATS 6 5 11 MSTD 10 7 17 MEST 20 17 37 PHIL 2 2 PHYS 2 5 3 10 POLS 2 3 9 7 21 PSYC 1 2 8 9 20 PUBA 3 3 2 8 SOGY 1 7 8 TAMS 6 1 7 Total 20 37 164 117 338

Table 6. PhD applicants for Fall 2013-2014

PhD Fall 2013-2014

Major Applied Accepted Rejected

AMEH 7 0 7 ARLL 0 0 0 CMBL 6 3 3 TPHY 3 3 0 TOTAL 16 6 10

The committee approved one hundred and thirty four Master thesis/project proposals and committees and acted on two hundred and eighty seven petitions pertaining to extension of residency, transfer of credits, and change in the composition of thesis committee, change in thesis advisor, file reactivation, course equivalence, and extension of deadlines for submission of thesis proposal or thesis defense.

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Petition type Number

Update Status from Prospective 11 Audit Course 2 Correction of Records 123 Withdrawal From Course 15 Extension of Incomplete 4 General Petition 91 Reactivation Petition 27 Residency Extension 14 The Committee assessed the academic performance of graduate students at the end of the Fall 2012-2013 semester. Nineteen graduate students were placed on academic probation and two others were dropped from the faculty as a result of failing a course or not attaining an average of at least 80%. Six students were able to remove their academic probation and five petitioned to update status to regular. For the spring 2012-2013 semester, eleven graduate students were placed on academic probation and one was dropped from the faculty as a result of failing the comprehensive exam for the third time. Thirteen students were able to remove their academic probation. Six students had their status changed from prospective to regular. D. RECOMMENDATIONS

The committee noticed that still, many students and even advisors are not aware of the need to register for the comprehensive exam and that in some departments the comprehensive is offered only once or twice a year. The committee is planning to contact the different departments in FAS and ask them whether they would like to retain this exam or remove it from the list of graduation requirements. This year also, in spite of the launching of the online application system, and because the set deadlines for applying to graduate work were not synchronized with the earlier ending of the academic year, the committee had to meet to decide on fall 2013-2014 admission during the final examination period. It is hoped that next year the deadline would be moved to an earlier time to resolve this problem. Sawsan Kreydiyyeh Chairperson

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LIBRARY COMMITTEE A. MEMBERSHIP Chairperson: Sirène Harb, Associate Professor, English Maha El Choubassi, Assistant Professor, Computer Science (14) Robert L. Gallagher, Assistant Professor, Civilization Sequence Program (14) Noel Ghanem, Assistant Professor, Biology (13) Pierre Karam, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (in replacement of Noel Ghanem for Spring 2012 -13) Hiba Khodr, Assistant Professor, Political Studies and Public Administration (14) University Librarian, Dr. Lokman Meho and Members of the University Library Committee: Tamer Tlas, Assistant Professor, Mathematics (13) Robert L. Gallagher, Assistant Professor, Civilization Sequence Program (15) B. COMMITTEE POLICIES

Not Applicable C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS The committee met to discuss the following issues: 1. New library policies and their implementation 2. The effects of program/curriculum changes on library acquisition, with special regard to budgetary implications D. RECOMMENDATIONS A recommendation was made to encourage faculty members to regularly participate in collection development. The Committee also plans to fully probe the issue of open access to theses in Fall 2013. Sirène Harb Chairperson

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RESEARCH COMMITTEE A. MEMBERSHIP Chairperson: Tarek Ghaddar, Associate Professor, Chemistry Members: Lina Choueiri, Associate Professor, English Leila Dagher, Assistant Professor, Economics Rabih El-Mouhayyar, Assistant Professor, Education Houssam El-Rassy, Associate Professor, Chemistry May Farhat, Assistant Professor, Fine Arts and Arts History Mike Osta, Assistant Professor, Biology Haidar Safa, Assistant Professor, Computer Science URB Representatives: Ata Elias, Assistant Professor, Geology Helen Sader, Professor, History and Archeology Research Committee Coordinator: Zeina Halabieh (Academic Officer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences) B. COMMITTEE POLICIES The committee adopted a policy to authorize the Chair to sign off on proposals for external grants and to check that the submitted proposals comply with AUB rules and regulations. All recommendations made by the FAS Research Committee (RC) were governed by the by-laws of the FAS, and the various policies and guidelines established by the Office of Grants and Contracts (OGC). The RC collectively agreed to use the following modifications to the URB review policy, some of which were developed by previous Research Committees: 1. The URB grant applications were distributed among the different members and each custodian suggested the names of at least two active professionals affiliated to academic or research institutions other than AUB.

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2. The RC adopted the 2011-2012 FAS RC URB review form, which is based on five evaluation criteria: Significance and Originality, Investigator’s Experience and Competence, Approach and Methodology, Feasibility and Budget. 3. New proposals were sent to at least two reviewers (one from the applicant’s list and a second suggested by the RC custodian). 4. In the case of discrepancies, i.e; a difference of more than 37.5% in the scores given by the two reviewers, the proposal was sent to a third reviewer suggested by the RC custodian, and the final score was an average of the three scores given by the three reviewers. 5. In cases where one of the two reviewers recommended funding and the second did not, the RC sent these proposals to a third reviewer and the final score was an average of the scores given by the three reviewers and a forth composite score given by the RC members. 6. In cases where the requested budget exceeded USD 10,000, it was adjusted down by the RC to USD 10,000. 7. Only justified budgets for items that fall under labor, consumables and office supplies (maximum of USD 300/year) were approved. 8. The final scores for Junior Faculty members (within their first five years) were adjusted by 5%. 9. Renewals were sent to a selected reviewer by the RC Chair from the reviewers of the original submission to assess the progress report. C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS The committee met eight times during the course of the academic year (September 2012 to June 2013) to screen and evaluate the various grant proposals and to discuss the URB review process. The URB Grant Proposals The new URB grant applications (n=33) were submitted to the committee on January 31, 2013 and the renewal URB grant applications (n=10) were submitted to the committee on March 31, 2013. Reviewers were solicited and the RC recommendations were based on the policies set by the committee. The Committee recommended the funding of thirty-two new URB applications and ten URB renewal applications. The total amount approved by the FAS RC

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for funding was USD 373,757. The distribution of the forty-three renewals and new proposals over the various FAS departments is shown in Chart 1.

Chart 1 The RC Chair submitted all documentation, including the committee‘s recommendations and the proposals’ ranking scores based on the average scores obtained through the review process to the FAS Dean for comments and endorsement. The Dean sent his recommendation to the URB through the OGC. External Proposals The total number of applications to external agencies was thirty-three, nine of which were for the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (LNCSR). Other agencies include CEDRE, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, American University of Cairo, Petroleum Research Fund, Partnerships for enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science, National Science Foundation, Qatar National Research Fund, European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation, Qatar Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Qatar National Research Fund, DFG German National Foundation Deutsche Forschungsge-meinschafft, Dr. Scholl Foundation, Swedish Research Council, Kanaan Consulting US, and Toyota Foundation (Table 1). Table 1 Agency No ACS Petroleum Research Fund 2 American University of Cairo 1 CEDRE 6 DFG German National Foundation Deutsche Forschungsge- 1

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meinschafft Dr. Scholl Foundation 1 European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation

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Kanaan Consulting US 1 National Endowment for the Humanities 1 National Science Foundation 1 Partnerships for enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) 3 Qatar National Research Fund 1 Swedish Research Council 1 Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research 9

Chart 2 displays the distribution of the external research funding applications over the various FAS departments. The total requested budget from these agencies was USD 2,677,185.

Chart 2 Table 2 lists the external research funding agencies to which grants were submitted with co-investigators from FAS. The total requested budget from these agencies was USD 1,514,600. Table 2 Agency Dept. Qatar Foundation BIOL Qatar National Research Fund CHEM Qatar National Research Fund CMPS Toyota Foundation PSYC

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The RC Chair redesigned the FAS RC website and updated the various links and forms. The Chair also followed up closely on the design and implementation of the yet to be established online submission and review process with Ms. Razan Harb and Mrs. Zeina Halabieh. D. RECOMMENDATIONS The RC discussed and evaluated during its various meetings the review process of URB proposals for the year 2012-13 and obstacles faced by the FAS faculty members when ordering and/or purchasing items. The underlying motivation was to ensure a fair process that would not deprive highly deserving researchers from funds needed to sustain their research program. The committee recommends the following changes to the URB grant applications’ review process and ordering/purchasing of items: 1. Referees selections: It is recommended that all referees should to be selected from abroad, since Lebanon is a small country, with a restricted network of researchers, who invariably know each other. It was observed by members of the committee that reviews conducted by referees acquainted with the applicants may lead to overly favorable evaluations, which unfairly skews the ranking. 2. Remuneration: To ensure timely and thorough reviews, referees should be paid a small fee, as an incentive. An amount of $150-200 is deemed adequate. For example, reviewing the thirty-three new proposals submitted this year would entail a sum between USD 5000-6600. 3. Chance for rebuttal: Applicants should be given the opportunity to respond to referees once serious criticism is directed to their proposals. 4. Establish a pool of referees: The RC faced intractable problems in locating appropriate referees this year. In many cases, proposals received only one review, and in few cases, no review at all by the first deadline that was assigned for the review process. A large number of contacted referees either declined or simply did not respond to the request to review proposals. The committee recommends that an agreement needs to be established between AUB and one or more European and/or American universities of similar standing that would provide AUB with a pool of reviewers every year. This would significantly reduce the amount of time needed to locate reviewers and with the follow-up process.

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5- Cash advance: Facilitate incurring a cash advance to faculty members in order to speed up the process of covering local expenses and purchasing of items from local suppliers. 6- Oracle system: Collapse the multi-level approval system in Oracle to minimum functional levels in order to ensure timely release of purchase orders. 7- Express order: Re-increase the value of express orders from $200 to 1000. 8- Bidding: Allow faculty members to purchase the items they want in a timely manner by eliminating the bidding procedure, at least for low value items (knowing that most faculty members routinely scan the different brands of an item of interest that are available in the market and identify the one whose features/properties fit best their research protocol). In addition, the RC Chair recommends the following changes: 1- The use of a cut-off score, under which proposals are not funded, should be re-discussed and re-evaluated, since funds should be secured for junior faculty members and faculty members that do experimental work. This is very important for such faculty members to carry out their research projects in order to meet the university requirements for research productivity and continuity. 2- A limit on the funds available for labor work should be officially implemented (i.e.: between USD 5000 and 6000 per year.) 3- Finding internal or external entities that would secure endowment funds that would generate sufficient basal support for junior and experimentalist faculty members is very crucial. Tarek Ghaddar Chairperson

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP Chairman: Malek Tabbal, Associate Dean and Professor of Physics. Members: Monique Azar, Assistant Professor, Mathematics (2013) Antoine Ghauch, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (2014) Alexander Hartwiger, Assistant Professor, English (2013) Diana Jaalouk, Assistant Professor, Biology (2013) Nidal Najjar, Assistant Professor, Psychology (2013) Paul Newson, Assistant Professor, History and Archaeology (2014) Digambara Patra, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (2013) in replacement of Diana Jaalouk during the Spring 2012-13 semester Danyel Reiche, Assistant Professor, Political Studies and Public Administration (2014) Hala Abu Arraj, Registrar, Ex-Officio. Leila Knio, Student Services Officer. Areej Yehia, Student representative (2013).

B. COMMITTEE POLICIES & PROCEDURES The Committee has the power to make exceptions to academic rules and regulations in special cases, by ruling on requests and petitions from FAS undergraduate students pertaining to their academic status and records. During the 2012-13 academic year, the Committee, with support form the FAS IT department, has introduced the Online Petitions and Forms System (OPFS). It is a web application that automates the process of submitting petitions and forms in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Active FAS students can submit their petition forms online and track their progress. Advisors, course instructors, department chairs, as well as the chair of the committee and the Dean can submit their recommendation/decision electronically. Decisions are then forwarded to the registrar or other concerned parties for implementation. In support of the FAS Student Services Officer’s proposal and for the first time, the committee has solicited specific feed-back from advisors of students who, according to FAS rules, should be dismissed from the Faculty. In the majority of

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cases, responses from advisors were very useful in helping the committee taking its final decisions. In some cases, advisors were asked to attend meetings of the committee. In line with a policy that was approved by the FAS in 2009, the Committee continued allowing students to repeat courses more than three times. The Committee authorized the Chairperson to act on “routine” requests such as correction of registration records, requests for make-up of incomplete course work and changes of grade. C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS (Appendix 1) The Committee held thirty two meetings throughout the academic year 2012-2013 to deal with the academic problems brought before it by undergraduate students.

1. Thirty eight students should have been dismissed from the Faculty by the end of the 2011-12 academic year, but were allowed to register, under strict probation status, for the Fall 2012-13 semester. From those, twenty five were dismissed from the Faculty effective end of Fall 2012-13 because of poor academic standing. The remaining thirteen were given an additional semester, still under strict probation status.

2. Fifty-two students should have been dropped for poor peformance at the

end of Fall 2012-13, but were given an extension of their probation status to the end of the Spring semester 2012-13. Out of these 52 students, 20 removed their probation and are currently students in good standing while nine others graduated.

3. The Committee reviewed the academic records of students on strict probation who had received letters stating that they would be considered for dismissal from the Faculty if they did not remove their academic probation at the end of the Spring semester 2012-13. A total of fourty-eight students were dropped from the Faculty because of poor academic standing (32 effective end of Spring 2012-13, 16 effective end of Summer 2013), thirty-three students were reinstated and were allowed to register for Fall 2013-14 and after providing the Committee with convincing reasons for their reinstatement. Emails and letters specifying the probation status of these students were sent in July to them (Appendix 2).

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dropped from AUB after having spent one year at a recognized institution of higher learning. One student has been readmitted on strict probation in Summer 2012, 2 students have been readmitted on strict probation in Fall 2012, one student has been readmitted on strict probation in Spring 2013. Irregular Loads Permission to take less than twelve credits was granted by the Committee to graduating students, new students in their first semester at AUB, students with health or family problems, students working for a second degree and, in few instances, students with work employement outside AUB. Graduating students who were not on probation were permitted to take more than seventeen credits in their last semester. A special electronic petition form was developed in order to make this procedure easier and faster for graduating students (Overload/Underload for Senior students in their last semester). The Committee continued to allow graduating students whose cumulative average is 80 or above to take up to twenty one credits either in their last semester or in the one that precedes it provided they secure their adviser’s approval (Appendix 1). Incomplete Grades, Grade Changes, Correction of Record

Requests for make-up of incomplete work were approved for students with health and/or family problems. Requests for change of grade were considered only for errors done by course instructors in calculating or reporting final grades. The Committee honoured all correction-of-record requests from students, which were due to advising and/or registration issues (Appendix 1). Requests for repeating a final exam were approved under very exceptional conditions such as a student suffering from a health problem while taking the exam.

D. RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS The Committee’s recommendations are:

The FAS Dean’s Office should follow up with the FAS IT unit on improving and extending the services of the Online Petitions and Forms System. This newly introduced electronic system has proved to be very efficient in making the process simpler and less time consuming for students and faculty alike. However, in some instances, course instructors were very slow is submitting their comments/recommendations, leading to some

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delays in taking action on petitions. This matters needs to be addressed in a faculty meeting as well as with the concerned instructors and departments.

As AUB will follow a new academic schedule in the AY 2013-14, the USAAC should make use of the "January break" to make timely decisions regarding the academic status of students on probation and strict probation.

The FAS and the Office of the Provost should put in place an ad-hoc committee to address all issues related to students with special needs. the committee would include Faculty, FAS relevant officers and students representatives as well as the members of the Office of Students Affairsand the Counceling Center.

The Office of the Provost should consider making new agreement with local universities regarding dismissed students following the cancellation of the AUB-LAU agreement.

The USAAC will be working closely with the Faculty’s newly formed Academic Advising Unit, in order to improve advising across the Faculty.

This clause was added to the rules and regulations sent to FAS Faculty: “If Form 1 is not submitted in due time (two weeks after the scheduled date of final exam) or if the request is turned down by the SAAC or GSC, the “I” on the reported course grade will be dropped. The available numerical grade becomes the final grade in the course.”

Malek Tabbal, Chairperson Appendix 1 Major Actions Taken by the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee (AY 12-13)

Fall 12 SPRING 13 Subject P1 A2 D3 Total P1 A2 D3 Total Correction of record/change in course schedule

0 223 59 282 13 241 51 305

Dropping students from a course for 0 26 14 40 2 16 28 46

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excessive absences Extra Load for students in good standing TOTAL

0 39 11 50 0 89 46 135

18 crs 0 32 8 40 0 80 39 119 19 crs 0 7 1 8 0 7 3 10 20 crs 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 21 crs 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 24 crs 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Extra Load for students on probation TOTAL

0 2 9 11 0 7 10 17

Readmission of dropped students after 1 yr at another Univ.4

1 11 1 13 5 27 6 38

Reconsideration of 'drop from faculty' decision

0 17 8 25 12 16 11 39

Repeating a course for the 4th time or more

0 8 0 8 0 2 1 3

Underload for students in good standing 0 31 2 33 0 66 9 75 Underload for students on probation 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 5 Incomplete Course Work 'Form 1' 0 107 1 108 0 82 1 83 Change of Grade 'Form 3' 0 63 0 63 0 119 1 120

SUMMER 12 Subject P1 A2 D3 Total Correction of record/change in course schedule 0 20 11 31

Extra Load for students in good standing TOTAL 0 0 0 0

10 crs 0 0 0 0 11 crs 0 0 0 0 12 crs 0 0 0 0 Extra Load for students on probation TOTAL 0 3 1 4

Readmission of dropped students after 1 yr at another Univ.4 0 1 0 1

Reconsideration of 'drop from faculty' decision 0 0 0 0

Repeating a course for the 4th time or more 0 5 0 5

Incomplete Course Work 'Form 1' 0 14 0 14 Change of Grade 'Form 3' 0 15 0 15

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1Pending 2Approved 3Declined 4Students in this category are readmitted on strict probation

Appendix 2 Major Actions Taken by the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee (AY 12-13) (Students on Strict Probation)

End of Fall 2012-13 Total* I. Drop From Faculty 25 II. Extend Drop till Spring 2013 13 III. Drop Automatically end of Spring 2013 52

End of Spring 2012-13 Total* I. A) Drop From Faculty 32 II. Extend Drop till Fall 2013 32 III. Extend Drop till Spring 2014 1

End of Summer 2012-13 Total* I. A)Drop From Faculty 16 *Final decisions after reconsideration

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SUDENT DISCIPLINARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP Chairperson: Bana Bashour, Assistant Professor, Philosophy Members Michel Bariche, Associate Professor, Department of Biology Bana Bashour, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy Leila Dagher, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Sirene Harb, Associate Professor, Department of English Cornelia Kraft, Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts and Art History Gideon Nyamuame, Student Representative Wissam Raji, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics Charbel Tarraf, Associate Dean of Student Affairs B. COMMITTEE POLICIES The committee is aimed at maintaining the academic integrity of the institution by looking into cases of academic misconduct and deciding how to handle them. These cases range from severe cases such as academic dishonesty to simpler ones involving in-class disruption. Students were given a chance to appear in front of the committee and give the committee their sides of the story. In some cases, there was not enough evidence against the student and the charges were dropped. The committee attempted to follow a rough structure when deciding what course of action to follow. In cases of cheating or plagiarism, a guilty student was usually given a dean’s warning along with a zero on the graded assignment. If the evidence is overwhelmingly against the student, and the student fails to admit their guilt in front of the committee, it was considered a separate case of academic dishonesty, and the student was given a second dean’s warning. In cases of classroom disruption or dishonesty, the severity of the punishment depended on the severity of the violation. C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

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In the academic year 2012-2013 (starting June 16, 2012), the SDAC has taken action in fifty-nine cases of academic misconduct that it has heard during the academic year of 2012-2013. Of the fifty-nine cases, five involved cheating, forty-six involved plagiarism, six involved in-class disruption, and two involved dishonesty. Of the five cheating cases, the SDAC found students culpable in four of the five cases. Of the forty-six cases involving plagiarism, the SDAC found students culpable in forty-one of the forty-six cases. In the cases of in-class disruption, the SDAC found the students culpable in four of the six cases. In the two cases of dishonesty, the SDAC found the students culpable in each case. The SDAC has recommended disciplinary action ranging from expulsion to reprimands, including secondary actions involving academic judgment. The committee continues to uphold the instructor’s decisions concerning secondary measures, especially those having to do with academic evaluation. The severity of the recommended disciplinary action in each case was made in relation to the severity of the infractions a student had committed. In each case the SDAC considered the need to maintain consistency across our decisions and the need to offer adequate material justification on their behalf. D. RECOMMENDATIONS Other than discussions of specific instances of academic misconduct, the committee expressed concern about some areas of students’ academic lives that pushed them towards such violations. The crucial issues involve how such problems can be rectified. Some of the reasons identified were: First, lack of proper guidance in how to complete assignments when students were having difficulties, academic or otherwise. Many student were led to plagiarize assignments simply because they were unaware of how to write or how to properly cite. Some were quite weak in the language and required much more help than others. Other students were led to do so because of some serious personal issues they had been going through but were incapable of discussing with their professors. The recommendation of the committee is to make students more aware of the options they have as soon as the difficulties are identified. The Writing Center needs to be more utilized by students incapable of doing their assignments, and when a professor spots a weak student early on in the semester, they may recommend that the student go consistently to the Writing Center. Another is that students who have non-academic difficulties that lead to failures in their academic work should be referred to the Counseling Center before the problems get too drastic. This may help the student avoid such problems

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altogether. Informing the students that there is no stigma attached to counseling should be one of the top priorities, and students (especially new ones or ones facing difficult situations). Second, many students perceived cases of academic dishonesty not to be very serious offenses. This issue needs to be addressed on several fronts. The chair of the committee recommends two simultaneous courses of actions to address this: first, a large scale advertizing campaign explaining more clearly to the students the seriousness of any violation of academic honesty. This ought to be done by using social media, posters, lectures, discussions, and several other means to bring this issue to the forefront of their minds, similar to any awareness campaign. Such a campaign ought to have student involvement and should not be run only by faculty, since the students involved will attract other students in a way faculty members cannot. Second, there ought to be some curricular change in which the moral issues concerning cheating and exceptionalism are addressed. After examining the university catalogue, it seems that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is one of the only faculties that does not have an ethics requirement for their students. The chair recommends that some measures be taken to rectify this problem. Bana Bashour Chairperson

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UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE A. MEMBERSHIP Chairman: Hans D. Muller, Associate Professor, Philosophy (2013) Members: Abbas Al Hakim, Assistant Professor, Mathematics (2013) Michel Bariche, Associate Professor, Biology (2013) Karma El-Hassan, Associate Professor, Education (2013) Ali Haidar, Assistant Professor, Geology (2013), Member of the University Admissions Committee Ramzi Mabsout, Assistant Professor, Economics (2013) Digambara Patra, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (2014) John Pedro Schwartz, Assistant Professor, English (2013) Salim Kanaan, Director of Admissions, Admission’s Office Leila Knio, Student Services Officer, FAS Dean’s Office B. COMMITTEE POLICIES The University Admissions Committee (UAC), with representatives from all Faculties, carried on regularly with the applicants for early and regular admission for the academic years of 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013. During the academic year 2012-2013, the UAC was divided into two committees; one for freshman and the other for sophomore admissions. Dr. Alexander Lubin, Dr. Adam Waterman, and Dr. Bilal Kaafarani were the FAS representatives to the freshman committee whereas Dr. Theodore Christidis and Dr. Hoda Baytiyeh were the FAS representatives to the sophomore committee. Ms. Leila Knio represented FAS in both committees. C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS The committee held two regular meetings and acted on five circular votes during the 2012-2013 academic year. The actions taken by the committee are summarized below. Non Degree Students applying for admission to FAS as regular students

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In the interest of transparency and consistency, the committee formally approved the following five rules governing the process of Non Degree Students (NDS) applying for admission to FAS as regular students: 1. Applicants must submit transfer applications through the admissions office. 2. If the NDS applying for admission to FAS as a regular student is transferring from another college or university, they must have completed the equivalent of the sophomore class (30 credits or equivalent). The committee notes its standing precedent of handling NDS transfer applicants in the same manner as transfers from other universities. Any explicit exceptions to that general profile should be handled on a case-by-case basis keeping in mind that we do not want NDS status to be allowed to function as de facto “back door” for undergraduate admission. 3. Grade requirements are similar to transfer applications across faculties/schools. All final admissions decisions depend on availability of spaces in the major to which the NDS is applying. 4. Courses successfully completed at AUB by a NDS are transferable (required courses with a minimum grade of 60 and elective courses with a minimum grade of 70). 5. Courses successfully completed at AUB by a NDS will be considered for the purposes of admission. English proficiency assessment and course placement for students accepted as transfers into FAS from another university. In coordination with the Department of English the committee approved the following policy, which shall be reflected in the updated undergraduate catalog: “For placement in (or exemption from) the Communication Skills Program, a student may petition for course equivalence by presenting relevant documents to the Department of English. If a student has not taken any courses equivalent to those offered within the Communication Skills Program, the student should be placed in the appropriate course based on his/her test scores (EEE, TOEFL, or SAT Writing), according to the same guidelines normally followed for newly admitted non-transfer students.” Two new policies for second degrees 1. In the interest of bringing FAS policy in line with other faculties and with prevailing international standards, the committee decided to remove the restriction according to which students seeking a second undergraduate degree could only do so if one of the degrees was a BA and the other was a BS. Accordingly, it is now FAS policy that a student with a BA may pursue a second degree that is also a BA and a student with a BS may pursue a second degree that is also a BS. 2. In coordination with the Registrar, the committee decided to institute a new policy according to which up to six credits from another institution can be transferred by students seeking a second undergraduate degree. The committee

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notes that this policy will guarantee a minimum residency of one academic year, together with the equivalent of a regular load of a minimum of 12 credits per term. Of course, all departmental requirements on minimum grades, etc., will be applied to those courses to determine if there are eligible to be transferred. Double majors Working with the FAS Dean’s Office, the Registrar and the Office of Admissions, the committee instituted a new policy according to which students may pursue undergraduate majors simultaneously. Undergraduate Admission: Mid-year admission (Spring 2012-2013): Out of 183 applicants to the freshman class, the UAC accepted 109, and out of 236 applicants to the sophomore class, the Committee accepted 129 students (with 160 FAS majors). The distribution of accepted sophomore applicants is shown in Table I. First Semester Admission (Fall 2013-2014): The UAC, in January 2013, accepted 378 applicants (282 sophomore and 96 freshman) who qualified for early admission (EA) to undergraduate study for the academic year 2013-14, as stated in the AUB Undergraduate catalogue 2012-2013, p.40. The distribution of accepted applicants is shown in Table II. The UAC has reviewed and acted upon applicants to the undergraduate admissions. Counts which were done early July 2013 showed that: out of 837 freshman applicants, the Committee accepted 605 including Children of Alumni, Faculty and Staff, who have been admitted to the freshman class on the basis of Special University criteria. In total the Committee accepted 2084 out of 3062 applicants to the sophomore class. Children of Alumni, Faculty and Staff have been admitted to the Sophomore Class on the basis of Special University criteria. The UAC continued for the seventh year to implement the FAS norm and offer unspecified choice of major admission to sophomore applicants who did not satisfy all the requirements for the indicated choices while their SAT and CMS scores are equivalent to or above the cut off score. A comprehensive distribution enlisting early and regular accepted applicants is shown in Table III. University Preparatory Program: The University Preparatory Program (UPP) continued to prepare applicants to take SAT (both parts, verbal and mathematical reasoning). After completion of this program applicants will join the freshman class or request to be considered by the UAC for regular sophomore admission. As previously agreed, consideration of UPP applicants has been dependent on the high scores (AV 800) calculated similar to regular applicants (see Table IV).

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Junior Transfers from Other Universities: As per previous Annual Reports, the Committee continued to admit students at the Junior level if they have completed the equivalent of 60 credits including freshman. The Committee has also agreed to admit transfer applicants to FAS majors at the sophomore level provided they attained a GPA of 3.0/4.0 (80%) and above in at least 24 credits of coursework, depending on seat availability. A total of 120 credits (including freshman) are needed for graduation. All transfer students are required to satisfy departmental, faculty and general university course requirements (at least 45 credits at AUB out of which a minimum of 21 credits should be in their major department). Exemption from any required course (including Arabic) will be determined on a course-by-course basis by the various departments after registration. As per previous years, at the Committee’s request, the Admissions’ Office notified transfer students, that they should submit the syllabi of the courses for early consideration by the Faculty along with their application. Upon confirmation of admission, accepted transfer applicants were instructed to contact the FAS Dean’s Office-Student section to finalize their potential sophomore transferrable credits. The Committee then communicates to the Offices of Registrar with copies to the Office of Admissions, Academic adviser and the concerned student(s), the exact number of transferable credits prior to advising and registration (see Table IV). Transfers within Arts and Sciences: The Committee continued its periodic review and updating of requirements for transfer within the Faculty (interdepartmental and transfer of freshman to majors) (see Table IV). D. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. The committee’s recommendation for redistributing the composition of its members was approved and as of this year, the following distribution has been implemented: two from basic and natural sciences, one from quantitative thought, one from the humanities, and two from the social sciences, with no more than one member from the same department. 2. The Committee urges the Office of Admission to scrutinize all transfer applications before transmitting them to the FAS Undergraduate Admissions Committee; complete applications should include an updated transcript as well as course syllabi for all courses taken including those that are in progress. Such applicants must send their university catalogue as well. 3. The Committee, as in previous years, requires that filling “Form 3” in the application folder be mandatory for all applicants. The information to be given

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on this form includes the average of the class, the average of the applicant, the applicant’s rank in class and the number of students in that class. School records submitted in any other form must not be accepted. 4. The Committee realizes that few applicants will still be at a disadvantage and their school records are standardized against the general averages and standard deviations, hence, recommended to the UAC that these cases should be looked at individually as it was the norm in the FAS. 5. The Committee insists that the UAC continues the FAS trend for offering unspecified choice of major admission to applicants who do not satisfy all the requirements for the indicated choices while their SAT and CMS scores are equivalent to or above the cut off score. 6. The Committee urged the UAC to reinstate the FAS trend allowing sophomore applicants to have their admission major changed to another choice of major indicated in their applications if their SAT and CMS scores satisfy the requirements of the requested major. The committee also suggested that the UAC to look for ways to get more input from applicants about which non-first-choice majors they might be interested in pursuing. This could be done by altering the emphasis in the wording on the application and/or asking admissions staff to make it clear to students that are permitted to list three potential majors in three different faculties (for a possible total of nine). 7. To continue admitting students coming from the different tracks of the Lebanese Baccalaureate to any major in FAS and to ask admitted students to take certain supplementary courses for no credit, if they choose a field of study different from their Baccalaureate track. For example, students coming from the literary track may go into a science major if they complete the Freshman Science requirements for their chosen major. 8. The Committee approved the granting of credits, based upon the grades and topics covered, for AP, GCE-AL in addition to IB holders who opt to apply to the freshman class. 9. The Committee reaffirmed its previous recommendation stating that the English Language Proficiency Requirement (ELPR) will only be required from those coming from institutions of higher learning where the language of instruction is not English. 10. The Committee agreed that the UAC may consider applicants for “Special not Working for a Degree”. However, these applicants must satisfy University admissions requirements, should have spent some time at institutions of higher learning (after completion of high school), and should present good academic

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record. Moreover, the UAC may consider “Special not Working for a Degree” applications from AUB graduates who wish to raise their overall averages in order to be eligible for admission for FAS graduate programs. The Committee asserts that such students may take undergraduate courses only. Undergraduate applicants for “Special not Working for a Degree” requesting to take graduate courses will be considered by the UAC while graduate applicants will be considered by the FAS Graduate Committee. However, undergraduate applicants must secure, at a later stage, the approval of the Graduate Committee for the particular graduate course they intend to take. 11. The Committee agreed that FAS students wishing to transfer to a different major or join a major (FR) must fill the proper forms and have them endorsed by their adviser and/or chairman. 12. The Committee insisted on having the on-line transfer application forms tailored to meet faculty requirements since interfaculty forms do not fully correspond with FAS requirements. 13. The Committee discussed the possibility of being lenient with transfer deadlines and to possibly make decisions on a rolling basis.

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Table I Distribution of Accepted Undergraduate Applicants Spring 2012-2013

MAJOR ACCEPTED Art History 0 Applied Mathematics 7 Arabic Language & Literature 0 Archaeology 0 Biology 28 Chemistry 17 Computer Science 24 Economics 21 Education/Elementary 1 English Literature 0 English Language 1 Geology 1 Mathematics Arts 0 Mathematics Science 13 Philosophy 0 Physics 16 Political Studies 4 Psychology 9 Petroleum Studies 9 Public Administration 4 Studio Art 3 Sociology & Anthropology 2 Statistics 0 Total _Accepted Sophomore

129*

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Table II Distribution of Early Accepted Undergraduate Applicants Fall 2013-2014

MAJOR ACCEPTED

Art History 2 Applied Mathematics 7 Archaeology 0 Biology 144 Chemistry 12 Computer Science 17 Economics 30 Education/Elementary 3 English Literature 1 English Language 0 Geology 1 History 0 Mathematics Arts 1 Mathematics Science 16 Philosophy 0 Physics 22 Political Studies 7 Psychology 11 Petroleum Studies 3 Public Administration 2 Studio Art 2 Sociology & Anthropology 1 Statistics 0 Total _Accepted Sophomore

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Total _Accepted Freshman 96 Grand Total 378

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Table III FAS Admissions Figures for Fall 2013- 14

MAJOR

2013 - 14 201410

CMS* AP AC C E

Expected Yield 13-14

AHST

500

25 10 1 2 0.2 APPM 120 46 11 7 0.15 ARLL 6 1 1 0 - AROL 20 3 0 1 0.33 BIOL 610 1180 485 164 148 0.31 CHEM 530 786 352 84 54 0.15 CMPS 500 573 239 82 69 0.29 ECON 520 718 333 109 77 0.23 ELEM

500

111 15 8 6 0.4 ELIT 51 18 9 7 0.39 ELNG 40 6 2 2 0.33 GEOL 28 5 2 0 - HIST 28 3 0 0 - MATA 59 13 4 6 0.46 MATS 418 157 43 47 0.3 MCOM 3 3 3 3 1 PHIL 30 3 1 0 - PHYS 529 217 53 67 0.31 POLS 295 60 17 23 0.38 PSYC 361 139 45 33 0.24 PTST 430 99 22 17 0.17 PUBA 263 34 4 13 0.38 SART 193 40 9 5 0.13 SOAN 76 12 6 6 0.5 STAT 84 6 1 3 0.5 Total (UG)**

3062 2084 680 596 0.29

MJRL (FR)

510 837 605 365 358 0.59

Codes: AP: Applied AC: Accepted

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C: Confirmed E: Previous years’ data of Enrolled Expected Yield = previous years’ data of Enrolled / Accepted CMS: ( { [(School Av1-Mean1)/(SD1)] * 100 + 500 } + { [School Av2-Mean2)/(SD2)] * 100 + 500 } )/2 SD: Standard Deviation * Not an absolute cut off **Doesn’t represent counts per head

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Table IV

Distribution of Second Degree, Transfers, Special Not Working for a Degree and Old Returning for AY 2012-13 TERM S'11-12 App. A D E Readmission of Old Returning Students 5 5 - 5 TERM F'12 App. A D E

I. Transfers Within FAS 190 190 - 167 A)FR Transfers 101 101 - 78 B)Inter-Departmental Transfers 89 89 - 89 i) SO 13 13 - 13 ii) JR 51 51 - 51

iii) SR 25 25 - 25

II. Interfaculty Transfers 73 61 12 41

II. Transfers From other Universities 64 27 37 9

IV. Second Degree 9 9 - 7 V. Readmission of Old Returning Students 8 8 - 8 VI. University Preparatory Program 53 41 12 19 TERM SP'13 App. A D E

I. Transfers Within FAS 100 100 - 88 A)FR Transfers 42 42 - 36 B)Inter-Departmental Transfers 58 58 - 52 i) SO 6 6 - 5 ii) JR 34 34 - 32

iii) SR 18 18 - 15

II. Interfaculty Transfers 42 32 10 24

III. Transfers From other Universities 29 14 15 4

IV. Second Degree 13 4 9 1 V. Readmission of Old Returning Students 10 9 1 6 VI. University Preparatory Program 13 11 2 8

Codes: App.: Total Applicants A: Accepted D: Declined E: Enrolled

PART III

REPORTS OF THE ACADEMIC UNITS

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ANIS MAKDISI PROGRAM IN LITERATURE A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The Anis Makdisi Program in Literature will continue its commitment to serve its mission in the coming years by building on the legacy of excellence that was established under the directorship of Professor Maher Jarrar in 2002-2012. B. PERSONNEL

1. Director Nader El-Bizri, Civilization Sequence Program

2. Advisory Committee Ahmad Dallal, Provost Sirene Harb, Department of English Peter Heath, American University of Sharjah Maher Jarrar, Civilization Sequence Program Assaad Khairallah, Arabic Department Andrew C. Long Saree Makdisi, UCLA

3. Graduate Assistants Ralph Menhem, Department of English Fatmeh Ossaily, Department of English

4. Research Affiliate Zaki A. Haidar, Doctoral Candidate, University of Pennsylvania

C. EVENTS Lectures

Professor Marvin Carlson (City University of New York), “Contemporary Arab and Islamic Theatre: A Global Perspective,” 8 November 2012, in association with the English Department and CASAR.

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Ms. Suzanne Alaywan, “Poetry Readings” قراءة شعريّت 14 December 2012, in association with the Arabic Department. Professor Edward Alam (Notre Dame University), “Gibran Khalil Gibran and the Mystical Tradition,” 18 February 2013. Professor Ray Mouawad, “Revisiting the Metn: Its Seraglios, Mausoleums and Sanctuaries,” 12 March 2013, introduced by Dr. Hayat Bualuan. Professor Fred Dallmayr (University of Notre Dame), “After Babel: On Cosmopolis,” 20 March 2013. Professor David Damrosch (Harvard University), “The Politics of Global English: From Kipling to K-Maro,”25 April 2013, Memorial Lecture 2013.

Seminars Maath Al Alousi, “NOSTOS: A Tale of a Street in Baghdad,” 30 October 2012

,In dialogue with Nader El-Bizri: “On Homecoming :حكايت شارع في بغدادMemory, Place.” Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame, “Putting Political Theory on the Map,” 22 March 2013

Other Events Debate panel in association with the Sapiential Knowledge Institute: Bishop George Khodr and Sheikh Shafik Jaradi, “The Divine Hue and Baptism,”

الصبغت والمعموديّت26 February 2013, introduced by Nader El-Bizri. Symposium in association with the NDU Council for Research in Values and Philosophy: Professor Fred Dallmayr (University of Notre Dame), “Religion and the World: Quest for Justice and Peace,” 21 March 2013. Workshop on World Literature: Professor David Damrosch (Harvard University), 26 April 2013 Hay Festival of Literature, in association with CASAR. Dr Philip Mansel in conversation with Professor Robert Myers, 8 May 2013. Mr. Joe Sacco in conversation with Professor Lina Ghaibeh, 9 May 2013.

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Ms. Shereen El Feki in conversation with Professor Fouad M. Fouad, 10 May 2013.

D. PROJECTS

1. Edited volume of studies in Arabic on the legacy of Professor Asad Rustum (proceedings publication based on a past AMPL colloquium at AUB), edited by Dr Lamia Shehadeh (Lebanese American University).

2. Restoring and scanning a nineteenth century philosophy Arabic manuscript from Iraq in association with the Jafet Library archives.

3. Arabic translation of an unpublished manuscript by the distinguished French philosopher, Professor Étienne Balibar (Paris X).

4. Preparations for the following main events in 2013-14: a. Lecture: Professor Charles Butterworth (University of Maryland),

October 2013. b. Celebrating the UNESCO World Philosophy Day at AUB, November

2013. c. Memorial Lecture: Professor Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute),

April 2014. d. Forum on Freedom in Children’s Literature, May 2014.

Nader El-Bizri Director

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DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC AND NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages has had several challenges and changes this year. Our first challenge was recruiting professors for our two vacancies, one in Classical Islamic Thought and the other in Modern Arabic Literature. The department invited Professor Omar Osman to come to AUB and give a Lecture on ―Waqf (Pausing) during the Recitation of the Qur‘an: Its History and Significance‖ Furthermore, this year we overcame the problem of having no under graduate students by having three new students transferring to our department and majoring in Arabic Literature. Two of them have already been approved and the other will transfer by the next term. Regarding ARAB 201A the Department decided to set a new APT policy according to which the grade of the placement test will be counted as a first quiz in course. In addition, the department also added new courses which all student in other majors can benefit from, such as: Creative Writing (ARAB 251F and ARAB 252D); Turkish (ARAB 219); and Arabic for Media Writing. Regarding the achievements of our alumni we should mention that Ms. Esraa Shammari, our MA graduate, has been accepted as a PhD student at of Yale University next fall. The Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Chair of Arabic held by (Professor Ramzi Baalbaki) continued sponsoring its ―Distinguished Lecturer Series‖: On February 27, 2013, Professor Abdessalem Mseddi of Tunis University gave a lecture entitled ―The Arabic Language and the Struggle for Survival‖. This will soon be published in the Chair‘s Occasional Papers. Of these papers, the one by Professor Georges Bohas, of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, entitled ―Analyzing the Word and Organizing the Lexicon in Arabic‖, appeared in print. B. PERSONNEL

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1. Faculty Members Said Agha, Saleh Professor2 Ph.D.

Baalbaki, Ramzi Professor, Jewett Chair

Ph.D.

Jarrar, Maher Professor* Ph.D.

Khairallah, Assaad Professor, Chairperson1

Ph.D.

Naimy, Nadeem Professor* Ph.D.

Tuqan, Fawwaz Professor Ph.D.

Wilmsen, David Associate Professor Ph.D.

Orfali, Bilal Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Al Zein, Abdel Fattah Kattoura, Georges

El Daif, Rachid

Senior Lecturer*

Senior Lecturer*

Lecturer *

3éme cycle 3éme cycle Ph.D.

Jiha, George Lecturer Ph.D.

Hajjar, Olga Instructor* M.A.

Nahas El Zein, Raghda

Instructor M.A.

*Part-time 1Paid Research Leave for the first semester of 2012-13 2 Paid Research Leave for the Second semester of 2012-13

2. Research Assistants

Fall Semester

Al-Khalidy, Sarah

Ouail, Chafika El Ali, Mariam

Spring Semester

Al-Khalidy, Sarah

Ouail, Chafika El Ali, Mariam

3. Jewett Chair Editorial/Administrative Coordinator

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Kaidbey, Rana

4. Graduate Assistants Fall Semester

Horr, Nermine

Spring Semester

Hoballah, Zalfa

Horr, Nermine

5. Non Academic Staff

Abi Ghannam, Nadine Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

BA Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 0

MA Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 0

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 8

Seniors 0

Juniors 2

Sophomores 0

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer ‘11 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 0 12 8 20 211-299 25 213 256 494 200-210 100 412 443 955 100-199 0 39 39 78 Total 125 676 746 1547

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4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer ‘11 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 0 7 9 16 211-299 3 33 33 69 200-210 12 74 77 163 100-199 0 6 9 15 Total 15 120 128 263

D. RESEARCH Saleh Said Agha Short Term Yields Expected:

1. ―On the Poetic Power of Al Lafẓa Al-Mufrada‖ - Part I: Parameters of the Issue. (Submitted to JMEL).

2. ―Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī.‖ An article for the Encyclopedia of Islām, 3rd ed.; by invitation (toward completion, to be submitted before the end of June, 2013).

3. ―ʿAyniyyat al- Ḥādira – A Critical Analysis of a Pre-Islamic Archetypal Poem (final write up. Must be submitted before end August, 2013).

4. ―On the Poetic Power of Al-Lafza Al-Mufrada – Part II: the cosmology of al-lafza al mufrada.‖ (in progres; must be ready for publication in the JMEL issue which immediately follows the issue where ―Part I‖ is to be published).

5. ―The ʿAbbāsid Odyssey in Samāwah – an endeavor less high-minded than has been portrayed‖. Two months or so had elapsed since the takeover of Kūfah, in 132 H./750A.D., by the revolutionary forces allegedly working for

the ʿAbbāsids, before Abūal-ʿ Abbās al Saffāḥ was proclaimed as the first

ʿAbbāsid caliph. During this interregnum, the entire ʿAbbāsid clan went missing. Where they disappeared and why is still a mystery. Neither the primary sources, nor modern scholarship has provided a convincing answer; the majority didn‘t even realize the anomaly. This article investigates the matter from a histo-geographical perspective, utilizing material from poetry, historical accounts, and the accounts of modern western explorers cum scholars who explored Arabia Deserta (Near completion since long, but uncannily interrupted. Now forecasted for the end of 2013).

Further Projects, substantially researched: 6. A monograph on the subtle pulse of the Umayyad era as expressed by

marginal poetry and minor poets. A specific poet is chosen to partially mirror

a socio-poetic profile of the time. Saʿd b. Nāshib is the minor poet of choice.

The extensive study of Saʿd‘s biography and poetry is ready. The monograph will further survey the relevant aspects of the historical era (from early Islam

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to the end of the Umayyad era). This aspect of the issue is still being researched.

7. “Munṣifāt al- ʿArab thalāth‟ – an introduction to and an annotated translation of three specimen of an under-rated genre of Arabic poetry – a pilot article (in progress).

8. Inṣāf (equity) in Pre-and-Early-Islamic Poetry: An Anthology and a Study. This project envisages three products: (a) a pilot article in English, heralding: (b)a

book – a comprehensive annotated anthology of Inṣāf with an analytical study; and (c), a translation thereof. (Further research is required).

9. “Hijra and taʿarrub: a seminal concept efficacious in the formation, construction, and maintenance of the Islamic Arab establishment until the end of Umayyad times – Hadīth as a tool of articulating, perpetuating, and investing in the concept, and of modifying it to suit the objectives of the establishment at different junctures.‖ This is a tentative, and explanatory extended title of a project in its exploratory stage.

Ramzi Baalbaki 1. The Arabic Lexicographical Tradition from the Second/Eighth to the Twelfth/Eighteenth Century. To be published by Brill, Leiden. In progress 2. ―al-Mawrid al-Akbar: Khasa‘isuhu wa-manhajuhu fi l-tawlid al-mu‗jami,‖ Revue de la lexicologie. In press. 3. ―Grammarians on af„al al-muqaraba: Steps in the Sources Towards a subdivision of Operants,‖ Festschrift for Wadad Kadi. In press. 4. ―Mufradat al-‗Arabiyya al-qadima fi l-Mu‗jam al-Tarikhi li-l-Luga al-‗Arabiyya.‖ Submitted for publication in the Proceedings of the International Conference on ―Vocabulaire arabe entre lexique et dictionnaire‖, Tunis, 2010. 5. ―Ibn Durayd.‖ Entry to be published in the I.B. Tauris Biographical Dictionary of Islamic Civilization. 6. ―Arabic grammatical tradition: nahw and sarf.‖ Chapter to be published in The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics. In Press. 7. ―One Word, Two Functions: The Concept of Functional Replacement in Arabic Grammar‖. In press. Assaad Khairallah

1. ―Desire, Taboo, and Transgression: Mystical Hedonism in Qāsim Ḥaddād‘s Akhbār Majnūn Laylā.” Invited Ed de Moor Memorial Lecture at the EURAMAL conference titled: ―Desire, Pleasure, and the Taboo: New Voices and Freedom of Expression in Modern Arabic Literature‖ (Rome, 16-19 June 2010). In press, due to appear in 2013. 2. Active as co-author and co-editor of a four-volume work, Literature: A World History, a project of the Stockholm Collegium of World Literary History, writing

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the part on Arabic literature, as well as coordinating the macro-region West and Central Asia. The work will be published by Wiley-Blackwell; due date of completion: 31 December 2013. 3. Edited al-Abhath, Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (AUB), volumes 58-59 (2010-2011). 4. ―Modern Arabic Poetry: Prophecy, Metapoetry, Snapshots:‖ A monograph under contract with the Curzon/Routledge Press, London. In progress. 5. ―Globalization and Arabic Diaspora Literature.‖ in Progress. 6. ―The Majnūn Legend Traveling between Cultures.‖ In progress for a forthcoming conference in Abu Dhabi, February 2014. Bilal Orfali

1. In Defense of the Use of Qurʾān in Adab: Ibn Abī l-Luṭf's Rafʿ al-iltibās ʿan munkir al-iqtibās (forthcoming in Festschrift for Wadad Kadi)

2. Samāʿ (beatific audition) and Authorial Voices in Early Sufi Anthologies (forthcoming in a volume for NYU Press)

3. ― ‗I See a Distant Fire‘: Al-Thaʿālibī‘s Kitāb al-Iqtibās min al-Qurʾān al-Karīm,‖ in Qur'an and Adab. Ed. Nuha Shaar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming. [with Maurice Pomerantz] (forthcoming)

4. ―A Lost Maqāma of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī (?),‖Arabica 59 (2013). [with Maurice Pomerantz], (forthcoming, Arabica, issue 60/3-4) 5. ―None but Satan Made me Forget‖: On Forgetting and Losing Knowledge in Classical Arabic Anthologies (article in progress, special volume of Journal of Arabic and Islamic

Studies). 6. Early Arabic Sufi Poetry (book in progress)

7. An Anthologist‘s Pearl: Al-Thaʿālibī‘s Yatīmat al-dahr and the Art of Anthology in Classical Arabic Literature (book in progress)

8. A Critical Edition of the Maqāmāt of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī (in progress, with Maurice Pomerantz)

9. Maqāmāt of al-Hamadhānī: Authorship, Text, and History (book in progress, with Maurice Pomerantz)

10. ―Prestige‖ in Classical Arabic anthologies (article in progress).

11. Between Prose and Poetry: al-Thaʿālibī‘s Sajʿ al-manthūr

12. Quoting the Qurʾān in Classical Arabic Literature (article in progress, with Maurice Pomerantz).

13. Critical Edition and Study of Tafsīr al-Suhrawardī

14. Critical Edition and Study of an early Sufi work attributed to Muḥasibī

15. Critical Edition of Rawḍat al-ʿulamāʾ of Zindawistī (critical edition based on 10 manuscripts, expected 2016)

Fawwaz Tuqan

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1. Self-aggrandizement among Abbasid poets, [periodic research leave project], in progress.

elusiveness of translating poetry, a research paper ‖الشعر يستعصي على الترجمة― .2focusing on the short comings of translating poetry from Arabic into other languages and vice versa, ready to be sent to al-Machriq (Lebanon.) 3. "Ibn Hazm on Christianity: The Historical Record," revision of and additions

to an unpublished paper presented at the International Symposium on: ―Christian perceptions of Islam; Muslim perceptions of Christianity: The Historical record,‖ The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman, Jordan. In progress. 4. Qala‘id al-‗Iqyan, a unique 18th century manuscript with introduction, annotation and authentication of the Prophet‘s hadiths and their narrators. Editing and introduction completed, pending search for and identification of the author. Raghda Nahhas El Zein

―Sheikh Ahmad Arif El-Zein (1884-1960), a Pioneer Reformist in Jabal Amel ,‖ a book based on my M.A. thesis. In progress. David Wilmsen 1. Indefinites, Interrogatives, and Negators in Western Arabic dialects: A linguistic history Draft completed 1 Jan 2013 Accepted for publication 23 April 2013, Oxford University Press. 2. Current research project: Polar Interrogative –š in Maltese: Antecedents and Development. A corpus-based study of copulae (huwa, hiya, int, etc.) in forming polar (yes/no) questions in Maltese, a so-called ―peripheral‖ dialect of Arabic. Such usage is not well covered in contemporary grammar books. To be presented at the 4th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics, University of Lyon 2, 17—19 June 2013. 3. Recent submissions On Evidence and Explanation in Arabic Linguistics: The diachrony of the object markers la and iyyā-. Submitted to Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik 4. Forthcoming The interrogative origin of the Arabic negator –š: Evidence from copular interrogation in Andalusi Arabic, Maltese, and modern spoken Moroccan and Egyptian Arabic. Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik, Fall 2013. 5. The Demonstrative iyyā-: A little-considered aspect of Arabic deixis. Arabica, 2013, 60/3-4. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

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Ramzi Baalbaki 1. Editor of the Occasional Papers Series for the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Chair of Arabic. Published a paper by Prof. G. Bohas (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon): ―Analyzing the word and organizing the lexicon in Arabic‖. 2. Served as Chair of the Academic Board of the Arabic Historical Dictionary, sponsored by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Qatar. Served on the following Editorial Boards: 3. Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Brill, Leiden. 4. Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Oslo. 5. Journal of Arabic Linguistic Tradition, Washington D.C. 6. Majallat al-Mu„jamiyya al-„Arabiyya, Tunisia. 7. Langues et Littératures du Monde Arabe, Paris. 8. The Arabic Historical Dictionary. The Arabic Language Academy, Cairo. 9. al-Abhath 10. Romano-Arabica, Bucharest; and 11. regular referee in several Arab and international journals. 12. Attended the Conference on Arabic Language in the Gulf area, Riyad, K.S.A., May 2012. George Jeha 1. Taught Arabic courses 201B, 101, 102 & 237. 2. Delivered a lecture within the Arabic 201b lectures for all sections. 3. Acted as coordinator for Arabic 201B 13 sections. 4. Carried out and corrected Arabic Placement Tests. 5. Still working on a book with the following title and sub title"The Tammuzi Trend;One of Different Aspects of Attempted National Revival as Manifested in Poetry, Novels,Literary articles,some Social Practices and Urban Projects.'' Assaad Khairallah 1. Chairperson, Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages 2. Member of the Administrative Committee of the FAS (AUB). 3. Member of the Executive Board of the Stockholm Collegium of World Literary History. 4. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Anis K. Makdisi Program in Literature. 5. Editor, Al-Abhath: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (AUB). 6. Invited member of the University Publication Committee. 7. Member of the Advisory Board of: Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics (American University of Cairo)

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Journal of Middle Eastern and North African Intellectual and Cultural Studies (Binghamton University, N.Y.) 8. Peer Reviewer for The Qatar National Research Fund, since Oct. 2009. 9. Founding Member EURAMAL (European Association for Modern Arabic Literature), and member of its Research Program Committee. 10. Chair of the Search Committee for Modern Arabic Literature. 11. Member of the Search Committee for Classical Arabic Thought. 12. Adviser of Graduate Students, Dept. of Arabic & NEL, AUB. 13. Co-organized the Annual Memorial Lecture, AMPL, inviting, coordinating, introducing, and moderating the lecture given by David Damrosch (Harvard). April 2013. 14. Moderated a roundtable with D. Damrosch and about twenty invited members of the A&S Faculty (April 26, 2013). 15. Invited to my graduate seminar on ―Arabic and World Literature‖ Ms. Marilyn Hacker, the well-known American poet, translator and critic. 16. Translated from German into Arabic St. John‘s Passion by Bach, for the AUB Choir, May 2013. 17. Gave a common lecture for Arabic 201 B, April 2013. 18. Functioned as jury for the creative writing contest, organized by AUB Nature Conservation Center. May 2013 Bilal Orfali 1. Regular referee and a member of the board of Al-Machriq: Revue Catholique Orientale. Sciences, Lettres, Arts. 2. Editor of Texts and Studies on the Qur'an (Brill series), reviewed several books and proposals 3. Member or the editorial board of Encyclopedia of Islamic Mysticism (online) 4. Book review editor for Abhath 5. Referee for an article for the Journal of Arabic Literature. 6. Referee for an article in Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 7. Referee for an article in Journal of the American Oriental Society 8. Director of the CAMES Arabic Summer program. 9. Member of the Steering Committee for Islamic Studies. 10. Member of the Executive Committee for CAMES. 11. Member of the Steering committee for the Center of Arts and Humanities. 12. Undergraduate Advisor in the Dept. of Arabic. 13. Presented a paper at the annual meeting of American Oriental Society, Portland 2013. 14. Represented AUB and CAMES at the MESA Conference, Washington DC, 2011. 15. Delivered a Lecture at the CAMES summer program on Arabic literature and world literature 16. Committee member for an M.A thesis. in CAMES (Jeremy Clark, 2012)

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17. Member of the committee for two PhD Students in History and Arabic 18. Web contributor and web content approver for the Department of Arabic. 19. Library Liaison for the Department of Arabic. 20. Served as an acting chair for the Department of Arabic during the summer. 21. Commencement Marshal 22. Organized a workshop on the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language (CAMES, summer 2012) 23. Organized a poetry recitation and discussion with the poet Suzanne Alaywan (Anis Makdisi Program) 24. Chaired a discussion with literary critic Tamim Abusinn (Anis Makdisi Program) 25. Organized and chaired a panel in a conference on the 150th anniversary of AUB 26. Delivered a lecture at the School of Abbasid Studies, Exeter, 2012 27. Delivered a lecture at the 4th International Conference of Mediterranean World, Istanbul 2012 28. Delivered a lecture at University of Cambridge 29. Delivered a lecture at Georgetown-Qatar 30. Delivered a lecture at the Symposium on Rethinking the Qur'an, Ankara, 2013 31. Delivered a lecture at Ankara University, 2013 32. Invited and introduced Prof. Dwight Raynolds (two lectures, CAMES). 33. Gave a lecture in Tarif Khalidi's seminar MEST 301 (and supervised three student papers)

Fawwaz Tuqan 1. Referee for two article: Jordanian Journal of Fine Arts (Yarmouk University) and Jordan Journal of History and Archeology. 2. Advisor to the Saudi Cultural Club. Raghda Nahhas El Zein 1. ―The Development of Novel Writing in Egypt and the Rise of Egyptian Nationalism (1938-1970)‖, a common lecture delivered twice a year to 201B students. 2. Coordinator of ARAB 201A, Basic Arabic Grammar and Syntax. 3. I am studying for my PhD in Arabic literature at Saint Joseph University. I have already finished the five required courses and I am still continuing my research for the PhD thesis.

F. PUBLICATIONS

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Ramzi Baalbaki 1. al-Mawrid: A Dictionary of Idiomatic Expressions: English-Arabic. Beirut, 2013, 512 pp.

2. ―Huwiyyat al-Fuṣḥā: Baḥṯ fī l-taṣnīf wa-l-ḫaṣāʾiṣ‖ (The identity of Fuṣḥā: Questions of taxonomy and characteristics), Tabayyun, vol. 1 (2012), pp. 19-40. Assaad Khairallah

―Khalīl Ḥāwī war-ru‘ya n-nabawiyya: Ṣūrat adh-dhāt wa-buṭūlat ar-risāla‖

(Khalīl Ḥāwī and the Prophetic Vision: Self-image as Messenger and Hero),‖ al-Abhath, volumes 58-59 (2010-2011), 223-263. Bilal Orfali Books:

1. Seeking Solitude, A short Sufi Guidebook: Khalwat al-ʿākifīn (Selections from Salwat al

ʿārifīn). Bilal Orfali and Gerhard Bowering. Beirut: Dar al-Machreq, 2013. 2. The Comfort of the Mystics: A Manual and Anthology of Sufism. Gerhard Bowering and Bilal Orfali. Leiden, Brill, 2013. 3. A Disputation over a Fragment of the True Cross: A Medieval Arabic Text from the History of Christian-Jewish-Muslim Relations in Egypt. [Critical edition with introduction, study, translation, and notes]. Stephen J. Davis, Bilal Orfali, and Samuel Noble. Beirut: Dar al-Machreq, Recherches, 2012. Articles:

1. ―The Sources of al-Thaʿālibī in Yatīmat al-Dahr and Tatimmat al-Yatīma,‖ Middle Eastern Literatures ( 2013), 1-47.

2. ―fann al-ikhtiyār fī l-adab al-ʿarabī al-klāsīkī,‖ al-Machreq (2012), 587-599. Wilmsen, David 1. Grammaticalization of the Arabic demonstrative iyyā- as a pronominal object marker in ditransitive verbs: An answer to Bravmann. Journal of Semitic Studies, 2013 58/1, 149—167. 2. The Ditransitive Dative Divide in Arabic: Grammaticality assessments and actuality, in Reem Bassiouney and Graham Katz (eds.), Arabic Language and Arabic Linguistics. Washington: Georgetown University Press. 2012: 365—399. 3. Three texts, two authors, and an editor: A case study in authorship and the negotiation of meaning in the production of a series of translations, in, Najma Al Zidjaly, editor, Building Bridges: Integrating Language, Linguistics, Literature and Translation in English Studies. London: Cambridge Scholars, 2012: 159-182. (Revised and updated).

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4. Review of Middle and Mixed Arabic: Diachrony and Synchrony Liesbeth Zack and Arie Schippershttp, Linguist List 9 December 2012 (http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-5132.html) G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Unfortunately, we have to repeat our earlier remarks regarding the future development of the department. Lack of tenure, narrow working space, heavy teaching load, and low salaries have made it difficult for our department to recruit high-level faculty, especially nowadays, when Arabic is very much in demand, both in the West and in the Arab world. Add to that our department‘s tradition in seeking candidates deeply steeped in Arabic literary culture, while being widely exposed to modern Western theories and methodologies. This leaves us with a very narrow margin for attracting promising young scholars. This year the Department recommended the appointment of an Assistant Professor of Qur‘anic studies. Unfortunately, the candidate preferred to remain at his home university in Qatar, where his salary is about four times higher than what we could offer. For Modern Arabic Literature, we have invited a candidate from Columbia University, who turned us down for the sake of better conditions in the US. As for the students, we were able to attract three undergraduates, after having none for the past few years. AUB‘s high fees make it hard for us to compete with such universities as USJ or the Lebanese University. Our only hope would be to provide top students with scholarships, without which it may remain an impossible task to buttress our graduate program.

David Wilmsen

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DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS One hundred forty-four students are expected to have graduated with a BS in Biology between October 2012 and June 2013. Five hundred students were enrolled in the program. Eight students are expected to have graduated with an MS in Biology between October 2012 and June 2013. Five students joined the program in Fall 2012-2013 and four in Spring 2012-2013. The total number of MS graduates enrolled in our program this year (2012-13) was 24. One new student joined the PhD program in Cell and Molecular Biology in Fall 2012-2013. The total number of PhD students enrolled in our program this year was 8. One new Faculty member joined the department as Assistant Professor: Dr. Heinrich Zu Dohna-Schlobi (Yale University, PhD, 2003). The department hosted a seminar series in which the presenters were PhD students and MS students enrolled in BIOL 393 and 493; three faculty candidates, Dr. Amro Bohsali of University of Maryland, Dr. Ann-Kathrin Ghattas of University College Dublin-Ireland and Dr. Rakan Zahawi of University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and two guest speakers, including Dr. Alain Maasri of The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and Dr. Iqbal Choudhary of the University of Karachi. Isabelle Fakhoury, Hassan Yassine and Ola El Zein were the recipients of the CNRS-L award to support their doctoral studies at AUB. They were amongst 8 recipients being recognized in the first year of the award‟s inception. Dana Bazzoun received a second year renewal for her UNESCO/L‟Oreal Award. Dr. Noel Ghanem received the Farouk Jaber award for the third time. The department held 15 meetings during the 2012-2013 academic year.

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The Biology faculty continues to work towards improving and updating its programs. Several changes were introduced that include changing the course description of BIOL 268 and BIOL 284; listing CHEM 211 as a pre-requisite for BIOL 220; removing BIOL 202 as a prerequisite for BIOL 250 and opening it for non-majors as a General Education Science elective. Ms. Ghida Itani was appointed as Administrative Assistant effective April 2013. Mrs. Maha Kaissi, the Department Secretary, was promoted to the rank of Administrative Assistant. A new subcommittee, „Cell Culture Subcommittee‟, was formed to organize the use of the cell culture facilities in the department, and develop new strategy on training students and managing the facilities. Two new biosafety cabinets were received in May 2013. One was installed in the Microbiology teaching laboratory; the other was installed in the common research lab in the second floor and designated for common cell culture activities. The renovation of the animal room started in February 2013 and is expected to end in July 2013. The new animal room is being constructed according to US standards to earn international certification in the future. A new water purification system has been installed in room 210A in April 2013. This new system will generate sufficient deionized water for teaching and research purposes. B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members Baydoun, Elias Professor Ph.D.

Gali-Muhtasib, Hala Professor Ph.D.

Knio, Khuzama Professor Ph.D.

Kreydiyyeh, Sawsan Professor Ph.D.

Talhouk, Rabih Professor Ph.D.

Bariche, Michel Associate Professor

Ph.D.

Saoud, Imad Associate Ph.D.

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Professor

Smith, Colin1 Associate Professor & Chairperson

Ph.D.

Ghanem, Noel2 Assistant Professor

Ph.D.

Jaalouk, Diana2 Assistant Professor

Ph.D.

Kambris, Zakaria Assistant Professor

Ph.D.

Osta, Mike Assistant Professor

Ph.D.

Sadek, Riyad Assistant Professor

Ph.D.

Zu Dohna-Schlobi, Heinrich

Assistant Professor

Ph.D.

Rizkallah, Hind Lecturer Ph.D.

Sinno Saoud, Nada Lecturer Ph.D.

Tarraf, Charbel Lecturer Ph.D.

Hajjar, Layane Instructor M.S.

Abou-Matar, Tamara Part-time Instructor

B.S.

Al-Lafi, Sawsan Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Alwan, Nisreen Part-time Instructor

Ph.D.

Bou-Chedid, Mirella Part-time Instructor

M.S.

El-Habre, Elia** Part-time Instructor

B.S.

El-Zein, Mohammad Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Fostok, Sabreen Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Hamze, Rabiah** Part-time Instructor

B.S.

Haykal, Joelle* Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Hmadi, Raed Part-time Instructor

M.S.

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Jaber, Hweida Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Kazanjian, Garabed* Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Nasser, Nivin Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Rechdane, Elsy** Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Rizk, Zeinab** Part-time Instructor

M.S.

Zahr, Hind Part-time Instructor

M.S.

____________________________________________ 1 First Semester, on paid research leave 2 Second Semester, on paid research leave * First Semester Only ** Second Semester Only

2. Research Assistants

Fall Semester

Al-Halabi, Racha Malkhassian, Lori

Al-Lafi, Sawsan Torres, Martha

Fatfat, Maamoun Zahr, Hind

Itani, Ghida Zournajian, Houry

Jaber, Hweida

Spring Semester

Abed Ali, Farah Farran, Dina

Al-Halabi, Racha Fatfat, Maamoun

Al-Lafi, Sawsan Rahal, Omar

Daroub, Hamza Torres, Martha

El-Zein, Mohammad Zournajian, Houry

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester

Abdallah, Emane Hayek, Dayana

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Abed Ali, Farah Itani, Ghida

Babikian, Jessica Jaafar, Carine

Diab El Harakeh, Dima

Kareh, Mike

El Moussawi, Layla Monzer, Samer

Farran, Dina Samaha, Carol

Habib, Bettina Younes, Ingrid

Hariri, Hadla Zaki, Angela

Spring Semester

Abdallah, Emane Hayek, Dayana

Abed Ali, Farah Itani, Ghida

Alam, Nadine Jaafar, Carine

Babikian, Jessica Karam, Martin

Diab El Harakeh, Dima

Kareh, Mike

El Moussawi, Layla Kesserwan, Fatimah

Farran, Dina Monzer, Samer

Habib, Bettina Samaha, Carol

Hankash, Carla Younes, Ingrid

Hariri, Hadla

4. PhD Graduate Research Assistantships

Fall Semester

Bazzoun, Dana Kamar, Amina

El-Zein, Ola Kamareddine, Layla

Fakhoury, Isabelle Nassar, Farah

Ghattas, Khaled Yassine, Hassan

Spring Semester

Bazzoun, Dana Kamar, Amina

El-Zein, Ola Kamareddine, Layla

Fakhoury, Isabelle Nassar, Farah

Ghattas, Khaled Yassine, Hassan

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5. Non-Academic Staff

Assad, Najeh Assistant Technician

El Osta, Rania Laboratory Manager

Hannoun, Victor Senior Technician

Itani, Ghida2 Administrative Assistant

Kaissi, Maha Administrative Assistant

Makkouk, Salwa1 Administrative Assistant

Masri, Imad Technician

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C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.S. Oct. 2012 4

Feb. 2013 9

June 2013 131

M.S. Oct. 2012 3

Feb. 2013 0

June 2013 5

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 24

Seniors 152

Juniors 149

Sophomores 175

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses

Summer 2012

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Total

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Courses numbered 300 and above

1 52 33 86

Courses numbered 211 through 299

71 663 701 1435

Courses numbered 200 through 210

138 647 487 1272

Courses numbered 100 through 199

10 89 83 182

Total 220 1451 1304 2975

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses

Summer 2012

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Total

Courses numbered 300 and above

0 28 17 45

Courses numbered 211 through 299

22 78 77 177

Courses numbered 200 through 210

21 29 28 78

Courses numbered 100 through 199

3 6 6 15

Total 46 141 128 315

D. RESEARCH Michel Bariche 1. CREAM project: Coordinating research in support to application of EAF

(Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries) and management advice in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Supported by the European Commission FP7 Programme. Total amount: 1,100,370 €, AUB share 32,844 €.

2. SWIMMERS project: Science, society and management in a changing World: an Innovative Multidisciplinary initiative for Marine Ecosystems, Resources and Services. European Commission FP7 Programme, Pre-acceptance, amount: 9,358,371 €, AUB share 134,000 €.

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3. A DNA barcode reference library for exotic marine species in the Mediterranean Sea. Supported by URB.

4. The reproduction of Fistularia commersonii in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: a close examination on patterns of ovarian development and fecundity. Supported by URB.

5. Population structure and reproduction of Pachygrapsus marmoratus and P. transversus from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Supported by URB.

6. The marine and freshwater ichthyofauna of Lebanon: history, checklist, and exotics.

7. Presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science.

Elias Baydoun 1. Effects of the antioxidant Ascorbic Acid on Tax, Nuclear Factor Kappa B and

Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 in Human T-cell Lymphtrophic Virus 1 positive malignant T-Lymphocytes.

2. Strong protective effect led by c-Cbl against oxidative stress: studies of mouse prostatic and embryonic cells, and human cancer cells.

3. Overview of alternative and renewable sources of enery. 4. Allozyme variation among populations of Phoenico lacerta lizards in Lebanon. 5. Compositional quality and antioxidant properties of oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus)

mushrooms. 6. The abundance of pectin methyl esterase transcript throughout the cell cycle of

synchronized Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cultures. 7. Synthesis of libraries of anti-cancer agents by biotransformation- a novel

approach towards anti-cancer agents. Supported by CNRS. 8. Investigating the role of NFATcl and HAND2 and their interaction in heart

morphogenesis using Drosophila melanogaster as a model. Supported by URB. 9. Effect of Wolbachia endosymbionts on their insect hosts. Supported by CNRS. 10. Synthesis of novel anti-inflammatory agents by biotransformation. Submitted to

URB for funding 11. Antimicrobial Activity of modified synthetic compounds and their potential

synergistic effect against Multi-drug resistant (MDR) Staphyloccus aureus”. Submitted to CNRS for funding

12. Survey of entomopathogenic fungi in Lebanon and biotechnological manipulation of Beauveria bassiana. Submitted to CEDRE for funding

Hala Gali-Muhtasib

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1. Targeting Hypoxia: Sensitizing Tumors to Radio- and Chemo-therapy. Current Cancer Drug Targets.

2. Comparative antiproliferative activities of the essential oils of wood and seeds of Juniperus oxycedrus L. against K562 human chronic myelogenous leukemia cells. Natural Products Research.

3. Differential Growth Inhibitory Effects of Highly Oxygenated Guaianolides Isolated from the Middle Eastern Indigenous Plant Achillea falcata in HCT-116 Colorectal Cancer Cells.

4. Thymoquinone: Fifty years of success in the battle against cancer. 5. Gallotannin is a DNA damaging compound that induces senescence

independently of p53 and p21 in human colon cancer cells. 6. Zinc dependent regulation of the cell cycle regulator Cdc25 as a potential anti-

cancer target. Project funded by Qatar National Research Fund. 7. Targeted therapy of breast cancer stem cells and metastasis by the hypoxia-

activated quinoxaline 1,4-dioxide DCQ. Project funded by Farouk Jabr. 8. The clinical potential of thymoquinone in cancer: molecular target identification

and efficacy in combination therapy. Project funded by the German National Research Foundation-DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).

Noël Ghanem 1. The role of the Rb/E2F pathway in the development and maturation of

inhibitory neurons in the brain. Funded by LNCSR. 2. Control of nerve regeneration and plasticity in the adult brain by the

Retinoblastoma protein, pRb. Funded by URB. 3. Investigating the influence of neuro-developmental stage on brain

tumorigenesis upon in-vivo disruption of the tumor suppressors RB and p53 in neural precursor cells. Funded by Farouk-Jabre biomedical research grant.

4. Control of adult neurogenesis and generation of newborn GABAergic neurons in the olfactory bulb by pRb.

5. The role of the retinoblastoma protein, pRb, in the development of the olfactory system.

Diana Jaalouk 1. Impaired multipotency of Lamin A/C - deficient mesenchymal stem cells 2. Sub-lethal High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Exposure Results in Altered

Mechanosensitive Gene Expression in Mammary Epithelial Cells 3. Principles and applications of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 4. ROS-induced mitochondrial ROS release cycles amplify cardiac oxidative stress

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5. Myocardial Repair Following Mechanical Underloading With Ventricular Assist Device

6. Alterations of mechanotransduction signaling and cellular function in breast cancer from High Intensity Focused Ultrasound exposure.Funding: the project has been funded by a grant from the Dar Al-Handassah (Shair & Partners) Endowment Fund in Engineering for a 2-year period.

7. Identification of novel nuclear envelope proteins implicated in laminopathies by differential phage display.Funding: the project has been co-funded by a 1-year URB grant and a 2-year LNCSR grant.

8. Deregulated Caveolin-1 Expression in Muscular Laminopathies. Funding: the project has been funded by a 1-year URB grant.

9. Cardiomyopathies at AUB-MC: Behind the Genetcis, Clinical and Bio-translational Perspectives. Funding: the project has been funded by a 3-year grant from the Faculty of Medicine Program Projects Grants in Biomedical Research

Zakaria Kambris 1. A comparative study of phenoloxidase activity in 3 different mosquitoes genera. 2. Drosophila as a model for studying gene interaction during embryonic heart

development. 3. Investigating the role of a novel NF-kB transcription factor in Drosophila

melanogaster‟s immunity. 4. Wolbachia-induced gene upregulation in the testis of Culex mosquitoes. 5. Transcription levels of a putative meiotic regulator influence the course of

cytoplasmic incompatibility in Culex. 6. Effects of wolbachia endosymbionts on their Drosophila host immunity.

Accepted for URB for funding (renewal, 10000$). 7. Host-microbe interactions: Effect of Wolbachia endosymbionts on their insect

hosts. Accepted for LNCSR funding (renewal, 9500$). Khuzama Knio 1. Evidence for host race formation in Terellia serratulae (Diptera: Tephritidae):

genetic and morphometric variation. Bulletin of Entomological Research. Funded by URB grant.

2. Ecological specialization in Lebanese tephritid flies. Funded by LNCSR grant. 3. Biology and Ecology of Tephritomyia lauta (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Lebanon. Sawsan Kreydiyyeh

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1. Identifying the type of receptors involved in the effect of S1P on the Na+/K+ ATPase in HepG2 cells. Supported by URB.

2. Caco-2 cells differentiation and appearance of leptin receptors and glucose transporters. Supported by LNCSR

3. Involvement of PP2A and PTP-1B in ouabain-induced Src and MAPK activation supported by URB.

4. Stimulates the Na+/K+ ATPase in HepG2 cells via ceramide-1-phosphate and

NF-ҝB activation. 5. UCP2 and P53 underlie linalool chemosenstivity of HepG2 cells but not

primary hepatocytes. Mike Osta 1. Role of Anopheles gambiae serine protease homologs CLIPA2 and CLIPA5 in

anti-microbial defense (Funded by URB) 2. Regulation of mosquito complement by the serine protease homolog CLIPA2.

(Pending funding by URB) 3. Investigating the mechanism of action of a lectin complex in immune responses

of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to Plasmodium parasites. 4. Correlation of the susceptibility of three different mosquito species with their

hemolymph phneoloxidase acitivity. 5. The contribution of the melanization response to mosquito tolerance and

resistance to different Gram-positive bacterial species. 6. Degradomics of the mosquito complement system Riyad Sadek 1. The taxonomic status, geographic distribution and ecological requirements of

the toad species, Bufo cf bufo. (URB-funded) 2. Further geographic, ecological and behavioral studies of the Lebanon mountain

viper Montevipera bornmuelleri including extraction, purification and pharmacological and toxicological characterization of bioactive molecules of its venom. (Lebanese CNRS-funded)

3. Allozyme variation among populations of Phoenicolacerta lizards in Lebanon. Journal of Natural History. Submitted 7 September 2010.

Imad Saoud 1. Effects of Water Temperature and Body Weight on Anaesthetic Efficiency in

the Marbled Rabbitfish (Siganus rivulatus). Aquaculture Research.

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2. Effect of Dietary Protein Level on Growth Performance and Blood Parameters of Marbled Spinefoot Rabbitfish Siganus rivulatus. JWAS.

3. Acute and Chronic Effects of Aqueous Ammonia on Marbled Spinefoot Siganus rivulatus (Forsskal 1775). Aquaculture research.

Colin Smith 1. Mutability of bacteriophage lambda boxB with respect to lambda N and HK022

Nun Functions. AUB URB funded.

Rabih Talhouk 1. Effect of Connexin 43 Loss on Polarity and Initiation of Tumorigenesis in the

Normal Mammary Epithelium (pending URB) 2. Proposals for Pilot Collaborations with LMICs in Global Cancer Research or

Global Health Research at NCI-Designated Cancer Centers: Epigenetic markers that distinguish women at low vs. high breast cancer risks (pending NIH)

3. Exploring Marine Resources for Bioactive Compound: From Discovery to Sustainable Production and Industrial Applications (MAREX) (IBSAR / U. HELSINKI PARTNERSHIP) Collaborative Project under the work program KBBE-2009-3-2-01: Novel marine bioactive compounds for European Industries

4. Deciphering the mechanism of Cx43- and K100-mediated reversion of tumor phenotype in breast epithelial cells (funded by LNCSR)

5. Deciphering the mechanism of Cx-mediated reversion of tumor phenotype in breast epithelial cells (funded by URB)

6. The Role of Epigenetics in Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer Risk. In: "Mammary Glands: Anatomy, Development and Diseases".

7. shRNA-Connexin 43 Induces a Tumor-Like Phenotype in Mammary Epithelial cells: A Potential Role for β-catenin Signaling.

8. Identification of an in vitro Interleukin-6 suppressing bioactivity in the Popularly Used Folk Medicinal Plant Chamomile (Cota Palestina).

9. Context dependent reversion of tumor phenotype by connexin-43 over expression in MDA-MB231 cells and MCF-7 cells: A role for β-catenin/connexin43 association.

Heinrich Zu Dohna-Schlobi 1. Traits of Red Sea bony fish associated with invasion of the Mediterranean Sea 2. Codon usage bias among influenza virus A

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E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Michel Bariche 1. First WP6 workshop for CREAM project: Scientific strategy for a global

approach to promote regional Environmental Approach to Fishery. France, 3-4 July 2012.

2. Second coordination meetings for CREAM project: General Assembly and WP2 workshop. Malta, 17-18 April 2013.

3. Committees: FAS Undergraduate Admissions Committee (2011-2013); FAS Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee (2011-2013); Natural History Museum Committee (2003-ongoing).

4. Invited speaker at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) workshop: Challenges of New Frontier Off-Shore Deep Water Hydrocarbon Basins: Focus on Levant Basin and East Mediterranean. Lebanon, 27-29 May 2013.

5. Invited speaker at the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD, UN environmental programme) workshop: Sub-regional capacity-building workshop to address invasive alien species and to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 in the Arab region. Dubai, 11-14 February 2013.

6. Awards and Honors: TWAS Young Affiliates (2009-2014) for young scientists (www.bibalex.org/twasaro).

7. Design and installation of seven educational aquariums in the Biology Department.

8. Reviewed various manuscripts for international journals. Elias Baydoun 1. Advisor of one PhD student Amina Kamar and three MS Biology Students,

Martin Karam, Dina Farran, and Hadla Harirri 2. Member of the Thesis Committees of three MS Biology students at AUB:

Betina Habib, Iman Abdallah and Farah Abed Ali 3. Member of the Thesis Committees of two Biology students at the University of

Balamand: Ammanah Abraham and Ziad Chebl 4. Supervised undergraduate and graduate tutorial students 5. Organized and chaired an international Conference on “Energy and Water

Sustainability” Beirut, Lebanon, December 7-8, 2012 6. Served as a full voting member of the Faculty of Medicine Expanded Advisory

Committee

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7. Member of the FAS Advisory Committee during the Fall Semester (2012-2013) 8. Member of the University Senate (2012 - ) 9. Member of the Board of Trustees of The Future University, Khartoum, Sudan

and attended its meeting on April 17, 2013 10. Participated in the 3rd edition of Beirut Energy Forum 2012 organised by The

Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC), Beirut, Lebanon (13-14 September, 2012.)

11. Participated in the National Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction “Assessing and Managing Risks in Lebanon”, Beirut, Lebanon (17-18 October, 2012)

12. Participated in the “11th Winter Conference on Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry” and presented a poster on “ Microbial transformation of anti-cancer steroid exemestane”, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA (20-24 January, 2013.)

13. Author of a presentation entitled “Microbial transformation of anti-cancer steroid exemestane” presented at the 4th International Symposium-Cum-Training Course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research", Karachi, Pakistan (7 – 10 January , 2013)

14. Participated in a workshop and a round table on “Inquiry-Based Science Education” Sudan, Khartoum, April 16, 2013

15. Served as a Review Committee Member to evaluate the posters submitted to the TWAS-ARO 8th Annual Meeting Poster Session

16. Served as a Review Committee Member to evaluate the presentation proposals of the TWAS Young Affiliates to be presented in the TWAS 8th Annual Meeting

17. Reviewed research proposals for funding and manuscripts for publication 18. Arranged the invitation of Dr Iqbal Choudhary and Dr Atia-tul-Wahab from

the International Center of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Karachi, to give lectures and to start collaboration (6-11 February, 2013) and sponsored it from my research funds.

19. Visited the International Center of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Karachi (18-21 July, 2012) to be acquainted with a new line of research on Biotransformation.

20. Invited to attend the TWAS 12th General Conference & 23rd General Meeting, Tianjin, China (18-21 September 2012)

21. Invited to attend the TWAS-ARO 8th Annual Meeting on “The Role of Science, Engineering and Technology in Achieving Sustainable Human Development in the Arab Region”, Alexandria, Egypt (30-31 December 2012)

22. Member of the Steering Committee for the project on “Science and Technology Indicators in the Arab States.” The project is sponsored by UNESCO, ALECSO and the Arab Academy of Sciences

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23. Member of the “Regional Advisory Committee of Ethics”; a committee founded at the Egyptian Academy for Scientific Research and Technology in collaboration with UNESCO.

24. Member of the Middle East Science Fund Regional Executive Committee. 25. Member of the Arab Health Water Association (Affiliate-member of HWA.) 26. Interim Coordinator of the Lebanese TWAS Chapter. 27. Secretary General for the “Arab Forum for Sustainable Science.” 28. Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). 29. Founding Fellow and Secretary General of the Arab Academy of Sciences. 30. Founding Member of the Lebanese-Jordanian Friendship Association. Hala Gali-Muhtasib 1. Supervisor of two PhD students in the CMB program at AUB. 2. Co-supervisor of a PhD student at the Lebanese University. 3. Advisor for more than 20 majorless undergraduate AUB students. 4. Supervised the research tutorial projects of undergraduate and graduate

students. 5. Reviewed manuscripts for several international refereed journals. 6. Member of the Editorial Board of the Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal. 7. Member of the Basic Biomedical Research Day Committee 8. Reviewed proposals submitted to Faculty of Medicine MPP funds. 9. Reviewed several proposals submitted to the Institutional Animal Care and Use

Committee (IACUC) for compliance to animal research regulations. 10. Presented several abstracts in international and local conferences. 11. Chair of the Enrollment Management Unit at AUB. 12. Chair of Advising Committee: prepared and presented a proposal to improve

the advising process at AUB. 13. Chair of the Career Services Committee: prepared a proposal for improving

career services at AUB. 14. Chair of the Sophomore Admissions and Freshman Admissions Committees. 15. Member of the Board of Graduate Studies. 16. Member of the FAS Graduate Committee. 17. Member of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). 18. Member of the Medical Admissions Committee. 19. Objective analyst for strategic goals of the institution related to enrollment. Noël Ghanem 1. The International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) and the American Society

for Neurochemistry (ASN), 24th ISN-ASN Biennial Meeting in Cancun,

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Mexico, April 20 – 24, 2013: poster presentation (Ghanem et al. 2013, see published abstract below – Publications.)

2. Spring 2012-present: Member of Library Committee, FAS, AUB. 3. Fall 2011-present: Advisor - Biology Student Society (BSS). 4. 2011-present: member of the MENA-IBRO (International Brain Research

Organization) chapter that was officially established in February of 2012 for the middle-east and North Africa. One of the chapter‟s goals is to organize a regional neuroscience conference and a neuroscience school at AUB in 2012.

Diana Jaalouk 1. International Conference: Zwerger M, Jaalouk DE, Lombardi M, Isermann P,

Mauermann M, Herrmann H, Wallrath LL, and Lammerding J*. Lamin Mutations that Cause Muscle Defects Disturb Nuclear Mechanics and Nucleo-cytoskeletal Coupling. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) meeting, Oct. 2012.

2. International Conference: Zwerger M, Jaalouk DE, Lombardi M, Mauermann M, Herrmann H, Wallrath LL, and Lammerding J*. Lamin Mutations that Cause Muscle Defects Disturb Nuclear Mechanics and Nucleo-cytoskeletal Coupling. American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) meeting, Dec. 2012.

3. International Conference: Ho C*, Jaalouk DE, Vartiainen M, and Lammerding J. Mutations in the nuclear envelope proteins lamin A/C and emerin modulate actin dynamics and impair MKL1/SRF transcriptional activity. American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) meeting, Dec. 2012.

4. International Conference: Malkhassian LH, Al Qraini M, Zahr H, Oweis G, and Jaalouk DE*. Sub-lethal High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Exposure Results in Altered Mechanosensitive Gene Expression in Mammary Epithelial Cells. American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) meeting, Dec. 2012.

5. International Conference: Zwerger M*, Jaalouk DE, Lombardi ML, Isermann P, Mauermann M, Dialynas G, Herrmann H, Wallrath LL, and Lammerding J. Myopathic Lamin Mutations Impair Nuclear Stability in Cells and Tissue and Disrupt Nucleo-cytoskeletal Coupling. International Joint Meeting of the German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ) and the German Society for Developmental Biology (GfE), Mar. 2013.

6. National Conference: Malkhassian LH*, Al Qraini M, Zahr H, Oweis G, and Jaalouk DE. Sub-lethal High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Exposure Results in Altered Mechanosensitive Gene Expression in Mammary Epithelial Cells. Third Annual AUB Basic Biomedical Research Day, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 16, 2013.

7. Occasional attendance (based on topic) of the Biology Department Seminars (BIOL 393/394), AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. February 2010 – present time.

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8. Occasional attendance (based on topic) of the Basic Medical Science Departments and Biology Department Research Seminar and Journal Club Series, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. February 2010 – present time.

9. Occasional attendance (based on topic) of the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. February 2010 – present time.

10. Occasional attendance (based on topic) of IBSAR (Initiative for Biodiversity Studies in Arid Regions) events, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. February 2010 – present time.

11. Research Leave as a short-term visiting scholar at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA (April 1 – July 31, 2013).

12. Thesis Supervision: Supervisor for two M.Sc. graduate students in the Department of Biology namely Ms. Lori Malkhassian, and Ms. Lara Kamand.

13. Thesis Committee Membership - M.Sc. Candidates: Raed Hmadi, M.Sc., Biology; Bilal Nasr, M.Sc., Biology; Crystal Malek Ghantous, M.Sc., Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine; Elia El Habre, M.Sc., Biology; Mike El-Kareh, M.Sc., Biology.

14. Thesis Committee Membership - Ph.D. Candidates: Dana Bazzoun, Ph.D. candidate, Molecular & Cell Biology; Isabelle Fakhoury, Ph.D. candidate, Molecular & Cell Biology.

15. PhD Program Departmental Committee, Member, Department of Biology, FAS, AUB (Fall 2012-2013).

16. Safety Committee, Member, Department of Biology, FAS, AUB (Fall 2012-2013).

17. Natural Sciences member on the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee (SAAC), Summer 2012, Fall 2012-2013.

18. Graduation ceremony FAS Marshall, June 2012. 19. University Senate, Fall 2012-2013. 20. FAS member on the Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs (SCFA); served as

the committee secretary for Fall 2012-2013. 21. Reviewer of research proposals received by the Research Committee, Faculty of

Medicine, AUB. Fall 2012-2013. 22. Selection Committee of the Nemer/SCORE Fellowship Award, Spring 2012-

2013. Zakaria Kambris 1. Supervised the thesis of one master student (defending this summer). 2. Member of the Thesis Committees of 3 Biology Masters Students at AUB. 3. Supervised 6 undergraduate tutorial students.

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4. Undergraduate student advising: Academic advisor for approximately 100 undergraduate students (sophomores, juniors and seniors).

Khuzama Knio 1. Member of the Natural History Museum Committee. 2. Main museum activities: identification for a PhD graduate (over 500 specimens);

and for the general public (including AUBH). 3. Member of the Student Academic Affairs Committee: until September 2012 4. Member in Administrative Committee, FAS: October 2012 – present 5. Member of the CRSL Steering Committee Jan 2013-present 6. Served as A/Chair for the Biology Department: September 2012 7. Serving as Chair for the Biology Department: October 2012 – present 8. Serving as advisor for the MS thesis of Farah Abed Ali. 9. Serving as co-advisor for the PhD thesis of Mohammad Al-Zein (Old

Dominion University, VA) 10. Reviewed the following article: Larvicidal activity of three indigenous plants on

Anopheles larvae‟. September 14, 2012. Wudpecker Journal of Medicinal Plants. 11. Reviewed the following article: Comparative mosquito repellent efficacy of

alcoholic extracts and essential oils of different plants against Anopheles stephensi”. International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation. Shoostari et al. March 28 2013.

12. Supervised undergraduate tutorials for: 6 in Fall 2011-12 and 8 in the Spring 2012-13; and 1 graduate tutorial in Fall 2011-12.

13. Presented a lecture on „the Respiratory System‟ at International College, March 212, 2013, for grade 4 students.

14. Participated in the Workshop on Presentation of the PLO 3-Year Plan with Emphasis on the 3rd Year tasks. December 11, 2012

15. Attended the workshop at AUB: „How does writing fit into the learning goals for your program?‟ November 7, 2012

16. Served as the advisor of 27 students (mainly graduates). Sawsan Kreydiyyeh 1. Served as freshman advisor. 2. Awarded a URB grant of $10,000 3. Thesis advisor for one PhD and two Master students in the Biology department. 4. Member of the thesis committee of 2 MS students from the department of

biochemistry and molecular genetics (AUB) and one student from the Arab University of Beirut.

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6. Reviewed article for journal of cellular biochemistry 7. Participated in the 37th FEBS meeting From single molecules to systems

Biology held in Sevilla Spain September 4th - 9th, 2012. 8. Acting Chair of the FAS graduate committee 9. Member of the radiation survey and safety committee 10. Acting chair of the Biology department 11. Member of the MCAT task force Mike Osta 1. Supervisor of one Master student and two PhD students. 2. Member, several thesis committees of MSc and PhD students. 3. Member , Central Research Science Laboratory Committee (Summer 2009-

present) 4. Library Liaison for the Biology Department (Fall 2009-present) 5. Member, FAS Research Committee since Fall 2011 6. FAS representative, Organizing Committee of the AUB Graduate Day (Fall 2012-

present) 7. Speaker at the AUB Graduate Day. Graduate studies in the Sciences. February 21,

2013 8. Participated in the 19th LAAS International Science Conference. Serine protease

homologs are central regulators of complement activation in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. LAU, Lebanon: April 5-6, 2013

9. Reporter, PhD committee of Micheline El-Khoury, Université Montpellier II and USJ joint PhD program (Graduated, 2013)

10. Referee manuscripts submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals 11. Referee a grant proposal for the French National Research Agency. Riyad Sadek 1. Chairman (Director) of Natural History Museum Committee. 2. Participation in the 7th World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, BC,

Canada, August 2012. The papers presented were: Accary, C., Sadek, R.A., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Hleihel, W. and Fajloun, Z. - Preliminary proteomic analysis anti-bacterial and anti-aggregate activities of the crude venom of the Lebanon Viper Montevipera bornmuelleri. Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R.A., Hleihel, W. and Ziad Fajloun - Etude écologique d‟une vipère endémique des montagnes du Liban : Montevipera bornmueller.

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Sadek, R.A. and Hraoui-Bloquet, S. - Structure of the habitats of three sympatric populations of the lizards Trachylepis vittata, Phoenicolacerta kulzeri and Parvilacerta fraasii in Lebanese mountains.

3. Supervising Tutorial student Patil Baliozian, 2nd Semester 12-13. 4. Academic advising for about 100 biology students. 5. Chairman of the West Asia Amphibian Specialist Group in the Species Survival

Commission (SSC) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Since 2008.

6. Organized and guided hikes in protected areas for AUB faculty as part of AUB Faculty Activities.

Imad Saoud 1. Attended three international conferences and several local. Nada Sinno-Saoud 1. Involved in the D-RASATI project that is trying to upgrade the teaching of

science laboratories in public schools. I am in the process of developing biology lab manuals for the first, second and third secondary classes to be used in public schools.

2. Participated in one day conference entitled „Mainstreaming Biodiversity Management into Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) Production Processes in Lebanon Project” that was organized by UNDP.

3. Member of the Natural History Museum committee. 4. Curator of the Post Herbarium. 5. Member of the advising committee that was involved in submitting a proposal

on how to improve academic advising at AUB. 6. Academic advisor for 100 biology students Colin Smith 1. Itani G, Smith CA. “Microbial Biodiversity of Muddy Rain” Poster at International

Biodiversity Day at AUB, 2013, Lebanon. 2. Abdallah E, Smith CA. “Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Emphasizing Scientific

Method in a Common Laboratory Activity on Probability” Talk at The Third International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, December 2012, Lebanon.

3. Introduction of new “Process of Science” laboratory activity in BIOL 223 Genetics, Fall 2012.

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Rabih Talhouk 1. International Meetings & Consultancies: Talhouk, R.S. (2013) Epigenetics:

Above Genetics. Can we change our destiny? Department of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. April, 2013 Brno, Czech Republic.

2. International Meetings & Consultancies: Talhouk, R.S. (2013) From cells in culture to organs on chips. Department of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences. April, 2013 Brno, Czech Republic.

3. International Meetings & Consultancies: Talhouk, R.S. (2012). Think Pink: Together Towards Breast Cancer Prevention. Disrupting Cell-Cell Communication: A Path Towards Tumorigenesis. Pre-clinical models to study epigenome-environment interactions. Dec 3, 2012 – Weill Cornell-Qatar

4. International Meetings & Consultancies: Talhouk R.; Chairperson, Local Organizing Committee for the 4th International Breast Cancer and Nutrition (IBCN) Annual Meeting. Oct 2013 hosted by AUB - Beirut, Lebanon

5. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Talhouk, R. (2013). In-class Interactive Video-based Learning: Tissue Specific Gene Expression. Science and Mathematics Education Center (SMEC) Conference. March 16, 2013.

6. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Talhouk, R. (2013). AUB-BLOSSOMS Workshop for high school teachers. Introduction of the Blossoms interactive video; Concept of Tissue Specific Gene Expression in a interactive video lesson. AUB-West Hall, Jan 2013.

7. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Talhouk, R. and El-Habre, E. (2012) BLOSSOMS MIT Interactive Video: Tissue Specific Gene Expression. An interactive Video session designed to explain in an interactive manner the concept of tissue specific gene expression for high school students. http://blossoms.mit.edu/videos/lessons/tissue_specific_gene_expression

8. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Talhouk Rabih, Nahas Rana, El-Kareh Mike, Al-Ghadban Sarah, Artinian Shushan, Yazbeck Mariana, Saliba Najat, and El-Sabban Marwan (2012). Exploring marine resources for bioactive compounds. Lebanese Association for Advancement of Sciences. Beirut, Lebanon Feb 2012 (Poster)

9. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Al-Ghadban Sarah, Nahas Rana, El-Kareh Mike, El-Sabban Marwan, and Talhouk Rabih (2012). Exploring marine resources in the Mediterranean coast for bioactive compounds. Third Kas CRSL Conference, Beirut, Lebanon May 2012 (Poster)

10. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: El-Kareh Mike, Al-Ghadban Sarah, Nahas Rana, Al-Araj Lamis, Saliba Najat, El-Sabban Marwan, and Talhouk Rabih (2013). Sea Cucumber Extracts Selectively Inhibit The Proliferation Of

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Normal Rodent Mammary Cells and Partially Revert The Tumor Phenotype Of Breast Cancer Cells. Third annual AUB Biomedical Research Day. Beirut, Lebanon Feb 2013 (Poster)

11. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: El-Kareh Mike, Al-Ghadban Sarah, Nahas Rana, Al-Araj Lamis, Saliba Najat, El-Sabban Marwan, and Talhouk Rabih (2013). Sea Cucumber Extracts Selectively Inhibit The Proliferation Of Normal Rodent Mammary Cells and Partially Revert The Tumor Phenotype Of Breast Cancer Cells. Lebanese Association for Advancement of Sciences. Beirut, Lebanon April 2013 (Poster)

12. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Nasr B, Fares M-B, Ajeeb B, Ghaddar T, Saliba N, and Talhouk R (2013). Comparative Effects of a Sesquiterpene Lactone derived from a Chamomile-Related Plant versus Parthenolide on tumor Phenotype of MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells. Lebanese Association for Advancement of Sciences. LAU, Beirut, Lebanon April 2013 (Poster)

13. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Nasr B, Fares M-B, Ajeeb B, Ghaddar T, Saliba N, and Talhouk R (2013). Comparative effects of sesquiterpene-lactone derived from chamomile-related plant and Parthenolide on tumor phenotype of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Third annual AUB Biomedical Research Day. Beirut, Lebanon Feb 2013 (Seminar)

14. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Nasr B, Fares M-B, Ajeeb B, Ghaddar T, Saliba N, and Talhouk R (2013). An anti-inflammatory component in a chamomile-related plant exhibits parthenolide analogous predicted binding and anti-proliferative activities. Third KAS CRSL Conference, Beirut, Lebanon May 2012 (Poster)

15. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Bazzoun, D.B., Adissu, H.A., Labban, D.L., Nahas, R.N., Sabban, M.S., Lelièvre, S.A., and Talhouk, R.S. (2013). Effect of Connexin 43 Loss on Polarity and Initiation of Tumorigenic Pathways in the Phenotypically Normal Mammary Epithelium. Lebanese Association for Advancement of Sciences. Beirut, Lebanon April 2013 (Seminar)

16. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Bazzoun, D.B., Adissu, H.A., Labban, D.L., Nahas, R.N., Sabban, M.S., Lelièvre, S.A., and Talhouk, R.S. (2013). Effect of Connexin 43 Loss on Polarity and Initiation of Tumorigenic Pathways in the Phenotypically Normal Mammary Epithelium. Third annual AUB Biomedical Research Day. Beirut, Lebanon Feb 2013 (Poster)

17. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings: Elia T. El Habre, Marwan E. El-Sabban and Rabih S. Talhouk (2013). Connexin43 over-expression induces partial Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Third Biomedical Research Day, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon February 2013 (Poster).

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18. Presentations at Local Scientific Meetings:Elia T. El Habre, Marwan E. El-Sabban and Rabih S. Talhouk (2013). Over-expression of Connexin 43 induces partial Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition in breast cancer cells. 19th Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science (LAAS) International Science Conference. Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon April 2013 (Poster).

19. Abstract: Talhouk. R.S., Fares, B.M., Rahme, G., Labban, D., Bazzoun, D., and El-Sabban, M.E. Context dependent reversion of tumor phenotype by connexin-43 over expression in breast cancer cell lines: A role for β-catenin/connexin43 association. Gordon Conference. Texas, USA, January 2013.

20. Abstract: Bazzoun, D.B., Adissu, H.A., Labban, D.L., Nahas, R.N., Sabban, M.S., Lelièvre, S.A., and Talhouk, R.S. Effect of Connexin 43 Loss on Polarity and Initiation of Tumorigenesis in the Normal Mammary Epithelium. International Breast Cancer and Nutrition Project. Indiana. USA, October 2012.

21. Chairperson, Graduate Council (2011 – present) 22. Member, Teaching Excellence Selection Committee (2012-2013) 23. Graduate Students Under my Supervision: Miss Dana Bazzoun (PhD Student),

Miss Elia El-Habre (MSc Student), Mr. Mike Kareh (MSc Student), Miss Fatmeh Kisirwan (MSc Student), Mr. Bilal Nasr (MSc Student), Miss Farah Nassar (PhD Student)

Heinrich Zu Dohna-Schlobi

1. Supervised two undergraduate tutorial students 2. Developed new courses in Conservation Biology and Phylogenetics

F. PUBLICATIONS Michel Bariche

1. Bariche M., 2012. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Rome, FAO, 610 pp.

2. Kalogirou S.*, Azzurro E. *, Bariche M., 2012. The ongoing shift of Mediterranean coastal fish assemblages and the spread of non-indigenous species. In: Biodiversity enrichment in a diverse World, Chapter 11, Gbolagade Akeem Lameed (Ed.), InTech: 263-280. 3. Bariche M., Kajajian A.*, Azzurro E.*, 2013. Reproduction of the invasive bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii (Teleostei, Fistulariidae) in

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the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology Research 9(2): 169-180. 4. Bariche M., Bilecenoglu M.*, Azzurro E.*, 2013. Confirmed presence of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Gueze, 1976) in the Mediterranean Sea. BioInvasions Records 2: 3p. 5. Coll M.*, Cury P.*, Azzurro E.*, Bariche M. et al.*, 2013. The scientific strategy needed to promote a regional ecosystem-based approach to fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. Doi: 10.1007/s11160-013-9305-y. 6. Bariche M., Azzurro E.*, 2012. New records and establishment of the Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838) in the Mediterranean Sea. BioInvasions Records 1(4): 299-301. Elias Baydoun 1. Baydoun E, Bibi M, Asif M, Wahab A, Farran D, Smith C, Sattar S, Rahman A,

Choudhary I, 2013. Microbial transformation of anti-cancer steroid exemestane and cytotoxicity of its metabolites against cancer cell lines. Chemistry Central Journal 7: 57-63

2. Deeb T, Knio K, Shinwari Z, Kreydiyyeh S, Baydoun E, 2013. Survey of medicinal plants used by herbalists in Lebanon. Pakistan Journal of Botany 45: 543-555

3. Yousaf Z, Wang Y, Baydoun E, 2013. Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Studies of Solanum torvum Swartz. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 3: 152-160

4. Jaber H, Baydoun E, El-Zein O, Kreydiyyeh S, 2013. Anti-hyperglycemic effect of the aqueous extract of banana infructescence stalks in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 68: 83-89

Hala Gali-Muhtasib 1. *Esseily F, *El Ezzy M, Gali-Muhtasib H, *Safi S, *Esseily J, *Diab-Assaf M,

*Lampronti I, *Saab A. The ethanol fraction from the stem of Berberis libanotica inhibits the viability of adult T cell leukemia. Minerva Biotecnologica 2012 24(4):129-33.

2. Ghantous A, Saikali M, Rau T, Gali-Muhtasib H, *Schneider-Stock R, Darwiche N. Inhibition of Tumor Promotion by Parthenolide: Epigenetic Modulation of p21. Cancer Prevention Research 2012;5(11):1298-309. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.

3. *Gandesiri M, *Chakilam S, *Ivanovska J, *Benderska N, *Ocker M, *Di Fazio P, *Feoktistova M, Gali-Muhtasib H, *Rave-Fränk M, *Prante O, *Christiansen H, *Leverkus M, *Hartmann A, *Schneider-Stock R. DAPK plays

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an important role in panobinostat-induced autophagy and commits cells to apoptosis under autophagy deficient conditions. Apoptosis 2012 Dec;17(12):1300-15.

4. Salla M, Fakhoury I, Saliba Najat, Darwiche N, Gali-Muhtasib H. Synergistic anticancer activities of the plant-derived sesquiterpene lactones salograviolide A and iso-seco-tanapartholide. Journal of Natural Medicines 2012 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print].

Noël Ghanem 1. Noël Ghanem, Matt Andrusiak*, Devon Svoboba*, Sawsan Al Lafi, Lisa

Julien*, Kelly A.McClellan*, Yves de Repentigny*, Rashmi Kothary*, Marc Ekker*, Alexandre Blais*, David S. Park*, and Ruth S. Slack. The Rb/E2F pathway modulates neurogenesis through direct regulation of the Dlx1/Dlx2 bigene cluster. J. of Neuroscience, 32, 8219-8230, 2012

2. Noël Ghanem, NASER Rayan, VANDENBOSCH Renaud*, AL LAFI Sawsan, JAAFAR Carine, BAGHDADI Maarouf, SLACK S. Ruth*Control of adult neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb by the retinoblastoma protein, pRb. J. of Neurochemistry, 2013

Diana Jaalouk 1. Rowat AC, Jaalouk DE, Zwerger M, Ung WL, Eydelnant IA, Olins D, Olins

A, Herrmann H, Weitz DA, and Lammerding J*. Nuclear envelope composition determines the ability of neutrophil-type cells to passage through micron-scale constrictions. J Biol Chem. 2013 Mar 22; 288(12): 8610-8. Epub 2013 Jan 25.

2. Zwerger M, Jaalouk DE, Lombardi ML, Isermann P, Mauermann M, Dialynas G, Herrmann H, Wallrath LL, and Lammerding J*. Myopathic lamin mutations impair nuclear stability in cells and tissue and disrupt nucleo-cytoskeletal coupling. Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Jun 15; 22(12):2335-49. Epub 2013 Feb 19.

3. Ho CY, Jaalouk DE, Vartiainen MK, and Lammerding J*. Lamin A/C and emerin regulate MKL1-SRF activity by modulating actin dynamics. Nature. 2013 May 23; 497(7450):507-11. Epub 2013 May 5.

Khuzama Knio 1. Osta M. A., Rizk Z., Labbé P.,Weill M., and Knio K. 2012. Insecticide

resistance to organophosphates in Culex pipiens complex from Lebanon. Parasites & Vectors 5: 132.

2. Nuwayri-Salti, N., Knio K., Jammoul A., Fakhoury R, Sarhane K., and Nakkash-Chmaisse H. 2012. Atypical systemic leishmaniasis to be considered in

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the differential of patients presenting with depressed immunity. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6 (8): e1782 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001782

3. Deeb, T., Knio, K., Shinwari Z. K., Kreydiyyeh S., and E. Baydoun. Survey of medicinal plants currently used by herbalist in Lebanon. Pakistan Journal of Botany, Volume No. 45(2): April 2012 issue

Sawsan Kreydiyyeh 1. Taha Deeb, Khouzama Knio, Zabta K Sinwari, Sawsan Kreydiyyeh and Elias

Baydoun. Survey of medicinal plants currently used by herbalists in Lebanon. Pak J, Bot, 45(2): 543-555, 2013.

2. Jaber H, Baydoun E, E L-Zein O, Kreydiyyeh SI. Anti-hyperglycemic effect of the aqueous extract of banana infructescence stalks in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2013 Mar;68(1):83-9.

Mike Osta 1. Kamareddine L, Fan Y, Osta MA*, Keyhani NO*. Expression of trypsin

modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) in an entomopathogenic fungus increases its virulence towards Anopheles gambiae and reduces fecundity in the target mosquito. Parasit Vectors. Jan;6(1): 22 (2013).

2. Haddad N, Mousson L, Vazeille M, Chamat S, Tayeh J, Osta MA, Failloux AB*. Aedes albopictus in Lebanon, a potential risk of arboviruses outbreak. BMC Infect Dis. Nov;12:300 (2012).

3. Yassine H, Kamareddine L and Osta MA*. The mosquito melanization response is implicated in defense against the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. PLoS Pathog. Nov; 8(11): e1003029 (2012).

4. Osta MA*, Rizk ZJ, Labbé P, Weill M and Knio K. Insecticide resistance to organophosphates in Culex pipiens complex from Lebanon. Parasit Vectors. Jul; 5(1): 132 (2012).

Riyad Sadek 1. Bohm. M. et al 2013 - The conservation status of the world‟s reptiles. Biological

Conservation 157 (2013) 372–385. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320712003357

Imad Saoud 1. I.P.Saoud, J. Ghanawi, K.R. Thompson and C.D. Webster (2013). A Review of

the Culture and Diseases of Redclaw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von

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Martens 1868). Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 44(1): 1-29. 2. Daniel L. Merrifield, Benjamin J. Shaw, Glenn M. Harper, I.P. Saoud, Simon J.

Davies, Richard D. Handy, Theodore B. Henry (2013). Ingestion of food containing metal nanoparticles disrupts endogenous microbiota in fish with potential implications on organism health. Environmental pollution 174: 157-163.

3. Nancy Mourad, Sawsan Kreydiyyeh, Joly Ghanawi and I.P. Saoud (2012). Aquaculture of marine fish in inland low salinity well water: Potassium is not the only limiting element. Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal 2012 (42): 1-12.

4. J. Ghanawi, & I.P. Saoud (2012). Molting, Reproductive Biology, and Hatchery Management of Redclaw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens 1868). Aquaculture 358-359: 183-195.

5. Saoud I.P., A. Garza de Yta & J. Ghanawi (2012). Nutritional Biology and Dietary Requirements of Redclaw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens 1868). Aquaculture Nutrition 18: 349-368.

6. Antonio Garza de Yta, D. Allen Davis, David B. Rouse, Joly Ghanawi, I.P. Saoud (2012). Evaluation of Practical Diets Containing Various Terrestrial Protein Sources on Survival and Growth Parameters of Redclaw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Aquaculture Research 43(1): 84-90.

7. Sana Ghaddar and I.P. Saoud (2012). Seasonal Changes in Phosphorus content of Fish Tissue as They Relate to Diets of Renal Patients: Implications to Renal Professionals and Patients. Journal of Renal Nutrition 22(1): 67-71.

8. I.P. Saoud (2013). The Key to Successful Fish Farm Management: Planning and Record Keeping. The Practical: Asian Aquaculture 4(12): 18-19

9. D. Allen Davis and I.P. Saoud (2012). Indoor Shrimp Nurseries Reduce Disease Incidence and Improve Survival. The Practical: Asian Aquaculture 3(11): 32-33.

10. G. Anastasiades and I.P. Saoud (2012). Closing the life cycle of rabbitfish (Siganus rivulatus), a marine algaevore. The Practical: Asian Aquaculture 3(10): 5-7.

11. I.P. Saoud (2012). The technology used in aquaculture today. The Practical: Asian Aquaculture 3(9): 11-12

12. I. P. Saoud. Using Inland Saline Water for Aquaculture. WAS-Asia Pacific Chapter conference on Aquaculture in Arid Lands. Al-Ain, UAE, April 2013.

13. I.P.Saoud M. Haidar and N. Farajalla. Aquaculture/Agriculture systems to increase water productivity. WAS-Asia Pacific Chapter conference on Aquaculture in Arid Lands. Al-Ain, UAE, April 2013.

14. I.P. Saoud and George Anastasiades. The Marbled Spinefoot Rabbitfish Siganus rivulatus: The Promise of a Marine AlGaevore. World Aquaculture 2012, Prague.

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15. I. P. Saoud, M. Abiad, N. Farajalla, M. Haidar and A. Baalbaki. improving water use efficiency by integrating aquaculture, agriculture and green energy production. Energy, Water and Sustainability, 7-8 December, 2012, Beirut.

16. I.P. Saoud, Yasmin Abou Daoud, and Joly Ghanawi. Dietary Protein Requirement OF Siganus rivulatus: Effects on Growth and Hematological Parameters. Aquaculture America Feb. 2012, Las Vegas.

Colin Smith 1. Possik EJ, Bou Sleiman MS, Ghattas IR, Smith CA. Randomized Codon

Mutagenesis Reveals that the HIV Rev Arginine-Rich Motif Is Robust to Substitutions and that Double Substitution of Two Critical Residues Alters Specificity. Journal of Molecular Recognition 26, 286-96.

2. Baydoun E, Bibi M, Asif M, Wahab A, Farran D, Smith C, Choudhary N, Rahman A, Choudhary I, 2013. Microbial transformation of anti-cancer steroid exemestane and cytotoxicity of its metabolites against cancer cell lines. Chemistry Central Journal 7:57, 1-7.

Rabih Talhouk 1. Kollar P, Barta T, Hosek J, Soucek K, Zavalova V, Smejkal K, Hampl A,

Artinian S, Talhouk R. (2013). Prenylated Flavonoids from Morus alba L. Cause Inhibition of G1/S Transition in THP-1 Human Leukemia Cells and Prevent the Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammatory Response. Comp and Alternative Medicine 2013: Article ID 350519, 13 pages.

2. Bazzoun D., Lelievre S., Talhouk R. (2013) Polarity proteins as regulators of cell junction complexes: Implications for breast cancer. Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 138:418-427

3. Talhouk, R., Salloum, R., Homeidan F. 2012. Inflammatory diseases: Mechanisms and natural remedies. Book chapter, pages 495-525, In; Medicinal plants: Diversity and Drugs, Eds Rai et al. CRC press 685 pages.

4. Hamdan R, Yehia M, Talhouk R.S., El-Sabban M.E. (2012). Pathophysiology of Gap Junctions in the Brain. In Gap Junctions in the Brain. Chapter 3, pages 31- 46 In: Gap Junctions in the Brain; Physiological and Pathological Roles. Ed. Ekrem Dere. Pages 301.

Heinrich Zu Dohna-Schlobi 1. S. Dürr*, H. zu Dohna, E. Di Labio*, T.E. Carpenter* and M.G. Doherr*.

2013. Evaluation of control and surveillance strategies for classical swine fever using a simulation model. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 108 (2013) 73– 84

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G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT The Department will start looking into modifying the present PhD program in order to include new tracks, such as an Ecology track. A subcommittee will be formed to propose necessary changes. The Department will still work on optimizing the use of the existing space, with the hope of renovating our main classroom, partitioning big rooms where possible, and perhaps adding a fourth floor to the building. Faculty members will work on improving the existing criteria for selecting new graduate students, particularly those applying from other universities. This will enable the Department to consider potentially promising students who may not satisfy all current requirements, but are deemed suitable by a Faculty advisor. We already encourage students to have potential Faculty advisors, especially if they want to join the PhD program. In order to strengthen the ties between the Faculty, the staff, and the graduate students, the Department will consider holding informal gatherings, poster presentation sessions and informal talks as means of communication, exchange of ideas, and getting to know different projects conducted in the department. The Department also aims at improving the existing seminar series by having seminars on a diversity of topics on a more regular basis, and hopes to secure funds to invite a few speakers from abroad, other than potential recruits.

Khouzama Knio

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CENTER FOR ARAB AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS CAMES remains in a period of transition as it seeks to revise and focus its MA program in Middle East Studies while developing a complementary program in Islamic Studies. With its newly hired visiting assistant professor, Tariq Tell, and long standing part-time instructors, CAMES offered (several cross-listed) graduate courses and the full range of over/under Arabic as a Foreign Language courses. Its two introductory undergraduate courses, Introduction to the Middle East and Introduction to Classical Arab/Islamic Culture, were registered to fulfill General Education requirements in humanities and the social sciences. Following the Provost’s rejection of our request to hire (with our own budget) a full time (non-visiting) assistant professor of Middle East Studies to guide the existing MA program, the CAMES steering committee agreed to reappoint Dr. Tell for another year as a visiting assistant professor and to resubmit the request for a full time appointment next year. The Center, meanwhile, continued to plan a much needed restructuring of the curriculum of the MA program in Middle East Studies. In addition to consulting with a wide range of directors of other Middle East Studies programs, the CAMES Steering Committee hosted a presentation by Joel Beinin (Stanford, History) offering his advice and explaining this experience at AUC. The Steering Committee agreed that the most pressing need for the center is a full time hire in Middle East Studies. On the recommendation of the CAMES director, the FAS Dean appointed Dr. Nader El-Bizri, (CVSP) as coordinator of the program in Islamic Studies. Dr. El-Bizri presented the proposal for the Program in Islamic Studies to the FAS Faculty, the FAS Graduate Studies Committee, the Board of Graduate Studies and the Senate. The proposal gained approval (with some recommendations and modifications), and has now been presented to the Board of Trustees. CAMES is now fully responsible for all instruction in Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) at AUB and has worked to develop a coherent, well-managed program. After adding some courses, CAMES now provides eight levels of instruction from Beginners to ones that bridge with courses (for native speakers) offered by the Department of Arabic. Simplifying what had been a confusing, fragmented organization across departments, all AFL courses now have both two hundred and three hundred MEST course numbers and will be listed in the CAMES section of the graduate and undergraduate catalogues. The Steering Committee agreed on the need to hire a director to manage the AFL classes and

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the Summer CAMES Program, but in the meantime has coordinated the task of student level placement and course management amongst its existing staff. CAMES maintained a busy schedule of events. Many of these were co- organized with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs in our joint lecture series on the Arab Uprisings. The Center also co-sponsored two conferences: Sexual Sovereignty: Citizenship, Governmentality, and Territory hosted by the Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR); and City Debates 2013 on Rethinking Informality: Design Tactics/Planning Strategies), Hosted by Department of Architecture and Design. Seventeen new students enrolled in the CAMES MA program during 2012-2013, bringing the total number of registered students to forty five. Thirteen students defended their thesis or project and graduated. The CAMES MA program received a total of thirty eight applications for the fall 2013-2014 semester. Twenty students were accepted and one was placed on the waiting list. Expected enrollment will probably be half of that number as CAMES awaits a revision of its curriculum before expanding the role of its program. The CAMES Summer Arabic Program in 2012 had eighty three students attending out of one hundred seventy applicants. The program received one hundred and thirty four applications for the Summer Arabic Program 2013, and expected attendance will be about sixty five students. The Summer Arabic Program 2013 will be offering eight levels of Modern Standard Arabic: Introductory, High Introductory, Low Intermediate, Intermediate, High Intermediate, Advanced, Superior and High Superior. CAMES will launch, for the first time, an intensive Colloquial Lebanese Arabic program in the summer of 2013. This program will run parallel to the MSA offerings at the Intermediate level only. Five students will attend the Colloquial Lebanese Arabic program in the summer of 2013. The renovation of the CAMES space in Ada Dodge Hall is complete, and the computers, equipment and furniture for the new language lab and smart classroom have been installed. The smart classroom was used for seminars and Arabic language classes in the Fall and Spring semesters. New language software has been installed on the computers in the language lab, which is now ready for use in the 2013 summer Arabic program. Office space for faculty remains severely limited. The Center continues to foster ties with other departments and faculty through an extensive commitment of its budget resources towards co-sponsoring AUB events related to Middle East Studies. Since September 2012, the Center has

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sponsored seventeen lectures (of which ten were co-sponsored by other programs) and one film, as well as co-sponsoring three conferences /events. Cames organized and took part in the following activities: Lectures: “A Civilized Revolution: Aesthetics, Political Action, and Urban Space in Egypt” Jessica Winegar, associate professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University. “Headscarf Controversy Goes Global.” Hilal Elver, Research Professor of Global Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs]. “Did Muhammad Ali Foster Industrialization in Early 19th Century Egypt?” Laura Panza, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne [in collaboration with Economic Department]. “Lost Virgins Found: the Songbook as Genre in Arabic Literature” and “Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Formation of Medieval Andalusian Music” Dwight Reynolds, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. “The Maghrib and Uprisings.” Laryssa Chomiak (Center for Maghrib Studies, Tunis) and Robert P. Parks (Center for Maghrib Studies, Algiers) [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs]. “British-French rivalry in the Middle East, 1915-48.” James Barr, Author of A Line In The Sand: Britain, France and the struggle for the Middle East. “Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon.” Rola el-Husseini, Research Assistant Professor, Graduate Center, CUNY. “The International Circulation of Palestinian Kufiyas.” Ted Swedenburg, Professor of Anthropology, University of Arkansas. “After Babel: Dialogue and Cosmopolis.” Fred Dallmayr, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame [in collaboration with the Department of Political Studies, the Arts and Humanities Initiative and the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature.]

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“Arab Workers and the Popular Uprisings of 2011.” Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Stanford University [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.] “Security, Stateness, Popular Sovereignty: Locating New Political Theory in Contentious Egypt.” Paul Amar, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs]. “Contentious Politics and the Arab Uprisings.” John Chalcraft, Reader in History and Politics of Empire/Imperialism, London School of Economics [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.] “Protests and Politics in Jordan.” Tariq Tell, Visiting Assistant Professor at CAMES [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.] “Invisible and Proxy Detention in Counterinsurgencies: Khiam and Salt Pit” Laleh Khalili, Reader in Middle East Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies [in collaboration with the Center for American Studies and Research]. “Social Justice, Jobs and Competitiveness: Searching for a Post-Revolution Private Sector Development Agenda in MENA.” Magdi M. Amin, International Finance Corporation (IMF) [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and Economic Department]. "Blowback: The US Drone War in Yemen, Stories from the Field." Kelly McEvers, National Public Radio [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs]. “The Emerging Political Landscape in Egypt – New players and the Constitutional Debates.” Mohamed Elagati, Director of the Arab Forum for Alternatives [in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.] Conferences: “Sexual Sovereignty: Citizenship, Governmentality, and Territory,” March 2013 [in collaboration with the Center for American Studies and Research]

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“City Debates 2013: Rethinking Informality at Multiple Scales,” April 2013 [in collaboration with the Department of Architecture and Design] CAMES was one of the co-sponsors of “Israeli Apartheid Week”, held at AUB. Workshop: Teaching and Learning the Civil War, June 2013 [in collaboration with the Lebanese Association for History, The Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Finnish Institute in the Middle East, and Open Society Foundation Education]

Film Presentation

Imperial Outposts: The Secret History of the US Military Presence in Turkey, a film directed by Amy Austin Holmes (Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo). The screening was followed by a discussion with the director [in collaboration with the Center for American Studies and Research]. Other Activities: CAMES Represented AUB at the 2012 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, November 17-20, 2012 in Denver, CO. B. PERSONNEL 1. Faculty Members

Hazbun, Waleed Associate Professor, Director

Ph.D.

Khalidi, Tarif Saidi, Aliya Tell, Tariq Kozah, Mario Kanawati, Rima Labaki, Marie-Therese Sayigh, Rosemary Traboulsi, Fawwaz

Shaykh Zayid Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies Assistant Director Visiting Assistant Professor Lecturer Instructor Instructor Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time)

Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. M.A. Ph.D. Ph.D.

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2. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester

Friedman, David Jones, Kathryn

Burnett, George

Younes, Nadia

Spring Semester

Bossone, Andrew Kaye, Olivia

Metzler, Laura

Hansler, Katharina

3. Non-Academic Staff Sibai, Barea

Administrative Assistant

C. TEACHING a. Number of Graduating Majors

MA Oct 2012 0

Jan 2013 5

May 2013 8

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 45

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 80 80 71 151 211-299 Total

0 80

21 101

9 80

30 181

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 9 60 63 123 211-299 0 9 9 18 Total 9 69 72 141

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D. RESEARCH Waleed Hazbun Please refer to the Department of PSPA. Tarif Khalidi

1. I am putting the final touches on an English anthology of Arabic literature, classical and modern, which I will soon ask my literary agent to show to potential publishers.

2. A volume which I co-edited, Al-Jahiz: A Muslim Humanist for our Time (Wurzburg/Beirut: Ergon Verlag, 2009), won the Islamic World Book Prize in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Awarded in June 2012).

3. I am co-editing a volume to honor the late Professor Kamal Salibi. Publication expected in 2014. I am contributing an article to this volume entitled “Near Eastern Banditry: A Study in History and Folklore.”

Mario Kozah

1. Initiator, developer of and Co-PI in a three year project (approved in June 2011) funded by the Qatar National Research Fund a member of the Qatar Foundation. The award name is “The Syriac Writers of Qatar”. The submitting institution is Qatar University and the collaborative institution is AUB. The annual report for year one of the project was approved by the Qatar National Research Fund. In year two, (April 2013 – April 2014) the project will organize an international conference in February 2014 in Doha which I am currently organizing. Two books will be produced to which I am currently contributing and which I am editing: The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the 7th century CE and The Syriac Writers of Qatar - an Anthology.

2. I submitted a paper at a conference in AUB to commemorate its 150th anniversary in 2016. My paper was on the life and works of the late Professor Anis Freiha, professor of Semitics at the AUB (1902-1992): a bio-bibliography. This paper will be published in a volume of academic articles and studies about AUB entitled The American University of Beirut: A Century and a Half.

3. I am invited to give a paper at a workshop on 18 June 2013 entitled: “Histoire des textes arabes anciens a Beyrouth, Kaslik et Balamand” being organized by AUB Jafet Library with the collaboration of CNRS. The title of my paper will be: “Dadisho Qatraya's Compendious Commentary on the Paradise of the Egyptian Fathers in Garshūni - A Case of Manuscript Mistaken Identity.”

4. I am working on a critical edition, introduction and translation of a tenth century geographical work in Arabic: al-A'laq al-Nafisa by Ibn Rusta.

5. My book entitled Al-Biruni's Reading of Hinduism through Yoga Psychology. A Comparative Study is currently under review by Brill publishers.

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Tariq Tell

1. Have begun work on a Historical Dictionary of Jordan, and signed a contract with Scarecrow Press, Boston for completion of the final draft by October 2016.

2. Working on a paper on “Social Control in the Trans-Jordan Mandate,” to be given at a conference on the Middle Eastern Mandates in Princeton University, September 2013.

3. Working on entries on T.E.Lawrence; King Hussein ibn Ali; King Feisal ibn al-Hussein; and the Hussein MacMahon Correspondence, to be submitted to the forthcoming 1914-1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of World War I, (Freie Universtitat Berlin, Frederick-Meinicke Institut, Center for Digital Systems).

4. Completed an article “Aghrab and A‘rab: The Retreat of Settlement in South-east Syria (Trans-Jordan) 1600-1830,” (for a special issue of the Journal of Social and Economic History of the Orient, expected publication 2014).

5. Completed an article “Tribesmen in Uniform: Politics and the Military in Jordan 1921-1963,” (submitted to Armed Forces and Society, 2013).

6. Completed an article with El-Zein, A.; Jabbour, S.; Nuwayhid, I.; Zurayk, H.; Khawaja, M.; Tekce, Bl; Hogan, D.; DeJong, J. “The Arab World No More: Health and the Prospects of Sustainability and Survival, (to be submitted as commissioned paper for Arab World Series, Lancet, 2013).

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Waleed Hazbun Please refer to the Department of PSPA. Tarif Khalidi

1. Invited to join a committee to select a new lecturer in Islamic Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, June 2012.

2. I am co-organizing an international conference on “The Occult Sciences in Islam” to be held jointly by CAMES and the German Orient Institute, Beirut, in December 2013. I am contributing an article to this conference entitled “Is Firasa a science? Reflections on the Firasa of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.”

Tariq Tell

1. Speaker at Geneva Centre for Security Policy Seminar: “The Course of the Arab Spring,” spoke on “Jordan: Reform, Resilience and the Conflict in Syria,” Gstaad, June, 2013.

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2. American University of Beirut: IFI-CAMES Joint Lecture Series on the Arab Uprisings, lectured on “Protests and Politics in Jordan,” February 2013.

3. London School of Economics and Political Science: Middle East Center, lectured on “Rightful Resistance and Regime Resilience in Jordan,” January 2013.

4. Westminster University, London: Westminster Forum, seminar on “Rethinking the Arab Monarchies after the Arab Spring,” January 2013.

5. International Conference on “The Arab East and the Bedouin Component: Features and Tensions from Late Antiquity to the Present” Presented a paper entitled: “Aghrab and A‘rab: The Retreat of Settlement in South-east Syria (Trans-Jordan) 1600-1830.” Organized by Deutsche Orient-Institut, Beirut, and held at American University in Cairo, Cairo November -December 2012.

F. PUBLICATIONS Waleed Hazbun Please refer to the Department of PSPA. Mario Kozah

1. “On Anis Frayha.” This paper will be published in a volume of academic articles and studies about AUB. The title of the volume: The American University of Beirut: A Century and a Half.

2. “The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the 7th Century C.E.: an Overview of the Current State of Studies.” Forthcoming in the proceedings of the first International Syriac Studies Symposium of Mardin Artuklu University.

3. “The Fourth Part of Isaac of Nineveh’s Ascetical Homilies in Garshuni.” Forthcoming in the Festschrift in honor of Professor Kamal Salibi.

Tariq Tell

1. The Social and Economic Origins of Monarchy in Jordan, New York: Palgrave, 2013. 2. “A Rejoinder to the Response of Lama Abu Odeh: On Jordan, the Hashemite

Regime, and the Current Mobilizations,” Jadaliyya, September 17, 2012. 3. “Jordan’s Current Opposition Movements and the Need for Further

Research,” written answers to interview, part 2, Jadaliyya, August 29, 2012. 4. “On the Nature of the Hashemite Regime and Jordanian Politics,” written

answers to interview, part 1, Jadaliyya August 22, 2012. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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CAMES’ primary goal for 2013-14 will be to gain final approval of its MA program in Islamic Studies and launch the program by recruiting students and offering Islamic Studies-related courses. Islamic Studies Program Coordinator Nader El-Bizri, will serve as Acting Director of CAMES in Fall 2013 while the current director Waleed Hazbun is on periodic research leave. We also hope to hire a non-visiting faculty member in Modern Middle East Studies to help revise the curriculum, teach core seminars, and advise students in the program. Once these revisions are accomplished we will feel able to return to the large number of students in the program. Future plans include the hiring of an Arabic program director who might revamp the Middle East Studies MA program Arabic language policy, direct the summer program, and design and implement a diploma certificate in Arabic Language. Waleed Hazbun

Director Aliya Saidi

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THE PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL BIN ABDULAZIZ ALSAUD CENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIES AND

RESEARCH (CASAR)

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The Center for American Studies and Research fosters scholarship about the United States in the Arab world through its academic programs, lecture series, and research. CASAR offers a minor program and will begin an MA in Transnational American Studies beginning Fall 2013. CASAR hosts a vibrant lecture series bringing American Studies scholars to AUB to talk about their areas of research to students, faculty and community members. Finally, CASAR distributes new research through its conference proceedings books, through its participation in collaborate research meetings with partner institutions, and through organizing symposia and conferences.

CASAR continues to be governed by a director (Dr. Alexander Lubin), an AUB Executive Committee (Dr. Alexander Barder, Dr. Sirene Harb, Dr. Waleed Hazbun, Dr. Adam Waterman), and an international advisory board (Dr. Moustafa Bayoumi, Dr. Amy Kaplan, Dr. Marwan Kraidy, Dr. Melanie McAlister, Dr. Mounira Soliman). The executive committee met throughout the year to distribute grant funds, to search for a new faculty member, and to plan the CASAR conference. The international advisory board met in January 2013 at AUB to help direct CASAR‟s future direction. B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Lubin, Alexander Associate Professor Ph.D.

Puar, Jasbir Visiting Associate Professor

Ph.D.

Hajjar, Lisa Visiting Associate Professor

Ph.D.

Glasberg, Elena Lecturer Ph.D.

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Fall Semester

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Spring Semester

NA

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester

AbiZeid, Marc Bossone, Andrew

Spring Semester

AbiZeid, Marc

Levay, Richard

4. Non-Academic Staff

Batakji Sanyoura, Nancy Assistant to Director

C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

BA Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 0

MA Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 0

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 0

Seniors 0

Juniors 0

Sophomores 0

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4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer ‘11 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 211-299 21 24 45 200-210 100-199 Total

D. RESEARCH Elena Glasberg 1. “Author Meets Interlocators Book Panel,” CASAR, American University of Beirut, November 2012. Glasberg‟s book was the subject of a roundtable discussion. 2. “Geontology and Environmental Art,” Nordic Geography Conference, Reykjavik, June 2013. 3. Panel Moderator, Transnational American Studies in the MENA Region, American University in Cairo, April 2013. 4. Member and presenter: Antarctic Humanities Workshop, International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC), Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Stockholm Sweden. Glasberg will present research to be published in a forthcoming anthology, forthcoming Sept. 2013. 5. “Paint the Sand Yellow Again: Neorientalism in Antarctic Geopolitics.” Forthcoming, Conference on Transnational American Studies, AUB, Jan. 2014. 6. “Impossible Missiles,” Film review of The Lebanese Rocket Society, Jadaliyya, forthcoming. 7. Art review of X-Apartments at Ashkal Alwan, Beirut. With Jasbir Puar, forthcoming Art India. Lisa Hajjar

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1. “Lawfare and Armed Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Israeli and US Targeted Killing Policies and Legal Challenges against Them.” Journal of Palestine Studies, forthcoming. Alexander Lubin 1. Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina press), in production, scheduled for Spring 2014. 2. (Editor) Shifting Borders: Conference Proceedings of the Fourth International CASAR Conference, (Beirut: American University of Beirut Press,(in press). 3. Co-Editor with Dr. Marwan Kraidy, American Studies Between the American Century and the Arab Spring, Under Review at UNC Press. 4. “Black Panther Palestine,” Studies in Jewish American Literature, in production. 5. co-authored with Les Field, Melanie Yazzie, and Jakob Schiller, “The Israel-Palestine School: Decoloniality and the Geopolitics of Knowledge,” in production, Social Text 117. 6. “American Studies, the Arab Spring, and the end of the „American Era,‟” Under review at American Quarterly. Jasbir Puar 1. “Affective Politics: States of Debility and Capacity,” forthcoming 2014, Duke University Press. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Elena Glasberg: 1. On the board of the journal Women’s Studies Quarterly. 2. Reviewer for the journal Polar Record. Lisa Hajjar: 1. The Legacy of Abu Ghraib. Symposium on “Fallout: In the Aftermath of War,” UCSB, April 9, 2013. 2. Richard Falk‟s Pioneering Role in the Study of Human Rights. International Studies Association meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 1-4, 2013. 3. The Israeli Military Courts and the Isreali-Palestinian Conflict. Conference on “Palestine and Law,” Columbia University, December 3, 2012. 4. Lawfare and Armed Conflict: Comparing Israeli and American Targeted Killing Policies and Challenges against Them. School of Oriental and African

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Studies, London, January 15, 2013, and The American University of Beirut, February 5, 2013. 5. Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights, book launch and panel discussion. The American University of Beirut, March 26, 2013. 6. Torture, Drones and Detention: The Vagaries of Liberal Warfare, with Laleh Khalili, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, January 17, 2013. Alexander Lubin 1. “Mapping the Geographies of Liberation,” American Studies Center, University of Bahrain, April 10, 2013. 2. Respondant to Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui‟s keynote lecture, “Savage Sexualities: Hawaiian Indigeneity, and the Politics of State Sovereignty” at Sexual Sovereignty Conference, American University of Beirut, March 13-15, 2013. 3. “American Studies Beyond the U.S.” Plenary lecture at “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Arab Spring and the Implications for American Studies in Arab Universities” an American Studies international conference organized by the Department of English and Moroccan American Studies Lab, Marrakech, Morocco, December 4-8, 2012. 4. “From Palestine to Liberia: Black Internationalism and the Imperial Public Sphere,” Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 14, 2012. 5. “Understanding the U.S. Presidential Elections,” a roundtable presented at the Center for American Studies and Research, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, November 7, 2012. Jasbir Puar 1. “Bodies with New Organs: Becoming Trans, Becoming Disabled,” Somatechnics Conference, Linkoping University, Sweden, June 2013. 2. “Homonationalism As Assemblage,” Homonationalism and Pinkwashing Conference, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, CUNY, April 2013. 3. “Bodies with New Organs: Becoming Trans, Becoming Disabled,” Global Human Rights, Sexualities, Vulnerabilities, Ohio State University, April 2013. 4. “Ecologies of Sensation, Sensational Ecologies: Sex and Disability in the Israeli Occupation of Palestine,” Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Adelaide, December 2012. 5. “Ecologies of Sensation, Sensational Ecologies: Sex and Disability in the Israeli Occupation of Palestine,” Gender Violence and Agency in the Age of Globalization, University of Vienna, December 2012. 6. “Ecologies of Sensation, Sensational Ecologies: Sex and Disability in the Israeli Occupation of Palestine,” Department of Women‟s Studies, Rice University, January 2013

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7. “Ecologies of Sensation, Sensational Ecologies: Sex and Disability in the Israeli Occupation of Palestine,” Metripza Queer Film Festival, Prague, November 2012 F. PUBLICATIONS Elena Glasberg: 1. Antarctica As Cultural Critique: The Gendered Politics of Scientific Exploration and Climate Change. Palgrave/Macmillan, October 2012. 2. “Everything That Rises Must Converge: An Interview With Amy Ray About Her Lung of Love.” (with Taylor Black) The Journal of Popular Music, forthcoming Spring 2013. Lisa Hajjar: 1. Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights. Routledge, 2012 (publication date was December 2012). 2. “State of Drones,” Al Jazeera English, February 13, 2013. 3. “Is Gaza Still Occupied and Why Does it Matter?” Jadaliyya, December 5, 2012. 4. “Anatomy of the US Targeted Killing Policy.” Middle East Report 264 (Fall 2012) 5. Book Review: The Least of All Possible Evils: Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza, Eyal Weizman (Verso, 2011). Arab Studies Journal, Vol. 21 (Spring 2013). 6. The Problem with Keeping Torture Secret, interviewd by Steven Gertz and Brooke Sauro. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, March 5, 2013. 7. New Texts Out Now: Lisa Hajjar on Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights, Jadaliyya, January 9, 2013. 8. More Heat than Light? A Symposium on the Vexing Complexities. 3 Quarks Daily, February 25, 2013.

Alexander Lubin 1. “‟Fear of an Arab Planet‟: The Sounds and Rhythms of Afro-Arab Internationalism,” in Arab American Literature and Culture, Alfred Hornung and Martina Kohl, eds., a special issue of the American Studies Monograph Series, Universitatsverlag Winter, Heidelburg no. 58 (2012): 243-63. 2. “The Post 9/11 Security States,” Socialist Worker, March 12, 2013, http://socialworker.org/2013/03/12/post-911-security-states. 3. “The Disappearing Frontiers of US Homeland Security: Mapping the Transit of Security Across the US and Israel,” Jadaliyya, February 26, 2013,

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http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/10365/the-disappearing-frontiers-of-us-homeland-security. Jasbir Puar: 1. “Citation and Censure: The Politics of Talking About the Sexual Politics of Palestine/Israel,” in Imperial Academy, eds. Sunaina Maira and Piya Chatterjee, University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming 2. “Homonationalism As Assemblage,” Jindal Global Legal Studies, forthcoming, Spring. 3. “Precarity Talk: A Virtual Roundtable with Judith Butler, Lauren Berlant, Bojana Cvejic, Isabelle Lorey, Jasbir Puar, and Ana Vujanovic,” in Theater Drama Review 56:4 (T216) Winter. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

Beginning Fall 2013 CASAR will welcome its inaugural graduate student class (we anticipate five incoming students). Moreover, in January 2014, CASAR will host its fifth international conference on the theme, “Transnational American Studies.” The Edward Said Chair for 2013-2014 is Dr. Vijay Prashad (Trinity College). Alexander Lubin Director

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CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS Although we accommodated a total of six visiting fellows undertaking research on interesting and timely explorations, we were unfortunately able to host only two of our regular Brown Bag bi-weekly sessions. Given the recent resurgence, indeed redundance, of such comparable activities on campus it was difficult to allocate appropriate timing for our sessions. Efforts must be made to coordinate the proliferations of such activities by safeguarding a more agreeable distribution. Without exaggeration on any one day, often two to three activities will be competing to draw optimal audiences. Again, by renewed courtesy of Dar-Al Handas, Youssef El-Khoury was recruited as a full-time research assistant. The bulk of his time was devoted to a content analysis of AUB’s archive, particularly the Presidents’ Annual Reports. This is part of an exploration of the role of AUB as an instance of “Soft Power” and popular culture. B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members Khalaf, Samir Director Professor

2. Non Academic Staff Jbara, Leila Secretary

3. Research Assistant Youssef El-Khoury

C. Visiting Fellows Arsan, Andrew (Princeton University.) “A World of Ideas: Middle Eastern Political Thought in the First Age of Globalization 1880-1940.”

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Carpi, Estella (University of Sydney.) “Ethnography of Everyday Life in the War-stricken Areas of Beirut.” Karam, Tofik John (De Paul University.) “Rewarding the Americas.” Nassif, Helena (University of Westminster.) “Who Crosses the Patriotic Border?” Proudfoot, Philip James (LSE.) “Ethnography of Constructing Luxury Apartments in Hamra.” D. ACTIVITIES Brown Bag Bi-weekly Sessions

1. Karam, John (De Paul University.) “Another Arabesque: Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil.” October 22, 2012.

2. Bou Ali, Nadia (AUB) “In the Hall of Mirrors: The Arab Nahda,

Nationalism and the Question of Language.” November 19, 2012. Conferences and Workshops

1. “Prospects of Public Sphere & Civil Society.” In Culture, Identity and Change in the Middle East.” Center for Public Leadership (Harvard Kennedy School, June 7-8, 2012).

2. “AUB as a Cultural Transplant.” In “AUB a Century and a Half,” May 13-

15, 2013. E. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND NEED Since efforts to secure local sources of funding have not been successful, I am proposing that we maintain the no-cost activities of the Center, namely accommodating about half a dozen of visiting fellows and the bi-weekly Brown Bag sessions.

Samir Khalaf Director

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CENTER FOR LANGUAGE RESEARCH AND TEACHING (CELRT)

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The Center for English Language Research and Teaching (CELRT) has been renamed as the Center for Language Research and Teaching (CELRT) in order to give it a wider scope and to bring together under its umbrella all language-related activities at AUB. In its present structure, CELRT is still administratively in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences with faculty members drawn from among those in various departments (Arabic, English, Sociology Anthropology, and Media Studies) whose research interests focus on language structure and language in use. The CELRT Committee consisting of Professors Lina Choueiri, Sari Hanafi, Jad Melki, Kassim Shaaban (CELRT Director), and David Wilmsen met a few times during the year to discuss the mission and functions of CELRT and how to activate it.

The developmental activities of CELRT during the academic year 2012-2013 were put on hold in order to allow CELRT members to implement the recommendations for a new structure and new functions for the center that were submitted to the Dean at the end of the last academic year. It is noteworthy to highlight that CELRT hosted Professor Elabbas Benmamoun who gave two public lectures and met with CELRT faculty and students.

B. PERSONNEL Faculty members

Shaaban, Kassim (Director) Professor Ph.D. Hanafi, Sari Professor Ph.D. Choueiri, Lina Associate Professor Ph.D. Zenger, Amy Associate Professor Ph.D. Melki, Jad Assistant Professor Ph.D. Arnold, Lisa Assistant Professor Ph.D. Vermey, Michael Assistant Professor Ph.D. Wilmsen, David Associate Professor Ph.D.

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C. TEACHING Refer to the annual reports of the Department of Arabic, the Department of English, and the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies. D. RESEARCH Refer to the annual reports of the Department of Arabic, the Department of English, and the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Refer to the annual reports of the Department of Arabic, the Department of English, and the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies. F. PUBLICATIONS Refer to the annual reports of the Department of Arabic, the Department of English, and the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT The CELRT Steering Committee has concluded, on the basis of a series of meetings and their discussions with Professor Benmamoun, that there is a need to build a strong center that should focus on sustainability and self-supporting activities. That is, the vision of CELRT should be broader than the immediate concerns or the immediate activities in which the center has so far been involved. In that regard, the Committee considered broadening the functions of CELRT beyond language study/teaching to include ‘society’ as a context of research for language structure and language in use. Towards that end, the Committee considered possible names for a new center: e.g. Center for the Study of Language and Society, or Research Center for Language and Society. The Committee considered also possible future CELRT activities such as outreach community activities, workshops and research presentations for graduate students (those can sometimes be given by graduate students to their peers), and hosting visiting scholars. It also recommended that CELRT seek research partnerships

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with other institutions such as a possible partnership to study Arabic as a Heritage Language in Lebanon as part of the project that Professor Elabbas Benmamoun is leading. During the coming academic year, CELRT hopes to continue working on its agenda of consolidating language-related activities and resources within the departments of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, getting actively involved in research programs, conducting consultation activities, holding professional seminars, and development of related academic programs.

Kassim Shaaban Director

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The Department of Chemistry is proud of both its graduate and undergraduate teaching and research activities that are closely intertwined. Its faculty members continue to work on innovative ideas in different areas of chemistry. Professor Digambara Patra was promoted to associate professor and professor Pierre Karam joined the department as a new assistant professor of analytical chemistry. This year, there were sixteen graduate students in the department and two of them graduated with an M.Sc. degree. Ms. Ghida Al-Akhras received the Makhlouf Haddadin Award for the Outstanding Chemistry UG Student and Nadine Kibbi received the Philip Hitti Award. Both aforementioned senior students graduated with high distinction and many graduated with distinction. Most of the faculty members presented research proposals to various external-funding agencies in addition to the University Research Board (URB). Eight URB proposals, six LNCSR were funded, two QNRF, and one PEER. The proposal to reinstate the PhD program in the Department of Chemistry is finished and will be submitted to the Dean at the beginning of the next fall semester. Two new undergraduate courses are now offered to the chemistry curriculum and will strengthen our program: The newly introduced CHEM 201L (1cr) entitled ―Introduction to Chemical Analysis Laboratory‖ is now required to all new chemistry students in their sophomore year. Consequently, CHEM 225 will be reduced from 4 to 3 credits. CHEM 201L is a prerequisite for all chemistry Lab courses. The other new course is CHEM 234 entitled ―Instrumental Analytical Chemistry‖ will be offered as a new chemistry elective. A new special topics graduate course titled ―Renewable Energy‖ was offered for the first time in the spring semester and attracted a large number of students from different faculties. New teaching equipment were acquired to expand the physical and analytical chemistry laboratories. This year the Department welcomed many distinguished speakers: Professors Masad Damha (McGill), Yvan Guidon (Université de Montréal), Hala Zreikat (University of Sydney), Joe Schlenoff (FSU) and Mohamad Dakdouki (BAU).

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B. PERSONNEL 1. Faculty Members

Haddadin, Makhluf Professor Ph.D.

Sultan, Rabih Professor Ph.D.

Al-Ghoul, Mazen Professor(Chairman) Ph.D.

Halaoui, Lara Professor Ph.D.

Saliba, Najat Professor Ph.D.

Bouhadir, Kamal Associate Professor Ph.D.

El Rassy, Hussam Associate Professor Ph.D.

Ghaddar, Tarek Associate Professor Ph.D.

Ghauch, Antoine Associate Professor Ph.D.

Hasanayn, Faraj Associate Professor Ph.D.

Kaafarani, Bilal Associate Professor Ph.D.

Patra, Digambara Assistant Professor Ph.D. pKheir Eddine Boubou Lecturer Ph.D.

Abi Rafi-Jaber, Randa Instructor M.Sc.

Deeb, Hana Instructor M.Sc.

Sadek-Hajj, Samar Instructor M.Sc.

2. Research Assistants

Fall Semester

Baalbaki, Rima Sleem, Fatima

El Araj, Lamis Shokr, Tharallah

Ghanem, Nada Shawraba, Sara

Ammar, Manal

Spring Semester

Baalbaki, Rima Shawraba, Sara

El Araj, Lamis Shokr, Tharallah

Sleem, Fatima

Ammar, Manal

3. Graduate Assistants

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Fall Semester

Al Ayass, Mahmoud Mousalmani, Mai

Al Mouthana, Tuqan Dayeh, Malak

Ayyoub, Ghada Sakr, Mohammad

Jaafar, Malek Naim, Sahar

El Assaad, Tarek Saliba, Daniel

Haydous, Fatima

El Khoury, Elsy

Ghinwa, Darwish

Fayyad, Remi

Spring Semester

Al Ayass, Mahmoud Mousalmani, Mai

Al Mouthana, Tuqan Dayeh, Malak

Ayyoub, Ghada Sakr, Mohammad

Jaafar, Malek Naim, Sahar

El Assaad, Tarek Saliba, Daniel

Haydous, Fatima

Ghinwa, Darwish

Fayyad, Remi

4. Non-Academic Staff

C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.S. Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

Abramian, Lara Lab Manager Ala'eddine, Hassan Technician, Grade 07 Ghandour, Butros Senior Technician, Grade 09 Haddad, Joyce Clerk Typist, Grade 06 Kanbar, Hani Technician, Grade 07 Ruzz, Adnan Senior Technician, Grade 10 Sleiman-Azar, Issam Administrative Assistant, Grade 11

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Jun. 2013 20

M.S. Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 3

2. Number of Majors Fall

Semester Spring Semester

Graduates 16 17

Seniors 47 37

Juniors 28 50

Sophomores 61 46

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

D. RESEARCH

Mazen Al-Ghoul

Courses

Summer 2012

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Total

Courses numbered 300 and above -- 15 15 30

Courses numbered 211 through 299 102 363 574 1039

Courses numbered 200 through 210 345 965 863 2173 Courses numbered 100 through 199 18 195 135 314

Total 465 1538 1587 3556

Courses

Summer 2008

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Total

Courses numbered 300 and above -- 6 9 15 Courses numbered 211 through 299 9 25 33 67 Courses numbered 200 through 210 28 24 24 76 Courses numbered 100 through 199 4 4 8 16 Total 41 59 72 174

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1. Mazen A l-Ghoul and Manal Ammar, ―Polymorphic and morphological transformation during the transition from a propagating band to static bands in the nickel hydroxide/ammonia Liesegang system II‖, paper submitted. Supported by URB and LNCSR.

2. Mazen Al-Ghoul and Manal Ammar, ―Transition to squares/hexagons in the cadmium hydroxide/sulfide Liesegang system‖, paper submitted. Supported by URB and LNCSR.

3. Mazen Al-Ghoul and Manal Ammar, ―Effect of electric field on the polymorphic transition from alpha to beta cobalt hydroxide, paper in preparation. Supported by URB and LNCSR.

4. Mazen Al-Ghoul and Mahmoud Al Ayass, Polymorphic Transformation and Nucleation of Spiral/Target Patterns in the Reaction-Diffusion System of Mercuric Iodide in Gel Media. Supported by URB and LNCSR.

Kamal Bouhadir 1. Syntheses of 4-nucleobase-1,2-dimethylenecyclopentane adducts as novel

precursors to functionalized fullerenes. Funded by the University Research Board at the American University of Beirut.

2. Synthesis & biological study of novel carbocyclic nucleoside analogs. Funded by the Farouk Jabre Biomedical Research Grant.

Houssam El-Rassy 1. ―Synthesis of monolithic molecularly-imprinted silica aerogels for selective

solid-phase extraction of key-drugs‖. Research in progress (with A. Ghanem and N. Saad). Supported by URB grant.

2. ―Silica, titania, and silica-titania aerogels as potential adsorbents for organic pollutants and toxic metals‖. Research in progress (with N. Saad, E. Moubarak and M. Al-Mawla). Supported by LNCSR grant.

3. ―Adsorption of Congo Red dye on lanthanum hydroxide nanospheres‖. Research in progress (with M. Al-Ghoul and G. Al-Akhrass).

4. ―Effect of solvent polarity on the synthesis of cyclodexrin-based MOFs‖. Research in progress (with M. Abiad, R. Auras, and O. Dib).

5. ―Synthesis of PVA-silica hybrid films for packaging applications‖. Research in progress (with M. Abiad, N. Najjarine, and M. Hosni).

6. ―Characterization and testing heavy metal removal using pine-needle activated carbon‖. Research being completed and paper under preparation (with G. Ayoub and A. Damaj).

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7. ―Adsorption of antibiotics from water: Comparison of natural adsorbents and activated carbon‖. Research being completed and paper under preparation (with A. Ghanem).

Tarek Ghaddar 1. ―Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Incorporating Cyclometalated Ruthenium

Complexes‖. Supported by the University Research Board (URB). Research is in progress.

2. ―Cyclometalated Ruthenium Complexes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells‖. Supported by the National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon (CNRS). Research is in progress.

3. ―Novel Cyclometalated Ruthenium Complexes and Electrolyte Systems for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells‖. Supported by the Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources. Research is in progress.

Antoine Ghauch 1. ―Treatment of Organic Contaminants in Water by Thermally Activated

Persulfate at Circumneutral pH‖. 2nd year, Supported by LNCSR (3 papers published in 2012).

2. ―Chemical Oxidation of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Water by ZVI-activated Sodium Persulfate‖. Submitted for renewal, 2nd year, Supported by OGC/URB. (Paper in preparation).

3. ―PEER (USAID-NSF): Investigation into Persulfate/Peroxymonosulfate Oxidation of Micro-contaminants toward Water Sustainability: Mechanism, Kinetics and Implementation (work in progress June 1st).

4. ―Persulfate activation using iron-based natural minerals and industrial wastes for water treatment: application to emergent contaminants‖, Submitted to the LNCSR for funding on February 2013.

Makhlouf Haddadin 1. Some novel reactions of 2-aminoisoquinoline 2. Direct synthesis of 2-aminoquinoxalines using the Beirut reaction 3. Cascade reactions leading to new isoquinolinoquinoxalines Work done by three undergraduate chemistry or biology students: Misses

Nehma Assaf, Alaa Ismail and Maya Damien. Faraj Hasanayn

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1. Mechanistic Studies and Development of Catalysts for Dehydrogenation and Metathesis of Alkanes. Supported by The Qatar Foundation - National Priorities Program, in collaboration with Profs Ashfaq Bengali at TAMU-Qatar and Alan Goldman at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

2. Theoretical Investigations of Direct Metathesis Paths in the Hydrogenation of Carbonic and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives by Octahedral trans-[Ru(H)2(PNN)(CO)] Catalysts. Extension of studies previously supported by the Lebanese Council for Scientific Research

Bilal Kaafarani 1. T. H. Al-Assaad and B. R. Kaafarani, ―Preparation and Exploitation of Novel

Fluorescent Anion Sensors‖. Research in progress. Supported by CNRS.

2. T. H. Al-Assaad and B. R. Kaafarani, ―Synthesis of Novel Pyrene Discotic Liquid Crystals for Organic Photovoltaics Applications‖. Research in progress. Supported by URB.

Pierre Karam 1. Towards highly photostable conjugated polymers (TWAS). 2. The Identification of the 'Compensatory Septal Proteome' (CSP) and Tll1

Substrates Involved in Cardiac Septation: Potential for Cardiac Defect Biomarkers (Program Projects Grants in Biomedical Research)

Digambara Patra 1. Synthesis of nanoparticle assembled novel microcapsule and its

nanotechnological application as sensor for industrial effluents, Lebanese Council of Scientific Research, Lebanon, Oct 2011 – Dec 2013 (under progress)

2. Synthesis of nanoparticle assembled novel microcapsule and its nanotechnological application as sensor for industrial effluents, Lebanese Council of Scientific Research, Lebanon, July 2012 – June 2013 (under progress)

Najat Saliba The AUB Nature Conservation Center (AUB-NCC) projects

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1. ―Identification of new guaianolide isomers isolated from wild and cultivated Achillea falcata; endemic Lebanese specie‖. Extraction, isolation and structure identification coupled with biological activity studies is a work in progress. Project supported by AUB-NCC. Rita Tohme is the graduate student who completed her thesis work on this project. One manuscript: Differential Growth Inhibitory Effects of Highly Oxygenated Guaianolides Isolated from the Middle Eastern Indigenous Plant Achillea falcata in HCT-116 Colorectal Cancer Cells; Rita Tohme, Lamis Al Aaraj, Tarek Ghaddar, Hala Gali-Muhtasib, Najat Saliba, and Nadine Darwiche, was accepted with minor revisions in Molecules.

2. ―Extracting and analyzing biologically active molecules in Cota palestina‖. Lamis Al Araj; a research assistant and Nour Naffaa an undergraduate student are working on this project.

Atmospheric and Analytical Chemistry Projects 1. ―PM10 and PM2.5 levels at different sites in the Greater Beirut area. Analysis

of their chemical content and assessing their sources based on their chemical composition‖. Research project in progress and in collaboration with the Universite Saint Joseph (USJ) and Notre Dame University (NDU). Project supported by the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS). Rima Baalbaki is the research assistant responsible for the project. This research project started the second phase (its fourth year) in January 2013.

2. ―PM10 and PM2.5 levels at the AUB site for the pre-, during and post- desert storms episodes. Analysis of their ionic content and establishing the effect of the desert storms on the levels of inorganic and organic ions in the gas and particulate phases‖. Research project in progress. Project supported by The American University Research Board (URB). Lubna Dada is the graduate student responsible for the project.

3. ―Assessing traffic toxicity in Beirut in comparison to traffic toxicity in Los Angeles‖. Project in collaboration with Dr. Alan Shihadeh (AUB) and Dr. Costas Sioutas (University of Southern California, USC). Rima Baalbaki; a research assistant and Malek Jaafar; a graduate student are responsible for the project. Two publications related to this work were submitted to publication and are under review: (i) Chemical Composition of Size-Resolved Particulate Matter at Near-freeway and Urban Background Sites in the Greater Beirut Area; Nancy Daher, Najat A. Saliba, Alan L. Shihadeh, Malek Jaafar, Rima Baalbaki, Constantinos Sioutas and (ii) Oxidative Potential and Chemical Speciation of Size-Resolved Particulate Matter (PM) at Near-freeway and Urban Background Sites in the Greater Beirut Area; Nancy Daher, Najat A. Saliba, Alan L. Shihadeh, Malek Jaafar, Rima Baalbaki, Constantinos Sioutas.

4. ―Identifying the morphology and the crystal structure of minerals in dust aerosols; Assessing the heterogeneous chemical reactions of pollutants on these

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surfaces‖ Project supported by the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) to serve as a thesis subject of a PhD student conducting the work in collaboration with the Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), Université du Littoral - Côte d'Opale. Raya Mrad; a PhD student, and Lubna Dada; a graduate student initiated the project. A publication; ―Atmospheric markers of African and Arabian dust in an urban eastern Mediterranean environment;‖ Lubna Dada, Raya Mrad, Stephane Siffert, and Najat A. Saliba is submitted for peer review.

5. ―Measurement of mainstream and sidestream polyaromatic hydrocarbons in real and herbal samples‖. Elizabeth Septedjian was the research assistant responsible for completing this work. Elizabeth is now replaced by Joanne Klaiany. Project supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH); United States.

Rabih Sultan

1. Fractal Metal Deposits in Electroless Redox Systems. (with amal Zein Eddin, Hiba Farah and Jad Husami). Funded by URB.

2. In-Situ Liesegang Banding in Limestone and Portlandite Rock Minerals. (with Hiba Farah and Hussein Hissy). Funded by URB.

3. Banding and Patterning Structures in Multiple Oxidation States Metal/Precipitate Media . (with Hussein Hissy).

4. Entropy Calculations in Liesegang Patterns. (with Leen Kalash). Funded by URB.

5. Spatio-Temporal Profiles of Chemical Components in Direct and Revert Periodic Precipitation Media. (with Amal Zein Eddin, HibaFarah and Leen Kalash).

6. Tony Karam, Houssam El-Rassy, Victor Nasreddine, Farah Zaknoun, Samia El-Joubeily, Amal Zein Eddin, Hiba Farah, Jad Husami, Samih Isber and Rabih Sultan, "Pattern Formation Dynamics in Diverse Physico-Chemical Systems", Chaotic Modeling and Simulation (CMSIM), submitted.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Mazen Al-Ghoul 1. Chair, Departmental of Chemistry. 2. Director, Graduate Program in Computational Science. 3. Member, Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences steering Committee. 4. Member, Masri Institute for Energy Studies Steering Committee.

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Kamal Bouhadir 1. Member, Organization Committee for the Basic Biomedical Research Day. 2. Member, University Institutional Biosafety Committee. 3. Member, Admission Committee of the Faculty of Medicine. 4. Member, Initiative for Biodiversity Studies in Arid Regions (IBSAR.) 5. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry Research. 6. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of International Journal of Materials Science

and Applications. 7. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Open Journal of Organic Chemistry 8. Member, American Chemical Society (ACS.) 9. Member, Phi Lambda Upsilon (Honorary Chemical Society.) 10. External Reviewer of the thesis of Mrs. Mayssam Mostafa Chahine, Chemistry

graduate student, Beirut Arab University. 11. Member, Chemistry PhD Committee. 12. Chair, Chemistry Safety Committee. 13. Member, Chemistry Equipment Committee. Houssam El-Rassy 1. Academic advisor, Chemistry undergraduate students. 2. Member, Interfaculty financial aid committee. 3. Member, MCAT Task force. 4. Member, FAS research committee. 5. Member, Central Research Science Laboratory committee. 6. Chairperson, Chemistry equipment committee. 7. Member, Chemistry PhD committee. 8. Member, Chemistry graduate committee. 9. Member, promotion committee of Dr. Digambara Patra. 10. MS thesis advisor of Mr. Naim Saad. 11. Member of the MS thesis committee of Mr. Ahmad Damaj, Civil and

Environmental Engineering graduate student. 12. Reviewer for Chemical Engineering Journal (1 manuscript). 13. Reviewer for Applied Surface Science (2 manuscripts). 14. Reviewer for Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids (1 manuscript). 15. Reviewer for Research on Chemical Intermediates (1 manuscript). 16. Reviewer for Analytical Letters (1 manuscript). 17. Reviewer for research proposals submitted to CEDRE program (1 proposal)

and URB (2 proposals). 18. Participation in the XI International Conference on Nanostructured Materials –

NANO2012, August 26th – 31st 2012, Rhodes, Greece (Oral communication).

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Tarek Ghaddar 1. Bookstore representative. 2. Chair, FAS Research Committee. 3. Member, Pro-Green Tempus team (FEA). 4. Chair, Chemistry PhD committee. 5. Member, Chemistry graduate committee. 6. Member of the thesis committee of Mr. Abdulla Hilmi (Chemistry). 7. Member of the thesis committee of Mr. Mohammad Sakr (Chemistry). 8. Member of the thesis committee of Miss Remi Fayyad (Chemistry). 9. Member of the thesis committee of Miss Fatima Hydous (Chemistry). Antoine Ghauch 1. Consultancy: D-RASATI project through REP.

Talk 2. Ghauch, A., Ayoub, G. ―Investigation into bimetallic and trimetallic iron-based

systems for the activation of sodium persulfate toward water treatment and sustainability: Application to sulfamethoxazole antibiotic‖ PAPER ID: 17075. 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition - April 7-11, 2013, New Orleans, LA. Posters in International Conferences

3. Baydoun, H. Dermesropian, P. Ghauch. A. ―Degradation of sulfamethoxazole in sonicated and silent Fe0/H2O2 systems: Micrometric vs. nanometric Fe0 activator‖ PAPER ID: 11912. 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition - April 7-11, 2013, New Orleans, LA.

4. Naim, S. Ghauch, A (2013) Evaluation of dissolved ions on the degradation of ranitidine in Fe0/PS systems, to be submitted to Micropol & Ecohazard 2013, the 8th IWA Specialist Conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants/Hazardous Substances in Water, Switzerland 16-20 June, 2013.

Makhlouf Haddadin 1. Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Balamand (UOB.) 2. Member of the Executive Committee of UOB; Chair, Academic Committee. Faraj Hasanayn 1. Member, Faculty Curriculum Committee . 2. Member, Department Curriculum Committee.

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3. Member, Department Graduate Admissions Committee. 4. Faraj Hasanayn and Robert Morris, Electronic aspects of hydrogenation

reactions involving d6-Ru amides An invited talk presented by F. H. at the ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science Award Symposium; 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2012.

5. Faraj Hasanayn A Unified Metathesis Model for the Diverse Hydrogenation and Coupling Chemistry of trans-[Ru(H)2(PNN)(CO)] Catalysts An invited seminar presented at TAMU-Qatar, Doha, April 2013.

Bilal Kaafarani

1. Freshman/Junior/Senior Chemistry Advisor, AUB, 2012-2013. 2. Freshman Admissions Committee, AUB, 2012-2013. 3. Center of Teaching and Learning, AUB, Board member, 2012-2013. 4. University Student Faculty Committee (USFC), 2012-2013. 5. Arkivoc Editorial Board of Referees, May 2009-date. 6. Member, American Chemical Society. 7. Member, Royal Society of Chemistry. 8. Member, Optical Society of Science Engineering.

Pierre Karam

1. Member of the Chemistry department PhD committee. 2. Member of the Chemistry department curriculum committee. 3. Member of the FAS library committee. 4. Member of the career service task force. 5. Member of the Center of Nanomaterial Science and Engineering committee. Digambara Patra 5. Member, Departmental Equipment Committee. 6. Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee. 7. Member, Undergraduate Admission Committee, FAS. 8. Member, Undergraduate Academic Affairs Committee, FAS. 9. Member, Editorial Board, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment. 10. Member, Editorial Board, ISRN Analytical Chemistry. 11. Attended XI International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Rodos

Palace Convention Center, Rhodes, Greece, Aug 26-31, 2012 (Short term Faculty Development Gant.)

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Najat Saliba Conferences 1. ―Particle Levels, Distribution and Emission Sources in Beirut‖, University of

Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon, (June, 2013) 2. ―Tackling air pollution in Lebanon: A bumpy road towards the common good‖,

UNEP-Ministry of Environment, Lebanon, (May, 2013) 3. ―Particle Levels, Distribution and Emission Sources in Beirut‖, University of

Balamand, Lebanon, (May, 2013) 4. ―The American University of Beirut-Nature Conservation Center (AUB-NCC):

A successful diversified and decentralized approach towards nature conservation‖, The first Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MESMAP-2013)

5. ―Tobacco Smoking: The Borderline Between Waterpipe and Cigarettes‖, University of California Irvine, (August, 2012)

Poster Forum 1. ―Internationl Biodiversity Day at AUB (IBDAA)‖, Member of the organizing

committee. This is a poster forum where students from different faculties celebrate in their own way the International Biodiversity Day on April 26th, American University of Beirut, (April, 2013).

2. ―Particulate Traffic Emissions in Beirut‖ R. Baalbaki, M. Katurji, K. Al-Assad, C.J. Mhanna, M. Roumie and N.A. Saliba, 3rd Annual AUB Biomedical Research Day, February 2013.

3. ―Morphology of Dust Particles Imaged for The First Time in Lebanon‖ L. Dada, R. Mrad, and N.A. Saliba, 3rd Annual AUB Biomedical Research Day, February 2013.

4. ―Roadside Levels of Reactive Oxygen Species in Beirut‖ M. Jaafar, A. L. Shiahded, and N.A. Saliba, 3rd Annual AUB Biomedical Research Day, February 2013.

5. ―Wild and Cultivated Achillea Falcata: A Rich Source of Sesquiterpene Lactones with Anticancer Properties‖ R. Tohme, L. Al Araj, H. Gali-Muhtasib, S.N. Talhouk, T. Ghaddar, N.A. Saliba and N. Darwiche, 3rd Annual AUB Biomedical Research Day, February 2013.

Committees and Memberships 1. Director of the AUB Nature Conservation Center; AUB NCC 2. ASHA coordinator; Chemistry Department 3. Member of the IBDAA (International Biodiversity Day at AUB) poster

forum committee 4. Member, American Chemical Society (ACS) 5. Chair of the thesis committee of Malek Jaafar, MS-Chemistry, AUB 6. Chair of the thesis committee of Lubna Dada, MS-Chemistry, AUB

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7. Co-Chair of the thesis committee of Raya Mrad, PhD-Chemistry, AUB- ULCO (Universite Littoral Cote D’Opale)

8. Member of the thesis committee of Rita Tohme, MS Molecular Biology 9. Member of the thesis committee of Bilal Nasr, MS Molecular Biology 10. Member of the thesis committee of Nathalie Nachef, MS Nutrition 11. Member of the thesis committee of Marc Helou, MS Mechanical Engineering Community involvement and services 1. Director of the AUB Nature Conservation Center; AUB-NCC 2. Initiator of the Samir & Claude Abillama Eco-Entrepreneurship Award. 3. Raise awareness on air pollution via press releases, radio and television

interviews

Rabih Sultan 1. Chair, Departmental Graduate Committee. 2. Advisor, Chemistry graduate students. 3. Chemistry web site coordinator. 4. Attended the Solvay International Workshop on "Patterns and hydrodynamic

instabilities in reactive systems‖, Brussels, Belgium, May 15 - 17, 2013. Presented a seminar talk.

5. Attended the CHAOS 2013 Conference, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-14, 2013. Presented a seminar talk.

6. Refereed articles for the CNRS journal and Chemical Physics. 7. Member, promotion committee of Dr. Kamal Bouhadir. F. PUBLICATIONS Kamal Bouhadir 1. Patra, D.*; Aridi, R.; Bouhadir, K. H. Fluorometric sensing of DNA using

curcumin encapsulated in nanoparticles assembled microcapsules from poly(diallylammonium chloride-co-sulfur dioxide). Microchim. Acta 2013, 180, 59-64.

2. Eid, A. A.*; Kobeissi, A.; Bou Mjahed, R.; El Khalil, N.; Farah, M.; Maalouf, R.; Nasser, N.; Bouhadir, K. H.* Novel carbocyclic nucleosides suppress mesangial cell proliferation and matrix protein accumulation through an ROS-depending mechanism. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2013, 23(1), 174-178.

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Houssam El-Rassy 1. Lara Abramian, Houssam El-Rassy. Adsorption kinetics and thermodynamics of

azo-dye Orange II onto highly porous titania aerogel [Erratum to document cited in CA151:085348]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012, 209, 682.

Tarek Ghaddar 1. Miettunen, K., Saukkonen, T., Li, X., Law, C.H., Sheng, Y.K., Halme, J.,

Tiihonen, A., Barnes, P.R.F., Ghaddar, T., Ashgar, I., Lund, P., and O Regan, B.C., ―Do Counter Electrodes on Metal Substrates Work with Cobalt Complex Based Electrolyte in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells?‖, Journal of Electrochemistry Society, 160(2): H132, (2012).

2. Kisserwan H., Kamar A., Shoker T., Ghaddar T. ―Photophysical Properties of New Cyclometalated Ruthenium Complexes and Their Use in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells‖ Dalton Transactions, 41, 10643, (2012).

Antoine Ghauch 1. Ghauch, A., Tuqan, A.M., Kibbi, N. Geryes, S. (2012) Methylene Blue

discoloration by heated persulfate in aqueous solution. Chem. Eng. J. 213, 259-271.

2. Caré, S. Crane, R., Calabro, P.S. Ghauch, A., Temgoua, E., Noubactep, C. (2012) Modeling the permeability loss of metallic iron water filtration systems, Clean-Soil, Air, Water 41, 275-282.

3. Ghauch, A., Ayoub, G., Naim, S. (2013) Degradation of sulfamethoxazole by

persulfate assisted micrometric Fe0 in aqueous solution, Chem. Eng. J.

(available on line May 15, 3013). DOI information 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.045. Makhlouf Haddadin 1. Makhluf J.Haddadin;Wayne E. Conrad; Mark J. Kurth,Mini-Reviews in

Medicinal Chemistry, 2012, 12(12), 1293-1300 2. Belem Avila; Mohammad H. El-Dakdouki; Musa Z. Nazer; Jason G.Harrison;

Dean J. Tantillo; Makhluf J. Haddadin; Mark J.Kurth Tetrahedron Letters,2012, 53( 48), 6475-6478

3. Wayne E. Conrad; Kevin X. Rodriguez; Huy H. Nguyen; James C. Fettinger; Makhluf J.Haddadin; Mark J. Kurth Organic Letters, 2012, 14(15), 3870-3873

4. Tharallah A. Shoker; Khaled I.Ghattass; James B.Fettinger;Mark J. Kurth; Makhluf J. Haddadin

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5. Digambara Patra; Nagham N. Malaeb; Makhluf J. Haddadin, Mark J.Kurth Journal of Fluorescence, 2012, 22(2), 707-717

Faraj Hasanayn 1. Faraj Hasanayn; Patrick Achord; Pierre Braunstein; Hamza Jaavar Magnier;

Karsten Krogh-Jespersen, and Alan S. Goldman ―Theoretical structure-reactivity study of ethylene insertion into nickel-alkyl bonds. A kinetically significant and unanticipated role of trans influence in determining agostic bond strengths.‖ Organometallics (2012), 31, 4680-4692.

2. Faraj Hasanayn and Robert H. Morris ―Symmetry Aspects of H2 Splitting by Five-Coordinate d6 Ruthenium Amides, and Calculations on Acetophenone Hydrogenation, Ruthenium Alkoxide Formation, and Subsequent Hydrogenolysis in a Model trans-Ru(H)2(diamine)(diphosphine) System Inorganic Chemistry (2012)," 51, 10808-10818.

3. Faraj Hasanayn and Abdulkader Baroudi ―Direct H/OR and OR/OR' Metathesis Pathways in Ester Hydrogenation and Transesterification by Milstein's Catalyst Organometallics (2013),‖ 32, 2493-2496. (Communication)

Bilal Kaafarani

1. S. Chen, F. S. Raad, M. Ahmida, B. R. Kaafarani,* H. S. Eichhorn, * ―Columnar mesomorphism of fluorescent board-shaped quinoxalinophenanthrophenazine derivatives with donor-acceptor structure‖, Organic Letters 2013, 15, 558.

2. B. R. Kaafarani, * A. O. El-Ballouli, R. Trattnig, A. Fonari, S. Sax, B. Wex, C. Risko, R. S. Khnayzer, S. Barlow, D. Patra, T. V. Timofeeva, E. J. W. List, J.-L. Brédas, S. R. Marder, ―Bis(Carbazolyl) Derivatives of Pyrene and Tetrahydropyrene: Synthesis, Structures, Optical Properties, Electrochemistry, and Electroluminescence‖, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2013, 1, 1638.

3. M. G. Rabbani, A. K. Sekizkardes, O. M. El-Kadri, B. R. Kaafarani, H. M. El-Kaderi,* ―Pyrene-Directed Growth of Nanoporous Benzimidazole-Linked Nanofibers and their Application to Selective CO2 Capture and Separation‖, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22, 25409.

4. B. R. Kaafarani, A. O. El-Ballouli, R. Trattnig, A. Fonari, S. Sax, B. Wex, C.

Risko, R. S. Khnayzer, S. Barlow, D. Patra, T. V. Timofeeva, E. J. W. List, J.-L. Brédas, S. R. Marder, ― Carbazole-based materials as hole-transport materials in

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OLEDs‖, 244th American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Aug 19–Aug 23, 2012.

Digambara Patra 1. Bilal R. Kaafarani*, Ala’a O. El-Ballouli, Raman Trattnig, Alexandr Fonari,

Stefan Sax, Brigitte Wex, Chad Risko, Rony S. Khnayzer, Stephen Barlow, Digambara Patra, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Emil J. W. List, Jean-Luc Brédas, Seth R. Marder, Bis (carbazolyl) derivatives of pyrene and tetrahydropyrene: synthesis, structure, optical properties, electrochemistry, and electroluminescence, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 1, 1638 - 1650 (2013)

2. Digambara Patra*, Riwa Aridi, Kamal Bouhadir, Fluorometric sensing of DNA using curcumin encapsulated nanoparticles assembled microcapsules from poly(diallylammonium chloride-co-sulfur dioxide), Microchimica Acta, 180, 59 – 64 (2013)

3. Christelle Barakat, Digambara Patra*, Combining time-resolved fluorescence technique with synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy to study bovine serum albumin-curcumin complex during unfolding and refolding processes, Luminescence, 28, 149 – 155 (2013)

4. Janane Rahbani, Niveen N. Khashab, Digambara Patra, Mazen Al-Ghoul*, Kinetics and mechanism of ionic intercalation/de-intercalation during the formation of a-cobalt hydroxide and its polymorphic transition to b-cobalt hydroxide: reaction-diffusion framework, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 16361 – 16369 (2012)

5. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Rana M. Tafech, Study on effect of lipophilic curcumin on sub-domain IIA site of human serum albumin during unfolded and refolded states: A synchronous fluorescence spectroscopic study, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 94, 354 – 361 (2012)

6. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Time-resolved fluorescence study during denaturation and renaturation of curcumin-myoglobin complex, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 50, 885 - 890 (2012)

Najat Saliba

1. E. Sepetdjian, R. Abul Halim, R. Salman, E. Jaroudi, A.L. Shihadeh, N.A. Saliba, ―Phenolic Compounds in Particles of Mainstream Waterpipe Smoke‖, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2013 15, 1107-1112.

2. N.A. Saliba, A. Chamseddine, ―Road versus roadside particle size distribution in a hot Mediterranean summer—Estimation of fleet emission factors‖, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 2013 63, 327-335.

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3. M. Salla, I. Fakhoury, N. Saliba, N. Darwiche, H. Gali-Muhtasib, ―Synergistic anticancer activities of the plant-derived sesquiterpene lactones salograviolide A and iso-seco-tanapartholide‖, Journal of Natural Medicines, 2013 67, 468-479.

4. M. Saikali, A. Ghantous, R. Halawi, S.N.. Talhouk, N.A. Saliba, ―Sesquiterpene lactones isolated from indigenous Middle Eastern plants inhibit tumor promoter-induced transformation of JB6 cells‖, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research, 2012 12:89.

G. LATEST AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Lack of space in the Department might create a major problem in the coming years especially if we expand our faculty lines. In addition, the increasing number of students every year at AUB is also putting much of a strain on our ability to accommodate a larger number of students in our teaching labs. A new strategy to tackle this issue needs to be put in place as soon as the coming academic year. In addition, the issue of asbestos in the Department is major and very serious. Its removal, which should be effected as soon as possible, is definitely very costly. However, we are not aware of any plan of action yet from the part of the University to contain this predicament. The replacement of the bench tops in all labs in the Department the organic labs is finished. Additional major renovation for the organic labs are planned for the future: the bunsen burners need to be replaced by heating manles which necessiate a complete upgrade of the electricity lines. The refurbishing of the cold room was accomplished due to the efforts and budget of FPDU. Two new compressors are installed and functional. One new distiller to replace the older unit is purchased and is to be installed during the summer. The rehabilitation of the auditorium (room 001) that was initiated four years ago still needs a considerable budget to be completed. Room 101 also needs major rennovation. There are efforts in the Univeristy to initiate a rennovation of the rooms next year. A full physical inspection of the Chemistry building was conducted by FPDU, EHSRM and PPD FPDU. A thorough report was presented to the Chair’s office summarizing their finding and recommendations to improve the situation.

Mazen Al-Ghoul

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CIVILIZATION SEQUENCE PROGRAM A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS In 2012, CVSP advertised for two two-year visiting positions to begin September 1, 2013 at the rank of Assistant Professor. From amongst eighty-two applications two candidates were chosen: Emily J. O‘Dell (PhD in Egyptology and Western Asian Studies, Brown University, 2008) and Hussein Abdulsater (Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Theology and Ethics, Yale University, 2013). They will be designing and teaching new courses and will also help in rethinking our current offerings. Two professorial rank colleagues were granted a fellowship at the Arts and Humanities Initiative at AUB: Sonja Mejcher-Atassi for the academic year 2012-2013 and David Wrisley for fall 2012. Courtney Fugate received a prestigious fellowship at the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University; he will be on leave next academic year. William Merrifield completed a second MA in Islamic philosophy at AUB, entitled ―Towards an Avicennian Theodicy: Avicenna on natural evil and the question of indeterminism in the natural world.‖ The number of students taking CVSP core courses has been dropping for the second year by some 350 to 400 students per semester. This is due partly to the fact that the numbers of students registering in FAS has slightly decreased. A main factor affecting the receding number of students attending CVSP core-courses however is due to the fact that some schools at AUB are no longer requiring CVSP courses. An ad hoc committee composed of Maher Jarrar (director) and Peter Shebay‘a (assistant director) approached the Deans of the Schools of Business, Engineering, and Nursing in order to discuss the situation and coordinate with these schools. Accreditation measurements affected the decision of some schools to not require CVSP, and sometimes, to design new GE courses in their own schools. In the Business School, e. g., the change came about in February 2011 when BOS took a decision to open up their humanities course requirement and not restrict it to CVSP. This was done in order to find a place for their new course on Business Ethics which was required by the accreditation board. In the Nursing School the change was undertaken in 2010 as a reaction to their ―schooled‖ and packed schedule. They encourage their students to attend CVSP but it is no longer required. Two problems face their students who attend CVSP: timing, since they prefer late afternoon hours, and the number of readings, which they perceive as too many for Nursing students. The ad hoc committee will be following up with Dean McGreevy on this important matter, which we believe has repercussions on the liberal education standards university-wide. (More on this issue will follow at later points in this Report).

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A new course was added to our offerings this year, designed and taught by Courtney Fugate: 295O: Self and Cosmos, Modern and Contemporary. Robert Gallagher also designed a new course which will be offered next fall: CVSP 208G, ―Homer Greek Language and Civilization I,‖approved by the GE Committee as Humanities I, CVSP Sequence II course. David Wrisley, who joined CVSP in 2002 and has been appointed as chair for the English Department in 2011, has opted for a two-thirds status at the said department. Likewise, Ahmad Moussalli has opted for a full status at PSPA. New policies: As a follow up on changes that the Program will begin to implement as of fall 2013, all lecturers and instructors will have a half-time teaching appointment as of that date. One aspect of these changes considers the status of teaching lecturers and instructors. These positions are not meant to be openings for making a university career nor are they thought of as permanent positions, but rather as occasions for lecturers and instructors to have further academic training (that is to teach and prepare lectures under the supervision of senior colleagues at CVSP). This is seen as an invaluable step on the way to pursuing a higher academic degree, and/or an academic career if already holding a PhD. Teaching and interaction at CVSP enriches the program which understands itself as a forum that fosters the significance of diversity and the cultivation of a culture of debate. In keeping with this spirit of experimentation and excellence we feel that any instructor, who spends more than six to eight semesters with us, will have been given a good training opportunity. Consequently we will encourage them to start looking for other options that will help them further develop and meet their academic and career aspirations.

Blended teaching: Two faculty members attended blended teaching training, Hani Hassan and William Merrifield. Hani Hassan redesigned and offered two sections of CVSP 202 (one in fall and another in spring) in blended format. Briefly, what this entailed is that roughly 70% of the course was handled in the normal face-to-face (F2F) discussion sessions, and 30% was moved onto the online environment. The online portion of the course consisted of various forms of student-centered learning activities, namely: online assignments, forums, glossary, and group wiki entries. In the online context, the role of the teacher was more of a moderator and facilitator, and the learning itself was shifted onto the student engagement in the activities. The learning activities were designed in a way that they were both rooted in the F2F sessions, and flowed back into them. PLO‘s and Student Surveys: William Merrifield has been appointed by the director to follow up on the Program‘s PLO‘s as well as on the lectures‘ format in CVSP 201 and 202. Building on the previous year‘s work of reformulating

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CVSP PLOs in line with the CVSP mission statement, one question that was raised and discussed this year was in what sense CVSP is a ―program‖ in the traditional sense. With recent changes to certain Faculty‘s requirements, CVSP now functions as a two course program exclusively for FAS and serves the larger AUB community as a place for general education electives. Because we are only a two course program serving FAS we initially met with Dr. Tabbal to discuss how the PLO assessment process should be approached in our unique situation. We had a follow-up meeting with Dr. Tabbal and Dr. Khoury and it was decided that we will begin an assessment of our current PLOs in our four core courses (201, 202, 203, 204) while beginning the more extensive process of a program review in order to reassess our place in the life of the university. The first phase of our assessment plan was implemented in the spring semester of 2013. The purpose of the assessment was to assess both PLO II and PLO III in CVSP 201 and 202 through both an indirect and direct methodology. PLO II: Identify main themes and concepts encountered in texts. PLO III: Interpret texts with increasing depth within their historical and intellectual context. The indirect method involved an in-class course survey designed and administered by William Merrifield with two embedded questions about PLO II and PLO III. The direct method involved faculty embedding questions into the semester final through which each faculty member could directly assess PLO II and PLO III using rubrics developed by the CVSP assessment committee. Each faculty member then supplied a copy of the question used for the assessment. As the types of questions that are assessed in a CVSP course may be viewed as subjective, it was requested that each faculty provide two samples of student work and these two samples will be cross-graded by other faculty to see if there is any indication of a significant discrepancy between faculty assessments. In presenting the assessment plan to the CVSP core committee it was decided that our focus should be on the program review process. As such during the CVSP faculty retreat the assessment committee presented a four-phase plan to reassess the CVSP program. This process will involve defining the structure of CVSP, defining what makes CVSP unique and distinct in the life of the university, defining, establishing, and clarifying program learning outcomes (dependent on results of step 1) that are reasonable in light of our place in the university. In the spring semester CVSP did a common lecture survey in 201 and 202 guided by William Merrifield in order to get direct, anonymous student feedback on the common lecture experience. This is in the spirit of what was proposed in 2005 but has not been consistently implemented.

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Some observations from the surveys:

There was a lower response rate to the 201 lectures (32-55%) than to the 202 lectures (53-74%).

This may be because there were only 5 lectures to evaluate in 202 versus 11 lectures in 201.

The response rate decreased as the semester proceeded with 32% on Virgil and 53% on Dante.

In both 201 and 202 of the students who responded, every lecture received over 50% of students giving positive scores (4 or 5) in content. In 201 the lowest positive content score was 54% and the highest positive content score was 77%. In 202 the lowest positive content score was 52% and the highest positive content score was 74%. In general, the students were less positive on presentation. In 201 the lowest positive presentation score was 41% and the highest positive presentation score was 66%. In 202 the lowest positive presentation score was 34% and the highest positive presentation score was 82%. In the write-in section of the end of year survey, the favorite lectures of the students were lectures involving student participation through the use of clickers.

The overwhelming number of student responses both online and in the end of year write-in sections were about presentation style. Students clearly feel like a lecture should keep their attention.

This being said, the students were able to make a distinction between content and presentation meaning they did not score them the same.

Chinese language: It is a pleasure to highlight the successes of AUB students and their excellent performance in HSK (also named Chinese TOEFL, it is a worldwide exam for testing non-Chinese speakers‘ proficiency in Chinese language). For the second year, Mr. Yafeng Kuang‘s students have scored excellently in this exam. In December 2012, eight of his students were interested in doing HSK. Three of them took the Level 1, four of them took Level 2, one of them took Level 3 (If students pass level 3, it means that they can be accepted to do the MA in non-Chinese programs in most Chinese universities). All students succeeded in the examinations: one scored 195 in Level 1, the highest grade in the world in 2012; another got 186 in Level 2, the second highest in the world; and a third passed the Level 3 with 199 out of 300. CVSP forum

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Coordinators: Peter Bornedal and Nader El-Bizri. The CVSP Forum is planning a colloquium for the fall 2013-2014, to be held at AUB, on November 20-21, 2013, to correspond with the UNESCO ‗World Philosophy Day‘ for 2013. This colloquium is planned in association with the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature at AUB, the Centre d'Etudes Michel Henry at the USJ, and the Council for Research on Values and Philosophy at NDU. The theme is set around 'Practicing Philosophy in Lebanon: Authors, Texts, Trends and Traditions', and it is open to all philosophical orientations and areas of specialisation in philosophical thinking. Twenty-two invited speakers have been identified from various universities, institutes, and centers in Lebanon to take part in this colloquium, with the aim at structuring and debating the variegated modes of engaging with philosophy in the Lebanese academic, intellectual, cultural and historical contexts. Papers will be in Arabic, English, and French. It is also part of the objectives of this colloquium to publish the proceedings in a trilingual edited volume of studies, and to discuss the possibilities of having future structured meetings that rotate between partner institutions. CVSP Brown Bag Coordinator: Robert Gallagher. The following the list of Brown Bags sponsored by the Program in 2012-2013: 24 Oct 2012: R. Khuri (LAU), ―Why is Dogmatic Materialism Pervasive among Academic Philosophers?‖ 29 Nov 2012: D. Currell (English), ―John Milton: The Poetics and Ethics of Derision.‖ 3 April 2013: P. Lewtas (Philosophy), ―How to make dualist interactionism work.‖ 8 May 2013: D. Reiche (PSPA), ―Why are some nations in sport more successful than others?‖ 16 May 2013: D. Owen (Harvard), ―Forms and Sources of Obligation: Ibn Hazm of Cordoba on Moral Reasoning and Legal Syllogistic.‖ B. PERSONNEL 1. Faculty Members

Bornedal, Peter Professor PhD

Jarrar, Maher Professor PhD

Saumarez Smith, Richard Professor PhD

El-Bizri, Nader Associate Professor PhD

Harb, Sirene* Associate Professor PhD

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Hout, Syrine* Associate Professor PhD

Nassar, C. Suhail* Associate Professor PhD

Wrisley, David Associate Professor

PhD

Fugate, Courtney Assistant Professor PhD

Gallagher, Robert Assistant Professor PhD

Hartwiger, Alexander* Assistant Professor PhD

Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja

Assistant Professor PhD

Newson, Paul* Assistant Professor PhD

Amyuni, Mona* Senior Lecturer PhD

Shebay‗a, Peter Senior Lecturer MA

Bualuan, Hayat Lecturer PhD

Maktabi, Hadi* Lecturer PhD

Rihan, Mohamad* Lecturer PhD

Sharif, Malek* Lecturer PhD

Abdulsater, Hussein Instructor PhD candidate

Abou Zaki, Said* Instructor MA

Arasoghli, Aida Instructor MA

Dibo, Amal* Bou Ali, Nadia

Instructor Instructor

MA MA

Hassan, Hani Instructor MA

Khoury, Samira Instructor MA

Kuang, Yafeng Visiting Instructor MA

Merrifield, Bill* Instructor MA

Tomeh, Edmond* Instructor MA

2. Graduate Assistants Fall Semester Del Sarto, Guilia

Spring Semester

Del Sarto, Guilia

3. Non Academic Staff Khairallah, Randa Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Student Enrollment in Courses

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’12 13 12-13 Sequence I 201,202,205 27 633 550 1210 207c 23 23 Sequence II 203,204 119 246 298 663 208F,H,212,216,250,251 79 103 182 295O 12 3 15 CHIN 201-202 9 21 25 55 FREN 201-202 21 26 38 85 110-112 60 81 141 Total 176 1100 1098 2374 2. Number of Credit Hours Offered Courses

Summer’ 12

Fall 12-13

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Sequence I 201,202,205 27 96 87 210 207C 3 3 Sequence II 203,204 15 51 42 108 208F,H,212,250,251 15 18 33 295O, 213 3 6 9 CHIN 201-202 6 6 9 21 FREN 201-202 6 6 6 18 110-112 6 12 18 Total 54 186 180 420

D. RESEARCH Peter Bornedal 1. Articles in press a. ―A Pragmatic Critique of Derrida and Deconstruction.‖ b. ―The Subtle Art of Seduction: Contrasting Views on Women and Seduction

in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.‖ c. Hume and Nietzsche‘s Criticism of Design Arguments and Anthropocentric

Principles.‖ d. Nietzsche on the Institution on Law.‖ 2. Work in progress a. Early fall, preparing addresses and seminars for Brazil tour, as mentioned above.

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b. Late fall, after Brazil tour, returning to my work on book manuscript, Reading Derrida Reading: A Critical Examination of the Philosophy of Jacques Derrida. c. January, 2013. Was working on Interview on my perspective on Derrida: A Pragmatic Critique of Derrida and Deconstruction. Submitted. d. January, 2013. Evaluation report as reader for the journal, Journal for Nietzsche Studies. Submitted. e. February-March, 2013. Was working on article, The Subtle Art of Seduction: Contrasting Views on Women and Seduction in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. Submitted. f. February-May, 2013. Was working on article, Hume and Nietzsche‘s Criticisms of Design Arguments and Anthropocentric Principles. Submitted. g. April-May, 2013. Was working on Article, Nietzsche on the Institution on Law. Submitted. h. May, 2013, currently working on upcoming speech at Sorbonne. i. May, 2013, currently on paper submission for major conference event, USA. 3. Conference papers a. July, 2012. Gave the talk, The Eternal Destruction of the Always Different on Derrida Today Conference (U.of California, Irvine). b. October, 2012. Gave multiple talks and seminars in Brazil. at a multiple conference event in Brazil on Nietzsche and Kant; I prepared as plenary speaker two addresses on Nietzsche and Kant for respectively U. of Minas Gerais and U. of Brasilia, in addition to four seminars for graduate students in Minas Gerais on Nietzsche. This resulted in the following six installments: 1: The slave and the Priest: Nietzsche‘s ‗Critique of Ideology‘ in Zur Genealogie der Moral. 2: Nietzsche‘s Deconstruction of the Christian-Kantian ‗Good Will,‘ and its Political Implications. 3: Epistemology: What is the World, and how do we Know it. 4: Knowledge, Truth, and Causality. 5: Moral Theory: Master & Slave, Sovereign & Priest. 6: Contrasting Views on Women and Seduction in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. c. July, 2013. Will be participating in the International Association for Comparative Literature conference at Sorbonne, Paris, to give the speech, Blinded by Agenda: Indifference to Atrocity in Conrad‘s ‗Heart of Darkness‘ and its Recent Receptions. Hayat Bualuan 1. Work in Progress a. Working on a book on Arabic Historical Writing in Bilād al-Shām in the Eighteenth Century. b. Research project: The Iqtā‗ī Druze families before the battle of ‗Ayn Dāra, 1711.

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c. ―A vision of a Historian: Hanānia al-Munayyir in al-Durr al Marsūf fi Hawādith al-Shūf.‖ 2. Articles in Press a. Autobiography in 18th Century Bilād al-Shām: Mudhakirāt ‗Abdallāh Qarā ‗Alī,‖ in Production Litteraire arabe des Maronites du VXI au XVIII siecles, Hawliyyat, University of Balamand, 2013. b. ―Christian Historiography in 18th Century Bilad al-Sham,‖ an introduction to Mikhail Breik, Tārīkh al-Shām, ed by Naila Kaid Bey, Dār al-Nahār, 2013. c. ―Moslems and Christians under Ottoman Rule in the writings of Constantin – Francois Chasseboeuf (Volney), and Mikhail Breik,‖ in Cohabitation and Conflict in Bilad al-Sham in the Ottoman Period: Moslems and Christians as depicted by Chroniclers and Travellers, Beirut, Orient Institut, 2013. Nader El Bizri 1. Work in Progress a. Recto-Verso: Redefining of the Sketchbook and its Future, edited volume of studies in collaboration with Doug Gittens (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2013/2014). b. Philosophy and Science in Classical Islamic Civilisation, edited volume of studies in collaboration with Ahmad Hasnaoui (Leuven: Peeters). c. Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: On Mathematical Ratios. Arabic Critical Edition and Annotated English Translation of Epistles 6 and 8 (Oxford: Oxford University Press). d. ―Arithmology in the Mathematics of the Brethren of Purity,‖ history of mathematics within the Pythagorean tradition, a work-in-progress paper to be possibly submitted to the journal Speculum e. ―L‘ontologie et le concept d‘angoisse chez Kierkegaard,‖ work-in-progress paper to be submitted to a journal published in Paris by the Editions de Minuit f. ―A Phenomenological Investigation of the Concept of Space in Contemporary Architectural Theory,‖ work-in-progress paper to be submitted to Studia Phaenomenologica. 2. Articles in press a. ―La phénoménologie et l‘optique géométrique,‖ in Actes du congrès de la Société Internationale d‟Histoire des Sciences et des Philosophies Arabes et Islamiques, eds. André Allardand Pierre Pietquin (Namur: Cahiers de la Faculté des Etudes Classiques). b. ―La ‗nature‘ dans la pensée arabe,‖ in La nature, collection les mots du monde, sous la direction de N. Tazi (Paris: Editions la Découverte). c. ―Galen,‖ Encyclopaedia entry in Dānishnāmeh Zabānwa Adab Fārisī (Tehran). d. ―Selected Metaphysical Epistles (from the Collected Works of the Philosopher Mirzā Abū al-Hasan Jilwā)— Annotated English Translation,‖ in An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, Vol. V, eds. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Mehdi Aminrazavi (London: I. B. Tauris). e. ―Philosophical Discourses in the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity,‖ in The Shi‟i Tradition: Essence and Expressions, ed. Arzina Lalani (London: I. B. Tauris).

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f. ―L‘Ottica di Alhazen e la tradizionedella Perspectiva rinascimentale,‖ in La realtà e il suodoppio: Simmetrieprospettiche e numericomplessitra Rinascimento e fisicaquantistica, eds. Rossella Lupacchini and Annarita Angelini (Bologna: Accademia di Belle Arti). g. ―La démonstration en optique: le raisonnement hypothético-déductif et l‘expérimentation suivant la tradition d‘Ibn al-Haytham,‖ in La démonstration, de l'antiquité à l'âge classique, eds. Pierre Pellegrin, Ahmad Hasnaoui, et al. (Paris: Blanchard.) h. ―Philosophy and Science in Classical Shi‟i Intercultural Contexts,‖ in A Companion to Shi‟i Studies, eds. Teresa Bernheimer and Gurdo farid Miskinzoda (London: I. B. Tauris). i. ―Place and Space in Ibn al-Haytham‘s Studies in Optics and Geometry,‖ in A Global History of Mathematics, eds. Liu Dun and Ioannis Vandoulakis (Tokyo: Tokyo University Press). j. ―Ibn al-Haytham,‖ in the Oxford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, Science and Technology in Islam (Oxford: Oxford University Press). k. ―Brethren of Purity,‖ in the Oxford Encyclopaedia of Political Thought in Islam (Oxford: Oxford University Press). l. ―Optics,‖ in Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions (Dordrecht-Berlin: Springer). m. ―Islamic Philosophy,‖ in Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions (Dordrecht-Berlin: Springer). n. Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions (Dordrecht-Berlin: Springer), editor of the Islam Division (over 35 articles) o. Theodosius‟ Sphaerica: Arabic and Medieval Latin translations (Wissenschafts-geschichte; Boethius Band 62). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010. Book review in Speculum. p. ―Phenomenological Reflections on Human Nature: The Other within the Self,‖ philosophy article in Arabic to be published in the journal al-Mahajja in 2013. 3. Conference Papers (talks and interviews) a. ―Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber): His Life and Works,‖ interview (45 minutes) with Télé Liban, 30th May 2013. b. ―Faith and Science in the Islamic Traditions,‖ Public Lecture at Notre Dame University, 22nd May 2013. c. ―Variations Ontologiques autour du concept d‘angoisse chez Kierkegaard,‖ Université Saint Joseph, Faculté de Philosophieet Centre d‘Etudes Michel Henry, 18th May 2013. d. ―Critical Reflections on the first Arabic translation of Edmund Husserl‘s Logical Investigation,‖ Sapiential Knowledge Institute, 26th March 2013. e. ―Putting Political Theory on the Map Global Dialogue and Social and Political Thought,‖ Interlocutor with Fred Dallmayr, Arts and Humanities Initiative in association with the Anis Makdisi Program in Literarture and the Department of Political Science, 22nd March 2013.

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f. ―Religion and the Worlds,‖ Discussant with Fred Dallmayr at the Faculty of Humanities Philosophy Seminar, Notre Dame University, 21st March 2013. g. ―The Divine Hue and Baptism: In Dialogue with Bishop George Khodr and Sheikh Shafik Jaradi‖: A Debate Panel organised by the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature at the American University of Beirut, in association with the Sapiential Knowledge Institute in Beirut, and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon (Byblos and Botrys), 26th February 2013. h. ―A Critique of the Religious Text?‖ (Naqd al-nass al-dīnī?): A theological debate panel at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, 4th February 2013. i. ―Philosophical Meditations on Human Nature by Considering the

Intertwining of the Self with the Other‖ (Ta‟ammulāt falsafiyya fī al-ṭabī„a al-insāniyya min khilāl tadākhul al-dhātfī al-ākhar): A philosophy paper delivered in a symposium held at the Sapiential Knwoledge Institute in Beirut, in association with the Philosophy department at the Hadath campus of the Lebanese University of Beirut, 24 January 2013. j. ―NOSTOS: Architecture, Place, Time and Memory‖: Public dialogue with Maath Alousi. An event organized by the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature at the American University of Beirut on 30th October 2012. k. ―The Essence of Modern Technology‖, an interview (50 minutes) by the Iraqi satellite TV, Al-Ittijah, ―Beyond Politics Program‖, 15thNovember 2012. l. ―Dwelling with Others in the Homeland: Earth, History, and Nationhood in a Twentieth- Century Levantine Discourse of Reform and Progress‖: Keynote Speaker in the international colloquium that was organized by the German Orient Institut in Beirut, in association with the Netherlands Institute in Beirut, on 18th September 2012, and chairing a workshop on 19th September 2012 (Giving Meaning to the Passage of Time-Discourses of History and Progress in Beirut from the Nineteenth Century to the Present). Courtney Fugate 1. Work in progress a. The Destiny of Mankind: Philosophy and Teleology before Kant‘s Critical Turn. Covers the role of teleology in the young Kant and his predecessors. Not under contract. 300pp. b. Baumgarten‟s Metaphysics: Interpretive Essays and Resources, edited volume (with John Hymers) in the series Kant‟s Textbooks in Translation, under the general editorship of Lawrence Pasternack. To be developed through one or more workshops supported in part by the North American Kant Society. The first will be held in spring 2014 at La Salle University and has already received a grant from the Greater Philadelphia Philosophical Consortium. Guaranteed contract with Cambridge Scholars Press other publishers decline; interest also expressed by Bloomsbury. c. Translation and commentary (with John Hymers), J. A. Eberhard‘s Vorbereitung zur natürlichen Theologie, with Kant‘s reflections and elucidations, in

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the series Kant‟s Textbooks in Translation, under the general editorship of Lawrence Pasternack. Under contract with Cambridge Scholars Press. Half of the translation is finished, and the projected date of completion is December 2013. d. The Teleology of Reason: A Study of the Structure of Kant‟s Critical Philosophy. Walter de Gruyter, forthcoming 2013. 527pp. 2. Conference papers a. ―The Teleology of Reason,‖ Fondazione Silvestro Marcucci (invited), Lucca, Italy, October 2012. b. ―The Highest Good and Kant‘s Proof(s) of God‘s Existence,‖ North American Kant Society Southern Study Group, Tulsa, September 2012. c. ―Acting on Analogy with Nature: Questions Regarding the Typic of Pure Practical Reason,‖ Kant in Progress, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, August 2012. d. ―Kant‘s Remarks on the Observations in Context,‖ Kant and Rousseau, organized by the University of St. Andrews, Burn House, Scotland, August 2012. Robert Gallagher 1. Articles in press a. ―In defense of moral economy: Marx‘s criticisms of Aristotle‘s theory of value,‖ Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, vol. 4 (2013) 2. Work in progress a. ―A reciprocal social welfare function,‖ Application for protection of invention, submitted May 2013. 3. Conference Papers

a. ―On contrariety in Aristotle Metaphysics 10,‖ presented at the 3rd International Conference on the Square of Opposition, Beirut, June 2012. b. ―Aristotle‘s Two Unveilings in Nicomachean Ethics v.5,‖ presented at the 7th Central and Eastern European Conference on Phenomenology (CEECOP) on Phenomenology and Aristotle, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, (June 02-June 03, 2012). c. ―A Neo-Aristotelian Evaluation of the Assumptions of Political Economy,‖ URB Regular Research Grant, American University of Beirut, 2011-2012, renewed 2012-2013. Maher Jarrar 1. Articles in Press a. ―The Qur‘ān and the Biography: Exegesis and the Sīra,‖ Oxford Handbook of Qur‟anic Studies, eds. Muhammad Abdel Haleem and Mustafa Shah. Oxford University Press, 2014.

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b. Articles: Sīra, Maghāzī, and Heaven for the Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God. Ed. Coeli Fitzpatrick and Adam Walker. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2014. c. ―Arabic literature in the Iberian peninsula during the European Middle Ages,‖ Literature: A World History ―A Comparative Project. Blackwell. 2. Work in progress a. Together with Professor Bo Utas (Sweden), ―Literary contacts around the Mediterranean during the first centuries of the second millennium CE,‖ Literature: A World History ―A Comparative Project. Blackwell.

b. ―Al-Qāḍī ‗Abdaljabbār über Magie,‖ Magie im Islam: Zwischen Glaube und Wissenschaft, ed. Ingrid Hehmeyer. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2014. c. ―Home/land in Arabic Literature: a mapping,‖ An introductory essay to a volume entitled, Visions and Representations of Homeland in Modern Arabic Poetry and Prose Literature, eds. Sebastian Günther and Stephan Milich. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2014. d. Co-editor: ―Narrative Matters: Doctors Personal stories with patients,‖ eds. Thalia Arawi and Maher Jarrar. The Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program, American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center 3. Conference Talks a. Discussant in ―A Critique of the Religious Text?‖ (Naqd al-nass al-dīnī?): A theological debate panel at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, February 4, 2013. b. Discussant in a Workshop organized by AMPL on ‗Comparative Literature and World Literature: Conflicts and Convergences‘ with David Damrosch, April 26, 2013. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi Fellow at the Arts & Humanities Initiative (Mellon Grant) at AUB, 2012-2013. Richard Saumarez Smith 1. Work in Progress a. Book in translation. Governing property, ruling the modern state: Law, administration and production in Ottoman Syria, by Martha Mundy and myself (IB. Tauris, 2007), is in process of being translated into Arabic by Dar al-Kitab al-Jadid, Beirut, and into Turkish by Tarih Vakfı, Istanbul. 2. Conference Papers a. ―Notes toward a comparison of land registration systems in the Ottoman and British empires.‖ International Congress, The Ottoman Geopolitics management of cultural archive heritage and role of Land Registry Archives, Istanbul, 21-23 November, 2012. Malek Sharif

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1. Articles in Press a. ―Fleeing Lebanon and breaking the law in the late Ottoman Period,‖ in Lord of Many Mansions the Denkschrift for Prof. Kamal Salibi (expected date of publication 2014.) b. A refereed Article on Isamil Hakki Bey in 1914-1918-online. International

Encyclopedia of the First World War (expected date of publication January 2014).

c. A refereed article on Omar al-Daouk in 1914-1918-online. International

Encyclopedia of the First World War (expected date of publication January 2014).

2. Conference Papers and talks a. Presented a paper at the German Orient-Institut Beirut ―Local, Imperial and Global Intersections in the Late Ottoman Period,‖ in The Local Histories of Lebanon Revisited, October 18, 2012. b. Chaired the panel ―Modern Lebanon: the Nation and its Fragments,‖ in The

Local Histories of Lebanon Revisited, October 19, 2012.

c. February 2013 I gave a talk to BBC 4 on the trip of the crown prince of Britain to the Levant in 1862, broadcasted on May 1, 2013. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Said Abou Zaki 1. CVSP common lectures a. Odyssey I: an introductory lecture, CVSP 201. Aida Arasoghli 1. CVSP common lectures a. Thomas Mann, Death in Venice, CVSP 204. Peter Bornedal 1. CVSP common lectures a. New Preparation in fall, 2012: general lecture on Conrad‘s Heart of Darkness. b. Revised and expanded in fall, 2012, general lecture on Hawking‘s A Brief History of Time. 2. Service a. Coordinator for CS204 course. Introduced over the year several innovations into the syllabus; for example the idea that everybody teaching the course have an obligation to give new general lectures regularly; also that instructors in some weeks can choose between teaching the scheduled reading and an alternative reading.

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b. Was coordinator for a planned CS206 course, was attempting to introduce a syllabus with a stronger emphasis of social-historical aspects of 18th to early 20th century and stronger emphasis on early Feminism in the 19th century. c. Coordinator for the CS Forum, 2013. The planning of a one-day seminar on Derrida and Postmodernism should be in place for October, 2013. (With N. El Bizri for the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature). d. Member of the promotion committee, CVSP. e. Elected member to the FAS Advisory Committee from October, 2012. Nader El Bizri 1. CVSP common lectures a. Philosophical Background, CVSP 202. b. Classical Islamic Thought, CVSP 202. c. al-Ghazali, CVSP 205. 2. Service a. Director of the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature (as of February 2013). b. Coordinator of the MA in Islamic Studies Program (CAMES) c. Andrew Mellon Humanities and Arts Initiative Steering Committee d. Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies Steering Committee (CAMES) e. FAS promotion committees (CVSP and FAAH) f. Joint Coordinator of the CVSP Forum g. CVSP 202 Coordinator and member of the 201, 202 and 205 committees. h. Chair of FAS search committee (Jabre-Khwarizmi Chair & Directorship of the Center for Arabic and Islamic Sciences). i. Edward Said Chair search committee, CASAR. j. Qur‘anic Studies search committee, Arabic Department. k. Doctoral tutor and PhD committee member, Arabic Department. l. Supervisor of two MA theses, Philosophy Department. 2. Academic Service (outside AUB) a. Oxford University Press: General Editor, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity series b. Springer (Dordrecht): Co-Editor, Islamic Philosophy and Occidental Phenomenology in Dialogue series c. E. J. Brill (Leiden): Board of Consulting Editors, Encyclopaedia Islamica d. Cambridge University Press: Editorial Board ofArabic Sciences and Philosophy: A Historical Journal

e. al-Maḥajja (The Lebanese Journal of Philosophy and Theology): Advisory Board f. Lexington Books (Maryland): Editorial Board of Toposophia: Sustainability, Dwelling, Design series g. I. B. Tauris (London): Editorial Board of the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series h. Société Internationale d‟Histoire des Sciences et des Philosophies Arabes et Islamiques: Editor of the Newsletter&Website [http://www.sihspai.org]

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i. Center for Arab Unity Studies: Editorial Board of Fundamental of Science series j. Referee to various publications (series and journals) published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Ashgate, Saqi Books k. PhD Advisor, Birkbeck College, University of London (London Consortium). Submission of the Doctoral candidate‘s dissertation due in fall 2013. Courtney Fugate 1. CVSP common lectures a. Kant‘s Groundwork, CVSP 203. b. Enlightenment I, CVSP 203. 2. Service a. Coordinator for CVSP 203. b. Advisor to MA thesis in the Department of Philosophy, Kant and Sellars on Intuition. Robert Gallagher 1. CVSP common lectures a. Revised lecture: Introduction to Aristotle, CVSP 201. c. Revised lecture: Marx, CVSP 203. 2. Service a. Coordinator of book orders. b. Coordinator of CVSP Brown Bag colloquia series. c. CVSP representative to Provost‘s writing intensive initiative. Taught two sections on the writing intensive CVSP 207H in spring 2010-11. d. Designed CVSP 208G, ―Homer Greek Language and Civilization I,‖ approved by the GE Committee as Humanities I, CVSP Sequence II course. e. Member FAS Library Committee. f. Member University Library Committee Hani Hassan 1. CVSP common lectures a. Scholasticism: the Medieval Synthesis, CVSP 202. 2. Service a. Redesigned and offered CVSP 202 sections in blended-format. b. Secretary for CVSP general meetings. c. Faculty advisor to the SRC – FAS. d. Advisor to the AUB Communication Club, Human Rights and Peace Club, Press Club, Latino Dance Club.

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e. Prepared and offered workshops for the Student Affairs Office (Clubs‘ day and SRC day). f. Designed and offered a new course at the University Preparatory Program (UPP) aimed at introducing students at the UPP to the Humanities (The course was approved by the FAS Curriculum Committee Dec. 2012, and as of Spring 2012-2013 appears as UPHU 003). Maher Jarrar 1. Service a. Director, Civilization Sequence Program. b. Chair, Arts & Humanities Initiative – Mellon Grant. c. Director, Anis K. Makdisi Program in Literature (till February 2013). d. Associate editor, Al-Abhath: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut. e. Member, Academic committee, Zaki Nassif Music Program. f. Doctoral Tutor, Arabic Department. g. Adviser to MA student, Arabic Department. h. Modern Arabic literature search committee, Arabic Department. i. Islamic philosophy search committee, Philosophy department. j. Member of two promotion committees, English department. Yafeng Kuang 1. Service Academic advisor, the Chinese Cultural Club. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi Fellow at the Arts & Humanities Initiative (Mellon Grant) at AUB, 2012-2013. William Merrifield 1. CVSP common lectures a. Christian Thought in Late Antiquity, CVSP 202. 2. Service a. Coordinator for the PLO‘s CVSP committee. b. Coordinator, taskforce to rethink CVSP structure. c. Designed and conducted CVSP 202 course and lecture surveys. Richard Saumarez Smith 1. Service a. FAS Majorless Advisor and Special Student Advisor. b. Chairperson, FAS promotion committee.

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c. Member, expanded Board of Deans for promotions, 29-30 April 2013. d. Member, Provost‘s Workload Task Force, November to February. Malek Sharif 1. CVSP common lectures

a. John Locke and his concept of property, CVSP 203.

b. Salih, Tayeb, Season of Migration to the North, CVSP 204.

2. Service a. Member of the research project of the Tokyo-Beirut Urban Studies ―Human Mobility and Multi-ethnic Coexistence in Middle Eastern Cities‖, initiated by Prof. Hidemitsu Kuroki, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. b. Affiliated scholar to the German Orient-Institut Beirut. In this capacity I advise German Ph.D. candidates conducting research in Beirut. Peter Shebay‘a 1. CVSP common lectures a. Friedrich Nietzsche, Behold the Man (Prophet of a Dying Civilization), CVSP 204. 2. Service a. Assistant Director, CVSP. b. Revision Committees CVSP 202 and 203. c. Workshop play production of Andreyev‘s satire, Love of Your Neighbor. F. PUBLICATIONS Hayat Bualuan a. ―The Christians under Ottoman Rule in the Writings of Late 18th and Early 19th Century Historians of Bilād al-Shām.‖ In Discrimination and Tolerance in the Middle East. Beirut: German Orient Institut, 2012, 29-38. Nader El-Bizri a. Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: On Arithmetic and Geometry. Arabic critical editions and annotated English translations of Epistles 1-2 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), xxiii + 347 pages. b. Revision of the English translation from Arabic and French of: RoshdiRashed, Ibn al-Haytham and Analytic Mathematics: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics, Volume 2, trans. Susan Glynn and Roger Wareham (London: Routledge, 2012), xiv + 448 pages.

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c. ―Spirituality in the Peripatetic Philosophical Traditions of Islam‖, Comparative Philosophy 3 (2012), pp. 29-35. Courtney Fugate a. A Critical Translation of Alexander Baumgarten‟s “Metaphysics,” with Kant‟s Elucidations, Selected Notes and Related Materials. Translated with an introduction and notes by Courtney D. Fugate and John Hymers, Bloomsbury/ Continuum, forthcoming May 2013. 480pp. Reviewed by Paul Guyer: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metaphysics-9781441196224/ b. ―Introduction‖ (alone), in A Critical Translation of Alexander Baumgarten's “Metaphysics,” with Kant‟s Elucidations, Selected Notes and Related Materials, Continuum, forthcoming May 2013. 20,000 words. c. ―The German Cosmological Tradition and Poe‘s Eureka,‖ The Edgar Allen Poe Review, Special Issue: ―Theory-Mad Beyond Redemption‖: The Post-Kantian Edgar Allen Poe, 13 (2012), 109-134. Robert Gallagher a. ―Incommensurability in Aristotle‘s theory of reciprocal justice,‖ Brit. Journal of the History of Philosophy, 20(4) (2012): 667–701. Maher Jarrar a. ―Qadaris,‖ The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, eds. Gerhard Böwering, Patricia Crone, Wadad Kadi, Mahan Mirza, Muhammad Qasim Zaman, and Devin J. Stewart. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2013, 440-442. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT In 2013-2014 CVSP will be undergoing a major revision and will pursue its deliberations and consultation with the various schools as well as with FAS departments, in order to arrive at a new understanding of its service role; to effect a revision of its pioneering role in liberal education at AUB; and to carry on the lively intellectual debates that it has been promoting among faculty; all of this within the forging of a new vision for the coming 5 years. We intend to pursue dialogue with all concerned as we continue with our on-going efforts to update our service Program curricula to fit the needs of the current student body. To this intent, we are preparing a forum for next spring on the topic of humanities education and curricula.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The department of Computer Science offers undergraduate and graduate and programs leading to BS and MS degrees in Computer Science. The MS degree may be either a research-oriented, thesis-based degree, or a coursework-oriented degree. The department also offers a number of service courses to suit non-majors from a variety of disciplines. The BS and MS graduates of the department continue to obtain key positions in leading national and regional software and information technology firms. Two new Assistant Professors joined the department this academic year. Professor Mohamad Jaber, who specializes in Software Engineering, joined us in the Fall, and Professor Shady Elbassuoni, who specializes in Information Retrieval and Data Mining, joined us at the beginning of the Spring. Both are off to a great start in teaching and research. Professor Elbassuoni won the best paper award for his 2013 paper in the tenth International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. 2012-2013 was the second year the department offers the senior year Graduation Project course. This required capstone course gave students an opportunity to get involved in a significant, semester-long, team-based, software development activity from its conceptual design stage to its final implementation. This year, the projects spanned a wide range of applications from control of robots, to gesture-based interface of a light/music display, to mobile apps in a number of educational and social media domains. Student-teams from the department won a number of accolades in local and international competitions. The Computer Science team consisting of Hadil Charafeddine, Khalil El Harake, and Ralph Adaimy won second place in the fourth ACM Lebanese Collegiate Programming Contest, which was held on September 22, 2012. The team also won the Solid Programmers Award in recognition of the quality of the code they submitted. Graduate student Omar Omran participated in the New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi Hackathon, February 21-25, 2013. Omar, together with a team of students from Yale and NYU, won the first prize for their “Take Flight” app. The computer science team consisting of Farah Makki and Mohammad Chalhoub won the first prize in the game category of Microsoft‟s Imagine Cup National 2013 competition. A team of computer science students consisting of Khalil El Harake and George Zakhour won the IEEE Hacking competition organized by the IEEE - AUB Student Branch on April 20, 2013.

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The department hosted a number of special workshops. In March 2013, a three day „Scientific Software Carpentry Workshop” was held. The workshop targeted graduate students, researchers and advanced seniors in computer science, computational science, and related areas. It featured hands-on tutorial sessions as well technical talks by Dr Aron Ahmadia from Columbia University, Professor Adnan Darwiche from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and Nodari Sitchinava from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. In December 2012, the department hosted a Google-sponsored workshop for introducing computer science to high school teachers. The workshop took place over two consecutive weekends. Tutorial sessions were given by department faculty and thirty-five teachers from local high schools attended. In May 2013, the workshop was followed up by an event where twenty-five students from grades ten, eleven, and twelve from various Lebanese high schools showcased their IT related projects. Prizes were distributed to three winning teams and their coaches. The department is thankful to obtain direct support from local industry. The Murex company, a global leader in the development of financial software, supported the department with two $1,500 awards for best graduating senior, and best graduating MS student, and with tablets for the members of the best senior Graduation project team. In collaboration with the Mathematics Department, we continue to staff the Computational Science graduate program including offering required and elective courses and advising the theses of graduate students in the program. The undergraduate computing facilities in Bliss were upgraded and now consist of a mix of Windows, Mac, and Linux computer--all accessing a central Storage Area Network--to serve the need of undergraduate. The department labs continue to be used heavily to host on-line exams for various departments from FAS and OSB and are maintained with the latest software upgrades. The department hosted its annual reunion in coordination with the CMPS Alumni chapter in June. The event was attended by graduating students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the department. The reunion honored a distinguished alumnus and a number of achieving graduating students. B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members Nasri, Ahmad Professor Ph.D.

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Turkiyyah, George Professor Ph.D.

Abu Salem, Fatima Associate Professor Ph.D.

Attie, Paul Associate Professor Ph.D.

Karam, Marcel Associate Professor Ph.D.

Safa, Haidar Associate Professor Ph.D.

Elbassuoni, Shady Assistant Professor Ph.D.

El Choubassi, Maha Assistant Professor Ph.D.

El Hajj, Wassim Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Jaber, Mohamad Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Jureidini, Wadi Senior Lecturer Ph.D.

Mukaddam, Wassim Instructor M.S.

Sidani Bohsali, Hayat Instructor M.S.

Adhami, Louai Lecturer (part time) Ph.D.

Aoude, Loa Instructor (part time) M.S.

Bdeir, Mahmoud Instructor (part time) M.S.

Ohannessian, Hrag Instructor (part time) M.S.

2. Research and Teaching Assistants

Fall Semester

Haddad, Daniel Moutaweh, Marwa

Fawzi, Zahraa Kahil, Rany

Assaad Dib, Nisrine Hamam, Mike

Spring Semester

Abou Jaoude, John Kahil, Rany

Hamam, Mike

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester

Affara, Lama El Ballouli, Reem

Boutros, Lea Nassar, Huda

El Hayek, Cynthia Abou Ismail, Rabeeh

Flouty, Evangello Al Zaatari, Ayman

El Chaar, Kareem Shaheen, Shadi

Spring Semester

Affara, Lama El Ballouli, Reem

Boutros, Lea Nassar, Huda

El Hayek, Cynthia Abou Ismail, Rabeeh

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Flouty, Evangello Al Zaatari, Ayman Sahyoun, Anthony

El Chaar, Kareem Omran, Omar

4. Non Academic Staff

Hamam, Mike System Administrator

Maalouf, Rima Administrative Assistant

C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

BS Oct. 2012 6

Feb. 2013 4

Jun. 2013 19

MS Oct. 2012 4

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 4

2. Number of Majors

Class Fall Spring

GR 19 26 SR 43 41 JR 47 49 SO 89 93 PG 1 1 Total 199 210

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer ‘13 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 0 45 40 85 210-299 61 416 370 847 200-209 52 653 473 1178 100-199 0 17 8 25 Total 113 1131 891 2135

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Courses Summer ‘13 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 0 15 9 24 210-299 12 55 48 115 200-209 6 36 26 68 100-199 0 3 3 6 Total 18 109 86 213

D. RESEARCH Paul Attie 1. SpecConstruct: specification construction via SMT solving. 2. Deadlock prevention in BIP. 3. Model repair. 4. Pairwise design pattern for distributed programs. 5. Dynamic I/O Automata. Shady Elbassuoni 1. Information Extraction from Social Media for Disaster Management. 2. Question Answering over the Web of Data. Maha El Choubassi 1. Optical Flow Algorithm for Tracking using Color and Depth, in

collaboration with Intel. 2. 3D Models Reconstruction and Registration for Cars Quality Control, co-

advising MS student Huda Nassar in collaboration with Professor Bernard Ghanem at KAUST. Funding: KAUST funded Huda‟s Fall semester visit to KAUST.

3. A Fundamental Framework for Image Matching Based on Large Image Features Dataset, advised MS student Lama Affara, recipient of the CS best graduating graduate student award. Funding: CNRS award, “Keypoints-Based Image Matching Enhancement”

4. Video Augmented Reality, advising MS student Lea Boutros Wassim El-Hajj 1. Opinion Mining for Arabic with Models of Semantics and Credibility.

Received $1Million in funds from Qatar Foundation to support this project (in collaboration with ECE-AUB, Qatar University, and Columbia University.)

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2. Emotion mining from text for creating a tool that takes text as input and classifies the emotion within the text into one of the six Ekman‟s emotions.

3. Activity recognition using smart devices for enabling the phone to know the activity of its owner. This framework will be used in recommender systems.

4. Realistic generation of port scanning benchmarks, funded by URB. 5. Efficient detection of information leaks in web applications (in collaboration

with Dr. Haidar Safa.) 6. Efficient flooding in MANETs using Mobile Agents (in collaboration with

Dr. Haidar Safa.) 7. Building a framework for data extraction in Arabic from the web and social

media sites (in collaboration with Dr. Haidar Safa.) 8. New anti-collision solution for dense RFID environments, URB (in

collaboration with Dr. Haidar Safa.) 9. Optimum sink location in wireless sensor networks (in collaboration with

Dr. Haidar Safa.) 10. A QoS-aware resource allocation paradigm for LTE Uplink scheduling,

CNRS, (in collaboration with Dr. Haidar Safa). 11. Secure routing in P2P networks, (in collaboration with Dr. Haidar Safa.) 12. Text categorization where random documents are categorized automatically

according to the category they belong to (in collaboration with Dr. Hazem Hajj.)

13. Network planning and routing using ILP and SAT (in collaboration with Dr. Fadi Aloul, American University of Sharjah, UAE.)

14. Smart grid security (in collaboration with Dr. Fadi Aloul, American University of Sharjah, UAE.)

Mohamad Jaber

1. Information Discovery from Clinical Notes for Anonimization, Diagnosis,

and Consistency and Information Propagation Analysis using Linguistics and Intelligent Systems.

2. Runtime Enforcement of Component-based Systems. 3. Using Behavior, Interaction, Priority (BIP) for High-Level Synthesis. Marcel Karam 4. Visual XQuery and the Physiques of notations; a comparative evaluation and

a novel approach. 5. Collaborative testing using a distributed strategy. 6. Identifying states in client-side web pages. Possible funding with IBM. 7. Cache-based approach for updating search on distributed systems. 8. Protocol derivation from service specs; A Petri-net approach in distributed

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Ahmad Nasri 1. Periodic T-spline surface skinning, co-investigators: Yusha Lia, Wenyu

Chenb, Jianmin Zhenga, and Yiyu Caid (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore).

2. A Sketch-Based Interface for Building Graphical Subdivision Models, Project Funded by LNCSR.

3. Attribute-Based Modeling, co-investigators: Alyn Rockwood, Ali Charrara (King Abdallah University of Science & Technology – KAUST.)

4. Sketch-Based Subdivision Modeling with Feature Control, co-authors: Wajih Bou Karam (AUB), Faramarz Samavati (University of Calgary); submitted for publication.

5. Sketched-Based Object Retrieval, joint Ph.D. supervision with Anne Verroust, INRIA, France.

Haidar Safa 1. Scheduling in WiMAX networks, CNRS. 2. Location Tracking and Sensor-to-Sink Binding in Wireless Sensor Networks. 3. Measures against malicious attacks in cloud computing systems. 4. New anti-collision solution for dense RFID environments, URB (in

collaboration with Dr. Wassim El-Hajj). 5. Optimum sink location in wireless sensor networks (in collaboration with

Dr. Wassim El-Hajj). 6. A QoS-aware resource allocation paradigm for LTE Uplink scheduling,

CNRS, (in collaboration with Dr. Wassim El-Hajj). 7. Secure routing in P2P networks (in collaboration with Dr. Wassim El-Hajj). 8. Efficient detection of information leaks in web applications (in collaboration

with Dr. Wassim El-Hajj.) 9. Efficient flooding in MANETs using Mobile Agents (in collaboration with

Dr. Wassim El-Hajj.) 10. Building a framework for data extraction in Arabic from the web and social

media sites (in collaboration with Dr. Wassim El-Hajj.) 11. Heterogeneous routing in MANETs (in collaboration with Dr. Marcel

Karam.) 12. Towards a collaborative testing of workflows in WMVC-Based Web

Applications, (in collaboration with Dr. Marcel Karam). 13. Service discovery and caching in mobile ad hoc networks (in collaboration

with Dr. Hassan Artail.) 14. Anomaly-based intrusion detection systems, CNRS, (in collaboration with

Dr. Hervé Debar, Télécom SudParis and Dr. Abbas Hijazi, Lebanese University.)

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1. Development of a Next-Generation Robotic-Assisted Surgery Simulator.

Funded by QNRF. 2. Optimized Energy Efficient Content Distribution Over Wireless Networks

with Mobile-to-Mobile Cooperation. Funded by QNRF. 3. Workforce Scheduling at Marine Container Terminals. Funded by BCTC

(Beirut Container Terminal Corporation.) 4. Immersive Virtual Reality for Sustainable Tourism. Funded by ENPI-

CBCMED (European Union program for cross-border cooperation in the Mediterranean.)

5. CUDACLAW: A Data-Parallel Hyperbolic PDE Solver. Funded by URB. 6. Optimization of Building Shapes for Energy Efficiency. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Paul Attie 1. Member of departmental self-study committee. 2. Reviewer for the Journal of Computer and System Sciences and Formal

Aspects of Computing. 3. Visited Professor Joseph Sifakis and his research group at VERIMAG

Laboratory, Oct 2012. 4. Supervising the research of two graduate students. Shady Elbassuoni 1. Participated in the 22nd International World Web Conference by giving an oral presentation of the paper “Practical Extraction of Disaster-Relevant Information from Social Media.” 2. Won the best paper award for the paper “Extracting Information Nuggets from Disaster-Related Messages in Social Media” at the 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Maha El Choubassi 1. On committees of several Computer Science MS students and Engineering

PhD students. 2. Gave a lecture on programming with Processing at the CS Google workshop

for high school teachers. 3. FAS representative on Library committee. 4. Liaison between CS and Jafet library. Wassim El-Hajj

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1. Getting funds for and organizing CS Blossoms: an event funded by Google

to teach high school teachers IT & CS principles. In turn, teachers teach their students the same material (http://www.cs.aub.edu.lb/blossoms).

2. Coaching students to participate in the ACM Collegiate Programming Contests (Local, Regional, and International). The CMPS team won the 2nd place in last year‟s contest and gathered multiple prizes for their programs‟ quality and efficiency.

3. Participated in and presented two papers in in ICC 2012 and AINA 2013. 4. Publication Chair in the 3rd International Conference on Communications

and Information Technology (ICCIT 2013), Beirut, 19-21 June, 2013 5. Publication Chair in the third International Conference on Energy Aware

Computing Systems & Applications (ICEAC 2012), Cyprus, Dec 3-5, 2012 Mohamad Jaber 1. Served on the Program committee for the SIES'13 conference (8th IEEE

International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems). Marcel Karam 1. Reviewer for Elsevier journal of King Saud University in Computer and

Information Sciences. 2. Reviewer for the 2013 International Conference on Collaboration

Technologies and Systems. Three submissions. 3. Reviewer for Undergraduate Research Experience Program - Qatar National

Research Fund. Proposal title: Using Formal Concepts and Animals Ontology to Understand Simple Stories for children Using Multimedia Technology.

4. Visited the Lebanese University (Fanar Branch) for graduate student recruitment.

Ahmad Nasri 1. Acting President, Fahad Bin Sultan University, secondment leave. 2. Keynote Speaker, the 17th Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling,

SPM' 2012, October 29-31, the University of Burgundy, Dijon, France. 3. PC members of the following: Computer Graphics International 2012,

Germany; Shape Modeling International 2013, UK; CAD & Graphics 2013, Hong Kong.

4. Reviewer to the following: ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2012; Qatar Foundation (two NPRP proposals); Computer & Graphics Journal; Visual Computer Journal.

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5. Member of the editorial boards of the following: The Visual Computer Journal; Shape Modeling Journal; The International Journal of CAD/CAM; The Lebanese Scientific Journal.

6. Member of the board of directors of the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research

7. External Examiner, Ph.D. Thesis, Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Haidar Safa 1. Member of the FAS-RC. 2. Academic Advisor of more than sixty-six undergraduate students. 3. Supervising the theses of two graduate students 4. Member of the thesis examination committees of more than 8 graduate

students. 5. Program Committee Member of: IEEE MoWNet 2013, IEEE ICCIT2013,

ANT 2013, IEEE ICCIT 2012, IFIP NTMS 2012, IEEE ISWTA 2012, IEEE IWCMC- 2012 (Energy aware Workshop), ANTS 2012,

6. Refereed more than twenty papers, proposals, chapters including submission to journals such as ACM\IEEE Transactions on Networking, IEEE transactions on vehicular technology, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, the computer journal, IEEE Communication Letters.

George Turkiyyah 1. Organized a workshop for introducing computer science to high school

teachers and their students. 2. Presented at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, London, July

2012. 3. MS thesis advisor of two MS students 4. Reviewed papers for IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer

Graphics, SIAM/ACM Symposium on Geometric and Physical Modeling, and Advances in Computational Mathematics.

5. Member of Computational Science Program. 6. Department Chair. F. PUBLICATIONS Paul Attie

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1. “An Abstract Framework for Deadlock Prevention in BIP”, P.C. Attie, S. Bensalem, M. Bozga, M. Jaber, J. Sifakis, F.A. Zaraket, Formal techniques for distributed systems (FORTE) 2013, Florence, Italy. Shady Elbassuoni 1. “Practical Extraction of Disaster-relevant Information from Social Media.”

Muhammad Imran, Shady Elbassuoni, Carlos Castillo, Fernando Diaz, Patrick Meier. WWW (Companion Volume) 2013.

2. “Extracting Information Nuggets from Disaster-Related Messages in Social Media.” Muhammad Imran, Shady Elbassuoni, Carlos Castillo, Fernando Diaz and Patrick Meier. ISCRAM 2013.

Maha El Choubassi 1. M. El Choubassi, O. Nestares,Y. Wu, and I. Kozintsev, and H. Haussecker,

“Efficient Intensity-Based Camera Pose Estimation in Presence of Depth”, in Proc. SPIE 3D Image Processing and Applications Conference, Burlingame, CA, February 2013.

2. Y. Wu, K. Seshadrinathan, W. Sun, M. El Choubassi, J. Ratcliff, and I. Kozintsev, “Creative Transformations of Personal Photographs”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Melbourne, Australia, July 2012.

Wassim El-Hajj 1. Aloul, A. R. Al-Ali, R. Al-Dalky, M. Al-Mardini and Wassim El-Hajj, “Smart

Grid Security: Threats, Vulnerabilities and Solutions,” International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy (IJSGCE), vol. 1, no. 1, September 2012: pp. 1–6

2. Mustafa Al-Tamimi, Wassim El-Hajj, and Fadi Aloul, “Framework for Creating Realistic Port Scanning Benchmarks,” IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2013), Cagliari-Sardinia, Italy, July 1-5, 2013.

3. Gilbert Badaro, Hazem Hajj, Wassim El-Hajj, and Lama Nachman, “A Hybrid Approach with Collaborative Filtering for Recommender Systems,” IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2013), Cagliari-Sardinia, Italy, July 1-5, 2013.

4. Safa, H., El-Hajj, W., and Tohme, K. “A QoS-Aware Uplink Scheduling Paradigm for LTE Networks”, in proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2013), Barcelona, Spain, March 25-28, 2013.

5. Syed Zahidi, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon, and Wassim El-Hajj, “Using Sat & ILP Techniques to Solve Enhanced ILP Formulation of the Clustering Problem in MANETs”, The 8th International Wireless Communications and

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Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2012), August 27 - 31, 2012, Limassol, Cyprus

6. Syed Zahidi, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon, and Wassim El-Hajj, “Solving the Clustering Problem in MANETS using SAT & ILP Techniques”, 11th International Conference on Information Sciences, Signal Processing and their Applications (ISSPA 2012), 3-5 July 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

7. Haidar Safa, Wassim El-Hajj, and Hanan Zoubian, “Particle Swarm Optimization Based Approach to Solve the Multiple Sink Placement Problem in WSNs”, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 10-15, 2012

Mohamad Jaber 1. An Abstract Framework for Deadlock Prevention in BIP. FORTE 2013. 2. From System Model Formalization Towards Correct and Efficient HW/SW

Design. DTIS 2013 3. Runtime Verification of Component-Based Systems in the BIP Framework

with Formally-Proved Sound and Complete Instrumentation. Software and Systems Modeling International Journal - SOSYM.

Marcel Karam 1. Haidar Safa, Marcel Karam, and Bassam Moussa. “A Novel Power Aware

Heterogeneous Routing Protocol for MANETs”. AINA-2013. 2. Marcel Karam, Haidar Safa. “Towards a Collaborative Testing of Workflows

in WMVC Based Web Applications”. IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems, 2013.

Ahmad Nasri 1. Z. Yasseen, A. Nasri, W. Boukaram, P. Volino, N. Magnenat-Thalmann

“Sketch-based Garment Design with Quad Meshes,” Computer-Aided Design journal, Vol. 45, No. 2, Pages 562–567, 2013.

Haidar Safa 1. Safa, H. and Khayat, S. “A Preemption-Based Scheduling Algorithm for

WiMAX Networks" Accepted (2013) in Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, available online.

2. Artail, H., Safa, H., Salameh, P., Chedrawi, S., El Khoury P., “Quality-of-service-aware cluster-based service discovery approach for mobile ad hoc networks”, Accepted (2013) in Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems, available online

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3. Karam, M., Safa, H., “Towards a Collaborative Testing of Workflows in WMVC-Based Web Applications” Accepted in the second International Workshop on Collaboration in Virtual Environments as part of the 2013 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2013), May 20-24, 2013, San Diego, California, USA.

4. Safa, H., El-Hajj, W., and Tohme, K. “A QoS-Aware Uplink Scheduling Paradigm for LTE Networks”, in proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2013), Barcelona, Spain, March 25-28, 2013.

5. Safa, H., Karam, M., and Moussa, B. “A Novel Power Aware Heterogeneous Routing Protocol for MANETs'”, in proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2013), Barcelona, Spain, March 25-28, 2013.

6. Safa, H., El-Hajj, W., and Zoubian, H. “Particle Swarm Optimization Based Approach to Solve the Multiple Sink Placement Problem in WSNs”, in proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2012 - Wireless Networks Symposium), June 10-15, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.

George Turkiyyah 1. Efficient Suturing of Deformable Models. Georges Younes, Julien Abi-

Nahed, George Turkiyyah. Computational Biomechanics for Medicine, Springer, 2013, pp 75-84.

2. New Evaluation Metrics Applied to Robotic Anastomosis. Georges Younes, Abdelaziz Farhat, Mohammed al-Haddad, Tarek el-Ghazaly, Julien abi-Nahed, Abdulla al-Ansari, George Turkiyyah. Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, Imperial College, London, July 2012.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT A Departmental Review is planned for December 2013. This is part of the regular review program initiated by the Provost‟s office and done on a six year cycle. The self-study report is being finalized this summer and will be sent to the reviewers in early fall. The self-study contains the main elements of the departmental strategic planned to be discussed with the Dean and the administration. Acquisition and installation of workstations for advanced research is planned. In recent years, our research equipment has fallen behind our needs to perform state of the art research. This has been discussed with the Dean, and there is a recognition for the need to modernize our high-end equipment.

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As computer tablets and smartphones become widespread, and as new input devices (cameras for gesture recognition, 3D inertial sensors) become increasingly available and affordable, the department will seek the resources to make samples of these devices available for student use in their development and research projects. Space remains an important challenge for us. The facilities in Bliss are becoming inadequate to support the growing needs of the department. Our part-time instructors and our graduate students do not have permanent cubicle space to work or hold office hours in. Working with the Dean‟s office and FPDU, we have developed plans to remodel portions of Bliss Hall and move some computer labs to the first floor. This will allow a more efficient usage of space, and will free valuable space on the second floor of Bliss Hall. The remodeling activities are being planned for next summer. We will continue to recruit, actively, graduate students to our program from the various branches of the Lebanese University and other local universities. Our efforts this year in preparing a graduate brochure to introduce the graduate program and the faculty research interests, and in visiting local universities to present the department and encourage top students to apply, have yielded a noticeable increase in the number of quality graduate applications. The department will continue to host, as opportunities arise, intensive week-long short courses taught by visiting faculty and staff from renowned research institutions. Such short courses will complement the regular advanced undergraduate and graduate offerings and will fill-in gaps in our offerings due to limited personnel. They will also create opportunities for direct person-to-person interactions, and potential collaborations between our students and faculty and the visitors from international institutions. George Turkiyyah Chairperson

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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The department of economics graduated fewer students this year than it did in the past year because of a smaller cohort of entrants to the department three years ago. The number of new economics majors this year is also lower than last year’s, however the department has seem an increase in the number of transfer applicants and applicants seeking dual degrees or a double major in their junior and senior years. The department’s research output ranged from articles in academic peer-reviewed journals, to chapters in edited volumes. Some of these publications are by the department’s most junior faculty members, which constitutes a reversal of a departmental trend of a slow research start for new recruits. This year constituted a successful recruitment season for the department, with the hiring of Dr. Hossein Radmard who is expected to join in September of 2013. The department managed to place some of its students in excellent graduate programs in the UK, France, Canada, Australia and the US. Two of the faculty graduation awards were won by graduating students in Economics, the Lebanese Renaissance Award and the Debs Award. The student valedictorian for the June commencement exercises was also an economics major. The computing facility in the department has been upgraded with the purchase of new computers for the student lab. The Economics Student Society organized two social events: a Christmas dinner and a graduation dinner for seniors that were attended by faculty and students. Public Lectures, Workshops and Departmental Seminars Series The department continued its seminar series. This year, the events sponsored and co-sponsored by the department of economics were:

Laurence Leigh (Olayan School of Business, AUB) "International Comparisons of Retail Density: An Examination" Friday 16th November, 2012, 5:30pm. Ramzi Mabsout (AUB) "Qualitative Methods in Economics", Wednesday November 28th, at 5.30 p.m.

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Layal Mansour (PhD candidate Université Lumière Lyon2-France). "International reserves versus public debt: Can international reserves avoid future financial crisis in indebted Countries?" Wednesday December 19th, at 5.30 p.m. Magdi M. Amin (Manager of Investment Climate Advisory Services in the Middle East and North Africa for the International Finance Corporation (IFC)). (With The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies and The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs) "Social Justice, Jobs & Competitiveness: Searching for a Post-Revolution Private Sector Development Agenda in MENA." Magdi M. Amin will led a brainstorming discussion to explore this topic. Thursday December 13th 2012, 4:00 PM. Chadi Bou Habib (Senior Economist, The World Bank) "Using Lebanon's Large Capital Inflows to Foster Sustainable Long Term Growth'', February 6th, 5:30 PM. Job talk: Dimitrios Nikolaou (Ph.D. Candidate, from the Department of Economics at Ohio State University) "Happy Mothers, Successful Children: Effects of Maternal Life Satisfaction on Child Outcomes", Monday February 18th at 12:00pm. Job talk: Hossein Radmard (Ph.D. Candidate, from the Department of Economics at West Virginia University) "Religion and Entrepreneurship: A County-level Analysis", Wednesday February 20th at 12:00pm. Manuela Ferro (Economic Sector Director, The World Bank) (in collaboration with Department of political science and public administration) "Economic Challenges in the Middle East in the context of the Arab Awakening’’ February 21st 5:30 PM Walter Schachermayer, University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics. (in collaboration with the The Centre For Advanced Mathematical Sciences). "Mathematical Finance: From No Arbitrage to Martingale Theory" Date and Location:The Centre For Advanced Mathematical Sciences Lecture 1: 12 PM April 15, West Hall Audotirum B. Lecture 2: 12 PM April 16, West Hall Audtorium B.

B. PERSONNEL One space

1. Faculty Members One space Neaime, Simon Professor Ph.D. Family name, First name Professor Ph.D.

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Michelis, Leonidas Casto Martin Montero

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Ph.D. Ph.D.

Family name, First name Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Dagher, Leila Assistant Professor Ph.D. Family name, First name Instructor M.A.

Martin, Darius Mabsout, Ramzi

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D.

Ruble, Isabella Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Salti, Nisreen Assistant Professor and Chair

Ph.D.

Ramadan, Usamah Lecturer Ph.D.

Makdisi, Samir Professor Emeritus (P.T.) Ph.D.

Sirhan, Ghazi Senior Lecturer (P.T.) Ph.D.

Sadaka, Richard Assistant Professor (P.T.) Ph.D.

El-Khalil, Youssef Lecturer (P.T.) Ph.D.

El-Saghir, Sandra Lecturer Ph.D.

Nasser, Yassar Lecturer (P.T.) Ph.D.

Alam, Jean-Federic Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Abboud, Montaha Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Boghossian, Myrna Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Daniel, Sara Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

El-Khalil, Iyad Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

El Baba, Nora Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Jibai, Rania Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Kanaan, Maya Kanaan, Niveen

Instructor (P.T.) Instructor (P.T.)

M.A.

Khoury, Nicole Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Makki, Malak Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Majdalani, Joelle Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Mecherkany, Rami Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Nader, Pamela Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Srage, Souraya Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Tabsh, Ghina Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Tabsh, Hala Instructor (P.T.) M.A.

Wehbe, Layal

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M.A.

2. Graduate Assistants pace Fall Semester

AbdelFattah, Nadine Bou Ghanem, Lara Badra, Naser El Sheikh Taha, Reem

Nicolas, Christina Noueihed, Lama Sabra, Raja Saker, Vanessa

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Gebran, Guitta Jaafa, Samar Karam, Ramzi

Zalghout, Abdullah

Spring Semester

Al Dirani, Sara Al Tabch, Lana AbdelFattah, Nadine Bou Ghanem, Lara Gebran, Guitta Hassanie, Randa Jaafar, Samar Karam, Ramzi

Markridis, Christy Nicolas, Christina Noueihed, Lama Sabra, Raja El Sheikh Taha, Reem Zalghout, Abdullah

3. Non-Academic Staff

One space Abou Shakra, Mona Attieh, Silvie

Administrative Assistant Secretary

Position

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C. TEACHING One space 1. Number of Graduating Majors

One space BA Oct. 2012 10

Feb. 2013 23

Jun. 2013 53

One space MA Oct. 2012 4

Feb. 2013 5

Jun. 2013 14

One space 2. Number of Majors One space

Graduates 50

Seniors 78

Juniors 63

Sophomores 92

One space 3. Student Enrollment in Courses One space

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300 and above 37 101 73 211 211-299 179 1457 1304 2940 200-210 0 25 35 60 100-199 22 141 40 203 Total 238 1724 1452

One space 4. Number of Credit Hours Offered One space

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 6 21 24 51 211-299 24 186 198 408 200-210 0 3 3 6 100-199 3 18 18 39 Total 33 228 243

D. RESEARCH One space Leila Dagher 1. A Primer on Estimating Short and Long-Run Elasticities: Energy Sector Applications. Co-authored with Dr. John Cuddington. 2. Simulating Dynamic Demand (or Supply) Elasticities and Associated Standard Errors, Co-authored with Dr. John Cuddington. 3. An Investigation of the Energy Consumption-Growth Nexus in the Arab Countries. Funded by the URB. 4. The Impact of Global Oil Price Shocks on the Lebanese Stock Market. Co-authored with Dr. Sadika ElHariri. 5. An Investigation of Green Power Elasticities in the USA. Co-authored with Dr. Lori Bird and Dr. Jenny Heeter. Casto Martin Montero Kuscevic 1. “Convergence in Bolivia: A Spatial Approach” 2. “Montaigne Dogma and the Image of the Limited Good” Darius Martin 1. “SBTC, the Minimum Wage, and Rising Wage Inequality” (with Yongli Zhang, in submission) 2. “A Signalling Model of Conversion Price Reset Policy of Convertible Debt” (with Yongli Zhang, revision requested) 3. “Medium Term Fluctuations in Employment, Schooling, and Output” (with Marek Kapicka, in progress).

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Ramzi Mabsout 1. Qualitative methods in economics (submitted to a journal). 2. The non-logical logical of discovery: An appraisal of Herbert Simon’s contribution. 3. Gintis and Binmore: A mistaken ethical naturalism in economics (with Bana Bashour). 4. The use of metaphors in game theory (with Tamer Amin). 5. Capability and subjective well-being functioning in Ethiopia (with Charlotte Karam). 6. Economics and the capability approach (submitted to a journal). Leonidas Michelis Research Papers: Work In Progress 1. The Greek Debt Crisis: Suggested Solutions and Reforms. 2. Twin Deficits and the Debt Crisis in the Eurozone, with S. Neaime, AUB. 3. The Welfare Costs of Inflation in a Growing Economy with Habits, with A. Mansoorian, York University. 4. The Canadian Stock Market and the Canadian economy, with A. Bond, Ryerson University. 5. Structural Breaks and Interest Rate Convergence between the New EU Countries and the EMU, with M. Koukouritakis, University of Crete. Simon Neaime 1. Foreign Currency Borrowing in Emerging Markets: When Commercial Banks Intermediate Dollars, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 37(3), pp. 1093-1107. Forthcoming 2013 (With N. Mora, and S. Aintablian.) 2. Foreign Shocks and the International Cost of Equity: Evidence from the MENA region. Paper submitted to the Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier Science Press (With T. Lagoarde, and A. Guyot). 3. An Analysis of the Mobile Telephone Sector in MENA: Potential for Deregulation and Privatization. Paper submitted to the Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier Science Press. (with S. Hakim) 4.Transition from Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab World: Syria Case Study, Institute of Financial Economics/IDRC Research Project, 2012. (With R. Safadi). 5. Twin Deficits and the Debt Crisis in the Eurozone, Institute of Financial Economics Research Project, (with L. Michelis). 6. Health Economic Research on the Pharmaceutical Sector in Emerging Markets, 2012-2013.

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Isabella Ruble 1. Energy Economics 2. Public Finance Nisreen Salti 1. “The Economic Costs of Tobacco on the Lebanese Economy,” with Jad Chaaban and Nadia Naamani, revise and resubmit to Substance Use and Misuse. 2. “Income Inequality and the Composition of Public Debt,” under review at Fiscal Studies. 3. “Disability and Nutrition among Palestinians in Lebanon,” with Nuha Salti and Hala Ghattas, abstract under review for the Lancet online. 4. “Increasing Taxes on Tobacco in Lebanon: An Extended Cost Effectiveness Analysis,” in progress. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES O Leila Dagher 1. Member: Disciplinary Affairs Committee. 2. Member: Research Committee. 3. Member: Faculty Advisory Committee for the Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World program at IFI. 4. Member: Senate (Spring 2013). 5. Academic advising: seventy graduate and undergraduate students. 6. Supervised five MA theses/projects that were successfully defended. 7. Referee: Energy, Energy Economics, Energy Strategy Reviews, Energy Policy, the Energy Journal, and AUB URB. 8. Participated in the blended learning workshop. 9. Served as Econ211 coordinator. 10. Award: long-term faculty development grant and URB funding for 2012. Casto Martin Montero Kuscevic 1. Program Learning Outcome (chair) Leonidas Michelis 1. Acting Chair of the Department of Economics and Director of IFE: Jan16-23, 2012 and March 24-28, 2012. 2. Member of the Dean’s extended advisory committee for three promotion files, and for a contract renewal file.

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3. Chair for two CPC committees for two promotion files at the Economics Department. 4. Co-organizer: Economics/IFE Seminar Series. 5. Graduate Applications Evaluator. 6. Job Recruitment Contributor. 7. Member of the Departmental Curriculum Committee. 8. Comprehensive Exams: Econometrics. 9. Thesis/Project Supervisor: I contributed to the supervision of twelve graduate theses/projects, two of which as a first reader. 10. Anonymous referee to three academic journals: Review of Economics and Statistics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Computational Statistics and data Analysis. 11. Co-editor: Journal of Economic Asymmetries. 12. Athenian Policy Forum: Secretary and Executive Director. 13. External Examiner for a tenure file, University of Piraeus, Greece. Ramzi Mabsout 1. Website updating. 2. Economics 211/212 committee. 3. Acting chair. Simon Neaime 1. Invited by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly as key note speaker to give a talk on the Fiscal Crisis of the State in the MENA Region, in a Seminar on the Political and Security Changes in North Africa: Implications for Peace and Cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean and Transatlantic Regions, Marrakesh, Morocco, April 3-5, 2013. 2. Invited by the Economic Research Forum to participate in its 17th Annual Conference, March 3-5, 2013 Kuwait City, Kuwait. Chaired a session on Macroeconomic Developments in the MENA Region and attended the Economic Research Forum Advisory Committee Meeting, March 2, 2013. 3. Invited by the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, US, to present two papers on the Economies of the Middle East, February 4-7, 2013. 4. Invited by the Economic Research Forum to participate in a large policy Workshop on "The Efficiency and Equity of Utilities in the ERF Region," Cairo, Egypt, October 11, 2012. 5. Invited by the Economic Research Forum to participate in a large policy conference on "Structural Transformation and Industrial Policy in MENA," Istanbul, Turkey, September 30, 2012. 6. Invited to present the Syria Case study (with R. Safadi) in a Workshop on

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Transition from Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab World and Lessons from Other Regions, IDRC/IFE Grant. AUB, September 28-29, 2012, College Hall, B1 7. Presented a paper in a workshop on the Recent Economic Trends and Developments, Global Financial Crises and the Pharmaceutical Sector, Beirut-Lebanon, April 6-7, 2012. 8. Invited to attend the Economic Research Forum 18th Annual Conference, Cairo-Egypt, March 25-28, 2012. Also invited to attend the ERF’s Advisory Committee meeting on November 23, 2012. 9. Invited by the Economic Research Forum to participate in a large policy conference on "Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in the Arab World," Kuwait City, Kuwait, January 15-16, 2012. 10. Invited by the London School of Economics to present a paper on the Implications of the Euro Sovereign Debt Crisis on the Economics of the MENA Region, January 19-20, 2012. 11.External Reviewer for the promotion of Assistant Professor Monal Abdel Baki who was considered for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure at the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) Economics Department in 2012. 12. External Reviewer for the University of Jordan’s Economics Department for the promotion of Professor Fayez Salim Haddad to the rank of Professor in 2012. 13.External Reviewer for the promotion of Assistant Professor Lester Henri who was considered for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor at the University of the West Indies’ Economics Department in 2013. 14. External Reviewer for the Hashemite University of Jordan for the promotion of Professor Arqam El-Ribbaie to the rank of Associate Professor in 2013. 15. Anonymous Refereeing: I reviewed six manuscripts on behalf of six international journals in Economics and Financial Economics and submitted my referee reports to the editors of the journals. 16. Acting Chair, Economics Department for two promotion cases: N. Salti and I. Ruble, 2012-2013. 17. Director, Institute of Financial Economics, 2012-2013. 18. Member of the Economics Department Graduate Committee, 2012-2013. 19. Member of the Economics Department Hiring Committee, 2012-2013. 20. Acting Chair, Economics Department Curriculum Committee, 2012-2013. 21. Comprehensive Exams: Macroeconomics, 2012-2013. 22. Theses and Project Supervision as Main Advisor: 1. Tala Noueihed, (2012), Micro Credit, Does it Create a Positive Effect on the Economy? The Case of Bangladesh 2. Zeina Hodroj, (2012), The Financial Crisis: The US Banking Sector Failure and Survival.

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3. Imad Mhanna (2012), Arab Spring and Economic Challenges: An Analysis of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and Libya. 4. Elie El Gemayel (2012), The Global Economic Crisis, a reflection of the great depression. 5. Rita Mourad (2012), The Effect of Credit Rating on a Firm’s Stock, Bind Return and Capital structure. 6. Elie R. Khallo (2012), Oil Price, Exchange Rate and Equity Pricing: Causation or Correlation to Gold Price. 7. Celine Harrik (2012), European Debt Crisis. 8. Tamara Abou Fakhreddine (2012), Gold and Oil Prices Interrelations and Reaction to Crisis. 9. Ali Antar (2012), Housing Loans in Lebanon. 10. Majdoline Halawy, (2012), The 2008 Financial Crisis and the Role of the Lebanese Central Bank and the Federal Reserve System. Nisreen Salti 1. Conference presentation: “Tobacco taxation in Lebanon: untapped revenue,” with Rima Nakkash, Jad Chaaban and Hala Alaouie, 46th Middle East Medical Assembly, Beirut, Lebanon, May 9-11. 2. Conference presentation: “Disability and Nutrition Among Palestinians in Lebanon,” with Nuha Salti and Hala Ghattas, Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance Annual Conference, Cairo, Egypt, March 18-19. 3. Conference presentation: “Income Inequality and the Composition of Public Debt,” Economic Research Forum 17th Annual Conference, Antalya, Turkey, March 2011, and 9th Conference of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, January 2013. 4. Workshop participation: Extended cost effectiveness analysis, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt, February 2013. 5. Workshop participation: Extended cost effectiveness analysis for Disease Control Priorities 3, University of Washington, Langley, Washington State, June 2013. F. PUBLICATIONS

Leila Dagher 1. Dagher L., Yacoubian, T., 2012. “The Causal Relationship Between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Lebanon.” Energy Policy 50, 795-801. 2. Dagher, L., 2012. “Natural Gas Demand at the Utility Level: An Application of Dynamic Elasticities.” Energy Economics, 34 (4), 961-969. Casto Martin Montero Kuscevic

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1. “Public Investment and Economic Growth in Bolivia: A Spatial Analysis” Revista de Análisis Banco Central de Bolivia, (2012) vol. 15, pp. 31-57. (In Spanish) Ramzi Mabsout 1. “Bringing Ethics Back to Economics.” Forthcoming in the Review of Social Economy. Simon Neaime 1. S. Neaime, “The Global Financial Crisis, Financial Linkages and Correlations in Returns and Volatilities in Emerging MENA Stock Markets,” Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier Science Press. Vol. 13 (2), pp. 268-282, September 2012. 2. S. Neaime, “The Global Financial Crisis and the Euro Mediterranean Partnership,” in Europe and the Mediterranean Economy. London School of Economics and Routledge Press (Taylor and Francis) United Kingdom, pp. 116-131, June 2012. Isabella Ruble 1. Kattan, P. and Ruble, I., “An Economic Assessment of Four Different Boilers for Residential Heating in Lebanon,” Energy and Buildings (2012), Vol. 50, pp. 282-289 2. Ruble, I. and Karaki, S., “Introducing Mandatory Standards for Select Household Appliances in Lebanon: a cost-benefit analysis,” Energy Policy, (2013), Vol.52, pp.608-617. 3. Ruble, I. and El Khoury P., “Developing Lebanon’s Market for Domestic Solar Water Heaters: Achievements and Barriers,” Energy for Sustainable Development, (2013), Vol. 17, pp. 54-61. Nisreen Salti 1. “The effect of taxation on tobacco consumption and government revenue in Lebanon,” with Jad Chaaban, Rima Nakkash and Hala Alaouie, forthcoming at Tobacco Control. 2. “Poverty and the livelihoods of UNHCR refugees in Lebanon,” with Jad Chaaban, Karin Seyfert, Gheed el Mekkawi, Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 32 No. 1, 2013. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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The department of economics has started an internal evaluation process of its large introductory classes (Economics 211 and 212) and will be instituting changes in various aspects of the courses, ranging from classroom technology, to updating test banks, and a more suitable scheduling process for midterm and final exams. Other curricular developments include the continued offering of special topics seminars at the undergraduate and graduate levels which tap into a rich pool of specialized economists and professionals in the country who can bring their expertise and experience in a specialized field to the classroom. The department hopes to reinitiate the participation of graduate students in regional and international workshops and conferences as it has done in 2010-2011. It also hopes to integrate the seminar series more closely with its graduate program so that graduate students participate more actively in the lectures and seminars organized by the department.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The number of majors averaged across the fall and spring semesters were as follows: BA (46), Teaching Diploma (26+), Prospective Graduates (4), and Graduates (56). Enrollment in education courses for fall and spring semesters was 1057 for undergraduate courses, 121 for graduate courses, and 78 for the summer 2012 term. In addition, 54 students were registered for theses and projects during fall and spring, Total enrollment in graduate and undergraduate courses was 1178. The Department conducted 16 in-service workshops during Oct. 5 – Nov. 17, 2012. A total of 260 teachers participated in the workshops. B. PERSONNEL 1. Faculty Members Full time Faculty Al-Hroub, Anies Amin, Tamer

Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D.

Bashshur, Munir Professor Ph.D. Baytiyeh, Hoda Assistant Professor Ph.D. BouJaoude, Saouma Professor Ed.D. BouZeineddine, Amal Lecturer Ed.D. El-Hassan, Karma Associate Professor Ph.D. El-Mouhayar, Rabih Assistant Professor Ph.D. Ghaith, Ghazi Professor Ph.D. Jurdak, Murad Professor Ph.D. Karami Akkari, Rima Assistant Professor Ed.D. Khamis, Vivian Associate Professor Ph.D. Khishfe, Rola Assistant Professor Vlaardingerbroek, Barend Associate Professor Ph.D.

Part-Time Faculty Abou Moussa, Richard Awada, Ghada

Lecturer Lecturer

Ph.D. Ph.D.

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Al-Amin, Adnan Lecturer Ph.D. Baasiri, Lutfieh Instructor B.A. Bachour, Najla Bendak, Lama

Lecturer Instructor

Ph.D. M.A.

Deeb, Reem Hout, Hanin Ghussayni, Raouf Istfan Dabbous, Samira Osman, Enja

Lecturer Lecturer Lecturer Lecturer Instructor (Coordinator of Practice Teaching)

Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. M.A.

Ph.D. Ph.D.

M.A. Ramadan Jreidini, Najwa Lecturer Ph.D. Shaaban, Therese Instructor MA. Shihab, Mahmud Lecturer Ph.D. Shukri Balaa, Rola Instructor MA. Zayyat Saadeh, Miryam Instructor MA.

2. Graduate Assistants Fall Semester Ibrahim, Hanin Jammoul, Abeer Jumah, Manal Shehab, Noha

Ghazal, Ihsan Dbaibo, Hadeel Attar, Wassim

Spring Semester Al-Sayegh, Hanin Jammoul, Abeer Jumah, Manal Shehab, Noha Shaheen, Houra

Ghazal, Ihsan Dbaibo, Hadeel Attar, Wassim Moukarzel, Christine

3. Non-Academic Staff Kashou’ Kabalan, Leila Administrative Assistant To’meh, Munir Department Messenger

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SMEC El-Oud, Nahed SMEC Secretary Hilu, Hanna SMEC Assistant Technician

C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

BA Oct. 2012 1 Feb. 2013 - June 2013 16 TD Oct. 2012 5 Feb. 2013 3 June 2013 20 MA Oct. 2012 1 Feb. 2013 5 June 2013 7

2. Number of Majors Summer

2012 Fall 2012-2013 Spring 2012-

2013 Graduates 1 54 59 Prospective

Graduates - 4 4

Teaching Diploma 5 27 25 Seniors 5 14 20 Juniors 7 14 16 Sophomores 1 15 13 IE - - -

* Many students are presently completing the Teaching Diploma along with the Bachelors degree. During the academic year 2012-2013, 17 students completing Bachelor’s degrees were enrolled in the science, English, and math methods and practicum courses, courses that are required for completing a Teaching Diploma.

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Summer

2012 1st Sem. 2nd Sem. Total

Courses numbered - 54 67 121

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300 and above Courses numbered 211 through 299

78 576 481 1135

Thesis and projects 1 26 28 55 Total 79 656 576 1311

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Summer 2012

1st Sem. 2nd Sem. Total

Courses numbered 300 and above

- 21 27 48

Courses numbered 211 through 299

18 108 117 243

Thesis and projects - 78 84 162 Total 18 207 228 453

D. RESEARCH

Anies Al-Hroub

1. Title: Metacognition and Problem Solving Strategies among Mathematically Gifted Students in the UK PI: Anies Al-Hroub, Co-I: David Whitebread. Funded by the British Academy, UK. 2. Title: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Evaluation System of Education in Libya PI: Karma El Hassan, Co-I: Anies Al-Hroub Funded by UNESCO. 3. El Hassan, K., Al-Hroub, A. (May 2013). Strengths and weaknesses of the evaluation system of education in Libya. UNESCO: Beirut.

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4. Al-Hroub, A. (in press, 2013). Multidimensional model for the identification of gifted learners with learning difficulties. The 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness. Dubai-United Arab Emirates, July 14-18, 2012. 5. Al-Hroub, A. (in press, 2013). Identification of dual-exceptional learners. The 4th World Conference on Educational Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. Procedia- Social and Behavioral Science Journal (ISSN: 1877-0428). Huda Baytiyeh

1. Online learning communities

2. Ubiquitous computing using Free Open Source Software

3. Engineering Education

4. Using technology in schools

Saouma BouJaoude 1. Science Education for Diversity: 108,000 Euros, three-year research grant

from European Commission (2009-2012). Project completed December 31, 2012.

2. From research to practice: making a difference in the classroom: $1,000,000, four-Year research grant from the Arab Thought Foundation (2010-2014) (with Dr. Murad Jurdak and Dr. Rima Karami)

3. Capacity Development of Faculties of Education in International approaches to teacher education: 85,366.54 Euros Tempus grant on (2012-2015) (with Dr. Ghazi Ghaith).

Tamer Amin 1. Jeppsson, F., Haglund, J. Amin, T. G., and Strömdahl, H. (2013). Exploring

the use of conceptual metaphor in solving problems on entropy. Journal of the Learning Sciences.22(1), 70-120.

2. Amin, T. G., Jeppsson, F., Haglund, J. and Strömdahl, H. (2012). Arrow of time: Metaphorical construals of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. Science Education, 95(5), 818-848.

3. I submitted a research grant proposal to the Qatar Foundation in collaboration with Iman Osta, LAU, Lebanon and Nader Qabani, Silatech, Qatar entitled: Issues of Language in the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in Qatar and Lebanon.

4. Presented research papers at the following conferences and research

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workshops: 5. Amin, T. G. and Malek, B. (September, 2012). A conceptual integration perspective on language and ontology in conceptual change. Paper presented at the 8th Biennial Conference of the Conceptual Change Special Interest Group, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. Trier, Germany. 6. Amin, T. G. (December, 2012) “Language, Metaphor and Ontology in Conceptual Change in Science”. Paper presented at the Workshop on

Ontology and Conceptual Change, ConChaMo 3, organized by the University of Helsinki, December 2-4, 2012.

7. Amin, T. G. (June 2013) “An Account of Concepts for Conceptual Change in Science Education”. ConChaMo 5, organized by the University of Helsinki, June 3-5, 2012.

Karma El-Hassan 1. Quality of Life of Arab Youth. Issam Faris Institute. 2. In collaboration with colleagues in International Test Commission (ITC) working on a research to investigate worldwide testing practices. Rabih El-Mouhayar 1. Jurdak, M., and EL Mouhayar, R. (under revision). Trends in the development

of student level of reasoning in pattern generalization tasks across grade-level. Educational Studies in Mathematics.

2. EL Mouhayar, R. (2012-2013). Strategic Development in Pattern Generalization Tasks across Grade Level.

3. El Mouhayar, R., and Jurdak, M. (under revision). Development profile of student strategy use in pattern generalization tasks across grade Level. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Science, Mathematics and Technology Education. Oman. Organized by Curtin University (Western Australia) and Sultan Qaboos University (Oman.)

4. El Mouhayar, R., and Jurdak, M. (2012-2014). Comparing the relative impact of contextualized and de-Contextualized approaches to teaching pattern generalization on students’ nature and level of abductive- inductive reasoning. This study is funded by a grant from the University Research Board at the American University of Beirut for two years: 2012-2013 and 2013-2014.

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Ghazi Ghaith

1. Determinants of reading proficiency among college-bound learners of English as a second/foreign language

Murad Jurdak 1. Teachers’ knowledge of students’ thinking in pattern generalization (with

Rabih El- Mouhayar.) 2. Development of student reasoning in pattern generalization across grade

levels (with Rabih El- Mouhayar.)

Rima Karami Akkary 1. Karami-Akkary, R., Katerji, R. The professional Development Journey in the

TAMAM project: A resourcebook. A training manual outlining the building capacity activities in the TAMAM project.

2. Karami-Akkary, R. & El-Saheli Elhage, R., & Sarieddine, D. (in progress). Developing the TAMAM’s Monitoring and Evaluation: An Experience of Evolving Design Planning. This technical report document the process followed to develop the TAMAM monitoring and evaluation model and present the final model as it emerged from the lived experience of the participants in the project.

3. Rizkallah Dalal, & Karami-Akkary , Rima (in progress). A study to develop Standards for school effectiveness and procedures for self-study that are grounded in the context of an association of private Lebanese school.

4. El Saheli Elhage, R. & Rima Karami-Akkary, Sarrieddine, D. (in progress). Evaluating the TAMAM Impact: The Case of Al-Assriya School. A pilot study to evaluate the impact of the TAMAM project in one of the participating schools and to assess the feasibility of the evaluation model itself.

Vivian Khamis 1. Vivian Khamis, Bullying among school age children in Lebanon: Risk and

Protective Factors funded by the Lebanese council for Scientific Research (CNRS.)

2. Vivian Khamis, Exposure to violence and educational and psychosocial adjustment in children: The mediating role of coping and family environment.

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Rola Khishfe

1. A grant proposal, “Promoting the Pillars of Scientific Literacy” was submitted to the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) in 2012.

Barend Vlaardingerbroek

The problem of scale in the interpretation of pictorial representations of cell structure. Australian university students’ conceptions of cell structure in relation to diagrammatic and pictorial representations in textbooks. Paper now under review. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Anies Al-Hroub 1. Al-Hroub, A. (Nov 2012). The Identification and Programming for Gifted

Children with Learning Disabilities. The 6th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Learning Disability Conference & Workshops: “The Dyslexic Advantage: Alternative Ways of Learning and Thinking”, November 13 – 14, 2012, JW Marriott Dubai Hotel, Dubai-UAE.

2. Al-Hroub, A. (July, 2012). Multidimensional Model for the Identification of Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities. The 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, July 14-18, 2012.

3. Al-Hroub, A. (Nov, 2012). Serving and programming for gifted children with learning difficulties. The 6th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Learning Disability Conference & Workshops, November 13 – 14, 2012, JW Marriott Dubai Hotel, Dubai-UAE. 4. Al-Hroub, A. (Nov, 2012). Multidimensional identification model for gifted

children with learning difficulties. The 6th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Learning Disability Conference & Workshops, November 13 – 14, 2012, JW Marriott Dubai Hotel, Dubai-UAE.

5. Al-Hroub, A. (Nov, 2012). Planning classroom tests and assessment: Effective Techniques. Department of Education, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

6. Chair of the Curriculum and Examination Committee (CEC), 2012- present.

7. Chair of the Education Program Review Committee, 2012/13.

8. Member of the Promotion Committee for Dr. Tamer Amin, 2012/13.

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9. Co-coordinator of the Ad Hoc Committee for Graduate Conference, 2011/12.

10. Advisory Committee Member of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars

Program Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).

11. Board member the Social and Behavioral Sciences IRB (SBS-IRB), Jan 2012 –

present.

12. Advisor for “Special Olympics” Club at AUB, 2012.

13. Advisor for “These Abilities” Club. This club was newly established by a group

of AUB students to help physically disabled individuals to get their rights in

Lebanon, 2011-present.

14. Editorial Advisor of the SAGE’s Handbook of Special Education, by Lani Florian, 2012. 15. Consulting Editor, Journal of International Association of Special Education, 2007-

present.

16. Proposal reviewer, the CTL conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, AUB, 2012. 17. Peer-reviewed in scholarly journals: Roeper Review, International Journal of Educational Development, International Review of Education, Educational Research and Review, the Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs. 18. Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES)

19. The International Association of Special Education (IASE)

20. The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGCT)

21. The UNRWA advisory scholarship committee.

Tamer Amin

Served on the following FAS and Education Department Committees: 1. Graduate Committee, FAS 2. Curriculum and Examination Committee, Department of Education 3. Practice Teaching Committee, Department of Education 4. Served as an external member of search committees for faculty hires at the

following FAS departments: 1. English 2. Philosophy 3. Psychology

5. As Science and Mathematics Education Center Director carried out the following:

6. Coordinated the BLOSSOMS MIT Video lessons in science and mathematics launching event.

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7. Served as Chair of the 15th Annual Science and Mathematics Educators Conference, March 16, 2013.

8. In collaboration with the Education Students Society, organized the 19th annual Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair for students K-12.

9. Consultancies: 10. D-Rasati project for educational reform in Lebanon: Coordinated science

teacher training materials and implemented training. 11. Designed and conducted three day teacher training workshop at Qa 12. Prepared proposal for Diploma in Secondary Science Teaching for Princess

Noura University, Saudi Arabia.

Hoda Baytiyeh 1. Department website maintenance Saouma BouJaoude 1. Shehab, S. & BouJaoude, S. (2013). Analysis of the chemical representations in

secondary Lebanese chemistry textbooks. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Puerto Rico, April 6-9, 2013.

2. Khishfe, R. & BouJaoude, S. (2013). Examining relationships among Lebanese students' conceptions of and attitudes toward science, career choices, religious affiliations and gender. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Puerto Rico, April 6-9, 2013.

3. Salloum, S., Dani, D., BouJoaude, S., Khishfe, R., Wahbeh, N, Shamrani, S. & Nasser, M. (2013). Teachers’ views of 21st century content themes, skills, and contexts: An international perspective. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Puerto Rico, April 6-9, 2013.

4. BouJaoude, S. & Khishfe, R. Science Education for Diversity (SED) Project: Preliminary results. Paper presented at a meeting of the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies, Beirut, Lebanon.

5. BouJaoude, S. (2012). Education for sustainable development: Interactions of science, technology, society and environment. Paper presented at the TWAS-ARO Annual meeting, Alexandria, Egypt.

6. BouJaoude, S. (2012, December). Promoting and supporting high quality teaching and learning at AUB. Paper presented at the Sub-regional faculty and development workshop organized by the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (Fouad Shihab Leadership College), Beirut, Lebanon.

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7. BouJaoude, S., & BouZeineddine, A. (2012). Assessing learning outcomes: Changing habits of mind and transforming universities into learning communities. Paper presented at the 2012 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 28-30, 2012.

8. BouJaoude, S. (2012). School-based reform: A personal experience. Paper presented at the MENA Education Network Meeting (MEdNet) meeting organized by UNICEF Regional Office, Amman, Jordan, September 23-28, 2012.

9. BouJaoude, S. (2012). Education reform in MENA countries. A discussion session conducted during the MENA Education Network Meeting (MEdNet) meeting organized by UNICEF Regional office, Amman, Jordan, September 23-28, 2012.

10. Member of the Departmental Review Committee 11. Member of the Practice Teaching Committee 12. Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning 13. Institutional Assessment Committee 14. Goal 1 strategic planning committee 15. AUB Teaching Excellence Award Committee (Co-Chair) 16. Coordinator of the D-RASATI Project 17. Member of the International Advisory Committee for the implementation of Saudi Arabia K-12 Education Reform Strategy, KSA 18. Member of the Advisory Board of Nibras International School, Dubai. 19. Member of the Executive Board of the Eurasian Society of Educational Research 20. Member of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Education Council, State of Qatar. 21. Member of the Joint Advisory Board of the National Center for Educator Development, Qatar University, Qatar 22. Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Innovation and Challenges in Education 2013 (CICE2013). 23. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the McGill Journal of Education (MJE) 24. Member of the scientific committee of the 9th International Conference on Hands-on Science, Antalya 2012 (Turkey.) 25. Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University. 26. Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Biology Education (IJOBED.) 27. Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Excellence in Education. 28. Member of the editorial board of the Journal on Excellence on College Teaching, Miami University, Ohio, USA

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29. Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Science and Math Education 30. Member of the editorial board of the Eurasia Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education. 31. Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Environmental and Science Education (IJESE). 32. Member of the editorial board of Educational Studies: Theory and

Practice. 33. Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Science Teacher

Education. 34. Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of

Excellence in Education. 35. Member of the editorial board of the Eurasia Journal of Math, Science,

and Technology Education. 36. Consulting editor for the International Review of Education, Edited by the UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg, Germany 37. Contributing International Editor, Science Education, USA. 38. Reviewer for Journal of Science Teacher Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, School Science and Mathematics Journal, Science

Education, Electronic Journal of Science Education, Electronic Journal of Literacy Through Science, Acta Chimica Slovenica, and Science books and films.

39. Member in the following associations in the USA: National Association for Research in Science Teaching, National Science Teachers Associations, School Science and Mathematics Association, Association for Science Teacher Education, and American Educational Research Association. 40. Member of the European Science Education Research Association. 41. Member of the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies, Lebanon 42. Served as external examiner on the PhD committee of Rima Hammoud, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (2012.) 43. Member of the Board of Trustees of Al Ahliah School, Beirut, Lebanon. 44. Member of the Board of Governors, Brummana High School, Brummana, Lebanon. 45. Member of the Consultative board of Hariri II and III schools, Beirut, Lebanon.

Karma El-Hassan 1. Appointed on National Task Force for Governance in Higher Education,

November, 2012

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2. As part of SABER project, commissioned by UNESCO to write assessment report on Libya’s educational evaluation system, April 2013.

3. Academic Coordinator of the Princess Noura University Project, Riyadh, February 2013.

4. Senior Consultant on a REP project entailing establishing a new university in the Abu Dhabi. Responsible for developing quality assurance and institutional effectiveness manuals and setup.

5. Participated and presented in several regional and international conferences (OECD, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait).

6. Reviewed manuscripts for journals and conferences, and evaluated books for regional prizes.

Rabih El-Mouhayyar

1. Jurdak, M., & El Mouhayar, R. (2012.) Secondary inservice teachers’ knowledge of students’ thinking in pattern generalization. Short Oral Communication presented at the 36th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Taiwan – Taipei.

2. El Mouhayar, R., & Osta, I. (May 2013). Developed training materials (trainer and participant manuals) for Math hubs; Designed activities for Math teacher educators to be included in the Hubs manuals.

3. Jurdak, M., & El Mouhayar (April 2013). Prepared (as a partner with Professor Murad Jurdak) a proposal for a Teaching Diploma in Math Education for Princess Noura University: The scope of work includes: A draft to include program description, program outcomes, admission criteria, structure, courses.

4. El Mouhayar, R., & Osta, I. (December 15, 2012 – February 5, 2013). Conducted a 5-day workshop (Teacher Learning Circles: TLC-Math) with the D-RASATI Project to train the secondary and intermediate grade level trainers and members of the Guidance and Counseling Department of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The scope of work included: (1) Preparing training materials for TLC-Math; holding meetings to plan for training; delivering 5 days of training; and reviewing the training materials.

5. El Mouhayar, R. (November 2012). Conducted a 1-day workshop with the D-RASATI Project. The purpose of the activity involved reviewing the progress scale mathematics training (D-RASATI) with the secondary and intermediate level trainers and members of the Guidance And Counseling Department of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education

6. El Mouhayar, R., & Osta, I. (August, 2012 – November, 2012). Conducted a 5-day workshop with the D-RASATI Project to train the secondary and

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intermediate grade level trainers and members of the guidance And Counseling Department of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The scope of work includes: Preparing training materials for Subject Matter Teaching Methods – Math; holding meetings to plan for training; delivering 5 days of training; and revising training materials based on feedback collected during the training.

7. El Mouhayar, R. (September, 2012). Conducted a 2- hour workshop entitled “Using questioning and discussion techniques to elicit student reflection and challenge deeper student engagement” during the workshop series organized by the Department of Education.

8. Committees and other activities 9. (Spring 2012-2013). Served on the organizing Committee of the 15th

Annual Science and Math Teachers’ Conference. 10. (Spring 2012-2013). Organized with the Education Student Society and

members of the Science and Math Center the 19th Annual Science, Math, & Technology Fair.

11. (2012-2013). Co-Advisor of the Education Student Society. 12. (Summer 2012). Acting Director of Science and Math EducationCenter 13. (2012-2013). Member of the FAS Research Committee 14. (2012-2013). Liaison between the Department of Education and the

Library 15. (2012-2013). Member of Science and Math Education Center 16. (2012-2013). Member of Curriculum and Examination committee in

the Department of Education 17. (2012-2013). Member of Practice Teaching Committee in the

Department of Education 18. (Spring 2012-2013). Advisor for TD elementary education

Math/Science 19. Member of several thesis proposals committees 20. Co-Advisor of Master’s thesis proposals of two students in math

education 21. Attended a Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence that

was implemented by the Center for Teaching and Learning at AUB. 22. (Spring 2012). Reviewed a manuscript entitled “understanding

visualization from the viewpoint of the blind: When active touch generates solids of revolution”, for the ZDM – International Journal on Mathematics Education.

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1. Coordinated the Tempus Project Grant: Capacity Development of Faculties of Education in International Approaches to Teacher Education (CDFE) Murad Jurdak 1. Student advisor, Teaching Diploma in Mathematics Education 2. Student advisor, MA in mathematics education 3. Member of the Department of Education Practice Teaching Committee 4. Member of FAS Advisory Committee (since October 2012) 5. Member of executive committee and secretary of the BOT of Marj’ayoun

National College 6. Consultant to Mabarrat Philanthropic Organization on the design and

implementation of a self-study for their schools 7. Commissioned by the Qatari Supreme Education Council (SEC) to onduct a

study to investigate the alignment between school tests and Qatari Standards. Study was completed by April, 2013

8. Advisor for one MA thesis completed in 2012. 9. Served as committee member on two MA theses 10. Advisor for three PhD Lebanese University students 11. Acted as a reviewer for Qatar Foundation two education research proposals. 12. Acted as reviewer for two journals: Journal of Research in Mathematics Education and School Science and Mathematics. 13. A co-principal investigator in TAMAM 14. Served as TAMAM research director 15. Presented (with El Mouhayar Rabih) a paper entitled “Secondary in- service teachers’ knowledge of students’ thinking in pattern generalization”, 36th Conference of the International Group (PME) for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July, 2012, Taipei, Taiwan: PME 16. Presented an invited keynote paper entitled “The Tension between

Mathematical Problem Solving in and outside school: Theoretical, Research, and Pedagogical Perspectives”, 7th International Conference on Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, November 4-7, 2012, Muscat, Oman.

17. Presented with Valero, P., Graven, M. Martin, D., Meaney, T., and Penteado, M. an international survey team report entitled “Socioeconomic influence on mathematical achievement: what is visible and what is neglected”, 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME 12), July8-15, 2012

18. Presented (with El Mouhayar Rabih) a paper entitled “Developmental

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Profile of Student Strategy Use in Pattern Generalization Tasks across Grade Level, 7th International Conference on Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, November 4-7, 2012, Muscat, Oman.

Rima Karami 1. Toward Leading School Improvement: From Research to Action, June 21-22. 2. Introducing TAMAM to the Baptist School, October 6, 2012 3. TAMAM Gathering: Moving toward transformational change: Integrating

TAMAM into the school culture, March 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2013 4. The transition into the principalship; initiating new principals for effective school leadership. October 13, 2012. 5. Developmental Approach to Instructional Supervision: Understanding teachers’ needs to build their capacity for improving student learning. November 10, 2012 6. Facing the challenges of Instructional Supervision. November 17, 2012

7. Leading Change for Sustainable Organizational Development: Building Capacity and dealing with resistance. Al Mabarrat Association, June 2, 2012

8. Instructional Supervision: Leadership for School Improvement, October 5-6, 2012

9. Leading Change for Sustainable Organizational Development: Bringing the focus on self-renewal. Al Mabarrat Association. November 30, 2012

10. Leading For Learning: What Can School Leaders Do To Enhance Professional Learning At Their Schools? Professional Development Day for the Schools of the Armenian Prelacy. May 17, 2013

11. Leading Change: Why and How? The Tenth Conference for School Leaders. Private School Association, Amman, Jordan. March, 2013

12. D-RASATI /School Improvement Component: design and training for the self-study and implementation and evaluation of school improvement plan sub-components. September 2012-present.

13. Al –Mabarrat Philantropic Association: Al Mabarrat Association Self –Study: evaluating the impact of the administrative training program, January, 2008-present

14. Al-Assryah School, Amman, Jordan. Project on developing Instructional Supervision Program, October 2012-present.

Vivian Khamis 1. Risk and Protective Factors Contributing to Learning among Palestinian

Refugee Students. Paper presented at the Educational Challenges in Refugee

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Population held by the National Institution of Social Care and Vocational Training Conference May 15-16 2013.

2. Member of the Senate Committee 3. Member of the Assessment of Program Learning Outcomes Committee 4. Member of the Practice Teaching Committee (PTC) Committee 5. Editorial Board Member for International Journal of School and Educational Psychology Sept 2012 till now 6. Child Development 7. International Journal of School and Educational Psychology 8. Social Science and Medicine 9. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 10. International Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 11. Quality of Life Research 12. CTL: Third International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 13. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies at Sultan Qaboos University

14. Research Proposals for Qatar Foundation : Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF.)

Rola Khishfe 1. Conference Paper. Salloum, S., Dani, D., BouJaoude, S., Khishfe, R., Wahbeh,

N., Mansour, N., Dillon, J., & Alshamrani, S. (2013, April). Teachers’ views of 21st century content themes, skills, and contexts: An international perspective. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of NARST, Puerto Rico.

2. Conference Paper. Khishfe, R., BouJaoude, S., & Alameh, S. (2013, April). Examining relationships among Lebanese students' conceptions of and attitudes toward science, career choices, religious affiliations and gender. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Puerto Rico.

3. Keynote speaker. Khishfe, R. (2012, September). Socioscientific issues as a context for nature of science: A place for inquiry, argumentation, and decision making. Invited keynote speaker at the international conference/workshop. Cologne, Germany.

4. Service to the Department. I gave three workshops in October and December, 2012.

5. Service to the Department. I have served on several departmental committees (Curriculum, Practice Teaching, SMEC Organizing Committee, Comprehensive Examination Sub-committee). I have also reviewed research proposals for the annual conference of SMEC.

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6. Service to the Local Community. I have served on the scientific committee for the Mobarat in UNESCO. I have also served as a judge for science fairs conducted at AUB and elsewhere. Additionally, I have served as a consultant for the project Drasati.

7. Service to the Wider Community. I gave workshops about scientific inquiry for teachers, principals, and science educators at the Second Annual International Educational Symposium: Creating Opportunities for All in Dubai & Abu Dhabi, UAE on October 29-30, 2010.

8. Service to the International Community. I have served on the editorial board of several journals International Journal of Science Education, Science & Education, Science Education). In addition, I have also reviewed research proposals for the

annual meeting of NARST. I am also serving on the Equity and Ethics NARST Committee to provide leadership and guidance on issues of equity and ethics

Barend Vlaardingerbroek In final stages of preparation of an edited volume, “Issues in Upper Secondary Science – Comparative Perspectives” (contract with Palgrave McMillan.) F. PUBLICATIONS: Anies Al-Hroub 1. Al-Hroub, A. (in press, 2013). Perspectives of school dropouts’ dilemma in

Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon: An ethnographic study. International Journal of Educational Development,

2. Al-Hroub, A. (in press, Aug 2013). Multidimensional model for the identification of gifted children with learning disabilities. Gifted and Talented International, 28

3. Tannir, A., & Al-Hroub, A. (in press, June 2013). Effects of character education on the self-Esteem of intellectually able and less able elementary students in Kuwait. International Journal of Special Education, 28

4. Al-Hroub, A. (in press, 2013). Causes of the school dropout phenomenon in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and ways to overcome them: A qualitative study. Arab Childhood Journal,

5. Al-Hroub, A. (2012). A tracking case-study of dropout students from UNRWA schools in Lebanon: Models of internal brain drain. Idafat: Arab Journal of Sociology, 20/21, 50-67.

6. Al-Hroub, A. (2012). Theoretical issues surrounding the concept of gifted with learning difficulties. International Journal for Research in Education, 31, 30-60.

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Hoda Baytiyeh 1. Baytiyeh, H. (2013). Are women engineers in Lebanon prepared for the

challenges of an engineering profession? The European Journal of Engineering Education, available online, DOI:10.1080/03043797.2013.780011

2. Baytiyeh, H. (2013). Users’ acceptance and use of Moodle: The 3. community influence. International Journal of Information and Communication

Technology Education, 9(36). 4. Baytiyeh, H. (2012). Disparity between college preparation and career 5. demands for graduating engineers. International Journal of Engineering Education,

28(5), 1221-1231. 6. Baytiyeh, H. (2012, June 10-13). Women engineers in the Middle East from enrollment to career: A case study. Proceedings of the 119th ASEE

Annual Conference, San Antonio, U.S., AC 2012-3533.

Saouma BouJaoude

1. Rizk, N., Jaber, L., Halwany, S, & BouJaoude, S. (2012). Epistemological beliefs in science: an exploratory study of Lebanese university students’ epistemologies. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 10, 473-496.

2. BouJaoude, S. (2012). Modern developments in science education, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford ,UK, [http://www.eolss.net], available at http://greenplanet.eolss.net/EolssLogn/searchdt_advanced/searchdt_categorysorted.asp?cmd=getdoc&maxSize=200000&DocId=104&Index=D%3a%5cProgram%20Files%5cdtSearch%20Developer%5cUserData%5cC11&HitCount=5&hits=13+4ac+8ce+d7a+efc+&hc=27&req=%28boujaoude%29

3. El Mouhayar, R., & BouJaoude, S. (2012). Structural and conceptual foundations of teacher education programs in selected universities in Lebanon. Recherche Pédagogique (Special Issue), 22, 37-60.

4. Dani, D., Salloum, S., Khishfe, R., & BouJaoude, S. (2013). A tool for analyzing science standards and curricula for 21stcentury science education. In M. S. Khine & I. M. Saleh. (Eds.). Approaches and Strategies in Next Generation Science Learning (pp 265-290). Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

5. BouJaoude, S., & Gholam, G. (In press). Gender and science in the Arab states: current status and future prospects. In, N. Mansour & R. Wegerif (Eds.), Science Education and Diversity. New York, NY: Springer.

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6. BouJaoude, S. & Kamel, R. (In Press). Egyptian and Lebanese secondary school students’ conceptions’ of biological evolution and their relationships to religious beliefs. Proceedings of the symposium on Islam and Evolution sponsored, McGill University, Canada, March 30 and 31, 2009.

7. Dagher, Z. & BouJaoude, S. (In Press). NOS cultural perspectives. In R. Gunstone (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Science Education Springer Reference (Available at http://www.springerreference.com/docs/documentupload/chapterdbid/303122.html )

Karma El-Hassan 1. El Hassan, K. (2013). Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Arab

Region. Higher Education and Management Policy, 24(3). 2. El Hassan, K. (2013). The construct validity of a measure of the benchmarks

of effective educational practices. Quality Assurance in Education. 3. El Hassan, K., Mougnieh, Z. (2013). Implementation of the Social Decision-making Skills Curriculum on primary students (Grades 1-3) in Lebanon. School Psychology International Journal, 0143034312469758, first published in January 3, 2013.

4. El Hassan, K. (2012). Quality of student life. In Alex Michalos (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research. Springer. In press (November 2012).

5. El Hassan, K. (2012). Quality assurance in higher education in Arab World. Paper presented to OECD General Conference, Attaining and

Sustaining Higher Education, 17-19 September, Paris,

Rabih El-Mouhayar 1. EL Mouhayar, R., & Jurdak, M. (2012). Teachers' ability to identify and explain

students' actions in near and far figural pattern generalization tasks. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 82(3), 379-396. This study was funded by URB Seed Grant.

2. El Mouhayar, R., & BouJaoude, S. (2012). Structural and conceptual foundations of teacher education programs in selected universities in Lebanon. Recherches Pédagogique: Revue éditée par la Faculté de Pédagogie de l’Université Libanaise, Beyrouth, 22, 37-60.

3. Jurdak, M., & El Mouhayar, R. (2012). Secondary inservice teachers’ knowledge of students’ thinking in pattern generalization. In Tso T. Y. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol 4, pp. 285). Taipei, Taiwan: PME

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Ghazi Ghaith 1. Ghaith, G. M. (2102). The knowledge-Base of Teaching English as a Foreign

Language: A Framework for Curriculum and Instruction. Arab World English Journal. 3(4), 4-18.

2. Ghaith, G. M. & Harkouss-Rihan, S. (2012). An Investigation of the Relationship of Learning and Communication Strategies, Gender, and Reading Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language. International Journal of Global Education. 1. (4), 40-47

3. Ghaith, G. M. (2012). A Concept Note on Enhancing Teacher Training and Cooperation among Faculties and Departments of Education in Public and Private Universities in Lebanon Recherches Pédagogique: Revue éditée par la Faculté de Pédagogie de l’Université Libanaise, Beyrouth, 22, 7-25.

Murad Jurdak

1. Jurdak, M.E. (Editor-in Chief). (In press). School-based reform (TAMAM): Voices from the Field (in Arabic). Beirut: Arab Thought Foundation.

2. Jurdak, Murad & El Mouhayar, Rabih. (2012). Teachers’ ability to identify and explain students' actions in near and far figural pattern generalization tasks. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 82, 379-396.

3. Jurdak, M., & El Mouhayar, R. (2012). Secondary in-service teachers’ knowledge of students’ thinking in pattern generalization. In Tso T. Y. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, pp. 285). Taipei, Taiwan: PME

Rima Karami 1. Karami-Akkary, R. & Rizk, N. (2012). The TAMAM project: Shifting the

Paradigm of Educational Reform in the Arab World. Journal of International Education and Leadership. Vol 2,(3).

2. Shabeeb, L. & Karami-Akkary, R. (2013) . Facilitating Professional Learning: The case of an in-house professional development program in a Lebanese School. Professional Development in Education[RJIE]. DOI:10.1080/19415257.2013.775662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2013.775662

3. Pemberton, C., with chapters co-authored by: Karami-Akkary, R., Beegle, D., Casey White, E., Gatimu, W., & Musser, M., (2012). Getting There: Women’s

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Journeys to and through Educational Attainment. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

4. Karami-Akkary, R. & Rizk, N. (forthcoming, Spring 2014). School Reform in the Arab World: Characteristics and Prospects. International Journal for Educational Reform [IJER].

5. Karami-Akkary, R. (forthcoming, Fall 2014). The Role and the role context of the Lebanese School Principal: Towards a Culturally Grounded Understanding of the Principalship. Educational Management and Leadership [EMAL].

Vivian Khamis 1. Khamis, V. (2013). Stressors, Family Environment and Coping Styles as

Predictors Of Educational and Psychosocial Adjustment in Children. Educational Studies, DOI:10.1080/03055698.2013.767185

2. Khamis, V. (2013). Psychosocial adjustment in siblings of Palestinian children with war- related injuries. International Journal of Special Education ,28, 69-78.

3. Khamis, V. (2012). Impact of war, religiosity and ideology on PTSD and psychiatric disorders in adolescents from Gaza Strip and South Lebanon. Social Science & Medicine,74,2005-2011.

4. Khamis, V. (2012). Posttraumatic stress and worry as mediators and moderators Between political stressors and emotional and behavioral disorders in children International Journal of Psychology, 47 (2), 133–141.

Publications in Press 1. Khamis, V. (in press).The Mediating Effects of Child Strengths and Hopes on Academic Achievement for Palestinian Children Exposed to Armed Conflict. International Journal of School and Educational Psychology. (ID: 804468 DOI:10.1080/21683603.2013.804468)

2. Khamis, V. (in press). Gender Responses to Psychological Distress among Palestinians: Risk and Protective Factors. British Journal of Psychology.

Rola Khishfe

1. Khishfe, R. (2012). Transfer of nature of science understandings into similar contexts: Promises and possibilities of an explicit reflective approach. International Journal of Science Education . doi: 10.1080/09500693.2012.672774

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2. Dani, D., Salloum, S., Khishfe, R., & BouJaoude, S. (2013). A tool for analyzing science standards and curricula for 21st century science education. In M.S.Khine & I. M. Saleh. (Eds.). Approaches and Strategies in Next Generation Science Learning (pp. 247-264). Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The Department is currently involved in a program review process to look into its degree and diploma offerings both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This review may entail structural changes at the macro level to introduce new programs as well as on the micro level to modify course descriptions and learning outcomes. This review is an opportunity for future developments in line with the current and emerging needs for pre-service and in-service training within Lebanon and the region, more generally.

Ghazi Ghaith Chairperson

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APPENDIX DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION CENTER SMEC ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 The following is a list of SMEC activities from June 2012 – June 2013: 1. D-Rasati educational reform project in Lebanon: A number of SMEC faculty

were extensively involved in this USAID-funded educational reform initiative. SMEC faculty participated this year in three phases of the project in November, 2012 (teacher training), January, 2013 (teacher learning circles for within school teacher collaborations) and June, 2013 (“hubs” training for across school teacher collaborations). This participation included preparing training materials, implementing training of trainers, and revision of materials for each of the three phases.

2. Launch of BLOSSOMs MIT in Lebabon: SMEC coordinated the planning of a workshop to launch the BLOSSOMS MIT initiative for use of online video lessons on science and mathematics in high schools. Three videos created by AUB faculty were presented to approximately 80 teachers and administrators from 20 schools Lebanon.

3. Science and Mathematics Educators Conference, March 16th, 2013: SMEC organized its 15th annual conference for science and mathematics educators. Approximately 40 workshops and presentations were included in the program. The conference was attended by over 500 participants from schools across Lebanon.

4. Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair, April 6th & 7th, 2013: In collaboration with the Education Students Society, SMEC organized its 19th annual Fair for students K-12. 31 schools from across Lebanon participated.

Tamer Amin SMEC Director

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS 1. The Department of English continues to offer B.A. degree programs in

Language and Literature, and minors in three areas: Language, Literature, and Creative Writing. In cooperation with the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, it also offers a minor in Translation. At the graduate level, the department offers MA degrees in Language and in Literature. This year members of the faculty have worked on a draft of a new MA degree in Rhetoric and Composition. The English department presents a wide variety of courses in literature, language, creative writing, and communication skills. The high enrollment in all categories continues to illustrate a high demand for English courses, both for majors and for the university community as a whole. The department has received many additional majors this year with the possibility of both dual degree and double major now available.

2. This year, the department welcomed two new Assistant Professors in Language and Rhetoric and Composition. We had two Visiting Professors in Literature and Creative Writing. In addition, we are hosting a Visiting Professor in Linguistics for two years, Anaïd Donabédian-Demopoulos, from INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) and member of the Joint Research Unit SEDYL (Structure et Dynamique des Langues, Inalco-CNRS-IRD). One Assistant Professor resigned. We had a job search for two positions in Fiction and Rhetoric and Composition.

3. The minor in Creative Writing continues to attract new students. The first issue of the literary magazine ―Rusted Radishes‖ appeared, and a second one is under way. The monthly Beirut-type Writer reading series continued at Café Younes.

4. The Communication Skills Program, under the direction of Lisa Arnold, offered a full complement of six courses in English language, composition, technical writing, and business writing. The program also offers ―English 300: Writing in the Disciplines,‖ a composition course designed specifically for graduate students. (See APPENDIX A). 5. The department‘s three internal committees (Assessment, Curriculum and Communication Skills) make significant achievements. The first submitted its first three-year summary report, revised and simplified its program learning outcomes and has set new three-year plans for assessing our two BA degrees. The second began to look at overhauling the nature of the graduate comprehensive exam, and it proposed a recommended sequence of courses for Literature majors which were ratified by the department. 6. The University Committee for English Language (UCEL) chaired by Lina Choueiri completed its revision of the graduate English Language Proficiency

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Requirement (ELPR). 7. The department created a Twitter account @AUB_ENGL for the purposes of communication with students and community building. The website continues to be updated and redesigned. Also, for the purposes of meeting planning and file sharing, the department created an intranet. B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Arnold, Lisa(Director-Comm Skills

Program) Choueiri, Lina

Assistant Professor Associate Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D.

Currell, David Dennison, Michael

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D.

Gonsalves, Joshua David Harb, Sirène

Assistant Professor Associate Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D.

Hartwiger, Alexander Hout, Syrine

Assistant Professor Associate Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D.

Jarkas, Najla Khalaf, Roseanne Khoury, Nicole Mehmood Ali, Tariq

Lecturer Associate Professor Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D.

Myers, Robert Professor Ph.D.

Nassar, Christopher- Suheil

Associate Professor

Ph.D.

Sabbagh, Omar Schwartz, John Pedro Shaaban, Kassim(Director-CELRT)

Vermy, Arthur Michael Waterman, Adam

Visiting Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D.

Wrisley, David Joseph(Chair) Zenger, Amy Alice(Director-

Writing Center)

Associate Professor Associate Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D.

Al Sayyed, Amany Avant, Doyle Baalbaki, Rula Bauer, Christopher Bhulyan, Nadia(part-time, Fall)

Instructor Instructor Instructor Instructor Instructor

M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A.

Dabaja, Sarwat(part-time, Fall) Instructor M.A.

Deeb, Rima Instructor M.A.

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El-Den, Najwa Mukaddem Instructor M.A.

Fakhreddine, Juheina(part-time,

Fall, Spring) Instructor M.A.

Farah, Jacqueline(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Instructor M.A.

Fidaoui, Diana(part-time, Fall) Fleszar, Dorota

Instructor Instructor

M.A. M.A.

Haidar, Rana Instructor M.A.

Hanna, Rima Instructor M.A.

Harmoush, Layla(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Instructor M.A.

Iskandarani, Rima(New

Faculty Orientator) Instructor M.A.

Jaber, Nagham(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Jamous, Rima

Instructor Instructor

M.A. M.A.

Karkanawi, Lina Bioghlu Kharroub, Hicham(part-time,

Fall, Spring) Khoury, Malakeh(English 204

Coordinator)

Instructor Instructor Instructor

M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A.

Khoury-Shalhoub, Nina(English 208 Coordinator)

Instructor M.A.

Kodeih, Rabab(English 100

Coordinator) Instructor

M.A.

Kurani, Amin(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Lincoln, Kathryn Maktabi, Sawsan

Instructor

Instructor Instructor

M.A. M.A. M.A.

Mehio, Marwa(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Mikati, May

Instructor

Instructor

M.A. M.A.

Moghabghab, Emma(part-

time, Fall) Mounzer, Mia(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Najjar, Jasmina(English 206

Coordinator)

Instructor

Instructor

Instructor

M.A. M.A. M.A.

Rantisi, Rima(English 203

Coordinator) Riman, Souha(English 102

Coordinator)

Instructor

Instructor

M.A. M.A.

Shaaban, Reem Rashash Instructor M.A.

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Shadid, Rima Instructor M.A.

Shalak, Maha(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Instructor M.A.

Shayto, Haifa Shmaysani Instructor M.A.

Shbat, Pamela Instructor M.A.

Shedrawi, Shadi(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Shweiry, Zinnia(part-time, Fall,

Spring) Sinno, Zane

Instructor Instructor Instructor

M.A. M.A. Ph.D.

Stouhi, Missan Laycy(part-

time, Fall, Spring) Instructor

M.A.

2. Research Assistants

None

3. Graduate Assistants

4. Non Academic Staff

Haidar-Israoui, Yolla Secretary Rizk-El Khoury, Celina Tomeh, Joseph

Administrative Assistant IT Technician

Fall Semester

Bou Harb, Amani El Cheikh Ali, Sara El Hajj, Tracey El Mashtoub, Maha Harb, Amina Jaafar

Khouja, Darim Menhem, Ralph Osseily, Fatima Ureña, Arcella Reyes Zantout, Lana

Spring Semester

Bou Harb, Amani El Cheikh Ali, Sara El Hajj, Tracey El Mashtoub, Maha Faraj, Ali Harb, Amina Jaafar

Khouja, Darim Menhem, Ralph Osseily, Fatima Ureña, Arcella Reyes Zantout, Lana Yehya, Haya

Haidar, Mariam

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C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.A. Literature Majors Oct. 2012 5

Feb. 2013 5

Jun. 2013 8

B.A. Language Majors Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 3

M.A. Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 8

Jun. 2013 3

2. Number of Majors (Language)

Graduates 13

Seniors 5

Juniors 4

Sophomores 2

3. Number of Majors (Literature)

Graduates 28

Seniors 15

Juniors 13

Sophomores 9

4. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 0 73 57 130 211 through 299 148 485 530 1163 200 through 210 252 2004 1752 4008 below 200 8 543 198 749 Total 408 3105 2537 6050

5. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 0 27 27 54 211 through 299 27 96 102 225

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200 through 210 45 252 228 525 below 200 3 98 52 153 Total 75 473 409 957

D. RESEARCH Amany Al Sayyed 1. Al-Sayyed, Amany. ―Gordon Kirkland.‖ Dictionary of Literary Biography:

Canadian Literary Humorists 362. (2011) 142-145 2. Forthcoming book Project: Narratives on Harshscapes in Lebanon Lisa Arnold 1. ―Beirut-Dearborn Writing and Learning Community:‖Ongoing teaching

research at AUB (with Malakeh Khoury, Zane Siraj Sinno, Rima Iskandarani).

2. ―Exploring Writers‘ Perceptions and Practices:‖ Ongoing qualitative research at AUB (with Amy Zenger).

3. ―Immappancy in Rhetoric and Composition:‖ Conference presentation; article in preparation for submission to Pedagogy.

4. ―Internationalizing Composition History:‖ Conference presentation; ongoing archival research at AUB.

5. ―The Rhetoric of Historiography and the ‗Work‘ of Rhetoric and Composition:‖ Article in preparation for submission to Rhetoric Review.

6. ―‗Stern Taskmaster[s],‘ ‗Hells of Overwork,‘ and ‗Objects of Inconsequentiality:‘ Composition Historiography and Current-Traditional Rhetoric and Pedagogy:‖ Article in preparation for submission to JAC.

Doyle Avant 1. Ongoing Research / Writing Projects:

Othello.com: Insurgency Solutions Multi-media performance piece reworking the Othello story.

2. Productions: Radio Silence An evening of three solo performances with video/sound accompaniment. 3, 4 May 2013 The Mansion, Beirut (extensive work on the scripts and video during the past year)

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1. Choueiri, Lina. ―Indefiniteness spread in construct state nominals and the case of the missing determiner.‖ In Current Issues in Mediterranean Linguistics. Forthcoming with Brill.

2. Choueiri, Lina. ‗On the syntax of spatial ‗prepositions‘ in Lebanese Arabic. Article length project. Manuscript in preparation.

3. Choueiri, Lina. ‗The syntax of prepositional datives in Lebanese Arabic‘. Article length project. Under Research.

4. Choueiri, Lina, and Jamal Ouhalla*. Possessives, Existentials, and Locatives in Various Arabic Dialects. Book length project. First draft completed.

5. Choueiri, Lina, and Sarah Ouwayda*. Definiteness and Relational Nouns. Article. Manuscript in preparation.

6. Choueiri, Lina, and Salma Talhouk. Understanding the Understanding of Biodiversity. Project funded by Scholl Foundation. Data collection will start in July 2013.

David Currell 1. Book Project:

Epic Satire: on the literary-historical and intellectual-historical effects informing and arising from the interaction of satiric and heroic modes in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English poetry and drama.

2. Articles: a. ―‗Vaunts Substantial‘: Tamburlaine and the Elizabethan Braggart Soldier,‖

revised for resubmission to Renaissance Drama. b. ―‗A Marriage of the Lowest and the Highest‘: Sidney‘s Epic Satire,‖ drafting

towards initial submission to Modern Philology (expected summer 2013). 3. Presentations: a. ―John Milton: The Poetics and Ethics of Derision,‖ CVSP brown bag series, AUB, November 2012. b. ―Knowing Counterfeits in Hasek‘s The Good Soldier Svejk,‖ MLA Annual Convention, Boston, January 2013. Joshua Gonsalves

1. Publications:

―The Encrypted Prospect: Existentialist Phenomenology, Deconstruction and Speculative Realism in ‗To Autumn,‘‖ European Romantic Review 24.3 (2013): 287-95. Appeared May 2013.

2. Articles Submitted to Conference Publications: a. ―Typological Revisions of The Sack of Rome in Byron‘s The Deformed

Transformed‖ 37th Annual International Byron Conference Proceedings (Editor: Peter Cochrane)

b. ―Genres of Warfare: Byron Besieges Siege Mentalities‖ 38th Annual International Byron Conference Proceedings (Editor: Naji Oueijan)

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3. Presentations: a. Conference Presentations:

i. “Anglo-American Sovereignty and the Anglophile Containment of Queer Desire

[The Dark Knight Rises]”

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) Conference: Sexual Sovereignty: Citizenship, Governmentality, and Territory, American University of Beirut (13-15 March, 2013).

ii. ―The Encrypted Prospect: ―To Autumn‖ NASSR (North American Society for the Study of Romanticism) 2012, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (15-19 August, 2012). iii. ―Genres of Warfare: Byron Besieges Siege Mentalities‖

38th Annual International Byron Conference, Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon (1-6 July, 2012).

b. Upcoming Presentations: i. ―Thallasaphobia. or the Oceanic Fear of Financialization in Frank

Norris‘s the Octopus and the Pit‖ Oceans Apart: In Search of New Wor(l)ds: International American Studies Association Sixth World Congress, Szczecin, Poland; organized by IASA in conjunction with the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures of the University of Silesia in Katowice and the English Department of the University of Szczecin, Poland (3-6 August 2013).

ii. ―Functional Differentiation and the Sytematic Bias of Poetic Knowledge‖ Supernumerary Conference: Romanticism and Knowledge. A joint conference sponsored by NASSR (North American Society for the Study of Romanticism) and the Gesellschaft fur englische Romantik. Hosted by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and the Internationales Begegnungszentrum der Wissenschaft (IBZ), Munich, Germany (10-13 October, 2013).

c. Other Presentations: i. AUB faculty respondent to Professor Fred Dallmayr (Political Science

Dept, Notre Dame University): ―Putting Political Theory on the Map‖ (March 22, 2013).

ii. Weekly Introductions to IKONOKINO: A FILM SERIES IN HAMRA (every Wednesday, April 24, 2013 onwards); I also Moderate post-screening Discussion.

iii. Preparing six week seminar: ICON CONTRA MODERNITY: MALEVICH, TARKOVSKY AND A GENEALOGY OF THE MOVING IMAGE (to be delivered at the Beirut Art Center, October 2013) Aspects of this work-in-progress will also be presented at the “On the Image” seminar in Fall 2013, an inter-AUB-faculty working group sponsored by The Anis Makdisi Program in Literature (AMPL; AUB), the Arts & Humanities Initiative, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation).

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Sirene Harb 1. Representing Oppression and Transformation: June Jordan and Suheir

Hammad‘s Poetic Projects, funded by a CASAR summer research stipend grant.

2. Reconfigurations of Solidarity and Collectivity in Arab-American and African-American Literature, initial exploratory stage.

3. The Politics and Poetics of Exile in Palestinian-American Literature, initial exploratory stage.

Syrine Hout 1. ―Sex Matters in Post-War Anglophone Lebanese Fiction.‖ Under review for

publication. Rima Iskandarani 1. ―Beirut-Dearborn Writing and Learning Community‖: ongoing teaching

research at AUB (with Lisa Arnold, Zane Sinno, and Malakeh Khoury) with a special focus on cross –cultural literacy narratives.

2. Presentation: ―Student and Teacher Cross-Cultural Collaboration in the Writing Classroom‖, with Lisa Arnold, Zane Sinno, and Malakeh Khoury, CTL Conference in December 2012.

Najla Jarkas 1. ―Cook and Grow through Reflective writing: A Study on First Year

Academic Writing Students at AUB‖. Jarkas, Najla and Juheina Fakhreddine. Conference Presentation and Paper accepted by Scientific Committee of 2nd International Symposium on Language and Communication: Exploring Novelties, 16-17 June 2013, Izmir, Turkey.

2. ―AUB Students‘ Perceptions of Blended Learning‖ (study and paper in progress in collaboration with the Blended Faculty Learning Community at AUB.)

3. ―‗He Who Misled Them All - The Butler, Toomes‘: Punishment and Entrapment in the Fantastic World of Walter de la Mare‖ (paper in progress.)

Roseanne Khalaf My research on the views of Arab youth, made possible by a grant from the Issam Faris Institute (IFI), continues to generate a wealth of material from students at the University of Qatar, AUB and other universities throughout

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Lebanon. A workshop at the University of Jordan is scheduled for mid-October. Equally useful in the systematic gathering of narrative material was a two-week summer workshop I co-conducted with Christopher Merrill, Director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, during the summer of 2011. So far, the study has provided material for a forthcoming article (2013) in Compare as well as an invitation to publish a chapter in, Researching Narrative Learning (Palgrave/Macmillan). The chapter, ―Writing Against Tradition: Narratives of Transformation by Arab Women Students‖ will examine one of the most striking conflicts among the young Arab women who participated in my workshops: How to negotiate the increasing tensions between tradition and modernity.

Malakeh Khoury

1. Co- investigating Faculty Learning Communities at AUB with colleagues

from Center of Teaching and Learning, medicine, public health, and ACPS. 2. Co-investigating student literacy practices as part of an intercultural literacy

research project involving four Communication Skills teachers from the English Department, AUB, in partnership with four teachers from the University of Michigan at Dearborn, USA.

Nicole Khoury

1. Under Review: ―(Re) Defining the First Mark of Development: Lebanese Feminist Discourse on Development in Al-Raida, 1976-1985‖ [35 manuscript pages] currently under review.

2. Articles in Progress: a. ―Gendered Citizenship in Al-Raida: Documenting Alternative Her-Stories

of the Lebanese Civil War.‖ [20 manuscript pages] currently in progress. Chapter from dissertation research to be developed into an article for submission.

b. ―The Draft Law and the Lebanese Public Sphere: Gender Violence in the Media‖ [11 manuscript pages] currently in progress. Developed from analysis of media campaign in Lebanon and from conference presentations.

3. Conference Presentations: a. ―Gender Violence and the Lebanese Public Sphere.‖ Sexual Sovereignty:

Citizenship, Governmentality, Territory conference. American University of Beirut. March 2013.

b. ―A Non-Western Rhetorical Articulation of Gendered Citizenship in a Lebanese Feminist Journal.‖ Panel presentation: ―Shifting Imbedded Perceptions: Non-Western Feminists Writing and Speaking in the Public

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Sphere.‖ Conference on College Composition and Communication. Vegas, NV. March 2013.

c. ―The Draft Law and the Lebanese Public Sphere: An Analysis of KAFA‘s Draft Law and Media Campaign.‖ Middle East Studies Association conference. Denver, CO. November 2012.

d. ―Personal Histories Do Matter.‖ Roundtable Discussion, ―Arab American Studies from Graduate Students Perspectives.‖ Middle East Studies Association conference. Denver, CO. November 2012.

4. Research Projects: ―Writing in the Disciplines at the Graduate Level: A Research Proposal for Peer Writing Groups and Faculty-facilitated Writing Workshops for Graduate Students at AUB‖ initial stage of research. Prepared in collaboration with Amy Zenger. Proposal submitted to CTL Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grant application.

Robert Myers 1. CASAR Research Grant for research on drones, Arabs and Jews in Brazil,

and a play about John Maynard Keynes and Lydia Lopokova. 2. Twilight Country, a stage play set in North Carolina in 1948. 3. Writer and Recipient of a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, along with

AUB, LAU, Nada Saab, and Silk Road Rising Theatre in Chicago, to translate and organize public presentations in Beirut and Chicago of Sa‘dallah Wannus‘s Tuqus al-isharat wa-l-tahawwulat.

4. CASAR Research Grant to create a new English Department course on Latin America and the Americas with American Studies.

Christopher Nassar 1. Three articles on various aspects of Oscar Wilde's literature. 2. A book studying the clash between science and religion as reflected primarily

in English literature. John Pedro Schwartz 1. AHI Fellow. Spring 2013. 2. Institute for World Literature. June-July 2013. Harvard University. 3. I AM Project. EU-funded project to create augmented-reality programs for

cultural sites in Lebanon. Collaboration with AUB colleagues Daniel Asmar, George Turkiyyah, Imad El Hajj.

4. Presentation on I AM Project. Conference on Digital Humanities. April 2013. AUB.

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1. Professional development of English language teachers in Lebanon 2. French vs. English in Lebanon: Shift in Language ideology and use 3. Is Arabic in danger in the Arab countries? 4. Challenges for ESL teaching in Arab universities 5. Language policies in the Arab World (Project for sabbatical year) Zane Sinno 1. Beirut-Dearborn Writing and Learning Community: ongoing teaching

research at AUB (with Lisa Arnold, Rima Iskandarani, and Malakeh Khoury) 2. Presentation: Student and Teacher Cross-Cultural Collaboration in the Writing

Classroom, presentation at the Second International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, CTL , December 2012 with Lisa Arnold, Rima Iskandarani, and Malakeh Khoury

Arthur Micheal Vermy 1. ―How English is redefining social, linguistic and national identity in Beirut‖:

conference presentation and ongoing qualitative research. 2. ―Language ideologies and their role in language maintenance‖: ongoing

qualitative research project. 3. ―Arabic and the construction of linguistic, social and ethnic identity among

Lebanese-Brazilians‖: Recipient of long-term faculty development grant that will take me to São Paulo, Brazil to begin a new research project on the Lebanese diaspora.

Adam John Waterman 1. Writing, in progress:

a. The Corpse in the Kitchen: Necropolitics, Necrophilia, and the Specters of Indian War; book-length manuscript, in progress, projected completion: May 2014

b. ―Unbearable Intimacies: The Occupation of Desire in Naomi Wallace‘s Middle Eastern Plays,‖ The Theater of Naomi Wallace, Scott Cummings, ed., Palgrave MacMillan, forthcoming

c. ―Diabolical Enterprises and Abominable Superstitions: Islam and the Conceptualization of Finance in Early American Literature,‖ Shifting Borders: New Perspectives on US-Middle Eastern Studies, Alex Lubin and Marwan Kraidy, eds., University of North Carolina Press, forthcoming

d. ―Dreamers of the Golden Dream: Islamicism and the Figure of Finance in Early American Literature,‖ States of American Studies, Donald Pease and Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, eds., forthcoming

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e. ―Islamism and the Demons of Capitalism: Islam, Financialization, and The Exorcist,‖ essay in progress

f. The Representation of Islam in Early American Literature; ongoing research project for book-length manuscript

2. Conferences, Research Seminars, and Invited Lectures: a. Critical Muslim Studies summer research seminar, Universidad de

Granada, Spain, June 2012 b. Transnational American Studies summer research seminar, University

College, Dublin, Ireland, July 2012 c. Presenter, Alwaleed Centers for American Studies and Research, Mini-

Conference, American University in Cairo, April 2013 d. Response to Peter Coviello, Sexual Sovereignties conference, American

University of Beirut, March 2013 e. ―A Terrific Emblem of Death: Settler Colonialism, the Erotics of Value,

and the Racialization of Native American Difference,‖ Sexual Sovereignties conference, American University of Beirut, March 2013

f. ―The Law as Prosthesis: Settler Colonialism, Embodiment, and the Affect of Whiteness,‖ American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2012

g. ―Ali Baba on Wall Street: Islam, Finance, and Early American Literature,‖ Invited Lecture, Georgetown University in Doha, Qatar, October 2012

3. Grants: a. CASAR Summer Research Stipend Grant to support work on

―Unbearable Intimacies: The Occupation of Desire in Naomi Wallace‘s Middle Eastern Plays,‖ forthcoming in The Theater of Naomi Wallace, Scott Cummings, ed.

b. Long-Term Faculty Development Grant to support travel and participation at Critical Muslim Studies and transnational American Studies research seminars

Amy Alice Zenger

1. "Exploring Writers' Perceptions and Practices: A Pilot Study to Design an Ethnographic Longitudinal Study at AUB." Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Writing Research. July 29-August 12, 2012. Dartmouth, New Hampshire.

2. ―Exploring Writers‘ Perceptions and Practices: A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Students at AUB.‖ Grant proposal submitted to University Research Board for 2013-14. (co-investigator with Lisa Arnold)

3. ―Improving the quantity and quality of graduate student reading.‖ Faculty Learning Community sponsored by the AUB Center for Teaching and Learning.

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4. ―Theorizing the local in writing research and writing program administration.‖ Proposals related to this research project have been submitted to the Conference on College Composition and Communication and to one grant initiative.

5. ―Visuality of texts: multilingual students make design choices.‖ A proposal for this project has been submitted to Conference on Writing Research Across Borders III.

6. ―Writing in the Disciplines at the Graduate Level.‖ A proposal for establishing and studying graduate student writing workshops and peer writing groups has been submitted to the AUB Center for Teaching and Learning.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Amany Al Sayyed 1. Member of AUB‘s Civic Engagement team which is part of the EU funded

Tawasol Project which aims to establish civic engagement centres in three universities in Jordan and two universities in Lebanon, focusing on health, education, technology and the environment. Attended via invitation the following conferences: a. Galway, June 2010 b. Beirut, January 2011 c. London, September 2011 d. Lebanon, November 2011

2. Member of CTL/FLC for Community Based Learning (CBL) (2013) a. Taught Advanced Writing course as a CBL module (E 204) b. Incorporated CBL elements in introduction to Writing course (E 203) c. Partnered with Landscape and Design at AUB for CBL work (2013)

3. Member Comm. Skills Ad Hoc Committee (2012) 4. Participated with CBL sample student work in the Celebration of Student

Writing event (2013) Rula Baalbaki 1. Presented a paper entitled ―Gained in Translation and Invested in Writing‖

at the CTL Conference at AUB (7 and 8 December 2012) Moderated a session at same conference.

2. Led workshop session for Comm. Skills instructors entitled ―Literary Translation and Writing Classes‖ (11 April 2013)

3. Presented a paper on CBL in writing courses at the 44th convention of NeMLA (Northeastern Modern Language Association) (21-24 March 2013- Boston Mass.)

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4. Presented a paper on CBL in writing courses at the CTL Seminar (14 March 2013)

5. Worked on peer review with AUB Press on the translation of Arab poet Abu Al Alaa Al Maari‘s works.

6. Spring 2013: Completed editing Ramzi Baalbaki‘s latest book TheArabic Lexicographical Tradition- Brill 2014

7. Fall 2012: Organized, with the Office of Communications, AUB Press, and the President‘s Office, a celebration of translation into Arabic of Daniel Bliss‘s Letters From A New Campus (1873-1874). Occasion: Founder‘s Day.

8. Initiated research on including a translation component in English 102. Organized two experimental and two control groups from four sections of 102. Research to be continued in Spring 2013.

9. Initiated the inclusion of an Arabic component into the writing activities of English 204. The component draws on black-and-white Egyptian movies 1930-1970.

10. Translated into English an Arabic book of allegorical style and theme entitled Nawwara, by Mimosa Arawi.

11. Member on FLC for CBL in writing courses. Lina Choueiri 1. Co-presenter (with Loubna Dimachki*) of paper entitled ‗Is Arabic an

Endangered Language?‘ at Endangered Languages of Eastern Mediterranean: Current Challenges (MedEastern), University of Cyprus, May 2012.

2. Article reviewer for Brill‟s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics, Lingua, and Applied Psycholinguistics.

3. Member of the editorial board of Brill‟s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics.

4. Member of the Program Committee and abstract reviewer for the 30th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, at UC Santa Cruz, April 2012.

5. Member of the Faculty Learning Community (FLC) for the enhancement of graduate reading at AUB.

6. Member of Executive Committee, IBSAR. David Currell 1. Department of English Assessment Committee. 2. Department of English Rhetoric and Composition Recruitment Committee. Rima Deeb 1. Attended workshops & seminars:

a. Writing to engage student learning b. Student & teacher cross-cultural collaboration in the writing classroom

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c. Seminar on inquiry based learning d. Plagiarism workshop e. Writing assignments workshop f. Issues in translation

2. Served on Special Interest Groups committee. 3. Corrected placement tests. 4. Participated with English 204 students in the Celebration of Student Writing

event. 5. Participated with English 206 students in the IBDAA (International

Biodiversity Day at AUB) competition. Joshua Gonsalves

1. M.A. Thesis Supervisor: George Qamar, Paul Saghbini and Jessy Bissal (all

completed). 2. Thesis Reader: Rayane Abou-Jaoude, Maya Sfeir, Boushra Batlouni (all

completed); Maha Mashtoub (projected). 3. Advisor for English Literature majors. 4. Member of Departmental Recruitment Committee for Creative Writing

position in the Department. 5. Assessment Committee Member, English Department. 6. Representative for the English Department, English Literature Program

Assessment Plan. 7. Permanent Member of Editorial Board for The Explicator (responsible for

reviewing articles for publication, especially on eighteenth and nineteenth century topics)

8. Consulting Reader for: a. Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, 2010-. b. Comparative Literature, 2010-.

9. Television Interview in my field as a Specialist in Geopolitics and Culture: ―Beyond Politics,‖ hosted by Mahmoud Younes, Al-Etejah English: March 30, 2013.

10. Organizer of a Community-Promoting Activity: Ikonokino: A Film Series In Hamra (every Wednesday, April 24, 2013 onwards).

11. Member of Organizing Committee, 38th Annual International Byron Conference: Beirut, Summer 2012 (July 1-6).

Rana Haidar 1. I designed and conducted an end-of-year faculty training workshop in

collaboration with Dr. Lisa Arnold. The workshop's title was "Practicing What We Preach: Reflective Thinking about Teaching Strategies."

2. I am a member of the Faculty Learning Community on "Community Based Learning in Writing."

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Sirene Harb 1. ―Representations of Solidarity and Social Justice in June Jordan‘s and Suheir

Hammad‘s Poetic Projects.‖ Paper Presented at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) 44th Annual Convention. Boston, Massachusetts, March 2013.

2. Promotion Committee Chair, English Department. 3. Thesis advising for MA students 4. Reader on an MA Committee (English) 5. Advisor, graduate and undergraduate students 6. Member, Advisory Committee of the Anis K. Makdisi Program in Literature 7. Member, CASAR Executive Committee 8. Member, University Senate 9. Member, MCAT Task Force 10. Chair, FAS Library Committee 11. Member, American Studies Search Committee 12. Abstract Reviewer for the CASAR Fifth International Conference 13. Advisory Board Member, Palimpsest: A Journal of Women, Gender and the Black

International, published by SUNY Press 14. Article Reviewer for MELUS, published by The Society for the Study of the

Multi- Ethnic Literature of the United States and the University of Connecticut and for Culture, Theory and Critique, published by Routledge

15. Member, FAS Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee 16. Member, Communication Skills Program Committee 17. Participant, conference on AUC CASAR--AUB CASAR collaboration 18. Library Liaison Officer, English department Syrine Hout 1. International Conference: ―Sex Matters in Post-War Anglophone Lebanese Fiction.‖ ―The 41st Annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900.‖ University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 21–23 Feb. 2013. 2. In FAS:

a. Fall 2012–13: External Member of Arabic Search Committee (for 1 position in modern Arabic literature)

b. Spring 2012–13: External Member of CVSP Search Committee (for 2 visiting positions)

c. Lecture: ―Post-War Anglophone Lebanese Fiction in the Diaspora: Roots and Roots.‖

d. Guest Lecturer on 14 Dec. 2010 in ―MEST 301: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies‖, offered by the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, AUB.

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e. ―Edward Said‘s Orientalism.‖ Civilization Sequence Lecture Series, April 2013.

3. In Dept. of English: a. Member of Curriculum Committee. b. Coordinator of MA Comprehensive Literature Exam. c. Thesis advisor of 2 MA theses defended in January 2013. d. Thesis advisor of 2 MA theses in progress.

4. In Community: a. Co-Judge for Malik‘s Bookshop Competition of Short Story Writing for

Age Group 9–12; Presenter at the Award Ceremony at the UNESCO Palace, 14 Nov. 2012.

5. Professional Service: a. Submission Referee for Canadian Literature. b. Submission Referee for English Studies in Canada. c. Panel Moderator of one session at ―The 41st Annual Louisville

Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900.‖ University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 22 Feb. 2013.

d. Endorser of The Fragmenting Force of Memory: Self, Literary Style, and Civil War in Lebanon by Saadi Nikro (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, July 2012).

Rima Iskandarani

1. Participated in two learning communities:

a. The Faculty Learning Community on Community Based Learning in Writing ( FLC) led by Mrs. Malakeh Khoury, CTL

b. The Silence in the Neighborhood Initiative led by Dr. Cynthia Myntti

2. Attended the following seminars and presentations: a. The Third International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning

in Higher Education , CTL Conference. b. ―Reflective Writing: Definition, Implementation and Practical Issues‖,

Seminar given by Dr. Jenny Moon, October 11, 2012, CTL. c. Workshop on Plagiarism , February 14 , 2013, Department of English d. Seminar on Inquiry Based Learning , Thursday, February 28, 2013 e. ―Stop Torturing US With Power Point: Communicating effectively Using

Power Point T and Multimedia‖ by Jad Melki, CTL f. The Digital Humanities @AUB , Monday, April 15( Sprint Talks), the

Arts and Humanities Initiative g. ―Shereen El Feki in conversation with Dr. Fouad Fouad‖, a discussion

based on El Feki‘s book entitled Sex and the Citadel, The Hay Festival of Literature, organized by the Anis Makdissi Program in Literature and CASAR.

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h. ―Practicing What We Preach: Writing Assignments ‖ led by Dr. Lisa Arnold and Mrs. Rana Haidar, May 11, 2013.

3. Departmental activities: a. Auditing a graduate seminar ―Composition Theory in Multilingual

Contexts‖ given by Lisa Arnold. b. Globally connecting my English 203 class with Dr. Margaret Willard-

Taube‘s Advanced Composition class in UMD( University of Michigan Dearborn.)

c. Member of the CELRT Team, the Middle East Airlines Project (MEA) – designing, preparing, piloting, recording, administering and interviewing cadet pilots.

d. Member of the Celebration of Students‘ Writing Committee, A Special Interest Group (SIG.)

4. Other activities: New Faculty Orientation Facilitator. Roseanne Khalaf 1. Conference presentations:

Presented two lectures at The Fourth International Festival of Literature, ―Arab Society and Culture: Changing Times‖ & Arab Youth and Social Media‖ Dubai: 6-10 March.

2. Course design: I designed two new courses: Writing Children‟s Literature (ENGL 244K 1) and the literature thread of the Medical Humanities course, Physicians, Patients and Society (PPS1).Member of the Search Committee in Early Modern Literature and Culture, 2011-2012.

3. Guest speakers: Every semester guest speakers are invited to my workshops to share ideas, experiences and the craft of the genre with students. In 2012, two professional reviewers: Jim Quilty and Kaelen Wilson-Goldie were guests in my Critical Review Writing Workshop. Zena El-Khalil, author of Beirut I Love You, was a quest speaker in my Creative Nonfiction workshops.

4. Other activities: a. Member of English Department Promotion Committee for Michael

Dennison. b. Member of English Department Job Search Committee for Creative

Writing (Fiction.) c. Member of English Department Job Search. d. Committee for Early Modern Literature and Culture. e. Member of Issam Faris Institute Youth Advisory Board. f. Arts and Sciences (FAS) Faculty Representative on AUB Reunion

Committee. Involved in organizing FAS Panel Discussion: ―The AUB

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Experience Across Time and Borders‖ with participants Zubeida Barmania, Asraf Ghani, Raya Haffar and Makram Rabah (moderator)

g. Deputy Chairman of the English Speaking Union (ESU), Lebanon h. As a judge in Makik‘s Short Story Competition, I read 25 stories written

by students between the ages of 16-18, before selecting three winners and presenting prizes at the Awards Ceremony (UNESCO: November 14, 2012).

i. Reviewed two book proposals (novel manuscripts): i. The Scents That Never Fade (230 pages) for Saqi Books ii. The Fortune Teller‘s Daughter (263 pages) for Turning Point

Rabab Kodeih 1. Coordinator-English 100 (fall & spring 2012-2013), AUB 2. Taught English 100,203, and 204, AUB 3. Member on SIG Library Group-Communication Skills Program, AUB 4. Corrected writing placement tests for the AUB English Entrance Exam

(EEE) –February 2013, AUB 5. Consultant-Interviewed Cadets for the MEA pilots-March 6-7, 2013, AUB 6. Attended the following:

a. Seminar on ―New Ways of Thinking About Plagiarism‖-October 3, 2012 (CTL –AUB.)

b. ―The Third Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education‖ and received a certificate-December 7 and 8, 2012 (CTL & ACPS, AUB.)

c. A presentation and a round-table discussion on ―Gradebook in Moodle: Making Excel Obsolete‖-March 7,2013 (CTL and IT-ACPS, AUB.)

d. A six –week seminar and received a certificate on ―Faculty Seminar on Learning And Teaching Excellence-March 14-April 23, 2013 (CTL, AUB.)

e. Workshop on ―Literary Translation and Writing Classes-April 11, 2013 (Communication Skills Program, AUB.)

f. Had my English 204 students participate in the Celebration of Student Writing Event –April 16, 2013 (Communication Skills Program, AUB.)

Malakeh Khoury 1. Coordinated English 204 (2012-2013.) 2. Taught English 102, 204 and 206. Introduced a community Based component to

English 204 and 206, the latter as part of the Neighborhood Initiative (2012-2013.)

3. Served as Faculty of Arts and Science Assessment Coordinator (Spring 2013.) 4. Served on the English Department Assessment Committee (Spring 2013.)

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5. Presented a paper on ―Community-Based Learning (CBL) in a College Writing Course‖ in the 44th Annual Convention of Northeast Modern Language Association, March 2013, Boston, MA, USA. Received first professional development fund from the Communication Skills Program.

6. Served as facilitator of Faculty Learning Community on Community Based Learning in Writing, CTL. Faculty participants included AUB professors from different disciplines.

7. Gave a workshop on community based learning in the ―Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence‖, CTL, AUB, March14, 2013.

8. Presented on-going research on ―Student and Teacher Cross-Cultural Collaboration in the Writing Classroom‖ at the Third International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AUB).

9. Served on Special Interest Group, Department of English, which is preparing for a seminar and conference on teaching writing at the university level. The seminar will be organized by the Communication Skills Program Fall semester (2013-2014). The conference is part of the Fourth Annual Conference at AUB, organized this year by CTL, Communications Skills Program and ACPS.

10. Gave a lecture on ―Technical Communication‖ to all first year engineering students in FEA, AUB as guest speaker for ASST 200 ―Introduction to Engineering‖, Fall 2012-2013.

11. Attended ―Presentation of the PLO 3-Year Plan with Emphasis on the 3rd Year tasks‖, CTL, Fall 2012-13.

12. Participated in ―Developing Tools to Assess Program Learning Outcomes‖, CTL, Fall 2012-13.

13. Participated in workshop entitled ―What is Reflective Writing: Definition, Implementation and Practical Issues‖, CTL, Fall 2012-13.

14. Participated in workshop entitled ―New ways of thinking about plagiarism‖, CTL, Fall 2012-13.

15. Participated in all professional development workshops, Communication Skills Program, 2012-2013.

Nicole Khoury 1. Student Academic Affairs Committee, member. University service. 2. Celebration of Student Writing Event, Committee Leader 3. Communication Skills Program Committee, member 4. Developed proposal for MA in Rhetoric and Composition 5. Center for English Language Research and Teaching (CELERT); developed

Middle East Airlines English language proficiency exam 6. Search Committee for Position in Rhetoric and Composition 7. Undergraduate English student advising (5) 8. MA thesis committee member (1)

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Sawsan Maktabi 1. Attended the following:

a. A workshop on Plagiarism given by Lisa Arnold and Amy Zenger, February, 2013

b. Third International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, CTL, American University of Beirut, December 7 & 8, 2012

c. Reflective Writing: Definition, Implementation and Practical Issues, Seminar given by Dr. Jenny Moon, October 11, 2012, CTL, American University of Beirut, October 2012

2. Services: A member on the following committees: a. Member on Communication Skills Program Committee (CSPC) b. Member on Celebrating Students' Writing Committee (SIG) c. Member on English Department Library Committee (SIG)

May Mikati 1. Initiated a bloggers‘ special interest group in the Department of English and

arranged Blogger workshops with ACPS. 2. Interviewed Middle East Airlines pilot cadets (as an English Oral

Proficiency test/ REP consultation.) 3. Attended the AUB Center for Teaching and Learning Conference, Dec 7

2012. 4. Participated in two CTL seminars, one on ―Inquiry Based Learning‖ and one

on ―Design Principles in PowerPoint.‖ 5. Participated in three English Department workshops and in the Celebration

of Student Writing. 6. Attended Arts and Humanities Initiative events, including the Digital

Humanities conference/workshop. 7. Attended a Moodle 2 workshop with ACPS in June 2012. Robert Myers 1. Organizer and Moderator, ―Converging Creativities,‖ a series of four panels

at the Arts and Humanities Initiative at AUB about ongoing projects that bring together the sciences and arts and humanities at AUB.

2. Latin American projects, including hosting a dinner with the President of AUB for many Latin American ambassadors, scholars and business people about the long historical ties between the Arab World and Latin America.

3. English Department representative at the Arts and Humanities Initiative, AUB.

4. Interviewer, Phillip Mansel, author of Levant, Hay Festival.

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5. Respondent, panel on world literature with David Damrosch. Arts and Humanities Initiative.

Jasmina Najjar 1. Conferences:

a. Presented paper on the use of Twitter in higher education- 3rd Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education- AUB (7-8 Dec 2012).

b. Presented sprint talk on "MindMeister and Composition Pedagogy"- Digital Humanities @AUB (15-17 April 2013).

2. Took the following online courses: a. 15 October 2012 – 20 December 2012- Designing a New Learning

Environment- Paul Kim. b. Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean, School of Education

(Stanford University MOOC). c. 18 October 2012 – 20 December 2012- A Crash Course on Creativity-

Tina Seelig. d. Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program (Stanford

University MOOC). e. 26 November 2012 – 17 February 2013- Think Again: How to Reason

and Argue – Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Ram Neta (Duke University MOOC).

f. 1 April- 10 May 2013 - Gamification - Kevin Werbach (University of Pennsylvania MOOC).

3. Coordinator and committee work: a. Continued role as Engl 206 Coordinator. Set up one guest talk in Fall

2012-2013 (Hani Zgheib who focused on the challenges of cross-cultural communication based on his experiences working in Japan) and one guest talk in Spring 2012-2013 (Miguel Najjar who spoke about how to deal with miscommunication in the workplace). Continued to assist Prof Imad El Hajj with ABET accreditation for the ECE department at FEA.

b. Active member of the Faculty Learning Community on Blended Learning.

John Pedro Schwartz 1. FAS Undergraduate Admissions Committee member. 2. Department Curriculum Committee Co-Chair. Kassim Shaaban 1. Conference Presentations:

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a. Shaaban, K. (2013). English threatening the future of Arabic in the Gulf. Paper presented at the AAAL 2013 Conference held in Dallas, Texas (March 16-19, 2013).

b. Shaaban, K. (Convener), Boraie, D., Reynolds, D. & Al-Hamly, M. (2013). Professional development of English teachers in the Arab world. Colloquium held at the TESOL 2013 Convention held in Dallas, Texas (March 20-23, 2013).

2. Director of CELRT 3. Departmental Assessment Committee member 4. Teaching Excellence Award Committee member 5. Associate Editor of Al-Abhath 6. Editorial Board member of:

a. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT) b. SAGEOPEN c. Middle Eastern Journal of English Studies (MEJES)

7. Article reviewer for: a. Language, Culture and Curriculum (LCC) b. SAGEOPEN (Article Editor) c. Arab Journal of Humanities (AJH) d. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (JMMD) e. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT) f. Al-Abhath

Reem Rashash-Shaaban 1. Currently taking an online novel writing workshop by Mark Spencer, Writer‘s

Digest University, May 9th to August 9th, 2013 2. Attended the 3rd Haas Mroue Creative Writing Workshop , Lebanese

American University, May 18th, 2013. 3. Took the AUB Photography Workshop from November 2012 to January

2013. 4. Attended the International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher

Education on December 8th, 2012 , AUB. 5. Attended the pre-conference workshop Technology in Team Based Learning

(TBL) , AUB, Friday, December 7th, 2012 6. Attended the Faculty Seminar on Assessment of Program Learning Outcomes-

Report Writing , AUB, May 10th, 2012. 7. Attended the Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence, AUB, from

March 15th to April 19th, 2012. 8. Attended the seminar on Writing to Increase Student Engagement, AUB, March

2nd, 2012. 9. Exhibited two photographs entitled ―North Beach‖ and ―Silver Beach, La

Digue‖ at the AUB Alumni Art Expo, February, 2013, AUB.

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10. Exhibited four photographs entitled ―Ahmad‘s Morning Read, Ali: A Lost Landmark; Coffee On My Mind; Flower Boy on a Break ― at I on AUB Exhibit, April 8th-13th,2013 , West Hall, AUB. These photos were re-exhibited at the I on AUB Exhibit, May 2nd- 9th, 2013, Dar al Mussawir.

Rima Rantisi 1. Communication Skills Program Committee (CSPC) member 2. Participant in Global Liberal Arts Alliance Course Connections (GLAA) 3. Conference (GLAA): Athens, Greece 4. Editor of Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary and Art Journal 5. English 203 Coordinator Nina Shalhoub- Khoury 1. Course Coordinator - English 208 (English for International Business)-

Fall/Spring semesters 2012-2013 2. Corrected placement tests (OIRA) 3. Participated in the celebration of student writing, Everybody Writes event in

the English department at AUB (Tuesday, April 19, from 12:00 noon – 4:00pm.)

4. Attended the following departmental workshops: a. Literary Translation and English Classes by Ms. Rula Baalbaki (April 11, 2013) b. Plagiarism by Professor Lisa Arnold and Professor Amy Zenger (February

14, 2013) 5. Attended a CTL presentation: Student and Teacher Cross-Cultural Collaboration in

the Writing Classroom at AUB on Saturday, December 8, 2012 in West Hall, Auditorium C, from 2:30pm – 4:30pm. Presenters: Professor Lisa Arnold, Ms. R. Iskandarani, Ms. M. Khoury and Dr. Z. Sinno

Zane Sinno 1. Participated in Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) in Community Based

Learning in Writing led by Ms. Malakeh Khoury, CTL 2. Participated in the following Special Interest Groups (SIGs):

a. Readings in Rhetoric b. Regional Conference on Writing c. Celebration of Student Writing

3. Attended the following seminars and presentations: a. Practicing What We Preach: Writing Assignments led by Dr. Lisa

Arnold and Mrs. Rana Haidar, May 11, 2013

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b. Digital Humanities @AUB. Workshop by The Arts and Humanities Initiative, Monday, April 15 – 17, 2013 ( Sprint Talks), the Arts and Humanities

c. The Politics of Global English. Anis Makdisi Memorial Lecture by David Damrosch, April , 2013

d. Plagiarism, Workshop presented by Amy Zenger and Lisa on , February 14 , 2013, Department of English

e. Reflective Writing: Definition, Implementation and Practical Issues, Workshop presented by Jenny Moon, October 2012, CTL

f. Learning Outcomes, Paper presentation by Dr. Bouzeineddine, The Third International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, December 2012

g. Stop Torturing Us with Power Point: Communicating Effectively Using Power Point and Multimedia by Jad Melki, CTL

h. The Difference, Difference Makes, Seminar presented by Cynthia Lee Pemberton, March 2012

i. The Third International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, December 2012

4. Audited a graduate seminar Composition Theory in Multilingual Contexts given by Lisa Arnold

5. Participated in Celebration of Student Writing, Spring 2012- 2013 Arthur Michael Vermy 1. Coordinator of English Language Comprehensive Exams (Spring 2013) 2. Thesis committee member/reader for five students 3. Communication Skills Program Committee member (participated in FT

instructor search, and regular meetings) Adam John Waterman 1. Department of English Curriculum Committee 2. MA Exam Coordinator, Department of English 3. Freshman Adviser, 2012-13 4. FAS Admissions Committee 5. CASAR Executive Committee 6. CASAR Search Committee Amy Alice Zenger

1. Director of the Writing Center 2. Member of the University Committee for English Language (UCEL) 3. Member of the University Advising Committee (summer and fall) 4. Member of the University Senate

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5. Member of the Advisory Board. University Preparatory Program (UPP) 6. Rhetoric and Composition Search Committee (Chair). Department of

English. 7. Curriculum Committee. Department of English. (spring) 8. Secretary for Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faculty Meetings 9. Member of the Advisory Board (webmaster). Middle East North Africa

Writing Center Alliance (MENAWCA) F. PUBLICATIONS Sirene Harb 1. Harb, Sirène. ―Perspectives on Violence and Reconciliation: Arab-American

Women‘s Writing About September 11.‖ Dissidences: Hispanic Journal of Theory and Criticism 4.8 (2012): 1-15.

2. Harb, Sirène. ―Between Languages and Selves: Migratory Agency, Fragmentation and Representation in Suheir Hammad‘s breaking poems.‖ Contemporary Women‟s Writing 6.2 (2012): 122-139.

3. Harb, Sirène. ―Arab American Women‘s Writing and September 11: Contrapuntality and Associative Remembering.‖ MELUS 37.3 (2012): 13-41.

Syrine Hout 1. Post-War Anglophone Lebanese Fiction: Home Matters in the Diaspora. Edinburgh:

Edinburgh University Press, September 2012. Najla Jarkas 1. After Words: A Reader for Academic Writing. Rima Rantisi, Lisa R. Arnold, Nate

George, Rima N. Hanna, Najla Jarkas, Jasmina Najjar and Zane S. Sinno (Eds). Beirut: EDUCART, 2012.

Roseanne Khalaf 1. Book Chapter: Khalaf, Roseanne ―Breaking the Silence: What AUB Students

Really Think About Sex‖ In After Words: A Reader For Academic Writing, Eds. Rima Rantasi et. al. Beirut: Center for Educational Consultation and Research

2. Article: Khalaf, Roseanne. ―Lebanese Youth Narratives: A Shifting Landscape‖ special issue of Compare 44.1 Dialogic pedagogy in education for peacebuilding, Taylor and Francis: Forthcoming 2013

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1. 2013 Edited and wrote an introduction to collected poems by Raif Khoury.

In print. 2. 2013 Khoury, Malakeh. Raif Khoury as I Knew Him [Ra‘if Khoury Kama

―raftahu]. In Raif Khoury: Al „adeeb al hayy wa lmufakkir lhorr [Ra‘if Khoury: Revived man of letters and liberal thinker] Collected Essays edited by Rabi‘ah Abu Fadel and Issam Khliefeh. Beirut, Al Harakah Al Theqaafiyyah, Antelias.

May Mikati May Mikati‘s AUB Blog: http://maymikati.blogspot.com/ Robert Myers 1. Unmanned, a stage play. Written and performed at the University of Illinois‘

Center for International U.S. Studies. Staged reading: Blank Theatre, Hollywood, CA. Readings: The New Group, New York, NY and Metta Theatre, Taos, NM.

2. Mesopotamia, a stage play about Gertrude Bell and the British occupation of Iraq, with Kathleen Chalfant as Gertrude Bell. Reading: Boston University and Playwright‘s Theatre.

3. ‖Sufism and Shakespeare: The Poetics of Personal and Political Transformation in Sa‘dallah Wannus‘s Tuqus al-isharat wa-l-tahawwulat.” With Nada Saab. In a special issue of Theatre Research International, published by Cambridge University Press, about the so-called Arab Uprising.

Jasmina Najjar 1. After Words: A Reader for Academic Writing, Editor (published September

2012). Christopher Nassar 1. "The Jekyll-Hyde Split in Wilde's Works," in The Wildean, no. 41 (July 2012),

pp. 60-64. 2. "Tampering with the Future: Understanding Apollo's Prediction in Oedipus

the King," in ANQ: A Journal of Short Artices." Scheduled for summer 2013. Rima Rantisi 1. Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary and Art Journal, Issue 1 Reem Rashash-Shaaban

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1. Rashash-Shaaban, Reem. ―Sixteen Again,‖ The Rusty Nail, Issue 12, February 2013, 10.

2. Rashash-Shaaban, Reem. ―Cool Water‖, The Missing Slate. Online. 3. Rashash-Shaaban, Reem. ―Molten Lead in a Spoon.‖ The Artistic Muse,

September 2012. Republished in an anthology ―Poehemians, Issue 1, December 2013, 39-40.

John Pedro Schwartz 1. ―Pessoa‘s Notes on Joyce and the Geopolitics of Modernist Impersonality.‖

In TransLatin Joyce: Global Perspectives on Ibero-American Modernisms. Co-edited with Brian Price and César Salgado. Under submission to Palgrave.

2. TransLatin Joyce: Global Perspectives on Ibero-American Modernisms. Co-edited with Brian Price and César Salgado. Under submission to Palgrave.

3. ―Introduction: Challenges and Directions in an Emerging Field of Research‖ (with Sonja-Mejcher Atassi). Archives, Museums and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World. Eds. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi and John Pedro Schwartz (Ashgate, August 2012): 1-33.

4. Archives, Museums and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World. Co-edited with Sonja Mejcher-Atassi. Ashgate, August 2012.

5. ―Borges‘s Museo as a Figure for Global Literature.‖ Under submission to Revista Hispánica Moderna.

Kassim Shaaban 1. Shaaban, K. (In Press). Beyond factual comprehension: ESL students and

critical thinking skills. Language Assessment Quarterly. Adam John Waterman 1. Archipelagoes of Sound: Women, Music, and Transnational Caribbeanity, Ifeona

Fulani, ed. Mona: University of the West Indies Press, 2012. Amy Alice Zenger 1. Amy A. Zenger, Joan Mullin, and Carol Peterson Haviland. ―Reconstructing

Teacher Roles through a Transnational Lens: Learning with/in the American University of Beirut.‖ WAC and Second Language Writers: Research towards Linguistically and Culturally Inclusive Programs and Practices. Terry Myers Zawacki and Michelle Cox, Eds. WAC Clearinghouse (online) and Parlor Press (print).

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G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT In the coming year, the Department of English will launch its new three-year assessment plan using updated program learning outcomes in the undergraduate programs in which it grants degrees—Language, Literature. This will require the creation of unique rubrics for data assessment. The department intends to maintain its three internal committees which proved very successful for managing regular business and facilitating dialogue among faculty. Recruitment next year will focus on professorial-rank positions in Postcolonial Studies/World Literature, Rhetoric and Composition and any other vacant positions. The Communication Skills Program will be structured differently next year and the Writing Center will continue to grow, as it guides the university in developing new writing in the disciplines course. The department intends to enrich the already improved website. David Wrisley Chairperson

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APPENDIX A COMMUNICATION SKILLS Program Developments/Changes: 1. New Administrative Structure:

a. With the approval of the Provost and the Dean of FAS, there is now a Director of Communication Skills, a faculty member at the professorial rank appointed by the Dean of FAS. The appointment is for three academic years. This position replaces the previous position of Program Coordinator.

b. In AY 2013-14, the six Course Coordinator positions will be replaced by three Program Coordinator positions, each filled by a full-time faculty member at the instructor rank and chosen by the Communication Skills Program Committee from a pool of applicants.

2. Communication Skills Program Committee: This Departmental committee

has been tasked with supporting the Director of the Communication Skills Program in making administrative decisions such as managing the program budget; vetting applicants and making recommendations for new hires and/or position recommendations; among other duties articulated by the Chair.

a. Members: Lisa Arnold (Chair); Sirene Harb; Nicole Khoury; Sawsan Maktabi; Rima Rantisi; Michael Vermey

b. Major Accomplishments: i. Approved projected budget for the Communication Skills

Program during AY 2012-13, AY 2013-14, and AY 2014-15. ii. Established Professional Development Grant fund, up to

$2,500 per semester, and approved two applicants for the grant (Malakeh Khoury and Juheina Fakhreddine).

iii. Created the application process for three open full-time instructor positions in Communication Skills. Vetted, interviewed, and made recommendations for the hiring of three candidates.

iv. Created the application process for three open Program Coordinator positions, to begin AY 2013-14. Vetted the

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applications for and selected three full-time instructors to fill the positions.

v. Made a recommendation for changing the name of the Communication Skills Program and began the process for consideration of this change.

3. Special Interest Groups (SIGs): These groups are voluntarily led and

comprised by Communication Skills faculty and are focused on professional development activities or program events relevant to faculty in the program. Each group sets its own goals for the Academic Year and meets at least twice a semester.

Program Activities and Professional Development:

1. Special Interest Groups (SIGs): a. Readings in Rhetoric and Composition (Dorota Fleszar, Chair) b. Conference on Teaching Writing (Lisa Arnold, Chair) c. Celebration of Student Writing (Nicole Khoury, Chair) d. Library (Sawsan Maktabi, Chair) e. Research (Najla Jarkas, Chair) f. Blog Writing (May Mikati, Chair)

2. Workshop on Translation and the Writing Classroom (Rula Baalbaki, April 2013)

3. Workshop on Plagiarism (Amy Zenger and Lisa Arnold, February 2013) 4. Workshop on Writing Assignments (Rana Haidar and Lisa Arnold, May

2013) 5. Celebration of Student Writing (April 2013) 6. Malakeh Khoury and Rula Baalbaki presented a paper at the Northeast

MLA conference in Boston, Massachusetts, in March 2013. Malakeh Khoury was awarded a Professional Development Grant of up to $2,500 to support travel to the conference.

7. Juheina Fakhreddine, a part-time instructor, presented a paper at the 2nd International Symposium on Language and Communication in Izmir, Turkey, in June 2013. She was awarded a Professional Development Grant of up to $1,726 to support travel to the conference.

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DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS AND ART HISTORY

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS Dr. Octavian Esanu joined the department as full-time assistant professor as University Curator. Prof. Cornelia Krafft and Prof. Kasper Kovitz changed rank from visiting assistant professor to full-time assistant professor. Dr. Rico Franses was appointed as Director of the AUB Art Galleries and Collections. This appointment is in addition to his duties as associate professor of art history. A search was held for the Mary Fox Whittlesey visiting professorship. Paolo Orlandi, a specialist in Jazz, will join the department as a one year visiting assistant professor. This year marked the opening of the AUB Art Gallery on Sidiani Street in June 2012 and the Byblos Bank Art Gallery in May 2013. There have been a total of three exhibitions: “Khalil Saleeby: a founder of modern art in Lebanon,” “Profiles: Collecting Art in Lebanon,” and “Art in Labor: Skill/Deskilling/Reskilling.” In addition, the galleries sponsored a series of discussions around these exhibitions. The Mellon Foundation gave grants to two of our department members. Cornelia Krafft obtained one for the production of a new performance piece: “Salome vs. Bluebeard” which was presented in December 2012 at the Al Medina Theater. Thomas Kim obtained the other for a performance of J. S. Bach‟s “St. John Passion” in May 2013. The department oversaw the visit of noted American director Peter Sellars as an AUB Visiting Scholar in April 2013. Cornelia Krafft presented a new performance piece “Anti_Gone” at the Artheum art space, Beirut, May 2013. Thomas Kim conducted the annual winter concert in December 2012 that featured works by Vaughan Williams, Victoria, Bach, Sweelinck, Praetorius and Sarah Hopkins. B. PERSONNEL

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1. Faculty Members

Azoury, Pierre Professor (pt) Ph.D.

Franses, Rico Associate Professor Ph.D.

Assad-Salha, Neville Assistant Professor MFA

Du Quenoy, Paul Assistant Professor (pt)

Ph.D.

Esanu, Octavian Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Farhat, May Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Harutyunyan, Angela Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Kim, Thomas Assistant Professor D.Mus.*

Kovitz, Kasper Assistant Professor MFA

Krafft, Cornelia Assistant Professor MFA

Kurani, David Senior Lecturer Dipl.**

Shebaya, Peter Senior Lecturer (pt) MA+Dipl.**

Deeb, Reem Lecturer (pt) D.Mus.*

Zurayk, Afaf Lecturer (pt) MA

Arsanios, Mirene Instructor (pt) MA

Assaf, Sahar Instructor (pt) MA

Freiha, Rabih Instructor (pt) MFA

Ghazal, Wajd Instructor (pt) MA

Jamal, Ghada Instructor (pt) MA

Khcheich, Rima Instructor (pt) Dipl.***

Khoury, Joelle Instructor (pt) MA+Dipl.†

Meskaoui, Zeina Instructor (pt) MA

Samaha, Roy Instructor (pt) MA

Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen Instructor (pt) MA

Youssef. Shawki Instructor (pt) MA

* Doctor of Music ** Diploma in Acting, Bristol Old Vic Theater School (MFA equivalent) ***Diploma in Oriental Music, Lebanese Nat. Conserv. (MFA equivalent) † Diploma in Piano, Lebanese Nat. Conserv. (MVA equifalent)

2. Research Assistants Fall Semester

El Basha, Michel Maalouf, Maya

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El Basha, Michel Maalouf, Maya

3. Graduate Assistants

None

4. Non-Academic Staff

Jebara Kidess, Adiba Administrative Assistant

C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

Studio Art Art History

BA Oct. 2012 3

Feb. 2013 1 1

Jun.2013 4 1

2. Number of Majors

Studio Arts Art History

Seniors 10 1

Juniors 9

Sophomores 11 2

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 211-299 81 389 485 955 200-210 107 89 196 100-199 41 65 106 Total 81 537 639 1257

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 211-299 12 69 66 147 200-210 24 21 45 100-199 6 9 15 Total 12 99 96 207

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D. RESEARCH Octavian Esanu 1. Preparing the series of exhibitions: “Georges Corm”; “Critical Machines”. 2. Co-editing the art journal ARTMargins May Farhat 1. Research at the Ethnography Museum, Ankara, Turkey. Faculty Development Grant, Summer 2012. Rico Francis 1. URB Long Term Faculty Development Grant for research of topic Art Vs. Animism. 2. Jacques Lacan and Byzantine Art. Angela Harutyunyan 1. On the Ruins of a Utopia: The Political Aesthetics of the Armenian Avant-Garde Kasper Kovitz 1. Work on a commissioned piece for Espace LV, Tokyo, Japan for January 2014. 2. Ongoing work on a yet untitled MENA region based project. 3. Ongoing work on a bronze mask that is a key element in several ongoing artistic projects. David Kurani 1. Ongoing painting in preparation for coming show with experimentation in mixed media. 2. Playwriting; video assembly from old 16mm footage, and songwriting for multimedia stage production. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Neville Assad-Salha

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1. Advisor to Studio Arts majors. 2. Assisted in the development and assessment of studio arts PLOs. 3. Adjudicator for Studio Arts Final Year Projects. Octavian Esanu 1. Curator, AUB Art Galleries. 2. Member of the Art Steering Committee May Farhat 1. Advisor to art history majors. 2. Advisor to studio arts majors. 4. Served on the FAS research committee. 5. Served on the FAS general education. 6. PLO coordinator. 7. Developed a new freshman course: Art and Power. Rico Franses 1. Associate Chair, FAAH. 2. Director, AUB Art Galleries and Collections. 3. Opened AUB Art Gallery. 4. Opened AUB Byblos Bank Art Gallery. Angela Harutyunyan 1. ARTMargins journal (Editor) 2. Summer Seminars for Art Curators, Yerevan (Director) 3. Director of Theory Lab, Institute of Contemporary Art, Yerevan 4. When Works Leave the Printed Page, an exhibition of ARTMargins‟ project section, 392RMEIL393, Beirut 5. Sites of Critique, Panel Discussion with ARTMargins‟ editors, Ghalya Saadawi and Jacques Aswad, 392RMEIL393, Beirut 6. “Before and After the Event There Was the Artwork”, keynote speaker at the PhotoCairo 5 symposium, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt. Thomas Kim 1. Department chair, FAAH. 2. Zaki Nassif Music Committee member. 3. Coordinator, visit of AUB Visiting Scholar Peter Sellars. April 2013. 6. Conductor, LeBAM International Summer Band Camp, Baskinta. July 2012.

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Kasper Kovitz 1. PLO coordinator. 2. Logistics consultant, AUB galleries. Cornelia Krafft 1. Workshop & Guest lecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. April ´13 2. Adjudicator for Studio Arts Final Year Projects. 3. Advisor to studio arts majors. David Kurani 1. Advisor to studio arts majors. 2. Zaki Nassif Music Committee member. 3. Acting Chair, June – July 2012. 4. Committee work and master of ceremonies for WAAAUB Alumni Art Expo, West Hall Common Room January 2013. 5. PLO coordinator. F. PUBLICATIONS Octavian Esanu 1. Transition in pot-Soviet Art: Collective Actions Group before and after 1989 (Budapest-New York: CEU Press, 2013) 2. Moscow Conceptualism in the 2nd edition of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming) May Farhat 1. Panel chair, “AUB A Century and A Half,” May 13-15 2013. 2. “Shi‟i Piety and Dynastic Legitimacy: Mashhad under the Early Safavid Shahs,” Journal of the Society of Iranian Studies (March 2014). Rico Francis 1. “Partial Transmission.” In Byzantine Things in the World, ed. G Peers. Exhibition Catalogue, Menil Museum, Houston, Texas. Yale University Press, 2013.

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2. Paper Delivered: “Lacan and Byzantium. In the Beginnning was the Image.” Byzantium/Modernism: Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Avant-Gardes Conference, Yale University, April, 2012. Angela Harutyunyan 1. “Apart We Are Together: Topographical Curating” in Dilemmas of Curatorial Practice, ed. Sasa Nabergoj and Barbara Borcic, SCCA-Ljubljana 2. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: The Constitutional State and the ACT Group‟s Political Aesthetics of Affirmation in Armenia” in Art and the Public Sphere, vol. 2, Intellect Press (peer-reviewed). 3. (non peer-reviewed, academic) “Three Sequences of Site-Writing”, in Serbian Architectural Journal, special issue Contemporary Issues in Aesthetics and Visual Arts, ed. by Misko Suvakovic, issue 4, 2012 (http://saj.rs/index.php?page=issues) 4. (peer reviewed) “The Epistemology of Photographic Evidence: A Response” in Cairo Papers in Social Science, forthcoming volume 29, Sights of Knowledge: Debates about Visual Production in the Middle East Thomas Kim 1. Conductor: Lecture-Concerts on J. S. Bach‟s St. Matthew Passion. Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus. July 3, 5, 10 and 12, 2012. 2. Conductor: Annual Summer Concert. LeBam International Summer Band Camp, Baskinta, Lebanon. August 4 and 5, 2012. 3. Conductor: “Melodies Past and Present.” AUB Choir and Choral Society. Ralph Vaughan Williams‟ Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Sarah Hopkins‟ Past Life Melodies with works by Victoria, Bach, Sweelinck and Praetorius. December 17 and 18. 4. Conductor: J. S. Bach‟s St. John Passion. AUB Choir and Choral Society. Funded in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. May 1 and 2, 2013. Kasper Kovitz 1. Group show "off the page" at 392RMEIL393, Beirut, Lebanon, April 2013. 2. Group show " Cat Eye" curated by Bridget Marrin and Weronika Zaluska at Barranca, Los Angeles, U.S.A., May 2013, catalogue published. 3. 18 page Artist Project, ArtMargins 2/2, Magazine, MIT Press, June 2013. Cornelia Krafft 1. Group exhibition “Intercultural Photo Exhibition” on the Harmonization of Culture & Arts A/TR ,Vienna, A, Sept.´12

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2. “Salome versus Bluebeard”, choreography of live art & dance performance. Dec.´12 3. “Performing in & outside the theaters of Beirut - Salome vs Bluebeard” Guest lecturer at the Norwegian Theater Academy, NO ; Jan.´13 4. Production of DVD “Salome vs Bluebeard” and screening of full documentation of live art & dance show. Feb.´13 5. “TALK 20” – speaker at the 7th edition at AUB; April ´13 6. Keynote speaker of round table “Performance and Designers – potential and opportunity for the youth of Lebanon” at Al Madina Theater during MISHKAL -youth festival of the arts; Sept.´12 7. “Anti_gone” choreographer of performance series presented at the Artheum (art-lounge), Beirut ; May´13

8. “Performing within the voids of Beirut”, Guest lecturer ARTHEUM art book fair. May´13

9. “A day in the life of a pomegranate” a short film based on drawings by Afaf Zurayk, screened/show of drawings at Gallery Janine Rubeiz Beirut, May´13 10. Group exhibition Opening of “The Modern And Contemporary Art Museum (MACAM).” June ´13

David Kurani 1. Textbook illustrations for Arabic children‟s textbooks. Kamal Chartouni, author; Dar El Mashek Press. Summer 2012. 2. Ongoing painting work in watercolors, acrylics and oils. 3. Producer: “„Al „Ain” (At the Water Source). Performed by FAAH 283 students in December 2012 in West Hall; Bathish Auditorium 4. Song: „Al „Ain for above play production; wrote music and Arabic lyrics. 5. Exhibited in WAAAUB Art Expo; West Hall: in January 2013. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Next year, we anticipate on holding two job searches, one for a new full-time position in Theater and one for a new full-time position in Studio Arts. Prof. Sahar Assaf will change rank from adjunct instructor to full-time visiting assistant professor in Theater. Two members of the department have been granted junior faculty research leaves. Thomas Kim will take his leave in the fall and Cornelia Krafft will take hers in the spring.

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The department has hired Riikka Pietlllainen-Caffrey as a one semester sabbatical replacement in Music for the fall semester to conduct the AUB Choir and Choral Society. Dr. Angela Harutyunyan will be a fellow at the Arts and Humanities initiative for 2013-2014. The department will continue with its efforts to bring the best of contemporary arts to students and the AUB public at large. Thomas Kim Chairperson

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS During this 2012-13 academic year our course offerings continued to grow. We have offered, for the first time, a Geomorphology course structured specifically for students of the landscape design program of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences during the fall semester 2012-13 which will be given on an annual basis. The demand for this course continues to increase, as the number of students registered in this same course to be given in the upcoming fall has increased from twenty five to thirty five students. The demand for our two general education natural science elective courses has significantly increased. In order to be able to accommodate most of the students needing a GE natural science geology course during this past academic year we have added another section in Geol-201, and have increased the capacity in six sections to about thirty five students each. This is way above the preferred capacity of twenty five students per section. In the area of hydrogeology, we have been very fortunate in attracting a highly qualified faculty member; the welcome addition of Dr. Joanna Doummar as an Assistant Professor has had a significant impact in this vital area of geological sciences. Dr. Doummar is applying field and hydro-chemical techniques in the characterization and modelling of karst aquifers. Her contribution to hydrogeological research and to the graduate program will strengthen this branch of geology in our department. This will also allow for training and supervising graduate students on conducting hydrogeology research. This year, the Department has also succeeded in obtaining some minor equipment needed for hydrogeological research. Major re-structuring and up-grading of the geology course on field methods has been very useful. Our students are continuing to manage very well in competing with graduates of European and North American Universities both for obtaining scholarships to pursue their post graduate studies abroad, and for jobs with major international petroleum companies. Through our contacts with the Industry, British Petroleum sponsored a three-day workshop (for the third year in a row) on hydrocarbon systems in the Eastern Mediterranean provided to our junior and senior students. Also, Spectrum has invited another Geology graduate student to their London office providing her with hands-on training on the petroleum geology domain. As a result of the retirement of the

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Geology Secretary, we were able to up-grade the position and Ms. Nisrine Lababidi joined us on March 15, 2013 as an Administrative Assistant.

B. PERSONNEL 1. Faculty Members

Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Fattah

Professor (Chairman) Ph.D.

Doummar, Joanna Assistant Professor Ph.D. Elias, Ata Assistant Professor Ph.D. Haidar, Ali Assistant Professor Ph.D. Bteich Kallas, Lara Instructor (PT) M.S. Khadra, Wisam Instructor M.S. Oueida, Raghida Instructor M.S.

2. Research Assistants Fall Semester

None

Spring Semester

None

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester

El Asmer, Chloe

Nicolas, Jessika Spring Semester

None

4. Non Academic Staff Ijreiss, Maroun, Senior Technician Lababidi, Nisrine, Administrative Assistant Chehadeh, Abdel Halim, Assist. Instructor (PT) Hamdan, Maya, Assistant Instructor (PT)

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C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.S. Oct. 2012 1

Feb. 2013 3

June 2013 4

M.S. Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

June 2013 0

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 6 Seniors 14 Juniors 14 Sophomores 17 Total 45

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Total 80 463 444 987

Summer 2012

Fall Sem.

Spring Sem.

Total

Courses numbered 300 and above

0 6 2 8

Courses numbered 211 through 299

8 60 70 138

Courses numbered 200 through 210

51 250 220 521

Courses numbered 100 through 199

21 147 152 320

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D. RESEARCH Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Fattah 1. Abdel-Rahman A.M. & Sultan R.: Continued to work on pattern formation and dynamic self-organization in geochemical systems. We investigate magmatic processes such as fractional crystallization, and the ranges of T and p that are compatible with operating conditions for Liesegang banding. A second manuscript has been published. 2. Abdel-Rahman A.M.: Work on A-type granitic complexes of the Arabian-Nubian shield exposed in northeastern Egypt is continuing. The study will shed light on the geodynamic framework during the Late Proterozoic and the initiation of extensional tectonics in the region. Work on this project is in progress, and is being funded by URB. 3. Abdel-Rahman A.M.: Continued to study the Mount Mons-Claudianus composite batholith occurring in the northern part of the Nubian Shield. The possibility of its formation during a transitional phase from an oceanic-, to a mature continental arc is being investigated. Work on this project is in progress, and is being funded by URB. 4. Abdel-Rahman A.M.: Research work on the research project on the age and petrogenetic evolution of the Mount Umm El-Rus Gabbroic complex of eastern Egypt is continuing. Petrogenetic modeling will help in determining the nature of the protolith (mantle source rocks) and the degree of partial melting that led to the

Summer 2012

Fall Sem.

Spring Sem.

Total

Courses numbered 300 and above

0 6 3 9

Courses numbered 211 through 299

6 12 15 33

Courses numbered 200 through 210

6 25 22 53

Courses numbered 100 through 199

6 18 18 42

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formation of its magma. Work on this project is in progress, and is being funded by URB. 5. Abdel-Rahman A.M.: Work on mafic minerals (muscovite, garnet and biotite), as well as feldspars in peraluminous granites from the Moly May intrusion of NW British Columbia is still in progress. The petrographic and chemical characterization of garnet and other mineral phases as muscovite and aluminous biotite will shed light on mineral paragenesis. Work on this project is yet to be completed. Doummar, Joanna 1. Doummar, Joanna: Working on assessment of isotopic and chemical signatures (Oxygen and Deuterium) of about forty selected springs in Lebanon from various hydrostratigraphic units, as well as the assessment of isotopic spring response following a precipitation event in the Jeita spring in order to estimate fast water component. 2. Doummar, Joanna: Initiated a research project on Carbamazepine breakthrough as indicator for specific vulnerability of karst prings: application on the Jeita spring, Lebanon. 3. Doummar, Joanna: Continuing my research on the assessment of effective transport parameters in a karst system under dynamic flow conditions by artificial tracer experiments (Jeita Spring, Lebanon). Elias, Ata 1. Elias, A.: Analysis of the recent temporal and geographical distribution of seismicity in Lebanon: Monitoring and assessing the recent seismic activity of the Lebanese region in particular and the Eastern Mediterranean in general, as recorded by the local and regional networks. 2. Elias, A. et.al: The EMME project (Earthquake Model of the Middle East region: Hazard, Risk assessment, Economics and Mitigation): This is a joint collaboration between many scientists from different countries of the Middle East region, working on establishing an earthquake model for the area. Funds from the Swiss Seismological Service. 3. Elias, A.: Hunting the tsunami deposits of the AD551 Beirut-Tripoli earthquake. This project aims to search for tsunami deposits along the coast of Lebanon. Funds to the external partner from EOSingapore + a URB grant to A. Elias. 4. Elias, A.: PALEOLIBAN project; Researching the paleoclimate of Lebanon and the region by studying sedimentary deposits (speleothems, moraines and tills) and landforms in Mt-Lebanon. Funds to the French partners from INSU - France.

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Haidar, Ali 1. Haidar, A.T., Ali, H. M., Said, M., El Azhary, T., and Villa, G. Work is continuing on Geochemical Characterization of the Paleocene-Eocene Section of the Chekka Marls (N. Lebanon) and its Hydrocarbon Potential. Analysis of inorganic and organic sediment help assessing the hypothesis of an increased paleo-productivity, as well as monitoring climate change during the Early–Late Paleocene Biotic Event (ELPE) and the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). 2. Damik, A., Genz, H., Haidar, A.T., and Woodworth, M., Using the X-ray diffractometry, we continue to study lithic archaeological materials from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida, Lebanon. Steatite beads are known from Oman, but Lebanese formations are not rich in this mineral. Some of the results obtained indicate that the Lebanese beads are made of aragonite and other silicified material. 3. Haidar, A.T. and Zhaing Z., Application of Turing Formula in biostratigraphy. Here we will use some concepts from the Information Theory and apply it on the techniques of counting of microfossils using light microscopy to make inferences about non-detected species occurring in paleontological samples. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Fattah 1. Chairperson of the Department of Geology. 2. Member of the Steering Committee, Masri Institute of Energy & Natural

Resources. 3. Member of the Steering Committee of the Central Science Research Laboratory. 4. Member of the President’s Service Excellence Award Search Committee. 5. External member of the Biology Department Faculty Recruitment Committee. 6. Member of the FAS Administrative Committee. 7. Member of Program Learning Outcome’s Assessment ad-hoc Committee. 8. Majorless academic advisor. 9. Academic advisor; Geology and Petroleum Studies majors. 10. Mentoring of the new Geology faculty member. 11. Book Coordinator of the Department of Geology. 12. Adviser of the Geology Student Society (GSS). 13. Adviser of the American Association for Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Middle East AUB Student Chapter. 14. M.S. Thesis Adviser of a Geology graduate student. 15. Member of M.S. Thesis committee of Geology graduate students. 16. Supervised and helped during the FAS-SRC student elections.

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17. Reviewed publications for International and Regional Journals. 18. Provided many museum tours to hundreds of school students and am doing

volunteer curating work for the Geology Museum. Doummar, Joanna 1. Academic Advisor for Geology students. 2. Library Liaison for the Geology Department at the Jafet Library. 3. MSc.thesis supervisor of Mr. Karlo Pechazis Georg-August University-Germany. 4. Member of MSc. thesis defense committee of Mrs. Rena Karanouh (Geology.) 5. Member of PhD thesis defense committee of Mrs. Christiane Zoghbi (Civil Engineering.) 6. Marshal in the graduation ceremonies (AUB 2013.) 7. Administrative Assistant Recruitment committee (Geology Department.) Elias, Ata 1. Academic Advisor for Geology students. 2. Coordinator of the Freshmen Reading Committee and member of the FAC. 3. Member of the URB and FRC-FAS Committees. 4. MS thesis supervisor of Mr. A. Hajj-Chehadeh, Geology Department. 5. Member of the American Geophysical Union. Haidar, Ali 1. Member of Admission’s Senate Committee 2. Member of FAS Undergraduate Admission’s Committee. 3. Advisor of sophomore geology students. 4. Member in the CRSL equipment committee (Fall semester 2012-13.) 5. Served several times as acting chair of the Geology Department. 6. Supervisor at the FAS SRC Student Elections. 7. Served as a marshal during the 2012 commencement exercise. 8. Expert appointed by the Lebanese Court in Geology. F. PUBLICATIONS Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Fattah 1. Sultan, R. & Abdel-Rahman, A.M. (2013): On dynamic self-organization:

examples from magmatic and other systems. Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures 10, 59-73.

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Haidar, Ali T. 1. Haidar, Ali T. (2013): Time resolution and trace detection when a distinction

between vertical deposition and lateral transport is not possible in the stratigraphic record. Abstracts Volume, Geologic Problem Solving with Microfossils III Conference, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, pp. 66-67.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Due to the current activities and significance of hydrocarbon exploration in the eastern Mediterranean basin, we need to soon strengthen and further develop the area of petroleum geology. But this first requires the hiring of a competent faculty member in this domain. Following this, it would be somewhat easier to approach petroleum companies, among those that have recently pre-qualified for the bidding round for hydrocarbon exploration off-shore Lebanon, to help provide funding for some scientific instruments needed to build a petroleum geology laboratory. However, and as it stands, the department is under-staffed, and our continuous recruitment efforts have not always been successful. In addition to petroleum geology, there is no doubt that the recruitment of two qualified faculty members in sedimentology and in geophysics will consolidate our efforts for building a strong petroleum geology unit within our department. This will certainly significantly solidify and strengthen our course offerings in general, and will allow for conducting research and supervise graduate students in these vital areas of geological sciences. Furthermore, it would allow for more interaction with the industry, as a number of petroleum companies will be starting their off-shore exploration programs possibly by early 2014. Unfortunately, the security and political environment in Lebanon during the past years has not been helping in attracting international researchers to join us here in Beirut as full-time faculty members, and we had been having recruitment problems for a long while. This has been a major draw-back. For example, when we succeeded in hiring Dr. Danko Taborosi three years ago as a sedimentologist, he just stayed with us for only one year, then he left for a faculty position at the University of Guam; he is yet to be replaced. Also, since the departure of Dr. Maya El-Kibbi (who resigned to join her husband in Canada) about six years ago, we were not able to fill the Geophysics position either. As I was told by a number of candidates, the security situation in the country, coupled with the availability of geology positions both in the academia and the petroleum industry have been major factors for not being able to recruit qualified faculty members in these domains. Despite being understaffed, the hiring

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of some strategic part-time faculty has enabled us to continue in functioning reasonably well. We will have to keep trying. However, instead of thinking of adding new frontiers in geoscience research at our department, we are instead being pre-occupied with filling vacant positions resulted by the resignations of some faculty members due essentially to the unstable security environment in the country. We continue to improve teaching facilities including field, audiovisual, and laboratory materials. One of the main projects that we aim to achieve in the near future concerns the refurbishing of petrography laboratory and the optical mineralogy/petrology laboratory with special set-up and work-stations that allow the use of the microscopes and the stereoscopes more comfortably. This is becoming a priority at this point, especially due to our reasonably high student intake over the past few years. Many of our students have joined the newly established American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Middle-East Chapter. Through contacts with the Egyptian Office of British Petroleum, the company has kindly agreed to sponsor a third comprehensive three-day workshop, that was given by a team of three senior Geoscience experts. This comprehensive short-course/workshop has been on Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean region. It was held over a full three-day period (March 1 to 3, 2013) at the Department of Geology. Spectrum provided complete coverage for a summer internship training program to another geology graduate student who is currently being trained at their head office in London. We plan to keep our contacts with both companies, approaching them, and hopefully convincing them to make such very useful workshops and/or internship training programs be carried out on an annual basis. As educators at various levels of pre-university schooling are paying more attention to earth Sciences which resulted in having a geological science component being added to the school curricula, we continue to receive a large number of school students visiting the AUB Geology Museum. There is a need to purchase some museum-quality mineral specimens to enrich the mineralogy collection at the Museum. Members of the Department of Geology contributed to the Munib & Angela Masri Institute for Energy and Natural Resources annual workshop that was held on May 10, 2013. Abdel-Fattah Abdel-Rahman Chairperson

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The Department of History and Archaeology offered a wide range of courses during the academic year 2011-2012. Professors Abdulrahim Abuhusayn and Nadia el-Cheikh were on leave in the Spring semester and Professor Alexis Wick was on the Arts and Humanities fellowship leave in the Fall and on junior leave in Spring. At the graduate level, our program drew five PhD and four M.A. students in History. Three new students were accepted in the Archaeology graduate program. The Department advertized three positions for the academic year 2013-2014: one regular position in Islamic and one in Modern Middle East History and one visiting position to occupy the A. Howell endowed Chair in History and Archaeology. The first position was filled by Lyall Armstrong while the second is still pending approval by the Provost. The Department also received applications for the Alfred Howell Endowed Chair for History and Archaeology and selected Professor Tayeb el-Hibri, a senior scholar of international reputation from Amherst College for the academic year 2013-2014. The Department offered in the summer of 2012 two fieldwork courses on the archaeological sites of Baalbek and Niha, to introduce Archaeology students to scientific methods of excavation and survey. It also offered two sections of History 102 and one section of Hist 258AD. It sponsored a trip for archaeology students to Tübingen University to work on the publication of the Tell el-Burak excavations with the German partners. The department completed this year a self study which was reviewed by Professors Timothy Harrison from the University of Toronto and Zachary Lockman from New York University. The reviewers visited the department end of January and met with all its constituencies. The reviewers sent their final report and the department responded to it in a report sent to the Dean. As in previous years, the department has welcomed as visiting associates a number of doctoral students or scholars. The former included among others Reem Bailony (PH.D Candidate, UCLA), Makram Rabah (PhD. Candidate, Georgetown University), and Lyall Armstrong (PhD candidate, Chicago). The latter category included, among others, Dr. Maciej Czech (University of Warsaw, Poland) and Dr. Anna Zajac (University of Warsaw, Poland).

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The Department hosted a number of lectures in the course of the academic year. It co-sponsored with the Society of the Friends of the AUB Museum a lecture by Timothy Harrison from the University of Toronto on “Lions, Statues and Treaties: Recent Discoveries at Tell Tayinat in the North Orontes Valley”, which was held on January 30th, 2013. The Department sponsored a series of six lectures held by short listed candidates to the advertized History positions: A lecture by Thomas Hill on Events Are Continuous”: „Impossible Narrative‟ in Gaza, which was held on January 9th, 2013. A lecture by Karam Nachar on “Mondanité not Modernité: Beirut, Cosmopolitanism, and the Global „Ancien Regime‟”, which was held on January 14th, 2013. A lecture by Charles Anderson on “Youth, Culture, and Politics: Rethinking the Palestinian National Movement, 1917-36” which was held on January 17th, 2013. A lecture by Christine Baker on "The Shi‟i Dynasties of the Tenth Century: Challenging Notions of Islamic Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy" which was held on January 23rd, 2013.

A lecture by Lyall Armstrong on “The Quṣṣāṣ in Early Qur‟ān Commentaries”, which was held on February 7th, 2013. It co-sponsored with the Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern languages a lecture by Amr Osman on “Waqf (Pausing) During the Recitation of the Qur'an: Its History and Significance”, which was held on February 8th, 2013. The Department hosted a lecture by Maciej Czech on “Reading the Clues - Evidence for Phoenician Shipbuilding Techniques (ca 1200-800 BC)”, which was held on May 9th, 2013. The Department sponsored the Kamal Salibi Memorial Lecture which was held on May 17th, 2013 by Cemal Kafadar from Harvard University on “How Dark is the History of the Night, How Black the Story of Coffee, How Bitter the Tale of Love: The Changing Measure of Leisure and Pleasure in Early Modern Istanbul”. B. PERSONNEL

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Abu-Husayn, Abdulrahim Professor Ph.D.

Deringil, Selim Visiting Professor Ph.D.

Du Quenoy, Paul Associate Professor Ph.D.

El-Cheikh, Nadia Professor Ph.D.

Genz, Hermann Associate Professor Ph.D.

Kaidbey, Naila Part-time Lecturer Ph.D.

Meloy, John Professor Ph.D.

Newson, Paul Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Nurpetlian, Jack Part-time Instructor M.A.

Naoufal, Antoine Part-time Instructor M.A.

O‟Dell Emily Visiting Assistant Professor

Ph.D.

Sader, Helen Professor Ph.D.

Seeden, Helga Professor Ph.D.

Seikaly, Samir Professor Ph.D.

Sharif, Malek Lecturer Ph.D.

Wick, Alexis Assistant Professor Ph.D.

2. Research Assistants

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester Aaron, Brand Gruhot, Julia Alkawas, Sarah Kalla, Alia Batruni, Catherine Beasley, Mary Elhajj, Hassan Folcarelli, Margaret

Luna, Elizabeth Schmid, Stephan Sharp, Mathew

Spring Semester Aaron, Brand Abu Hassan, Raja Alameh, Jana

Folcarelli, Margaret Kalla, Alia Kestenian, Hratch

Alkawas, Sarah Batruni, Catherine

Koh, Choon Hwee Luna, Elizabeth

Elhajj, Hassan Schmid, Stephan

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4. Non-Academic Staff Osailly, Nabeeha Secretary

C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors BA Oct. 2012 4

Feb. 2013 1

Jun. 2013 4

MA Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 2

Jun. 2013 0

2. Number of Majors History Archaeology Total

Ph.D. 9 0 9

Graduates 5 3 8

Seniors 4 3 7

Juniors 2 0 2

Sophomores 1 2 3

3. Student Enrollment in Courses Courses Summer ‘11 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 1 27 24 52 211-299 21 427 338 786 200-210 - 25 - 25 100-199 20 179 228 427 Total 42 658 590 1290

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered Courses Summer ‘11 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 3 21 18 42 211-299 6 63 51 120

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200-210 - 3 - 3 100-199 6 18 21 45 Total 15 105 90 210

D. RESEARCH Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn 1. With Tarek Abu Hussein, critical edition and introduction of the early 16th century travelogue by Badr al-Din al-Ghazzi, Al-Matali‟ al-Badriyya fi al-Manazil al-Rumiyya, forthcoming publication of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Expected 2013, Istanbul (Book in press). 2. “The Ottomans in Lebanon: Coercion vs. Accommodation”, in Z. Kursun (ed.), proceedings of the International Conference on “The Ottoman Empire from Sogut to Three Continents”, Association of Researchers on the Middle East and Africa, Turkey. (Article in press). Paul du Quenoy 1. Continuing work on book project "Russia and the Arab Middle East.” 2. New projects on the Russian composer Alexander Serov and concepts of modernity and the reception of the composer Richard Wagner in Italy. 3. Will hold AUB's Arts and Humanities Initiative Fellowship in Fall 2013. 4. “Arabs under Tsarist Rule: The Russian Occupation of Beirut, 1773-1774,” forthcoming in Russian History/Histoire Russe (Article). Nadia El-Cheikh

1. Book project: Prospective book to be published by Harvard University Press, tentatively entitled Uses of Women in Abbasid Discourse.

2. Co-author of a collaborative forthcoming volume to be published by Brill in 2013-4: Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court: Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-932).

3. Articles in press: “An Abbasid Caliphal Family,” Approaches to the Byzantine Family, eds. Leslie Brubaker and Shaun Tougher (Ashgate).

4. “Conversation as Performance: Adab al-Muhadatha at Court,” Courts and Performance, ed. Maurice Pomerantz (New York: New York University Press). Hermann Genz

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1. The Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Archaeological Project (2004-2011) Project leaders: Hermann Genz (2004-ongoing), Helen Sader (2004-2008). Funding Agency: AUB-F.A.S (URB), Gerda Henkel Foundation (Germany). Preparation of the final publication (the first volume is scheduled to be published in 2014). 2. Publication of the excavations at Tell Hizzin, Lebanon, undertaken by M. Chéhab between 1949 and 1950 (2007-ongoing).

Project leaders: Hermann Genz, Helen Sader. 3. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Lebanon from Prehistory to Hellenistic Times (2006-ongoing).

Project leaders: Helen Sader, Hermann Genz. 4. Baalbek in the Bronze Ages: A Sounding in the Courtyard of the Jupiter Temple (2012-ongoing). Project leaders: Margarete van Ess (German Archaeological Institute), Hermann Genz. Funding Agency: AUB-F.A.S (URB), German Archaeological Institute (Germany). In the summer of 2012 the first season of 4 weeks duration was conducted. 5. Genz, H., „Iron Age Burial Customs in Central Anatolia.‟ In: 3 ICAANE Proceedings, ed. J. Margueron, P. de Miroschedji and J. P. Thalman (In press).

6. Genz, H., “The Early Bronze Age in Lebanon.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant (ca. 8000 – 332 BCE), ed. M. L. Steiner and A. E. Killebrew (In press). 7. Genz, H., „Middle Bronze Age Pottery from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida, Lebanon,‟ Berytus (In press.) 8. Genz, H. and Sader, H., „Middle Bronze Age Pottery from Tell Hizzin, Lebanon,‟ Berytus (In press.) 9. Genz, H., „Hittite Arrowheads in Tell Kazel? On the Use of Arrowheads as Ethno-cultural Markers in the Late Bronze Age Levant,‟ in: Mélanges Leila Badre (Submitted). 10. Genz, H., „Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida 2004-2011: an Early and Middle Bronze Age Site on the Lebanese Coast.‟ In: F. Höflmayer (ed.), Egypt and the Southern Levant in the Early Bronze Age: C14, Chronology, Connections. Orient-Archäologie (Submitted). 11. Genz, H., Daniel, R., Pustovoytov, K. and Woodworth, M., „Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Preliminary Report on the 2011 Season of Excavations.‟ Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises 15 (Submitted). 12. Genz, H., „Recent Developments in Early Bronze Age Pottery Studies in Lebanon and the Question of Ceramic Exports to Old Kingdom Egypt,‟ in: T. Rzeuska and A. Wodzińska, Old Kingdom Pottery Workshop 2 (Warsaw) (Submitted). 13. Genz, H., „Bone Objects from the Middle Euphrates Region,‟ in:

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U. Finkbeiner et al. (eds.), Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean IV: the Middle Euphrates Region (Submitted). 14. Genz, H., „Organic materials (bone, ivory, shell)‟, in: M. Lebeau and P. de Miroschedji (eds.), Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean: Final Volume (Submitted). 15. Genz, H., „The introduction of the light, horse-drawn chariot and the role of archery in the Near East at the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Ages: is there a connection?‟ Palarch (Submitted). 16. Höflmayer, F., Dee, M., Genz, H. and Riehl, S., „Radiocarbon evidence for the site of Tell Fadous-Kfarabida (Lebanon.) Radiocarbon (Submitted). 17. Sader, H. and Genz, H., „An Introduction to the Archaeology of Lebanon from Prehistory to Hellenistic Times‟ (Work in progress). 18. Genz, H. and Sader, H. „Tell Hizzin in the Beqaa: Results of the Excavations conducted by M. Chéhab in 1949 and 1950‟ (Work in Progress). 19. Genz, H. (ed.), Tell Fadous-Kfarabida I: the Site and its Environment (work in progress).

John Meloy 1. On-going research projects on Middle East studies at AUB, the Mamluk Sultanate, the Hijaz, and late medieval monetary history. 2. Conference presentation: “Area Studies within the Area: Perspectives on Middle East Studies at the American University of Beirut.” Presented at the conference on “AUB, A Century and a Half,” Beirut. 3. Conference presentation: “Egyptian-Indian Diplomacy through Late Medieval Mecca.” Presented at the conference on “Mamluk Cairo: Crossroads for Embassies,” Université de Liège, September, 2012. 4. Submitted for publication: “„Aggression in the Best of Lands‟: Mecca in Egyptian-Indian diplomacy in the ninth/fifteenth century.” Paul Newson 1. “Central Bekaa Archaeological Project, Lebanon” (URB Grant funded.) As Principal Investigator the first season of fieldwork has been completed though the present security situation has entailed a change in scope at present (project.) 2. “The Land of Carchemish, Landscape Archaeological Project, Syria.” Contributor as a Classical and Landscape archaeological consultant and leading writer on a multi-disciplinary archaeological project run by the Universities of Durham and Edinburgh, UK. This project has been placed on hold due to the current problems in Syria. 3. “Settlement and Landscape in the Basalt Region of Homs, Syria.”

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In the role of a principal Investigator engaged in final stage writing up stage for the multi-authored monograph is now currently on-going. 4. Newson, P., and Young, R. forthcoming. “Archaeological Assessment of the Site at Hosn Niha”: Preliminary Report 2011-2012. BAAL. Helen Sader 1. The Tell el Burak Archaeological Project (2001-ongoing). Name of project leaders: Helen Sader: AUB, Jens Kamlah: University of Tübingen, Germany, Margarete van Ess: German Archaeological Institute, Berlin. Name of funding Agencies: URB- FAS, German Archaeological Institute, Gerda Henkel Foundation, Thyssen Foundation, University of Tübingen. This project aims at studying the formation process of ancient settlements on the Lebanese coast and at giving AUB archaeology students an opportunity to be trained in fieldwork with competent specialists. 2. Sader, H. and Genz, H. An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Lebanon from Early Villages to the Coming of Alexander the Great (Book project). 3. Kamlah, J., and Sader, H. Final Report on the Excavations of Tell Burak-Lebanon: Area I (Book project). 4. Finkbeiner, U. and Sader, H. Final Report on the Excavations of Beirut, Site BEY 020 (Book project). 5. Amadasi-Guzzo, M.G., Oggiano, I., Sader, H., Xella, P. and Zamora, J.A. Inscriptions phéniciennes inédites de la collection de la Direction Générale des Antiquités du Liban. To appear as a special volume of the Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises (Book project). 6. “The Iron Age I in Syria and Lebanon.” To appear in The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant (ca. 8000 – 332 BCE), ed. M. L. Steiner and A. E. Killebrew. First proofs corrected (Article in press). 7. “Inscriptions phéniciennes inédites du Liban,” to appear in the Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Phoenician and Punic Studies, Tunis: Institut National du Patrimoine. First proofs corrected (Articles in press.) 8. “Intertwined History: Lebanon‟s role in the Transmission of Egyptian Culture to Inland Syria in the Middle Bronze Age,” to appear in Qatna Studies vol. 8. First proofs corrected (Article in press.) 9. “Aramaean History”. To appear in “The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria” edited by H. Niehr and published as a volume in the series Handbuch der Orientalistik. First proofs corrected (Article in press.) 10. co-author J. Nurpetlian. “An Eclectic Collection of Bronze Coins from Tell el-Burak, Lebanon,” to appear in a forthcoming special volume of Transeuphratène in honor of Josette Elayi edited by A. Lemaire and J.-M. Durand. Expected 2013 (Article in press.)

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11. Two Iron Age Stamp Seals from Tell el-Burak, Lebanon, to appear in a forthcoming volume of the series Alter Orient und Altes Testament in honor of Paolo Xella, edited by O. Loretz, S. Ribichini, W. Watson, and J.A. Zamora. First proofs corrected (Article in press). 12. Eleven entries (Beirut, Orthosia, Khalde, Qana, Tell el-Burak, Ras el-Abiad, Tamburit, Yanuh, Dakerman, Adlun, and Lebanon) to appear in the Dizionario Enciclopedico della Civiltà Fenicia (An Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Phoenician Civilization) published by the Istituto delle Studi sulla Civiltà Italiche e del Mediterraneo Antico of the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Some entries already published on line (Article in press). 13. The Stelae; to appear in BAAL hors série vol. VIII, 2012, pp. 373-380. Expected 2013 (Article in press). 14. “Prophecy in Syria: Zakkur of Hamath and Lu„ash”; invited contribution to appear in Enemies and Friends of the State: Ancient Prophecy in Context, Christopher A. Rollston, editor Eisenbrauns, Expected end 2013 (Article in press.) 15. “ Trois poids phéniciens inédits de la Collection de la Direction Générale des Antiquités du Liban”, to appear in Bible et Orient Mélanges André Lemaire, forthcoming special volume of Transeuphratène in honor of André Lemaire edited by J. Elayi and J.-M. Durand. Expected end 2013 (Article in press). 16. Çakırlar C., V. Amer, J. Kamlah, and H. Sader. in print. Persian Period dog burials in the Levant: new evidence from Tell el-Burak (Lebanon) and a reconsideration of the phenomenon. Submitted to: V. Linselee, B. De Cupere, S. Hamilton-Dyer (Eds.). Archaeozoology of southwestern Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA) IX. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series. Peeters Press (Article in press). 17. “Phoenician Architecture and Town Planning”, to appear in Blackwell‟s Companion to Ancient Phoenicia (Article in preparation). 18. “Phönizische Städte.” To appear in Frühgeschichte der Mittelmeerkulturen. Historisch-Archäologisches Handbuch (Der Neue Pauly Supplemente 10) (Article in preparation). Helga Seeden 1. Collaborative Member with Prof. Winfried Held and Dr Hans Curvers of the research project: BERYTUS – Archäologie einer antiken Handelsmetropole in der Levante: Das westliche Stadtviertel in Hellenismus und römischer Kaiserzeit. Team director: Prof. Dr. Winfried Held. Direktor des Archäologischen Seminars, Philipps-Universität Marburg FB 06 Geschichte und Kulturwissenschaften. Funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2012-2015). 2. BEIRUT SOUKS Project continued with: Dominic Perring, Tim Williams (UCL Institute of Archaeology, London); Kevin Butcher (University of Warwick, UK);

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Paul Reynolds (University of Barcelona); Reuben Thorpe (UCL Institute of Archaeology, London); James Rackham (palaeoenvironment and archaeozoology). Main granting bodies (excavation and post-excavation work): The Leverhulme Trust, London, 1994-2002; AUB URB research grants, 2004-2008, ceramic restoration (ongoing) by Hashem el-Hamed; The CBRL (Council for British Research in the Levant, The British Academy, London), palaeoenvironment and archaeozoology. Samir Seikaly

1. Completing research on a project entitled “Constantine Zurayk: The Early Decades.” For publication of a forthcoming memorial volume marking the 150th anniversary of the AUB. 2. A paper provisionally entitled “All in the Family: Khalil Sarkis and his Lisan al-Hal.” To be included in an AUB memorial volume dedicated to Dr. Kamal S. Salibi. 3. Currently preparing several entries (including Muhammad Kurd Ali; the Arab Bureau, Lord Balfour and the Balfour Declaration) to appear in the Online Encyclopedia of World War I sponsored by the Free University of Berlin. 4. A paper due to be delivered at the 13th ICOSEH meeting in Alcala University, Spain, in October 2013 provisionally entitled “Raising Economic Awarness: the Case of Rafiq Rizk Salloum. Alexis Wick 1. “The Humanities Go Native: Knowledge and Power in the Ottoman World” (ongoing research project). 2. “Hegel and Islam” (ongoing research project). 3. “Brown Gold: Coffee in History” (ongoing research project). 4. History at Sea: Europe and its Others – finalized book manuscript submitted to publisher. 5. “Modern Historiography – Arab World,” forthcoming in Blackwell Companion to Global Historical Thought, ed. by Prasenjit Duara, Viren Murthy, and Andrew Sartori. E. OTHAR STAFF ACTIVITIES Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn

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1. Presented a paper at the AUB conference: “Celebrating 150 years of Scholarship, Education and Service,” Beirut, May 2013. 2. Serves as editor of the University of Berlin‟s project” 1914-1918 online Encyclopedia of the First World War”, entries on the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. 3. Serves as editor of the Free University of Berlin‟s project “1914-1918 online Encyclopedia of the First World War”, Handbook on the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. 4. Syriac writers of Qatraya 6-7th centuries, QNRF funded research project. First year‟s report submitted and approved. Paul du Quenoy 1. Member, FAS curriculum committee. 2. Organizer, conference on Russia and the Middle East, AUB, June 1, 2012. 3. Fulbright Fellowship recipient (Russia), Spring 2012. 4. Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Short-Term Grant, Summer 2012. 5. Conference: “The Reception of Wagner in France,” Richard Wagner Society of Washington, DC, Washington, DC, November 15, 2012. 6. Conference: “Russia and Lebanon during Catherine the Great‟s First Turkish War,” Russia‟s Orient: An International Conference, American University of Beirut, June 1, 2012. 7. Conference: “Stage Fright: Politics and the Performing Arts in Late Imperial Russia: Book Talk,” Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Washington, DC, May 14, 2012. 8. Conference: “The Russian Repertoire at the Metropolitan Opera, 1910-2012,” Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York, April 17, 2012. 9. Conference: “Russia and the Arab Spring,” Princeton Club of New York (Panel with Stephen Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel), January 30, 2012. Nadia El-Cheikh 1. Lectures: “Ibn Khaldun, a Late Historian of Byzantium,” Centre Louis Pouzet d‟études des civilisations anciennes et médiévales, USJ, Beirut March, 2013. 2. Hind bint „Utba: Defining “Other Times,” School of Abbasid Studies , Exeter, U.K., July, 2012.

3. Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Abbasid Studies (JAS), 2013. 4. Member of the Advisory Board of Estudios Arabes e Islamicos. Monografias. 5. Member of the editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies and of the journal al-Qantara.

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6. Member of the International Advisory Board of the Library of Arabic Literature (NYU Press and NYU Abu Dhabi). 7. Member of the International Advisory Council of the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies. Hermann Genz Papers delivered at international conferences: 1. First International Chariot Conference, Cairo 2012, Presentation: „The introduction of the light, horse-drawn chariot and the role of archery in the Near East at the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Ages: Is There a Connection?‟ (December 2012.) 2. Public lecture at the University of Chicago (16.05.2013), „Between the Mountains and the Sea: Recent Excavations at the Early and Middle Bronze Age Site of Tell Fadous-Kfarabida (Lebanon.)

3. Public lecture at the Institut Français du Proche-Orient, Beirut (30.05.2013), „Early Bronze Age Glyptic Finds from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Some Aspects Concerning Iconography, Function and External Relations.‟ 4. Kamal Badreshany: The Social and Economic Impact of Urbanization in the Lebanon: Changes in Settlement Patterns and Craft Production from the Proto-Urban (Chalcolithic/EBI) period to the First Urban Period (EB II-III) (Ph.D.-Thesis University, of Chicago, defended 15.05.2013: member of the committee)(Thesis supervision, External.) 5. Metoda Peršin, Architecture, Stratigraphy and Functional Analysis of Building 2 in Tell Fadous-Kfarabida (BA-Thesis, University of Ljubljana: member of the committee) (Thesis supervisión, External.) 6. Advising of undergraduate archaeology majors (Service for the University.) 7. Member of the Departmental committee for Program Learning Outcomes (Service to the University.) Editorial board, Ägypten und Levante/Egypt and the Levant (Vienna)(2011-present), (Service to the profession.) 8. Editorial board, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (Pennsylvania State University) (2012-present), (Service for the profession.) John Meloy 1. Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 2. Associate Editor, Al-Abhath. 3. Academic advisor, History undergraduates. 4. Graduate Committee, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 5. Graduate Council Ad Hoc Committee on Assistantships.

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6. FAS Representative, Writing Center Advisory Committee. 7. Jury Member, Founders‟ Day Student Essay Contest. 8. Steering Committee, Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. 9. Search Committee, Edward Said Chair, Center for American Studies and Research. 10. External member, Search Committee, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. 11. Internal Review Committee, Department of Education. 12. Internal Review Committee, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. 13. Internal Review Committee, Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences. 14. Reviewed article manuscript for JESHO. Paul Newson 1. Conference: The role of GIS technologies within Middle East Archaeology. CBRL sponsored GIS Workshop, Amman Jordan. 23-25 November 2012. 2. Conference: Migration and Social Identity session. Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC) 2013, Kings College London.4-6 April 2013. 3. Conference: Archaeology and Digital technologies. Digital Humanities @ AUB Workshop, AUB.15-17 April 2013. 4. Member of the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee. 5. Teaching in the Civilization Sequence Program. 6. Associate Editor to Berytus. 7. Freshman advisor. Helen Sader Participation in International Conferences: 1. Annual Meeting of The American Schools of Oriental Research, Chicago November 16th-19th, 2012. Paper on “The Iron Age Settlement of Tell El-Burak, South Lebanon”(2012). 2. Colloque International. La Phénicie Hellénistique. Nouvelles configurations politiques, territoriales, économiques et culturelles. Toulouse, February 18th-20th. Invited participation. Lecture title:” Les territoires des villes phéniciennes entre continuité et changement” (2013). 3. International workshop East and West. Phoenician Everyday Culture ath-5th. Invited participation. Lecture title: “Survey of Iron Age Sites in Lebanon” (2013). Helga Seeden

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1. Editing the AUB Archaeology Journal BERYTUS double volume 53-54 (in press); 55-56 (under peer review); 57 contributions now being received. 2. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of two recent Archaeology journals: Public Archaeology & Archaeologies Journal of the World Archaeology Congress (WAC). Consulting editor since 2000 (first volume) of Public Archaeology. First published by James & James (Science Publishers, London), now by Maney Publishing. www.maney.co.uk/journal-of-the-month/pua Maney Publishing: web-journals. Consulting editor since 2005 (first volume) of Archaeologies, Journal of the World Archaeology Congress. (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology series). Blackwell Publishing Ltd, England, USA, Australia; presently published by Springer and available online (www.springerlink.com). Scientific meetings, symposia and conferences. 3. 2012 (November): participated in the Conference in honor of Sarah Jennings “Recent Research and New Discoveries in Glass and Ceramics” at the Wallace Collection, London; publication in preparation. 4. 2012 (November): attended the opening of the Exhibition „Fascination du Liban – Soixante siècles d‟histoire de religions, d‟art et d‟archéologie‟ at the Rath Museum in Geneva (as contributing author to the exhibition catalogue). 5. 2013 (February): Second Workshop on Levantine Ceramic Production and Distribution at the Danish Institute of Archaeology, Athens, Greece; organized by Boston University (Andrea Berlin), the National Museum of Denmark (John Lund), Leuven University (Jeroen Poblome), and ICREA, University of Barcelona (Paul Reynolds). 6. 2013 (April): “Per Terram, Per Mare: Production and Transport of Roman Amphorae in the Eastern Mediterranean”, conference held at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia; organized by the Roman Amphorae from Cyprus (ROMACY) project and the Maritime Archaeology Research (M.A.RE) Lab, Archaeological Research Unit, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus. Samir Seikaly 1. Completed, as principal advisor, two MA thesis, that of Miss Emily Dawes and that of Mr. Matthew Sharp. 2. Served, without course reduction, as graduate students advisor at the MA and PhD levels. 3. Served as Library liaison officer. 4. Presented a paper at the 20th CIEPO Symposium held in Crete. Alexis Wick

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1. Conference: “Beyond Liberalism and Islamism: Homage to Albert Hourani,” Conference co-organizer, American University of Beirut, May 8th-9th, 2013. 2. Conference: “The Specter of Palestine at AUB,” Paper presented at the conference “AUB: A Century and a Half,” American University of Beirut, May 13th, 2013. F. PUBLICATIONS Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn 1. Non-Muslims in the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire (in Arabic), Royal Institute For Interfaith Studies, Amman, 2013 (Book). 2. Evliya Çelebi Ve Šam (Turkish) (Evliya Chelebi in Damascus), in Coşkun Yilmaz (ed.), Evliya Çelebi Atlasi (an Atlas of Evliya Chelebi), Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, 2012, Pp.237-243 (Article.) 3. Evliya Çelebi Ve Kudüs (Turkish) (Evliya Chelebi inJerusalem), in Coşkun Yilmaz (ed.), Evliya Çelebi Atlas (an Atlas of Evliya Chelebi), Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, 2012, Pp. 476-481 (Article.) 4. “An Ottoman Against the Constitution: the Attitude of the Maronites of Mount Lebanon to representation in the Ottoman Parliament,” in Jorgen Nielson, ed., Religion, Ethnicity and Contested Nationhood in the Former Ottoman Space, Brill, Leiden-Boston, 2012, 89-11 (Article.) 5. “Arabs vs. Turks: a Historical Approach,” (in Arabic), in al-Arabi, no. 654, May 2013, pp. 26-33.

Paul du Quenoy 1. “„It Could Be a Lot Worse:‟ Imperial Russian Theatrical Censorship in a Comparative Perspective,” Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 46:3, 2012 (Article.) 2. Olga Haldey, “Mamontov's Private Opera: The Search for Modernism in Russian Theatre,” Revolutionary Russia, 25: 1, 2012 (Book review.) Nadia El-Cheikh 1. “The Abbasid and Byzantine Courts,” The Oxford History of Historical Writing, vol. 2, 600-1400, eds. Chase Robinson and Sarah Foot (London: Oxford University Press, 2012), 517-538.

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2. “Ibn Khaldun, a Late Historian of Byzantium,” Knotenpunkt Byzanz: Wissensformen und kulturelle Wechselbeziehungen, eds. Andreas Speer and Philip Steinkruger (Miscellanea Mediaevalia no. 36) (Berlin and Boston, 2012), 534-548. 3. Turkish translation of my book Byzantium Viewed by the Arabs: Araplarin gozuyle Bizans. Translated by Mehmet Morali. Istanbul: Alfa, 2012. Hermann Genz 1. Genz, H., Daniel, R., Damick, A., Ahrens, A., El-Zaatari, S., Höflmayer, F., Kutschera, W. and Wild, E. M., “ Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Preliminary Report on the 2010 Season of Excavations. Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises” 14: 241-273 (2010) (appeared 2012).

2. Genz, H., “Les céramiques des tombes de Tell Hizzin”, in: Fascination du Liban. Soixante siècles d‟histoire de religions, d‟art et d‟archéologie (Geneva), 41-44 (2012).

3. Genz, H., No land could stand before their arms, from Hatti …. on …‟? New Light on the End of the Hittite Empire and the Early Iron Age in Central Anatolia, in: A. Killebrew and G. Lehmann (eds.), The Philistines and other “Sea Peoples”. Proceedings of the International Round Table, May 2001 (Leiden – Boston), 469-477 (2013). Helen Sader 1. “Between Looters and Private Collectors: The Tragic Fate of Lebanese Antiquities”, in S. Mejcher-Atassi and P. Schwartz eds., Archives, Museums, and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World, Ashgate Publishers. 57-69, (2012) (Article). Helga Seeden 1. „Figurines votives des temples de Byblos à l‟Âge du bronze moyen‟, Geneva Exhibition Catalogue, pp 29-39. 5,025 words and ten multiple figures (40 drawings) for the Catalogue of “Fascination du Liban. Soixante siècles d‟histoire de religions, d‟art et d‟archéologie du 30 novembre 2012 au 31 mars 2013”, at the Museum Rath, and published by SKIRA for Les Musées d‟art et d‟histoire of Geneva. Switzerland.

Samir Seikaly 1. “Finding the Syrian Countryside and its Peasants: Representations in the Syrian Press.” In the electronic online and downloadable publication of the proceedings of the 20th CIEPO Symposium.

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Alexis Wick 1. “A Portrait of the Ottoman Red Sea,” Journal of Ottoman Studies, no. 40 (2012): 39-434. 2. “Narcissus: Woman, Water and the West,” Feminist Review, no. 103 (2013): 42-57. 3. Book reviews published in Le Monde Diplomatique and the Journal of Palestine Studies. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT The Department has formed two ad-hoc committees to review its graduate programs in History and Archaeology. Additional space for faculty members was made available by the addition of Rooms 450 and 452. The division of rooms 450 and 444 into two distinct offices which was requested last year has been completed. The department still needs a working area for archaeologists and graduate archaeology students to process excavated material for publication. This was also recommended by the external reviewers. A temporary space is currently available on the ground floor of Fisk Hall which has been re-habilitated. Finally, the department is still facing difficulties recruiting high quality students for its PhD program and should advertize it more aggressively and efficiently. Helen Sader Chairperson

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INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Successor to the Institute of Money and Banking (IMB), the Institute of Financial Economics (IFE) was established effective October 2001 as an independent research institute within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to be engaged in research work, conferences, seminars and workshops with a focus on financial, monetary and international economics as well as broad developmental issues of the Middle East region1. Fellows of the Institute not only include members of the Economics Department but also visiting scholars who spend time during the course of the year conducting research. As the report indicates, the Institute and Institute Fellows have been actively engaged in various academic and research activities. A major research project initiated in September 2006 with the support of a substantial International Development Research Center (IDRC) research grant and housed at the IFE was completed in 2010. A new research project, also supported by IDRC was initiated in September 2010 (see section D1 below). Other ongoing research projects undertaken by fellows of the Institute (some with its direct financial support) span the financial, monetary, exchange rate, trade, development and political economy fields, while several of their publications during this academic year appeared in top ranking internationally refereed journals or edited (refereed) books (see section F below). A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS A major objective of the Institute is to promote research and other academic activities in the above fields. Gaining increasing recognition (the Institute is a founding member of the Forum for Euro-Med. Economic Institutes-FEMISE headquartered in Marseilles, France), it aims to become a major research center in particular as concerns Arab and other developing economies. Emphasis is placed on policy-oriented empirical work that could be beneficial to governments and organizations concerned with the design of economic financial and developmental policies. Towards this objective it also holds seminars, workshops and lectures that,

1In 1983 an important academic initiative by Prof. Samir Makdisi came to fruition when, with the support five major

Lebanese banks the IMB was established as an independent academic entity within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. One of its main objectives was to enhance the level of banking and financial knowledge and expertise in Lebanon and the region via graduate teaching, research work and the hosting of seminars, conferences, public lectures by experts from outside the university. With the 2001 re-structuring of the IMB, its research focus was extended beyond its primary areas of interest to include trade, development and institutions with special emphasis on the Middle East.

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among other things, bring together academicians and experts, and policy makers to analyze issues of relevance at the policy level. The Institute encourages collaborative work with appropriate national and international organizations and research centers. It also accommodates visiting scholars and experts for various intervals of time to conduct research at the institute. In 2003, the Institute initiated a guest lecture and working paper series2. The lectures are by invited scholars and experts and except for minor editorial changes, are circulated as presented. The working papers incorporate preliminary findings of ongoing research work being undertaken at the Institute and elsewhere (see below section E). B. PERSONNEL

1. Director Neaime, Simon Professor Ph.D.

2. Faculty Fellows

Makdisi, Samir Professor Emeritus/

Senior Fellow Ph.D.

Michelis, Leonidas Neaime, Simon

Professor/Fellow Professor/Fellow

Ph.D. Ph.D.

El Khalil, Youssef Lecturer/Visiting Fellow Ph.D.

3. Research Assistants

Fall Semester Koujou, Yasmine Nassar, Rawan Wehbe, Layal

2 The Institute Working Paper Series website is linked to the website of the Global Development Network, the

umbrella organization for major research communities in various regions of the world

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Spring Semester Koujou, Yasmine Nassar, Rawan Wehbe, Layal

4. Non Academic Staff

Shaar, Rima Secretary

5. Advisory Committee

Makdisi, Samir Professor Emeritus

Michelis, Leonidas Neaime, Simon

Professor Professor

6. International Advisory Committee

Elbadawi, Ibrahim, A., Director, Dubai Economic Council. Esfahani, Hadi, S., Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Makdisi, Samir, A., Senior Fellow, Institute of Financial Economics. Neaime, Simon, E., Director and Research Fellow, Institute of Financial Economics. Safadi, Raed, Deputy Director, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Paris.

C. CONDITIONS GOVERNING APPOINTMENT OF FELLOWS, SENIOR FELLOWS AND ASSOCIATES AT THE INSTITUTE3 Normally, the research interest of candidates for appointment of Fellows, Senior Fellows and Associates should pertain to the primary areas of concern to the Institute financial, international and monetary economics as well as broad developmental issues of the Middle East. They should demonstrate evidence of active research e.g. internationally refereed publications and ongoing research projects and they are expected to be actively involved in and contribute to Institute

3 Approved by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, May 16, 2006

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activities: among others, research, workshops seminars, lectures and the Institute’s working paper series. Recommendation for appointment of Senior Fellows is made on the basis of their recognized and long established research record. Period of association: three years for AUB Economics faculty, renewable. Fellows or Associates from outside AUB who wish to spend some time at the Institute will be asked to acknowledge their hosting by the Institute in their published research and/or asked to contribute to its working paper series or other outlets of publication and/or give one or more seminars/lectures during their stay. Their involvement in Institute activities will depend in part, on the length of their stay which can vary from one week to a whole academic year. Fellows and Associates will benefit from office space (if available), computer and internet facilities, secretarial assistance, and graduate research assistants, in addition to the Institute’s contacts with outside research organizations. On the recommendation of the Director and the approval of the Dean and the extend financial resources are available, Economics faculty fellows may also benefit from limited research grants, based on a research proposal during the summer period (July and August) on condition they spend at least one month on campus. Other Economics faculty may also benefit from financial support to the extent resources are available. The conditions for support will be set on a case by case basis. It is expected that financial support by the Institute will be duly acknowledged in publications and presentations that receive this support. Appointments are made by the Dean on the recommendation of the Director of the Institute. D. RESEARCH 1. Institute Sponsored Research Major Research Project on “Transition from Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab World” (S. Makdisi and I. Elbadawi Co-managers.) This thirty six month new research project, again being supported by a large IDRC grant was launched in September 2010 as a sequel to a completed project on the underlying factors persistence of Arab democracy deficit and which was published by Routledge in 2011 under the title: Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit, and edited by I. Elbadawi and S. Makdisi.

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The current project builds on a two-tier approach: on the one hand a cross to county paper based on an empirical model of democratic transition which identifies major factors pushing for this transition, and on the other, country case studies that focus on the specific factors that have already pushed for democratic transformation (Egypt and Tunisia) or are likely to push in this direction in the foreseeable future. The case studies will also discuss the nature of the new democratic societies that is expected to emerge. They include: Algeria, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia and Sudan.

A total of fourteen researchers from AUB and other academic or professional institutions in the region and abroad are involved in this new project. In September 2012 a workshop was held at AUB in which the preliminary findings of the various papers were presented and discussed. A conference is planned at AUB in November, 2013 for presentation of the final findings of the project. 2. Fellows’ On-Going Research/Forthcoming Publications Samir Makdisi 1. Managing major research project on “Transition from Autocracy to Democracy

in the Arab World”, in progress -(with I. Elbadawi) described under Institute sponsored research.

2. “Arab Development in Global Context”, the major objective of this research is to identify the new developmental paradigm of the Arab countries where the process of democratic transformation has been taking place.

3. “Understanding democratic Transition in the Arab World”, forthcoming paper in Economic Research Forum Working Paper Series, Cairo, 2013 (with I. Elbadawi.)

Leonidas Michelis 1. The Greek Debt Crisis: Suggested Solutions and Reforms. 2. Twin Deficits and the Debt Crisis in the Eurozone, Institute of Financial

Economics, (with S. Neaime). 3. The Welfare Costs of Inflation in a Growing Economy with Habits, (with A.

Mansoorian), York University. 4. The Canadian Stock Market and the Canadian Economy, (with A. Bond),

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5. Structural Breaks and Interest Rate Convergence between the New EU Countries and the EMU, (with M. Koukouritakis), University of Crete.

Simon Neaime 1. Foreign Currency Borrowing in Emerging Markets: When Commercial Banks

Intermediate Dollars, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 37(3), pp. 1093-1107. Forthcoming 2013, (with N. Mora and S. Aintablian).

2. Foreign Shocks and the International Cost of Equity: Evidence from the MENA region. Paper submitted to the Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier Science Press (with T. Lagoarde, and A. Guyot).

3. An Analysis of the Mobile Telephone Sector in MENA: Potential for Deregulation and Privatization. Paper submitted to the Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier Science Press, (with S. Hakim)

4. Transition from Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab World: Syria Case Study, Institute of Financial Economics/IDRC Research Project, 2012, (with R.Safadi)

5. Twin Deficits and the Debt Crisis in the Eurozone, Institute of Financial Economics, (with S. Neaime).

6. Health Economic Research on the Pharmaceutical Sector in Emerging Markets, 2012-2013.

E. OTHER ACTIVITIES 1. Staff Activities Samir Makdisi Conferences and lectures1 1. Invited to participate in a workshop on "Towards a New Developmental

Agenda in the Arab Spring Countries" organized by the Doha Institute for Research and Public Policy, Cairo, May 31 June, 2013.

2. Invited by the Near Eastern Studies Department at Princeton University to give a talk: “On Autocracy and the Transition towards Democracy in the Arab Region”, March 26, 2013.

3. Invited to participate in an International conference on “The Challenge of Developing Countries from the Bottom-up” and give keynote address on “From Local to National, Addressing the Governance Gap,” McGill University, Montreal, Canada, March 21-23, 2013.

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4. Invited to participate in ERF annual conference on “Economic Development and the Rise of Islamist Parties,” Kuwait, March 3-5, 2013.

5. Organized and chaired a panel discussion addressing the question: “Will Lebanon transit to a fully-fledged Democracy? Economic and Political Perspectives.” The Panel was co-sponsored by the Institute of Financial Economics and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, AUB, February 11, 2013.

6. Invited to give a lecture on “Reflections on the transition from autocracy to democracy in the Arab Region,” the Columbia University Middle East Research Center, Amman, Jordan, December 3, 2012.

7. Invited to give a presentation on “Economic transitions in the post democratic uprisings,” Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut, December 15, 2012.

8. Invited to Participate in the Annual Conference of the Forum-Mediterraneen des Instituts de Sciences Economique (FEMISE) on: “Inclusive Development in the South-Med Countries and the role of the EU-Med partnership”, Marrakesh, Morocco, November 23-24, 2012.

9. Invited to participate in a conference on “Regional Cooperation in a New Middle East” and give a presentation on “Economic Change, Development, and Regional Norms.” The conference was organized by the American University in Cairo and the Council on Foreign Relations (New York), Cairo, November 10-11, 2012.

10. Organized a Workshop on “Transition from Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab World and Lessons from other Regions,” American University of Beirut, September 28-29, 2012.

11. Member of Committees of three MA Economics theses. 1 Excludes board meetings of professional organizations on which I serve Leonidas Michelis 1. Acting Chair of the Department of Economics and Acting Director of IFE;

January 16-23 and March 24-28, 2012. 2. Member of the Dean’s extended advisory committee for three promotion files,

and for contract renewal file. 3. Chair for two CPC committees for two promotion files at the Economics

Department. 4. Co-organizer: Economics IFE Seminar Series. 5. Graduate Applications Evaluator. 6. Job Recruitment Contributor. 7. Member of the Departmental Curriculum Committee.

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8. Comprehensive Exams: Econometrics. 9. Theses/Project Supervisor: I contributed to the supervision of twelve graduate

theses/projects, two of which as a first reader. 10. Anonymous referee to three academic journals: Review of Economics and Statistics,

Macroeconomic Dynamics, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 11. Co-editor: Journal of Economic Asymmetries. 12. Athenian Policy Forum: Secretary and Executive Director. 13. External Examiner for a tenure file, University of Piraeus, Greece. Simon Neaime 1. Invited by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly as Key Note Speaker to give a

talk on “the Fiscal Crisis of the State in the MENA Region”, in a Seminar on “the Political and Security Changes in North Africa: Implications for Peace and Cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean and Transatlantic Regions”, Marrakesh, Morocco, April 3-5, 2013.

2. Invited by the Economic Research Forum to participate in its 17th Annual Conference, Kuwait City, Kuwait, March 3-5, 2013. Chaired a session on “Macroeconomic Developments in the MENA Region”, and Attended the Economic Research Forum Advisor Committee Meeting, March 2, 2013.

3. Invited by the International Monetary Fund, to present two papers on the “Economies of the Middle East”, Washington DC, US, February 4-7, 2013.

4. Invited by the Economic Research Forum to participate in a large policy Workshop on “The Efficiency and Equity of Utilities in the ERF Region,” Cairo, Egypt, October 11, 2012.

5. Invited by the Economic Research Forum to participate in a large policy Conference on “Structural Transformation and Industrial Policy in MENA,” Istanbul, Turkey, September 30, 2012.

6. Invited to present the Syria Case Study (with R. Safadi) in a Workshop on “Transition from Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab World and Lessons from Other Regions,” IDRC/IFE Grant, AUB, September 28-29, 2012.

7. Presented a Paper in a Workshop in: “The Recent Economic Trends and Developments, Global Financial Crises and the Pharmaceutical Sector”, Beirut-Lebanon, April 6-7, 2012.

8. Invited to attend the Economic Research Forum 18th Annual Conference, Cairo, Egypt, March25-28, 2012. Also invited to attend the ERF’s Advisory Committee meeting on March 23th, 2012.

9. Invited by the Economic Research Forum to participate in a large policy Conference on “Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in the Arab World,” Kuwait City, Kuwait, January 15-16, 2012.

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10. Invited by the London School of Economics to present a paper on the “Implications of the euro Sovereign Debt Crisis on the Economics of the MENA Region,” January 19-20, 2012.

11. External Reviewer for the promotion of Assistant Professor Lester Henri who was considered for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor at the West Indies’ Economics Department in 2013.

12. External Reviewer for the promotion of Assistant Professor Arqam Al-Ribbaie to the rank of Associate Professor at the Hashemite University of Jordan in 2013.

13. External Reviewer for the promotion of Associate Professor Monal Abdel Baki to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure at the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) Economics Department in 2012.

14. External Reviewer for the promotion of Associate Professor Fayez Salim Haddad to the rank Professor at the University of Jordan’s Economics Department in 2012.

15. Anonymous Refereeing: I reviewed six manuscripts on behalf of six international journals in Economics and Financial Economics and submitted my referee reports to the editors of the journals.

16. Acting Chair, Economics Department for two promotion cases: N. Salti and I. Ruble, to the rank of associate professor, 2012-2013.

17. Director, Institute of Financial Economics, 2012-2013 18. Member of the Economics Graduate Committee, 2012-2013 19. Member of the Economics Department Hiring Committee, 2012-2013 20. Acting Chair of Economics Departmental Curriculum Committee, 2012-2013 21. Comprehensive Exams: Macroeconomics, 2012-213 22. Theses and Project Supervision as Main Advisor: 1.Tala Noueihed, (2012), Micro Credit, Does it Create a Positive Effect on the

Economy? The Case of Bangladesh 2.Zeina Hodroj, (2012), The Financial Crisis: The US Banking Sector Failure

and Survival. 3.Imad Mhanna (2012), Arab Spring and Economic Challenges: Any Analysis of

Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and Libya. 4.Elie El Gemayel (2012), The Global Economic Crisis, a reflection of the great

depression. 5.Rita Mourad (2012), The Effect of Credit Rating on a Firm’s Stock, Bind

Return and Capital structure 6.Elie R. Khallo (2012), Oil Price, Exchange Rate and Equity Pricing: Causation

or Correlation to Gold Price 7.Celine Harrik (2012), European Debt Crisis

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8.Tamara Abou Fakhreddine (2012), Gold and Oil Prices Interrelations and Reaction to Crisis

9.Ali Antar (2012), Housing Loans in Lebanon 10.Majdoline Halawy (2012), The 2008 Financial Crisis and the Role of the

Lebanese Central Bank and the Federal Reserve System. 2. Institute Activities 1. Public Lectures and Workshops: The Institute organized (in cooperation

with other Departments) the following public lectures/workshops:

The Institute organized with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, a panel discussion on “Will Lebanon transit to a fully-fledged Democracy? Economic and Political Perspectives”. Participants included IFE Fellows (Prof. Samir Makdisi) and speakers from University of St. Joseph (Dr. George Corm, and Prof. Fadia Kiwan) and Bank of Lebanon (Prof. Youssef El Khalil), February 11, 2013, West Hall, Auditorium A.

2. Other: A number of outside experts were invited to give talks to graduate

students in financial economics on various topics of relevance to their studies. Furthermore, “in house” discussion meetings on topics pertaining to ongoing research were held.

3. Lecture and Working Paper Series: As part of its role in making available ongoing research, within and outside the

University related to economic issues of special concern to developing countries, the Institute has initiated in 2003 a series of guest lecture and working papers made available in print as well on its website (linked in Spring 2007 to the GDN website). The series has been steadily gaining recognition abroad. Except for minor editorial changes, the lectures are circulated as presented at public lectures organized by the Institute while the working papers reflect ongoing research intended to be polished and developed and eventually published. The series’ advisory committee includes: I. Elbadawi, (The World Bank), H. Esfahani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamgaign), S. Makdisi, Chair (AUB) and S. Neaime (AUB). As of end of June, 2007 the series’ papers included (in reverse chronological order):

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1. Samir Makdisi (AUB), and Youssef El Khalil (Bank of Beirut and AUB), “Will Lebanon transit to a fully-fledged Democracy? Economic and Political Perspectives,” (2013, No. 1)

2. Summaries of presentations made at a workshop organized jointly at AUB by the Institute of Financial Economics and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, “The Arab Uprisings-What Happened, What’s Next?” (2012, No. 1)

3. Samir Makdisi (AUB), “Remarks on Autocracies, Democratization, and Development in the Arab Region,” (2011, No. 1)

4. Samir Makdisi (AUB), “Development without Democracy in the Arab World,” (2009, No.2)

5. Jean Philippe Platteau (University of Namur, Belgium), “The Causes of Institutional Inefficiency: A Development Perspective,” (2009, No. 1)

6. Marcus Marktanner and Nagham Sayour (AUB), “Initial Inequality and Protectionism: A Political-Economy Approach,” (2008, No. 3)

7. Simon Neaime (AUB), “Twin Deficits in Lebanon: A Time Series Analysis,” (2008, No. 2)

8. Samir Makdisi and Marcus Marktanner (AUB), “Trapped by Consociationalism: The Case of Lebanon” (2008, No. 1)

9. Salwa Hammami and Simon Neaime (AUB), “Measurement of Financial Integration in the GCC Equity Markets: A Novel Perspective,” (2007, No. 4)

10. Samir Makdisi (AUB), “Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in Post-Civil War Period,” (2007, No. 3)

11. Salwa Hammami (AUB), “Horse Race of Utility-Based Asset Pricing Models: Ranking through Specification Errors,” (2007, No. 2)

12. Henrik Huitfeldt (European Training Foundation and Nader Kabbani (AUB), “Returns to Education and the Transition from School to Work in Syria,” (2007, No. 1)

13. Marcus Marktanner and Joanna Nasr (AUB), “From Rentier State and Resource Curse to Even Worse?” (2006, No. 3) 14. Pierre-Guillaume Meon (University of Brussles)and Khaled Sekkat (University

of Brussles) , “Institutional Quality and Trade: Which Institutions? Which Trade?” (2006, No. 2)

15. Mario Rui Pascoa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and Abdelkrim Seghir (AUB), “Harsh Default Penalties Lead to Ponzi Schemes,” ( 2006, No.1)

16. Ibrahim Elbadawi (The World Bank) and Samir Makdisi (AUB), “Democracy and Development in the Arab World,” (2005, No.2)

17. Nada Mora (AUB), “Sovereign Credit Rating: Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt?” (2005, No.1)

18. Simon Neaime (AUB), “Portfolio Diversification and Financial Integration of MENA Stock Markets,” (2004, No.3)

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19. Ibrahim Elbadawi (The World Bank), “The Politics of Sustaining Growth in the Arab World: Getting Democracy Right,” (2004, No.2)

20. M.ustapha Nabli, Jennifer Keller and Marie-Ange Veganzones, (The World Bank), “Exchange Rate Management within the Middle East and North Africa: The Cost to Manufacturing Competitiveness,” (2004, No. 1)

21. Samir Makdisi and Richard Sadaka (AUB), “The Lebanese Civil War 1975-1990,” (2003, No. 3)

22. Richard N. Cooper (Harvard University), “Prospects for the World Economy,” (2003, No. 2)

23. Hadi Salehi Esfahani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), “A Re- examination of the Political Economy of Growth in the MENA Countries,” (2003, No. 1) Several papers, from outside and within the university, are currently under consideration for inclusion in the series. F. PUBLICATIONS Samir Makdisi 1. “Lebanon: The Legacy of Sectarian Conscociationalsim and the Transition to

the Full-Fledged Democarcy” (with Y. El-Khalil), Institute of Financial Economics, AUB, Lecture and Working Paper Series No. 1, 2013.

Simon Neaime 1. “The Global Financial Crisis, Financial Linkages and Correlations in Returns

and Volatilities in Emerging Mena Stock Markets”, Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier Science Press. Vol. 13(2), pp.268-282, September 2012.

2. “The Global Financial Crisis and the Euro Mediterranean Partnership”, in Europe and the Mediterranean Economy, London School of Economics and Routledge Press (Taylor and Francis), United Kingdom, pp.116-131, June 2012.

G. FUTURE PLANS 1. Apart from its own resources, the Institute will continue to seek additional

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centers and experts. For the coming year a few projects have already been planned. As mentioned under Institute sponsored research, the IFE is currently hosting a new thirty-month major research project, supported by IDRC, on “Transition from autocracy to democracy in the Arab World”. It will involve IFE fellows and a good number of researchers from other academic or professional institutions abroad.

2. Seminars/ workshops and public lectures will continue to be organized periodically dealing with major economic/financial issues facing Lebanon, the Arab World and developing countries more generally.

3. The Institute will host visiting scholars as research associates in the coming academic year. In addition to their own research activities, they will give talks on selected economic and financial topics.

The IFE has been making substantial progress towards fulfilling its objectives: its research and office infra-structure has been continuously upgraded, particularly during the current academic year, while its specialized library now includes many titles and reference sources. The Institute’s seminary/Library room serves as the hub of graduate courses in financial economics/economics as well as for lectures and seminars by economics faculty members and invited outside speakers. Not only has the Institute’s research activity expanded substantially, but increasingly it is becoming a recognized university center for research in economics and development with emphasis on the Middle East region. In the process it has established important contacts with academic institutions and research institutes abroad. This constitutes solid grounds upon which to continue to build for future expansion in its research and scholarly activities.

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The Department has done a self-study review of its programs and submitted a self-study report. The study was evaluated by an external committee in December 2012. The Department has responded to the recommendations of the committee. More students have joined our new Applied Mathematics Program this year. The number of students enrolled in Mathematics and Statistics courses in 2012-2013 was near 6130. It was noticeable that more students are opting for a minor in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics which explains the rise in the enrollment in some advanced courses in addition to the increase in the number of sections in certain courses due to the administration of Mathematics and Statistics courses offered in FEA. The Department of Mathematics continued successfully taking full responsibility in the administration of Mathematics and Statistics courses offered in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FEA). The Department has offered the necessary courses and sections in line with the agreement with FEA, and continued its regular consultations with members of the faculty of engineering. The Department was not able to fill the approved allocated faculty lines this year with the hope of filling these lines next year. In the meantime the department will continue to depend heavily on part-timers. The ―Colloquium Lectures‖ series continued with several lectures given by AUB faculty members and visitors. Some of these visitors were from abroad and some lectures were arranged with the Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences.

―Mathematics Clinics‖, where Mathematics Graduate Assistants held regular office hours every day to help undergraduates taking mathematics courses, continued to be successful for the benefit of all students. The Department continued to hold social gatherings in the department with all Mathematics Majors and Faculty members, where departmental issues including course offerings for the coming semesters and other issues were discussed.

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Abi-Khuzam, Faruk Ph.D Professor Abu-Khuzam, Hazar Ph.D Professor (Chairman) Lyzzaik, Abdallah Ph.D Professor Nahlus, Nazih Ph.D Professor Nassif, Nabil Ph.D Professor Khuri-Makdisi, Kamal Ph.D Professor Shayya, Bassam Ph.D Professor Alhakim, Abbas Ph.D Assistant Professor Azar, Monique Ph.D Assistant Professor Bright, Martin Ph.D Assistant Professor El Khoury, Sabine Ph.D Assistant Professor Egeileh, Michel Ph.D Assistant Professor Kuffner, Todd Ph.D Assistant Professor Raji, Wissam Ph.D Assistant Professor Tlas, Tamer Ph.D Assistant Professor Kobeissi, Mohammad Ph.D Lecturer (part-time) Yamani, Hussam Ph.D Lecturer Ghusayni, Badih Ph.D Lecturer (part-time) Assi, Abdallah Ph.D Lecturer (part-time) Fayyad, Dolly Ph.D Lecturer (part-time) Makhoul, Ola Ph.D Lecturer (part-time) Abu-Diab, Sara M.S. Instructor (part-time) Achkar, Alice M.S. Instructor (part-time) Al Rawas, Zeina M.S. Instructor (part-time) Birjawi, Razan M.S. Instructor (part-time) Bou Eid, Michella M.S Instructor (part-time) Fuleihan, Najwa M.S. Instructor Itani Hatab, Maha M.S. Instructor Khachadourian, Zadour M.S. Instructor Mroue, Fatima M.S. Instructor (part-time) Muzeihim, Zeinab M.S. Instructor (part-time) Nashef, Fida M.S. Instructor (part-time) Nassif, Rana M.S. Instructor (part-time) Rahhal, Lina M.S. Instructor (part-time) Tannous, Joumana M.S. Instructor (part-time) 2. Research Assistants None

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3. Graduate Assistants Fall Semester Al Hakeem, Roy El Chaar, Nagham El Wali, Sara Jradi, Slaiman Khatib, Ola Maziad, Fatima Riman, Manar Riman, Nour Saad, Marie-Jose Sabrawi, Sali Sharanek, Dima Taha, Razan Spring Semester Al Hakeem, Roy El Chaar, Nagham El Wali, Sara

Jradi, Slaiman Khatib, Ola Maziad, Fatima Riman, Manar Riman, Nour Saad, Marie-Jose Sabrawi, Sali Samman, Tala Taha, Razan 4. Non-Academic Akl Abou Zaki, Lina Administrative Assistant

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BA or BS Oct. 2012 2

Feb. 2013 2

Jun. 2013 7

MA or MS Oct. 2012 1

Feb. 2013 2

Jun. 2013 8

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 18

Seniors 14

Juniors 26

Sophomores 76

3. Student Enrollment in Mathematics Courses

Course Summer 12 Fall 13 Spring 13 Sub-Total Courses numbered 300 & above 34 44 78 Courses numbered 211 through 299

104 713 710 1527

Courses numbered 200 through 210

289 1439 1280 3008

Courses numbered 100 through 199

53 324 244 621

Total 446 2510 2278 5234 5234

4. Student Enrollment in Statistics Courses

Courses

Summer 12 Fall 13 Spring 13 SubTotal

Courses numbered 300 and above

Courses numbered 211 through 299

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Courses numbered 200 22 237 142 401

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through 210 Courses numbered 100 through 199

Total 226 384 288 898 898

5. Number of Credit hours Offered in Mathematics Courses

Courses Summer 12

Fall 13 Spring 13 Sub-Total

Courses numbered 300 & above 0 15 15 30 Courses numbered 211 through 299 24 78 84 186 Courses numbered 200 through 210 45 156 150 351 Courses numbered 100 through 199 12 39 33 84 Total 81 288 282 651 651

6. Number of Credit Hours Offered in Statistics Courses

Courses Summer 12

Fall 13 Spring 13 Sub-Total

Courses numbered 300 & above Courses numbered 211 through 299 21 21 24 66 Courses numbered 200 through 210 6 27 24 57 Courses numbered 100 through 199 Total 27 48 48 123 123 D. RESEARCH Faruk Abi-Khuzam (On Research Leave) Hazar Abu-Khuzam 1. H. Abu-Khuzam and A. Yaqub, ―Rings where as Semigroups Certain Subsets are Multiplicatively Generated by Idempotents." ( In Progress.) Abdallah Lyzzaik

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(On Secondment Leave) Nazih Nahlus

1. Commutators in semisimple Lie algebras. 2. Commutators in compact real semisimple Lie algebras. 3. Homomorphisms of infinite products of simple Lie algebras over p-adic numbers. 4. Commutators in F-compact real semisimple Lie algebras. 5. Solvability of Equations in semisimple Lie algebra.

Nabil Nassif 1. Parallel Algorithms for Time-Dependent Initial Value Problems. CEDRE project co-funded by the Lebanese Ministry of Higher Education and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. Book on ―Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing‖ (with Dolly Fayyad.) Under press in CRC, Francis and Taylor Press 3. Book on ―Matrix Computations and Applications‖ (with Bernard Philippe). Under completion 4. Master’s thesis supervision in Computational Science: Amani Srour Kamal Khuri-Makdisi 1. ―Moduli interpretation of Eisenstein series,‖ International Journal of Number Theory 8 (2012), no. 3, 715-748. 2. ―On Jacobian group arithmetic for typical divisors of curves,‖ research complete, write-up in progress. 3. ―Periods of modular forms and identities between Eisenstein series,‖ joint with W. Raji (AUB). Largely complete, still need to finish final part. Abbas Alhakim 1. De Bruijn Sequences with Varying Combs, with Ron Graham and Steven Butler, submitted to the journal of Integers, a special memorial volume in the honor of Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn.

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2. The generation of almost full de Bruijn sequences using span 1 preference functions. This is a continuation and further investigation of two recently published papers. This research is still underway. 3. The generation of random de Bruijn sequences using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm. In preparation. Monique Azar 1. Using tropical mathematics to solve problems in enumerative geometry. Sabine El Khoury 1. On the number of generators of ideals defining Gorenstein Artin Algebras with Hilbert functions (1, n+1, ...,n+1,1) Sabine El Khoury, Andrew Kustin 2. Artinian Gorenstein algebras with linear resolutions Wissam Raji 1. Ahmad El Guindy and Wissam Raji, Unimodularity of Roots of Period Polynomials of Hecke Eigenforms, Submitted for Publication. 2. Kamal Khuri-Makdisi and Wissam Raji, Periods of Modular Forms and Identities between Eisenstein Series. Preprint. 3. Jose Gimenez, Tobias Muhlenbruch and Wissam Raji , Construction of Vector-Valued Modular Integrals. Preprint. Tamer Tlas 1. ―Non-standard proofs of Herglotz, Bochner, Bochner-Minlos Theorems‖

Submitted. Michel Egeileh 1. Supersymmetric sigma-models and symplectic geometry. 2. Geometry of supergravity theories. 3. Superfield representations. Martin Bright

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1. Bad reduction of Brauer groups and applications to the arithmetic of del Pezzo surfaces. 2. Computation of Brauer—Manin obstructions, in collaboration with the Magma group at the University if Sydney. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Faruk Abi-Khuzam (On Research leave) Hazar Abu Khuzam

Chairman, Department of Mathematics, AUB ( 2004-present)

Member, Steering committee, Center of Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS)

Academic Adviser for about seventy students.

PhD Program Committee.

Departmental Strategic Planning Committee .

Three year report on Learning Outcomes and Assessments.

Prepared and submitted a Self-Study report of of all programs of the Department.

Thesis Advisor for Rima Gebai (2012.)

Member of several other Master’s Theses Committees.

Reviewer for "Mathematical Reviews" of the American Mathematical Society.

Referee for several local and International Scientific Journals.

Participated in International and Local Conferences including a Long term faculty development Aug.13-26, 2012 & the Joint meeting of the American Mathematical society and the Mathematical Association of America, Jan. 2013.

Abdallah Lyzzaik On-Leave (Secondment) Nazih Nahlus 1. I was a member on the promotion committee for Dr. Wissam Raji to associate

professorship 2. I was a member on the committee defense of a Ph.D thesis at BAU for the student Madline Al-Tahan supervised by Dr. Mohammad N. Abdul-Rahim. The

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Ph.D. thesis entitled ― Braid Group Representations of High Degree‖ which was defended on May 24, 2013. 3. I was a Marshall at the AUB undergraduate Commencement Ceremony 2013. Nabil Nassif 1. Member of FAS Computational Science Committee 2. Member of CAMS Steering Committee Kamal Khuri-Makdisi 1. Seminar and conference talks: * On Eisenstein series of weight 1, Texas A&M University at Qatar, June 2013. * On Jacobian group arithmetic for typical divisors on curves, CAMS, AUB, November 2012. * Some classical calculations with _2F_1s (survey talk), School and Workshop on Computational Algebra and Number Theory, ICTP, Trieste, June 2012. 2. Scientific Committee, Fourth annual meeting of the Lebanese Society for Mathematical Sciences (LSMS), American University of Beirut, Lebanon, May 2013. 3. Co-organizer, Workshop on Number Theory, CAMS, April 2013. 4. Other conferences attended: * Explicit Methods for Modular Forms, University of Warwick, March 2013. 5. M.S. Thesis advising: Finished supervision of two M.S. students, who completed theses on (i) Some discrete series representations for noncompact unitary groups, and (ii) Some classical and p-adic L-functions for number fields. Also served as an external Reviewer for a Ph.D. thesis in Marseille and on two further M.S. defense committees in the AUB mathematics department. 6. Refereed an article for Journal of Symbolic Computation. 7. Consulting researcher, mathematics activities for middle and secondary school students, Lycee Franco-Libanais and other Lycee schools, Lebanon. 8. Served as member of two promotion committees at AUB. Bassam Shayya 1. Presented a talk in the special session entitled Classical Fourier Analysis and PDE at the January meeting of the American Mathematical Society that was held in Boston during the period January 4-7, 2012. 2. Presented a talk in the meeting of the Lebanese Society for Mathematical Sciences that was held in Beirut during the period April 26-28, 2012. 3. Supervised the MS theses of three graduate students: Sara El Wali, Rami Fakhry, and Marie Jose, who are expected to graduate in June 2013.

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4. Served on the FAS Advisory Committee. 5. Served on the FAS Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee. Abbas Alhakim 1. Appointed as Fellow of the Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS), February 2012-August 31, 2013. 2. Received a 10,000 USD grant from CNRS, for a duration of two years beginning February 1, 2013. The title of the project is ―Novel and Efficient Methods for the Generation of de Bruijn Sequences and Applications.‖ 3. Elected as Vice president of the Lebanese Society for Mathematical Sciences, duration: August 2012-July 2015. 4. Participated as Member of the Organizing Committee, Fourth Annual Meeting of the Lebanese Society of Mathematical Sciences, 2013. 5. Gave a contributed talk at the Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, January 2013, San Diego. 6. Co-chaired a contributed session titled: ―Permutations and Pattern Avoidance‖, Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2013, San Diego. 7. Member, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Admissions Committee, Spring 2011 through Spring 2013. 8. Served as Freshman Advisor. 9. Served as Freshman Reader: duties are to read and assess freshman files for borderline freshman applicants. 10. Served as member of subcommittee of the Unified Admissions Committee to assess, as statistics expert, the adequacy of the school record standardization currently used by the Office of Admissions. 11. Served as committee member of a Master’s thesis in Computational Mathematics for Ms. Amani Srour, Thesis title: Mathematical and Computational Models for the Spread of Tick-Borne Diseases on Host Populations.‖ 12. Member, American Mathematical Society. Monique Azar 1. Member of the Student Academic Affairs Committee, 2012-2013. 2. Math Department Book Adoption Coordinator, 2012-2013. 3. Academic Advisor for Undergraduate Math Students, 2012-2013. 4. M. S. Thesis Advisor for Loulwa El Maalouf and Manal Fares. 5. Member of the M. S. Thesis Committee of Roy Al Hakim. Sabine El Khoury

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1. Freshman Advisor: Fall 2012-2013 Michel Egeileh 1. Invited to Bochum University to initiate collaboration on Project 1 above (August 27 – September 7, 2012). 2. Invited to Paris Diderot University to work in collaboration on Project 3 above (September 8 – September 14, 2012). 3. Invited to Bochum University to pursue collaboration on Project 1 above (June 3 – July 26, 2013). 4. Member in a committee for studying the feasibility of a PhD program in the Mathematics Department. 5. Academic advising. 6. Member in the Master’s Thesis committee of each of the following graduate students: Loulwa El Maalouf, Sara El Wali, Marie-José Saad, Manar Riman and Rami Fakhry. Wissam Raji 1. Workshop on Number Thoery, American University of Beirut: April 25-27, 2013. 2. Supervised a master’s thesis for Nour Riman titled: ‖the Eichler Cohomology Theorem‖ 3. Member on one FAS committee; student disciplinary affairs committee and the publications committee. 4. Reseaerch Leave at Emory University for fall 2013. 5. Fellow at the center for advanced mathematical sciences for the academic year

Tamer Tlas

Member of the Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee. Martin Bright 1. Keynote speaker at ACS Theory of Knowledge conference, February 2013. F. PUBLICATIONS

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H. Abu-Khuzam and A. Yaqub, ―Generalized Boolean and Boolean-Like Rings‖, International Journal of Algebra. (In Press) Abdallah Lyzzaik (On Secondment Leave) Nazih Nahlus

1. George Bergman and Nazih Nahlus, ―Linear maps on k^I and homomorphic images of infinite direct product algebras‖, Journal of Algebra, 356 (2012), 257- 274.

Nabil Nassif 1. T. Coupez, G. Jannoun, N. Nassif, H.C. Nguyen, H. Digonnet, E. Hachem, Adaptive time-step with anisotropic meshing for incompressible flows. Journal of Computational Physics. 241 (2013) 195-211, 2. N. Nassif, N. Makhoul Karam, J. Erhel, Globally adaptive explicit numerical method for exploding systems of ordinary differential equations. Journal of Applied Numerical Mathematics, 67 (2013) 204–219. 3. N. Nassif, S. Moufawad, Rationals vs. Irrationals. MIT Blossoms lesson. http://blossoms.mit.edu/videos/lessons/rational_versus_irrational_numbers. January 2013. Bassam Shayya 1. B. Shayya,``When the cone in Bochner's theorem has an opening less than {pi}’’, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 44 (2012), no. 2, 207—221. . Abbas AlHakim ―Limit Theorems for Bessel processes for General Dimension d‖, with S. Molchanov: now published in the journal of Markov Processes and Related Fields, 18, 2012, pages 693-700 Sabine El Khoury 1. Sabine El Khoury, Manoj Kummini, Hema Srinivasan

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Bounds for the Multiplicity of Gorenstein Algebras, to appear in the Proceedings of the AMS. 2. Sabine El Khoury, Hema Srinivasan Gorenstein Hilbert Coefficients, to appear in the Journal of Commutative Algebra. Wissam Raji 1. Wissam Raji Eichler Cohomology of Generalized Modular Forms of Real Weights. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 141 (2013) no. 2, 383-392.

2. Tobias Muhlenbruch and Wissam Raji , Generalized Maass Wave Forms. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc, vol. 141, no. 4 (2013), 1143–1158.

3. Marie Jameson M. and Wissam Raji, Quadratic Polynomials, Period Polynomials and Hecke Operators. Acta Arithmetica, 158 3 (2013) 287-297.

4. Tobias Muhlenbruch and Wissam Raji, Eichler Integrals of Maass Cusp Forms of Half Integer Weight. To appear in Illinois Journal of Math. Martin Bright 1. Brauer groups of singular del Pezzo surfaces. Michigan Mathematical Journal, 2013, to appear. G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The Department will continue to refine its graduate and undergraduate programs. The Department will try to implement the recommendations of the external reviewers. The teaching loads and duties of Faculty members in Mathematics continue to be very heavy. It is important to recruit more faculty members in several areas to fill the replacement lines and the remaining approved lines. Hazar Abu-Khuzam

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS The total number of students enrolled was 1511 (compared with 1606 and 1463 for the two previous years). Out of the 294 credit hours offered, 96 were taught by full time professorial ranked faculty, while the rest (198 credits) were taught by full-time instructors (48 credits) or part-time lecturers or instructors (150 credits). The number of undergraduate philosophy majors continued to increase, rising from fifteen in 2011-12 to seventeen in 2012-13. Four of our majors graduated in June 2013, and another is expected to graduate in September. Our graduate intake remained steady with two new students starting the program in September and January respectively. One graduate completed his degree in May 2013 and three others are expected to complete in September 2013. Three new graduate students will be joining us in September 2013. This means we expect to have five graduate students for 2013-14. The department held a conference „Modern Influence in Contemporary Philosophy‟ in May 2013. This featured eight international scholars, including Professor Galen Strawson of Reading as keynote speaker. In the course of the year, the department also hosted papers by Dr. Bana Bashour (AUB) „Can I be a Good Animal? A Naturalized Virtue Ethics‟; Dr. Lucas Thorpe (Boğaziçi) „Knowledge Doesn‟t Entail Belief‟; Dr. Raja Halwani (Art Institute of Chicago) „Pornography and Polysemicity‟; Professor Robert Grant (Glasgow) „Music, Metaphor, and Society‟; Professor John Roberts (Wolverhampton) „On Error: Spinoza and Hegel‟. The final event organized by the department this year was special seminar with Professor Noam Chomsky (MIT). Professor Chomsky led a discussion with philosophy faculty and students and invited participants from other departments. B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members Brassier, Ray Chairperson,

Associate Professor

Ph.D.

Haydar, Bashshar Professor Ph.D.

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Muller, Hans D. Associate Professor Ph.D.

Nasr, Waddah Associate Professor Ph.D.

Bashour, Bana Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Johns, Christopher Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Lewtas, Patrick Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Agha, Saleh Lecturer Ph.D.

Jraissati, Yasmina Lecturer Ph.D.

McWerther, Dustin Lecturer Ph.D.

Spohr, Paul Lecturer Ph.D.

Chalabi, Fares Instructor MA

Dib, Nelly Instructor MA

Hassan, Hani Instructor MA

Khamis, Diana Instructor MA

Sadek, Karim Instructor MA

Soghom, Vahik Instructor MA

Wahab, Karam Instructor MA

2. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester

Ohannessian, Shoghag

Hariri, Muhannad

Talhouk, Omar

Spring Semester

Bazzi, Mohammad

Hariri, Muhannad

Talhouk, Omar

Ohannessian, Shoghag

3. Student Employment

Fall Semester

Mr. Ketsamanian, Varak

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Mr. Ketsamanian, Varak

Ms. Fakhoury, Tamara

4. Non-Academic Staff

Rawas, Samar Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.A. Oct. 2012 0

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 4

M.A. Oct. 2012 2

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 1

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 8

Seniors 6

Juniors 2

Sophomores 1

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Sum2011 Fall Sem. Spring Sem. Total Courses numbered 300 and above 0 11 14 25 Courses numbered 211 trough 299 0 130 135 265 Courses numbered 200 trough 210 206 360 520 1086 Courses numbered below 200 0 55 80 135 Total 206 556 749 1511

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above Courses numbered 211 trough 299 0 33 78 111 Courses numbered 200 trough 210 36 54 39 129 Courses numbered below 200 0 09 12 21 Total 36 111 147 294 D. RESEARCH Bana Bashour

Completed articles

1. “A View of Moral Responsibility.” Under Review 2. “Why We Have No Reason to Believe in the Principle of

Alternate Possibility.” Under Review. 3. “In Defense of McKenna: A Reply to Schnall and Widerker.”

Under Review. Articles in progress

1. “On the Relation between Metaethics and Economics.” co-authored with Ramzi Mabsout from Economics department. Late stages of writing.

2. “We Are Not One: Against the Idea of a Composite Agency.” Middle stages.

3. “Having Reasons and Reason Responsiveness.” Early Stages 4. “Virtue Ethics and the Moral Problem.” Early Stages

Ray Brassier 1. That Which Is Not: This is a book project focusing on the problem

of the reality of appearances via readings of Plato, Kant, Hegel, Sellars, Badiou, and François Wahl.

2. „Phenomenal Properties: Deflationism vs. Realism‟, co-authored with Hans Muller.

Christopher Johns 1. Book preparation, The Science of Right: The Grounds of Leibniz’ Moral and Political Philosophy. The book argues that the grounds of Leibniz‟s moral and political philosophy lie in the “moral qualities” of right and obligation, which are the moral qualities of rational substances. It provides a reinterpretation of the consequentialist

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grounds in Leibniz‟s system. The book is in contract with Bloomsbury Books. The proof stage has been completed. Publication is expected in September of 2013. Patrick Lewtas Papers accepted for publication 1. “Emergence and Consciousness.” Forthcoming in Philosophy. 2. “What it is like to be a quark.” Forthcoming in Journal of Consciousness Studies. Papers under review 1. “An argument against inner sense theories.” Un at Studia Philosophica Estonica. 2. “Building Minds: solving the combination problem”. Under review at Journal of Consciousness Studies. 3. “Consciousness, Qualia and Cognition.” Under review at Philosophical Explorations. 4. “How to make dualist interactionism work.” Under review at the European Journal of Philosophy. 5. “Physicalism and the intrinsic nature of consciousness.” Revision resubmitted to Journal of Philosophical Research. 6. “Russellian Panpsychism: Too good to be True?” Under review at American Philosophical Quarterly. 7. “The Impossibility of Emergent Conscious Causal Powers.” Under review at Acta Analytica. 8. “The Irrationality of Physicalism.” Under review at the Northern European Journal of Philosophy. 9. “What New Wave Materialists Can't Say.” Under review at Philosophical Forum. 10. “When is a concrete property basic?” Under review at Review of Metaphysics. Papers between submissions 1. “Descartes‟ Metaphysical Scepticism.” (Coauthored with Glenn Hartz) Under revision following rejection and pending new submission, likely to Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, by July 2013. Papers in progress 1. “Humean and non-Humean Causation: Where causes come from” Expected completion and submission, likely to Australasian Journal of Philosophy, by September 2013.

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Hans Muller

Forthcoming edited volume 1. Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implications. On April 19, 2013 my

co-editor and I submitted the book manuscript to Routledge Press. It will be published in October of this year.

Forthcoming book chapters 1. “Naturalism and Intentionality,” in Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its

Implications. (New York: Routledge, 2013). 2. “Exploring the Post-Darwinian Landscape,” (co-authored with Bana

Bashour) in Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implications. (New York: Routledge, 2013).

Journal articles in progress 1. “Adam Smith vs. David Hume on the Nature of Sympathy.” I presented

this paper at two conferences during my research leave in the spring of 2012 before setting it aside to work on the anthology (see above). I plan to put the finishing touches on it after this semester ends and hope to submit it to the Journal of Philosophy this summer.

2. “Phenomenal Properties: Deflationism vs. Realism” (co-authored with Ray

Brassier). I presented this paper in Berlin during my research leave in the spring of 2012 before setting it aside to work on the anthology (see above.) Ray and I have agreed to work on it in July and hope to submit it to the journal Mind soon thereafter.

Waddah Naser

1. “John Rawls on Toleration.”Even if we assume that Rawls‟ theory of justice as

developed and defended in his book A Theory of Justice is normatively sound, there are serious problem with the theory‟s feasibility in practice. This lack of practical feasibility is particularly serious for Rawls since he intends his principles of justice to “define and regulate the basic structure of society”. Most of what Rawls published after the publication of A Theory of Justice focused on defending his theory in the face criticisms that focused on the stability and practical feasibility of his theory of justice. The research project I am conducting focuses on an examination of Rawls‟ views on toleration at each of the various stages of the development of his moral and political philosophy, beginning with A Theory of Justice (1971), through Political Liberalism (1993), and ending with The Law of Peoples (1999). I

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focus specifically on the relationships between Rawls‟ views on toleration and his overall project of resolving the problem of stability.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Bana Bashour

1. Chair, Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee, FAS 2. Member, Unified Student Faculty Committee (FAS Representative) 3. Acting Chair, Philosophy Department, Summer 2012 4. Freshman Advisor 5. Member, Department Search Committee

6. Member of the thesis committee Karam Wahab, Philosophy graduate students.

7. Presented paper at Georgetown University in Qatar and American University of Beirut: “Can I Be a Moral Animal," November 2012. 8. Participated in the State of the Field Seminar organized by the Arts and Humanities Initiative by giving a presentation entitled: “Good Stuff.” 9. Commented on „Composite Agency‟ Siwing Tsoi at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting in San Francisco in April.

10. Committee Member and co-founder of Association for the Study of the Mind in the Middle East and North Africa.

11. Secondary co-organizer of the conference Modern Influences in Contemporary Philosophy held at AUB on May 16 – 18. 12. Member, American Philosophical Association. 13. Member, AUB Choral Society. Ray Brassier Invited Talks and Presentations

1. Respondent at the „Speculative Aesthetics‟ workshop, Artworkers Guild, London 4 March 2013

2. „Nominalism, Naturalism, and Materialism‟, presented at the conference „The Matter of Contradiction: War Against the Sun‟, Limehouse Town Hall, London, 1-3 March 2013

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3. „Nominalism, Naturalism, and Materialism‟, presented for seminar on The Philosophy of Nature and Naturalism, University of the West of England, 27 February 2013

4. „Nihilism, Meaning, and Truth‟, seminar at European University at St. Petersburg, 27 January 2013

5. „Nominalism, Naturalism, and Materialism‟, seminar at St. Petersburg State University, 26 January 2013

6. „Nominalism, Naturalism, and Materialism‟ presented at the workshop „Contemporary Developments in Ontology‟, Perm National Research University, 23 January 2013

7. „Reason and Unreason, Life and Unlife‟, mini-seminar at the School of Criticism and Theory, Cornell University, 11 and 12 July 2012

8. „That Which is Not: Plato, Kant, Sellars‟ public lecture at the School of Criticism and Theory, Cornell University, 10 July 2012

9. „Appearance and Reality‟ seminar at the Third Annual International Summer School in Philosophy: The Ontological Turn in Contemporary Philosophy‟, University of Bonn, 5 July 2012

Service Work 1. Chair, philosophy department, AUB 2. Chair of Program Learning Outcome committee, philosophy department,

AUB 3. Library liaison officer, philosophy department, AUB 4. Philosophy department webmaster, AUB 5. MA thesis advisor for Andrew Bartles, Shoghag Ohannessian, AUB 2013 6. MA thesis advisor for Muhannad Hariri „Wilfrid Sellars‟ Transcendental

Naturalism: The Case of Space‟, AUB 2013 7. MA thesis supervisor for Karam Wahab „Self-Interest: Whose Game is it

Anyway? Utilitarianism and agency in Nietzsche‟, AUB 2012 Christopher Johns 1. Member of the thesis committee of Nisreen Sinjab, Philosophy graduate

student. 2. Primary organizer for conference at AUB: "Modern Influence in Contemporary

Philosophy: Present Problems in a Past Light," May 16th, 17, 18, 2013. 3. Served as undergraduate major advisor. Patrick Lewtas

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1. Member, University Disciplinary Committee 2. Member, MCAT Task Force 3. Coordinator, Sub-group 2 of MCAT Task Force 4. Philosophy department secretary 5. Philosophy department textbook coordinator

Hans Muller

1. Chair, FAS Undergraduate Admission Committee 2. Associate Chair, Philosophy Department 3. Academic Advisor, visiting international students 4. Reader, Provost‟s pilot project for subjective assessment of freshman

admissions applications 5. Co-organizer, AUB‟s conference on Modern Influences on Contemporary

Philosophy 6. Presenter, Arts and Humanities Initiative‟s “State of the Field”seminar 7. Member, Philosophy Department Sub-Committee for Project Learning

Outcomes 8. Member, Philosophy Department Sub-Committee for Faculty

Recruitment 9. Member, American Philosophical Association

Waddah Nasr At the University:

1. Member of the University Senate 2. Member of the University Institutional Research Board 3. Member of the Medical Center Ethics Committee 4. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Center for Teaching and

Learning 5. Member of the Faculty Advisory Committee for The Climate Change and

Environment in the Arab World Program; The Isam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.

6. Delivered a lecture „Virtue Ethics: The Contemporary Relevance of Aristotle‟ at the Olayan School of Business, on December 5, 2012.

At the National level:

1. Member of the Lebanese National Advisory Committee on Biomedical Ethics

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F. PUBLICATIONS

Bana Bashour 1. (co-edited volume) Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implications,

with Hans Muller Completed and Forthcoming, Routledge 2. (book chapter)“Can I Be a Moral Animal? A Naturalized Virtue Ethics”

in Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implication, Completed and forthcoming

3. (book chapter) “Exploring the Post-Darwinian Naturalist Landscape” with Hans Muller in Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implication, completed and forthcoming

4. “Immoral Beliefs” in Ratio currently available online.

Ray Brassier 1. „Nominalism, Naturalism, and Materialism: Sellars‟ Critical Ontology‟ in Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implications, B. Bashour and H. Muller (eds.), London and New York, Routledge 2013.

Christopher Johns 1. “Leibniz, Pufendorf, and the Possibility of Moral Self-Governance,” British Journal for the History of Philosophy Print version (2013) Vol. 21, No. 2, 281-301.

Patrick Lewtas Two: see section on Research

Presentations

1. Building minds: solving the combination problem – Workshop on the

combination problem organized by David Chalmers, July 2012 2. Three New Cartesian Circles – Symposium in honor of William Alston,

September 2012, with Glenn A. Hartz 3. How to make dualist interactionism work – AUB brown bag presentation, April 2013 4. Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind – AUB Arts and Humanities Workshop, April 2013

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Other professional activities 1. Paper refereed for the journal Erkenntnis 2. Paper refereed for the journal Dialogue

Teaching

1. Fall semester: two sections of Phil 221 (Philosophy of Mind); independent study with Joseph Viste

2. Spring semester: two sections of Phil 210 (Introduction to Ethics); instructor of Psych 251 (Introduction to Cognitive Science); independent study with Joseph Viste

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT The department carried out a search to replace Dr. Joshua Andresen, who left in June 2012. The department offered the position to Arianne Shahvisi, who is expected to complete her PhD at the University of Cambridge in September 2013. Ms. Shahvisi‟s AOS is philosophy of cosmology. This hire will expand the department‟s coverage in philosophy of science. The department also carried out a search to fill a position in Islamic philosophy, but this search is still ongoing. We hope to make an appointment in 2014. Both these hires follow the recommendations made by the external examiners for our 2011 program review. The department has been granted two extra offices, Fisk 129 and Fisk 131. This will allow us to host two new professorial faculty and to provide a designated office for our instructors.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS Currently we have four students enrolled in the PhD program and three more are expected to join in the coming year; it is expected to have two of our PhD graduating next year. The academic and research activities continue to expand through the involvement of the faculty members in interdisciplinary research activities. This year the department revised its undergraduate curriculum and introduced back the “mathematical methods for physics” Phys 216. The department has also amended the course content of Phys 249 - Nuclear & Elementary Particle Physics. The department continues to work on implementing changes pertaining to improving its performance on various academic tracks. At the graduate level, an ad-hoc committee is working on a proposal for expanding the physics PhD program to include research work in experimental physics. An outreach campaign was conducted to increase the number of applicants to the graduate programs; (thirteen applications to the MS program in physics and three applications to the PhD program were received this year.) New courses have also been introduced in topics that reflect the research interest of the Faculty, such as HEP cosmology and Introduction to polymer physics. The physics graduate students are at the heart of the research activity of our Department. They are very often participating in local scientific conferences and workshops, while the publication of their work in internationally reputed journals is evidence of the high quality of their research. This summer two of our PhD students will attend international conferences abroad through FAS URB-grants. In collaboration with the FAS dean’s office the department renovated room#102 and room # 308; room 102 is used by the undergraduate physics students and housing the computational sciences program. Room 308 will be used to house further experimental research laboratory. The Physics Students Society was active and organized several social and academic activities; the society organized a series of talks offered by the physics faculty members. The Department continues the assessment of its Program Learning Outcomes & Program Objectives during this academic year. There has been greater use of on-line teaching facilities such as “Moodle and Wileyplus” are being made in the teaching of courses and administering exams/homework. In other activities, Prof. J. Touma was the recipient of the distinguished Arab Fund Fellowship to spend a year of research work abroad. Furthermore, the Department has organized a year-long series of research talks culminating in a seminar of Prof. Phillip Taddei, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

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Center, who gave a talk entitled "Radiation-induced cancer for young children receiving craniospinal irradiation in a developing versus a developed country."

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Antar, Ghassan Associate Professor Ph.D. Bitar, Khalil Professor Ph.D. Chamseddine, Ali Professor Ph.D. Christidis, Theodore Associate Professor Ph.D. El-Eid, Mounib Professor Ph.D. Isber, Samih Professor (Chairman) Ph.D. Kazan, Michel Assistant Professor Ph.D. Klushin, Leonid Professor Ph.D. Sabra, Wafic1 Professor (Director CAMS) Ph.D. Tabbal, Malek Professor (Associate Dean, FAS) Ph.D. Touma, Jihad2 Professor Ph.D.

2. Lecturers & Instructors (Part-time) Summer 2012 Abou Khali, Ali Alameh, Zainab Asghar, Ali el-Reza Bodakian, Berjouhi Bahja, Mona Ghamlouche, Hassan Hammoud, Mostafa Khouchen, Malak Rahbany, Nancy Roumieh, Mohammad Said, Aurore Salameh, Josianne

Assistant Instructor Instructor Assistant Instructor Lecturer Assistant Instructor Lecturer Assistant Instructor Assistant Instructor Assistant Instructor Lecturer Lecturer Instructor

B.S. M.S. B.S. Ph.D. B.S. Ph.D. B.S. B.S. B.S. Ph.D. Ph.D. M.S.

Fall Semester Alameh, Zainab Instructor M.S. Bodakian, Berjouhi Lecturer Ph.D. Ghamlouche, Hassan Lecturer Ph.D. Hammoud, Mostafa Assistant Instructor B.S. Khouchen, Malak Assistant Instructor B.S. Nahlawi, Adnan Assistant Instructor B.S. Roumieh, Mohammad Lecturer Ph.D.

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Said, Aurore Lecturer Ph.D.

________________________ 1 Position shared between Physics and CAMS 2 Paid Research Leave, Spring semester (for one year)

Spring Semester Ammar, Ibrahim Assistant Instructor B.S. Baalbaki, Daoud Lecturer Ph.D. Bodakian, Berjouhi Lecturer Ph.D. Ghamloush, Hassan Lecturer Ph.D. Hammoud, Mostafa Assistant Instructor B.S. Hannoun, Elias Instructor M.S. Khouchen, Malak Instructor M.S. Mehio, Kawthar Instructor M.S. Nahlawi, Adnan Assistant Instructor B.S. Najjar, Rita Lecturer Ph.D. Roumieh, Mohammad Lecturer Ph.D. Said, Aurore Lecturer Ph.D.

3. Research Assistants

Summer 2012 Alameh, Zainab Al-Mohtar, Abeer

Fall Semester

Alameh, Zainab Shamseddine, Mirvat Nicolas, Rana Zorkot, Mira Rahbany, Nancy

Spring Semester

Hammoud, Mostafa Al-Mohtar , Abeer Saad , Nadine Zorkot, Mira

4. Graduate Assistants Fall Semester Abou Khalil, Ali Mahmoud, Ghina (Ph.D.) Abu Amer, Reham El-Mawla, Bilal Reda Asghar, Ali el-Reza Al-Sayegh, Amara (Ph.D.) Ayyache, Tamara Zeineddine, Ali al-Hadi Bahja, Mona Zorkot, Mira Hosseiky-Malaeb, Ola (Ph.D.)

Spring Semester Abou Khalil, Ali Kawtharani, Fatima

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Abu Amer, Reham Karimi, Hosein(Ph.D.) Asghar, Ali el-Reza Saad, Cynthia Ayyache, Tamara Al-Sayegh, Amara (Ph.D.) Hosseiky-Malaeb, Ola (Ph.D.) Zalzali, Amani Zeineddine, Ali al-Hadi Zorkot, Mira

5. Non-Academic Staff Abi Falah, Jumana Administrative Assistant Al-Ghawi, Simon Technician Issa, Wassim Chief Technician Majdalani, Elissar Lab Manager Melki, Elie Chief Technician Sawaya, Boutros Senior Glass Blower

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.S. Oct. 2012 - Feb. 2013 - June 2013 5

0 0 5

M.S. Oct. 2012 2 Feb. 2013 1 June 2013 4

2 1 1

2. Number of Majors

Summer ‘12 Fall Semester Spring Semester Graduates 3 16 18 Senior 1 7 7 Juniors 6 14 16 Sophomores 16 77 43

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 3 30 30 63 211 – 299 53 362 214 629 200 – 210 239 877 659 1775 100 – 199 42 38 312 392 Total 2859

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4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total

300 and above 3 17 21 41 211 – 299 11 49 32 92 200 – 210 33 72 59 164 100 – 199 9 6 33 48 Total 345

D. RESEARCH Ghassan Antar

1. The Lebanese Linear Plasma Device: We are building the support structure of the vacuum chamber and also building the magnetic coils and their

support. A grant to the Masri foundation is pending. This project is in its initial construction phase.

2. Rotating Liquid Metals: Laser diagnostic technique is being developed with the students Amani Zalzali, to measure the vorticity in shallow fluid flows

and thus to characterize the onset of turbulence. The project is funded by URB and is in its early phase.

3. A numerical simulation code of plasma turbulence in fusion devices is under construction with the student Mostafa Hammoud. The project is in its early phase.

4. Understanding the plasma plume of the Pulsed Laser Deposition and its formation and expansion is being simulated with the student Ali Khalife. The project is in its early phase.

5. Understanding turbulence properties as additional ion cyclotron heating is applied is being performed on the Tore Supra tokamak in collaboration with the CEA-Cadarache (France). One paper was submitted and another in progress.

Khalil Bitar 1. Search for a conformal phase in multi-flavor Lattice QCD: Search for a

conformal phase in lattice QCD has been done on lattices of size up to 14^4 and various values of coupling strengths and for flavors ranging from 2 to 16. Indications for a phase change near flavor of 10-12, are consistent with results of other groups. The difficulty in definitely establishing a conformal phase rests in separating it from what might be a finite temperature transition for a lattice of the size we are limited in using due to limited computing resources. A paper with the following title is under

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2. preparation: “Phase transition for lattice QCD with increasing number of flavors.”

3. Collaborative research in Physiology has been completed (model building for data analysis) and a paper has been accepted for publication.

4. Over the last year and a half I have been doing research on the development of science in the Islamic/Arab world during the period ranging from the seventh through the 19th centuries. The purpose of the research is to establish reasons for why such science flourished first and then faded away past the 16th century. A manuscript of a potential book of about 150 pages has been written and preparations are underway for possible publication. Title: “Development of an Arab/Islamic scientific tradition.”

Ali Chamseddine Ali H. Chamseddine, Alain Connes, and Walter van Suijlekom. “Inner fluctuations in noncommutative geometry without the first order condition.” arXiv:1304.7583, to be published in J. Geometry and Physics. Mounib El-Eid 1. Articles in Progress:

a. G. Mahmoud Halabi, M.F. El Eid. “Assessment of deep mixing in red giant stars: a study for stellar mass determination.” b. G. Mahmoud Halabi, M.F. El Eid. “Effect of convective overshooting on

the blue loop of intermediate-mass stars.” 2. Project in Progress:

a. Collaboration in USA: In connection with the thesis project of Ms. Ghina Mahmoud, collaboration with Dr. Bradley Meyer (physics department at Clemson University, SC, USA ) is progressing, which focuses on a consistent treatment of nuclear reaction and mixing due to convection during the advanced active of stars (red giants and Asymptotic giant branch stars). Dr. Meyer has agreed to serve as a member of the PhD thesis committee of Ms. Ghina Mahmoud. b. PhD (project 1): The PhD project of Ms. Ghina Mahmoud is

progressing. One peer reviewed paper has been published and two others are under preparation (see under item A). The main stream of the project concerns a systematic study of the evolution of stars in the important mass range 1 to 10 solar masses including a full account of element formation especially during their advanced evolutionary phases on the red giant branch and beyond. This mass range is so important, because all white dwarf originate from this mass range, and if they are in binary systems they undergo supernova explosions.

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c. PhD (project 2): Another starting PhD project, which interests the student Mostfa Hammoud (recently admitted), deals with applying the magneto-hydrodynamic equations including rotational effect to the outer layers of the Sun in order to study the heating of the Sun’s corona from which the solar wind originates. This project is at its very beginning and represents an important application of plasma physics to stars, the Sun in particular.

Samih Isber 1. Electric and magnetic characterization of GdBa2Cu3O7 added Co-Fe

nanoparticles High Temperature Superconductors materials. In collaboration with R. Awad*.

2. De-Hass Van-Alphen (dHvA) effect in Cerium doped lead chalcogenides PbM (M = Te, Se, S).

The aim of this project is to image the fermi surface and to measure the carrier density for Pb1-xCexM (M = Te, Se, S) Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor (DMS). The dHvA results will be correlated to other magnetic data such as EPR and Hall effects. In collaboration with X. Gratens*.

Michel Kazan 1. Papers in Press:

a. High frequency ultrasound measurements on a thin bioglass, based on Si, Ca, Na: Study of the distribution of elastic modulus (to be published in optical materials).

2. Papers Submitted: a. Analysis of the thermal conductivity in polycrystalline CVD diamond

films (submitted to diamond and related materials). b. Measurement of the effect of plasmon gas oscillation on the dielectric

properties of p- and n-doped AlxGa1-xN films using infrared spectroscopy (submitted to journal of applied physics).

c. Generalized lock-in detection for interferometric phase measurement, application to near-field nanoscopy (submitted to optic express).

3. Papers in Preparation: a. Analysis of the thermal conductivity of nanostructured SiGe alloys.

4. Research Projects in Progress: a. Development of a numerical code for the optimization of materials and

systems of low thermal conductivity for thermoelectric application. (Project funded by the Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources and CNRSL.)

b. Measurement of the angle dependence of the optical properties of wide bandgap materials (GaN and SiC.)

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Leonid Klushin 1. “Polymer brushes as molecular switches,” supported by Deutsche

orschungsgemeinschaft (Grant SCHM 985/13-1.) 2. “Dynamic organization in swarms.” Malek Tabbal 1. “Synthesis and characterization of oxide thin films,” on-going research. 2. “Applications of X-ray techniques in archeology and cultural heritage conservation” on-going research in collaboration with the Lebanese CNRS. 3. “Thermoelectric thin films and nanostructured materials” project funded by

the LCNRS and Masri Institute in collaboration with Prof. M. Kazan, work in progress.

Jihad Touma 1. Longterm Evolution of Planetary Systems in Binary Stars. 2. Secular dynamics of Stellar Clusters around Supermassive Black hole. 3. Statistical Mechanics of Self-Gravitating systems. 4. Acoustics of Musical Instruments. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Ghassan Antar 1. Amani Zalzali, The motion of liquid metals subject to electromagnetic

forces in a cylindrical container. 2. Mostafa Hammoud, Simulation of turbulence in magnetized plasmas. 3. Ali Asghar, Fluid motion in a rectangular container subject to

electromagnetic forces and the effects of the boundaries.

Khalil Bitar

1. Delivered a public lecture on the properties and importance of the newly discovered Higgs particle under the sponsorship of CAMS.

2. Delivered a lecture on the subject of “Development of a scientific Arab/Islamic Scientific Tradition” organized by eth Arts and Humanities Initiative at AUB.

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1. “Understanding Massive Gravity.” The XXIX International Colloquium on Group-Theoretical Methods in Physics, August 19-25 2012, Chern Institute, Tianjin, China.

2. “Noncommutative Geometric Unification.” Ecole Normale Superieure Summer Workshop, August 20-31 2012, Paris, France.

Mounib El-Eid 4. Adviser of graduate students including Ph.D program. 5. Member of the task force for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the CNRSL. 6. Participation on the “Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2012”, June 24-

July 7, 2012, Sinai, Romania, (invited lecturer). 7. Member of the The International Scientific Committee of the: Carpathian

Summer School, Sinaia Romania European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, Santa Tercla. Catania, Italy.

8. Recipient of the PhD award from the CNRSL for two years for my PhD Student, Ghina Mahmoud, announced in volume 160, p.13.

9. Regular member of the graduate committee of FAS. 10.Continuing the supervision of the PhD project for Ms. Ghina Mahmoud. Samih Isber 1. Member, FAS, Advisory Committee. 2. Advisor, Freshman Students. 3. Books adoption coordinator, Physics Department. 4. Oral presentation, “Magnetic properties of Ce3+ in PbCeA (A= Te, Se, S.”

Joint European Magnetic Symposia JEMS 2012, Sept 9-14, Parma, Italy (2012.)

5. Reviewer for Physical review B, Journal of Physics D and Physica Statu Solidi. 6. Consultation Team (REP), American University of Abu Dhabi (AUAD),

UAE (2011-2012). 7. Advisor MS thesis of Nibelle Skaf, defended on July 9, 2012. Michel Kazan Participation in EMRS-2013 Strasbourg-France from May 26 to May 31. Contribution with one oral presentation and one poster presentation. Malek Tabbal 1. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 2. Chair of the FAS Students Academic Affairs Committee. 3. Director of the USAID University Scholarship Programs II and IV. 4. Chair of the UPP Advisory Committee.

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5. Member of the General Education Senate Committee. 6. Academic Advisor for new Physics students. 7. Coordinator of the FAS Assessment of Program Learning Outcomes project. 8. Reviewer of grants for the LCNRS. 9. Member of the CEDRE II Committee. 10. Reviewer for several scientific journals such as Materials Science in Semiconductor

Processing, Diamond and Related Materials and Thin Solid Films. 11. Advisor of the two MS students:

a. Tamara Ayache (Physics) b. Mona Bahja (Physics)

12. Member of the MS thesis committee: a. Ali Abou Khalil (Physics) b. Michael Kattoura (Mechanical Engineering)

13. Presentations at international research conferences a. “IR reflectivity analysis of p-doped and n-doped AlGaN”, poster

presentation, European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 2013.

b. “Characterization of Tyr Pottery Production Using PIXE”, oral presentation, European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 2013.

Jihad Touma "Science and Arts & Humanitities Workshop." AUB, Nov. 2012. F. PUBLICATIONS Ghassan Antar 1. L. Moubarak* and G. Antar. “Dynamics of a two-dimensional flow subject

to electromagnetic forces.” Experiments in Fluids, DOI 10.1007/s00348-012-1379-0 (2012).

2. G. Y. Antar, M. Goniche*, A. Ekedahl*, L. Colas*. “The role of power and magnetic connection to the active antenna in the suppression of intermittent Structures by ion cyclotron resonance heating.” Nuclear Fusion 52, 103005 (2012).

3. M. Goniche*, V. Basiuk*, J. Decker*, P. K. Sharma1*, G. Antar, G. Bergerby*, F. Clairet*, L. Delpech*, A. Ekedahl*, J. Gunn*, J. Hillairet*, X.Litaudon*, D. Mazon*, E. Nilsson*; T. Oosako*, Y. Peysson*, M. Preynas*, M. Prou*, J. L. Ségui*. “Lower hybrid current drive at high density on Tore Supra. Nuclear Fusion 53, 033010 (2012.)

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Khalil Bitar Sawsan M. Al Lafi, Shushan B. Artinian, Suzan S. Boutary, Nadine S. Zwainy,* Khalil M. Bitar, and Anwar B. Bikhazi. “Aliskiren, Exendin-4 and Insulin: Impact on Endothelin receptor subtype(s) regulation/binding in type 1 diabetic rat hearts.” Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. Accepted for Publication, May 23, 2013. Ali Chamseddine 1. Ali H. Chamseddine, Alain Connes* and Walter van Suijlekom*. Beyond the

Spectral Standard Model: Emergence of Pati-Salam Unification. arXiv:1304.8050. 2. Ali H. Chamseddine and Viatcheslav Mukhanov*. “Hidden Ghost in

Massive Gravity.” JHEP 1303, 092 (2013.) 3. Ali H. Chamseddine and Alain Connes*. “Reselience of the Spectral

Standard Model.” JHEP 1209, 104 (2012.) 4. Ali Chamseddine, Jurg Frohlich*, Daniel Wyler* and Baptiste Shubnel*.

“Dimensional reduction without continuous dimensions.” J. Math. Phys. 54, 012302 (2013.)

5. R. Arnowitt*, Ali H. Chamseddine and Pran Nath*. “The development of Supergravity grand unification: Circa 1982-1985.” Int. J. Mod. Phys. A27 1230028 (2012.)

Mounib El-Eid 1. G. Mahmoud-Halabi, M.F. El Eid, A. Champagne*. “Effect of the

14N(p,)15O reaction on the blue loop in intermediate Stars”. Astrophysical J., 761, 10 (2012). 2. M. F. El Eid. “Cosmological aspects of nuclkeosynthesis”. In Exotic Nuclei

and Nuclear/Particles Astrophysics (IV), Carpathian Summer School , Sinaia, Romania, June 24-July , 2012. AIP proceeeding 1498, p. 152, Eds., L.Trache and P.G. Isar.

3. G. Mahmoud-Halabi, M.F. El Eid. “Sensitivity of the blue loops of Intermediate-mass Starsto Nuclear Reaction”. In Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear/Particles Astrophysics (IV), Carpathian Summer School , Sinaia, Romania, June 24-July , 2012. AIP proceeeding 1498, p. 334, Eds., L.Trache and P.G. Isar.

Samih Isber X. Gratens,* S. Isber and C. Charar*. “Magnetic Susceptibility study of Ce3+ in lead Chalcogenides.” J. Magn. Mag. Mater, 324, pp. 2761-2764 (2012). Michel Kazan

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Z. Alameh and M. Kazan. “Predictive calculation of the lattice thermal conductivity with temperature-dependent vibrational parameters”. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 112, p. 123506 (2012). Leonid Klushin

1. L.I. Kushin, A..A..Polotsky*, H.- P. Hsu*, D.A. Markelov*, K. Binder*, A.M. Skvortsov*. “Adsorption of a single polymer chain on a surface: Effects of the potential range.” Phys. Rev. E 87, 022604 (2013).

2. V.A. Ivanov*, L.I. Kushin, A.M. Skvortsov*. “How to understand the ensemble equivalence during stretching of a single macromolecule.” Polymer Sci. A, 54(8), 602 (2012).

Malek Tabbal I. Umezu*, J. M. Warrender*, S. Charnvanichborikarn*, A. Kohno*, J. S. Williams*, M. Tabbal, D. G. Papzoglou*, X-C. Zhang* and M. J. Aziz*. “Emergence of very broad infrared absorption band by hyperdoping of silicon with chalcogens” J. Applied Physics 113, p. 213501 (2013). Jihad Touma Kazandjian, M.V.*, and Touma, J. R., "The doubling of stellar black hole nuclei." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 430, Issue 4, p. 2732-2738, (2012).

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT At the undergraduate level, the Department will implement the outcome of the self-evaluation process to improve the program and achieves its objectives. The program assessment will be continued as previously envisaged to develop new strategies to improving the physics programs. The Department needs to enhance its offering of general education courses, and to proceed with the up-grade of its laboratories, in particular the “advanced laboratory”. At the graduate level, we expect an increased enrollment in our Theoretical Physics PhD program and the introduction of new PhD level courses. As the Experimental Physics research program is attracting a large number of our MS students and with our Experimental facilities strengthened over the last few years, the Department will consider the inception of expanding the PhD program to include work in Experimental Physics. The Department is also planning to hire at least one new Faculty member in Theoretical Physics to fill the vacant position and to further enhance our offering at the graduate and undergraduate

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programs in Physics. The Department will also step up its efforts in acquiring external funding and work on setting up out-reach programs in order increase our involvement with the local community.

Samih Isber

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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL STUDIES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The Department of Political Studies and Public Administration continued to strengthen its activities during 2012-13. In large part, this was a year of stabilization for our faculty members and programs. While many of these steps were planned during 2011-12, others were encouraged by the findings generated during our comprehensive Program Review Process. The following paragraphs summarize some of activities undertaken by our department during 2012-13. Our department conducted one faculty search for an open full-time position in public administration at the rank of assistant professor. After discussion, the department decided upon relatively open areas of expertise and sought a scholar whose research and career aspirations were well adapted to the context of AUB. In a departure from pervious years, we expanded the scope of the search to include fields such as anthropology, sociology, non-profit management, and public policy. The chair sought to expedite the approval of position and the job descriptions so that announcement could be advertised sooner and the faculty could begin their formal and recruiting efforts. These changes were successful, as our department appointed Dr. Tania Haddad as an assistant professor in public administration. Dr. Haddad will begin her appointment during the fall of 2013-14. To additional personnel changes occurred during the last academic year. Our department welcomed Dr. Eric Goodfield, who began his two-year contract with our department as a visiting assistant professor. We also welcomed Dr. Ahmad Moussalli, who decided to locate his full teaching load within our department (it was previously split between PSPA and CSVP). These appointments and transitions were made to increase the stability of course offerings and the quality of instruction in the field of political theory. Our department continued to hold brown bags lectures during the year, building upon the revisions we made in the previous year. For example, we continued to use brown bag lectures as a venue for the department‟s research associates, who were able to present their research findings. We also reached out to secured local and international officials who could speak on policy issues relevant to the Middle East Region. We held, on average, one lecture a month, each of which were attended by approximately twenty five people. We were also honored to have hosted His Excellency Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon Najib Mikati, the Special Tribunal for the Republic of Lebanon, the His Excellency Former President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez, and the

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Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Lebanon for speaking events on campus. These events, as well as others, provided PSPA students and faculty the opportunity to interact directly with real-world policy makers. Our department held two events specifically for PSPA students. These events were organized as panel presentations that would provide undergraduate and graduate students with practical advice on how to prepare for life after graduation. The goal was to get PSPA students to start thinking about the future before they entered their last semester at AUB. The first session was titled: How to get into graduate school. This session addressed topics such as financial aid, the graduate school application process, the identification of academic programs, and how to determine whether graduate school is an appropriate course of action. The second session was titled: How to prepare for the job market. This session introduced students to the resume and cover letter drafting process, provided students with an overview of the regional job market, and gave them tips about how to prepare for interviews. This session was particularly useful in that we invited PSPA alumni to share their personal job search experiences with current PSPA students. Our department took steps to develop its data collection processes and procedures. This year, attention was given to developing surveys in three specific areas: alumni perceptions, program learning outcomes, and academic integrity. We also managed to implement the program learning outcome survey, which generated results that we will use as we evaluate our program learning outcomes. We also started to formalize data collection processes in other areas. For example, we worked with the office of statistics to gather data that would enable us to identify master students that had completed course work but not their thesis. This enabled us to successfully advance many of these students towards graduation. We believe that our data collection activities will improve our department‟s ability to identify trends, and where necessary, to take corrective action. B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members Khashan, Hilal Moussalli, Ahmad Hazbun, Waleed Makdisi, Karim Barder, Alex Frangie, Samer Haase, Thomas (Chair)

Professor Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

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Hindawi, Coralie Khodr, Hiba Reiche, Danyel Antoun, Randa Geukjian, Ohannes Hanf, Theodor Goodfield, Eric El-Khazen, Farid Gebara, Khalil Haddad, Tania Haidar, Mahmud Jurdi, Nidal Krayem, Hassan Kreidie, Lina Masri, Shafic Nakib, Khalil Nasser, Khaled Nezameddin, Talal Abou Dayye, Marwa Bitar-Ghanem, George Geha , Carmen Hankir, Samer Hanna, Elias Kheir, Wael Saadeh, Bashir Zaazaa, Nadim

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Lecturer (full-time) Lecturer (full-time) Visiting Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Professor (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time) Lecturer (part-time)

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2. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester

Abul Taif, Eduardo Ajamian, Melissa Arbid, Jeremy Brake, Farrah Carter, Troy Del Sarto, Giulia Di Govanni, Anna Lena El Badri, Noura

El Jurdy, Ghenwa Flahive, Robert Guirguis, Christina Nersesyants, Anna Osman, Ahmad Saba, Habib Wittkuhm, Robert

Spring Semester

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Ajamian, Melissa Brake, Farrah Carter, Troy Del Sarto, Giulia Economy, Eric El Badri, Noura

El Jurdy, Ghenwa Flahive, Robert Guirguis, Christina Kline, Richard Saba, Habib Wittkuhm, Robert

3. Student Assistants

Fall Semester

Bitar, Yusra

Spring Semester

Ali, Firas

4. Non-Academic Staff

Bou Fadel Hitti, Milia Administrative Assistant

C. TEACHING 1. Number of Graduating Majors

BA Oct. 2012 09 Feb. 2013 27 Jun. 2013 84 MA Oct. 2012 01 Feb. 2013 03 Jun. 2013 17

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 101 Seniors 226 Juniors 122 Sophomores 114

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

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Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total

300 and above 0 67 64 131 211-200 44 612 605 1217 200-210 70 312 231 613 100-199 0 72 88 160

Total 114 1063 1058 2165

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total

300 and above 24 111 144 279 211-200 15 114 114 243 200-210 9 33 24 66 100-199 0 9 9 18

Total 48 267 291 606

D. RESEARCH Hilal Khashan 1. Shifting Political Leadership Patterns among Lebanese Shiites. This book

deals with the transition of political leadership among Lebanese Shiites from feudalism to the promise of leftist revolutionary doctrines, before acquiescing to religious millennial thinking.

Ahmad Moussalli 1. The Aftermaths of Arab Spring, il Mulino of Bologna, Milano, Italy [2013.] 2. The Ideology of Sayyid Qutb, Oxford University Press, [2013.] 3. Research and writing of a manuscript on globalization and Islamism that

develops the universal ideological and political trends that are both antagonistic and complimentary to each other in shaping the contemporary world and regional politics.

Waleed Hazbun 1. “A Critical Geopolitics of the Middle East.” Book manuscript in progress. 2. “Jet Set: American Tourists, US global power, and the making of the

International Tourism Economy,” Developing prospectus for University of Minnesota Press.

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3. “The End of the American Era in the Middle East? The View from Beirut,” paper to be published in Occasional Papers, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.

4. “American Interests and the Disappearing Frontier of Modernity in the Arab World” paper to be included in Shifting Borders: American Studies Between the American Century and the Arab Spring, edited by Alexander Lubin and Marwan Kraidy.

5. “Mapping geo-cultural imaginaries across Western Asia: The colonial and postcolonial politics of travel and tourism,” paper to be included in Beyond Strategies: Cultural Dynamics in Asian Connections, edited by Priya Singh.

Karim Makdisi 1. “Reconsidering the Struggle Over UNIFIL in South Lebanon,” Journal of

Palestine Studies, 2012 (forthcoming). 2. “Analyzing UN Peace Operations in the Arab Region in the Post-Cold War

Era,” writing stage. 3. “Perceptions of UNIFIL in Lebanon: Survey results.” Writing stage. 4. Book proposal on the politics of the United Nations in Lebanon. Alexander Barder 1. Empire Within: International Hierarchy, Imperial Laboratories, and State

Formation (Book Project). 2. A New Materialist Theory of Crisis (Article). Samer Frangie 1. Historicism, Socialism and Liberalism After the Defeat: On the Political

Thought of Yasin al-Hafiz‟, Modern Intellectual History, forthcoming.

2. Under Review: The Anatomy of a Crisis: On Mahd ʿAmil‟s Naqd al-Fikr al-Yawm.

3. Work in Progress: The Tragic Self: Yasin al-Hafiz‟s Autobiographical Writings.

Thomas W. Haase 1. Policy making in the Republic of Lebanon. 2. Policy research institutions in the Arab world. 3. Non-Profit and Public Administration Curriculum in the Republic of

Lebanon. 4. The Humanitarian Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis. 5. History of the PA Program at AUB.

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Coralie Pison Hindawi 1. Reappropriating R2P: A Reflection on States, the Security Council,

Individuals and the Means Available to Protect Others. Research completed, 10000 word long manuscript being edited. To be submitted this week to the journal Security Dialogue.

2. Arms Transfers and Control Policies Towards Iraq. Ongoing research project.

Hiba Khodr 1. Writing a chapter book on Public Policymaking in Lebanon. 2. Writing a paper titled “The Implications of Arab Revolutions on US Foreign

Policy Towards Islamic Organizations: The Case of the Muslim Brotherhood in Post-Mubarak Egypt.” The paper was presented at the MPSA annual conference in Chicago, Il (April 10-13, 2013.)

3. Writing a paper titled “ Drivers, Obstacles and Opportunities to the Implementation of Sound Governance: The case of the Republic of Lebanon.” The paper was presented at the Inaugural Global Conference of the Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration (AMEPPA) in Efrane, Morocco (November 8-9, 2012).

Danyel Reiche 1. Submitted a book proposal on “Success and Failure of Nations” to an

academic publishing house Ohannes Geukjian 1. Necessary Transformations for Conflict Resolution and Viable Peace in

Nagorno-Karabakh. 2. Post-Syria Lebanon (2005-Present): The Impact of External Intervention on

the Consociational Democratic System. 3. Second book project in progress. “Limitations of International Mediation

and Conflict Resolution in Post-Soviet Nagorno-Karabakh.” Theodor Hanf 1. (with Kirsten E. Schulze, London School of Econmics) Tolerance on Trial.

Ethnic and religious coexistence in Indonesia. An empirical enquiry. Eric Goodfield

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1. “Negating Negation: A Century of Revision in the Reception of Hegel‟s Political Philosophy” (Under Review: History of Political Thought.)

2. “The One and the Many,” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought, ed. Michael Gibbons (Blackwell, Under Review.)

3. Completion of book: Hegel and the Metaphysical Frontiers of Political Thought to be submitted to Routledge in Sept. 2013.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES Hilal Khashan 1. Sat on the doctoral dissertation committee of Khalil Osman at the University

of Exeter. 2. Successfully supervised the Master‟s thesis of Eduardo Abultaif about “The

Druze in Israel.” Ahmad Moussalli 1. Hamas and Non-state Actors in the Middle East,” Royal Danish Defense

College, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 11, 2013. 2. “Activism of Islamic Movements: Dialects of Politics or Media Propaganda,”

Markaz Tabbara, Beirut, 30 January 2012. 3. “Iranian Constitution: between modernity and religious authenticism”,

Beirut, 10 February, 2012. 4. “Islamist Perspectives on Democracy,” Islamists and Democracy in the

Transitional Period, Doha, Qatar, October, 2012. 5. “Revolution in the Middle East,” 30th Annual Plenary Meeting, InterAction

Council, 10-12 May 2012, Tianjin, China. 6. “Islamists, Coalition, Governance,” Arab Uprising Symposium, AUB, Beirut,

11 May 2012. 7. “Challenges of Democracy in the Arab world”, Conference of Democracies

in the Arab world, Issam Fares Center for Lebanese Studies, 29 June, 2012. Waleed Hazbun 1. Participant, Roundtable on “The 35th Anniversary of Orientalism and

Edward Said‟s Legacy on U.S. Diplomatic History,” at Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) annual meeting in Alexandria, VA, June 20-22, 2013.

2. Participant, Panel on “The Shifting World and Regional Order,” at Rising Asia Meets a Turbulent Middle East Colloquium co-sponsored by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the

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American University of Beirut (AUB) and the Middle East Institute (MEI), National University of Singapore (NUS), Beirut, Lebanon, May 10, 2013.

3. Short-term Faculty Development Grant to present two papers at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention in San Francisco, April 3-6, 2013: “Huntington‟s forgotten postcolonial insights: Rereading „Clash of Civilizations‟ in the time of Arab Uprisings,” and “American Efforts to Navigate the Changing Regional Order in the Middle East,”

4. Participant, Panel on “U.S. Policy in the Middle East” at The Politics and Practice of American Studies in the Middle East: A Conference on Transnational American Studies, at the American University in Cairo, April 18, 2013.

5. Invited presentation, “Mapping geo-cultural imaginaries across Western Asia: The colonial and postcolonial politics of travel and tourism,” at the Beyond Strategies: Cultural Dynamics in Asian Connections seminar held at The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, India, March 13-14, 2013.

6. Invited lecture, “The geopolitics of insecurity and their social foundations: The long history of the Arab Uprisings,” to the Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, March 4, 2013.

7. Short-term Faculty Development Grant to attend and present paper “Security from the outside (of the West): Towards a „Beirut School‟ of Security Studies,” at Ethical Engagement with Globalization, Citizenship and Multiculturalism: First International Liberal Arts Conference, Texas A&M University at Qatar, February 3-4, 2013.

8. CASAR conference travel grant to attend and present paper “American Efforts to Navigate the Changing Regional Order in the Middle East,” at the American Historical Association 127th Annual Meeting

9. Workshop presentation, “Thinking past the moment of crisis in ME/NA Tourism Development,” Middle East/North Africa Tourism Workshop, Sponsored by the World Bank, Tunis December 3, 2012

10. “American Efforts to Navigate the Changing Regional Order in the Middle East,” paper presented at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) meeting, Denver, CO, November 2012.

11. Invited lecture, “The End of the American Era in the Middle East? The View from Beirut,” at Galatasaray University, Istanbul, November 12, 2012.

12. Invited presentation, “The US and the Changing the Regional Order in the Middle East: The View from Beirut,” Uludag Conference on International Relations, Department of International Relations, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, November 7-8, 2012

13. Participant, Second AUB/AUC CASAR Collaborative Meeting, at American University of Beirut, October 26-28, 2012.

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1. Paper presentation: “Situating the United Nations response to the Arab Uprisings,” Leadership in Global Governance, Academic Council on United Nations System (ACUNS), Lund, Sweden, June 2013. Invited Panelist, Politics of Illegibility: Lessons from Lebanon, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, 8 February 2012.

2. Invited Panelist, Futures of Nature: Facts that Matter, The Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts and Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 7 February 2012.

3. Invited Lecture, International seminar: Interpreting the Arab Spring: Significance of the New Arab Awakening, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, India, 16 February 2012 [decline]

4. Invited Panelist, “Whither the Arab-Israeli conflict?”, Seminar: Cradle of Conflict: Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, The Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, 1-2 February 2012.

5. Invited Lecture, “What role for the UN in the Arab-Israeli conflict after the Arab Uprisings?”, International Conference: The Arab Springs: How do we Understand the Popular Movements and Political Changes in the Middle East?, The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo, Japan, 29-30 January 2012.

6. Founding member of Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) and member of committee that prepared first annual conference entitled “Arab Transformations: Interrogating the Social Sciences,” Beirut, March 2013.

7. Member of Lebanese national delegation to COP 19 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Doha, Qatar, December 2012.

8. Invited lecturer, “Spaces of Resistance” seminar, University of California at Irvine, July 30-August 8, 2012 American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

9. Invited panelist: “Humanitarian Aid in the Middle East”, Humanitarian Congress, October 13, 2012, Berlin, Germany.

10. Invited participant: “Priority Setting a Research Agenda for Palestine refugees and UNRWA”, University of Exeter, UK, September 2012.

11. Invited participant: “Athens Dialogue” on establishing a Middle East WMD Free Zone, organized by the Centre of Dialogue, La Trobe University and the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), 14 to 16 November, 2012 Athens, Greece,

12. Invited participant: conference “The Interplay of Domestic and Geopolitical Dynamics in the Syria Crisis,‟‟ jointly organized by FRIDE, Hivos,

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Casa A rabe, in Co rdoba, Spain, on 15 March, 2013.

13. Associate Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, and Faculty Research Director, “UN in the Arab World” project

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(ongoing 2012-2013); and member of steering committee, “Arab Uprisings Initiative”, AUB, 2012.

Alexander Barder 1. CASAR Executive Committee Samer Frangie 1. Beyond Liberalism and Islamism: Homage to Albert Hourani, American

University of Beirut, May 8-9 2013, conference organizer and panel chair. Thomas W. Haase

1. Department Chair 2. (Panel Presenter) American Society of Public Administration, 2013 Annual

Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. March 15 - 19. Panel 04EME: Disasters and Development: International Experiences. Paper Title: Risk Awareness as a Catalyst for Agenda Setting: Disaster Mitigation and Prevention Policy in the Republic of Lebanon.

3. (Participant) Preparing for Life After Graduation: A Panel Discussion. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, April.

4. (Participant) How to Get into Graduate School: A Panel Discussion. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, November 12.

5. (Panel Moderator) What to Believe, How to Behave? Policies and Politics of Teaching Religion. Europe Panel. Organized by American University of Beirut and Res Gerendae. Byblos Lebanon, November 9 – 11, 2012.

6. (Panel Presenter) An Overview of PSPA‟s Program Learning Outcome Process. Workshop on the PLO 3-Year Plan with Emphasis on the 3rd Year Tasks. Center of Teaching and Learning, American University of Beirut, December 18.

7. (Co-Organizer w/ Office of Transitions Initiatives, USAID). New Horizons: Advocacy and Citizens‟ Engagement in Lebanese Regions: Examples from the Past and Plans for the Future. American University of Beirut. Beirut, Lebanon, November 1, 2012.

8. Student Thesis (Advisor): Hamed Khadra, Thesis Advisor, Defended Thesis May 2013; Melissa Ajamian, Committee Member, Defended Proposal; Joe Hitchon, Thesis Advisor, Drafting Thesis; Ayman Hussein, Thesis Advisor, Defended Proposal; Vahakn Keshishian, Thesis Advisor, Drafting Thesis; Anna Nersesyants, Thesis Advisor, Defended Proposal; and Zahraa Shaito, Thesis Advisor, Drafting Thesis

9. Student Thesis (Reader): Jane Dib, Committee Member, Defended Thesis May 2013; Micheline Tobia, Defended Thesis May 2013; Christina M. Guirgus, Defended Proposal; Ryan Fisk, Defended Proposal; Mario Aboud

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Zeid, Committee Member, Defended Proposal; Jeremy Arbid, Committee Member, Defended Proposal; and Annalena Di Giovanni, Committee Member, Defended Proposal

Coralie Pison Hindawi 1. Academic Adviser for all PS undergraduate and graduate students (since Fall

2012-13). 2. Member of the Curriculum Committee (Spring 2013). 3. Invited to present a paper on the subject “Reappropriating R2P” in the

Texas A&M University at Qatar Conference on Ethical Engagement with Globalization, Citizenship, and Multiculturalism (3-4 February 2013).

Hiba Khodr 1. Successfully supervised the Masters Thesis of Jane Deeb titled "The Civil

Service Board in Lebanon" 2. Advisor for the Insight Club at AUB (2010-now) 3. Member of the Library Committee at AUB (2010-now) 4. Appointed as a member of the coordinating committee of the Energy

Studies Program (ENSTP) to be established under the Division of Interdisciplinary Programs- DUIP (January 2012 –September 2013)

5. Appointed as a member of the AUB Institutional Review Board- IRB (June 2012-September 2014)

6. Co-Organized a panel discussion for our graduating seniors and graduate students titled: „Preparing for Life After Graduation: The job hunt‟

Danyel Reiche 1. Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence (2012/2013 spring

term) 2. Faculty Seminar on Blended Training (2012/2013 summer term) 3. Reviewer for: Edward Elgar Publishing (review of book proposal), Energy –

The International Journal; Journal of Energy Policy; Environment & Planning; Journal of Environmental Planning and Management; Environmental Development; Member of the scientific committee of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM) 2013 conference in Istanbul.

4. Guest lecture: Talk on “Drivers behind corporate social responsibility in the professional football sector: a case study of the German Bundesliga”, SMAANZ 2012 conference in Sydney, Australia, 11/30/ 2012.

5. Guest lecture: Talk on “The prohibition of online sports betting: A comparative analysis of Germany and the United States”, International

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Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP), London, 05/22/2012.

6. Service: Member of the Student Academic Affairs Committee (SAAC) in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (since fall 2012)

7. Service: Organizer of the PSPA (Department of Political Studies and Public Administration) brown bag series (since spring 2009/ 2010 apart from semesters on leave)

8. Grant: Faculty development grant (short-term), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, 2012.

9. Grant: Faculty development grant (long-term), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, 2012.

Ohannes Geukjian 1. Brown Bag Lecture: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict: Lessons from the

South Caucasus, March 6, 2013. 2. Panelist: PSPA-EU Panel on Political Participation and Peace Building,

AUB, April 2013. 3. Talk show with the IRAQI AL-ITTIJAH TV, Beirut, April 29, 2013. 4. Panelist: “Necessary Transformations for Conflict Resolution in Nagorno-

Karabakh,” International Conference organized by the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), Columbia, New York, 18-20 April 2013.

5. Participant: The 3rd Regional Conference, The Arab World 2013: Dynamics of Change; security, Economical and Good Governance Challenges, organized by the Lebanese Armed Forces research and Strategic Studies Center (LAF-RSSC), Beirut, 10-13 April 2013.

Theodor Hanf 1. International research seminar "Policies and Politics of Teaching Religion".

Byblos November 10-11, 2012 Eric Goodfield 1. Invitation of Professor Fred Dalmayr to 1 talk and 1 seminar involving 7

AUB Professors (March 20-22nd 2013) 2. Thesis Supervision: Mario Abou Zeid 3. Completion of PLO forms for PSPA 4. Completion of academic integrity and alumni questionnaires for PSPA

F. PUBLICATIONS Hilal Khashan

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1. “The Political Isolation of Lebanese Sunnis,” Middle East Quarterly, vol. 20,

no. 3, 2013, pp. 78-84. 2. “Hezbollah‟s Plans for Lebanon,” Middle East Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, 2013,

pp. 76-83. 3. “Syria‟s Strife Won‟t Rip Lebanon Apart,” Middle East Quarterly, vol. 20, no.1,

2013, pp. 77-83. 4. “The Arab Spring and Democratization in the Middle East,” World Affairs:

The Journal of International Issues, vol. 16, no. 4, 2012, pp. 132-147. A brief version of the piece was also published in Japanese, in The Journal of World Affairs (Japan), Feb. 2013.

5. “The Maronite-Shiite Alliance,” Middle East Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, 2012, pp. 79-85.

6. “The Eclipse of Arab Authoritarianism and the Challenge of Popular Sovereignty,” Third World Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 5, 2012, pp. 919-930.

Ahmad Moussalli 1. Moderate and Radical Islamic Fundamentalism: the Quest for Modernity,

Legitimacy and the Islamic State (Gainesville/FL, Florida University Press, second edition, 2013)

2. “Muhammad Mahdi Shamseddine,” Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, [2013]

3. “Islamic Reform,” Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, [2013] 4. “Lebanon,” Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, [2013] 5. Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, [2013] 6. “Said, Hawwa,” Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, [2013] 7. “The Influence of Islamic Movement: Is it Political Dialectics,” National

Action Forum, Beirut, January 30, 2012. 8. “Founders or Trailblazers of Political Islam: Hassan Al-Banna,” The Oxford

Handbook of Islam and Politics, John L. Esposito and Emad El-Din Shahin, eds. (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2012).

Waleed Hazbun 1. “The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Challenge of Postcolonial Agency:

International Relations, US Policy and the Arab World,” in The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies, edited by Graham Huggan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming September 2013), pp. 217-234.

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1. “The Rise and Fall of Environmentalism in Lebanon,” in Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Alan Mikhail. New York & London: Oxford University Press, 2012).

2. “Doha as Host and Site for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Negotiations,” Qatar: Aspirations and Realities, Perspectives, No. 4 (November 2012), Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Beirut, 2012.

Alexander Barder 1. “American Hegemony Comes Home: The Chilean Laboratory and the

Neoliberalization of the United States” Alternatives, May 2013 38: 103-121. 2. “Barbed Wire, the Imperial Periphery and the Materialization of the Camp”

in Making Things International, ed. Mark Salter (Minnesota, forthcoming) Samer Frangie 1. Theorizing From the Periphery: The Intellectual Project of Mahdi „Amil‟,

International Journal of Middle East Studies, 44(3), 465-82. 2012 Thomas W. Haase 1. Haase, Thomas W. (2014) Disaster Management and the Republic of Lebanon.

Manuscript accepted as a chapter in an edited volume on disaster management and sustainable development in developing countries. Anticipated to be published in 2014, publisher not yet finalized.

2. Haase, Thomas W. and Randa Antoun (2014) Decentralization in the Republic of Lebanon: Evaluating the Call for Reform. Accepted as a chapter in an edited volume on policy making in the Arab world. Manuscript complete and under review; anticipated to be published by Springer in 2014.

3. Comfort, Louise K., Namkyung Oh, Gunes Etran and Thomas W. Haase (2013) Interorganizational Learning in Disaster Management: A Comparison of Response Systems Evolving after the 2005 and 2008 Gulf Coast Hurricanes. Manuscript accepted for publication in the 2013 IEEE 2nd International Workshop on Network Science Proceedings, 29 April - 1 May, 2013, West Point, NY, USA.

Coralie Pison Hindawi 1. Vingt ans dans l‟ombre du Chapitre VII. Eclairage sur deux décennies de

coercition à l‟encontre de l‟Iraq, Paris, L‟Harmattan, 2013 (467p). 2. Published a guest column in Juan Cole‟s blog Informed Comment: “Deep

Sanctions on Iran are Repeating the Deadly Mistakes of Iraq”, 8 April 2013. Hiba Khodr

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1. “The Specialized Cities of the Gulf Cooperation Council: A case study of a

distinct type of policy innovation and diffusion” Digest of Middle East Studies, 21(1), p.149-177, 2012

2. “Drivers, Policies, and Practices surrounding Mega-Events in Qatar: A Case Study of the 15th Asian Games” International Journal of Events and Festival Management, 3(1), 81-100, March, 2012

Danyel Reiche 1. Climate policies in the U.S. at the stakeholder level: a case study of the

National Football League. Accepted for publication in Journal of Energy Policy on May 13, 2013.

2. Reiche, D.: Drivers behind corporate social responsibility in the professional football sector: a case study of the German Bundesliga. Accepted for publication in Soccer & Society on February 21, 2013.

3. Reiche, D.: The prohibition of online sports betting: A comparative analysis of Germany and the United States. European Sport Management Quarterly, accepted for publication on June 22, 2012.

Ohannes Geukjian 1. “An Ignored Relationship: The Role of the Lebanese Armenian Diaspora in

Conflict Resolution (1975-1990),” accepted for publication, Middle Eastern Studies.

2. “National Identity, Territoriality and Conflict: Analyzing the Ethno-Territorial Conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh in the Soviet Era,” accepted for publication, Journal of History Research.

Theodor Hanf 1. Theodor Hanf & Karim El-Mufti /eds), Policies and Politics of Teaching

Religion, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2013 (in the press).

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT The Department of Political Studies and Public Administration will undertake a variety of tasks during the coming academic year. Our ability to complete these tasks will depend, in large part, on external circumstances. As has been the case so often over the years, some of our department‟s faculty members have begun to express concerns about the extent to which political tensions, particularly those related to the instability in Syria, will impact Lebanon, Beirut, and American University of Beirut. While it is impossible to predict future events,

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we anticipate that political instability throughout the region will have a negative impact on our enrollment, particularly in our graduate program, and availability of faculty members who may come to desire a more stable personal and professional environment. At the time of the drafting of this report, however, our faculty members remain in good spirits and our programs continue to operate normally. Next year, our department intends to lay the foundation for the coming decade. The most important of these tasks will be for our undergraduate programs in Political Studies (PS) and Public Administration (PA) to rethink their Program Learning Outcomes (PLO). The PLO process, for which we are finishing our first three-year phase, was extremely useful. The process helped our department to become familiar with the evaluation process. Our department also learned that our current PLO process was too complex, and more importantly, that our PLO‟s need to be clearly stated and measurable. We will take these lessons into consideration, as we move to improve our PLOs in the coming months. Second, our department also intends to initiate the process of rethinking the structure and curricular components of the undergraduate and graduate programs in public administration. This is a process that has not been undertaken in over a decade, and would help the department to better meet the needs of the community in which we are situated. This process will proceed along two parallel tracks. The first track will, with the support of graduate assistants, collect literature related to public administration and civil society education around the world. The second track will collect data from students, alumni and professionals that work in the public, private and civil society sectors. This data will be used to generate a report that outlines a public administration curriculum that will provide students with the skills and competencies they will need to succeed in the region. Third, our department will continue its process of renovations. In the coming year, we will begin to renovate the north side of the 2nd floor of Jesup Hall. This renovation process will allow us to create at least two new offices and two large storage spaces. The addition of the two storage spaces will open up addition office space in the south side of the 2nd floor of Jesup Hall, which was renovated during the summer of 2012. We will also renovate the conference room by removing the radiators, painting the walls, and installing new technology. We will likely install one or two student workstations in the conference room. These renovations will help the department to prepare its infrastructure for the next decade. Finally, our department will begin to evaluate our graduate programs, particularly with respect to the thesis requirement. We currently require all students to complete twenty four credit of courses and six credits of thesis, which must be defended in front of a thesis committee. According to our 2011

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Program Review Report, PSPA faculty should “rethink” their department‟s graduate programs in Political Studies (PS) and Public Administration (PA). While our faculty were not told how to develop our programs, the report stressed that future reforms must work to improve graduate course offerings, improve the quality of graduate work, reduce the time it takes graduate students to complete their degree, and given the high rate of faculty turnover within the department, provide the administrative flexibility needed to respond to departmental changes due to internal or external events.

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DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS Student Population: The Department of Psychology‟s student body continued to grow exponentially (150 majors in 2011-2012 to 195 majors in 2012-2013), and is now one of the largest and fastest growing departments in FAS. Infrastructure Improvements: the Department of Psychology had its first major infrastructural improvements this year; Jesup ground floor was repainted, a new set of offices were created in Jesup 103, and a new Experimental Psychology Lab was constructed in Jesup 107. Experimental Psychology Lab: The new Experimental Psychology Lab is equipped with an Electroencephalography (EEG), a Tobii Eye-tracker, and an interactional space for children with Autism. Experiments using the EEG equipment started in spring 2013, and a specialized two day training workshop was held for the Eye-Tracker equipment. The Experimental Psychology Lab should be fully operational in 2013-2014. Human Resources: Dr. Alaa Hijazi will be joining the Department as an Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology in the Fall of 2013-2014. Dr. Hijazi will provide the necessary support for the newly launched MA program in Clinical Psychology which will be accepting its first student cohort in the Fall of 2013-2014. MA Clinical Psychology Program: On April 11th, 2013, the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education issued decree #2013/468 recognizing the Department of Psychology‟s MA in Clinical Psychology. Furthermore, the Department received its first applications to the clinical program and accepted six candidates for the 2013-2014 academic year. Graduate Programs Review: The Department reviewed the curricula of the two graduate programs in Clinical and General Psychology, revised current course contents, introduced new courses, and restructured course numbers to accommodate for the two MA programs. This completes the first major revisions of the graduate programs offered by the Department. Psychology Colloquia: The Department of Psychology hosted four colloquium presentations: “Narrative Exposure Therapy, Post Traumatic Stress, and Post Traumatic Growth in a Sample of Iraqi refugees” by Dr. Alaa Hijazi; “Coping

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Inside‟: The Prevalence of Anxiety & OCD among Incarcerated Young Offenders” by Dr. Kate Ellis; “The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Mood Regulation” by Ziad Nahas, MD; and “Impact of War, Religiosity, and Ideology on PTSD and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents from Gaza Strip and South Lebanon” by Dr. Vivian Khamis. Psychology Website: The Department of Psychology‟s website at http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/psychology was slightly restructured, and was continuously updated throughout the year. Civic Engagement: The Department of Psychology continued to engage the wider community and participated in the world wide campaign for Autism Awareness (“Light it up Blue for Autism” – April 2013) and the global “World Mental Health Day” that was organized by the Department of Psychiatry-AUBMC (October 2012). Furthermore, the faculty remained engaged in the community through a variety of individual actions aimed at vulnerable and disadvantaged groups (see individual faculty reports). Psychology Student Society: The Psychology Student Society (PSS) organized a series of events during the academic year, and included the following: A General Annual Gathering, a series of presentations (Invited speakers on Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Alzheimer in Lebanon, the Clinical Psychology Program at AUB, and a postgraduate career orientation session). The PSS also participated in the Autism Awareness Day and the Mental Health Awareness Week. Penrose Award: The Department of Psychology was pleased to see its student, Mr. Kevork Wannissian, be awarded the prestigious AUB Penrose Award for 2013.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Dietrich, Arne Kazarian, Shahe Harb, Charles Chairperson

Professor Professor Associate Professor

Ph.D. Ph. D

Ph.D. El Jamil, Tima Assistant Professor Ph.D. Najjar, Nidal Saab, Rim Slobodenyuk, Nadiya

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D.

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Awaida, May Lecturer Ph.D. Bawab, Suha Instructor M.A. Boyadjian, Maral Lecturer Ph.D. El Yashruti, Reigna Instructor M.A. Fayad, Yasmine Instructor M.A. Najjar, Laian Instructor M.S. Nasr, Nour Instructor M.A. Rechdan, Joanne Instructor M.A. Younes, Dania Instructor M.A.

2. Graduate Assistants Fall Semester

Ammar Joumana

Michli Sara

Ayoub Mona

Moughalian Catherine

Bakhti Rinad

Naffah Hala

Ghanem Lama

Nakhle Sinine

Harb Camelia

Sahakian Tina

Hassan Fahed

Yehia Arij Itani Marwa

Spring Semester

Ammar Joumana

Michli Sara

Ayoub Mona

Moughalian Catherine

Bakhti Rinad

Naffah Hala

Ghanem Lama

Nakhle Sinine

Harb Camelia

Sahakian Tina

Hassan Fahed

Yaghi Zeina Itani Marwa Yehia Arij

3. Non-Academic Staff

Baramakian, Maria Administrative Assistant

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1. Number of Graduating Majors: B.A. Oct. 2012 6 Feb. 2013 7 Jun. 2013 39 M.A Oct. 2012 3

Feb. 2013 0 Jun. 2013 2 2. Number of Majors:

Graduates 31 Seniors 59 Juniors 48

Sophomores 57 Total Enrollment 195 3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer

2012 Fall 2012

Spring 2013

Total

Courses numbered 300 and above 0 45 41 86 Courses numbered 211 through 299 111 306 326 743 Courses numbered 200 through 210 25 386 358 769 Courses numbered 100 through 199 9 78 56 143

Total

145 815 781 1741

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer

2012 Fall 2012

Spring 2013

Total

Courses numbered 300 and above 0 12 12 24 Courses numbered 211 through 299 9 36 33 78 Courses numbered 200 through 210 3 42 42 87 Courses numbered 100 through 199 3 9 6 18

taloT 15 99 93 207

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D. RESEARCH Fatima Al-Jamil

1. Co-author on book chapter entitled, “Working with Arab and Muslim Patients” for textbook Counseling Across Cultures (7th Ed.) Submitted for publication by Sage on January 15th, 2013.

2. Currently working on a second co-authored chapter, “Psychotherapy Models,” for a textbook entitled Handbook of Arab American Psychology to be published by Routledge. Chapter due September 1, 2013.

3. Currently collaborating with Engineering Department and Intel on technology assisted emotion recognition by self-report and physiological data. My role has been to assess how consistently and accurately participants are able to identify and label their own emotional experiences of stress, anger, happiness, and sadness, among other emotions.

Arne Dietrich 1. EEG neuroimaging projects 2. Theoretical work on creative thinking

Charles Harb

1. Inter-Community Relations: Assessing Lebanese-Palestinian Relations in North Lebanon (in partnership with LPDC, Lebanese Government & UNDP). Phase two: Preparing for a Time two data collection.

2. Measuring Sectarianism: A new multidisciplinary approach – in collaboration with Dr. Ofeish (Political Science, Balamand University). Conceptual development.

Shahe Kazarian

Research in progress

1. Kazarian, S.S. & Ammar, J. (in press). School Bullying in the Arab World: A Review. Arab Journal of Psychiatry.

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1. The Expression of Emotion in Children with Autism. Status: IRB approval granted on May 16, 2013; awaiting feedback regarding funding; research sessions are expected to begin in October 2014. Primary investigator: Nidal Daou.

2. Conducting Psychological Research in the Greater Beirut Area: Community Participation and the Role of Gatekeepers. Status: Manuscript in preparation. Primary investigator: Nidal Daou; collaborators: Tina Sahakian and Camelia Harb.

3. Effects of Thin-Ideal Internalization, Media Exposure of Thinness, and Self-Esteem on Body Dissatisfaction in a Sample of Young Women in Lebanon. Status: Manuscript in preparation. Primary investigator: Pascale Nakhle; collaborator and corresponding author: Nidal Daou.

4. The Effects of Coping Style, Social Support, and Child‟s Behavioral Problems on the Well-Being of Mothers of Children with Autism in Lebanon. Status: Manuscript in preparation. Primary investigator: Rita Obeid; collaborator and corresponding author: Nidal Daou.

Rim Saab

1. I have a dream: A typology of social change goals. Primary investigator: Joseph Sweetman. Collaborator: Rim Saab. State: manuscript submitted.

2. International support for the Arab Uprisings: Understanding sympathy protests using theories of Social Identity and Social Dominance. Primary investigator: Andrew Stewart. Collaborator: Rim Saab. State: manuscript submitted.

Nadiya Slobodenyuk

1. Sense of agency in haptic virtual environments (finished); 2. Implicit cross-modal mapping: The case of color and haptics (ongoing).

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Tima Al-Jamil Courses Taught

Fall semester - Child Abnormal Psychology (PSYC 215) - Clinical Psychology (PSYC 230)

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- Clinical Interventions I (PSYC 303) Spring semester - Clinical Psychology (PSYC 230) - Clinical Interventions II (PSYC 304)

Other Services

1. Part time clinical practice: Assessment and treatment of psychological disorders in the community 10 hrs/week

2. Part time clinical supervisor: Providing clinical supervision for psychology graduates in training, 4 hrs/week

Other Staff (Departmental) Activities

1. Master‟s Theses: Hala Naffah -(in progress). Jumana Ammar –(in progress) Mia Atwi (in progress) Zeina Philipps (in progress)

2. Psychology Graduate Program Coordinator – preparing for the launching of the MA program in clinical psychology – administrative work included preparation of the legal contract between AUB and clinical training sites, finalizing training programs and schedules, preparing a graduate brochure, and preparing the counseling center in training procedures.

3. Revision of the graduate catalogue for Psychology General and Clinical Programs.

4. Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Advisor. 5. PSS Psychology Student Faculty Advisor : Various lectures and presentations

were organized for the study body including the following topics: Industrial Organizational Psychology, Eating Disorders Awareness.

Arne Dietrich Courses Taught: Fall Semester:

- History ans Systems (Psyc 280) - Behavioral Neuroscience (Psyc 222) - Behavioral Neuroscience (Biol 243)

Spring Semester: - Behavioral Neuroscience (Psyc 222) - History ans Systems (Psyc 280)

Master‟s Theses:

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- Areej Yehia, thesis supervisor. (in progress) - Zeina Yaghi, thesis supervisor. (in progress)

Academic Services:

1. Due Process Monitor (DPM), Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, 2012-2013.

2. Chairperson, Task Force for MCAT Premedical Curriculum Revisions, 2012-present.

3. Member, Dean‟s Advisory Committee, 2012-present. 4. Member, President-appointed Task Force for Reinstating Tenure, 2011-

present. 5. Member, University Senate, 2012-present. 6. Member and Faculty of Arts and Sciences Representative, Senate Steering

Committee, 2012-present. 7. Acting Chair, Senate Steering Committee, 2013. 8. Member, Periodic Review Committee, 2013. 9. Program Learning Outcome (PLO) Coordinator, Department of

Psychology, 2012-present. 10. Undergraduate Program Coordinator, 2010-present. 11. Member, Editorial Board: Journal of the American Board of Sport

Psychologists. 12. Invited Member: Advisory Council, International Association for the Study

of Attention and Performance (since 2011). 13. External reviewer 3 times for peer-reviewed journals.

Charles Harb Courses Taught:

- Social Psychology (Psyc 211) - Research Methods and Statistcal analysis II (Psyc 302) - Advanced Social Psychology (PSYC 305)

Master‟s Theses: Vivienne Badaan (completed) Bilal Kobeissi (completed) Carla Najem (completed) Nicholas Thomas (in progress) Lama Ghanem (in progress) Aline Hachem (in progress) Academic Services:

1. Chairperson Department of Psychology

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2. Executive Committee member of the AUB- Nature Conservation Center (NCC); an interfaculty initiative dedicated to nature conservation and its sustainable use, through interdisciplinary research, development and knowledge dissemination.

3. Member of the Steering Committee on Arab Uprising; University wide committee headed by the provost on the Arab uprisings

4. Steering Committee FHS – IFI; Committee Member of the steering committee on Youth and Health research set up by the Issam Fares Institute and the Faculty of Health Sciences

5. IBDAA jury member – NCC; Jury member of the annual IBDAA competition conducted by NCC

Other Services:

1. Founding and Executive board member of Nasma Resource Center. NGO catering to underprivileged children in Beirut Nasma project. The centre is a non-profit NGO project to provide public school students access to resources (library, computers, audio visual material) and various educational training programs

2. Editorial Board Member: Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Shahe Kazarian MA Thesis Supervisor

1. El Kallasi, Pauline (completed) 2. Elmadjian, Raffi (completed) 3. Tavitian, Lucy (completed) 4. Clara El Mchantaf (in progress)

Administrative and Academic Services AUB Community

1. Member, Promotion Committee, School of Public Health 2. Advisor, Psychology Student Society

Local Community 1. Honorary Board Member, Academy: Universities News Magazine 2. International Community: Invited Article Reviews 3. Member, Editorial Board, Interpersonal: An International Journal of Personal

Relationship Nidal Daou

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1. Completed thesis supervision for (a) Rima Hadi, and (b) Noura Khaled. Both students successfully defended in May 2013.

2. Supervising thesis for (a) Fahed Hassan. 3. Served as thesis reader for (a) Vivienne Badaan, (b) Haneen Deeb, and (c)

Bilal Kobeissi; and continuing to serve as reader for (d) Joumana Ammar, (e) Aline Hachem, (f) Clara Mchantaf, (g) Hala Naffah, and (h) Sinine Nakhle.

4. Serving as a member on the Lebanese Autism Society Strategic Planning Committee since December 2012.

5. Coordinating the Department of Psychology Research Pool since September 2012.

6. Organizing the Department of Psychology Colloquium Series since September 2012.

7. Organizing the Light It Up Blue for Autism annual event at AUB, in collaboration with the Lebanese Autism Society, since April 2012.

8. Serving as a member on the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee since October 2009.

Nadiya Slobodenyuk Fall Semester 2012-2013

- Sensation and Perception - PSYC 224 - Sensation and Perception - PSYC 224 - Cognitive Psychology - PSYC 226

Spring Semester 2012-2013 - Intro to Cognitive Science - PSYC 228 - Undergraduate Seminar.in General Psychology - PSYC 288

MA thesis: MA thesis: supervision - 4 MA thesis: on reading committees: 11 F. PUBLICATIONS Arne Dietrich Articles:

1. Dietrich, A. (2012). You‟re gonna need a bigger boat. TEXT: Special Issue: Creativity: Cognitive Social and Cultural Perspectives, 16, 1-21.

2. Dietrich, A. (2012). The neuroscience lessons of freestyle rap. Retrieved December 21, 2012 from

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-neuroscience-lessons-of-freestyle-rap

Conference Presentations: 1. Dietrich, A. (2012). Minds in motion: The RAH model. Invited talk.

Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria. 2. Dietrich, A. (2012). Trying to nail jelly to the wall. Where in the brain is

creativity? Invited talk. Department of Psychology, Universidad Fransisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

3. Dietrich, A. (2013). The RAH model of acute exercise: Invited talk. Department of Exercise Science, University of Nice, France.

4. Dietrich, A. (2013). Components of the neural mechanisms of creativity.

Keynote Address. International Congress of Computational Creativity, Sydney, Australia.

Charles Harb Academic Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Fischer, R., & Harb, C (2013). Terrorism and Jihad in Indonesia: Questions and possible ways forward. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 16, 117-122.DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12020

2. Owe, E. Vignoles, V. L., Becker, M., Brown, R., Smith, P. B., et al. (2012). Contextualism as an important factor of individualism-collectivism: personhood beliefs across 37 national groups. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44(1). DOI: 10.1177/0022022111430255

Selected conference presentations 1. Moukarzel, R. & Harb, C (June, 2013). Interpersonal conflict at work and

related outcomes: The moderating effect of vertical and horizontal Individualism–Collectivism. Paper to be presented at the regional conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Los Angeles, CA

2. Harb, C (July, 2012). Social identities and intergroup relations: Models and applications in Iraq and Lebanon. Invited Keynote Address. XXX International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.

3. Harb, C (July, 2012). Intercommunity Relations and Perceptions: A Representative survey of Lebanese and Palestinian youth in North Lebanon. Paper presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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Peer Reviewed Articles 1. Kazarian, S.S. (2012). Unveiling the humor mind of the „starving Armenian.‟

Humor: International Journal of Humor Research. 2. Kazarian, S.S. & Taher, D. (2012). Adult attachment styles in a Lebanese

community sample: A brief Arabic Experiences in Close Relationships Scale. Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 23, 74-79.

3. Fayad, Y. & Kazarian, S.S. (2012). Subjective vitality of Lebanese adults in

Lebanon: Validation of the Subjective Vitality Scale. Social Indicators Research. DOI 10.1007/s11205-012-0156-z.

4. Al-Bawab, S. & Kazarian, S.S. (2012). Cross-sibling attachment styles and marital satisfaction among married Lebanese. Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 23 (2), 148-158.

5. Merhi, R., & Kazarian, S.S. (2012). Validation of the Arabic translation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Arabic-MSPSS) in a Lebanese community sample. Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 23 (2), 159-168.

Nidal Daou

1. Teaching activity-schedule following to children attending non-behavioral intervention programs for autism. Status: Manuscript under review. Primary investigator: Nidal Daou.

2. Analysis of Three Components of Affective Behavior in Children with Autism. Status: Manuscript under review. Primary investigator and corresponding author: Nidal Daou; collaborators: Claire L. Poulson and Susan M. Vener.

Rim Saab

1. Pratto, F. et al. (in press). Social dominance in context and in individuals: Contextual moderation of robust effects of Social Dominance Orientation in 15 languages and 20 countries. Social Psychology and Personality Science.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS The Department of Psychology will need to address the significant and rapid growth of its student body by adding new courses and course sections, and recruiting additional faculty to cope with this significant student increase. The Department expects this exponential growth to continue in the coming two years, and be compounded by consequences of MCAT changes expected to be

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implemented in 2015: a third of the new MCAT exam (2015) will be based on psychology material, and will lead to an increase in premed students majoring in Psychology. The Department is currently planning and preparing for these changes, and will hopefully advertise new faculty positions to cope with these challenges. The Department will also need to monitor very closely the development of the Graduate Clinical Program, ensure its smooth operation in its first year, and continue exploring and reviewing the clinical internship sites in Beirut. Finally, Infrastructure developments will continue with the restructuring and refurbishing of the “Media and Psychology” computer Lab in Nicely 207 (in conjunction with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies (SOAM)), as well as the Graduate Student Space and the Jesup Seminar Room located in Jesup 107. Charles Harb Chairperson

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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND MEDIA STUDIES

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies (SOAM) was established by a vote of the Faculty‟s general assembly and the University Senate as a consequence to the major structural changes that split the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences into two major programs. The new Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies offers an undergraduate degree in sociology-anthropology and a diploma program in media communication. It also offers three MA degrees: in sociology, anthropology and media studies. SOAM continues to offer three minor programs in Anthropology, Communication, and Sociology. At the graduate level, it offers MA degrees in Anthropology, Media Studies and Sociology. The following represents some of this year‟s developments in the department: Sheikh Fawzi Azar Award: The Azar Award for this year went to Ms. Noor El Tannir for her term papers in her sociological course. The paper was deemed by the Azar committee as being the best nominated paper this year. Amal Saidi Prize: The Amal Saidi Prize this year was given to Ms. Sara Aridi for attaining the highest average in the department. Lebanon Renaissance Foundation Award: Awad went to Richard Pelgrim in recognition of his decision to return to Sociology-Anthropology after three successful years in Architecture. He chose to expand his world through our departments courses and questions, despite the prolongation for his degree that this move required. Lecture Series: The department continued its Lecture this year, a forum in which several faculty and Master‟s students and visiting professors represented their current projects. Media Studies: it has organized several public talks and workshops and has worked this year on developing the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut, which will launch in August 2013. Sociology Café: This initiative, “aimed to create a pot of informal discussion between students and scholars from different universities on critical issues of life in Lebanon”, continued this year with several prominent presenters. It is open to the general public and meets in a café in Hamra.

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B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Dajani, Nabil, Khalaf, Samir Hanafi, Sari, Chairperson Smith, Richard Kiwan, Dina Jane Scheid, Kirsten Farah, May

Professor Professor Professor Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D.

Melki, Jad Perdigon, Sylvain Wick, Livia Fathallah, Zeina Houri, Walid Saber, Dima Tarabay, Lubna

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Lecturer Lecturer Lecturer Lecturer

Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D. Ph.D.

Agha, Dina Barakat, Rabie Bibi, Karma Boustany, Nora Daou, Mark

Instructor Instructor Instructor Instructor Instructor

M.A. Ph.D. M.A. M.A. M.A.

Khayyat, Munira Mallat, Sarah Yeghiayan, Heghnar

Instructor Instructor Instructor

M.A. M.A. M.A.

2. Research Assistants

None

3. Graduate Assistants Fall Semester Al Maghlouth, Nada Annan, Rawan El-Jurdi, Ghenwa Guirguis, Christina Hopewell, William

Itani, Bayan Kojayan, Araz Saleh, Alia Olivia

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Shawwa, Maysa Turner, Annabel Spring Semester Al Maghlouth, Nada Annan, Rawan El-Jurdi, Ghenwa Grinstead, Nick Guirguis, Christina Itani, Bayan Khayri, Haneen Kojayan, Araz Mukharesh, Aida Sahuri, Ramz Saleh, Alia Olivia Turner, Annabel

4. Non-Academic Staff

Kobrosly, Maysaa Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

Soc-Anth Diploma in Media Communication

BA Oct. 2012 1 2

Feb. 2013 4 9

Jun. 2013 10 18

MA Oct. 2012 1

Feb. 2013 0

Jun. 2013 0

2. Number of Majors Soc-Anth Media Diploma in Media Communication

Graduates 13 9 4

Seniors 18 0 0

Juniors 14 0 0

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Sophomores 11 0 0

Prospective Graduates Freshman

1 0

0 0 0 0

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 0 35 40 75 211-299 48 199 258 505 200-210 85 333 276 694 100-199 0 107 53 160 Total 133 674 627 1434

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer ‘12 Fall Spring Total 300 and above 0 21 33 54 211-299 9 36 45 90 200-210 9 42 42 93 100-199 0 15 9 24 Total 18 114 129 261

D. RESEARCH Nabil Dajani My present research focuses on collecting data about the structure and operation of the media in Lebanon. May Farah I revised and submitted a chapter for an edited volume, drafted a journal article based on my dissertation research, and submitted three abstracts/papers for upcoming conferences; two of which I‟ve received acceptances for, and one that is still pending. Sari Hanafi My main area of research is on the knowledge production in Arab world. This research was a follow-up on preliminary work done on the impact of foreign funding on research agendas during 2005-2006 within the research program “Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Capabilities in Mediterranean Countries” (ESTIME), which was directed by the French Institute of Research

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on Development (IRD). Rigas Arvantis from the IRD and I elaborated the joint proposal “National and International Dynamics of Scientific Research in Lebanon and Regional Comparisons” that initiate cooperation among AUB, Université Saint-Joseph (USJ), the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRSL), and IRD, France. Samir Khalaf Since my Protestant Missionaries in the Levant was published by Routledge in 2012, I have started work on its sequel: AUB as an Instance of Soft Power. Among other sources, the exploration will rely on Jafet‟s archival documents. A modest grant of $10,000 from Dar Al-Handasa allowed me to recruit Youssef al Khoury to undertake a content analysis of the President‟s Annual Report to the Board of Trustees. With the assistance of two G.A.‟s Christina Girgis and Noor el Tannir we have completed the Annual Reports of 1866-1914. I have also submitted a chapter: “Foreign Brokered Pacts and Communal Hostility in Lebanon.” In Amy Freidman (ed.) Internationalization of Internal Conflict (Routledge, 2013). Dina Kiwan This year 2012 saw the publication of a special issue of the highly regarded peer refereed journal the Cambridge Journal of Education where I acted as a guest editor on the topic of human rights and citizenship, based on the activities of a conference of my former research center at the University of London in 2010. In addition, the project report, which I co-authored with colleagues from the University of Oxford of a former external European Union grant has been published. I have a number of book chapters, peer-refereed articles, as well as a forthcoming edited book with Palgrave Macmillan where I also have contributed with three chapters. Jad Melki Sowing the seeds of digital and media literacy in Lebanon and the Arab World: The importance of a locally grown and sustainable curriculum. In Belinha De Abreu and Paul Mihailidis (Eds.), The Development of Media Literacy Education in the 21st Century. Routledge. The Status of Women in Lebanese Journalism Institutions. In Carolyn M. Byerly (Ed.), The Palgrave International Handbook on Women and Journalism. Palgrave Macmillan. Freedom on the Net: Lebanon. Freedom House. Trauma Journalism Education in the United States. Journalism Studies.

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Framing war: The interplay of politics, economics and culture in Arab, US, and Israeli News Framing of the 2006 War. Media, War and Conflict. Digital Activism: Efficacies and burdens of digital and social media for civic activism. New Media & Society. New Media, Old Habits: Pre-uprisings social media habits of youth in Jordan, Lebanon, and The UAE. Information Communication & Society. Media Habits and Anabolic Steroid Use Among Lebanese Gym Goers. A survey of gym goes in the greater Beirut area. Journal of Health Communication. Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment of Female Journalists in Lebanon. Media as a Weapon of Guerilla Warfare: Hezbollah's use of media in the Lebanon-Israel war of summer 2006. A study analyzing Hezbollah's media strategies during its war with Israel in summer 2006. Media Education in the Arab World. A Q methodology study of Arab media studies faculty & their various approaches & curricula. Journalism Studies. Digital Media Literacy Education Tackling Visual Propaganda. In Carol Winkler (Ed.), Visual Propaganda. Strategic Studies Institute. Arab Social Media Index. Analyzing and making sense of the Arab social-media sphere in light of the Arab spring uprisings. Global Media Coverage of the Hezbollah-Israel War of Summer 2006. A three-year project that content analyzed newspapers, TV newscasts and Blogs from around the world. Blogging the 2006 Israel war on Lebanon. International news coverage of the Beijing Olympics. Sylvain Perdigon “Between the womb and the hour: Ethics and semiotics of relatedness amongst Palestinian refugees in Tyre, Lebanon.” Kirsten Scheid My scholarship in visual and material culture continues to focus on two broad thematic areas: 1) art and aesthetics and 2) embodiment and social networks. In both areas I am further interested in questions of modernity and civilizing discourses, citizenship and conceptions of civic values. Recently my work has engaged theories of non-human affect, subjectivity, and sovereignty to explore further, both historically and ethnographically, the role of art in ethics and politics today, post-1989. My scholarship was recognized and supported by a grant from the Palestinian American Research Center. I applied unsuccessfully for a post-doctoral fellowship at the Society for the Humanities, Cornell University. Livia Wick

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During 2012, my chapter in a peer-reviewed edited book entitled Public Health in the Arab World was published by Cambridge University Press (2012). I have worked on writing an article on perseverance (sumud) which I will develop into a book project. I have submitted the article to the journal American Ethnologist. Since I started working at AUB in February 2007, I have been publishing articles from my dissertation as well as from new research. These articles are part of a whole concerned with medicine, childbirth and everyday life. E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Nabil Dajani 1. Was a keynote speaker at the seminar on “Interactive Communication,

Youth and Change”, Riyadh, February 2012 in the twenty seventh national festival for culture and heritage (Janaderieh).

2. Participated in “The First Annual Government Communication Forum” on professional practices of government communication, Sharjah, UAE, February 26-27, 2012.

3. Served as a consultant to BBC on its research program on “Social Responsible Media Platforms in the Arab World.” The consultation covered BBC programs in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen.

4. Served as FAO expert consultant on its program: “Communication for Development Meeting Today‟s Agricultural and Rural Development Challenges.”

5. Member of team of Reviewers, National Priorities Research Program (NPRP). Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).

6. Review Editor, Telematics and Informatics Journal 7. Member Editorial Review Board of Journal of Mass Communication, Delinquency

and Criminology Theses subversion Edward Atkinson-Clark Thesis committee membership at AUB and other institutions - names of students: 1. Rania El-Jammal 2. Samar Ghanem 3. Michael Oghia

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4. Mariam Itani 5. Elizabeth Woller

Service on AUB Committees 1. Member, University Sensate 2. Member, University Graduate Board 3. Member, FAS Graduate Committee

Community Service 1. Member, AUB Board of Trustees Alumni Affairs Committee 2. President, Worldwide Alumni Association of AUB,(WAAAUB) May Farah Conferences 1. International Association of Mass Communication Research, July 2012. 2. Middle East Studies Association conference, November 2012. Thesis committee membership at AUB 1. Nick Grinstead (committee member) 2. Rasha Hamad (committee member) 3. Ghenwa el Jurdi (committee member) 4. Rawan Annan (Advisor) Sari Hanafi PhD Supervision (Committee Member) Dec. 20, 2012 : Suzanne Menhem, Ph. D. thesis « Les nouveaux migrants au Liban : vers une technicisation du marché de l‟emploi ». University of Poitiers. MA Thesis (Advisor): submitted

October 2012: Gianni Izzo: “Murtada Muṭahhari and the Enduring Epistemological Impression on Theophilosophy”. MA in Arabic and Middle East Studies. Feb. 12, 2012: Alice Crabtree: “Transnational Political Activity among the Lebanese Community in Australia”. MA Thesis (Committee Member): Submitted “The Interaction of the Professional Syndicates and the State in Syria: Both at the Professional and Political Levels”. Jessica Nelson, “After Saturday, Sunday: Evaluating the Maronite-Israeli Relationship (1920-1982)”, MA in Sociology. Minou Hexspoor, “Experiences of Noncustodial Mothers in Lebanon”, MA in Sociology.

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SOAM Advising: advisor of all the sociology MA students and to 12 undergraduate students. FAS I served on the Advisory committee Promotion Committee (Member) for two faculty in English department AUB Steering Committee (Member) of Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship. Steering committee (Member) Camp program of IFI. Team leader IFI project: “Governing Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon: Translating Research to Practice” Steering committee (Member) Arab Uprising Initiative (IFI and Provost office). Organizing committee (Member) inaugural Conference of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship. Sociology Community 1. Executive committee ((member) International Sociological Association

(ISA). 2. (Member of the Executive Bureau) Arab Association of Sociology. 3. International Advisory Committee. South African Review of Sociology. 4. International editorial board. Istanbul Journal of Sociological Studies.

Istanbul University. 5. International editorial board, International Sociology Review of Books

(ISRB). Selected Conferences and Seminar Papers

“The Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Bleak Presence and Future”. The Palestinian Diaspora and the Future of the Palestinian Issue. A conference organized by Massarat Center. Ramallah.

17-18 December, 2012

Présentation-débat autour du livre de Kamel Doraï et Nicolas Puig, L‟urbanité des marges : Migrants et réfugiés dans les villes du Proche-Orient. Presses de l‟Ifpo, Téraèdre, Salon du Livre Francophone, Beirut.

November 2, 2012

"The Politics of Precariousness in the Global South" at the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) (Society, Work and

Development, otherwise known as SWOP.

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“An Extraterritorial Nation-State”. Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR) A Common Assembly. Nottingham- UK. http://nottinghamcontemporary.org/event/decolonizing-architecture-art-residency-daar

Jan. 28, 2012

Samir Khalaf Conferences and Workshops: Presented papers in the following two conferences: 1.“Prospects for Public Sphere and Civil Society.” In Culture, Identity and Change in the Middle East. Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University (Kennedy School), June 7-8, 2012. 2.“AUB as a Cultural Transplant.” In AUB a Century and a Half, May 13-15, 2013. Other Activities: I continue to serve as a trustee on four Boards: AMIDEAST, Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Chiha Foundation and International Relief. I have been asked to serve on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Middle Eastern Migration Studies. Master Thesis supervision (not yet submitted) 1.Bayan Itani (SOAN) 2.Sara Ajliakin (SOAN) Dina Jane Kiwan Honors and Prizes Spring (2012-2013): Awarded Mellon Fellowship as part of AUB‟s Arts and

Humanities initiative to study conceptions of‟ citizenship‟ and „learning‟ in humanities and social sciences curricula and University strategic initiatives at the AUB since start of „Arab Spring‟.

Lectures/Presentations Invited Keynotes 22/03/13: „What is Citizenship education and what is it for?‟ a forum with

academic and practitioners, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

8-9/10/12: „Translating citizenship‟ conference, Institute Francais De Proche Orient, Amman, Jordan.

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Chair of Sociology Faculty Search Committee starting December 2012 –ongoing; Member of American Studies Faculty Search Committee starting November 2012. Other Scholarly Activities Member of Editorial Board for peer refereed journal Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. Awarded internal grants Mellon Foundation fellowship award – notification October 2012, Start date January 2013. Jad Melki Conference Papers, Invited Lectures and Workshops 1. June 2013. International Communication Association. Panel 2. June 2013. International Communication Association. Panel 3. April 13-17. 2013. Covering Conflict in the Middle East; Developing

multimedia journalism modules, Danish School of Journalism and Media, Denmark.

4. 10-12. April 2013. Fifth Annual Conference on Media War and conflict. The interplay of politics, economics and culture in Arab, US, and Israeli News Framing of the 2006 War.

5. March 20. CTL (AUB) Lecture on effective use of PowerPoint. 6. January 17-19, 2013. ARIJ workshop on investigative journalism for media

professors. 7. 3-4 December, 2012. ESCWA, Department for Economic and Social Affairs

Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Citizen Engagement and the Post-2015 Agenda.

8. November 23, 2012. CAMES lecture on communication strategies of Hezbollah during 2006 war.

9. Nov 16-19, 2012. Arab Media Education in the Post-Arab Spring. AUSACE 2012 conference, Georgia State University.

10. July 20-August 11, 2012. Salzburg Academy for Media and Global Change, Summer Academy.

Grants and Scholarships 1. $6,230 Richard Threlkeld Memorial Fund (for the Salzburg Academy). 2. $6,450 Al-Ekbal Printing & Packaging‟s CSR fund (for the Salzburg

Academy). 3. $147,000 Open Society Foundations (For establishing the MDLAB summer

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4. $15,000 Salzburg Global Seminar (Student grants for the Salzburg Academy, 2012).

Thesis Advising Valerie Rowles, advising since Spring 2011 will defend Spring, 2013.

MA Thesis Committee Member Rawan Annan Rasha Hamad Undergraduate Advising Spring 2013: 67-80! Fall 2012: 64

Conferences and Events Organization 1. January 17-19, 2013. ARIJ workshop on investigative journalism for media

professors. 2. July 20-August 11, 2012. Salzburg Academy for Media and Global Change,

Summer Academy. SOAM Department Committees 1. Coordinator, Media Studies Program (Spring 2009-2012). 2. Coordinator, SOAM Web site (Spring 2009-present). 3. Course Learning Outcomes committee (Spring 2009-present). 4. Program Learning Outcomes committee (Spring 2009-present). FAS Committees 1. FAS Senate representative (Spring 2012). 2. FAS Curriculum committee (Spring 2011-present). University Committees 1. AUB Youth Research Working Group Steering Committee (Spring 2012-). 2. Chair, Media Studies Advisory Committee (Spring 2011-). 3. Journalism Training Program Steering Committee, REP (Spring 2009- ). 4. Social Sciences representative on the General Education evaluation project

(Spring 2011-). 5. Academic Development Committee (Spring 2011-). Curricular Development 1. Researched prospects and potential for a BA in Media Studies (2011-

present). 2. Developed and defended the BA in Media and Communication. 3. Developed the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut (to launch

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Sylvain Perdigon None so far (this was my first semester at AUB, where my appointment started in January 2013).

Kirsten Scheid 1. Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Guest researcher (April 2013) 2. Barakat Trust Award for manuscript illustrations subvention (2012-13). 3. Kiven Strohm, “Impossible Identification: Contemporary Art, Politics, and the Palestinians in Israel.” Département d‟anthropologie. Université de Montreal. (2013) Committee Member. 4. Dina Ramadan, “The Aesthetics of the Modern: Producing Artists, Cultivating Collectors, and Imagining Audiences in Egypt 1908-1958.” Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University. (2012) Committee Member. 5. Invited Lecture “Between Promise and Fragility: Aesthetic Belonging in Palestinian Art,” brown bag at Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies, American University of Beirut. Beirut, April 4, 2013. 6. Invited Conference Participation: “Turks Have No Taste for Art,” for “City Crossings: Claiming the Past, Making the Present in Beirut, Cairo and Istanbul” workshop, Sabanci University and Istanbul Policy Center. Istanbul, Dec. 7-8, 2012. 7. Invited Lecture: “Between Promise and Fragility: Aesthetic Belonging in Palestinian Art,” at Columbia University. New York, Oct. 11, 2012. 8. General Conference Participation, “When Is It Western and When Isn't It? – The Role of Lebanese Art In (Western) Art History,” for “State of the Discipline: The Position of Non-Western Art in Art History,” panel at the College Art Association. New York, Feb. 13-16, 2013. 9. Middle East Section, American Anthropological Association – board member (2012-present). 10. University Art Gallery Steering Committee – member (2012 – present). 11. Center for Arab and Middle East Studies Steering Committee – member (2012 – present). 12. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Primary Documents series: Arab Art in the Twentieth Century. International Publications series. Consultant (2013 to present). 13. Freshman Adviser, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Livia Wick Conferences, Workshops and Other Activities

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Book review of Hamdi, Sherine, (2012) Our Bodies belong to God: Organ Transplants, Islam, and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Egypt. Berkeley: University of California Press. For Contemporary Islam. Forthcoming in Spring 2013. July 6-9th, 2012: Reproductive Health Working Group Annual Meeting in Tunis, Tunisia. This is a multidisciplinary conference and group. I presented a paper about the research conducted at Hariri government hospital. Health and Society Group, FHS, AUB (one of the founding members started in Fall 2008-2009) This interdisciplinary group of AUB scholars meets every three weeks to discuss research, teaching and writing about health. The group critiques and discusses our current research and teaching activities using texts and theories about the social construction of health. The group‟s current objectives is to create a learning space between the social sciences, humanities and health sciences in which we develop a shared language, a common understanding of concepts and engage in reflecting upon and critiquing our own work. March 20th-21rst, 2012: Chair on a panel entitled “Social Media and Collective Actions” at the conference entitled “The Arab Uprisings: Sociological Perspectives and Geographical Comparisons held at the AUB September 1rst-2nd 2012: War and Global Health Working Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB. Presented a paper on “Reflections on fieldwork and war”. The Group worked together to write a commentary led by Dr. Vin Kim Nguyen which was submitted for publication to the Lancet. External Reviewer for the following journals: East Asia Science, Technology and Society, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry; Arab Media and Society; Gender Based Violence

Journal Editor: Editorial Advisory Board member of the Journal of Middle East Women‟s Studies Courses taught 1. SOAN 203 Introduction to Anthropology (Spring 2012-2013) 2. SOAN 225 Gender and Culture (Spring 2012-2013) Service to the university, faculty and department 1. Board Member of the Arts and Humanities Initiative, AUB (2012-2013) 2. MCAT Committee, AUB (2012-2013) 3. Curriculum Committee, FAS (member, Fall 2011-2012 Spring 2011-2012) 4. Coordinator of the Anthropology Program in SOAM (2012-2013) 5. Faculty Advisor for the Anthropology Graduate Program, SOAM (2009 to

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1. 2012-13, “The Young Generation, Interactive Media and Society” (Arabic and with English translation) Global Media Journal (Arabian Edition), (in both electronic and print editions) Fall/Spring 2012-2013.

2. 2012, Technology Cannot a Revolution Make: Nas-book not Facebook, Arab Media and Society, Issue 15, Spring 2012.

Sari Hanafi Chapters in Edited Books 2012: “Arab Revolutions, Palestine Question and the Arab-Zionist Conflict

( الصهيىني –الثىرة وقضية فلسطين والصراع العربي )”. The Arab Revolutions. Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies. 2012: “Enclaves and Fortressed Archipelago: Violence and Governance in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon”. Are Knudsen & Michael Kerr (Eds.) Lebanon: After the Cedar Revolution. C Hurst & Co Publishers. Articles in Refereed Journals 2012:“The Arab revolutions; the emergence of a new political subjectivity, Contemporary Arab Affairs, 5:2, 198-213. 2012: Sari Hanafi, Jad Chaaban, Karin Seyfert “Social exclusion of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Reflections on the mechanisms that cement their persistent poverty.” Refugee Survey Quarterly. (2012) 31(1): 34-53. 2012: In Arabic: Journal of Palestine Studies (majalet al-dirasat al-falistiniya). No 91. 2012. Pp. 35-52. 2012: “Flexible Citizenship and the Inflexible Nation-State: New Framework for Appraising the Palestinian Refugees' Movements”. Journal of International Migration and Integration. Volume 13, Issue 4 (2012), Page 441-458. Reports 2012: With Rigas Arvanitis “Applying Scientific Research To the local Economy in ESCWA Countries”. Report presented to ESCWA. Nov. Dina Jane Kiwan Journal Special Issues Kiwan, D. (2012) (ed). „Human Rights and Citizenship‟ special issue, Cambridge Journal of Education.42 (1). Peer–refereed articles

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Kiwan, D (2012). „Revisiting the relationship between citizenship and human rights‟, in „Human Rights and Citizenship‟ special issue, Cambridge Journal of Education. 42(1), 1-7. Chapters in books 1. Kiwan, D. (2012). „Multicultural citizenship and social cohesion: reflecting on

the case study of England‟. In M Shuayb (ed). Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion: International Case Studies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

2. Kiwan, D. (2012). „Multicultural Education‟ in Routledge Education Reader. London: Routledge.

3. Kiwan, D. (2012). „Multicultural citizenship and social cohesion: reflecting on the case study of England‟, in M. Shuayb (ed). Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion: International Case Studies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Policy reports Gidley, B. Cangiano, A. Khor, Z. and Kiwan, D. (2012). Citizenship and Integration in the UK. Oxford: Compas. Jad Melki 1. Melki, Jad, Dabous, Yasmine, Nasser, Khaled, and Mallat, Sarah. (2012).

Mapping Digital Media: Journalism, Democracy and Values (Lebanon). The Media Program, Open Society Foundations, May 2012.

2. Melki, Jad. (2012). Incorporating In-Depth Research Methodologies and Digital Competencies with Media Literacy Pedagogies. In Paul Mihailidis (Ed.), News Literacy: Global Perspectives for the Newsroom and the Classroom (pp. 139-160). Mass Communication and Journalism series, Peter Lang.

3. Melki, Jad. (2011). The Plight of Media Education and Research in Arab Higher Education. In Chi-Kim Cheung (Ed.), Research in Media Education (pp. 83-108). New York: Nova Science.

4. Melki, Jad. (2011). Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media (Lebanon). International Women‟s Media Foundation.

Kirsten Scheid 1. 2012: “The Study of Islamic Art at a Crossroad, and Humanity as a Whole,”

in Islamic Art and the Museum: Discussions on scientific and museological approaches to art and archaeology of the Muslim world. Eds. Benoit Junod, Georges Khalil, Stefan Weber. Pp. 90-94. London: Saqi Books.

2. 2012 “On Arabs and the Art Awakening: Warnings from a Narcoleptic Population,” on-line, at Jadaliyya, August 31.

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Livia Wick “Reflections on the De-politicization of Health and Scholarship,” In Public Health in the Arab World. Edited by Samer Jabbour, Rita Giacaman, Iman Nuwayhid and Marwan Khawaja. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT As a new department SOAM needs to undergo continuous assessment and review of its programs. A retreat is envisaged in September for this purpose. The Media Studies Program has launched in this year the MA in Media Studies (both thesis and project tracks), meeting its enrollment goal of 10 graduate students. During this year, the program also developed and received approval for a BA in Media and Communication, which will launch in Fall 2013. The target goal of 25 students for the first year has already been met with 32 transfer applications in process. Media Studies has also granted this year 43 students Diplomas in Media and Communication, and enrollment in the MCOM diploma program has exceeded 200 students. The program has also hired the third full-time professorial rank media studies faculty and received approval for hiring two professorial rank faculty members (one for 2014-2015 and one for 2015-2016) and a professional (non-professorial rank) instructor/coordinator for 2013-2014. In addition, Media Studies has organized several public talks and workshops and has worked this year on developing the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut, which will launch in August 2013. Sari Hanafi Chairperson

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UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY PROGRAM

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS During 2012-2013 the University Preparatory Program (UPP) implemented its regular English, Humanities, Science, Information Technology and Mathematics course offerings designed to prepare college-bound high school graduates to join AUB or other English-medium universities. In addition, UPP offered a summer course for graduate students admitted to AUB but needed to improve their English proficiency. The total number of students enrolled in UPP courses during 2012-2013 was 398, 173 during the fall, 215 during spring, and 10 during summer.

B. PERSONNEL 1. Faculty Members

Harkous-Rihan, Samar Director PhD (USP Academic Monitor) El-Harake, Rima Instructor MA Associate Director

Ghaith, Nadine Instructor MA Karam, Marianne Instructor (Fall 2012-13) MA Halabi, Maha Instructor (Fall 2012-13) MA Bakhti, Naji Instructor (Spring-2013) MA

Abiad, May Instructor MA Ashkar, Nicolas Instructor MA Awwad, Moh’d Instructor MA Hassan, Hany Instructor MA Hallak, Sandy Instructor MA Kasti, Houssam Instructor MA Kharroub, Hisham Instructor MA Jureidini, Najwa Instructor MA Saghbini, Paul Instructor MA Wahab, Karam Instructor MA

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Ayyash, Samar Program Secretary Mekkawi, Rola USP Coordinator MA

C. TEACHING

1. Student Enrollment in Courses

Fall Spring Summer Total UPEN 002 37 09 46 UPEN 003 08 37 45 UPSC001 37 -- 37 UPSC002 08 37 46 UPMA001 35 13 48 UPMA002 10 36 46 UPHU01 08 37 45 UPIT001 30 -- 30 UPIT002 -- 46 46 UPGR 001 10 10 TOTAL 173 215 10 398

D. RESEARCH

Samar Harkous –Rihan

1. The Role of individual and contextual factors in the language acquisition of university-bound EFL learners.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Rima El-Harake

1. Teaching duties (Intermediate Reading, Upper Intermediate Speaking and Presentation Skills, Upper Intermediate Writing (Blended).)

2. Redesigned the Upper Intermediate Writing Syllabus in accordance with the blended format. 3. Taught the first blended course in UPP. 4. Assisted UPP Director in organizing and redesigning syllabi for all UPP levels and skills.

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5. Assisted UPP Director in coordinating between full-time and part-time faculty.

6. Assisted UPP Director in finalizing class schedules. 7. Assisted UPP Director in setting up meetings with instructors.

8. Organized midterm and final examinations and instructor proctoring schedules.

9. Followed up on student-related issues: academic and personal. 10. Followed up on instructor issues. 11. Coordinated the listening/speaking skill. 12. Followed up on reading and writing coordinators and instructors. 13. Updated information on the UPP website. 14. Worked on the UPP final report.

Nadine Ghaith 1. Instructed in various skills and provided support to students outside the

classroom. 2. Completed a five week blended training workshop -- administered by the

CTL -- and started implementing blended elements into courses. 3. Appointed coordinator for the spring semester for the critical reading skill

and worked closely with critical reading instructors. 4. Initiated, organized and designed the UPP newsletter. The newsletter

features faculty news and student contributions and writing samples. 5. Completed various administrative tasks within the department.

Samar Harkous-Rihan

1. Prepared and implemented a special orientation session for new UPP students and their parents.

2. Prepared and implemented a special orientation session for new UPP/USP students, their parents and USAID members.

3. Prepared and carried out in-house placement test for UPP students in order to place them in classes appropriate to their level.

4. Designed and implemented a new Curriculum for USP students who come from Lebanese public schools and will join Sophomore classes after they pass UPP.

5. Assigned coordinators for the different English Language courses to ensure that instructors are on the right track and to offer assistance as may be appropriate regarding instructional techniques, organization of practices, etc. for the purpose of providing guidance and mentoring.

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6. Completed a five week blended training workshop, administered by the CTL.

7. Served as Academic Monitor for the USAID University Scholarship Program (USP II & IV). This program gives the opportunity to 50 financially needy Lebanese public school students (males and females) to complete their undergraduate studies at AUB.

8. Followed up on the fifty USP students’ academic progress 9. Prepared regular reports to USAID on the different aspects of USP II and IV project.

10. Served as a member of the USP IV selection committee which is responsible for: a. Reviewing all the students’ data and ranking the applicants using composite scores (made of academic standing, financial need and leadership qualities)

b. Short listing 260 students from among the 1002 applications received 11. Participated in preparing and implementing two orientation days for the shortlisted students during which:

a. Students sit for the English Entrance Exam (EEE). b. Students are interviewed to assess their leadership skills and verify their

financial need information. c. Students attend an orientation session where they meet with different faculty representatives to help them finalize their selection of their fields of study.

12. Participated in writing the USAID.USP V proposal. 13. Served as member of the University Committee of English Language (UCEL) Committee. 14. Designed, supervised and taught in the Summer Intensive English Program for graduate students. 15. Wrote the target and action plan for UPP that is integrated in AUB strategic plan goal 2. 16. Participated in a local fair, AUB graduate Fair, and two foreign university fairs, in Jordan and Dubai in order to promote the program.

F. PUBLICATIONS

1. Ghaith, G. M. & Harkouss-Rihan, S. (2012). An Investigation of the Relationship of Learning and Communication Strategies, Gender, and Reading Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language. International Journal of Global

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G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The issue of low foreign student enrollment is the greatest challenge that UPP faces. The program started participating in local and foreign university fairs in coordination with the admissions office, in order to promote the program in the Arab countries. This will be continued in the upcoming years. Moreover, the UPP website will be constantly updated and UPP brochures will be distributed at various fairs within Lebanon and the Region. Furthermore, cultural attachés of the Arab embassies will be contacted to strengthen ties and encourage exchange of students with the UPP and AUB, more generally. In addition, the UPP intends to strengthen its collaboration with the AUB Office of Grants and Contracts by applying for external grants aiming at providing scholarships and financial support to needy local and international students. This will lead to an increase in the diversity of the students’ population at AUB. The University Preparatory Program will offer a Summer Intensive English Course for newly admitted graduate students coming from outside AUB in the Summer and Fall semesters in order to enable them to function effectively in all-English Curricula. The program will work on designing a mechanism for following up and coordinating with all faculties to ensure proper English placement and registration for the Summer Graduate Intensive English Program.

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ZAKI NASSIF MUSIC PROGRAM A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAM After being founded in December 2004, as a program to preserve the musical heritage of Zaki Nassif. The Zaki Nassif Program organized competitions, concerts, conferences, and seminars and, contribute in strengthening music education and programs at AUB, the Zaki Nassif Program for Music (ZNPM) has accomplished significant progress. In October 2007, more than 1,000 Zaki Nassif’s scores was donated to AUB by his heirs, granting the University legal title and intellectual property rights of the composer’s music. What is now identified as “Zaki Nassif Archives”, are now safeguarded within AUB’s Jafet Library special collection and made available for future music researchers and students who are interested in Lebanon’s musical heritage. The collection is also catalogued in the AUB Library system. On the other hand, a plan has been adopted in June 2012 to step-up the archiving process. One of its main goals consisted in collecting all available recordings of Zaki Nassif’s music collection. Thus, through third parties archives, we have been able to increase to 250, the number of available recordings. A major effort persists. It requires appropriate legal advising to collect, through legal procedures, copies of Zaki Nassif music records from Radios, TV’s and other private and public institutions. Also, given the limited number of Zaki Nassif’s compositions currently found in media stores, a second goal in the plan aimed at compiling available records in view of making these available to the public. Otherwise, three major accomplishments can be reported during this past academic year 2012-2013. The first of these is the result of a 4-year process to publish a manuscript on "Zaki Nassif papers (Min Awrak Zaki Nassif)". A committee composed by AUB Faculty members, Research Assistants and volunteers carried out such task. It is now in its final phase as the manuscript on "Zaki Nassif papers (Min Awrak Zaki Nassif)" has been accepted for publication in AUB Press. The second achievement is the establishment of a first partnership with the FAAH department. As a result, the Zaki Nassif Program has undertaken the financial support of a concert performed by students enrolled in the “Arabic Music Ensemble” course during spring term of 2012-2013.

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The third one is the creation of an annual research, starting January 2014. The Academic Committee of the Program will be accepting proposals on the general area of “The History and Anthropology of Music in the Levant.” Committees

Academic Committee of the Program

Wadi’ Jureidini, Maher Jarrar, Thomas Kim, David Kurani, Nabil Nassif (Chairperson) and Ramzi Sabra. Fund-raising Committee of the Program Nada Abou-Shakra, Leila Bissat, Sawsan Maktabi, Dalal Nassif, Nabil Nassif, Nahia Nassif, Akram Rayess, Salma Oueida (Director of Development). Research Assistants Gisele Hebbou (Part-Time) BA (“Maitrise” Musicology from USEK) Roula Hassoun (Part-Time) Software Engineer from CNAM Technical Assistants Michel Moufawad (Student employment) B. ACTIVITIES 1. Concerts

November 10, 2012, Ney concert with Muslim Rahal and his band Al Nawa January 13, 2013, Ziryab String Quintet with Charbel Rouhana

April 4, 2013, Sami Hawat Concert “Rahala” May 6, 2013, AUB Arabic Music Ensemble with Rima Kcheich May 9, 2013, Quatuor del Tempo del Selectum of Arts May 24, 2013, Winners of Zaki Nassif Competition "A choir from every school."

2. Seminars and Competitions

November 13 2012, Seminar by Mr. Akram Al Rayess on “The scope of Zaki Nassif Music” organized jointly with AUB University for Seniors Program. April 12 (Round 1) and May 10 (Round 2): Fifth annual competition “A choir from every school” with the participation of twelve schools.

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The first round qualified six choirs and the second round ended with three schools being classified in the top first three ranks.

Nabil Nassif Chairperson