American University of Beirut Annual Report of the Faculty of Arts And

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I Summary Report of the Office of the Dean Dean P. McGreevy P. 1-4

Part II Reports of the Standing Committees Advisory Committee………………………………………. Dr. P. McGreevy P. 6 Curriculum Committee…………………………………….. Dr. A. Lyzzaik P. 8 Graduate Committee………………………………………. Dr. R. Talhouk P. 11 Library Committee………………………………………… Dr. H. Genz P. 20 Research Committee………………………………………. Dr. A. Abdel Rahman P. 21 Student Academic Affairs Committee……………………. Dr. M. Tabbal P. 29 Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee…………...... Dr. A. Clary P. 35 Undergraduate Committee………………………………… Dr. B. Kaafarani P. 37

Part III Reports of the Academic Units

Anis Makdessi Program in Literature…………………... Dr. M. Jarrar P. 46

Arabic and Near Eastern Languages Department………. Dr. R. Baalbaki P. 58

Biology Department…………………………………….. Dr. C. Smith P. 73

Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies …………… Dr. J. Meloy P. 109

Center for American Studies and Research …………….. Dr. R. Myers P. 115

Center for Behavioral Research ……..…………………... Dr. S. Khalaf P. 120

Center for English Language Research and Teaching …... Dr. K. Shaaban P. 124

Chemistry Department …………………………………... Dr. M. El-Ghoul P. 126

Civilization Sequence Program ….………………………. Dr. R. Smith P. 150

Computer Science Department…………………………... Dr. A. Nasri P. 165

Economics Department………………………………….. Dr. S. Neaime P. 180

Education Department…………………………………… Dr. G. Ghaith P. 193

English Department……………………………………… Dr. A. Zenger P. 218

Fine Arts and Art History Department……………….….. Dr. H. Franses P. 250

Geology Department…………………………………….. Dr. A. Abdel Rahman P. 266

History and Archeology Department…………….………. Dr. S. Seikaly P. 278

Institute of Financial Economics………………………… Dr. S. Neaime P. 294

Mathematics Department………………………………... Dr. H. Abu Khuzam P. 304

Philosophy Department………………………………….. Dr. B. Haidar P. 321

Physics Department……………………………………… Dr. S. Isber P. 331

Political Studies and Public Administration……………... Dr. R. Antoun P. 347

Sciences and Mathematics Education Center ……….….. Dr. S. Bou Jaoude P. 360

Social and Behavioral Sciences………………...... Dr. N. Dajani P. 362

University Preparatory Program…………………………. Ms. R. Shaaban P. 389

PART I

SUMMARY OF THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN

OFFICE OF THE DEAN FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES REPORT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

This report on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences covers the period from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.

A. NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION

During the first semester, the freshman class saw 425 new students registered, while the sophomore class saw 482 registered. This was a significant increase in admission to both classes from the previous year.

During the second semester, the freshman class saw 71 new students registered while the sophomore class saw 61 new students registered.

The current policy of admission in FAS is to keep the student population in the sophomore class in FAS at the same levels as for the previous academic years but to increase the number of students at the freshman level if possible.

The graduate program saw 132 (115 graduates and 17 prospective graduates) new students enrolled during the first semester. During the second semester, the graduate class saw 65 (55 graduates and 10 prospective graduates) new students registered.

The UPP (University Preparatory Program) saw 22 registered in September 2009 out of a total of 27 accepted applicants. This represents a decrease in registration in this program in relation to the same period of 2008-09. Six new UPP students registered in the second semester out of nine accepted applicants.

During the first semester, the total enrollment at the undergraduate level was 2723, while at the graduate level it was 421, in addition to twelve students at the PhD level.

During the second semester, the total enrollment at the undergraduate level was 2663, while at the graduate level it was 420, in addition to nine students at the PhD level.

B. STUDENT ADMISSIONS

The University Unified Admissions Committee (UUAC), with representation from all Faculties, has met and acted on all applications. Early admission to the University by the UUAC has resulted this year in 280 applicants being admitted to the sophomore class and 82 to the freshman class in FAS. Furthermore, 1273 applications for admission to the freshman class were received and 702 applicants were issued letters of acceptance to-date for the first semester of 2010-2011, including early admissions. Additionally, 1825 of 2983 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 34 applications to the UPP (University Preparatory Program), and to date 23 have been accepted for the first semester.

C. CURRENT FACULTY NUMBER AND COMPOSITION

The teaching program involved 274 faculty members, 155 graduate assistants for the first semester and 156 for the second. During the first semester, a total of 6382 students were enrolled in 453 different courses (equivalent to 1092 courses and sections). A total of 6339 students were enrolled in 479 different courses (equivalent to 1083 courses and sections) during the second semester.

There were 274 budgeted full-time faculty lines in FAS for 2009-2010, all of which were filled. Of these, 228 were used for full-time contracts with the balance used for part-time appointments. Fulltime appointments were distributed as follows: 152 in the professorial ranks (assistant, associate, and full professors), 71 in ranks of instructor and lecturer, two assistant instructors and 3 research associates. This includes all faculty members on paid junior and research leaves (25 in total for both semesters).

D. PROFESSORS ON LEAVE, 2009-10

Thirteen professors were on paid research leave during the academic year. Eight were on leave (one maternity) during the first semester, four during the second semester, and one for the whole academic year. Ten other faculty members, financed by university funds, were also on junior paid leaves; four during the first semester of 2009-2010 and six during the second semester. Two faculty members were on leave without pay during 2009-10.

E. PROFESSORS ON LEAVE, 2010-11

Several requests for leave without pay and paid research leaves for 2010-2011 were considered by the Advisory Committee of FAS. To date four professors have been granted leaves without pay for 2010-2011: three for the whole academic year and one for the first semester. Nine professors have been granted paid research leaves for the academic year 2010-2011: one for the whole academic year 2010-2011, five for the first semester and three for the second semester. Eleven faculty members were granted junior faculty research paid leaves for the academic year 2010-2011: four for the first and seven for the second semester.

F. FACULTY RECRUITMENT

A total of 772 applications have been received for faculty positions that were advertised in the Faculty starting September 15, 2010. After consultation with the departments and the Advisory Committee, 24 offers have been made so far, 21 offers have been accepted and 3 have been declined. The national distribution of those who accepted our offer are: 6 Lebanese, 12 US citizens, and one each from: Britain, Croatia, and Australia. One visiting position is filled within the Edward Said Chair in American Studies for the second semester, one for the Alfred H. Howell Endowed Chair in History and Archaeology and one for the Whittlesey Chair in History and Archaeology.

G. APPLICATIONS FOR PROMOTION

Eleven applications for promotion were received by the deadline of September 15, 2009. Seven applications were for the promotion to the rank of full professor and four for the rank of associate professor. The promotion cycle resulted in all faculty members being promoted.

H. GENERAL REMARKS

Dr. Malek Tabbal joined FAS as Associate Dean in Fall 2009. Dr. John Meloy joined as a second Associate Dean in Fall 2010.

The FAS Academic Committee, consisting of chairs and directors, was given new importance as a forum for faculty discussion and communication. It met almost twice a month. The president, the provost, and several vice-presidents visited sessions. A

3 special session dedicated to strategic planning with regard to development was attended by several representatives from the Office of Development.

A number of initiatives were made to enhance advising and other student processes in the faculty. These will continue to be a focus in 2010-2011.

New computers with locked desks were installed in 12 classrooms in Nicely Hall. More classroom renovations are scheduled for summer 2011.

Work on the renovation of the Science Lecture Hall is nearly complete. The vastly improved facility will be ready before the beginning of spring semester 2010-2011.

A large number of lectures, workshops, and conferences were sponsored by FAS centers and departments in 2009-2010.

The CAMES Summer Arabic Program has grown and been enhanced. Plans are underway for further expansion over the next several summers.

Patrick McGreevy Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences

PART II

REPORTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson: Patrick McGreevy, Dean

Members: Abi Khuzam, F., Professor, Mathematics Haydar, B., Professor, Philosophy Isber, S., Professor, Physics Jurdak, M., Professor, Education Neaime, S., Professor, Economics Smith, R. Professor, CVSP

B. COMMITTEE POLICIES

The committee adopted new procedures corresponding to new guidelines for promotion and reappointment. Otherwise, policies were implemented as usual.

C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

The committee advised the dean on matters related to faculty appointments, reappointments, promotion, research leaves, leaves without pay, outside appointments and REP secondments. Below is an overview of the main action items taken by the committee.

1. Four applications for leave without pay were considered and recommended for approval. One of these was for a single semester; the others—all REP assignments--were for the entire year. Nine professors were recommended for paid research leaves for the academic year 2010-2011: one for the whole academic year 2010-2011, five for the first semester and three for the second semester. Eleven faculty members were recommended for junior faculty research leaves for the academic year 2010-2011: four for the first and seven for the second semester.

2. The committee recommended appointment for twenty-four professors. Of these, twenty-one offers have been accepted and three have been declined. Two visiting professors will join AUB in February 2011.Two professors will join in September 2011.

3. Eleven applications for promotion were considered. Seven applications were for the promotion to the rank of full professor and four for the rank of associate professor. The promotion cycle resulted in all faculty members being promoted.

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 2010 or September 2011. The committee voted on appropriate action in all cases. The process was somewhat more prolonged than in previous years, but it resulted in many full professors receiving seven-year contracts.

5. The committee also made recommendations on the appointment or reappointment of a large number of department chairs. Members of the committee accompanied the dean to consult with all available members of the departments in question.

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP

Dr. A. Lyzzaik (Mathematics), Acting Chair Dr. N. Salti (Economics) Dr. J. Andresen (Philosophy) Dr. T. Ghaddar (Chemistry) Dr. N. Darwiche (Biology) Dr. B. Bashour (Philosophy) Dr. J. Melki (SBS) in replacement of Dr. I. Ruble (Economics) for the First Semester 2009-2010 Ms. H. Abou Arraj (Registrar) Dr. N. Nassif (Member, Senate Academic Development Committee) Dr. J. Meloy (Member, Senate Academic Development Committee)

B. COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS

1. General academic development of the faculty. 2. The Curriculum Committee shall, from time to time, re-evaluate the curriculum as a whole and recommend changes through the Academic Committee to the faculty. 3. Upon the recommendation of the department concerned,the committee shall approve new courses, discontinue existing courses, and modify courses as to their length, content and number of credits assigned. 4. The Curriculum Committee shall recommend to the faculty modifications to graduation requirements. 5. The Curriculum Committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the dean on matters concerning courses and examinations. During the academic year the committee held eight meeting.

C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

1. Petitions, Course Equivalences and Study Abroad Applications: The committee approved 103 petitions, 208 course equivalences and waivers, and 88 study abroad applications. 2. The committee approved the following CMPS course: Computer Animation CMPS 388. 3. The committee approved a request by the department of Biology to alter its undergraduate catalogue program entry.

4. The committee approved the Biology course: BIOL 258L. 5. The committee approved the Fine Arts and Art History courses: Arabic and Middle Eastern Music FAAH 262 and Performance Art FAAH 286. 6. The committee responded to 26 petitions and course equivalences on December 31, 2009. 7. The committee approved the FAAH Department to introduce the course Video Path FAAH 292. 8. The committee approved the Physics Department proposals to add to the undergraduate catalogue ―Phys 101or its equivalent‖ as prerequisite for Phys 210, 211 and 212, and to add ―EECE 230 or CMPS 200‖ as prerequisite for Phys 222. 9. The committee approved cross-listing courses AMST 275 and AMST 276 with PSPA 288 and HIST 274, respectively. 10. The committee approved that the course World Theater CVSP 295DR become Modern and Contemporary World Theater CVSP 212. 11. The committee approved amending the description of the Computational Science minor so that Math 211 replaces Math 218 as an elective of the following basket of electives: Math 218, CMPS 255, CMPS 256, DCSN 200, PHYS 222. 12. The committee approved a proposal of the PSPA Department for changes in its undergraduate programs. 13. The committee approved a proposal of the FAAH Department to make changes its Minors in Music, Theater, and Studio Arts, and its Major in Studio Arts. 14. The committee approved a proposal of the English Department to introduce the courses Contemporary Writers ENGL 252 and Critical Review Writing 253. 15. The committee approved a proposal of the CVSP to introduce Chinese 203. 16. The committee approved a proposal of the SBS Department to add the elective courses PSPA 222 and SOAN 242 to the minor in Human Rights and Transitional Justice. 17. The committee approved a proposal of the SBS Department to introduce a Master‘s program in Media Studies. 18. The committee approved a proposal of the CMPS Department to introduce two programming lab courses CMPS 200L and CMPS 212L. 19. The committee approved to replace the following sentence of p. 134 of the Undergraduate Catalogue: ―FAS students cannot be given credits for FAFS courses such as NFSC 220 (Food Nutrition and Awareness), AVSC 279 (Companion Pet Birds and Animals), AVSC 280 (Aquarium, Marine and Farming Fish) and AGSC 288 (The Art of Honey Making‖with the following sentence:―FAS students cannot receive credit for NFSC 220 (Food Nutrition and Awareness), AVSC 279 (Companion Pet Birds and Animals), AVSC 280 (Aquarium, Marine and Farming Fish) and AGSC 288 (The Art of Honey Making).‖

20. The committee approved a proposal of the Mathematics Department to introduce the course Introduction to Simulation and Monte Carlo Methods, MATH 333. 21. The committee approved the Computer Science ―track‖ proposal, pending further discussion of the introduction of ―tracks‖ before the FAS. 22. The committee approved a proposal of the CMPS Department to introduce the following Computer Science courses: Foundations of Digital Media, CMPS 220, Network Programming, CMPS 273, Web Programming and Design, CMPS 278, Multimedia programming, CMPS 259, Human Computer Interaction, CMPS 289, Multimedia Design, CMPS 290. 23. The committee approved a proposal of the CMPS Department and the Department of Fine Art and Art History to introduce a minor in Digital Arts. 24. The committee approved a proposal of CAMES to introduce the following two courses: Special Topics in Contemporary Middle East Politics, MEST 317, and Special Topics in Contemporary Middle East Society, MEST 318. 25. The committee approved a proposal of the UPP to introduce the summer course SAT1 Preparation Course. 26. The committee approved a proposal of the Department of the SBS to change the requirements of its Diploma in Media Studies so that they become five required courses (instead of seven) and two elective courses from a list of nine elective courses offered. 27. The committee approved a proposal from the University Preparatory Program to introduce ENGL 007: ―English for Engineering Graduates‖; a zero credit ―special‖ summer course restricted to accepted graduate Engineering students.

Abdallah Lyzzaik Acting Chairperson

GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP

Acting Chairman: Rabih Talhouk, Professor, Biology.

Members: Hans, Muller; Assistant Professor, Philosophy; 2011 Saliba, Najat; Associate Professor, Chemistry; 2010 Wick, Livia; Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences; 2010 Abu Salem, Fatima; Assistant Prof (Member, Board of Graduate Studies; 2010) Clary, Amy; Assistant Prof, English (Member, Board of Graduate Studies; 2012) Dajani, Nabil; Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences (Member, Board of Graduate Studies; 2012) Reresentative from the Admissions Office Representative from the Registrar Office

B. COMMITTEE POLICIES

Policies regarding graduate admission: The revised admission criteria to the Master‘s programs in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences were approved by the Senate in November 2007 and took effect in Spring 2008-09. These were adopted this academic year 2009-2010. The recommendations stated that ―admission decisions into FAS Masters program take into consideration GRE scores, statements of purpose and research and work experience, in addition to undergraduate grade averages. The recommended new policies also clarify the issue of undergraduate courses required for graduate work in a field different from the undergraduate field of specialization, and govern admission as special student not working for a degree, in addition to other admission procedures‖. The following policies governed decisions taken by the graduate committee on some recurrent issues: 1. Graduate students cannot register for graduate courses unless they take (or are exempted from) English 300. 2. Thesis proposals submitted for review must include an abstract of the work. 3. Lecturers can serve on thesis committees if the committee includes at least three other members of professorial rank including the student advisor. In cases where one thesis committee member is listed as co-advisor, the student and his or her

committee must add a fourth committee member. A lecturer may be a reader but should not be a co-advisor. 4. The project committee should be composed of at least two faculty members of professorial rank recommended by the department/program. Lecturers may serve as members on exceptional basis as second readers. The chair and first reader shall always be of professorial rank. The project proposal topic, selection of the adviser, and selection of project committee members, should be approved by the faculty/school graduate committee at least four months before the project defense. 5. The FAS Graduate Committee supports interdisciplinary research and recognizes the emergence of several research directions that require interdisciplinary and interfaculty supervision. Based on that, on occasional past practices, and on recurring requests by several FAS departments/programs the Graduate Committee endorses the following: Non-FAS AUB faculty members may serve, when adequately justified, as advisors or co-advisors for Masters and Doctoral theses of FAS students provided that the nature of the research project is in line with the concerned FAS‘s department/program vision and that the makeup of the thesis committee is approved by the department/program and the FAS Graduate Committee. The thesis committee will typically consist of, in addition to the Advisor and Co-Advisor, where applicable, at least two members from the respective FAS department/program in case of Master‘s Thesis, and three members in case of doctoral theses. 6. Any change in the composition of thesis and project committees requires the approval (or response) of the faculty member who is being replaced. 7. The graduate committee accepted transfer of up to six credits of graduate courses taken at AUB or at other institutions towards MS/MA credit requirements. 8. Prior to making a recommendation to drop a student from the Faculty for cause of unsatisfactory academic performance, the graduate committee would seek departmental recommendation. 9. Regarding admission of special students not working for a degree at the graduate level, the graduate committee seeks the recommendation of departments where graduate courses will be taken. 10. Regarding probation decisions, the graduate committee decided not to place on probation students who have taken only one graduate course since joining the graduate program. 11. The FAS Graduate Committee empowered the Chairperson to approve thesis and project committee composition and proposal provided the thesis/project committee make-up adhered to AUB regulations and policies 2-6 above. The Chair will inform the committee of such actions at the start of each upcoming meeting so that such actions are included in the minutes. The Chair will bring forward to the table any proposal(s) that warrant further discussion.

12. The FAS Graduate Committee empowered the Chairperson to approve straightforward cases (i.e. those with clear precedent) that involve change in thesis title, re-activation of status, among other. The Chair will inform the committee of such actions at the start of each upcoming meeting so that such actions are included in the minutes. The Chair will bring forward to the table any case(s) that warrant further discussion. 13. Regarding Master‘s degree comprehensive exams: The introduction of a zero credit (Pass or Fail) required course entitled ―Comprehensive Exam‖ that carries the the designation 395 and preceded by the department or program prefix became effective in Fall 2008-2009. All FAS Masters students are required to pass this course towards partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements. 14. In making admission recommendations this year, the graduate committee went along with the practice of the preceding year with minor modifications. Overall the below criteria were adopted this 2009-2010 academic year: a. The revised admission criteria to the Masters program in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that were approved by the Senate in November 2007 and took effect in Spring 2008-09. b. In line with ―a‖ above, the FAS Graduate Committee did not round up averages, but rather looked into border line cases of students recommended for acceptance by the department (as regular or probation), and who do not actually have the exact numerical average for admission into a specific graduate category (i.e., regular, or probation). Such cases required department justification on which the FAS Graduate Committee based its decision on and only after reviewing the file of the student in question. c. To consider the cumulative average for students coming from outside AUB instead of the major average, because of the way averages are computed in the different departments of the faculty. A cumulative average equivalent to 75/100 was considered acceptable for admission in the graduate program, provided the department in question recommends admission. d. Students applying to CAMES, Computational Science, Environmental Science programs or other interfaculty programs will be evaluated based on the cumulative average. e. AUB students joining Economics from Business are accepted as regular (instead of prospective) students since they would have taken 3 Economics courses (211, 212 and 213) plus other courses typically required for a minor in economics with a minimum average of greater or equal to 80/100 and/or the recommendations of the department. f. AUB students who graduate with minors and are applying to a graduate program in that minor, can be accepted as regular graduate students, unless specifically indicated otherwise by the Department.

g. For applicants recommended as prospective graduate students, courses taken during their undergraduate years that are to be counted towards partial fulfillment of the 15 credits in their intended field of study must have an average of at least an 80 or standardized equivalent from other institutions of higher learning. When considering admission of prospective graduate students to the graduate program, the FAS Graduate Committee requires that they achieve an average of at least 80 in undergraduate courses taken at AUB. 15. It is the responsibility of the Admissions Office, in consultation with the Registrar‘s Office to make sure that students accepted into the graduate program as regular, probation or prospective, maintain a certain minimum required average, at the time of their graduation, in accordance with AUB regulation. The Admissions Office, after consulting with the appropriate department, will ensure that this is the case before students‘ registration.

C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

During the academic year 2008-2009 the Graduate Committee held eleven meetings to discuss and act on various issues pertaining to: (1) Masters graduate admission; (2) PhD graduate admission; (3) petitions from graduate students; (4) assessment of academic performance of graduate students at the end of each semester; (5) status of prospective students after completing the undergraduate requirements; (6) thesis and project committees and thesis and project proposals; (7) IRB regulations especially as they pertain to social sciences at FAS; and (8) inconsistencies in graduate policies at the Masters and Doctoral level (concerns about such inconsistencies were raised to the University Board of Graduate Studies. A Task Team chaired by the Provost followed up on this). Decisions and recommendations related to some of these issues (1-7) are presented in what follows. The committee approved 124 thesis or project proposals and thesis or project committees during the academic year. The committee considered and acted on 278 petitions from graduate students regarding: reactivation of files to resume graduate work after periods of interruption, course equivalence, transfer of credits, extension of residency, extension of thesis defense deadline, changing the composition of the thesis committee, and others. The committee assessed the academic performance of graduate students at the end of the Fall semester. Sixteen graduate students were placed on academic probation and one dropped out of the faculty as a result of failing a course or not attaining an average of at least 80%. Eleven students were removed from academic probation upon successfully enhancing their academic performance. At the time this report was compiled the data on assessing academic performance of graduate students for Spring semester was not yet available.

The committee made recommendations regarding graduate admission for the Spring of 2010, and Fall 2010-2011. In the Fall of 2009-2010, the number of graduate students who registered in the Faculty equaled 46% of those who were offered admission as recommended by the graduate committee during the previous academic year. The percentage of acceptances offered was at 65.9% of the number of applications. Details are presented by major in Table 1.

Table 1. Number of graduate students registered for the Fall of 2009-2010 compared to the number of acceptances offered and the number of applications.

Fall 2009 - 2010

Major Applied Accepted Registered ANTH 6 2 2 ARLL 6 1 1 AROL 1 1 0 BIOL 26 15 7 CHEM 13 8 3 CMPS 11 8 4 CMTS 8 7 1 ECON 30 22 4 EDML 1 0 0 EDUC 21 14 5 ELIT 9 7 5 ELNG 6 3 1 ENVP 10 6 1 FINE 46 36 18 GEOL 1 0 0 HIST 5 3 0 MATA 2 2 0 MATS 16 13 9 MCOM 1 0 0 MEST 38 27 16 PHIL 3 3 2 PHYS 20 13 8 POLS 30 17 6 PSYC 12 8 7 PUBA 8 4 0 SOGY 6 2 2 STAT 1 0 0

TOTAL 337 222 102

The Graduate Committee made recommendations for graduate admission for the Spring of 2010. The percentage of acceptances offered was at 59.5% of the number of applications. The percentage of students registering in the Faculty in the Spring equaled 54.6% of those who were offered acceptance. Table 2 shows the details by major of study. Table 2. Number of graduate students registered by major for Spring 2009-2010 compared to the number of acceptances offered and the number of applications.

Spring 2009-2010

Major Applied Accepted Registered ANTH 5 1 0 ARLL 5 0 0 AROL 1 0 0 BIOL 7 5 5 CHEM 1 1 0 CMPS 6 6 6 CMTS 1 1 0 ECON 13 8 3 EDUC 14 10 7 ELIT 4 3 3 ELNG 4 0 0 ENVP 2 1 0 FINE 27 16 10 GEOL 2 0 0 HIST 1 0 0 MATA 2 2 0 MATS 8 7 4 MEST 20 11 4 PHIL 1 0 0 PHYS 7 3 0 POLS 20 13 6 PSYC 6 4 3 PUBA 4 3 1 SOGY 2 2 1

TOTAL 163 97 53

The Graduate Committee made recommendations for Master‘s level graduate admission for the Fall 2010-2011, for the group of applicants who met the deadline of April 30. Recommendations for acceptance as regular and prospective students are presented Table 3, showing a 62.3% acceptance rate relative to the number of applicants, with an acceptance rate of 48.8% as regular graduate students. The Graduate Committee also made recommendation for PhD graduate admission for Fall 2010-2011. The total number of applicants to the PhD Program in Arabic Language and Literature (ARLL) was six, Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) was fourteen, in Arab and Middle Eastern History (AMEH) was ten and in Theoretical Physics was six. The number of students recommended for admission to the Board of Graduate Studies was two, six, zero, and two respectively. Two students accepted to CMB were placed on the waiting list, while one application to ARLL remained pending.

Table 3. First list of Masters graduate admission for the academic year 2010-2011 listed by Major

Regular Prospective Probation Reject Total ANTH 1 1 ARLL 1 4 5 AROL 1 2 3 BIOL 9 12 21 CMPS 8 4 2 1 15 CMTS 7 1 3 11 ECON 13 4 3 11 31 EDUC 16 6 4 2 28 ELIT 6 3 1 2 12 ELNG 3 1 9 13 ENVP 1 1 2 FINE 23 6 5 7 41 GEOL 1 1 HIST 4 5 9 MATA 1 1 MATS 6 1 1 8 MEST 18 20 38 NWAS 0

PHIL 1 4 1 6 PHYS 9 8 17 POLS 19 6 4 2 31 PSYC 16 1 3 2 22 PUBA 1 7 2 6 16 SOGY 2 2

Total 163 45 28 98 334

No additional applicants were considered for the Fall 2010-2011 term beyond the deadline outlined above except under special circumstances and at the discretion of the Dean.

D. RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Develop an on line submission for department/program evaluations of graduate applications. There is a need to develop an online submission system by Departments/program that would include, among other, total GPA, Major GPA (where applicable), and justification for why an applicant was accepted as regular, probation, prospective, special, or rejected. This has been a standing recommendation for at least two years. Efforts should be made to implement this in the coming academic year. 2. Determine the reason behind the decline in number of applicants to FAS Graduate program, and develop a plan, if need be, to counteract this decline. FAS has witnessed a decline in the number of graduate applications in the previous 2 years. This past year (2009-2010) the numbers improved slightly. The decline coincided with the introduction of GRE scores requirement, among others to be part of a complete application to FAS graduate program. It is not clear whether this is the sole reason since other faculties at AUB also witnessed a drop in number of applicants although the GRE scores are not required. In either case this decline requires careful follow up. 3. The FAS Graduate Committee should re-examine the conversion factor of 6/5 offered to LU students. LU has changed its grading system towards a more inflated one. It is now typical that we receive applicants with an average of above 80 or even 90/100. This was rarely the case in earlier years. One thing to note, is that it is not clear to the FAS Grad Committee yet whether such a change has been adopted across the different branches of LU and amongst the different majors. In either case, this issue needs close monitoring.

4. Work closely with the Admissions Office to avoid delays and errors in application processing and their forwarding to FAS Dean‘s office. This was a serious issue this year and requires careful follow up in the coming academic year with the Admissions Office and the University Board of Graduate Studies. 5. Align work plan of FAS Graduate Committee with FAS Strategic Plan. There are KPI‘s, some with set targets, and certain proposed plans relating to the graduate program that FAS wishes to implement as part of its strategic plan. The FAS Graduate Committee may wish to consult with FAS Dean to assess whether it can offer any support towards implementation of such plans.

Rabih Talhouk Chairperson

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP

Acting Chairperson: Hermann Genz (History and Archeology)

Members (Fall ) Tarek Ghaddar (Chemistry) (2010) Karim Makdis (PSPA) (2010) Lokman Meho (University Librarian) Bilal Orfali (Arabic and Near Eastern Languages) in replacement of S. Mejcher-Atassi (CVSP) for the First Semester 2009-2010 Members of the University Library Committee: Sirene Harb, CVSP (2009) Tamer Tlas, Mathematics, in replacement of I. Saoud for the First Semester 2009-2010

B. COMMITTEE POLICIES

Not Applicable

C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

The committee met once on November 6, 2009. Dr. Lokman Meho, the new University Librarian of Jafet Library, announced and explained a number of changes and innovations. Feedback and discussion by the committee members followed.

Hermann Genz Acting Chairperson

RESEARCH COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP Acting Chair: Saliba, Najat A., Associate Professor, Chemistry (2009-10) Members: Harb, Charles, Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences (2009-11) Kaafarani, Bilal, Associate Professor, Chemistry (2009-11) Khamis, Vivian, Associate Professor, Education (2009-11) Muller, Hans, Associate Professor, Philosophy (2009-11) Sader, Helen, Professor, Archeology (2009-12) Smith, Colin, Associate Professor, Biology (2009-11) Tabbal, Malek, Professor, Physics (2009-11)

URB Representatives: Sader, Helen, Professor, History and Archaeology (2009) Tabbal, Malek, Professor, Physics (2009-11)

Research Committee Coordinator: Halabieh, Zeina (Academic Officer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

B. COMMITTEE POLICIES The newly established policies and guidelines of the University Research Board (URB) at AUB and the various policies and guidelines established by the Office of Grants and Contracts (OGC) governed all recommendations made by the current FAS Research Committee (FAS-RC). The FAS-RC has also collectively agreed to use the following modifications to the URB review policy, some of which were developed by previous Research Committees: 1. The committee agreed that the processing of external grants that are approaching deadlines should be dealt with by the Acting Chair of the Research Committee. This should be more applicable particularly if deadlines do not fall within the time frame of research committee meetings. 2. For seed grants and regular URB grants, the committee informed FAS applicants that two copies of each proposal, along with an electronic version must be submitted by the deadline set by the FAS-RC (which was Oct. 31, 2009 for seed grants, and March 30, 2010 for regular URB grants).

The submission deadlines were usually set one week before OGC, these deadlines were binding. 3. The committee established a newly-revised reviewer‘s evaluation form (see below), and the weight or the percentage assigned to the various components of the evaluation form this year are as follows: Objectives/Hypothesis (20%), Originality (20%), Methodology (20%), Feasibility (20%), and Overall (20%). 4. The assigning of the following numerical values (from 2 to 10) with respect to the score based on reviewer‘s evaluations is as follows: Very Good (10), Good (8), Adequate (6), Poor (4), and Very Poor (2). 5. Proposals were sent to at least two reviewers one of whom is from outside the applicant‘s department. All reviewers remained anonymous. All applicants in the current URB funding cycle were not solicited to review URB applications. 6. Factors affecting the ranking of the proposals included: a. overall score of the evaluation form and comments of the reviewers b. rank of applicants (junior faculty). 7. Performance and outcomes in relation to previous URB funding including submission of a final report are preconditions for ranking. Applicants who did not submit a progress/final report of the most recent URB grant completed in the previous academic year were automatically disqualified. Applications for this year, for example, needed to include the final report of year 2008-2009. 8. Renewals were evaluated according to the new guidelines of URB and FAS- RC. 9. The FRC chair submitted all documentation, including the committee‘s recommendations to the dean of the faculty/school for his/her consideration, comments and endorsement. The dean sends his/her recommendation to the URB through OGC.

In light of the changes that the review process for URB grants is undergoing this year, the committee drew up, discussed and revised a document that will serve as a guide to the FAS-RC in its review process. The committee also revised the research proposal Evaluation Form that will be sent to reviewers. After noting the scale of the changes being made to the proposal evaluation, scoring, and ranking process this year the committee met at the end of the process of the 2009-2010 to assess the functioning of the new process and the effects of all the new changes. The committee discussed the selection of reviewers, and whether it would be appropriate to send renewals to new reviewers: Renewals are usually sent to the reviewers of the original submission to assess the progress report since multi-year projects are approved upon first review, and progress reports are submitted to

22 determine whether funding is to be continued. If the reviewers are current URB applicants, then the file would be sent to new reviewers. The committee suggested a new form to be developed for progress report evaluations. This effort should be initiated at the start of the new cycle. Based on the ―non URB applicants‖ condition that was set by URB, the choice of reviewers was not as easy as in previous years. The committee members were asked to suggest reviewers for the proposals, depending on their field of research and expertise. Two to three names were submitted, with at least one from outside AUB. Some committee members reviewed the proposals and the list of references so they are able to make appropriate choices of reviewers. There were two late submission cases past the deadline set by FAS-RC which is usually one week earlier than the deadline that is set by the Office of Grants and Contracts. Discussion regarding the issue of late submittal of proposals led to stressing the need of electronic submission procedure for URB proposals. Such a procedure should be set up in the near future, with support from the FAS Dean‘s office.

C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS The Research Committee held numerous meetings to screen and evaluate the various seed grants and regular URB grant proposals submitted during this 2009-10 academic year.The committee reviewed and discussed each and every proposal submitted before reaching a consensus and making a recommendation. Such Committee recommendations were also based on reviewer‘s evaluations and reports provided on a standard, newly revised, FAS-RC reviewer‘s evaluation forms, and on policies and guidelines outlined in the by-laws of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences, and policies and guidelines of URB and OGC. In its evaluation, the committee also suggested budget cuts when necessary, for example, by eliminating items that are not allowed by URB, eliminating budget items that are not well justified or deemed to be not necessary, reducing the budget of items that are inflated or that exceed the amount determined by the URB, and basically ensuring that budget regulations set by the Office of Grants and Contracts are adhered to.

1. National, Regional, and International External Grant Proposals The committee has received and acted upon a large number of external grant proposals submitted for a wide array of research funding agencies. These include: a. Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs b. The Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (LNCSR). c. American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund d. CEDRE

e. Cyprus Energy Agency/ ENPI program EU f. DFG g. Emirates Foundation h. ENPI/CBCMED/University of Sassari/ENPI/EC i. European Commission FP7 j. IDRC k. March of Dimes Foundation l. Middle East Research Competition (MERC) m. Middle East Science Fund n. National Science Foundation o. Qatar Foundation p. Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) q. UNFCCC and Lebanese Ministry of Environment r. University of Science and Technology s. US National Institutes of Health t. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

2. The URB Grant Proposals FAS-RC processed this year two sets of URB applications: seed grants and regular grants. Seed grants which are offered to new full time faculty members were processed in November and December of 2009 and recommendations to the dean were submitted on December 14, 2009. The regular URB grants which included renewal applications of multi-year URB projects were submitted to FAS-RC at the end of March, 2010 and reviewers were solicited according to the guidelines that were set by the committee. FAS-RC evaluated the reviews and made recommendations to the dean on June 21, 2010. FAS-RC has reviewed 10 seed grant applications and has made awards to 10 applications. The total amount requested by URB is 49,959.00 USD out of which 47,839 USD were recommended for funding. During spring 2010 (Sp10), FAS-RC processed 34 proposals which included all new and continuing projects that were initially funded in Sp09. The total amount requested for project funding is 319,885 USD out of which 243,704 USD were recommended for funding. The total requested amount of 319,885 USD for Sp10 compares to 45 proposals for 428,059 USD in spring 2009 (Sp09) and 43 proposals for 385,550 USD in spring 2008 (Sp08). Natural Sciences submitted three fewer proposals in Sp10 than in Sp09 while Humanities and Social Sciences submitted three and four proposals in Sp10 versus five and ten in Sp09, respectively. A comparison in the value of the proposals submitted between Sp10, Sp09 and Sp08 are summarized in Chart I below. Two new proposals were rejected by the FAS-RC. The committee also suggested that renewed proposals are given priority over new applications in case of insufficient funds.

45 40 2008 35 2009 30 2010 25 20 15

10 Number of Applications of Number 5 0 total applications Nat Sci Soc. Sci Hum

Chart I: Total number of URB-FAS applications and the discipline distribution in the past three years

3. Evaluation Procedure New applications were sent at least to two reviewers (Chart II); one recommended by the principal investigator (PI) and one from outside the applicant‘s department. Reviewers were asked to fill out an evaluation form which included comments on the objectives or hypothesis, contribution and originality, methodology, feasibility, and budget itemization and justification. An overall score was given to the evaluation form based on the sum of the scores assigned to each section.

Distribution of Reviewers

AUB-Accept International- 17% Decline 27% Regional- Accept 9%

Regional- Decline International- 13% Accept 32% AUB-Decline 2%

Chart II Distribution of solicited reviewers including reviewers suggested by PIs and by the FAS-RC committee

Soliciting reviews from international and regional referees is a new experience for FAS-RC that resulted in approximately 60 % success rate (Chart II). Problems associated with this approach were:

25 a. High workload on the secretary and the chair of FAS-RC in sending and resending solicitation review letters, reminders and thank you notes. b. Delays in reviewing the applications. c. Delay in submitting recommendations to the Dean, URB and the Office of Grants and Contracts. d. No more than one review was secured for some of the applications despite all efforts put by the secretary and the chair of FAS-RC as clearly presented in Chart III. e. Scores of reviewers recommended by the PIs were clearly higher than the scores of reviewers that were solicited based on the FAS-RC recommendations. A summary of the scores per origin of reviewer is shown in Chart IV.

8 solicited reviewers received reviews 7

1 3 5 7 9

11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25

Chart III: Number of solicited reviewers versus the number of received reviews per application

9.5

8.5 Score 8

7.5

Chart IV: Scores of solicited reviewers which are categorized by region and by reviewer sources (PI and RC represent the names as suggested by principal investigator and research committee, respectively)

The review process set by URB for renewals states that a request for the renewal of a current URB grant originally proposed as a multi-year project will normally be granted after review and approval (by FRC) of a detailed progress report on the project for which the grant was awarded. Renewals will not be permitted for grants that were not originally proposed as multi-year projects. The FAS-RC revised guidelines suggested that renewals will be evaluated according to the new guidelines of URB and FAS-RC. As per FAS-RC new guidelines, renewals were usually sent to the reviewers of the original submission to assess the progress report; if the reviewers are current URB applicants, then the file would be sent to new reviewers. Answers varied between ―very good‖ to ―adequate‖ and scores ranged between 10 and 8.0. However, based on the new guidelines of forced proposal ranking and full funding or nothing, the committee suggests that since renewals were accepted in previous years, it would be a decision contradictory to what preceded to deny them support until the end of the duration of the proposal. Therefore, the committee suggests that clearer guidelines for progress report evaluation are prepared for next year, and for this year, renewals are granted at least the amount that they received last year so PIs are able to continue the work they initiated, especially since all applications showed that either one publication or a draft manuscript has resulted from the work they conducted in the first phase.

D. RECOMMENDATIONS Several issues were raised by the current FAS-RC, which need follow-up. 1. Renewals a. Renewals will be sent to the reviewers of the original submission to assess the progress report since multi-year projects are approved upon first review, and progress reports are submitted to determine whether funding is to be continued. If reviewers are current URB applicants or refuse to review the progress report, then the file would be sent to new reviewers. b. Develop a new evaluation form pointing towards progress. It contains no scores but emphasize on whether the project is worth continuing full funding. c. Suggest a new deadline to submit the progress report since it would be too early to show the outcome of the proposed work in March (three months after the start of the work). FAS-RC are submitted mid-September to ensure continuity of funding in October.

2. New applications a. Ifthe committee receives one review instead of two and this review is the one suggested by the PI, then the review should be considered not valid. b. In the case we receive one review for some applicants even after many attempts of review solicitations;the committee reviews the proposal or provides a second review. c. The committee will not tabulate any proposal with one review 3. General recommendations suggested by the Acting Chair of the FAS-RC a. No member of the Research Committee should be a URB applicant b. URB creates one body of non-URB applicants during their term of service, to review all URB applications in all schools. c. Remove from URB guidelines that one of the reviewers has to be recommended by the principal investigator (PI) (Appendix V.2-Chart IV). Instead allow PIs to name people whom they do not wish they review their proposals. d. Update and revise the FAS-RC website. e. Establish an online grant submission and review procedures.

I would like to thank all members of the FAS-RC for their hard work and dedication to make the review process of seed grant and regular grant applications fair and successful. Also, I would like to extend my deepest respect and gratitude to the FAS- RC coordinator, Mrs Zeina Halabieh, for her patience and silent hard work.

Najat A. Saliba Acting Chair

STUDENT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP

Acting Chairman: M. Tabbal, Professor, Physics

Members: M. Bariche, Associate Professor, Biology (2010) S. Harb, Associate Professor, English (2010) I. Hamati-Ataya, Assistant Professor, Political Studies and Public Administration (2010) N. Najjar, Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Studies (2011) P. Newson, Assistant Professor, History and Archaeology (2011) N. Saliba, Associate Professor, Chemistry (2011) N. Slobodenyuk, Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Studies (in replacement of I. Hamati-Ataya for the second semester 2009-10) Registrar, Ex-Officio L. Knio, Student Services Officer, attends all meetings of the committee, records minutes.

B. COMMITTEE POLICIES

The committee has the power in extraordinary circumstances to make exceptions to academic regulations in individual cases. It rules on requests and petitions from undergraduate students pertaining to the students‘ academic status and records including graduates and special students.

During the academic year 2009-10 the committee continued to remind students that it is their responsibility to check their schedules before the deadline for withdrawal from courses. The committee also continued to remind faculty members about the procedure related to reporting of incomplete grades by sending memos before final exams. The committee unanimously authorized the Acting Chairperson to act on routine requests.

C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS (Appendix 1)

The committee held twenty-seven meetings throughout the academic year 2009-2010 to deal with the academic problems brought before it by undergraduate students.

1. The committee extended the strict probation status for twenty-five students who had previously received letters stating that they would be dismissed from the Faculty if they do not remove their academic probation at the end of the Fall semester 2009- 10. 2. Forty-six students should have been dropped at the end of Fall 2009. However, the committee sent them warning letters informing them that they would be automatically dropped from the faculty at the end of the Spring semester 2009-10 since no student can be dropped mid-year based on a previous BOD decision. Out of the 46 students, 19 removed their probation and were allowed to continue. 3. The committee reviewed the Spring semester 2009-10 academic records of students on strict probation who had previously received letters stating that they would be dismissed from the Faculty if they do not remove their academic probation at the end of the Spring semester 2009-10. A total of eighty-seven students were dropped from the Faculty because of poor academic standing (21 students were allowed to keep their Summer 2009-10 registration). Seventeen students were reinstated and were allowed to register (fourteen for Fall 2010-11 and three in Summer 2009-10 in order to graduate) after providing the committee with convincing reasons allowing their reinstatement. Appropriate letters specifying the probation status of these students were sent in July 2010 (Appendix 2). 4. The committee received readmission requests from students who were dropped from AUB after having spent one year at a recognized institution of higher learning. Eleven students have been readmitted on strict probation in Fall 2009, eight students have been readmitted on strict probation in Spring 2010, five students have been readmitted on strict probation in Summer 2010, and eight students have been readmitted on strict probation in Fall 2010. 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 and students working for a second degree and holding jobs. Graduating students who were not on probation were also permitted to take more than seventeen credits in their last semester. The committee allowed graduating students whose cumulative average is 80 or above to take up to 21 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, and Corrections of Record Requests for make-up of incomplete work were approved for students with health problems and family mishaps. Requests for change of grade were considered only for calculation mistakes or grade entry errors done when reporting the grade.

The committee honored all correction-of-record requests from students which were due to advising and/or registration mistakes (Appendix 1).

LAU/AUB Agreement Throughout the third year of implementation, fifty-eight FAS students have made use of the AUB/LAU agreement (thirty-four students joined LAU during Fall 2009, seven during Spring 2010, four during summer 2010, and thirteen during Fall 2010). The agreement states that ―students who were dropped from AUB will be given the chance to be admitted to LAU as ‗special not working for a degree‘ probationary students. They will be given a chance to improve themselves and have a new start at LAU where they should spend two regular semesters (a minimum of 24 credits) before being considered for readmission at AUB.‖ However, such students must achieve an average of 70 or a GPA of 2.0 or more at the end of the first semester in order to be allowed to continue for a second semester at the host institution (Appendix 3).

D. RECOMMENDATIONS

The committee‘s recommendations are: 1. The Registrar should implement into AUB SIS a mechanism that ensures that students comply with university requirements related to registration such as course restrictions, undergraduate students having to take a minimum of 12 credits and students on continued probation not being allowed to take more than 13 credits. 2. The FAS Dean‘s Office should develop an electronic submission of petitions and requests (such as grade changes and incompletes) in order to reduce processing time and paper work. 3. The University should address the issue of students with special needs. Special exam rooms may need to be established, and clear guidelines and policies should be developed in order to assist Faculty members in dealing with students having special needs. 4. The Office of the Provost should re-assess the AUB-LAU agreement. 5. The FAS should re-visit the FAS policy regarding the number of times a course can be repeated. 6. The procedure regarding the dismissal of students due to poor academic record at the end of the Fall semester should be re-considered.

M. Tabbal Acting Chair

Appendix 1

Major Actions Taken by the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee (AY 09-10)

Fall 09 SPRING 10 Subject P1 A2 D3 Total P1 A2 D3 Total Correction of record/change in course 1 163 33 197 0 166 42 208 schedule Dropping students from a course for 0 9 30 39 0 26 41 67 excessive absences Extra Load for students in good standing 0 29 8 37 0 26 23 49 TOTAL 18 crs 0 23 7 30 0 21 13 34 19 crs 0 4 1 5 0 2 5 7 20 crs 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21 crs 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 6 24 crs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Extra Load for students on probation 0 5 2 7 1 7 8 16 TOTAL Readmission of dropped students after 1 yr 0 7 3 10 0 13 3 16 at another Univ.4 Reconsideration of 'drop from faculty' 0 7 4 11 0 8 3 11 decision Repeating a course for the 4th time or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Underload for students in good standing 2 43 19 64 0 71 37 108 Underload for students on probation 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 Incomplete Course Work 'Form 1' 0 121 1 122 3 65 1 69 Change of Grade 'Form 3' 1 118 1 120 2 136 0 138

SUMMER 09 Subject P1 A2 D3 Total Correction of record/change in course schedule 0 42 9 51 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 1 4 5 Readmission of dropped students after 1 yr

at another Univ.4 0 0 3 3 Reconsideration of 'drop from faculty'

decision 1 13 7 21 Repeating a course for the 4th time or more 1 3 0 4 Incomplete Course Work 'Form 1' 0 19 2 21 Change of Grade 'Form 3' 0 4 0 4

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 09-10) (Students on Strict Probation)

End of Fall 2009-10 Total I. Drop From Faculty 0 II. Extend Drop till Spring 2010 25 III. Drop Automatically end of Spring 2010 46

End of Spring 2009-10 Total I. A)Drop From Faculty 87 II. Extend Drop till Fall 2010 10 III. Extend Drop till Spring 2010 4

End of Summer 2009-10 Total I. A)Drop From Faculty 0

Appendix 3 LAU/AUB Agreement: FAS Students that have requested to join LAU in accordance with LAU/AUB agreement

Fall Spring Summer Fall 2009 2010 2010 2010 Total FAS Students who have made use of the LAU/AUB Agreement 34 7 0 13 54 Students who were readmitted on Strict probation after spending the equivalent of two semesters at LAU 11 13 8 6 38

STUDENT DISCIPLINARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP

Acting Chairperson: Clary, Amy, Assistant Professor, English (Spring 2010) Wrisley, David, Associate Professor, CVSP (Fall 2009)

Members: Abu Salem, Fatima, Assistant Professor, Computer Science (University Student Affairs Committee member, 2009) Bouhadir, Kamal, Associate Professor, Chemistry (2011) El Rassy, Houssam, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (2010) Marktanner, Marcus, Assistant Professor, Economics (2010) Shayya, Bassam, Associate Professor, Mathematics (2010) Kisirwani, Maroun, Dean of Students

B. COMMITTEE POLICIES

No new policies were enacted.

C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

Fall 2009 Semester : The FAS Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee met two times during the fall 2009 semester. The committee heard a total of ten student cases during the fall semester.

Spring 2010 Semester: During the spring 2010 semester, the FAS Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee met eight times and heard a total of thirty student cases. All but two cases involved allegations of plagiarism. The remaining two cases involved cheating on a multiple-choice quiz.

Of the twenty-eight cases involving allegations of plagiarism,the committee found twenty-one to be violations of the Student Code of Conduct that warranted Dean‘s Warnings. The committee found that five cases involved less-egregious instances of plagiarism resulting from citation errors. The committee recommended that each of the five students involved in those cases be issued a Written Reprimand. The committee recommended that no action be taken on two of the cases of alleged plagiarism.

Two cases involved cheating on a multiple-choice quiz. The committee recommended that the student who copied answers be given a Dean‘s Warning. (This student later received a second Dean‘s Warning for plagiarism in an unrelated incident.) A Written Reprimand was recommended by the student who allegedly allowed the student to copy.

Four cases were pending at the time of this report.

D. RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Essays submitted with a Turnitin similarity score of zero but which appear suspicious to the instructor pose a challenge forthe committee. It is difficult to prove wrongdoing when there is no concrete evidence that an essay has been purchased or otherwise illicitly obtained. This is a matter that the University needs to deal with proactively, perhaps by helping instructors think of ways to craft essay assignments that are more resistant to plagiarism.

2. The committee recommends making information about student punishments easily accessible by staff across Faculties to ensure that repeat offenders can be identified. The importance of this was emphasized by the fact that one student received two Dean‘s Warnings in one semester for separate violations.

3. It is also recommended that course instructors be asked to confirm that there have not been any incidents of plagiarism before students are allowed to drop a course before the drop date.

Respectfully submitted,

Amy Clary Assistant Professor of English Acting Chair, Spring 2010

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE

A. MEMBERSHIP

Chairman: Dean Patrick McGreevy (Fall 2009-10) and Professor Bilal Kaafarani, Acting Chair (Spring 2009-10).

Members: L. Dagher, Assistant Professor (2011) P. Du Quenoy, Assistant Professor (in replacement of Dr. D. Patra during Spring 2010) A. Elias, Assistant Professor( in replacement of Dr B. Kaafarani during Spring 2010) M. Farhat, Assistant Professor (2010) B. Kaafarani, Assistant Professor (2010) and Acting Chair during Spring 2010 H. Muller, Associate Professor (2010) N. Nassif, Professor (2012), Member of the University Admissions Committee D. Patra, Assistant Professor (2011) S. Kanaan, Director of Admissions F. Ghieh, Student representative L. Knio, Student Services Officer

B. COMMITTEE POLICIES

The University Unified Admissions Committee (UUAC), with representatives from all Faculties, carried on regularly with the applicants for early and regular admission for the academic years 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11. Dr. B. Kaafarani, Dr. L. Dagher, and Ms. Leila Knio were the FAS representatives to the UUAC during the academic year 2009-2010.

C. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

The committee held four regular meetings and seven circular votes during the academic year 2009-2010.

Undergraduate Admissions: 1. Mid-year admissions (Spring 2009-2010): Out of 188 applicants to the Freshman class, the UUAC accepted 109, and out of 341 applicants to the sophomore class, the committee accepted 138. The distribution of accepted sophomore applicants is shown in table I. 2. First Semester Admission (Fall 2010-2011):

(a) The UUAC, in January 2010, accepted 362 applicants (280 Sophomore and 82 Freshmen) who qualified for early admission (EA) to undergraduate study for the academic year 2010-11, as stated in the AUB Undergraduate catalogue 2009-2010, p.37. The distribution of accepted applicants is shown in Table II. (b) The UUAC reviewed and acted upon applicants to the undergraduate admissions. Counts done in early July 2010 show that out of 1273 Freshman applicants,the committee accepted 702, including children of alumni, faculty and staff, who have been admitted to the Freshman class on the basis of Special University criteria. Out of 2983 applicants to the Sophomore class, the committee accepted 1825. Children of alumni, faculty and staff have been admitted to the Sophomore Class on the basis of Special University criteria. The UUAC continued for the fourth year to implement the FAS norm and offer unspecified choice of major admission to 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. The distribution of accepted applicants in shown in Table III. 3. 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. Those who are short a few credits were also considered for admission bythe committee if they proved to be qualified. All students were notified, upon admission, of the total number of credits considered satisfied. 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, atthe 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 admission, the committee sent to the Registrar, with copies to the Office of Admissions and the Junior Transfer students, the exact number of transferable credits prior to advising and registration (see Table IV). 4. 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). 5. UPP Admission: The University Preparatory Program (UPP) continued to prepare applicants for university work as well as SAT I. For the second semester of the academic year 2009-10, the committee has admitted 9 out of 13. For the first semester of the academic year 2010-11, the committee has admitted 23 out of 36

applicants to UPP. As previously practiced, consideration of UPP applicants has been dependent on the high scores (AV 800) calculated similar to regular applicants.

After completion of this program, applicants to sophomore will be considered by the UUAC for regular admission, whereas acceptance of those applying to freshman solely depends on their performance in UPP.

E. RECOMMENDATIONS

1. 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. 2. The committee, as in previous years, requires that completion of ―Form 3‖ in the application folder be mandatory for all applicants. The information to be given 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. 3. The committee realizes that a few applicants will still be at a disadvantage. Their school records should be standardized against the general averages and standard deviations, hence, it is recommended to the UUAC that these cases should be assessed individually as it has been the practice in the FAS. 4. The committee should continue to use the school grades of applicants for the last two full school years as well as their SAT I scores to generate a ―composite score‖ which would be used to determine their eligibility for admission in line with the Senate Guidelines. 5. The committee insists that the UUAC continues the FAS practice 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 urges the UUAC to permit the FAS practice of allowing sophomore applicants to have their admission major changed to another major indicated in their applications if their SAT and CMS scores satisfy the requirements of the requested major. 7. The committee should continue to admit 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 UUAC 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 a good academic record. Moreover, the UUAC 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 to FAS graduate programs. The committee asserts that such students may take undergraduate courses only. Undergraduate applicants for ―Special not Working for a Degree‖ who request to take graduate courses will be considered by the UUAC 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. The committee will look into this and send its recommendation in the coming Fall.

Bilal R. Kaafarani Acting Chairperson

Table I

Distribution of Accepted Undergraduate Applicants Spring 2009-2010

MAJOR ACCEPTED Arabic Language & Literature 1 Biology 31 Chemistry 36 Computer Science 43 Economics 35 English Literature 2 Mathematics 22 Physics 21 Political Studies 6 Psychology 5 Petroleum Studies 6 Public Administration 3 Studio Art 2 Sociology & Anthropology 2 Statistics 1 Total _Accepted Sophomore 216 Total _Accepted Freshman 110

Grand Total 326

Table II Distribution of Early Accepted Undergraduate Applicants Fall 2010-2011

MAJOR ACCEPTED Archaeology 1 Biology 117 Chemistry 17 Computer Science 15 Economics 73 Education/Elementary 1

English Literature 3 History 1 Mathematics 20 Petroleum Studies 4 Physics 19 Political Studies 12 Psychology 7 Public Administration 2 Studio Art 3 Sociology & Anthropology 1 Statistics 1 Total _Accepted Sophomore 297 Total _Accepted Freshman 82 Grand Total 379

Table III

FAS Admissions Figures, Fall 2010- 11

2010- 11 201110 MAJOR CMS* AP AC C

AHST 30 0 0 ARLL 533 6 0 0 AROL 21 4 0 BIOL 610 911 388 126 CHEM 560 615 283 61 CMPS 533 650 278 41 ECON 545 849 375 59 ELEM 82 15 9 ELIT 45 8 5 ELNG 25 5 2 GEOL 49 9 1 533 HIST 24 3 1 MATA 79 13 5 MATS 414 127 52 PHIL 41 3 0

PHYS 492 163 60 POLS 293 58 18 PSYC 309 56 20 PTST 155 25 7 PUBA 307 31 10 SART 160 27 4 SOAN 71 6 1 STAT 86 8 3 Total (UG) 2983 1825 485 MJRL (FR) 510 1273 702 436

Codes: AP: Applied AC: Accepted C: Confirmed 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

Table IV

Distribution of Second Degree, Transfers, Special Not Working for a Degree, and Old Returning, AY 2009-10

TERM F'09 App. A D E I. Transfers Within FAS 144 144 - 133 A)FR Transfers 68 68 - 62 B)Inter-Departmental Transfers 76 76 - 72 i) SO 31 31 - 30 ii) JR 36 36 - 35 iii) SR 9 9 - 7 II. Interfaculty Transfers 79 53 26 27 II. Transfers From other Universities 55 30 25 12 IV. Second Degree 7 7 - 3 V. Readmission of Old Returning Students 45 38 7 35

TERM SP'10 App. A D E I. Transfers Within FAS 98 98 - 94 A)FR Transfers 31 31 - 28 B)Inter-Departmental Transfers 67 67 - 66 i) SO 10 10 - 9 ii) JR 47 47 - 47 iii) SR 10 10 - 10 II. Interfaculty Transfers 58 42 16 21 III. Transfers From other Universities 35 20 15 10 IV. Second Degree 2 2 - 0 V. Readmission of Old Returning Students 42 39 3 35

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

PART III

REPORTS OF ACADEMIC UNITS

ANIS MAKDISI PROGRAM IN LITERATURE

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAM

The Anis Makdisi Program in Literature (AMPL) was inaugurated in October 2002. The aim of the program is to promote and support an interdisciplinary dialogue, develop literary and humanistic studies at AUB and to encourage an openness to different cultural forms and traditions in literature, in keeping with the approaches elaborated in the work of Anis K. Makdisi.

The Program fosters intellectual dialogue and scholarly exchange among members of different departments, their students, and visiting scholars. The Program's activities include seminars, lecture series, workshops and conferences on various topics in cultural and literary studies, in order to provide a forum for scholarly dialogue among the various academic communities in Lebanon. In addition, two student scholarships are awarded annually a graduate fellowship to support graduate studies in literature at AUB, and an undergraduate scholarship for undergraduate studies. The centerpiece of the program is the Anis K. Makdisi Memorial Lecture, held annually at AUB and given by a leading scholar or author.

The Program has continued its varied activities in the academic year 2009- 2010 working closely together with different programs and departments at AUB as well as with educational, academic and cultural institutions and intellectuals from Lebanon and abroad.

The Program is very proud to have hosted this year two international conferences with scholars of international caliber.

Advisory Committee: Sirine Harb Peter Heath (2002-2008) Maher Jarrar (Director) As‗ad Khairallah Andrew Long (2002- 2006) Saree Makdisi (UCLA)

Graduate Assistants

Aridi, Farah BA (English Department) Lalayjian, Nayiri BA (English Department) Batlounu, Bushra BA (English Department)

Technical Assistants (Website Design and Maintenance) Bahamad, Farah Engineering (CCE) and Fine Arts

B. ACTIVITIES

1. Lectures:

Hülya Adak (Sabanjı University/Istanbul): ―In Search of Aghed: Collective Mourning (of World War I) in Turkish Literature.‖ Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 5:30 pm. Van Dyck.

Daniel Nolan (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL): ―Why is Art Critical to Public Discourse?‖ Friday, January 29, 2010 at 4:00 pm. College Hall B1 (moderator: Joshua Andresen).

In collaboration with the Palestinian Cultural Club at AUB: ―A Lecture by Dr. Erik Fosse, who witnessed the atrocities committed by the Israeli occupation during the Gaza massacre.‖ Friday, March 26, 2010 at 6 pm. Issam Fares Hall.

2. Talks & Interviews

Poetry Evening with Mrs. Jeannette Lozano (Mexican poet of Lebanese origin): Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009; at 5:00 pm. West Hall, Auditorium C (moderator: Maher Jarrar).

Milton Hatoum in Conversation, Friday, March 5, 2010 - 6:30 pm. West Hall, Auditorium A (moderator: Ass‘ad Khairallah).

Hoda Barakat in Conversation, Friday, March 9, 2010 - 6:00 pm. West Hall, Auditorium C (moderator: Maher Jarrar).

Rawi Hage in Conversation, Thursday, Apri 13, 2010 at 12 noon. West Hall, Auditorium B (moderator: Bilal Orfali).

3. Conferences

Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective, October 4-7, 2009

Sunday, October 4th, 2009 6:00 p.m. Conference Opening:

Noha Bayoumi – Secretary General, Lebanese Association of Women Researchers (Bahithat)

. Opening Speech

Jean Said Makdisi – Conference Organizing Committee

. Welcome

Rafif Rida Sidawi – Conference Organizing Committee

. Introducing Dr. Mervat Hatem

Keynote Address:

Mervat Hatem - Department of Political Science, Howard University, Washington D.C., President of the Middle East Studies Association,

Women and Memory

. What do Women Want? A Critical Mapping of the Future Direction for Arab Feminisms

7:00 p.m. Reception

College Hall - B1

Monday, October 5, 2009 09:00-09:30 Registration a.m. 09.30-11.30 PANEL 1

48 a.m. New Directions for Arab Feminist Thought (I)

. Chair: Maher Jarrar – American University of Beirut

Hoda El-Sadda - University of Manchester, Manchester, UK., Women and Memory

. Feminism in the Arab World: Challenging Discourses and Definitions

Kaltham Al-Ghanim - Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

. The Limits of Arab Feminist Thought and Its Cultural Framework

Najla Hemadeh - Lebanese American University, Bahithat

. No Comparison: Women Evolved Progressively Away from Men

Suaad Zayed Al-Oraimi - The United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain

. The Emergence of Arab Feminism: Possibilities and Challenges

Zeina Zaatari - Global Fund for Women, San Francisco, CA.

. An Arab Feminist Renaissance: Possibilities and Requirements

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-02:00 PANEL 2 p.m. New Directions for Arab Feminist Thought (II)

. Chair: Rafif Rida Sidawi - Bahithat

Amira Y. Badri - Ahfad University for Women, Umdurman, Sudan

. The Role of Sudanese Women‘s Movements in Peacemaking and Well-being

Noha Bayoumi - Lebanese University, Bahithat

. Feminist Studies and the Feminine Self

Hatoon Ajwad Al-Fassi - King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

. Is There a Saudi Feminism?

Mai Al-Nakib* - Kuwait University, Kuwait

. Accounting for Affect: Kuwaiti Women Between Freedom and Apathy

02:00-04:00 Lunch p.m. 04:00-06:00 ROUND-TABLE 1 p.m. Feminism and the Arts

. Chair: Nada Sehnaoui - Bahithat

Fowziyah Abu-Khalid - King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

. The Question of Freedom and the Feminist Perspective in the Work of an Arab Creative Artist

Dina Georgis*- University of Toronto, Canada

. Injured Masculinities and Violent Reactions: A Feminist Response (cinema)

Watfa Hemadi - Lebanese University, Bahithat

. Feminist Features in Dramaturgical Discourse

05:00-05:15 Coffee Break p.m. Dalia ٍ Said Moustafa - University of Manchester, UK

. A Young Girl's Identity: War and Adulthood in Daniel Arbid‘s Film ―In the Battle Fields‖

Anastasia Valassopoulos*- University of Manchester, UK

. Representation of Women in the Early Films of the ―New Cinema Collective"

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 09.30-11.30 PANEL 3 a.m. Feminist Studies and Social Transformation

. Chair: Carmen Bustani - Bahithat

Hala Kamal - Cairo University, Egypt, Women and Memory

. The Aesthetics of the Feminist Writing in the Works of Sahar al Mougi

Mouza Ghubash - Association of Humanities Studies, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

. Social Impediments to the Education of Women

Amina El-Bendary - American University in Cairo, Egypt , Women and Memory

. Arab Feminist Historiography

Huda Ali Alawi Hussein - University of Aden, Yemen

. The Experience in Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Aden

Nahwand Al-Kaderi - Lebanese University, Bahithat

. Feminist Thought and Masculine Traps

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-02:00 PANEL 4 p.m. Feminism and Islam

. Chair: Ahmad Dallal – American University of Beirut

Omaima Abu Bakr - Cairo University, Egypt, Women and Memory

. Themes and Directions in Muslim Feminist Thought

Amel Grami - University of Manouba, Tunis

. A New Feminist Movement or a Feminist Strategy to Gain Rights

Hosn Abboud - Independent Researcher, Bahithat

. Feminist, Modernizing Koranic Exigesis: The Work of Aisha Abdel Rahman and Amina Woudoud

Hoda El-Saadi - American University of Cairo, Egypt, Women and Memory

. Islamic Feminism in the Arab World: Acceptance or Rejection

Elora Shehabuddin*- Rice University, Houston, Texas

. Rokeya in the world: The experience of 20th Century Bengal

02:00-04:00 Lunch p.m. 04:00-06:00 ROUND-TABLE 2 p.m. Globalization and Colonial Feminism

. Chair: Nayla Kaedbey

Amina El-Annan*- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

. The American Relationship with the Middle East: Globalization, Art, Religion and Gender

Laleh Khalili* - SOAS, University of London, UK

. Gendered Practices of Counterinsurgency

Eilleen Kuttab - Bir Zeit University, Palestine

. Arab Feminist Thought: Where is it Going?

05:00-05:15 Coffee Break p.m. Jean Said Makdisi - Independent Writer and Researcher, Bahithat

. ―Women‘s Rights‖ and Feminist Thought

Shahrzad Mojab*- University of Toronto, Canada

. Tracing Dollars, Mapping Colonial Feminism

Vron Ware*- The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

. Reading to Change the World: Sexual Politics and Publishing in the Age of Public Diplomacy

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 09.30-11.30 PANEL 5 a.m. Feminism, Islamism and Secularism

. Chair: Huda Zreik - Bahithat

Islah Jad - Bir Zeit Univeristy, Palestine

. The Palestinian Women's Movements Between Secularism and Islamism:

Marnia Lazreg*- Hunter College, CUNY

. Postmodern Theory and Muslim Women

Azza Charara Baydoun - Lebanese University, Bahithat

. Feminist Approaches to the Study of Arab Masculinity: The Example of Nawal al Saadawi

Saba Mahmood*- University of California at Berkeley

. Secular Feminism and Religious Reform: Politics of an Imperial Imaginary?

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break 12:00-02:00 PANEL 6 p.m. War, Occupation and Arab Feminism

. Chair: Rosemary Sayegh - American University of Beirut

Amal Amireh - George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

. The Disappearing Act of Palestinian Women:

Haifa Zangana – Iraq

. The Iraqi Feminist Movement: From Resistance to Acceptance

Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian - Arab Center For Applied Social Research, Palestine

. Palestinian Women: Between Racist Theology and the Physics of World Power

Anisseh al Amine-Merhi - Psychoanalist, Bahithat

. War and Conflict: The Clandestine Discourse of Women

Elaheh Rostamy-Povey*- SOAS, University of London, UK

. Afghan Women Resistance and Struggle in Afghanistan and Diasporic Communities

02:00-04:00 Lunch

54 p.m. 04:00-06:00 ROUND-TABLE 3 p.m. Feminism in the World

. Chair: Fadia Kiwan – St. Joseph University

Zainah Anwar*- Sisters in Islam, Malaysia

. Working on Women‘s Rights within Religion: Successes and Challenges

Hazel Carby*- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Deniz Kandiyoti*- SOAS, University of London, UK

. Between Feminism and Social Engineering: The Troubled Trajectory of International Gender Activism

05:00-05:15 Coffee Break p.m. Mari Oka*- Kyoto University, Japan Kumkum Sangari*- University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Wisconsin Joan Scott*- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ.

. Feminism‘s Difference Problem

International Symposium on Edward W. Said (Co-sponsored by the FAS Office of the Dean). Wednesday, November 11, 2009, College Hall B1

Etienne Balibar; Joseph Cleary; Samir Khalaf; Elias Khoury; Saree Makdisi; Patrick McGreevy, Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (College Hall B1), from 3 to 8 pm

3:00 Maher Jarrar: Revisiting Edward Said‘s Legacy

3: 15 Dean Patrick McGreevy: Opening Note

3: 30 Samir Khalaf: Opening Speech

First Panel: 3:30 Etinne Balibar Politics as Translation: Lyotard, Derrida, Said

4:10 Elias Khoury Palestine and the Intellectual

4:50 Discussion

5:30-6:00 break

Second Panel:

6:00 Saree Makdisi Keywords for Reading Said

6: 40 Joseph Cleary Edward Said and the History of the Novel:Romance, Realism and Empire

7:20 pm Discussions

Asad Rustum Symposium: Friday, March 20, 2010 - West Hall, Auditorium A

01:11 – 01:21 افتتاح وكلمة معايل وزير اإلعالم الدكتور طارق مرتي 01:21 – 01:34 كلمة العائلة: صالح رستم

اسرتاحة 01:34 – 00:11 اجللسة األوىل )بإدارة سعاد سليم( 00:11 – 00:11 طارق مرتي: 00:31 00:11 – مليا شحادة: أسد رستم مؤس ًسا: فلسفة التاريخ وتأثريه الفكري 00:31 – 01:11 نبيل خليفة: أُستاذي أسد رستم: املؤرخ.. اللبنانوي..املؤمن! 01:11 – 01:11 مسري صيقلي: أسد رستم يف كتبو الللغة اإلنكليزية 01:11 – 01:34 مناقشات 01:34 -03:11 غذاء اجللسة الثانية )بإدارة نايلة قائدبيو( 03:11 – 03:11 مسعود ضاىر: املسألة اللبنانية عند اسد رستم من خالل كتابو "البشري بني السلطان والعزيز" 03:11 - 03:31 عبد الرؤوف سنّو: أسد رستم مؤرخ املرحلة املصرية 03:31 – 04:11 جورج برباري: أسد رستم واآلخر 04:11 – 04:21 مناقشات

اسرتاحة 04:21 – 05:11 اجللسة الثالثة )بإدارة ماىر جّرار( 05:11- 05:11 نايلة قائدبيو: إذا دعت األصول دعا التاريخ: أسد رستم حمقًقا 05:11 – 05:31 سعاد سليم: أسد رستم والفصل بني الدولة والكنيسة 05:31 – 06:11 مناقشات

IV. May Memorial Lecture

Etienne Balibar: ―Cosmopolitanism and Secularism: controversial legacies and prospective interrogations.‖ Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7:00 pm. Issam Fares Hall.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The main thrust for AMPL at the end of its eighth year is to revisit its programs, offerings and management in order to influence and facilitate further successful activities that go beyond the traditional lecture format. It will also continue to identify approaches and strategies that create favorable atmosphere and expand effective activities that involve faculty and students and that incorporate opportunities for a reflective dialogue between them.

AMPL observes the need to invent new venues that would enhance a more vital role in the cultural life of AUB in specific and the larger community in general.

In order to provide a significant role in fostering participation in multi-cultural activities, AMPL will provide in the academic year 2010-2011 funding opportunities for cross-campus collaborations. AMPL will also host and contribute financially to three international symposia on literature.

Director M. Jarrar

DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC AND NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

Several rounds of the Arabic Placement Test have taken place this year, in accordance with new rules regarding the APT. The number of students who sat for the APT was 88, of whom 79 were admitted to 201A. To ensure variety in its graduate program, the Department is offering students tutorials that attend to their specific needs. It is also planned that a seminar on Arabic sociolinguistics be offered as of next academic year in order to boost our offerings in the area of linguistics. The Department is currently considering the possibility of expanding its Arabic for Foreigners program to meet the increasing demand in this area. Furthermore, the Department is represented at the committee established by the Provost and charged with exploring the possibility of introducing an M.A. degree in Islamic Studies.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Agha, Saleh Said Professor1 Ph.D. Baalbaki , Ramzi Professor Ph.D. Jarrar, Maher Professor* Ph.D. Khairallah, Assaad Professor Ph.D. Makarem, Sami Professor* Ph.D. Tuqan, Fawwaz Professor Ph.D. Wilmsen, David Associate Professor Ph.D. Abu-Jawdeh, Siham Lecturer Ph.D. Jeha, George Lecturer Ph.D. Kozah, Mario Lecturer* Ph.D. Zein, Abdel Fattah Lecturer* 3éme cycle Hajjar, Olga Instructor* M.A.

* Part-time 1Paid Research Leave for the first semester

Orfali, Bilal Instructor Ph.D. Soufan, Abdullah Instructor M.A. Zein, Raghida Instructor M.A. Jewett Chair Research Assistant

Kaidbey Hamadeh, Rana

2. Graduate Assistants Fall Semester al-Ali, Mariam

Spring Semester al-Ali, Mariam

3. Non-Academic Staff

Al Khalidy, Sahar

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors B.A. Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 0 Jun. 2010 0

M.A. Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 1 Jun. 2010 0

2. Number of Majors Graduates 8 Seniors 0 Juniors 1 Sophomores 0

3. Student Enrollment in Courses: Summer 2009 Fall Spring Total Semester Semester

Courses numbered 300 and above 7 10 17

Courses numbered 211 through 299 291 373 689

Courses numbered 200 through 210 391 374 817

Courses numbered 100 through 299 732 831 1563 Total 100 1421 1588 3086

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered Summer 2009 Fall Spring Total Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above 7 9 16

Courses numbered 211 through 299 39 45 87 3

Courses numbered 200 through 210 58 52 119

9 Courses numbered 100 through 299 103 106 209 Total 12 207 212 431

D. RESEARCH

Agha, Saleh S.

1. ―Of verse, poetry, great poetry, and history,‖ Poetry and History: The Value of Poetry in Reconstructing Arab History. In press. 2. Poetry and History: The Value of Poetry in Reconstructing Arab History. Co- edited with R. Baalbaki and T. Khalidi. AUB. In press. 3. ―Bukayr b. Māhān‖ The Encyclopedia of Islam, 3rd edition. (A major founding father and the first effective chief of the organization which carried out the revolution which came to be known as ‗Abbāsid). In press. 4. A searchable database of Dhu al-Rumma, being a concordance of all lexical items in his Diwan, their derivations, and their morphological categories. In collaboration with Abdallah M. Soufan (To be published electronically, July 2010). 5. ―Language and Poetry: Towards a contribution to a critical Arabic theory grounded in the morphology of single vocables — Dhū al-Rumma‘s lexicon as a case in point‖ is the tentative extended descriptive title of the article which I will contribute to the Festschrift planned to honor the achievements of a colleague. In progress. 6. ―The ‗Abbāsid odyssey in Samāwah — an endeavor less high-minded than it has been portrayed‖. Two months or so had elapsed since the take over of Kūfah, in 132 H./750A.D., by the revolutionary forces allegedly working for the ‗Abbāsids, before Abū al-‗Abbās al-Saffāḥ was proclaimed as the first ‗Abbāsid caliph. During this interregnum, the entire ‗Abbāsid clan went missing. Where they disappeared and why is still a mystery. Neither the primary sources, nor modern scholarship have provided a convincing answer. This article investigates the matter from a geographical perspective, utilizing material from poetry, historical accounts, and the accounts of modern western scholars who explored Arabia Deserta. (Research completed and paper being written). 7. ―Sa‗d ibn Nāshib — a minor Umayyad poet: his episode and his poetry‖ (a tentative title that keeps expanding; it will most probably be transformed into a monograph on the social and poetic phenomenon which Sa‗d represents). 8. ―Munṣifāt al-„Arab thalāth‟ — an introduction to and an annotated translation of three specimens of an under-rated genre of Arabi poetry — a pilot article‖ (a tentative title). 9. 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 Insaf with an analytical study; and (c), a translation thereof. 10. ―The quantitative method in Islamic Studies can get out of hand: a case in point.‖ In progress.

11. ―Naṣr Ibn Sayyār: a veteran of tribal discord transformed into a seer, a statesman: a reformer and a symbol of compassionate (or pragmatic!) Arabhood.‖ (In Progress). 12. ―Rā‘iyyat Thaclaba ibn Ṣu‗ayr: one of the oldest surviving archetypal Arabian odes?‖ In progress. 13. The Umayyad Establishment: a natural successor to the Madinan Establishment. In progress. 14. ―The way of all flesh: the fate some of the nuqabā' banī al-cAbbās met with. In progress. 15. The Arabian ode: a study in the pattern-generating power of the interplay between geography and artistic expression (Long term, cumulative, in progress). 16. ―Hijra and ta„arrub: 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 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.

Baalbaki, Ramzi

1. ―Taṭawwar al-usus al-naẓariyya li-istikhdām al-mithāl wa-l-shāhid fῑ l-naḥw al- ʿArabῑ ‖ (The development of the theoretical bases of the usage of mithāl and shāhid in Arabic grammar), Centre de Recherche ELISA, Lyon. In press. 2. Poetry and History: The Value of Poetry in Reconstructing Arab History. Co-edited with S. S. Agha and T. Khalidi. AUB. In press. 3. ―The historical relevance of poetry in the Arabic grammatical tradition,‖ Poetry and History: The Value of Poetry in Reconstructing Arab History. AUB. In press. 4. ―al-Mawrid al-Akbar: Khaṣāʾiṣuhu wa-manhajuhu fī l-tawlīd al-muʿjamī,‖ Revue de la lexicologie. In press. 5. ―Grammarians on afʿāl al-muqāraba: Steps in the sources towards a subdivision of operants,‖ Festschrift for Wadad Kadi. In press. 6. ―A 7th-8th century controversy: Ibn al-Aṯīr on naḥw and bayān.‖ Submitted for publication in Nadia Anghelescu‘s Festschrift, Bucharest. 7. ―Mufradāt al-ʿArabiyya al-qadῑma fῑ l-Muʿjam al-Tārῑkhῑ li-l-Luġa al- ʿArabiyya.‖ Submitted for publication in the Proceedings of the International Conference on ―Vocabulaire arabe entre lexique et dictionnaire‖, Tunis, 2010.

8. ―Ibn Durayd.‖ Entry to be published in the I.B. Tauris Biographical Dictionary of Islamic Civilization. 9. (with B. Orfali) Thaʿālibῑ's Zād Safar al-Mulūk [Critical edition with introduction, study and notes]. Accepted for publication in Beiruter Texte und Studien (German Orient Institute). 10. al-Mawrid: English-Arabic Dictionary for Idiomatic Expressions. In progress. 11. ―Arabic grammatical tradition: naḥw and ṣarf.‖ Chapter to be published in The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics. In progress.

Jeha, George

1. A paper on forgotten and neglected old poems by the late poet Khalil Hawi. In progress. 2. ―The Tammuzi trend: one of different aspects of attempted national revival, as manifested in poetry, novel, other literary activities and social practices‖. In progress. 3. ― Variations on the Song of the 0wl‘‘, a collection of poems. In press.

Khairallah, Assaad

1. ―Mahmoud Darwish: Writing Self and History as Poem‖ in: Poetry and History: The Value of Poetry in Reconstructing Arab History. Ed. S. Agha, R. Baalbaki, and T. Khalidi, AUB. In press. 2. ―Does God Play Games: Necessity and Chance in Ma‗arri‘s Luzumiyyat,‖ The Journal of Arabic Literature forthcoming in 2011 3. Modern Arabic Poetry: Prophecy, Metapoetry, Snapshots: A monograph to be published by the Curzon/Routledge Press, London. Forthcoming in 2011. 4. Modern Arabic Literature and the West. This monograph will be a collection of articles to come out in the series called Literaturen im Kontext: Arabisch, Persisch, Turkisch. (Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag). In preparation. 5. An invited paper, presented as synopsis of 55 pages, of which I am author and coordinator of the works of five scholars on the Literatures of West and Central Asia, to be presented at the ―Literature: A World History‖ conference in Istanbul, June 17-21, 2010. 6. Invited lecture: The Ed de Moor Memorial Lecture, entitled ―Desire, Taboo, and Transgression: Qasim Haddad‘s Akhbar Majnun Layla‖ to be presented at the conference on ―Desire, Pleasure, and the Taboo: New Voices and Freedom of Expression in Contemporary Arabic Literature‖, Rome, 16-19 June, 2010.

7. First stages of an invited paper, ―Modern Arabic Literature in International Context‖ for the international symposium on ―The Translation of Modern Arabic Literature‖, London, 30 November – 3 December 2010. 8. ―Hawi batalan: Self-image as Messenger and Hero,‖ a paper given at the international conference on Khalil Ḥawi, held at AUB, June 6-8, 2007, to appear in al-Abhath, volume 58 (2010).

Orfali, Bilal

1. 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 Sam Noble*. Beirut: Orient-Institut Beirut (in print). 2. Zād safar al-mulūk of Abū Manṣūr al-Tha‗ālibī, [Critical edition with introduction, study and notes]. Ramzi Baalbaki and Bilal Orfali. Stuttgart: in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag (in print). 3. A Grey Zone between Prose and Poetry: A Study and Edition of al- Tha‘ālibī‘s Saj‟ al-Manthûr, Bilal Orfali. (article, research in progress) 4. Oral or Written: The Sources of al-Tha‗ālibī in Yatīmat al-dahr (article in final writing stage, expected 2011). 5. Al-Ushnāndānī and His Ma‟ānī al-shi‟r (article in final writing stage). 6. A Sufi Handbook: Salwat al-„ārifīn of Abū Khalaf al-Ṭabarī [Critical edition with introduction, study, and notes]. Gerhard Bowering* and Bilal Orfali (book in final writing stage, expected 2011). 7. An Early Sufi Manual: Kitāb al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād of al-Sīrjānī. [Critical edition with introduction, study and notes]. Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab* (under review). 8. Taḍmīn Alfiyyat Ibn Mālik abyāt al-ghazal (article, critical edition with introduction). 9. Al-Jāḥiẓ Viewing ―Esteemed Nations‖ (article in final writing stage). 10. Sariqa as a Tool of Practical Criticism (research in progress). 11. Prestige as Criterion of Selection in Arabic Anthologies (research in progress). 12. In the Shadow of Arabic: The Centrality of Language to Arabic Culture (Edited volume, expected spring 2011). 13. Kitāb al-shawāhid wa-l-amthāl of al-Qushayrī (research in progress). 14. An Anthologist at Work: The Making of Yatīmat al-Dahr (article, research in progress).

Soufan, Abdullah

A searchable database of Dhu al-Rumma, being a concordance of all lexical items in his Diwan, their derivations, and their morphological categories. In collaboration with Saleh Said Agha (To be published electronically, July 2010).

Tuqan, Fawwaz

1. ―Minṭaqat al-Jawzā‘ fi l-falak al-‗Arabī al-Islāmī wa-l-akhillā‘ al-thalātha fī qaṣidāt ….‖ [The Belt of Orion in Islamic Astronomy and the Three Friends in Ibn al-Rumi's Poem Entitled ramy al-bunduq/Lead-Bullets‘ Slinging]. In progress. 2. "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. 3. Qalā‟id al-„Iqyān, a unique 18th century manuscript with introduction, annotation and authentication of the Prophet‘s hadīths and their narrators. In progress 4. Tuqan, Fawwaz A., Ṣūrat al-falak wa-l-tanjīm fī l-shi„r al-„Abbāsī [Poetic Imagery of Astronomy and Astrology as Depicted in Abbasid Poetry] a four- year book project, final draft for publishing completed through summer 2009, changes suggested by the publisher completed during academic year 2009/2010: estimated size 650 pages. (Forthcoming fall 2010) 5. Tuqan, Fawwaz A.; Abdel-Aziz, Yasser A.; ―Sulṭat al-naṣṣ wa-„ulāqatuhā bi- l-khiṭāb al-siyāsī fī l-ṣiḥāfah al-Lubnāniyya …” [in Arabic] ―Authority of Journalistic Text and Its Relation with Political Discourse in Lebanese Daily Newspapers in Light of Constructionalism, Semantic Discourse and Destructionalism,‖ a paper presented at the International Conference on Arabic Language and Mass Media, held in the Faculty of Mass Media and Journalism, University of Cairo, Egypt, March 22-24, 2010 (forthcoming in the Proceedings of the conference).

Wilmsen, David

1. Egypt in the Era of Hosni Mubarak: 1981–2010, Translation of Miṣr wa-l- Mīṣriyyūn fī cahd Mubārak by Galal Amin. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, scheduled release December 2010. In Press.

2. ―The Ditransitive Dative Divide in Arabic: Grammaticality Assessments and Actuality.‖ Paper submitted to conference volume for the Georgetown University Roundtable on Linguistics 2010. Under Review. 3. ―The Dialects of the Dative Shift: An Overlooked Feature of Ditransitive Arabic Verbs in the Classical Arab Grammarians.‖ To be appear in In the Shadow of Arabic, Leiden: Brill. In Preparation. 4. ―Deixis and Ambiguity in Spoken and Written Arabic: A Problem for a Theory of Implicature.‖ To be submitted to Intercultural Pragmatics. Data- collection and draft stage.

Zein, Raghda

Sheikh Aḥmad „Ārif El-Zein (1884-1960), a Pioneer Reformist, a book based on my Master‘s thesis. In progress.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Agha, Saleh S.

1. ―Al-muwājaha al-ūlā mac al-gharb al-ḥadīth (The first encounter with the modern West). The introductory general lecture delivered twice a year to the students of Arabic 201B. 2. Supervising one MA student. 3. Member of the ―Proto Committee‖ supervising the Department‘s first nominee for Ph.D. candidacy.

Baalbaki, Ramzi

1. Chairman, Department of Arabic & Near Eastern Languages. 2. Published two papers in the Occasional Papers Series for the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Chair of Arabic. 3. Served on the following Editorial Boards: a. Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Leiden. b. Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Oslo. c. Journal of Arabic Linguistic Tradition, Washington, D.C. d. Majallat al-Mu„jamiyya al-„Arabiyya, Tunisia. e. Langues et Littératures du Monde Arabe, Paris. f. Romano-Arabica, Bucharest; and g. regular referee in several Arab and international journals.

4. Awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Arabic Language and Literature, 2010. 5. Delivered a lecture entitled ―ʿAbqariyyat al-ʿArabiyya: Khaṣāʾiṣ al-ʿArabiyya min manẓūr tārῑkhῑ,‖ as part of the King Faisal Memorial Lecture Series in Riyadh and the Umm al-Qura University (Mecca), March 2010. 6. Presented a paper entitled ―Mufradāt al-ʿArabiyya al-qadῑma fῑ l-Muʿjam al- Tārῑkhῑ li-l-luġa al-ʿArabiyya,‖ at the First International Conference held by the Research Unit ―Le Vocabulaire Arabe entre Lexique et Dictionnaire‖, Tunis, June 2010. 7. Attended a meeting of the Arabic Language Academy in Cairo on the subject of the Arabic Historical Dictionary, April 2010. 8. Gave a Civilization Sequence Program common lecture on Ibn Tufail. 9. Supervised a Ph.D. candidate at AUB.

Jeha, George

1- Acted as coordinator for Arabic 201 B sections. 2- Helped in the elections of the student council. 3- Helped in running and correcting Arabic placement tests. 4- Presented a paper entitled ― The Lebanese Short Story‘‘ at the conference on the ―Arab short story‖ held in Cairo (Nov.2009) by the ―Supreme Council for Culture‖ in Egypt. 5- Moderated two sessions during the activities of said conference. 6- Wrote scores of cultural items and literary criticism articles for the cultural section of Thomson-Reuters.

Khairallah, Assaad

1. Editor, Al-Abhath, vol. 57 (2009), dealing mainly with Ibn Khaldun. With Editor‘s Note in English and Arabic. 2. Member of the Executive Board of the Stockholm Collegiums of World Literary History. 3. Peer Reviewer for The Qatar National Research Fund, starting Oct. 2009. 4. Member of the University Publication Committee. 5. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Anis K. Makdisi Program in Literature. 6. Member of the Advisory Board of Kitābāt Mu„āsira (Beirut) and of the Journal of Middle Eastern and North African Intellectual and Cultural Studies (Binghamton University, N.Y.)

7. Scholarly Refereeing: Comparative Critical Studies, the house journal of the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA) 8. Founding Member EURAMAL (European Association for Modern Arabic Literature), and Committee member for its Research Program for the coming year. 9. Advisor to the International Conference on Kahlil Gibran; presided the first session, LAU, November 2009. 10. Supervision of M.A. theses a. Completed: Ms. Khatun Krisht on the Sufi Abu l-Husayn al-Nuri, presented in February 2010. b. In progress: Ms. Hala Kawsarani, ―Exile, Space, and Identity as Written by Two Palestinians: Mahmoud Darwish and Edward W. Said.‖ 11. Member of the Promotion Committee for Dr. Robert Myers, English Dept. 12. Member of the two Search Committees for CASAR: the Director of CASAR, and the Edward W. Said Chair. 13. Guest lecture on ―Majnun Layla: Past and Present‖ at Professor Beatrice Gruendler‘s graduate seminar ―Survey of Arabic literature,‖ Yale University, Dept. of NELC (September 2009). 14. Functioned as consultant and discussant in the literary evening around the work of Stanislav Strasbourger‘s ―The Story Seller‖. Beirut: UNESCO, March 25, 2010. 15. Presented and moderated a public lecture and reading by the famous Brazilian novelist Milton Hatoum. Anis Makdisi Program in Literature, AUB, March 2010. 16. Presented and moderated an evening of poetry reading concluding the AUB Alumni Literary Festival, April 14, 2010. 17. Was invited to give a paper on ―Modern Arabic Poetry in International Perspective‖ at the London Book Fair, on April 20. The Iceland volcano prevented it, but a short abstract thereof was published. 18. Presented and led a literary conversation with four authors at the Hay Festival during the ―Beirut 39‖ activities. April 16, 2010.

Orfali, Bilal

1. Regular referee and a member of the board of al-Machriq: Revue Catholique Orientale. Sciences, Lettres, Arts. 2. Director of the CAMES Arabic Summer program. 3. Member of the CASAR executive committee. 4. Member of the Library Committee (fall 2009-2010).

5. Presented a paper at the annual meeting of American Oriental Society, St. Louis, 2010. 6. Presented a paper at the MESA Conference, Boston, 2009. 7. Member of the committee which wrote a proposal for expanding the study of Arabic as a foreign language at AUB submitted to the Provost. 8. Member of the committee which wrote a proposal for introducing an Islamic Studies Program at AUB submitted to the Provost. 9. Presentation and conversation with the international novelist Rawi Hage, AUB, April 13. 10. Helped organizing the AUB World alumni association book exhibit. 11. Web contributor and web content approver for the Department of Arabic & NEL.

Soufan, Abdullah

Advisor for undergraduate students.

Tuqan, Fawwaz

1. Prepared syllabus, selected texts (500 pages) and offered a new course fall and spring: ARAB 251 I: Special Topic: Readings in Adab Works. 2. Represented the Department and contributor, in the Conference on Arab and International Efforts in Evaluating University Students‘ Proficiency in Their Mother Tongue, sponsored by The Lebanese National Committee of UNESCO, February 25, 2010. 3. Referee for an article: ―Blackness in Antara‘s Poetry: A Psycho-Pragmatic Study‖, Jordan Journal of Arabic Language and Literature, Mu‘tah University 4. Advisor to PhD and MA applicants. 5. Acting Chair, April 30- June 4, 2010. 6. Advisor to the Saudi Cultural Club.

Wilmsen, David

1. Conference presentations: ―On the East/West Divide in the Treatment of Object Pronouns in Written and Spoken Arabic: A Corpus-based Examination of Modern and Medieval Writings‖ presented at the Georgetown Roundtable on Linguistics 2010 (12— 14 March 2010). ―Mistranslations, Misrepresentations, and Abuse of Arab Antisemitism.‖ Panel presentation (Channeling the Media). Middle East Studies Association annual meeting, 21—24 November 2009.

―Orality and Directionality in the Training of Translators of Arabic.‖ Invited paper at the The University of Murcia, the Escuela de Traductores de Toledo, and Casa Árabe-IEAM ARABELE 2009 International Congress on Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, 25—26 September 2009. Paper to appear in conference proceedings. 2. Peer review: Review of faculty promotion portfolio for Carnegie Mellon University (to be completed 15 August) Reviewed ―Not Your Father's Islamist TV: Changing Programming on Hizbullah's al-Manar.‖ By Anne Marie Baylouny for Arab Media and Society (appeared in Issue 9, Fall 2009). 3. Consultation: Consultation with the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi on a project to develop the study of Arabic (follow-up in July 2010)

Zein, Raghda ―The Development of Novel Writing in Egypt and the Rise of Egyptian Nationalism (1938-1970)‖ (Common lecture delivered twice a year for 201B students).

F. PUBLICATIONS

Baalbaki, Ramzi

1. al-Mawrid al-Ḥadῑth (a modern English-Arabic dictionary coauthored with Mounir Baalbaki), Beirut 2010. 1429 pp. & appendices. 2. ―al-Taʾtῑl al-muʿjamῑ wa-mawqiʿ al-ʿArabiyya bayn al-Sāmiyyāt‖ (Lexicological etymology and the position of Arabic within the Semitic group), Revue de la lexicologie, vol. 23 (2007; appeared 2009), pp. 19-40. 3. Review of J. Owens‘ A linguistic History of Arabic, al-Abḥāth, vol. 57 (2009), pp. 11-15. 4. Review of M. Bahloul‘s Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 36, no. 3 (2009), pp. 478-80.

Khairallah, Assaad

1. Note from the Editor in both Arabic and English introducing al-Abhath volume on Ibn Khaldun, al-Abhath, vol. 57 (2009), March 2010.

2. Book, edition with introduction: Sha‟ir al-„ulama‟ wa-„alim ash-shu„ara‟: Jan Mirhij, Qasa‟id. Haqqaqahu wa-qaddama la-hu: As‗ad Khairallah (Beirut: Dar Nelson, 2010), 343 pages. With an introduction: ―Jan Mirhij, Sha‗ir al-hubb wal- hayat‖, pp. 17-24

Orfali, Bilal

1. Sufi Inquiries and Interpretations of Abū „Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī (d. 412/1021) and a Treatise of Traditions by Ismā‟īl b. Nujayd al-Naysābūrī (d. 366/976-7) [Critical edition with introduction and study]. Bilal Orfali and Gerhard Böwering*. Beirut, Dar al-Machreq, 2010. (134 pp + 25 pp intro) 2. Sufi Treatises of Abū „Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī [Critical edition with introduction and study]. Gerhard Böwering* and Bilal Orfali. Beirut: Dar al- Machreq, Recherches, 2009. (176 pp & 30 pp intro) 3. ―The Works of Abū Manṣūr al-Tha‘ālibī,‖ Journal of Arabic Literature 40 (2009), 276-321. 4. ―An Addendum to the Dīwān of Abū Manṣūr al-ha‘ālibī,‖ Arabica 56 (2009), 440-449.

Wilmsen, David

1. ―Dialects of Written Arabic: Syntactic Differences in the Treatment of Object Pronouns in the Arabic of Egyptian and Levantine Newspapers.‖ Arabica, Volume 57, Number 1, 2010, pp. 99-128. 2. ―Understatement, Euphemism, and Circumlocution in Egyptian Arabic: Cooperation in Conversational Dissembling,‖ in Owens, Jonathan, and Alaa El Gibaly editors, Information Structure in Spoken Arabic. London: Routledge. 2010, pp. 243-259.

Zein, Raghda ―Aḥmad ‗Ārif El-Zein, the Modernist Sheikh from Jabal Amel: The Centennial of al- „Irfān Magazine 1909-2009‖, al-Nahār newspaper, Beirut 26-27/1/2009.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The Department advertised two positions in 2009-2010, one in modern Arabic literature and another in Qur‘anic studies and Islamic mysticism

(taṣawwuf). Whereas no candidate was recommended to be recruited for the first, the Department did recommend the appointment of a candidate for the second and an offer was sent to him by the Dean. Unfortunately, that person declined the offer citing as the reasons our heavy teaching load, lack of tenure, and low salaries. This issue has become eternal and is recurring at an alarming rate. It goes without saying that our failure in recruiting will have an extremely negative impact on the Department and its offerings in the not too distant future. The Department thus urges the administration to attend to the issues of teaching loads, long-term contracts including tenure, and salaries in order for it to maintain its academic standards, particularly with the recent introduction of the Ph.D. program. The Ph.D. program offered in the Department is attracting quite a few applicants, although most of them do not meet our rigorous criteria for admission. This year, the Department recommended to the A/S Graduate Committee the admission of two students to the Ph.D. program, although one of them needs to meet certain language requirements before admission may be granted. The Department participated in the effort of identifying the learning outcomes for its undergraduate offerings and in specifying those courses which can be taken as Humanities, based on clear-cut criteria of content and method of teaching. Both areas have to be regularly visited to ensure that the criteria we set are adhered to in practice. Furthermore, the possibility of expanding our Arabic for Foreigners program and of introducing an M.A. in Islamic Studies are two areas which might provide the Department with a good chance of future development. Under the auspices of the Margaret Weyerhaeurser Jewett Chair of Arabic, Dr. Wadad Kadi, Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago, gave a seminar entitled ―The Names of Estates in State Registers Before and After the Arabization of the Diwans‖. Also, Professor Hassan Hamze of Université Lyon 2 gave, as part of the Distinguished Lecturer Series, a lecture entitled ―Ta‗līm al- ‗Arabiyya wa-mustawayātuhā l-lughawiyya‖. The lecture will be printed as an occasional paper sponsored by the Chair. It is hoped that next year, Professor Federico Corriente, a renowned scholar in Hispano-Arabic at Cordoba University, will be able to give us a lecture as part of the Jewett Chair‘s Distinguished Lecturer Series.

Chairperson R. Baalbaki

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

Spring 2009-2010 is expected to see the largest-ever number of students graduating with a BS in Biology (169). Five hundred four students are currently enrolled in the Biology BS program. Eighteen students are expected to have graduated with MS in Biology degrees between October 2009 and June 2010. In Fall 2009-2010, we received 22 MS applications. Of these, 14 were accepted and six students joined the program. In spring 2009-2010, we received 6 MS applications. Of these, four were accepted and four joined the program. The total number of MS graduates enrolled in our program this year is 23. One new student joined the PhD program in Cell and Molecular Biology in Fall 2009-2010. Four PhD students are now enrolled in our PhD program. Two new faculty members joined the department as assistant professors: Dr. Noel Ghanem (University of Ottawa, PhD, 2006) and Dr. Diana Jaalouk (McGill University, PhD, 2003). Dr. Bared Safieh-Garabedian has resigned after two years of leave. Dr. Charbel Tarraf was seconded as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Mohamad Almana College for Health Sciences, Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Fall and Spring semesters. Dr. Imad Saoud was awarded the Arab Fund Fellowship Program Distinguished Scholar Award and was on sabbatical leave in Fall 2009- 2010. Dr. Hind Rizkallah was appointed as Lecturer after serving the department as Instructor for 20 years. Dr. Rabih Talhouk was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award in June 2010. Dr. Imad Saoud won The Abdul-Hamid Shouman Prize for Young Arab Scientist. The Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research approved five research proposals (LL99,100,000) and the URB awarded 11 research grants ($78,325) to faculty members in 2009-2010. The department hosted a seminar series in which PhD students, MS students, enrolled in BIOL 393/4, faculty candidates, and guest speakers presented, including: Dr. Jihad Attieh of the University of Balamand, Dr. Pascal Barbry of the Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire CNRS/UNSA UMR6097, Dr. Faysal Bibi of Yale University/Université de Poitiers, Dr. Hiba El Hajj of the American University of Beirut, Dr. Zakaria Kambris of Oxford University, Dr. Nayef Mazloum of Weill Cornell Medical

College, Dr. Daniel Regnier of the Laboratoire Génétique et Cancer UMR 5201 CNRS/UCBL1, and Dr. Mariana Yazbek of Cornell University. The department has held 29 department meetings since 5 October 2009. Dr. Noel Ghanem is chairing an ad hoc committee on summer undergraduate research as a means to improve recruitment into the graduate programs. A preliminary proposal has been developed and presented to the department and Dean. Dr. Sawsan Kreydiyyeh is chairing an ad hoc budget committee. After intensive examination of past expenditures and needs, the committee has presented a request for an increased departmental budget with detailed justification. This proposal has been approved by the department and forwarded to the Dean. Dr. Imad Saoud is chairing an ad hoc program review and assessment committee that is reviewing the BS and MS in Biology programs. To increase transparency and assert departmental responsibility, a detailed and justified teaching load policy was approved, and all department expenditures are open for review by professorial-rank members. The department has implemented new policies to facilitate research: it will support the cost of AUBnet access and AUB IDs for research visitors, and it has developed and implemented a Biology visitor agreement and Biology visitor release waiver forms in collaboration with the Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management department. A database of student records for program assessment was created. A lime survey was conducted to judge undergraduate Biology majors‘ course needs and interests. Two separate means of evaluating the BS in Biology‘s Program Learning Outcomes were tested in Spring 2009-2010: student self- assessment of Course Learning Outcomes via Instructor Course Evaluations and a moodle-based exit exam of graduating students. The department improved its webpage by posting course syllabi and by creating a frequently- asked-questions section with direct links to authoritative sources. To document and balance Graduate Assistants‘ workloads, their hours are logged weekly. The thumbprint system was activated for non-academic staff. The department storeroom hours of operation have been expanded to 7:30 am until 5:30 pm without midday interruption. The department was given an award from USAID and MercyCorps in recognition of the department‘s contribution to the ―Towards Inclusive Development in Lebanon‖ project by hosting Hilmat Al Mawla.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Baydoun, Elias Professor Ph.D. Darwiche, Nadine 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 1 Associate Professor Ph.D. Smith, Colin Associate Professor Ph.D. & Chairperson Ghanem, Noel Assistant Professor Ph.D. Jaalouk, Diana Assistant Professor Ph.D. Osta, Mike Assistant Professor Ph.D. Sadek, Riyad Assistant Professor Ph.D. Rizkallah, Hind Lecturer Ph.D. Sinno Saoud, Nada Lecturer Ph.D. Tarraf, Charbel 2 Lecturer Ph.D. Hajjar, Layane Instructor M.S. Baltikian, Marina** Part-time Instructor M.S. Bou-Chedid, Mirella Part-time Instructor M.S. Dakroub, Zeina* Part-time Instructor M.S. El-Zein, Mohammad Part-time Instructor M.S. Fostok, Sabreen** Part-time Instructor M.S. Ghannawi, Joly** Part-time Instructor M.S. Haykal, Joelle Part-time Instructor M.S. Jaber, Hweida** Part-time Instructor M.S. Sayyar, Nancy Part-time Instructor M.S. Shahine Sharif* Part-time Instructor M.S. Zahr, Hind Part-time Instructor M.S. ______1 First Semester, on paid research leave 2 First and Second Semester, on special leave with pay * First Semester Only ** Second Semester Only

2. Research Associates

Fall Semester El-Chami, Nisrine

Spring Semester El-Chami, Nisrine

3. Research Assistants

Fall Semester Al-Halabi, Racha Jawhari, Maan Bassil, Naji Sayyar, Nancy Bou-Chedid, Mirella Zournajian, Houry Ghanawi, Joly

Spring Semester Al-Halabi, Racha Sayyar, Nancy Bassil, Naji Zournajian, Houry Jawhari, Maan

4. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester Abou Shakra, Nagham Kamareddine, Layla Al Labban, Dania Ketchedjian, Antranig Baltikian, Marina Mourad, Nancy Bou Sleiman, Maroun Rahme, Gilbert Dergarabetian, Eileen Rizk, Zeinab El Khawand, Myriam Saikali, Melody Fares, Mohamed Bilal Tawk, Caroline Haddad, Stephanie

Spring Semester Abou Shakra, Nagham Khezam, Maya Al Labban, Dania Rachdane, Elsy

Bou Sleiman, Maroun Rahme, Gilbert Haddad, Stephanie Saikali, Melody Kamareddine, Layla Tawk, Caroline Khalil, Bariaa

5. PhD Graduate Research Assistantship

Fall Semester El-Zein, Ola Ghattas, Khaled Ghantous, Akram Yassine, Hassan

Spring Semester El-Zein, Ola Ghattas, Khaled Ghantous, Akram Yassine, Hassan

6. Non-Academic Staff

Assad, Najeh Assistant Technician Hannoun, Victor Senior Technician Ibrahim, Hana Lab Manager Kaissi, Maha Secretary Makkouk, Salwa Administrative Assistant Masri, Imad Technician

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.S. Oct. 2009 9 Feb. 2010 12 June 2010 169

M.S. Oct. 2009 11 Feb. 2010 1

June 2010 6

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 23 Seniors 201 Juniors 163 Sophomores 140

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer Fall Spring Total 2009 Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and 1 50 51 102 above Courses numbered 211 54 752 960 1766 through 299 Courses numbered 200 83 498 432 1013 through 210 Courses numbered 100 14 118 98 230 through 199 Total 152 1418 1541 3111

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer Fall Spring Total 2009 Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and 0 20 17 37 above Courses numbered 211 10 84 88 182 through 299

Courses numbered 200 11 23 19 53 through 210

Courses numbered 100 3 6 6 15 through 199

Total 24 133 130 287

D. RESEARCH

Bariche, Michel

1. Bariche M., in press. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Rome, FAO, 562 pp. 2. Population structure and reproduction of the Lessepsian bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii in the eastern Mediterranean. Research completed and papers are being written. 3. The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: history, checklist, and exotics. Ongoing research. 4. Soft-bottom fish assemblages in the coastal waters of Lebanon: biodiversity, biological characteristics, landings and discard. University Research Board (URB). Duration: 1 year (2009/10); Amount: 6,295 USD. Ongoing research.

Baydoun, Elias

1. Alwan N, Saleh I, Baydoun E, Barbour E, Ghosn N, Harakeh S, 2010. Resistance of Brucella abortus isolated from Lebanese dairy-based food products against commonly used antimicrobials. Dairy Science and Technology. In press. Available online doi:10.1051/dst/2010017 2. Bou Jaoude D, Olabi A, Najm N, Malek A, Saadeh C, Baydoun E, Toufeili I, 2010. Chemical composition, mineral content and cholesterol levels of some regular and reduced-fat white brined cheeses and strained yougurt (labneh). Dairy Science and Technology. In press 3. Yakoub S, Kaszas K, El Chami N, Malek M, Huber A, Smith C, Baydoun E, Mani S, Tabon E, Régnier. D, 2010. The proto-oncoprotein c-Cbl protects cells against oxidative stress. Submitted for publication 4. Baydoun E, Mansour O, Rizk S, Brett CT, 2010. Identification of EDTA- soluble polysaccharides from pea epicotyl cell walls and their interaction with xyloglucan. Submitted for publication 5. Abdalla A, Baydoun E, 2010. Compositional quality and antioxidant properties of oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus) mushrooms. Submitted for publication 6. Baydoun E, Deeb T, Kreydiyyeh S, Shinwari Z, Knio K, 2010. Survey of medicinal plants used by herbalists in Lebanon. In preparation 7. Qouta L, Nimmo H, Brett C, Baydoun E, 2010. The abundance of pectin methyl esterase transcript throughout the cell cycle of synchronized

Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cultures. In preparation 8. Harakeh S, Diab-Assaf M, Khalife J, Abu-El-Aradat K, Baydoun E, Niedzwiecki A, Baatout S, Homeidan F, El-Sabban M, Rath M, 2010. Effects of a specific nutrient synergy , ascorbic acid and epigallocatechin gallate on the activity, transcription and translation of metalloproteinases in HTLV-1- positive and -negative cells. In preparation 9. Harakeh S, Khalife J, Diab-Assaf M, Niedzwiecki A, Baydoun E, Bazarbachi A, El-Sabban M, Rath M, 2010. The effect of a specific nutrient synergy, ascorbic acid and epigallocatechin gallate on the NF-κB pathway in HTLV-1-positive cells. In preparation 10. Baydoun E, Histochemical analysis of the cell walls during the somatic embryogenesis of date palm calli. Supported by URB. Research in progress 11. Smith CA, Baydoun E, The effect of Ruscus aculeatus and Pleurotus ostreatus extracts on proliferation and apoptosis in human cancer cell lines. Supported by LNCSR. Research in progress 12. El Khawand M, Baydoun E, Smith CA, Microbial Diversity of Mineralized Aquatic Habitats. MS project of Myriam El Khawand, supported by LNCSR. Research in progress 13. Chami N, Smith CA, Regnier D, Baydoun E, New aspects of the proto- oncoprotein c-Cbl in cancer: molecular analysis of c-Cbl in contributing to the generation of reactive oxygen species and protecting malignant cells. Submitted to URB and CEDRE for funding. Research in progress 14. Smith CA, Baydoun, E, Microbial biodiversity and exploitation of Middle Eastern Springs. It was short-listed by MESF, waiting decision for funding.

Darwiche, Nadine

1. Ghantous, A., Gali-Muhtasib H., Vuorela, H., Saliba, N. and Darwiche, N. What Made Sesquiterpene Lactones Reach Cancer Clinical Trials? Drug Discovery Today (in press). 2. Sinjab, A., Abou-Lteif, G., Bou Chedid, M., Hermine, O., Dbaibo, G., and Darwiche, N. Inhibition of mTOR Signaling by Everolimus Induces Senescence in HTLV-Associated Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma and Apoptosis in Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas. Under review. 3. Shahine, S., Abou-Lteif, G, Bou Chedid, M., Ghantous, A., Nasr. R., Pisano, C., Bazarbachi, A., Dbaibo, G. and Darwiche, N. The Synthetic Retinoid CD437 inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and peripheral T cell lymphoma. In preparation. 4. Schneider-Stock, R., Ghantous, A., Gandesiri, M., Saikali, M. and Darwiche, N. Epigenetic Mechanisms of Plant-Derived Anticancer Drugs. In preparation.

5. Ghantous, A., Sinjab, A., and Darwiche, N. Parthenolide: From Plant Shoots to Cancer Roots. In preparation. 6. Photoprotective and Chemopreventive Properties in the Skin of Extracts from Indigenous Lebanese Plants. Exploratory stage. 7. Anti-Promoting and Chemopreventive Properties in the Skin of Sesquiterpene Lactones Extracted from Indigenous Lebanese Plants. Exploratory stage.

Gali-Muhtasib, Hala

1. Ghantous A, Gali-Muhtasib H, *Vuorela H, Saliba N, Darwiche N. What made sesquiterpene lactones reach the cancer clinic? Drug Discovery Today, in press. 2. Poehlmann A, Habold C, Walluscheck D, Reissing K, Bajbouj K, Ullrich O, Hartig R, Gali-Muhtasib H, Diestel A, Roessner A, and Regine Schneider- Stock. Cutting edge: CHK1 directs mitotic catastrophe and senescence in oxidative-damaged colorectal cancer cells. Supported by the DFG. Under Review. 3. Lupidi G, Bramucci M, Quassinti L, Fornari E, Avenali L, Khalife KH, and Gali-Muhtasib H. Antioxidant and antineoplastic activities of Artemisia herba-alba ethanolic extract in human colon cancer cell line (HCT116). Supported by the University of Camerino Exchange Program. Under Review. 4. Bou Chedid M, Al Halabi Racha, Abou Merhi R, El-Hajj H, Zahr H, Gali- Muhtasib H. Gallotannin inhibits NF-kB activation and reduces colon cancer in mouse xenografts. Supported by EMRO COMSTECH Grant for Research in Applied Biotechnology and Genomics in Health. Under Review. 5. Hassan S, Gali-Muhtasib H, Göransson H, Larsson R. Alpha Terpineol: a Potential Anti-Cancer Agent through Suppressing NF-kB Signaling. Supported by the MENA Swedish Research Partnership Program. Under Review. 6. Deeb S, Hassan S, Larsson R, Gali-Muhtasib H. The sage components linalyl acetate and α-terpeniol enhance cell death through inhibition of nuclear factor kappa-B signaling. Supported by the MENA Swedish Research Partnership Program. Research completed and paper being written. 7. El-Khatib M, Geara F, Haddadin M, Gali-Muhtasib H. The hypoxic cytotoxin 2-benzoyl-6,7-dichloro-3-phenylquinoxaline 1,4-dioxide blocks HIF-1α, induces mitotic catastrophe, and apoptosis in human colon cancer cells independent of p53 and p21. Supported by the URB. Research completed and paper being written. 8. Itani W, Bazarbachi A, Schneider-Stock R, Gali-Muhtasib H. Induction of apoptosis by Thymoquinone in T-cell lymphomas and HTLV-I associated

adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Supported by the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research. Research is ongoing. 9. El-Najjar N, Gali-Muhtasib H, Ketola R, Vuorela P, Urtti A, Vuorela H. The chemical and biological activities of quinones: overview and implications in analytical detection. Paper being written.

Ghanem, Noël

Noël Ghanem, Matt Andrusiak, Lisa Julien, Kelly A.McClellan, Yves deRepentigny, Rashmi Kothary, David S. Park, Marc Ekker, Alexandre Blais, and Ruth S. Slack. The Rb/E2F pathway modulates neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb through direct regulation of the homeobox transcription factor Dlx2. Manuscript in preparation, 2010.

Knio, Khuzama

1. Insecticide resistance of the house mosquito, Culex pipiens L., in Lebanon. Work in progress. Co-investigator: Dr. Mike Osta. Funded by URB grant. 2. Host race formation in the generalist flower head infesting tephritid, Terellia serratulae, in Lebanon. Work in progress. Co-investigator: Dr. Colin Smith. Funded by URB grant. 3. Ecological specialization in Lebanese tephritid flies. Work in progress. Co- investigators: Dr. Colin Smith; Mohammad Al Zein; Nancy Sayar. Funded by LNCsR grant. 4. Sinno- Saoud, N, S. Jury, and K. Knio. Flower color polymorphism, phenology and hybridization in Anemone coronaria L. (Ranunculaceae). Submittted on May 2010 to the Botanical Journal of the Linean Society.

Kreydiyyeh, Sawsan

1. Maya F Serhan and Sawsan I Kreydiyyeh Insulin targets the Na+/K+ ATPase in enterocytes via PI3K, PKC, and MAPKS ( article submitted). 2. El-Zein O. S. and Kreydiyyeh S. Pine bark extract inhibits glucose transport in enterocytes via MAPK and PI3K (submitted). 3. El-Zein O.S. and Kreydiyyeh S. Effect of leptin on glucose uptake by Caco-2 cells Research in progress; supported by URB. 4. Dakroub Z and Kreydiyyeh S. Involvement of ceramide and sphingosine on TNF-induced modulation of Na+/K+ ATPase in HepG2 cells In preparation.

Osta, Mike

1. Yassine H, Schnitger AKD, Kafatos FC and Osta MA. The melanisation response is required for mosquito defense against natural fungal infections. Initial phase completed and Manuscript in preparation 2. Interactomics of the Anopheles gambiae melanization immune response. Mike Osta (PI). Funded by URB 2009-2010. The major goal of this project is to decipher the molecular mechanisms leading to prophenoloxidase activation in A. gambiae mosquitoes and characterize the role of the clip-domain of clip-domain serine proteases. 3. Molecular Interactions between the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae and Plasmodium parasites. Mike Osta (PI). Funded by LNCSR 2009-2011. The major goal of this project is to identify novel A. gambiae CLIP-domain serine proteases which participate in mosquito immune responses to Plasmodium as well as to bacterial infections, using in vivo functional genetic analysis. 4. Deciphering the mechanism of action of the CTL4/CTLMA2 C-type lectin complex in innate immune responses of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to Plasmodium parasites. Mike Osta (PI). Submitted to NIH (under review). The main goal of this project is to identify the mechanisms through which the heterodimeric CTL4/CTLMA2 complex clears Gram-negative bacterial infections from the mosquito and blocks the melanization of Plasmodium parasites. 5. The role of the melanization response in defense against entomopathogenic fungal infections. Mike Osta (PI). Second phase being explored.

Sadek, Riyad

1. An ecological and physiological study of the montane viper Montevipera bornmuelleri including venom composition and effects. Funded by LNCSR, in collaboration with Drs. Hraoui-Bloquet (LU), E. Baydoun (AUB) and W. Hlayhel (Kaslik University). In its second year. 2. A book, The Amphibians and Reptiles of Lebanon, is currently in preparation, in collaboration of Dr. Souad Hraoui-Bloquet (Lebanese University), incorporating data from several years of research work. (In progress). 3. The taxonomic status, geographic distribution and ecological requirements of the toad species, Bufo cf bufo in Lebanon. Pending URB approval and funding. 4. Sadek, Riyad A. and Hraoui-Bloquet, Souad- Resource Partitioning Among Three Sympatric Lizard Species In A High-Altitude Region In Lebanon. 5. Sadek, R, S, Hrawi-Bloquet and J. Kourieh Habitat use and preferences by the lizards Phoenicolacerta kulzeri and Parvilacerta fraasi in a high-altitude region in Lebanon.

6. Sadek, R and H. Said - Ecological and morphological comparisons between Lacerta species living at different altitudes in Lebanon‖. 7. Sadek, R.A., Knio, K, Baydoun, E., Zreik K. and Hraoui-Bloquet S. Morphological and allozyme variation in populations of Lacerta laevis and L. Kulzeri in Lebanon.

Saoud, Imad

1. Saoud I.P., Joly Ghanawi, Nada Lebbos, and D.A.Davis (In press). The effect of linseed oil and kelp meal in diets on fatty acid profile of rabbitfish Siganus rivulatus. Journal of Mediterranean Aquaculture. 2. Ghanawi, Joly, Chadi Mohanna and I. P. Saoud. Effect of continuous water movement on growth and body composition of juvenile rabbitfish Siganus rivulatus. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. Accepted. 3. Roy, L., Davis, D., Saoud, I., Boyd, C., Pine, H.. Shrimp culture in inland low salinity waters: a review. Reviews in Aquaculture. Submitted

Sinno-Saoud, Nada

Sinno-Saoud, N, S. Jury & K. Knio. Flower colour polymorphism, phenology & hybridization in Anemone coronariaL. submitted

Smith, Colin

1. Possik E.J., Ghattas I.R. & Smith C.A. ―HIV-1 is Highly Mutable with Partner RNAs, and Glycine Subsitution of R35 Allows Mutation of N40.‖ MS thesis of Elite J. Possik, supported by + URB, research completed, manuscript in preparation. 2. El Khawand M.A., Baydoun, E.A. & Smith C.A. ―Microbial Diversity of Mineralized Aquatic Habitats.‖ MS project of Myriam El Khawand, Supported by LNCSR, in progress. 3. Tawk C.S. & Smith C.A. ―HK022 Nun Structure, Function, and Evolution Relationships.‖ MS project of Caroline Tawk, in progress. 4. Bou Sleiman, M.S., Ghattas I.R., & Smith C.A. ―HIV-1 RRE Structure, Mutability, and Conformational Dynamics.‖ MS project of Maroun Bou Sleiman, in progress. 5. Smith C.A. & Baydoun E.A. ―The effect of Ruscus aculeatus and Pleurotus ‖.ostreatus extracts on proliferation and ٍ apoptosis in human cancer cell lines Supported by LNCSR, in progress.

6. Sayar N.P., Mohammad Al Zein, Smith C.A. & Knio K.M. ―Is Ecological Specialization in Lebanese Tephritid-Thistle Associations a Dead End?‖ Supported by LNCSR, in progress. 7. Haddad S.G., Smith C.A. & Knio K.M. ―Biology and Ecology of Terellia serratulae (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Lebanon.‖ Supported by AUB URB, in progress. 8. Chami N, Smith C.A., Régnier D.C.L, & Baydoun E.A. ―New aspects of the proto-oncoprotein c-Cbl in cancer: molecular analysis of c-Cbl in contributing to the generation of reactive oxygen species and protecting malignant cell.‖ In progress.

Talhouk, Rabih

1. Qatar National Research Foundation, Qatar - Integrating biotech expertise for sustainable use of Qatar marine biodiversity Oct 2010-2013. Rabih Talhouk (PI), Najat Saliba (PI), N. Darwiche, Hala Mohtaseb, Marwan El- Sabban, Fadia Homaidan and Salma Talhouk (Co-Investigators from AUB) and Hala El-Easa (PI from Qatar University ) Abdel-Rahman Muftah, Jassim Khayat (Co-Investigator from Qatar University). Pending QNRF approval. 2. Qatar National Research Foundation, Qatar - Oct 2010-2013 - Effects of Curricular Changes and Teaching Practices on Student Experiences and Learning. Karma El-Hassan (PI), Rabih Talhouk, and Kassem Shaaban, (Co-Investigators from AUB) and Shaikha Al-Thani (PI from Qatar University ) Khaled Daoud (Co-Investigator from Qatar University). Pending QNRF approval. 3. Collaborative Project under the work program KBBE-2009-3-2-01: Novel marine bioactive compounds for European Industries - Oct 2010–Oct 2012 - Exploring Marine Resources for Bioactive Compound: From Discovery to Sustainable Production and Industrial Applications (MAREX) (IBSAR / U. HELSINKI PARTNERSHIP). Pending EU approval. 4. Dry Land Development Center (DDC); the Arab States Program, under the patronage of UNDP: Program of Catalytic Support to Implement the Convention to Combat Desertification in West Asia and North Africa – Phase IV 2010 – 2011 - Academic exchange and collaboration to identify plant derived extracts that possess bioactive properties and have promising market potentials (IBSAR / U. Helsinki partnership). Approved to be funded. 5. Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (LNCSR) 11/1/2008 – 12/31/2010, Role of Connexin in mammary epithelial cell differentiation and transformation Role: Principal Investigator. Approved and funded (year

2 of 2). 6. (URB) Deciphering the mechanism of Cx-mediated reversion of tumour phenotype in breast epithelial cells. Role: Principal Investigator. Pending URB approval, 3 years 7. Maalouf, S, Talhouk R, and Schanbacher, F. (2010). Endotoxin-induced IL- 6 and iNOS/NO production are differentially regulated in mouse mammary epithelial cells. Submitted. 8. Salloum, R., Talhouk, R., Homeidan F. (2010). Inflammatory diseases: Mechanisms and natural remedies. To be re-submitted. 9. Saliba, N. El-Khoury, J.M., Kogan, J., Talhouk, S., Talhouk, R.S. (2010). Identification of an in vitro Interleukin-6 suppressing bioactivity in the Popularly Used Folk Medicinal Plant Chamomile (Anthemis scariosa). Pharmaceutical Biology In preparation. 10. Talhouk, R.S., Rahme, G, Fares, B-M, Hariri, H, Rayess, T., Dbouk, H., El- Sabban, M.E. (2010). Context dependent reversion of tumor phenotype by connexin-43 over expression in MDA-MB231 cells and MCF-7 cells: A potential role for β-catenin/connexin43 association. In preparation. 11. Talhouk, R.S., Khalil, A., Bajjani, R., El-Rayes, T., and El-Sabban, M.E. (2010). Gap junctions mediate STAT-5 independent β-casein expression in CID-9 mammary epithelial cells. In preparation. 12. El-Sabban, M.E., Zaatari, M., Khoury, S., and Talhouk, R.S. (2010). ZO-1 assembles into gap junction complexes of differentiated mammary epithelial cells. In preparation. 13. Fostok, S. F., Wehbe, A.N, and Talhouk, R.S. (2010) Medicinal Value of Polyunsaturated and Other Fatty Acids in Ethnobotany. In: Ethnomedicinal Plants: Revitalization of Traditional Knowledge of Herbs. In press. 14. Zeinieh M., Talhouk R.S., El-Sabban M., and Mikati M. A. (2009). Differential expression of hippocampal connexins after acute hypoxia in the developing brain. Brain Development. [Epub ahead of print].

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Bariche, Michel

1. Supervising two graduate students. 2. Co-supervising a PhD student at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany. 3. Member of the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee. 4. Member of the Natural History Museum Committee. 5. Advising undergraduate students.

6. Attended a Congress to present my recent publication: Bariche M., Barone M., DeAngelis N., Mannini P., 2010. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of the eastern and southern Mediterranean. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., Venice, 10-15 May 2010 - 39th CIESM Congress. 7. Solicited expert presentation at the EastMed Inception Meeting, Athens, Greece, 19-20 April 2010. 8. Served as expert for the Establishment of a Marine Reserve in Byblos. 9. Submitted a proposal for the establishment of a series of Marine Reserves along the Lebanese coast. Report: Bariche M., 2010. Marine Reserve Network for the Lebanese Waters. Greenpeace Mediterranean, Beirut – Lebanon, 58 pp. 10. Natural History Museum work: Trained a new staff for maintaining and updating the collections. a. Exchanged old jars and preservatives with new ones for the entire collection. Updated labels. Entering all information into a database. b. Sorted and relocated of parts of the marine invertebrate collections. c. Relocated dried out and ruined specimens from the marine collection. 11. Reviewed various research paper manuscripts for international journals. 12. Various TV interviews on the following topics: a. Ethiopian airplane crash off Beirut and forensics. b. Toxic pufferfish and its effect on the marine environment. c. Importance of Vermetid reefs along the Lebanese coast. d. Design and maintenance of six aquaria at the Department of Biology.

Baydoun, Elias

1. Advisor of three MS Biology Students: Maya Yassine, Maya Khezam, and Elsy Rechdane. 2. Member of the Thesis Committees of four Biology Students, two at AUB: Myriam El Khawand and Zeinab Rizk, and two at the University of Balamand: Nancy Nassour and Elias Abdo. 3. Currently engaged in the preparation of an international Conference on Alternate & Renewable Resources of Energy to be held in November 2010 4. Advisor for 40 senior Biology students. 5. Served on an ad hoc committee to discuss the offering of a summer undergraduate research course in the Department of Biology. 6. Author of a presentation entitled ―The anti-proliferative and pro-apoptic effect of Kefir on HTLV-1 negative malignant T-lymphocytes‖ at the International Scientific Conference on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Zilina, Slovakia (8-12 June, 2009).

7. Author of a poster entitled ―Changes in cell wall pectin through the culture cycle of wild type Arabidopsis thaliana; analysis of chelator extracted pectin‖ at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Honolulu, Hawai, USA (18-22 July, 2009). 8. Presented a poster entitled ―The pro-apoptotic effect of different plant extracts on lymphoblastic leukemic cell lines‖ at the 5th International Symposium on ―Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia‖, Rome, Italy (24-29 September, 2009). 9. Presented two posters entitled ―Antibacterial activity of the extracts obtained from Rheum rhaponticum and Viola odorata on multi-drug-resistant clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae‖ and ―Profiling of the different cell wall polysaccharides in Orange (Citrus reticulata) and Bomali (Citrus grandis) fruit‖ at the 16th Science Meeting of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science (LAAS) Meeting, Beirut, Lebanon (14 November, 2009). 10. Author of a poster entitled ―New aspects of the proto-oncoprotein c-Cbl in cancer: molecular analysis of c-Cbl in contributing to protect malignant cells and generate reactive oxygen species‖ at the International Conference on ―Metabolism in Cancer‖, Berlin, Germany (28-29 May, 2010). 11. Author of a poster entitled ―The microbial biodiversity of Jeita Grotto: A unique Lebanese habitat.‖ at the International Biodiversity Day at AUB, Beirut, Lebanon (2 May, 2010). 12. Attended the 5th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) and chaired a session in the Conference on ―Science Supercourse: A New Tool for Knowledge dissemination in the Arab Region‖, Alexandria, Egypt (21-22 December, 2009). 13. Participated in a meeting at UNESCO Paris to discuss the organization of the Conference on ―Alternative and Renewable Sources of Energy‖ (22 September, 2009). 14. Participated in the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) organized at AUB by the Qatar National Research Fund (7 October, 2009). 15. Participated in the Seminar on ―Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning‖ organized by CTL, AUB (21 January, 2010). 16. Invited participant at the ―Fifth Biennial BioVision Alexandria 2010 Conference‖ on the theme ―New Life Sciences: Future Prospects‖ held in Alexandria, Egypt (12-15 April 2010). 17. Participated in the preparatory meeting for the AEOL (Arab Encyclopedia for Life), Alexandria, Egypt (14 April, 2010). 18. Hosted Professor Chris Lowe, Director of the Institute of Biology at the University of Cambridge to discuss future collaboration.

19. Arranged the invitation of Dr Daniel Regnier from the Laboratoire Génétique et Cancer, CNRS/UCBL1, Centre, Leon Berard, France to give lectures and to start collaboration. 20. Reviewed articles for the journals Nanotoxicology and The Philippine Agricultural Scientist. 21. Was selected as a member of the ―Regional Advisory Committee of Ethics‖; a committee founded at the Egyptian Academy for Scientific Research and Technology in collaboration with UNESCO. 22. Served as a member of the Steering Committee for the project on ―Science and Technology Indicators in the Arab States‖ and attended its meeting in Beirut (7 December, 2009). The project is sponsored by UNESCO, ALECSO and the Arab Academy of Sciences. 23. Member of the Middle East Science Fund Regional Executive Committee. 24. Member of the Arab Health Water Association (Affiliate-member of HWA). 25. Interim Coordinator of the Lebanese TWAS Chapter. 26. Fellow of the Institute of Biology. 27. Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences. 28. Founding Fellow and Secretary General of the Arab Academy of Sciences. 29. Founding Member of the Lebanese-Jordanian Friendship Association.

Darwiche, Nadine

1. Awarded grant to attend conference in Keystone Symposia: ―Cell Death Pathways: Apoptosis, Autophagy, and Necrosis.‖ Vancouver, Canada. 2. Presented two abstracts at Keystone Symposia: ―Cell Death Pathways: Apoptosis, Autophagy, and Necrosis.‖ Vancouver, Canada. 3. Attended two local conferences. 4. Served as a Chair of Biology and Medical Sciences Session at the 16th International Conference of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science. 5. Teaching Excellence Award from the American University of Beirut. 6. Abul Latif Jameel Grant Winner for Funding Scientific Research and Innovation in Technology in the Arab World, Arab Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates. 7. Supervised the MSc theses of Georgette Francis and Ansam Sinjab who defended successfully. 8. Supervising the thesis work of Akram Ghantous PhD student in the Cell and Molecular Biology PhD Program. 9. Supervising the thesis work of two MSc Biology students (Melody Saikaly- Bariaa Khalil).

10. Serving as PhD chair of committee for Khaled Ghattas in the Cell and Molecular Biology PhD Program. 11. Served as a member on the thesis committee of two MSc Biology (Sally Deeb-Maya Yassine) and one MSc Interfaculty Environmental Engineering Program student (Fadi Matar) who defended successfully. 12. Supervised the tutorial projects of one graduate and six undergraduate students. 13. Served as an academic advisor for 35 undergraduate Biology students per semester. 14. Served on the promotion committee of two faculty members from Qatar University and King Abdul-Aziz University. 15. Member of the Curriculum Committee. 16. Member of the Executive Committee of the Nature Conservation Center for Sustainable Futures (IBSAR). 17. Member of the Research and Patent Committee of IBSAR. 18. Reviewer for the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (Nature Publishing Group) and for URB grants for FAS, FM and FAFS.

Gali-Muhtasib, Hala

1. Supervisor of one PhD student in the CMB program at AUB. 2. Chair ofthe committee of a PhD student in the CMB program at AUB. 3. Co-Supervisor of one PhD student in collaboration with the University of Helsinki. 4. Currently thesis advisor of one MSc Biology Student. 5. Three MSc students graduated from my lab last summer (Mona El-Khatib, Hind Zahr, Sally Deeb). 6. Member of the Thesis Committee of several Biology Students and two students from the Lebanese University. 7. Advisor for senior Biology students and Freshman students (more than 90 advisees). 8. Supervised the research tutorial projects of undergraduate students and student volunteers. 9. Evaluated and selected the best thesis in FAFS out of four theses submitted for the Dean Thomas Sutherland Prize for Graduate Excellence. 10. Nominated for the ―Kuwait Prize 2009 in Applied Sciences‖ and for the LAAS ―Excellence in Science Award 2009‖. 11. Managing Editor of the Special Issue of Frontiers in Biosciences Journal. 12. Reviewed manuscripts for several international refereed journals. 13. Was chosen to serve on the Editorial Board of the Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal.

14. Was chosen to serve on the Executive Committee of the Middle East Association for Cancer Research (MEACR). 15. Invited Drs. Giulio Lupidi and Massimo Bramucci from the University of Camerino for research collaboration. 16. Submitted one grant to DFG (German Research Foundation), two grants to the Qatar National Research Foundation, and one grant to CEDRE. 17. Reviewed grants submitted to the Medical Practice Plan. 18. Presented several abstracts in international conferences in Canada, UK, Italy, Germany, Jordan and Lebanon. 19. Chair of the Unified Admissions Committee. 20. Appointed by the Provost to Chair the Enrollment Management Task Force. 21. Served on the Search Committee for the Director of International Programs. 22. Met with and provided feedback on the candidates for the Vice President of Information Technology. 23. Member of the Board of Graduate Studies. 24. Member of the FAS Graduate Committee. 25. Member of the University Committee on Sexual Harassment. 26. Member of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). 27. Member of the Medical Admissions Committee. 28. Member of the Expanded FHS Advisory Committee for contract renewals. 29. Member of the IBSAR Research Committee. 30. Interviewed students applying to the School of Medicine at the AUB.

Ghanem, Noël

1. Attendee of a series of 5 short workshops on the Effective Use of Technology Tools in Teaching: using communication tools, finding learning objects for your course, developing online student assessment tools, recording audio, recording video, organized by the Academic Computing Center, AUB, fall 2009. 2. Chair of the ad hoc Summer Undergraduate Research Committee, Department of Biology, January 2010. 3. Attendee of the Teaching Technology round table 1, ‗Moving from Paper to an Online Case Question Exam‘, ACC, AUB, January 14th 2010. 4. Presented a seminar, ‗The role of the reninoblastoma protein, pRB, during neurogenesis‘, Faculty of Art and Sciences, part of the new faculty seminar series, January 2010. 5. Presented a seminar, ‗The Rb/E2F pathway modulates neurogenesis through direct regulation of Dlx genes‘, DTS building, Faculty of medicine, February 2010.

6. Member of the Department of Biology Program Review and Assessment Committee, AUB, April 2010. 7. Attendee of the Teaching Technology round table 2, ‗Quantitative Exams - Combating Cheating with Calculated Questions‘, ACC, AUB, April 29th 2010. 8. Attendee of 18th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Development Neuroscience 6-9 June 2010, Estoril Convention Centre, Portugal. 9. Presented a poster ‗The Rb/E2F pathway modulates neurogenesis through direct regulation of Dlx genes‘, ISDN meeting, June 11th 2010, Estoril, Portugal.

Hajjar, Layane

1. Prepared instructors‘ guidelines for BIOL 223 lab with detailed instructions for pre-laboratory preparations, recipes, practical organization tips to avoid chaos in the lab. The guide also includes detailed assessment guidelines for the lab reports, to minimize discrepancies in the grading among different instructors. 2. Training Graduate Assistants on weekly basis (this entails demonstrations of experiments and equipment use), and setting up the labs for proper functioning). 3. Trained and supervised the lab work of 2 undergraduate tutorial students. 4. Upgraded the Transformation lab in BIOL 223 in such a way that the students are now using plasmids that they have extracted themselves. 5. The Sordaria Tetrad Analysis lab was optimized and improved by optimizing the incubation conditions.

Jaalouk, Diana

1. Presentations (poster and/or oral) at international conferences. a. Jaalouk DE, Lombardi ML, Worman HJ, and Lammerding J. Effect of specific lamin mutations on nuclear structure and mechanics. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Conference, Oct. 2009. b. Lombardi ML, Jaalouk DE, Shanahan C, Roux K, and Lammerding J. Nuclear-cytoskeletal coupling on cytoskeletal structure and function. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Conference, Oct. 2009. c. Rowat AC, Jaalouk DE, Weitz DA, and Lammerding J. Mechanics of the cell nucleus as a function of lamin expression in granulocyte differentiation. Biophysical Society Meeting (BPS), Feb 2010.

d. Jaalouk DE, Lombardi ML, Isermann P, and Lammerding J. Effect of specific lamin A/C mutations on nuclear structure and mechanics. Materials Research Society (MRS) 2010 Symposium, Apr. 2010. 2. Attendance and participation in institutional and national conferences/events a. Annual General Lebanese Autism Society (LAS) Meeting, Beirut, Jan. 2010. b. The Initiative for Biodiversity Studies in Arid Regions (IBSAR) Faculty Retreat, AUB, May 2010. c. First Kamal A. Shair Central Research Science Laboratory Research Conference, AUB, June 2010. 3. Committees and other activities a. Member, Departmental Budget Committee, Biology, AUB. b. Substitute member, M.Sc. thesis committee for Mr. Gilbert Rahme, Biology, AUB. c. Evaluator of two M.Sc. theses from Nutrition & Food Science Department, FAFS, AUB, nominated for the Dean Thomas Sutherland Prize for Graduate Excellence for academic year 2009 – 2010. d. Reviewer for Lebanese Medical Journal.

Knio, Khuzama

1. Member of the Natural History Museum Committee. 2. Serving as advisor for the MS thesis of Stephanie Haddad, Zeinab Rizk (expected date of graduation: Summer 2010). 3. Serving as co-advisor for the PhD thesis of Mohammad Al-Zein (Old Dominion University, VA) 4. Serving in MS thesis committee of Azza Arab, Marina Baltikian, Ansam Sinjab, Antranig Ketchedjian, Myriam El Khawand. 5. Serving as BSS advisor for 2009-2010. Supervised the elections of the BSS cabinet members (November 2009). 6. Served in the Expanded Promotion Committee for the Faculty of Medicine, Spring 2010. 7. Served in the subcommittees, ‗Program Review and Assessment‘ and ‗Budget‘, during Spring 2009-2010. 8. Reviewed the following articles: a. Assessment of larvicidal properties of aqueous extracts of four plants against Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Tandon and Sirchi. Jordan Journal for Biological Sciences. Nov. 2009.

b. Phytotoxic activities of Mediterranean essential oils. L. F. Rolim de Almeida, F. Frei, E. Mancini, L. De Martino, and V. De Feo. Molecules. June 2009. 9. Supervised undergraduate tutorials for: Hanaa Dakour Aridi , Daniel El Masri, Hamed Chehab, Hind Rafei, Zeinab , Christy Costanian, Loubna Batlouni , Maher Malaeb, Nader Dalbani, and Afif Harb . 10. Supervised graduate tutorials for: Eileen Dergarabedian, Myriam El Khawand, Antranig Ketchedjian. 11. Museum work: a. Received Dr. Guido Sabatinelli Feb. 09 scarab beetles identified to species level. b. Identification services: Carpet beetles Sept for public, mosquitos in campus of LU for Jeux de la Francophonie, Sept 09; butterflies/ ants… various insects to the public. c. Sorted out, identified to the family level, and added to the insect collection of the NHM, hundreds of insects collected by the students of Entomology (Bio. 286). d. Supervising the curation of the Peyron beetles, and their mounting with new rust-proof pins and transfer to new insect drawers.

Kreydiyyeh, Sawsan

1. Served as freshman advisor. 2. Served as academic advisor for Biology students. 3. Thesis advisor for the PhD student Ola El-Zein. 4. Reviewed a research proposal for NSF. 5. Served on the thesis committee of 3 Biology student, one student from FAFS and one from the BAU. 6. Chaired the departmental budget committee. 7. Member of the departmental committee proposing summer undergraduate research. 8. Submitted an abstract to the Experimental Biology meeting 2010. 9. Submitted an abstract to the FEBS meeting 2010. 10. Graduated 3 MS students in Summer 2009. 11. Reviewed articles for the journal Cellular Biology. 12. Reviewed grant proposals for FAFS and faculty of medicine.

Osta, Mike

1. Presented a seminar at the Fourth International EMBO meeting on Molecular and Population Biology of Mosquitoes and Other Disease Vectors. July 19-26, 2009, Crete, Greece. 2. Participated in The 16th International Conference of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science. November 13-15, 2009, Beirut. (Seminar presented by Hassan Yassine, PhD student in my lab). 3. Supervising three Masters students and one PhD student. 4. Served on the MS thesis committee of four graduate students. 5. Member of the Central Research Science Laboratory (CRSL) Committee since Summer 2009. 6. Served as the Library Liaison for the Biology Department since Fall 2009. 7. Member of the Biology Department program review and assessement committee which aims at reviewing all academic issues and suggest changes if needed. 8. I have refereed manuscripts submitted for publication in peer reviewed journals including BMC genomics, Insect Molecular Biology and Insect Physiology.

Rizkallah, Hind

1. Attended Workshop on Team based Learning by Dr. Larry K. Michaelsen Jan 7-2010 2. Attended The 8th AUB Faculty Seminar on Teaching and Learning with Technology Wednesday, May 26, 2010. 3. Contribution to the University: a. Team member of Task Force Team # 13. b. During the past three years helped in student elections as a faculty member. c. Received Certificate of attendance on a workshop series on Effective Use of Technology in Education Fall 2009. 4. Other Staff Activities: a. Developed a laboratory manual for Plant Physiology. b. Started administering online exams for Biol 290 EE. c. Worked on Biol 200 & Biol 290 EE courses to become part of the General education requirements. 5. Professional Societies: a. General Council Member of University of Glasgow. b. The Biochemical Society.

Sadek, Riyad

1. Participated in designing the Shouf Biosphere Reserve Integrated Monitoring Programme. Funded by Fond Français pour l'Environnement Mondial; Agence Française de Développement as well as training of the personnel involved in the monitoring activity. 2. As a Chairman of the Natural History Museum, I continue to manage the affairs of the biological collections under the care of the Biology Department with colleagues inthe committee.

Saoud, Imad

1. Committee for Department Program Review and Assessment (Chair). 2. Committee for summer undergraduate research (Member). 3. Co-coordinator of Biology Assessment of Program Learning Outcomes 4. Member of the AUB library committee. 5. Supervised four MS students who defended their theses. 6. Supervising PhD student Carol Sukhn. 7. Thesis supervisor for 3 students. 8. Developed a new lab for Aquaculture. 9. Spent six months at University of Plymouth working on gut microflora identification and on environmental effects of nanoparticle pollution. 10. Member of the Rivers Committee of Ministry of Agriculture. 11. Member of several committees of the World Aquaculture Association. 12. Attended World Aquaculture Society conference in Vera Cruz, Mexico and presented research. 13. Awarded grant to go to Auburn University to work on shrimp osmoregulation.

Sinno-Saoud, Nada

1. A member of a steering scientific committee for the biodiversity studies implementation in the North Lebanon Region Akkar, Donniyeh (MADA) which is funded by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) and the Dutch Embassy. 2. Attended training sessions in Moodle and put all my courses on Moodle. 3. Advisor for 50 biology students. 4. Trained and taught 15 graduate assistants the laboratory material of Biol. 201-202. 5. Member of the Natural History Museum Committee. 6. The post Herbarium curation: a. Incorporated the Darwin and MADA collections into our Herbarium collections and into the database.

b. Updated the present country‘s name in the database of Middle East collection, by using the Oxford Atlas. c. Databased the Khan Collection (from Agriculture). d. Updating the Family index of the Post Herbarium collection. e. Updated the nomenclature of the scientific names of the Herbarium collection databases following ―Med-Check List‖. f. Checked and finalized the databases and images of the collections of: A. Bliss, Dodge ferns, Bryophytes, Economic plants and Materia Medica of Post. g. Identified some plant specimens for UNDP. h. Involved with IBSAR on preparing an IPA report on threatened and endemic plant specimens in Lebanon. i. Offered a training session for a Ph.D. student from Agro-Paris Tech on plant collection pressing and drying in addition to field measurements. j. Prepared four documents, three of which summarized the botanical work of G.E. Post, Abby Bliss, and Mary Dodge and a fourth document about the importance of the MADA collection. All these documents are posted on the NHM website. k. Prepared and monitored all the loans that are either sent to other herbaria or received from other herbaria. l. Assisted 14 researchers from Lebanon and abroad that had inquiries about our flora. Some of them worked in the herbarium and others were assisted through scans, especially type specimens. 7. Curator of the Post Herbarium. 8. Continuing a project with Dr K. Knio on the effect of soil types on the distribution of Anemone coronaria. 9. Currently involved in a research project with Dr Salma Talhouk on biodiversity & the hotspots in Lebanon. 10. Coordinating the work of a financial aid student Miss Lara Hassoun who is assisting me in data basing a special historic collection of Bryophytes that we found in the basement of the museum. 11. Offered a training session for Mrs Nesrine Mashaca Houri accompanied by Mr. Rami Saleh on the pressing, mounting & freezing of herbarium sheets. Mrs. Houri is collecting specimens from the Orchids of Lebanon & taking field photos. We are providing her with all the material she needs since all her collection will be housed in the Post Herbarium.

Smith, Colin

1. University Learning Outcomes Coordinating Committee, member 2. Teaching Excellence Award Committee, member.

3. Senate Committee on General Education, member. 4. FAS Research Committee, member. 5. Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan- phase III, co-trainer for natural sciences. 6. Chairperson of Biology. 7. Co-coordinator of Biology Assessment of Program Learning Outcomes. 8. Biology Safety Committee, chair. 9. Graduated one MS student: Elite Possik. 10. Advising MS students: Myriam El Khawand, Caroline Tawk, Maroun Bou Sleiman. 11. Member on MS committees of graduates Maya Khezam, Azza Arab, Hind Zahr, Hanaa Hariri. 12. Member on MS committees of student Stephanie Haddad and Elsy Rechdane. 13. Member on PhD committee of Hassan Yassine. 14. Academic advisor of uncommitted graduate students. 15. Attendee, Academic Computing Center Round-Table: Quantitative Exams: Combating cheating with calculated questions, Thursday April 29 16. Attendee, Academic Computing Center Round-Table ―Implementing Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning seminar‖, 21 January 2010 17. Attendee, Academic Computing Center Round-Table: Moving from Paper to an Online Case Question Exam-Lessons Learned from INFO 200 Midterm, 14 January 2010 18. Smith C.A. HIV-1 Rev is Highly Mutable with Partner RNAs. Seminar at Biomedical Engineering and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments, AUB, Beirut, 6 May 2010 19. Smith C.A. HIV-1 Rev is Highly Mutable. Seminar at Basic Medical Sciences and Biology Department seminar series, AUB, Beirut, 28 May 2010. 20. Possik E.J., Ghattas I.R, & Smith C.A. HIV-1 Rev is highly mutable with partner RNAs and R35G allows substitution of N40 without loss of RRE binding. Talk at the 16th Science Meeting. The Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Council for Scientific Research Beirut, Lebanon, 14 November 2009. 21. Daniel C. L. Régnier, S. Yakoub, N. El Chami, K. Kaszas, M. Malek, A.L. Huber, C. Smith, E. Baydoun, E. Tabone, S. Manié. New aspects of the proto-oncoprotein c-Cbl in cancer: molecular analysis of c-Cbl in contributing to protect malignant cells and generate reactive oxygen species. Poster at Metabolism in Canser, Berlin, 28-29 May 2010. 22. El Khawand M.A., Baydoun E.A., & Smith C.A. The Microbial Biodiversity of Jeita Grotto: A Unique Lebanese Habitat. Poster at the International Biodiversity Day at AUB, Beirut, 21 May 2010.

23. Haddad S.G., Smith C.A., Knio K.M. The Curious Case of Terellia Serratulae. Poster at the International Biodiversity Day at AUB, Beirut, 21 May 2010. 24. Régnier D, Yakoub S, Kaszas K, El Chami N, Kaszas K, Malek M, Huber A, Smith C, Baydoun E, Tabon E, Mani S, 2010. New aspects of the proto- oncoprotein c-Cbl in cancer: molecular analysis of c-Cbl in contributing to protect malignant cells and generate reactive oxygen species. Proceeding of the International Conference on Metabolism in Cancer, 85. 25. El Khawand M.A., Baydoun E.A., & Smith C.A. The Microbial Biodiversity of Jeita Grotto: A Unique Lebanese Habitat. Seminar at the First KAS CRSL Research Conference at AUB, Beirut, 17 June 2010. 26. Chair of the Biology session at the First KAS CRSL Research Conference at AUB, Beirut, 17 June 2010. 27. Possik E.J., Ghattas I.R, & Smith C.A. HIV-1 Rev is Highly Mutable with Partner RNAs and R35G Allows Substitution of N40 without Loss of RRE Binding. Poster at RNA 2010, Seattle, 22-26 June 2010.

Talhouk, Rabih

1. International meetings & consultancies: a. Talhouk, R., Rahme, G., Fares, M-B., El Sabban, M. (2010). Transduction of Connexin-43 reduces the tumor phenotype of Breast Adenocarcinoma cell lines in a cyto-architecture dependent manner. Second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic. March 7-10, 2010. (Abstract) b. Talhouk, R.S., Khalil, A., El-Rayes, T., Rahme, G. Hariri., H., and El- Sabban, M.E. (2009). Gap junctions mediate STAT-5 independent β- casein expression in CID-9 mammary epithelial cells. International Gap Junction Conference, Arizona, July 25-30, 2009 (abstract). Page 160. c. El-Sabban, M.E., Zaatari, M., Khoury, S., Fares, M.B., and Talhouk, R.S. (2009). ZO-1 assembles into gap junction complexes of differentiated mammary epithelial cells. International Gap Junction Conference, Arizona, July 25-30, 2009 (abstract). Page 104. d. El Sabban M.E., Zeinieh M.P., Talhouk R.S., Mikati M.A. (2009) Differential expression of hippocampal connexins after acute hypoxia in the developing brain. International Gap Junction Conference, Arizona, July 25-30, 2009 (abstract). Page 103. e. Consultant for GF Research and Capital, Council Member. 2010. Provide consultant services for the status of life science in the region. 2. Presentations at local scientific meetings:

a. Rahme GJ, Dbouk HA, El-Rayess T, El-Sabban ME, and Talhouk RS. (2010). Exogenous Cx43-eGFP overexpression exerts a tumor suppressive phenotype mediated by a β -catenin dependent pathway in MCF-7 cells, under both 2D and 3D culture conditions. Presented by Rahme GJ. The 4th Annual Research Day of the Lebanese Medical Students International Committee. (LeMSIC) Beirut, Lebanon. May 8, 2010. b. Talhouk, Rabih S. (2010). Breast Epithelial Differentiation and Transformation are Context Driven: Two sides for the same coin. Jan 26, 2010. Balamand University, Lebanon. Seminar. c. Rabih S. Talhouk, Hana‘a Hariri, Tina El-Rayes, Hashem Dbouk, Gilbert Rahme, Mohamed-Bilal Fares, and Marwan E. El-Sabban (2009). Connexin-43 reduces the tumor phenotype of Breast Adenocarcinoma cell lines in a context dependent manner. Lebanese Association for Advancement of Sciences. Beirut, Lebanon Oct 2009 (Seminar) d. Mohamed-Bilal Fares, Najat A. Saliba, Joe M. El-Khoury, Joanna Kogan, Bushra A. Ajeeb, Salma N. Talhouk, and Rabih S. Talhouk (2009). An Anti-Inflammatory component in the popular folk medicinal plant Anthemis scariosa (Chamomile) exhibits parthenolide analogous anti- proliferative activities. Lebanese Association for Advancement of Sciences. Beirut, Lebanon Oct 2009 (Abstract) e. Fares M-B, Hariri, H, El Sabban, M. Talhouk, R., (2010). Context dependent reversion of tumor phenotype by connexin-43 over expression in MDA-MB231 cells: A potential role for β-catenin signaling. The 4th Annual Research Day of the Lebanese Medical Students International Committee. (LeMSIC) Beirut, Lebanon. May 8, 2010. f. Fares M-B., Ajeeb B., El-Khoury J., Kogan J., Talhouk S., Saliba N., and Talhouk R. (2010). An Anti-Inflammatory component in the popular folk medicinal plant Chamomile exhibits parthenolide analogous anti- proliferative activities and predicted binding. The 4th Annual Research Day of the Lebanese Medical Students International Committee. (LeMSIC) Beirut, Lebanon. May 8, 2010. 3. Acting Chairperson, FAS Graduate Committee, (2006 – present). 4. FAS Coordinator, FAS Strategic Plan (May 2007 – present). 5. Advisor, Graduate Student Association (Dec 2009 – present). 6. Member, Ad hoc Task Team for Assessing Graduate Studies at AUB (Jan 2010 – present). 7. CCECS Advisor, to support education theme in public schools (May 2009 – present). 8. Advisor, Student Yearbook (2004 – present) .

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9. Advisor, Civic Welfare League (CWL) student club (Nov 2000 – present) . 10. Member, IBSAR Research Committee, (2007 – present). 11. Member, University Radiation Safety Committee (1997-present). 12. Graduate students under my supervision: Mr. Gilbert Rahme, Mr. Bilal Fares and Miss Dania El-Labban.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Bariche, Michel

1. Articles a. Bariche M., 2010. First record of the angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus (Teleostei: Pomacanthidae) in the Mediterranean. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 16(1): 31-33. b. Krupp F.*, Al-Jumaily M.*, Bariche M., Khalaf M.*, Malek M.*, Streit B.*, 2009. The Middle Eastern Biodiversity Network: Generating and sharing knowledge for ecosystem management. ZooKeys, 31: 3-15. c. Shakman E.*, Boedeker C.*, Bariche M., Kinzelbach R.*, 2009. Food and feeding habits of the Lessepsian migrants Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1828) and Siganus rivulatus Forsskål, 1775 (Teleostei: Siganidae) in the southern Mediterranean (Libyan coast). Journal of Biological Research, 12: 115-124. d. Shakman E.*, Kinzelbach R.*, Trilles J.P.*, Bariche M., 2009. First occurrence of native cymothoids parasites on introduced rabbitfishes in the Mediterranean Sea. Acta Parasitologica, 54(4): 380-384. doi: 10.2478/s11686-009-0048-9. e. Bariche M., Bernardi G.*, 2009. Lack of genetic bottleneck in a recent Lessepsian bioinvader, the blue-barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53: 592-595. 2. Abstracts Bariche M., Barone M., DeAngelis N., Mannini P., 2010. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of the eastern and southern Mediterranean. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., Venice, 10-15 May 2010 - 39th CIESM Congress.

Baydoun, Elias

1. Articles a. Musallam K, Baydoun E, Uthman I, 2009. Severe photosensitive skin

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reaction secondary to an herbal treatment in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis and Rheumatism 60: 2854. b. Rizk S, Maalouf K, Baydoun E, 2009. The anti proliferative effect of kefir cell free fraction on HUT-102 malignant T-lymphocytes. Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma 9: S198-S203. c. Abdel-Massih R, Fares R, Bazzi S, El-Chami N, Baydoun E, 2010. The apoptotic and anti-proliferative activity of Origanum majorana extracts on human leukemic cell line. Leukemia Research 34: 1052-1056. d. Harakeh S, Abdel-Massih R, Gil P, Sperling R, Meinhardt A, Niedwiecki A, Rath M, Parak W, Baydoun E, 2010. The effect of PEG-coated gold nanoparticles on the anti-proliferative potential of a specific nutrient synergy. Nanotoxicology 4: 177-185. 2. Abstracts a. Rizk S, Maalouf K, Baydoun E, 2009. The anti-proliferative and pro- apoptic effect of Kefir on HTLV-1 negative malignant T-lymphocytes. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, 40 b. Qouta L, Abdel-Massih R, Nimmo H, Brett C, Baydoun E, 2009. Changes in cell wall pectin through the culture cycle of wild type Arabidopsis thaliana; analysis of chelator extracted pectin. Proceedings of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Abs # P17005 c. Abdou E, Abdel-Massih R, Baydoun E, Daoud Z, 2009. Antibacterial activity of the extracts obtained from Rheum rhaponticum and Viola odorata on multi-drug-resistant clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Proceedings of the 16th Science Meeting of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science. d. Nassour N, Abdel-Massih R, Baydoun E, Waldron KW, 2009. Profiling of the different cell wall polysaccharides in Orange (Citrus reticulata) and Bomali (Citrus grandis) fruit. Proceedings of the 16thScience Meeting of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science. e. Régnier D, Yakoub S, Kaszas K, El Chami N, Kaszas K, Malek M, Huber A, Smith C, Baydoun E, Tabon E, Mani S, 2010. New aspects of the proto-oncoprotein c-Cbl in cancer: molecular analysis of c-Cbl in contributing to protect malignant cells and generate reactive oxygen species. Proceeding of the International Conference on Metabolism in Cancer, 85.

Darwiche, Nadine

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a. Saikali, M., Ghantous, A., Saliba, N. and Darwiche, N. Anti-Cancer and Chemopreventive Properties in the Skin of Sesquiterpene Lactones Isolated from Indigenous Lebanese Plants. Academy of Sciences for the Developing World/BioVision Alexandria, Egypt 2010. b. Ghantous, A., Saikali, M. and Darwiche, N. Chemopreventive Properties of Parthenolide in Epidermal Carcinogenesis: Role of NF-κB Signaling. Academy of Sciences for the Developing World/BioVision Alexandria, Egypt 2010 and Middle East Medical Assembly (MEMA), American University of Beirut 2010. c. Darwiche, N., Shahine, S., Abou-Lteif, A., Bou-Chedid, M., Nasr, R., Bazarbachi, A., and Dbaibo, G. The Synthetic Retinoid CD437 Induces Growth Arrest and Apoptosis in T-Cell Lymphomas and HTLV-I Associated Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma. Keystone Symposia: ―Cell Death Pathways: Apoptosis, Autophagy, and Necrosis‖ Vancouver, Canada 2010. d. Sinjab, A., Abou-Lteif, A., Bou-Chedid, M., Dbaibo, G., Bazarbachi, A. and Darwiche, N. Inhibition of the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling by RAD001 Induces Senescence and Apoptosis in HTLV-I-Associated Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma. Keystone Symposia: ―Cell Death Pathways: Apoptosis, Autophagy, and Necrosis‖ Canada 2010, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World/BioVision Alexandria, Egypt 2010, and 2nd King Hussein Institute for Biotechnology & Cancer MENA Cancer Research Conference, Amman, Jordan 2009, and the 16th International Conference of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science 2009. e. Shahine, S., Abou-Lteif, A., Bou-Chedid, M., Nasr, R., Bazarbachi, A., Dbaibo, G. and Darwiche, N. CD437, a promising synthetic retinoid, in the treatment of Adult T-Cell Leukemia/ Lymphoma. 2nd King Hussein Institute for Biotechnology & Cancer MENA Cancer Research Conference, Amman, Jordan, 2009 and the 16th International Conference of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science 2009.

Gali-Muhtasib, Hala

1. Articles a. El-Najjar N, Chatila M, Mokaddam H, *Vuorela H, *Ocker M, *Gandesiri M, *Schneider-Stock R, and Gali-Muhtasib H. 2010. Reactive oxygen species mediate thymoquinone-induced apoptosis and activate ERK and JNK signalling. Apoptosis 15(2):183-95. b. Haykal J, Geara F, Haddadin M, Smith C, Gali-Muhtasib H. 2009. The radiosensitizer 2-benzoyl-3-phenyl-6,7-dichloroquinoxaline 1,4-dioxide

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induces DNA damage in EMT-6 mammary carcinoma cells. Radiation Oncology 4:25. 2. Abstracts a. *Poehlmann A, *Habold C, *Walluscheck D, *Bajbouj K, *Ullrich O, *Hartig R, Gali-Muhtasib H, *Diestel A, *Roessner A, and *Regine Schneider-Stock. Cutting edge: Chk1 directs senescence and mitotic catastrophe in recovery from G2 checkpoint arrest. Der Pathologe, p. 30. Berlin, 27-30 May, 2010. b. Zahr H, Ghattass K, Habib A, Gali-Muhtasib H. p21Waf1/Cip1 antagonizes apoptosis and causes senescence in response to Gallotannin in human colon cancer cells. Keystone Symposia Meeting on Cell Death Pathways: Apoptosis, Autophagy and Necrosis, p. 89, March 12-17, 2010, Vancouver, Canada. c. Gali-Muhtasib H, Deeb S, Bazarbachi A. Nuclear Factor-κB Activation by the Sage Components Linalyl Acetate and α-Terpineol Enhance Apoptosis in Human Colon Cancer Cells. The 2nd KHIBC MENA Cancer Research Conference, October 2-3, 2009, Amman, Jordan, p. 62. d. *Quassinti L, *Lupidi G, Gali-Muhtasib H, Khalife KH, *Maccari E, *Bramucci M. Thymoquinone induces apoptosis in human glioblastoma cell lines. Abstract of the 60th National Congress of the Italian Physiological Society, 23-25 September 2009, Siena, Italy. Published in Acta Physiologica Vol. 197, Supp. 672, September 2009, pg.99. e. Haykal J, Haddadin M, Geara F, *Lupidi G, *Bramucci M, Smith C, Gali-Muhtasib H. Detection of DNA damage by the radiosensitizer DCQ using the Comet assay. Poster presented at the 8th International Comet Assay Workshop. 27-30 August, 2009, University of Perugia, Italy. f. *Hassan S, Gali-Muhtasib H, *Larsson R. Alpha terpineol: a Potential Anti-Cancer Agent through Suppressing NF-κB Signaling. Poster presented at the 2009 Gordon Conference on Mechanisms of Cell Signaling, August 23-28, 2009, Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom. g. Deeb S, El-Baba C, Hassan S, Larsson R, and Gali-Muhtasib H. The sage components linalyl acetate and α-terpeniol enhance cell death through inhibition of nuclear factor kappa-B signaling. Poster presented on Research Day at the AUB, Issam Fares Hall, Lebanon, May 6, 2010.

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1. Stefanidakis M, Karjalainen K, Jaalouk DE, Gahmberg CG, O‘Brien S, Pasqualini R, Arap W, and Koivunen E. Role of leukemia cell invadosome in extramedullary infiltration. Blood 114(14): 3008-17, 2009.

Knio, Khuzama

1. Usta J, Kreydiyyeh S., Knio K., Barnabe P., Bou-Moughlabay Y., and Dagher S. 2009. Linalool decreases HepG2 viability by inhibiting mitochondrial complexes I and II, increasing reactive oxygen species and decreasing ATP and GSH levels. Chemico-Biological Interactions 180: 39-46.

Kreydiyyeh, Sawsan

1. Articles a. Ramia N, Kreydiyyeh SI. TNF-alpha reduces the activity of the Na+/K+ ATPase in LLC-PK1 by activating caspases and JNK and inhibiting NF-kappaB. Cell Biol Int. 34(6): 607-613(2010). b. Serhan MF, Kreydiyyeh SI. Insulin down-regulates the Na(+)/K(+) ATPase in enterocytes but increases intestinal glucose absorption. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 167:228-233 (2010). c. El Ouyoun Najm, N., Olabi, A., Kreyydieh S, Toufeili, I. Determination of visual detection thresholds of selected iron fortificants and formulation of iron-fortified pocket-type flat bread. Journal of Cereal science 51: 271-276 (2010). d. Kassardjian A, Dakroub Z, Zein OE, Kreydiyyeh SI.Signaling pathway underlying the up-regulatory effect of TNF-alpha on the Na(+)/K(+) ATPase in HepG2 cells. Cytokine 49(3):312-8 (2010). 2. Abstracts a. Ola Mohamad El-Zein and Sawsan Ibrahim Kreydiyyeh. Effect and mechanism of action of pine bark extract on glucose uptake by Caco-2 cells. FASEB J. 2010 24:528.2

Osta, Mike

1. Yassine H and Osta MA. Anopheles gambiae innate immunity. Cell Microbiol. 2010 Jan; 12(1): 1-9 [Invited review for a special issue dedicated to innate immunity].

Saoud, Imad

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a. Sami Abdul-Rahman, Mohammed Owaied, Joly Ghanawi and I.P. Saoud (2010). Field Studies to Evaluate the Feasibility of Using Aquaculture to Improve Water Usage in Semi-Arid Regions. The Practical: Asian Aquaculture 1(2): 26-28. b. I. Patrick Saoud and Joly Ghanawi 2010. Marbled Spinefoot Rabbitfish (Siganus rivulatus). The Practical: Asian Aquaculture 1(1): 15-17. c. Roy L.A., Davis D.A., Saoud I.P., Henry R.P. 2009. Efectos de la variación de niveles de potasio y magnesio acusoso en la sobrevivencia, crecimiento, y respiración en el camarón, Litopenaeus vannamei, en aguas de baja salinidad. Tilapia & Camarones. 1(2):7-14. 2. Abstracts a. I.P. Saoud, Abir Barakat. Effects of feed regimen on growth, condition and proximate analysis of juvenile spinefoot rabbitfish Siganus rivulatus. World Aquaculture 2010, San Diego, USA. b. Roy L.A., Davis D.A., Saoud I.P., Boyd C.E., Pine H.J., Boyd C., Rouse D.B., Perez-Velazquez M. A review of remediation techniques to improve production of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in inland saline waters of west Alabama. Annual Meeting of the Alabama Fisheries Association. Florence, AL. February 17-19, 2010. c. I.P. Saoud, Ghanawi Joly and Shymaa M. Shalaby. Effect of size-sorting on growth performance of juvenile spinefoot rabbitfish Siganus rivulatus. World Aquaculture 2009, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Smith, Colin

1. Haykal J, Geara F, Haddadin M, Smith CA & Gali-Muhtasib H. The radiosensitizer 2-benzoyl-3-phenyl-6,7-dichloro-quinoxaline 1,4-dioxide induces DNA damage and activates ATM and DNA-PK in EMT-6 mammary carcinoma cells. Radiation Oncology (2009), 4, 25 (2009). 2. Smith CA, Al Zein MS, Sayar NP & Knio KM Host Races in Chaetostomella cylindrica (Diptera: Tephritidae): Genetic and Behavioural Evidence. Bulletin of Entomological Research, (2009), 99, 425-32

Talhouk, Rabih

1. Fostok S., Ezzeddine, R.A., Homaidan F., Al-Saghir J., Salloum R., Saliba N.A. and Talhouk, R.S. 2009. Interleukin-6 and Cyclooxygenase-2 downregulation by fatty-acid fractions of Ranunculus constantinopolitanus. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 9:44. 2. Talhouk, R.S., Esseili, M., Kogan, J. Atallah, M., Talhouk, S. and Homaidan F.R. 2009. Inhibition of Endotoxin-Induced Pro-Inflammatory

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Markers by Water Extracts of Onopordum cynarocephalum and Achillea damascene. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 3:9:686-698. 3. Al-Saghir J, Al-Ashi R, Salloum R, Saliba NA, Talhouk RS, and Homaidan FR. 2009. Anti inflammatory Properties of Salograviolide A Purified from Lebanese Plant Centaurea ainetensis. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 9:36. 4. Dbouk, H.A., Mroue, M., El-Sabban, M.E. Talhouk, R.S., 2009. Connexins: A myriad of functions extending beyond assembly of gap junction channels. Cell Communication and Signalling. 7:4 (17 pages). 5. Saliba, N.A., Dakdouki, S., Homeidan, F., Kogan, J., Bouhadir, K., Talhouk, S. and Talhouk, R. 2009. Bio-guided fractionation, isolation & structure identification of an anti-inflammatory guaianolid from Centaurea ainetensis. Pharmaceutical Biol. 47:701-7.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The continuing large number of BS in Biology majors and students enrolled in Biology courses strains the resources of the department. The number of undergraduate students per PhD-holding faculty member is high, the number of students per course section is high, supporting laboratory activities is expensive, and available classrooms are scarce. At least two more professors should be recruited. In addition to alleviating the burdens imposed by the BS program, a larger department budget, more faculty, and more laboratory space would benefit the graduate programs, including the nascent PhD program in Cell and Molecular Biology. In order to sustain the strong research productivity of the faculty and to improve the quality of graduate programs, teaching loads should be reduced, direct support for faculty research should be increased, and mechanisms to recruit more high-quality graduate students should be pursued. Teaching loads are high compared to departments in US doctoral/research universities. Securing healthy levels of external funds in the absence of vastly greater Lebanese government support suggests new mechanisms for funding are needed, such as endowed funds under FAS control. The department should request capital projects for renovating its animal room and older research and teaching laboratories. The Natural History Museum requires permanent, appropriate housing, which if secured, would free space in the Biology building for teaching and research. The department is preparing for review of its programs, both as part of university accreditation, and also in anticipation of internal university policy.

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The department needs to continue its progress in formalizing clearly articulated and transparent policies and procedures in order to improve departmental governance

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CENTER FOR ARAB AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

Nineteen new students enrolled in the CAMES MA program this year, bringing the total number of registered students to 59. Six students defended their theses and graduated. Professor Tarif Khalidi supervised the CAMES core seminar. The CAMES MA program received 38 applications for Fall 2010-2011 and accepted 18 applicants. The Summer Arabic Program in 2009 had 82 students attending out of 150 applicants. The program received 170 applications for the Summer Arabic Program 2010, and expected attendance will be about 83 students. The Summer Arabic Program 2010 will be offering seven levels: Introductory, High Introductory, Low Intermediate, Intermediate, High Intermediate, Advanced and Superior. CAMES successfully conducted a search for a Visiting Assistant Professor for a period of two years, renewable for a third year, to satisfy the need for courses and thesis advising in contemporary Middle Eastern topics. CAMES requested the addition of two new graduate course numbers: MEST 317 Special Topics in Contemporary Middle Eastern Politics and MEST 318 Special Topics in Contemporary Middle Eastern Society. The request was approved by the Curriculum Committee and CAMES will offer these two courses in the Fall 2010- 2011 semester. CAMES organized and took part in the following activities:

Sheikh Zayed Distinguished Visiting Scholars Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na‘im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University, was the Sheikh Zayid Distinguished Visiting Scholar for 10 days in the Fall 2009-2010 semester. During his stay, Professor An-Na‘im gave two public lectures and one specialized seminar for CAMES graduate students. He also allocated several office hours each day at CAMES when he was available for consultations with students. Professor Talal Asad, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, was the Sheikh Zayed Distinguished Visiting Scholar for 10 days in the Spring 2009-2010 semester. During his stay, Professor Asad gave two public lectures and was available for one on one consultation with students.

Public Lectures

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―Negotiating the Future of Sharia in the Secular State‖ by Professor Abdullahi Ahmad An-Na‘im, Emory University. ―Can Islamic Law be Reformed? How is the Question Relevant‖ by Professor Abdullahi Ahmad An-Na‘im, Emory University. ―An Anthropologist on the Danish Cartoons Affair‖ by Professor Talal Asad, City University of New York. ―Is the NATO Intervention in Afghanistan a ‗Just War‘?‖ by Professor Talal Asad, City University of New York. ―Camels and Cadillacs: Down in the Depths on the Ninetieth Floor: New Perspectives on Politics and Society in the Gulf‖ by Professor Sean Foley, Middle Tennessee State University. ―The Rise of Islamic Calligraphy‖ by Dr. Alain George, University of Edinburgh. ―‗Where is the Modern in Post-Modern?‘ And other Problems in Contemporary Arts from the Middle East‖ by Professor Sussan Babaie, Fulbright Regional Scholar, American University in Cairo. ―The Contemporary Curriculum in the Medrasas of Najaf‖ by Professor Roy P. Mottahedeh, Harvard University. ―A Return to Jewishness: Phylogenetics, Recognition and the Liberalism of a Colonial Imagination‖ by Professor Nadia Abu El Haj, Barnard College. ―Relational Syllogisms & the Question of the Decline of Arabic Logic and Philosophy‖ by Professor Khaled El-Rouayheb, Harvard University. ―Between Tolerance and Violence?: The Buried Legacy of Phanariots in Ottoman Governance‖ by Professor Christine Philliou, Columbia University

Brown Bag Lectures:

―Is Cooperation in International Watercourses in the Middle East Likely?‖ by Professor John Waterbury, American University of Beirut, Princeton University. ―Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon‖ by Hayeon Lee, CAMES Alumna and reporter for NOW Lebanon.‖ ―A talk on current Lebanese and regional politics, work in civil society and journalism in Lebanon by Hanin Ghaddar, CAMES Alumna and Managing Editor of NOW Lebanon - English ―Stabilizing Dynamism: Entrepreneurship in Beirut‖, by William Benton, PhD candidate in Anthropology, University of Michigan. ―A talk on work opportunities after CAMES‖ by John Redwine, CAMES Alumnus.

Conferences The Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies co-hosted a conference entitled ―Usul al-Fiqh‖ in conjunction with the Department of Philosophy at AUB and the

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Centre Louis Pouzet d‘étude des civilisations anciennes et médiévales at Université Saint-Joseph. CAMES Website CAMES website is continuously updated to keep our web visitors updated with the activities and programs held in CAMES.

B. PERSONNEL

Faculty Members

Meloy, John Associate Professor, Director Khalidi, Tarif Shaykh Zayid, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies Saidi, Aliya Assistant Director Baaklini, Marie-Therese Instructor

Visiting Researchers (Affiliates)

Konstantin Kastrissianakis, PhD candidate, University of Cambridge Maurice Jr. Labelle, PhD candidate, University of Akron, Ohio Sarah Marusek, PhD candidate, Syracuse University Corrin Varady, PhD candidate, London School of Economics Fuad Musallam, BA candidate, St. John‘s College, University of Cambridge Jozsef Krizmanits, PhD candidate, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary Jamie Allinson, PhD candidate Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Amaia Goenaga Sanchéz, PhD candidate, Autónoma University of Madrid, Spain Sarah Jurkiewicz, PhD candidate, University of Oslo Manfred Sing, Research Associate, Orient-Institut Beirut Stefan Knost, Research Associate, Orient-Institut Beirut Ali Feser, PhD candidate, University of Chicago Filippo Dionigi, PhD candidate, London School of Economics Ahmad Shekarchi, PhD candidate, Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran Sara Goldoni, MA candidate, University of Bologna Somdeep Sen, PhD candidate, Aberystwyth University, Wales Hatim El-Hibri, PhD candidate, New York University Ryan Scadlock, MSc candidate, University of Bristol Kimberly Katz, Assistant Professor, Towson University Erminia Calabrese, PhD candidate, University of Rovira i Virgili, Spain Seth Anziska, PhD candidate, Columbia University Arthur E. Bernhoff, PhD candidate, University of St. Andrews, Scotland,

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Jehan Saleh, Researcher, Council for British Research in the Levant Monika Halkort, PhD candidate, Queens University in Belfast Rosemary Sayigh, Visiting Professor, CAMES Osama Amour, PhD candidate, University of Fribourg, Zurich Fouad Marei, PhD candidate, Durham University Maya Mikdashi, PhD candidate, Columbia University William Benton, PhD candidate, University of Michigan Michael Gasper, Assistant Professor, Yale University Mustapha Kara Ali, PhD candidate, International Islamic University, Malaysia, Nikolas Kosmatopoulos, PhD candidate, Zurich University Shea McManus, Ph.D. candidate, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester Itani, Mariam Anning, Caroline El-Sayed, Rana Cho, Somi Coombe William Nassar, Angeline Sekmec, Aysel

Spring Semester Sekmec, Aysel Yousaf, Timothy Murray, Andrew Cole Kassem, Susann Altz-Stamm, Amelia Barrett, Evan

Non-Academic Staff Ghattas, Nina Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors MA October 2009 2 February 2010 0 June 2010 4

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 59

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

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Courses Summer Fall Spring Total Courses numbered 300 and above 82 69 53 204 Courses numbered 211 through 299 0 20 27 47 Total 251

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer Fall Spring Total Courses numbered 300 and above 63 45 36 144 Courses numbered 211 through 299 0 9 9 18 Total 162

D. RESEARCH

Meloy, John Refer to the annual report of the Deapartment of History and Archaeology.

Khalidi, Tarif

1. Books a. The Proofs of Prophecy. A translation of a medieval debate between two Muslim ―heretics.‖ Book proofs will be sent in June 2010, and publication is expected in September, 2010, in the University of Utah Islamic Translation Series. b. Co-editor, Poetry and History, the proceedings of an international conference held at AUB. Publication expected by AUB Press in August, 2010. c. Working on an English anthology of Arabic literature, medieval and modern. 2. Article: ―`Umar al-Z`inni and Mandate Lebanon‖ to appear in b, above.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Meloy, John Refer to the annual report of the Department of History and Archaeology.

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1. Invited to join the board of Consulting Editors of the journal Islam and Christian Muslim Relations. 2. Continued to help build up a small library of books on the modern Middle East for CAMES.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Meloy, John Refer to the annual report of the Department of History and Archaeology.

Khalidi, Tarif

Books a. Images of Muhammad. Published by Doubleday, New York, August 2009. b. Co-editor, Al-Jahiz; A Muslim Humanist for Our Time. Published by Ergon Verlag, Wurzburg, and the Orient Institute, Beirut. 2009.

J. L. Meloy Director

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

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The Minor in American Studies Program that was first implemented in the Fall Semester 2005-2006 has continued to grow. The center continued to offer courses under the AMST designation—three in the Fall Semester and five in the Spring Semester. In Fall 2009-2010, the center also cross-listed three courses with the History and Archaeology Department. During Spring 2010, it cross-listed four courses, two with the History and Archaeology Department, one with the English Department, and one with the Political Studies and Public Administration Department. CASAR‘s third international conference on ―Connections and Ruptures: America and the Middle East‖ was held in January 2010. It brought together over 80 American Studies Scholars from 15 countries. The second meeting of CASAR's International Advisory Board also took place on January 5, 2010. The second annual meeting of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centers was also held in March 2010. The center employed its second Edward Said Chair in American Studies, Dr. Noel Ignatiev. CASAR sponsored twenty public lectures during this year. The program of American studies grants for AUB faculty continued with five conference travel grants, six research travel grants, and four summer research stipend grants.

B.PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Myers, Robert Director Professor Ignatiev, Noel Edward Said Chair of Visiting American Studies Professor

2. International Advisory Board

Kadir, Djelal Pennsylvania State Ph.D University

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Kaplan, Amy The University of Ph.D Pennsylvania Katz, Stanley Princeton University Ph.D Khouri, Rami Issam Fares Institute, Director AUB Lucas, William University of Ph.D Birmingham McAlister, Melani George Washington Ph.D University

3.Executive Committee

Andresen, Joshua Philosophy Assistant Professor Clary, Amy English Assistant Professor Harb, Sirene English Assistant Professor Makdisi, Karim PSPA Assistant Professor Orfali, Bilal Arabic Assistant Professor Schwartz, John Pedro English Assistant Professor Shorto, Sylvia Architecture and Assistant Design Professor

4. Research Assistants

Fall Semester None

Spring Semester El Ahmar, Eman Makarem, Maria

5.Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester George, Nathaniel

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Magro, Gabrielle Zaiter, Mona

Spring Semester Magro, Gabrielle Mgannam, Jennifer

6. Non Academic Staff

Batakji Sanyoura, Nancy

C.TEACHING

1. 1.Number of Graduating Minors

BA October 2009 0 February 2010 0 June 2010 6

2. Student Enrollment in Courses

Fall Semester Spring Semester Total Courses numbered 215 through 71 91 162 276 in addition to cross listed courses

3. Number of credit hours offered

Fall Semester Spring Semester Total Courses numbered 215 through 9 15 24 276 in addition to cross listed courses

D. RESEARCH

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1. ―Gertrude Bell.‖ Exhibition of letters, maps, photographs, etc. at Whitney Humanities Center, Yale. Curator. Fall 2011. 2. Mesopotamia. Stage play. Co-production of the Council for Middle Eastern Studies and Department of Near Eastern Languages, Yale. Fall 2011. 3. Franke Visiting Fellow. Whitney Humanities Center. Yale. Fall 2011. 4. Research for new play about Native Americans in the U.K. for the National Theatre of Scotland. 2010. 5. Painting Persia. Workshop Production of stage play. Mabou Mines Theatre, New York. Directed by Terry O‘Reilly. Fall 2010. 6. Research on Modern and Contemporary Political and Historical Plays in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. CASAR summer grant. Summer 2010. 7. Co-translation and adaptation of stage play The Dictator, by Lebanese playwright Isaam Mahfouz, with Nada Saab. Spring 2010. 8. Atwater: Fixin‟ to Die. A stage play sold to Plumpic, a major New York film producer. Spring 2010. 9. ―Lorca Moves East.‖ A series of plays, films, reads and other events related to the Spanish playwright. Sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, Cervantes Institute and Casa Arabe. Spring 2011.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Myers, Robert

1. CASAR International Advisory Meeting. AUB, Beirut. Chair. January 2010 2. Opening Address. Third International CASAR Conference, ―Connections and Ruptures.‖ AUB, Beirut. January 2010. 3. ―Images of Easterners on Western Stages.‖ Paper delivered at Third International CASAR Conference. AUB, Beirut. January 2010. 4. ―Building Bridges Between the U.S. and the Arab and Muslim Worlds.‖ Second Annual Meeting of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centers. AUB, Beirut. Chair and panel member. March 2010. 5. ―Transgression, Circulations, and Walls: New Configurations of the Public in São Paulo.‖ Conference Keynote address, by Teresa Caldeira. ―City Debates, Security [Of/In] the City.‖ AUB, Beirut. Commentary/Respondent. May 2010.

Ignatiev, Noel

1. ―Revolution, Democracy, Universality: the World View of CLR James.‖ Talk given at CASAR, AUB, Beirut.

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2. ―Revolution, Democracy, Universality: the World View of CLR James.‖ Talk given at University of Balamand, Lebanon. 3. ―Slavery and Antislavery in the Modern World.‖ Talk given for UNESCO Club, AUB, Beirut.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Myers, Robert

1. ―Nile Queens, Arabian Princes, Hard-Working Turks, and Dirty Old Arabs: Images of Easterners in Modern Western Plays.‖ Culture Critique. Claremont, CA: Claremont Graduate University. Summer 2009. 2. Mesopotamia. Reading of stage play. Produced by the New Group. Directed by Ian Morgan. With Kathleen Chalfant. Theatre Row, New York. September 2009. 3. ―Images of Easterners on Western Stages.‖ Third International CASAR Conference, ―Connections and Ruptures.‖ Beirut: AUB. (Forthcoming in the conference proceedings). 4. Painting Persia. Reading of stage play. Directed by Ian Morgan. New York Theatre Workshop. March 2010. 5. Conference Proceedings of ―Connections and Ruptures,‖ Third International CASAR Conference. Beirut: AUB. Editor and introduction. (Forthcoming).

Ignatiev, Noel

1. ―Memoir of a Self-Hating Jew‖ (article in process). 2010

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

CASAR has hired a full-time visiting professor for the 2010-2011 year and the third Edward Said Chair of American studies.

CASAR is planning to publish the proceedings of its third international conference: ―Connections and Ruptures: America and the Middle East‖ from January 6 to 9, 2010.

The CASAR Executive Committee has continued planning for a possible M.A. Program in American Studies.

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CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

For the past three years—with the end of our ten-year Mellon grant—the Center has reduced its programs to three activities: A yearly international conference Bi-weekly ―Brown Bag‖ sessions Pre-doctoral fellows. The bulk of my time this year was devoted to editing (jointly with Roseann Khalaf) Arab Youth at Risk and preparing the final manuscript for publication. The edited volume to be published by Saqi of London in the fall of 2010 includes twenty essays extracted from about fourty presentations in the conference held in West Hall (May 30-31, 2009). An external review committee of three colleagues was formed to select the essays which cover the following six topics: Youth as a Social Category Negotiating Identity in Times of Risk Representation and Self-perception Militancy and Street Violence Voluntarism and Civil Society Popular Culture and Music Five new contributions were solicited to fill a few gaps: three by noted scholars like Asef Bayat, Julie Peteet and Curtis Rhodes and two by our own MA Students – Samia El-Osta and Angeline Nassar. A special attribute of the volume is the extended introductory chapter (about 70 pages) which provides a comparative conceptual context to tie the contributions together. This way the volume is not just a disparate collection of conference proceedings but a coherent and cogent text. Second, by way of international conferences, effort was also invested in preparation for the joint conference with the collaboration with the School of Architecture to host the Twelfth Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) at AUB on 10-13 December, 2010. Considerable effort has been invested on preliminary planning for the event which is likely to involve accommodating over 300 participants.

B. PERSONNEL

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Samir Khalaf Professor of Sociology (Director) Leila Jbara (Secretary)

1. Visiting Fellows

Marten Boekelo (University of Amsterdam) ―The Spatial Politics of Public Culture.‖

Dr. Arthur Bradely (University of Lancaster) ―Contemporary British & American Literature; Cultural Theory & Philosophy.‖

Karam Nachar (Princeton University) ―Cosmopolitan Genealogies: Politics & Culture in Beirut 1932-1967.‖

Karim Sadek (Georgetown University) ―Islamic Democracy: The Struggle for & Limits of Recognition.‖

Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl (Yale University) ―The Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990.‖

2. Research Assistant

The center wishes to acknowledge the formidable assistance of Youssef El-Khoury who without any official affiliation, has given freely of his time and resources in providing invaluable help in scouting for sources and references. Mrs. Jbara has also become adept at preparing bibliographical citations and processing the research output for final publication.

C. ACTIVITIES

Other than the international conferences the activities of the Center focused on our Brown Bag sessions and the pre-doctoral fellows.

Brown Bag Bi-weekly Sessions

Wish to acknowledge the assistance of Professor Randa Serhan in serving as coordinator of the series. The first semester was devoted to contribution by our

121 resident fellows. During the second semester an effort was made to invite speakers from outside AUB. All the sessions were well attended and sparked lively debates. Mrs. Jbara is to be complimented for ordering snacks and refreshments. 1. Professor Arthur Bradley (Lancaster University) “City of Cacos:” The Beast & the Sovereign in Augustine‟s Political Theology.” December 1st, 2009 2. Marten Boekelo (University of Amsterdam) “The Public Sphere in Lebanon? Exploring Morphologies of Authority, Power and the State.” December 15, 2009 3. Karam Nachar (Princeton University) “A Troubled Cosmopolitanism? Politics and Urban Culture in Beirut under the First Lebanese Republic.” January 5, 2010 4. Karim Sadek (Georgetown University) “Modern Islamic Movements and the Right to Recognition.” January 19, 2010 5. William Benton (University of Michigan) “Stabilizing Dynamism: Entrepreneurship in Beirut.” April 7, 2010 6. Laura Marks (Simon Fraser University) “Research Problems in an Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art.” April 21, 2010 7. Michael Young (Daily Star) “Does Sectarianism Make Lebanon More Liberal?” May 12, 2010 8. Riad Tabbarah “The Situation of Youth in Lebanon.” May 26, 2010

This year in particular the quality of our visiting fellows was impressive in more than one respect, both by way of the span of their research inquiry and collegial presence.

D. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND NEEDS

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As noted in earlier reports, the initial three-year ―seed‖ grant the CBR received in 1995-96 from the Andrew Mellon Foundation and its subsequent renewal allowed us to introduce and sustain activities which AUB was in dire need of in the wake of 17 years of civil unrest. Hence programs like summer grants for faculty research, pre- and post- doctoral visiting fellows, research and graduate assistantship, international lecture series played a vital role in restoring AUB‘s international credibility and in creating a setting on campus conducive to uncensored intellectual debate, rigorous scholarly inquiry and contacts with a growing network of regional and global scholars. Incidentally, it was the Mellon grant which introduced fiber optics on campus and access to e-mail as early as 1996, way ahead of other institutions. As other centers at AUB began to be involved in similar activities (i.e., CAMES, CASAR, the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature, and most recently, the Issam Fares institute, it is time to consider future prospects that the CBR can undertake to justify its existence. I am hoping in the coming year to give such options the sober and measured reflection they deserve.

Samir Khalaf Director

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CENTER FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE RESEARCH AND TEACHING

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The mission of the Center for English Language Research and Teaching (CELRT) involves advising the University preparatory Program (UPP), the Intensive English Course (IEC), and the English Communication Skills Program on academic issues related to these programs. It also involves to supervising the BA and MA degree programs in English Language. Furthermore, its mandate extends to advising the Teaching Diploma (TD) and the MA program in TEFL in the Education Department. The research function of CELRT continues to depend largely on the individual efforts of its faculty members. The developmental activities of CELRT during the academic year 2009-210 involved working on REP projects in Sudan (Ahfad University for Women), Oman (Dhofar University), and Qatar (Qatar University). CELRT was also involved, in cooperation with a few communication skills instructors, in constructing two new forms of the AUB-EN Test (EEE). In addition, some members of CELRT were involved in offering TEFL workshops for teachers of English in Lebanese schools.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Academic Ghaith, Ghazi Professor Ph.D. Choueiri, Lina Associate Professor Ph.D. Shaaban, Kassim (Director) Professor Ph.D. Zenger, Amy Alice Assistant Professor Ph.D. Polzl, Ulrike Visiting assistant Professor Ph.D.

2. Non-academic Issrawi-Haidar, Yola Clerk Stenographer Tohme, Joseph Laboratory Technician

C. TEACHING

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Refer to the annual reports of the Department of English and the Department of Education.

D. RESEARCH

Refer to the annual reports of the Department of English and the Department of Education.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Refer to the annual reports of the Department of English and the Department of Education.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

CELRT‘s involvement in REP projects and with OIRA continues to take place. The same is true of CELRT‘s cooperation with the Department of Education in conducting workshops for English teachers in Lebanon and abroad. However, if CELRT is to thrive, it needs to develop its own agenda in both areas, consultation and workshops. Furthermore, CELRT faculty should, as a group, submit research proposals to regional and international research funding outfits.

There is certainly a need for CELRT to recruit two more faculty lines, one in Assessment and Evaluation and the other in Language Acquisition, in order to regain some of its strength. On the other hand, CELRT needs to define its role within the University and outside it and to launch a campaign to highlight its achievements, enhance its role locally and regionally, and to develop new strategic plans. There is also a need to reactivate the bond with the Education Department which has weakened in the last few years. Finally, a new administrative structure for CELRT should be contemplated by the stakeholders.

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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. In 2009-10, there were sixteen graduate students in the Department and four of them graduated with an M.Sc. degree. To support their research, most of the Faculty members sought support from the University Research Board (URB) as well as external funding agencies. This year, the Faculty presented nineteen research proposals, which were distributed as follows: URB (7), PRF (3), TWAS (2), LNCSR (7). One of our senior students graduated with high distinction and many graduated with distinction. The proposal to reinstate the PhD program in the Department of Chemistry is in its final stage of preparation and will be submitted to the Dean at the beginning of the next fall semester. Prof. Ghaddar was promoted to Associate Professor. Prof. Patra received the Junior Faculty Research Grant and spent the spring semester in different places in Europe where he continued his collaborative work related to single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy. Prof. Ghauch received the Fulbright fellowship. He spent the summer and fall semesters at the Chemistry Department, University of California at Berkeley where he worked on a project involving the applications of zero-valent iron on water contaminants. Three new courses that are mainly designed for chemical engineering students were introduced this year: CHEM 204, entitled ―Physical Chemistry for Chemical Engineers‖; CHEM 207, entitled ―Survey of Organic Chemistry and Petrochemicals‖; CHEM 219, entitled ―Analytical and Instrumental Chemistry for Chemical Engineers.‖ Our chemistry students can now benefit from the full restructuring and modernization of the analytical chemistry lab (CHEM 216) which was carried out by Prof. Ghauch. Ms. Lara Abramian joined the Department to fill the newly opened position of Chemistry Lab manager. Her main duties this year were focused on the design and implementation of a new safety code in the Department as well as building a complete inventory of all existing chemicals. This year the Department welcomed a considerable number of speakers from abroad and from within the Department who delivered seminars in various areas of chemistry: Drs. Bouhadir and Sultan (Chemistry, AUB); Dr. Ulrich Kortz (Jacobs

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University); Dr. Stuart Miller (University of Versailles); Dr. Nabil Saad (Picaro Inc.); Dr. Samir Zard (Ecole Polytechnique, France); Dr. Rami Kanso (Auburn University); Dr. Bassem Bassil (Jacobs University); Dr. Aram Amassian (KAUST); Dr. Peter Coveney (University College London); Dr. Paivi Tammela (University of Helsinki).

B.PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Haddadin, Makhluf Professor Ph.D. Sultan, Rabih Professor Ph.D. Al-Ghoul, Mazen Associate Professor(Chairman) Ph.D. Halaoui, Lara Associate Professor Ph.D. Bouhadir, Kamal Associate Professor Ph.D. Saliba, Najat Associate Professor Ph.D. El Rassy, Hussam Assistant Professor Ph.D. Ghaddar, Tarek Assistant Professor Ph.D. Ghauch, Antoine Assistant Professor Ph.D. Hasanayn, Faraj Assistant Professor Ph.D. Kaafarani, Bilal Assistant Professor Ph.D. Patra, Digambara Assistant Professor Ph.D. Moudalla, Hala* 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 Al-Ballouli, Ala‘a Massoud, Rawad Chahine, Marwan Najdi, Hiba Farah, Hiba Sakr, Mohamad Hariri, Amani Septedjian, Elizabeth Jaber, Sarah Shatila, Rania Kiserwan, Hawraa Shawraba, Sara Malaeb, Nagham

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Spring Semester Al-Ballouli, Ala‘a Massoud, Rawad Chahine, Marwan Najdi, Hiba Farah, Hiba Sakr, Mohamad Hariri, Amani Septedjian, Elizabeth Jaber, Sarah Shatila, Rania Kiserwan, Hawraa Shawraba, Sara Malaeb, Nagham

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester Abul Halim, Rasha Jradi, Fadi Ajeeb, Boushra Kalash, Leen Bou Zerdan, Raghida Karam, Tony Bayram, Serene Mokalled, Tharwat Chamseddine, Ashraf Nakouzi, Elias El Ballouli, Ala‘a Rayes, Saide El Khoury, Elsy Shoker, Tharalla Ezzeddine, Alaa

Spring Semester Abul Halim, Rasha Jradi, Fadi Ajeeb, Boushra Kalash, Leen Bayram, Serene Karam, Tony Chamseddine, Ashraf Nakouzi, Elias El Ballouli, Ala‘a Rayes, Saide El Khoury, Elsy Shoker, Tharalla Ezzeddine, Alaa

4. Non-Academic Staff

Abramian, Lara Lab Manager Ala'eddine, Hassan Technician, Grade 07 Ghandour, Butros Senior Technician, Grade 09 Haddad, Joyce Clerk Typist, Grade 06

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Kanbar, Hani Technician, Grade 07 Ruzz, Adnan Senior Technician, Grade 10 Sleiman-Azar, Issam Administrative Assistant, Grade 11

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.S. Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 0 Jun. 2010 32

M.S. Oct. 2009 1 Feb. 2010 0 Jun. 2010 2

2. Number of Majors Fall Spring Semester Semester Courses Summer Fall Spring Total 2008 Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above -- 16 18 34 Courses numbered 211 through 299 86 343 554 983 Courses numbered 200 through 210 500 922 771 2193 Courses numbered 100 through 199 10 189 115 314

Graduates 15 15 Seniors 23 34 Juniors 31 28 Sophomores 94 82

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

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4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer Fall Spring Total 2008 Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above -- 6 9 15 Courses numbered 211 through 299 9 25 33 67 Courses numbered 200 through 210 28 22 22 72 Courses numbered 100 through 199 4 4 8 16 Total 41 57 72 170

D. RESEARCH

Al-Ghoul, Mazen

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‖, in press. Supported by URB and LNCSR. 2. Mazen Al-Ghoul, ―Experimental and theoretical study of the dynamics of a propagating Liesegang system‖, a review paper, in: Precipitation Patterns in Reaction-Diffusion Systems, I. Lagzi, Editor, Research Signpost Publications, S. G. Pandalai, in press. Supported by URB and LNCSR. 3. Mazen Al-Ghoul and Manal Ammar, ―Transition to squares/hexagons in the cadmium hydroxide/sulfide Liesegang system‖, paper submitted. Supported by URB and LNCSR. 4. 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.

Bouhadir, Kamal

1. ―Template-directed cyclopolymerization of 9-(2-diallylaminoethyl)adenine.HCl‖ This research involves the synthesis and characterization of poly(diallylammonium chloride) oligomers with nucleic bases attached at the N-

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position of the pyrrolidine rings. Research completed and paper being written. Supported by URB. 2. ―Syntheses and addition of 1,3-dimethylenecyclopentane derivatives to buckminsterfullerene‖ The goal of this research project is to synthesize water-

soluble buckminsterfullerene (C60) derivatives with a variety of functional groups attached. Research in progress (with A. Jaafar). Supported by URB.

El-Rassy, Houssam

1. ―Synthesis of bi-, tri-, and tetra-metallic oxide aerogels via the epoxide addition sol–gel process and application in heterogeneous catalysis‖. Research in progress (with M. Sakr and J. Akl). Supported by URB. 2. ―Effect of the Host Gel Medium and the Identity of the Co-Precipitate Ions on the Morphology of Liesegang Patterns‖. Research in progress (with R. Sultan and T. Karam). Supported by LNCSR grant. 3. ―Adsorption of Antibiotics from Water: Comparison of Natural Adsorbents and Activated Carbon‖. Research in progress (with A. Ghanem). Supported by LNCSR grant. 4. ―Enhancing the In-Situ Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Sediments Using Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell‖. Research in progress (with P. Saikaly, S. Ghanimeh, and K. Ghannam). Supported by URB. 5. ―Synthesis of silica-acrylamide hybrid materials through low-temperature sol-gel process‖. Research completed and paper being submitted to Journal of Non- Crystalline Solids for publication (with H. Ramadan, T. Coradin, and S. Masse). Supported by URB. 6. ―Surface characterization by nitrogen adsorption of silica aerogels synthesized

from various Si(OR)4 and R‖Si(OR‘)3 precursors: A comparative study‖. Research completed and paper being submitted to Applied Surface Science for publication (with R. Al-Oweini). Supported by URB. 7. ―Pine needles and cones precursors for the production of activated carbon‖. Research completed and paper being submitted to Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology for publication (with G. Ayoub and O. Kobeissi). 8. ―Immobilization of Polyoxometalates on Mesoporous Silica Sol-Gel Materials: Application in Oxidation Catalysis of Anthracene‖. Research completed and paper under preparation (with R. Al-Oweini and S. Aghyarian). Supported by URB. 9. ―Monolithic molecularly-imprinted silica aerogels for selective solid-phase extraction of pesticides and antibiotics‖. Initial exploratory stage (with A. Ghanem and A. Kaouk).

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Hasanayn, Faraj

1. ―Using Coordination to Transition Metals as a Means to Manipulate Reactivity in Free Radical Chemistry‖. Supported by a grant from URB (2009-2010). In this project Mohamed El-Mekkaoui, a senior undergraduate Chemistry student, used electronic structure methods to explore the scope by which coordination of olefins to transition-metal fragments may modify the kinetics and selectivity of their reaction with free alkyl radicals. Mohammed made the remarkable prediction that t + coordination of mono and 1,1-disubstituted ethylene to the known [Cp2Zr(O Bu)] complex should reverse the regioselectivity pattern that characterizes the kinetics of addition of free alkyl radicals to the uncoordinated olefins. This result is important from both fundamental and practical perspectives. Mohammed provided evidence that the reversed regioselectivity follows in large from a non-classical asymmetric mode of olefin coordination to Zr-complexes. His findings and analyses were published as a full article in Organometallics, which is a publication of the American Chemical Society. 2. ―Using Aldehyde Decarbonylation to Probe the Factors that Control the Kinetics of C-H Activation‖. Supported by a grant from LNCSR (2007 – 2009. Extended until Aug 2010). As part of this multi-component project, Dina Abu El-Ezz, a senior undergraduate Chemistry student, utilized electronic structure methods to investigate the electronic factors that control the kinetics of phenyl migratory insertion into a metal-CO bond. This reaction is a necessary step in important large scale industrial processes such as alcohol carbonylation and olefin hydroformylation. This reaction is also involved in numerous syntheses of fine chemicals utilizing transition metal reagents.

Dina worked on the octahedral [Rh(PMe3)2(CO)(Cl)(Ph)(H)] system implicated as an intermediate in alkane photo-catalytic carbonylation using [Rh(PMe3)2(CO)(Cl)]. Her results showed that two seemingly very similar complexes (a pair of isomers), archetypal candidates for CO-insertion can have insertion barriers that are remarkably different (10 or 40 kcal/mol) making one of the reactions very rapid and the other essentially forbidden. The importance of understanding something like that is immense. Without such understanding of barriers, catalyst design is just a role of the dice. Dina formulated a simple new model to account for these results based on new concepts that have not been considered before. A manuscript of the results has been submitted to Inorganic Chemistry for consideration for publication.

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1. ―Synthesis and Applications of Novel ruthenium Complexes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells‖. Supported by the University Research Board (URB). Research is in progress. 2. ―Synthesis of Novel Ruthenium Complexes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells‖. Supported by the National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon (CNRS). Research is in progress. 3. ―Synthesis of New Dyes and their Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells‖. Supported by the Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources. Research is in progress.

Ghauch, Antoine

1. ―Treatment of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in water using Iron- Palladium bimetallic system‖. Research completed and paper being written. Supported by LNCSR. 2. ―Sonochemical Degradation of drugs with micrometric iron particles at low frequency‖ Supported by URB. Research in Progress and Paper under preparation. 3. ―Treatment of organic contaminants in water by thermally activated persulfate at circumneutral pH.‖ submitted to the LNCSR for the cycle of 2010-2012.

Haddadin, Makhlouf

1. ―Novel Syntheses of Quinoline, Quiniolino[2,3-c]cinnoline ,Quinolino[2,3- c]cinnoline 5-oxides and Indolo[2,3-b]quinolines.‖ The details of this interesting work are documented in the M.Sc. of Miss Raghida Bou Zardan (June 2010). It should be stated that we have reached an agreement (signed by provost A. Dallal) with Dr. R.K. Guy and his associates at the St. Jude Children‘s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA to screen some of the 2- Aminoquinoline derivatives of this project for possible anti-malarial activity. 2. ―Syntheses of novel Quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides and Phenazine 7,12-dioxides.‖ A fair number of new quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides and phenazine 7,12-dioxides were synthesized by Miss Saida Rayes as part of her M.Sc. research and which she will defend on June 10, 2010. A few compounds were tested for anti-cancer activity, with variant activity, by Professor Hala Muhtasib of the Biology Department. 3. ―Unprcedented Alkoxyation of a Benzylic Carbon.‖ This project was briefly discussed in the M.Sc. thesis of Miss Mirna El-Khatib two years ago. Mr. Tharallah Shokr graduate student, has studied the scope and limitation of this unusual reaction. X-Ray structures of some of these products were determined by Professor M.J.Kurth and Dr. J.Fettinger of the University of

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California at Davis, CA. We plan to submit these results for publication in the near future. 4. ―Unusual Rearrangement in a Friedlander Reaction.‖ A Friedlander reaction leading to a quionolinoquinoxaline gave instead an unexpected indolophenazine. The formation of this product can only be justified through an unusual rearrangement unknown in a Friedlander reaction. The structure of the latter was proven by X-Ray crystallography through the good work of Professor M.J.Kurth and Dr. J. Fettinger. This reaction gave another product, namely, a quinolinoquinoxaline which also is not what we were expecting. Again, X-Ray crystallography which confirmed the structure of the second product as well. 5. ―Synthesis of the unknown Quinoxalinopyridazines.‖ This project is in its initial stages. Miss Leen Kalash has obtained some encouraging results which need elaboration. 6. ―2H-indazoles.‖ Collaboration with Professor M.J.Kurth. For details see the publication section of this report.

Halaoui, Lara

1. ―Surface Characterization and Stability of Tetrahedral Polyvinylpyrrolidone- capped Pt Nanoparticles Assembled in Polyelectrolyte in an Electrochemical Environment‖. S. Jaber, P. Nasr, F. Sleem, Y. Xin, L. Halaoui. Paper in preparation. Previously Funded by the American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, and URB. 2. ―Exploring light localization effects leading to enhancement of solar energy

conversion at TiO2 inverse opals and disordered films sensitized with quantum dots, and with molecular dyes.‖ Support from URB, and proposal submitted to the American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund. 3. ―Studying electrocatalysis at the nanoscale at polyacrylate and polyvinylpyrrolidone modified Pt nanoparticles assembled on surfaces: effects of size, shape, and surface modification on surface characteristics and electrocatalysis.‖ Continuing work. Prior support from URB and the American Chemical Society, PRF. 4. ―Photoelectrochemical studies at assemblies of II-VI semiconductors in polyelectrolytes, currently focusing on surface modified CdTe quantum dots.‖ Work in progress. 5. ―Electrogenerated chemiluminescence at II-VI quantum dot assemblies in polyelectrolytes, and in solution, with possible sensing applications.‖ Work in progress. Prior support from URB.

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1. A. O. El-Ballouli, F. M. Jradi and B. R. Kaafarani, ―Design and Synthesis of Novel Pyrene Discotics and Their Investigation in Organic Photovoltaic Cells‖. Research in progress. Supported by PRF and Munib and Angela Masri Institute for Natural Resources. 2. F. M. Jradi and B. R. Kaafarani, ―Investigation and Binding Studies of a Novel Array of Organic Cationic Sensors‖. Research in progress. Supported by CNRS. 3. A. O. El-Ballouli and B. R. Kaafarani, ―Design, Synthesis and Investigation of Novel Fluorescent Anion Sensors‖. Research in progress. Supported by URB.

Patra, Digambara

1. ―Spectroscopic evaluation of curcumin in studying complex microheterogeneous and biophysical systems,‖ URB, Oct 2009 – Sept 2010. (In progress). 2. ―A Novel Strategy for Efficient Monitoring of Diabetic Nephropathy Disease and Hypoalbuminemia by Cooperative Binding of a Fluorescent Probe in a Supra-biomolecular Host–Protein Assembly‖. The project is study on host- protein assembly by cooperative binding of a fluorescence probe and apply it to monitor albumin. Research completed in May 2010. Supported by LNCSR grant.

Saliba, Najat

The Initiative for Biodiversity Studies in Arid Regions (IBSAR) projects 1. ―What made sesquiterpene lactones reach the cancer clinic?‖ A review on sesquiterpene lactones structure activities in relation to tumor inhibition and the causes of their advancements into clinical drugs. Submitted to Drug Discovery Today. This manuscript is in Press. Project supported by IBSAR. Akram Ghantous is the PhD Candidate working on this project. 2. ―Assessing the amount of Salograviolide A isolated from wild and cultivated Centaurea aintensis an endemic Lebanese specie‖. Extraction, isolation and structure identification is in progress. Project supported by IBSAR. Gracia Al- Ayle is the undergraduate student working on this project. 3. ―Determining the mechanism of action of the germacranolide 1β,10α-Epoxy-6α- hydroxy-1,10H-inunolide which was isolated from a popular Lebanese plant, Anthemis scariosa DC (Compositeae), on SCp2 mammary epithelial cells. The function of the three functional groups: i) the exocyclic α-methylene-γ-lactone, ii) an OH group adjacent to the α-methylene, and iii) an epoxide will be identified. Project supported by IBSAR. Bouchra Ajib is the graduate student working on this project. Atmospheric and Analytical Chemistry Projects 1. ―PM10 and PM2.5 levels at different sites in Beirut. Analysis of their chemical

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content and assessing their sources based on their chemical composition‖. Research project in progress and in collaboration with USJ. Project supported by the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS). Rawad Massoud is the research assistant responsible for the project. This research project is in its second phase and a publication for the first phase is in preparation. 2. ―PM10 and PM2.5 levels at the AUB site. Analysis of their ionic content and establishing a correlation between chlorides, nitrates and sulfates in the gas and particulate phases‖. Research project in progress. Project supported by URB. Achraf Chamseddine is the graduate student responsible for the project. This research project is in its final stage and a publication for the first phase is in preparation. 3. ―Measurement of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and nitro polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in real and lab narghile smoke samples‖. Research projects in progress. Elizabeth Septedjian is the research assistant responsible for this work. Project supported by the NIH. 4. ―Measurement of gas and particle phenols and nitrophenols emitted from real samples and controlled-lab narghile samples‖. Research projects in progress. Rasha Abdul Halim is the graduate student responsible for this work. Project supported by the NIH. 5. ―Measurement of hydrogen cyanide emitted from real samples and controlled- lab narghile samples‖. Research projects in progress. Rasha Abdul Halim is the graduate student responsible for this work. Project supported by the NIH. 6. ―Studying the fates of aldehydes and other toxins emitted from narghile into an enclosed room by developing the corresponding kinetic model‖. Research projects in progress. Ghinwa El-Tayyar is the undergraduate student responsible for this work. Project supported by the NIH.

Sultan, Rabih

1. R. Sultan, ―Rhythmic Precipitate Patterns and Fractal Structure‖, Acta Mechanica Sinica, in press. 2. L. Badr, A. Hariri, Z. Moussa and R. Sultan, ―Band, Target and Onion Patterns

in Co(OH)2 Liesegang Systems‖, Phys. Rev. E. Submitted. The paper describes a variety of periodic precipitation patterns from bands in 1D, to concentric circles or target patterns in 2D, to concentric spheres or onion patterns in 3D. Supported by URB and LNCSR. 3. Farah Zaknoun, Tharwat Mokalled, Amani Hariri and Rabih Sultan, ―The Matalon-Packter Law and Correlation Analysis Between Single- and Two-Salt Patterns in Periodic Precipitation Systems‖, in: Precipitation Patterns in Reaction-

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Diffusion Systems, I. Lagzi, Editor, Research Signpost Publications, S. G. Pandalai. In press. 4. Samar Sadek and Rabih Sultan, ―Liesegang Patterns in Nature: A Diverse Scenery Across the Sciences‖, a review paper, in: Precipitation Patterns in Reaction- Diffusion Systems, I. Lagzi, Editor, Research Signpost Publications, S. G. Pandalai. In press. This article is a comprehensive review on the similarities and applications of Liesegang patterns found in naturally occurring morphological structures, relevant to Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and Engineering. 5. ―Fractal Structures in Metal Electrodeposition and Electroless Redox Deposition‖. The project is a study of tree-like fractal structures in Zn, Pb and Cu systems, grown by electrolysis. The study is also extended to simple redox reactions producing metal deposits in the absence of electrolysis. All obtained patterns are analyzed from the viewpoint of fractal structure. Research in progress (with Elias Nakouzi and Jean-Michel Azzo). Supported by URB. 2+   2 6. ―Kinetics of the Mn -Catalyzed BrO3 - HSO3 - SO3 reaction‖. The study presents a kinetic analysis of the above reaction, and its subsequent chemical   reaction generating Br2 from the reaction of BrO3 with Br in acidic medium. Project completed and paper being written (with Farah Zaknoun). Supported by URB and LNCSR. 7. Routes to Pattern Formation in Geochemical Systems (with A. Abdel-Rahman, Geology Department). Pattern formation in geochemical systems (such as bands and stripes in rocks), occur under different conditions, and thus may involve notably different mechanisms. There are conflicting views as to the origin of geochemical self-organization. This study discusses the various possible scenarios, in the light of existing studies in the Literature (with Abdel-Fattah Abdel-Rahman). Supported by LNCSR.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Al-Ghoul, Mazen

1. Chairperson, Department of Chemistry. 2. Member, Computational Science Group, AUB. 3. Member, Computational Science Graduate Program Steering Committee. 4. Member of the MS thesis committee of Ms. Tharwat Mokalled, Chemistry graduate student. 5. Member of the MS thesis committee of Ms. Farah El Zaknoun, Chemistry graduate student. 6. Reviewer for Langmuir (2 manuscripts). 7. Reviewer for Journal of Physical Chemistry (1 manuscript).

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8. Freshman Advisor. 9. Independent study advisor for senior student Mahmoud Al-Ayas; research work on the nucleation, growth and patterning in mercuric iodide Liesegang system. 10. Proposal submitted to the Qatar foundation entitled: ―From Fundamental Understanding to Predictive Design of Layered Nanomaterials‖; submitted December 2009. 11. MS Thesis advisor for Ashkan Gharib; thesis work on clogging in capillaries. 12. MS Thesis advisor for Andrew Abi Mansour; thesis work on numerical simulation of multi-dimensional reaction-diffusion systems. 13. Poster presentation at 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Micro- and Mesoporous Materials, Albena, Bulgaria, September 6-9, entitled ―Reaction- Diffusion Based Cosynthesis of Stable α- and β-Cobalt Hydroxide in Bio- Organic Gels‖, with Tharwat Mokalled, Houssam El-Rassy and Mazen Al- Ghoul. 14. Poster presentation at the 5th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids (DSL 2009), Rome, Italy, June 24-26, 2009, entitled: ―Front Propagation of CdS Nanoparticles in a Gel‖ with Tharwat Moukalled, Tarek Ghaddar and Mazen Al-Ghoul.

Bouhadir, Kamal

1. Member, FAS Academic Disciplinary Committee. 2. Member, Initiative for Biodiversity Studies in Arid Regions (IBSAR). 3. Member, American Chemical Society (ACS). 4. Member, Phi Lambda Upsilon (Honorary Chemical Society). 5. Member of the thesis committee of Miss Rageda Bou Zardan, Chemistry graduate student.

El-Rassy, Houssam

1. Academic advisor, Chemistry students. 2. Member, Interfaculty Financial Aid Committee. 3. Member, University Disciplinary Committee. 4. Member, A&S Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee. 5. Member, Central Research Science Laboratory Committee. 6. Chairperson, Chemistry Graduate Committee. 7. Member, Chemistry Equipment Committee. 8. Member, Chemistry PhD committee. 9. MS thesis advisor of Ms. Hiba Ramadan. 10. MS thesis advisor of Mr. Rami Al-Oweini.

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11. Member of the PhD thesis committee of Ms. Maria Bassil, University Claude Bernard - Lyon I (France) and Lebanese University (Lebanon). 12. Member of the MS thesis committee of Mr. Rami Al-Oweini, Chemistry graduate student. 13. Member of the MS thesis committee of Ms. Tharwat Mokalled, Chemistry graduate student. 14. Member of the MS thesis committee of Ms. Farah El Zaknoun, Chemistry graduate student. 15. Reviewer for Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids (2 manuscripts). 16. Reviewer for Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (1 manuscript). 17. Reviewer for Chemical Engineering Journal (1 manuscript). 18. Reviewer for Journal of Hazardous Materials (1 manuscript). 19. Reviewer for Environmental Technology (1 manuscript). 20. Member, American Chemical Society (ACS). 21. Participation in the 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Micro- and Mesoporous Materials, September 6th-9th 2009, Albena, Bulgaria. Five posters were presented.

Ghaddar, Tarek

1. Member, Chemistry Equipment Committee. 2. Advisor, Chemistry Sophomore Students. 3. Bookstore representative. 4. Member, FAS Curriculum Committee. 5. Member, FAS Library Committee. 6. Member of the thesis committee of Mr. Amer Jaafar (Chemistry). 7. Member of the thesis committee of Miss Raghida Bou Zerdan (Chemistry). 8. Member of the thesis committee of Miss Saide Rayes (Chemistry). 9. Member of the thesis committee of Mr. Tharallah Shoker (Chemistry).

Ghauch, Antoine

1. Seminar at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Berkeley, September 17, 2009. Entitled: ―Reaction of ZVI with pharmaceuticals.‖ 2. Participation in a Workshop on ―Planning successful international research careers,‖ University of California-Berkeley, January 27, 2010, Berdahl Auditorium in Stanley Hall. 3. Talk at the First KAS CRSL Research Conference: ―Reaction of Pharmaceuticals with Micrometric Iron Particles (MIP) and Amended MIP: Application to Diclofenac (Voltaren‘s Active Ingredient).‖

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4. Posters for the First KAS CRSL Research Conference a. Hala Abou Assi, Habib Baydoun and Antoine Ghauch (June 17, 2010), ―Aqueous Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds by Metallic Systems: Application to Diclofenac, the Active Ingredient of Voltaren.‖ b. Habib Baydoun, Hala Abou Assi and Antoine Ghauch (June 17, 2010), ―Advanced Oxidation Processes: Catalytic Use of ZVI Powder for the Degradation of Carbamazepine in the Presence of Hydrogen Peroxide at Low Sonication Frequency.‖

Haddadin, Makhlouf

1. Member of Search Committee for Dean of Student Affair. 2. Speaker as faculty representative at the inauguration of President P. Dorman. 3. Speaker: AUB Founders‘ Day, Dec.8, 2010 4. Speaker as Balamand Board of Trustees representative at Founding Day of Balamand University, June 4, 2010 5. Member of Board of Trustees of Balamand University and Excutive Chair of its Academic Committee 6. Member of Advisory Board and occasional reviewer of Archives Organic Chemistry. 7. Occasional reviewer of research applications for the Qatar National Foundation. 8. Member and plenary speaker at the 1st Symposium of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences, October 2010.

Halaoui, Lara

1. Proposal submitted to the American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, entitled: ―Enhancing Solar Energy Conversion in Quantum Dot and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Slowing Light in Photonic Crystals and Disordered Media‖. Submitted March 2010. 2. Paper presentation (oral) at the 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA. Accepted, INOR-56, scheduled August 22, 2010. Maysaa El Harakeh, Serene Bayram, Sarah Jaber, and Lara Halaoui, ―Enhanced Solar

Energy Conversion at Quantum Dot Sensitized TiO2 Photonic Crystals and Disordered Films by Slow Light Effects‖. 3. Member of the General Education Committee, Spring 2010-present. 4. Member of the Alumni Reunion Organizing Committee for July 2010, Spring 2010. 5. Chair of the Equipment Committee, Chemistry Department. 6. Chair of the Promotion Committee of Dr. B. Kaafarani, Chemistry Department. 7. MS thesis advisor for Serene Bayram; thesis work on light localization effects at CdSe

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sensitized TiO2 inverse opals and disordered films. 8. Independent study advisor for senior student Pamela Nasr; research work on hydrogen underpotential deposition at polyvinylpyrrolidone-capped Pt nanoparticles of different shapes assembled in polyelectrolytes. 9. Introduced ―independent experimental projects‖ in the teaching of Chemistry 220, Physical Chemistry Laboratory.

Kaafarani, Bilal

1. FAS Undergraduate Admission Committee, AUB, Chair, 2009-2010. 2. Unified Admission Committee, AUB, 2009-2010. 3. FAS Research Committee, AUB, 2009-2010. 4. Junior/Senior Chemistry Advisor, AUB, 2009-2010. 5. Member, Chemistry Graduate Committee, AUB, 2009-2010 6. Course Learning Outcomes Task Force Committee, AUB, 2008-present. 7. Arkivoc Editorial Board of Referees, May 2009-date. 8. Member, American Chemical Society. 9. Member, Royal Society of Chemistry. 10. Member, Optical Society of Science Engineering.

Patra, Digambara

1. Member, Departmental Graduate Committee. 2. Member, Departmental Library Committee. 3. Member, Editorial Board, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment. 4. Attended National Conference on ‗Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences‘ at Sambalpur University, India, February 2010.

Saliba, Najat

Conferences 1. ―Contribution of traffic to the levels of PM10 and PM2.5 in Beirut‖, ETTAP 2009, 17th Transport and Air Pollution Symposium, 3rd Environment and Transport Symposium, Toulouse, France, June, 2009. 2. ―Narghile; Is it a Smoking Habit, a Physical, or an Analytical Question? The Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZA), April, 2010. 3. ―Youth and Narghile: Is it a Smoking Habit, a Physical, or an Analytical Question? The American University of Sharja, April, 2010. 4. ―The Chemistry of Mineral Dust in the Troposphere‖, Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon, May, 2010.

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Poster Forum 1. ―International Biodiversity Day at AUB (IBDAA).‖ Chair of the organizing committee. This is a poster forum where students from different faculties celebrate International Biodiversity Day on May 21nd, American University of Beirut, May, 2010. Committees and Memberships 1. Chair of the Research Committee. 2. Freshmen Coordinator and Advisor; FAS. 3. Member, FAS Graduate Committee. 4. Member, FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee. 5. Member, IBSAR Executive Committee. 6. Member and Chair, IBSAR Research and Patent Committee. 7. Member, Chemistry Department-Equipment Committee 8. ASHA coordinator, Chemistry Department. 9. Active Researcher, two Interfaculty programs at AUB: IBSAR and IGESP. 10. Member, American Chemical Society (ACS). 11. Member, American Geological Union (AGU). 12. Chair of the thesis committees of Ashraf Chamseddine, Rasha Abdul Halim and Bouchra Ajeeb, Chemistry graduate Students. 13. Member of the thesis committee of Akram Ghantous, Biology doctoral student, AUB. 14. Member of the thesis committee of Dany Hleis, Chemistry doctoral student, Universite du Littoral, Cote d‘Opale, France. Community involvement and services 1. Chair of the IBDAA organizing committee. 2. Chair of the ―Ayyam al-Ouloum‖ Days of Science committee representing IBSAR, presented at the Hippodrome de Beirut in October. 3. Workshop for the teachers of the Saints Coeurs, Damour, school on Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. Newspapers 1. ―The effect of tall building on the air pollution in Beirut‖ http://nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=142568 2. ―The International Biodiveristy Day at AUB (IBDAA)‖ http://www.lebanonfiles.com/news_desc.php?id=165213

Sultan, Rabih

1. Chair, Chemistry Curriculum Committee 2. Chair, Ad hoc Committee for reinstating the Ph.D. program in Chemistry 3. Chemistry web site coordinator 4. Advisor, Chemistry graduate students

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5. Member, expanded Promotion Committee of the Olayan School of Business (OSB) 6. Reviewer of proposals for the URB 7. Reviewer of proposals for the LNCSR 8. Referee for the journals Chemical Physics Letters (twice), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), and the European Journal of Physics (EJP). 9. Attended the Dynamics Days Europe Conference (DDays Europe 2009), Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, August 31-September 4, 2009. Presented a poster entitled: ―Structural Diversity in Single- and Multiple-Salt Patterned Precipitation in Gels‖. 10. Attended the 10th Conference on Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications (DSTA 2009), Łódź, Poland - December 7-10, 2009. Presented a seminar talk entitled: ―The Fractal Structure of Liesegang and Other Precipitate Patterns‖. 11. Attended the Middle East Mathematica Conference and Training Workshop, Wolfram Research Inc. and Lebanese American University, November 13-14, 2009. 12. Delivered a Departmental Seminar entitled: ―Rhythmic Precipitation Patterns and Fractal Structure‖. 13. Member of the thesis committee of Rami Al-Oweini, Chemistry graduate student.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Al-Ghoul, Mazen

1. M. Al-Ghoul, H. El-Rassy, T. Coradin, T. Mokalled. ―Reaction-Diffusion Based Co-synthesis of Stable - and -Cobalt Hydroxide in Bio-Organic Gels‖. Journal of Crystal Growth, 2010, 312, 856. 2. F. Zaknoun, H. El-Rassy, M. Al-Ghoul, S. Al-Joubeily, T. Mokalled, R. Sultan. ―Simulation of Geochemical Self-Organization: Acid Infiltration and Mineral Deposition in a Porous Ferruginous Limestone Rock‖. In Chaotic Systems: Theory and Applications by C. H. Skiadas and I. Dimotikalis (Eds), World Scientific, 2010, 385. 3. M. Al-Ghoul, T. Ghaddar, ―Theoretical Modeling of Front Propagation of CdS Nanoparticles in a Gel‖, Journal of Nano Research, 2010, 11, 19-24. 4. M. Al-Ghoul, T. Ghaddar, T. Moukalled, ―Pulse-Front Propagation and Interaction During the Growth of CdS Nanoparticles in a Gel‖, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009, 113, 11594-11603.

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1 L. Badr, H. El-Rassy, S. El-Joubeily, R. Sultan. ―Morphology of a 2D 2+ Mg /NH4OH Liesegang pattern in zero, positive and negative radial electric field‖. Chemical Physics Letters, 2010, 492, 35. 2. H. Ramadan, A. Ghanem*, H. El-Rassy. ―Mercury removal from aqueous solutions using silica, polyacrylamide and hybrid silica-polyacrylamide aerogels‖. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2010, 159, 107. 3. M. Al-Ghoul, H. El-Rassy, T. Coradin*, T. Mokalled. ―Reaction-Diffusion Based Co-synthesis of Stable α- and β-Cobalt Hydroxide in Bio-Organic Gels‖. Journal of Crystal Growth, 2010, 312, 856. 4. F. Zaknoun, H. El-Rassy, M. Al-Ghoul, S. Al-Joubeily, T. Mokalled, R. Sultan. ―Simulation of Geochemical Self-Organization: Acid Infiltration and Mineral Deposition in a Porous Ferruginous Limestone Rock‖. In ―Chaotic Systems: Theory and Applications‖ by C. H. Skiadas and I. Dimotikalis (Eds), World Scientific, 2010, 385. 5. J. Akl, T. Ghaddar, A. Ghanem*, H. El-Rassy. ―Cobalt Ferrite Aerogels by Epoxide Sol-Gel Addition: Efficient Catalysts for the Hydrolysis of 4- Nitrophenyl Phosphate‖. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2009, 312, 18.

Hasanayn, Faraj

1. Faraj Hasanayn,* and Mohamed El-Makkaoui DFT Study of the Transition States and Products of Methyl Radical Addition to t + Olefins Coordinated in an Asymmetrical Mode to [Cp2Zr(O Bu)] : Predictions of Reversed Regioselectivities Compared to the Noncoordinated Reactions. Organometallics 2009, 28, 6469. 2. Tyler Gray, Faraj Hasanayn, David Richardson* and Hodge Markgraf Regioselectivity of a 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition to Phenyl Vinyl Sulfoxide Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 2009, 46, 1318.

Ghaddar, Tarek

1. L. Zhu, A. Agarwal, J. Lai, R. Al-Kaysi, F. Tham, T. Ghaddar, L. Mueller, C. Bardeen, ―Solid-state Photochemical and Photomechanical Properties of Molecular Crystal Nanorods Composed of Anthracene Ester Derivatives‖, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010. Submitted for publication. 2. C. Law, T. Ghaddar, X. Li, A. Anderson, P. Barnes, A. Listorti, B. O'Regan, ―Water Based Electrolytes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells‖ Advanced Materials, 2010. Submitted for publication.

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3. H. Kisserwan, T. Ghaddar, ―Enhancement of Photovoltaic Performance of a Novel Dye, ―T18‖, With Ketene Thioacetal Groups as Electron Donors for High Efficiency Dye-sensitized Solar Cells‖, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2010. In press. 4. M. Al-Ghoul, T. Ghaddar, ―Theoretical Modeling of Front Propagation of CdS Nanoparticles in a Gel‖, Journal of Nano Research, 2010, 11, 19-24. 5. J. Akl, T. Ghaddar, A. Ghanem, H. El-Rassy, ―Cobalt Ferrite Aerogels by Epoxide Sol-gel Addition: Efficient Catalysts for the Hydrolysis of 4- Nitrophenyl Phosphate‖, Journal of Molecular Catalysis a-Chemical, 2009, 312, 18-22. 6. M. Al-Ghoul, T. Ghaddar, T. Moukalled, ―Pulse-Front Propagation and Interaction During the Growth of CdS Nanoparticles in a Gel‖, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009, 113, 11594-11603. 7. P. Barnes, L. Liu, X. Li, A. Anderson, H. Kisserwan, T. Ghaddar, J. Durrant, B. O'Regan, ―Re-evaluation of Recombination Losses in Dye-Sensitized Cells: The Failure of Dynamic Relaxation Methods to Correctly Predict Diffusion Length in Nanoporous Photoelectrodes‖, Nano Letters, 2009, 9, 3532-3538. 8. R. Al-Kaysi, T. Ghaddar, G. Guirado, ―Fabrication of One-Dimensional Organic Nanostructures Using Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates‖, Journal of Nanomaterials, 2009.

Ghauch, Antoine

1. Ghauch, A., Abou Assi, H., Bdeir, S. Aqueous removal of diclofenac by plated elemental iron: bimetallic systems, J. Hazard. Mater, 2010. 2. Ghauch, A., Abou Assi, H., Tuqan, A. Investigating the mechanism of clofibric 0 acid removal in Fe /H2O systems. J. Hazard. Mater, 2010, 176, 48-55.

Haddadin, Makhlouf

1. Articles: a. J. S. Okdale, D. M. Solano, J. C. Fettinger, M. J. Haddadin and, M. J. Kurth,‖ An Oxazolo [3,2-b]indazole Route to1H-Indazolones‖, Org.lett., 2009, 11 (13), 2760-2763. b. J. Haykal, F. Geara, M. J. Haddadin, C. A. Smith, and H. Ghali-Muhtasib,‖ The Radiosensetizer 2-Benzoyl-6,7-dichloroquinoxaline 1,4-Dioxide Induces DNA Damage in EMT-6 Mammary Carcinoma Cells‖, Radiat. Incol., 2009, 4:25. c. M. B. Donald, W. E. Conrad, J. S. Okdale, J. D. Buttler, M. J. Haddadin, and M. J. Kurth, ―Nucleophilic Substitution of Oxazino-/Benzoxazin[3,2-b]indazoles: An Effective Route to 1H-Indazolones‖, Org. Lett., 2010,12(11), 2524-2527.

145 d. M. J. Haddadin and E. H. Ghazvini Zadeh, ―A Novel Method for the Synthesis of 3,5- Disubstituted-(NH)-1,2,4-triazoles from 3,6-Diaryl-1,2,4,5-tetrazines,‖ Tetrahedron Lett., 51, 1654-1656. 2. Abstract: B. Belem, D. M. Solano, M. J. Haddadin, and M. J. Kurth, ―N-N-Bond-forming Heterocyclization of Heterocyclic Nitroamines‖, ORGN-277, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, March 21-25, 2010. Halaoui, Lara

1. El Harakeh, M.; Alawieh, L.; Saouma, S.; Halaoui, L. I. Bidirectional Photocurrent Generation at Q-CdS Assembly in Polyelectrolyte Interfaced with Hole Scavengers. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11, 5962-5973 (2009). (Article was in press at the time of the last report).

2. El. Harakeh, M.; Halaoui, L. I. Enhanced Conversion of Light at TiO2 Photonic Crystals to the Blue of a Stop Band and at TiO2 Random Films Sensitized with Q-CdS: Order and Disorder. J. Phys. Chem. C. 114, 2806-2813 (2010).

Kaafarani, Bilal

1. F. S. Raad, A. O. El-Ballouli; R. M. Moustafa; M. H. Al-Sayah* and B. R. Kaafarani, ―Novel Quinoxalinophenanthrophenazine-Based Molecules as Sensors for Anions: Synthesis and Binding Investigations‖, Tetrahedron, 2010, 66 (16), 2944. 2. S. Leng*, L. Hsin Chan*, J. Jing*, J. Hu*, R. M. Moustafa, R. M. Van Horn*, M. J. Graham*, B. Sun*, M. Zhu*, K.-U. Jeong*, B. R. Kaafarani, W. Zhang*, F. W. Harris* and S. Z. D. Cheng*, ―From Crystals to Columnar Liquid Crystal Phases: Molecular Design, Synthesis and Phase Structure Characterization of a Series of Novel Phenazines Potentially Useful in Photovoltaic Applications‖, Soft Matter, 2010, 6 (1), 100.

Patra, Digambara

1. D. Patra, Digambara Patra*, Synchronous fluorescence based biosensor for albumin determination by cooperative binding of fluorescence probe in a supra- biomolecular host–protein assembly, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2010, 25, 1149– 1154.

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2. J. A. Degheili, R. M. Al-Moustafa, D. Patra, B. R. Kaafarani, ―Effect of chain length on the photophysical properties of pyrene-based molecules substituted with extended chains‖, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2009, 113, 1244 – 1249. 3. R. M. Al-Moustafa, J. A. Degheili, D. Patra, B. R. Kaafarani, ―Synthesis and detailed photophysical studies of pyrene-based molecules substituted with extended chains‖, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2009, 113, 1235 – 1243. 4. D. Patra, T. H. Ghaddar, ―Application of synchronous fluorescence scan spectroscopy for size dependent simultaneous analysis of CdTe nanocrystals and their mixtures‖, Talanta, 2009, 77, 1549 – 1554.

Saliba, Najat

1. N.A. Saliba, F. El Jam, G. El Tayar, W. Obeid, M. Roumie, ―Origin and variability of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) mass concentrations over an Eastern Mediterranean city‖, Atmospheric Research, 2010. 2. R. Massoud and N.A. Saliba, ―A comparative review of PM levels, sources, and their likely fates in the Eastern Mediterranean region, in Urban Airborne Particulate Matter: Origins, Chemistry, Fate and Health Impacts, Springer, 2010. 3. N. Daher, R.Saleh, E. Jaroudi, H. Sheheitli, T. Badr, E. Sepetdjian, M. Al Rashidi, N. Saliba, A. Shihadeh, ―Comparison of carcinogen, carbon monoxide, and ultrafine particle emissions from narghile waterpipe and cigarette smoking: Sidestream smoke measurements and assessment of second-hand smoke emission factors‖, Atmospheric Environment, 2009, 44, 8-14. 4. S.F. Fostok, R.A. Ezzeddine, F.R. Homaidan, J.A. Al-Saghir, R.G. Salloum, N.A. Saliba, R.S. Talhouk, ―Interleukin-6 and cyclooxygenase-2 downregulation by fatty acid fractions of Ranunculus constantinopolitanus‖, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2009, 9 art. No. 44. 5. J.A. Al-Saghir, R. Al-Ashi, R.G. Salloum, N.A. Saliba, R.S. Talhouk, F.R. Homaidan, ―Anti-inflammatory properties of Salograviolide A purified from Lebanese plant Centaurea ainetensis‖, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2009, 9 art. no. 1472, 36.

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1. Layla Badr, Houssam El-Rassy, Samia El-Joubeily and Rabih Sultan, 2+ ―Morphology of a 2D Mg /NH4OH Liesegang pattern in zero, positive and negative radial electric field‖, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2010, 492, 35-39. 2. F. Zaknoun, H. El-Rassi, M. Al-Ghoul, S. Al-Joubeily, Th. Mokalled and R. Sultan, Simulation of Geochemical Self-Organization: Acid Infiltration and Mineral Deposition in a Porous Ferruginous Limestone rock, in: Chaotic Systems: Theory and Applications, C. H. Skiadas and I. Dimotikalis, Eds., World Scientific, 2010, pp. 385-394. 3. R. Sultan, ―The Fractal Structure of Liesegang and Other Precipitate Patterns‖, Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Dynamical Systems, Łódź, Poland; December 7-10, 2009, pp. 987-994.

G. LATEST AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Lack of space in the Department might create a major problem in the coming years especially if we increase 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 affected as soon as possible, is definitely very costly. However, we are not aware of any plan of action from the part of the University to resolve this predicament.

The centralization of the chemistry stores was initiated after the termination of the physical restructuring and combination of rooms 108, 110 and 112. We are now in the process of building a computerized inventory system for all supplies and glassware. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the summer. This project is funded by FPDU.

The centralization of the received and existing chemicals in the Department in Room 007 was completed. The room was designed and constructed with an efficient ventilation system, temperature and smoke sensors, fireproof ceiling, floor and walls, with specially designed racks and shelves to safely hold chemical and waste containers. This project is funded by FPDU.

The project to renovate the cabinets in the organic chemistry laboratories in order to accommodate five-day sessions per week is now completed. This $60,000 capital project is going to increase our capacity to accommodate students noticeably. The replacement of the bench tops in the organic labs will be initiated this summer.

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Additional budget shall be requested to replace all the bench tops in the Department that will require many years to be accomplished. 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. Two new distillers to replace the older units are purchased and are to be installed during the summer.

Ten new computers to replace the old computers in the chemistry computer lab will be installed during the summer. The budget is granted by ASHA. The computers will be used to serve our undergraduate students and also constitute the means to introduce new computational courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The rehabilitation of the auditorium (room 001) that was initiated three years ago still needs a considerable budget to be completed. Room 101 also needs rennovation. There are efforts in the Univeristy to initiate a renovation of the rooms next year. The work to transform Room 316 into a multimedia-ready calssroom will be completed this summer. The room will be used as a new classroom for small- sized classes.

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CIVILIZATION SEQUENCE PROGRAM

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The number of students taking CVSP courses this year increased by over 400 to a total of around 3,900. Demand has continued to be greater for Sequence-I courses (70 sections of CVSP 201, 202, 205 and 207 with about 25 students each) than Sequence-II (52 sections of CVSP 203, 204 and 208). As reported last year, there is little capacity to meet further demand, since the capacity of Bathish auditorium, where we hold common lectures, limits us to ten sections of a core course at a time. We are lucky to have teachers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines not only among faculty members appointed in CVSP but also among those belonging to other departments in FAS who offer courses regularly in CVSP . Twelve faculty members from other departments gave CVSP courses this last year, mostly from History, Archaeology and English. Some members of other departments also give one of the large lectures common to all sections of a course that are given at the start of a week to introduce a reading. In this way CVSP continues to be a collective, inter-disciplinary program. Many thanks are due to M. Amyuni, J. Andresen, R. Baalbaki, H. Genz, I. Hamati-Ataya, S. Harb, A. Moussalli, W. Nasr, S. Nassar, R. Sadek, and J-P. Schwartz for the lectures they have given during the last year. The ongoing process of reviewing the reading lists of our core courses led this year to include for the first time at AUB a selection from Herodotus‘ Histories in the syllabus of CVSP 201. Teachers brought up on Thucydides may have missed the elegance of Pericles‘ speech. But students expressed appreciation of Herodotus‘ sense of the drama of life, and the experiment has been a good one of reducing the number of readings in a course to eight or nine, while expanding the pool of possible readings to vary the set of those selected each year. Next year readings will be reduced in both CVSP 202 and 203 in line with suggestions made by the coordinating committees of those courses. Another experiment conducted in the Spring semester was to have two sections of CVSP 205 (offered as CVSP 295L) read selections from the scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. M. Jarrar and P. Shebay‗a, the teachers of CVSP 295L, felt that the response from students was positive. Whether to add scriptural readings to CVSP 202 or 205, or to place them in a distinct course like CVSP 207, is a matter for continuing discussion. Variety in Sequence-I and Sequence-II courses is obtained with individual courses numbered CVSP 207 and 208. This year a total of three 207s and six 208s

150 were taught, including the new courses 208I (Monstrosity in European modernity) and 208J (Folly). Other courses have designated numbers like 212 (World theatre), 215 (19th century French literature in English) or 250 (Civilization through the arts). Credit classes offer a different kind of variety, although they do not count as humanities except for FAFS students. Classes in elementary French have been offered for many years, but for the third year classes in Chinese were also offered by a teacher sent by the Chinese government, and for the first time a third level was offered in Chinese language for students who had already taken CHIN 201 and 202. The Chinese cultural club has also proved popular. Language does not fall into a category of General Education, an oversight that may need to be revisited in the future, since the only way students may take language courses (other than English or Arabic) is as an elective. On the other hand, all Sequence-I and Sequence-II CVSP courses have been approved as satisfying the humanities requirements of General Education. Within FAS, students will still be required to take one CVSP course from Sequence-I and one from Sequence-II as part of their General Education requirements in the humanities. Other faculties may not require their students to take CVSP courses. For the last ten years CVSP has also offered Freshman courses in the humanities numbered 110 (Gods and creation), 111 (Youth and rebellion in modern literature) and 112 (Contemporary Arab identity). These are much in demand. During the last year the CVSP Freshman committee was active in considering new course titles and how to initiate freshman students into inquiry-based learning. Over the last two years all common lectures have been videotaped and are available on the CVSP website along with PowerPoint presentations and lecture flysheets. The technical assistant keeps the website updated from day to day.

CVSP Brown-Bag colloquia

There was a revival of interest this year in informal ‗brown-bag‘ colloquia amongst faculty. Three colloquia were organized each semester as follows:

1. 24 Nov 2009 , C. Johns (Philosophy), ―Aristotle and Leibniz‖. 2. 9 Dec 2009, J. Andresen (Philosophy), ―Falsification in Nietzsche‖. 3. 11 Jan 2009, D. Wilmsen (Arabic), ―Write, that I may know you: Recognizing difference in Egyptian and Lebanese Arabic writing styles‖. 4. 3 Mar 2010, B. Haydar (Philosophy), ―A view of moral responsibility‖. 5. 1 April 2010, P. du Quenoy, ―Eros, love, and salvation in Waagner‘s Tannhauser‖. 6. 14 Apr 2010, F. del Lucchese, ―Vana, absurda et orrenda: Spinoza and monstrosity‖.

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A two-day conference was organized on May 14-15 to bring together teachers of Great Books courses in universities around the region (Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon) with a view to discuss the concept and role of Civilization Studies in the Middle East of the 21st century. To quote from the introductory booklet, ―Topics of discussion include the role of great books in our curricula and how to choose among them, issues of the ‗canon‘, its construction and deconstruction, the implications of what can be considered a Eurocentric and Anglo-Saxon discourse, and divisions between high and popular cultures. (…) We will also discuss issues of location, what does it mean to teach these courses in Middle Eastern universities, which civilizations are left out and which ones are represented and in what ways.‖ The discussions were very fruitful and will hopefully be followed by a sequel next year held in Cairo.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Bornedal, Peter Professor Ph.D. Jarrar, Maher Professor Ph.D. Moussalli, Ahmad* Professor Ph.D. Sader, Helen* Professor Ph.D. Saumarez Smith, Richard Professor Ph.D. Genz, Hermann* Associate Professor Ph.D. Harb, Sirene* Associate Professor Ph.D. Hout, Syrine* Associate Professor Ph.D. Meloy, John* Associate Professor Ph.D. Wilmsen, David* Associate Professor Ph.D. Wrisley, David1 Associate Professor Ph.D. Clary, Amy* Assistant Professor Ph.D. Del Lucchese, Filippo2 Assistant Professor Ph.D. Du Quenoy, Paul* Assistant Professor Ph.D. Gallagher, Robert Assistant Professor Ph.D. Gonsalves, Joshua* Assistant Professor Ph.D.

1 On paid research leave, second semester. * Part-time 2 Second semester.

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Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja3 Assistant Professor Ph.D. Newson, Paul* Assistant Professor Ph.D. Wick, Alexis* Assistant Professor Ph.D. Sharif, Malek* Visiting Assistant Ph.D. Professor Amyuni, Mona* Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Nassar, C. Suhail* Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Shebay‗a, Peter Senior Lecturer M.A. Bualuan, Hayat Lecturer Ph.D. Faddoul, Atif4 Lecturer Ph.D. Hamdar, Abir4 Lecturer Ph.D. Maktabi, Hadi* Lecturer Ph.D. Rihan, Mohamad* Lecturer Ph.D. Sabra, George* Lecturer Ph.D. Abou Zaki, Said* Instructor M.A. Arasoghli, Aida Instructor M.A. Dibo, Amal* Instructor M.A. Hassan, Hani Instructor M.A. Khoury, Samira Instructor M.A. Kuang, Yafeng Visiting Instructor M.A. Merrifield, Bill5 Instructor M.A. Samaha, Raid Instructor M.A. Tomeh, Edmond Instructor M.A.

2. Graduate Assistants

Fall semester Spring semester Murray, Cole Barrett, Evan

3. Non-Academic Staff

Khairallah, Randa Secretary Daniel, Jad Technical Service Assistant

3 On paid research leave, first semester. 4 Part-time, first semester. 5 Part-time, second semester. * Part-time.

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C. TEACHING

1. Student Enrollment in Courses

Summer Semester 2009-10

CVSP 201 3 sections 79 students CVSP 202 6 sections 151 students CVSP 203 2 sections 50students CVSP 204 3 sections 75 students CVSP 207C 2 sections 78 students CVSP 295G 1 section 16 students French 201 1 section 25 students Total 18 sections 474 students (previous year 356)

Fall semester 2009-10

Core Curriculum courses (Sequence I and Sequence II) Total Sequence I 31 sections 813 students (previous year 771) CVSP 201, 202, 205 27 sections 713 students CVSP 207A, C, H 4 sections 100 students Total Sequence II 22 sections 565 students (previous year 476) CVSP 203, 204 18 sections 464 students CVSP 208D, F 4 sections 101 students Combined total 53 sections 1378 students (previous year 1247)

Elective Courses

CVSP 110, 111, 112 5 sections 113 students CVSP 216, 250, 251 3 sections 54 students CVSP 295G, K 2 sections 33 students French 201, 202 2 sections 40 students Chinese 201, 202 3 sections 44 students Total 15 sections 284 students (previous year 222)

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Grand semester total 68 sections 1662 students (previous year 1469) Total number of credit hours: 204 (previous year 192)

Spring Semester 2009-10

Core Curriculum courses (Sequence I and Sequence II)

Total Sequence I 28 sections 734 students (previous year 761) CVSP 201, 202, 205 26 sections 690 students CVSP 207H 2 sections 44 students Total Sequence II 25 sections 696 students (previous year 533) CVSP 203, 204 18 sections 428 students CVSP 208C,D,F,G,I,J 7 sections 168 students Combined total 53 sections 1430 students (previous year 1294)

Elective Courses

CVSP 110, 112 4 sections 87 students CVSP 215, 250, 251 3 sections 57 students CVSP 295L 2 sections 50 students French 201, 202 2 sections 42 students Chinese 201, 202, 203 4 sections 58 students Total 15 sections 294 students (previous year 315)

Grand semester total 68 sections 1724 students (previous year 1609) Total number of credit hours: 204 (previous year 192)

Total both semesters 136 sections 3386 students (previous year 3078) Total no. of credit hours for both semesters: 408 (previous year 384)

Total all 3 semesters 154 sections 3908 students

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D. RESEARCH

Bornedal, Peter

1. Article in press. ―Chiasmatic Reasoning: Strategies of Self-Immunization in Jürgen Habermas‖. To appear in Hugh Silverman (ed.): Chiasmatic Encounters (IAPL‘s 2005 volume: Continuum, New York) (approx. 15 pages). 2. Work in progress. I am working on a new book project, Reading Derrida Reading: A Critical Examination of the Philosophy of Jacques Derrida.

Bualuan, Hayat

1. Book in press. A new edition of Said al-Andalusi‘s Tabaqat al-Umam (Category of Nations), with indexes and a new introduction entitled ―Arab historical writing in Spain till the eleventh century‖, Beirut: Dar al-Fuqat, 2011. 2. Articles in press. a. ―Hanania al Munayyir , A Historian from Lebanon in 19th Century Bilad al Sham‖. To appear in Parole de l‟Orient in 2010. b. ―Mikhail Breik, a precursor of 19th Century Arab Renaissance‖. To appear in Greek Orthodox Historiography, University of Balamand, May 2010. c. ―The Christians under Ottoman Rule in the Writings of Late 18th and Early 19th Century Historians of Bilad al Sham‖. To appear in Proceedings of a conference on Discrimination and Tolerance in the Middle East to be published jointly by L.A.U. and Orient Institut, Beirut, 2010. d. ―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, University of Balamand, 2010. e. ―Christian Historiography in 18th Century Bilad al-Sham‖, an introduction to Mikhail Breik, Tarikh al Sham, edited by Naila Kaidbey to be published by Dar al Nahar, Beirut.in 2011. 3. Work in progress. I am working on a book entitled Historical Thought in 18th Century Bilad al Sham.

Gallagher, Robert

1. Articles in press. a. ―Aristotle on eidei diapherontoi‖, British Journal of the History of Philosophy, 2010-11. b. ―Aristotle's peirastic treatment of the Republic‖, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 2011.

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2. Article submitted. ‗Incommensurability: in Aristotle‘s theory of reciprocal justice‘. 3. Work in progress. a. ―Thomas‘ departure from Aristotle on the philosophy of nature‖. b. ―Kindness and gratitude in Aristotle‘s theory of exchange‖. c. ―Marx‘s criticism of Aristotle‘s theory of value‖. d. ―Aristotle‘s theory of value‖. e. ―The use and abuse of Aristotle‘s Politics in debates on slavery in the Americas‖.

Jarrar, Maher

1. Article in press. ―Ibn Abī Yahyā: A Controversial Medinan Akhbari of the 2nd/8th Century,‖ Transmission and dynamics of the textual sources of Islam, 2011. 2. Article submitted. ―Borders and Boundaries: Trends in the Post Lebanese-War Novel, 1992 – 2009,‖ Borders and Beyond: Workshop in Modern Arabic Literature, the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, May 6-7, 2010.

Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja

1. Edited book submitted. Collecting Practices in the Arab Middle East: Alternative visions of the past, eds. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi and John Pedro Schwartz. Proposal and sample chapters submitted and approved by Ashgate (complete draft manuscript to be submitted by 1 July 2010). 2. Articles submitted. a. ―Textualizing an ongoing loss: al-nakba revisited in Elias Khoury‘s Bab al-Shams (The Gate to the Sun)‖ in Sonja Mejcher-Atassi and John Pedro Schwartz (eds.), Collecting Practices in the Arab Middle East: Alternative visions of the past. b. ―Contemporary book art in the Middle East: The book as document in Iraq‖, submitted to October. 3. Work in progress. a. ―The word in contemporary Arabic book art‖ (working title), solicited by Guild of Book Workers Journal (to be submitted by 30 June 2010). b. ―In search of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra‖, to be submitted to Middle Eastern Literatures by 15 October 2010. c. Reading across modern Arabic literature and art. To be submitted to Reichert by 1 September 2010.

Samaha, Raid

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1. Work in progress. I am working on the nature of scientific explanation and its relation to causality. a. ―Singular causality‖, to be submitted to Analysis. b. ―Counterfactuals and evidence‖, to be worked and submitted to a refereed journal. c. ―Inference to the best explanation‖, to be submitted to the British Journal of the Philosophy of Science. d. ―Compatible contrasts‖, to be re-worked and submitted to Analysis.

Saumarez Smith, Richard

1. 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.

Wrisley, David

1. Articles in press. a. ―al-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani‘s Kitab al-Ilmam: An Arabic literary meditation on the Fall of Alexandria‖, in The Age of Philippe de Mézières, Brill Medieval Mediterranean. b. ―Illumination between Multi-Confessional Debate and Evangelization: Jean Germain‘s Debat du Chrestien et du Sarrasin (BnF fr. 948)‖, commissioned article for The Social Life of Illumination, Eds. Kathryn Smith, Joyce Coleman and Markus Cruse, Turnhout: Brepols. c. ―Images de sainteté au XVe siècle: Tunis, Beyrouth, Damas vues par Anselme Adorno et Joos van Ghistele‖, forthcoming in PUSJ. 2. Reviews in press. a. Review of Sahar Amer, Crossing borders: Love between women in medieval French and Arabic literatures (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008), for Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. b. Review of Susan Marti, Holger Borchert and Bagriele Keck, Splendour of the Burgundian Court: Charles the Bold (1433-1477) (Brussels: Mercatorfunds, 2009) for H-France.net. 3. Work in progress. a. ―(Re)collecting Beirut 1830-1860: Rabih Jaber‘s Beyrut: Medinat al-„Alam,‖ book chapter for an edited volume Collecting Practices in the Middle East, Eds. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi and John Pedro Schwartz.

158 b. ―The Prise d‘Alexandrie‖, a chapter commissioned for A Companion to Guillaume Machaut – An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Master for Brill‘s Companion to Medieval Culture Series, eds. Deborah McGrady and Jennifer Bain. c. ―Raoul Lefevre‘s historical fiction: A violence of origins‖, in Zrinka Stahljak and Noah Guynn (eds.), Commemorating violence: The writing of history in the Francophone Middle Ages, Gallica series at Boydell & Brewer.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Arasoghli, Aida

1. CVSP common lectures. De Beauvoir, Tayeb Salih

Bornedal, Peter

1. CVSP common lectures:. Kant, Nietzsche, Freud-I. 2. Service. a. Member of the expanded advisory committee to the Board of Deans. b. CVSP 204 coordinator. 3. Conference:. ―On essentialistic and formalistic notions of truth: On deconstructing ‗Truth‘ as regulative idea in Habermas and Kant‖, paper to be presented to a conference on Derrida Today at the British Academy, London, July 2010.

Bualuan, Hayat

1. CVSP common lectures. Gilgamesh, Ibn Khaldun, De Beauvoir. 2. Service. a. Member of steering committee, CVSP Forum workshop, ―Revisiting Great Books/Culture Studies Courses: Theory and Practice‖, 14-15 May 2010. b. Member of committee, Zaki Nassif Music Program. c. Member of a committee of a Master‘s thesis in sociology at the University of Balamand, ―Hijab in France: Defense of Secularism, or Attack on Islam? Analysis of news of the Hijab issue in the French Press Coverage‖, August 2009.

Del Lucchese, Filippo

1. CVSP common lectures. Machiavelli. 2. Service. Member of steering committee, CVSP Forum workshop, ―Revisiting Great Books/Culture Studies Courses: Theory and Practice‖, 14-15 May 2010.

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Gallagher, Robert

1. CVSP common lectures. Introduction to Aristotle, Plato-I, Aquinas. 2. Service. a. Chair of CVSP ad hoc committee on General Education. b. Coordinator of book orders. c. Coordinator of CVSP Brown Bag colloquia series. d. CVSP 202 Coordinator, Fall 2009; CVSP 203 coordinator, Spring 2010. e. Chair of ad hoc committee on introducing scriptural texts into core courses. f. FAS Freshman and Majorless Sophomore advisor. g. CVSP representative to Provost‘s writing intensive initiative; his course CVSP 207H has been designated a writing intensive course.

Hassan, Hani

1. Common lectures. Ibn Rushd. 2. Service. a. Secretary of CVSP general meetings. b. Chair, CVSP committee on Teaching Skills and Course Learning Outcomes, in which connection I submitted a draft Proposed Assessment Plan in May 2010. c. Advisor to the AUB Communication Club, Drama Club, Human Rights and Peace Club, Fashion Club, and Press Club. d. Assistant Director of the theater production of Tony Layton‘s Exit Right, Running in May 2010.

Jarrar, Maher

1. Common lectures. Introduction to monotheism and Judaism (295L), Introduction to Islam/al-Muhasibi, Karl Marx. 2. Service to the University. a. CVSP 205 coordinator (Fall semester). b. CVSP Freshman coordinator. c. Coordinator, CVSP Forum workshop, ―Revisiting Great Books/Culture Studies Courses: Theory and Practice‖, 14-15 May 2010. d. Academic advisor to the Palestinian Cultural Club. e. Member, Academic committee, Zaki Nassif Music Program. f. Member, Islamic Studies committee (Office of the Provost). g. Member, Mellon award Humanities and Art committee. h. Chair, Promotion committee. i. Director, Anis K. Makdisi Program in Literature.

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3. Service to the wider community. a. Member, Hay Festival, Beirut 39 (resigned in protest). b. Member, As-Sabil (Friends of Beirut Public Libraries) 4. Conferences. a. ―Borders and Boundaries: Trends in the Post Lebanese-War Novel, 1992 – 2009,‖ Borders and Beyond: Workshop in Modern Arabic Literature, the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, May 6-7, 2010. b. ―Milia, Madame Bovary, Beirut, and the Sacred,‖ Conference on Beirut in the Novel/ Beirut and the Novel, Lebanese University, Beirut, March 10-12, 2010. c. Introduction to and moderator of the first panel in Nadwat al-Riwāya al-„Arabiyya wa ‟l-naqd (The Arabic Novel and its Criticism), January 8-9, 2010, Beirut Capital of World Culture. d. ―Teaching the Arabian Nights,‖ The Arabian Nights: Encounters and Translations in Literature and the Arts, NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, Dec. 15 – 17, 2009. e. Discussant of two papers: ―At the Beginning was the Body: The Story of Adam and Eve in Holy Scripture,‖ by Hammadi al-Mas‘udi (University of Qayrawan, Tunis) and ―Actualizing the Bible among Lebanese Christians,‖ (Kaslik University, Beirut), Literary Readings in the Bible and the Qur‟ān, organized by Institute for Women‘s Studies in the Arab World, LAU and Bahithat, December 3, 2009. f. ―Revisiting Edward Said‘s Legacy,‖ International Edward Said Symposium, organized by The Anis Makdisi Program in Literature at AUB, November 11, 2009.

Khoury, Samira

1. Common lectures. Introduction to Qur‘anic readings (295L), Al-Ghazali. 2. Service. CVSP 205 coordinator.

Kuang, Yafeng

1. Service. Academic advisor to the Chinese Cultural Club.

Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja

1. Common lectures. Thomas Mann. 2. Service. a. FAS member of Library Committee. 3. Conferences and lectures. a. ―Revisiting Great Books/Culture Studies courses: Theory and practice‖, presented to the CVSP Forum workshop at AUB, discussant, 14-15 May 2010.

161 b. ―Contemporary book art in the Middle East: The book as document in Iraq‖, lecture given to the Middle East Centre, St. Anthony‘s College, University of Oxford, 28 January 2010. c. ―‗Abd al-Rahman Munif wa-‘l-fann al-hadith‖, Dhikra ‗Abd al-Rahman Munif, Tajalliyat Art Gallery, Damascus, 8 December 2009.

Sabra, George

1. Common lectures. Augustine-II, Luther.

Samaha, Raid

1. Common lectures. Bacon, Descartes, Enlightenment-II (Bentham), Hawking Popper. 2. Service. a. CVSP 203 coordinator. b. Coordinator, Brown Bag seminars.

Saumarez Smith, Richard

1. Common lectures. Odyssey-II, Herodotus, Aristotle‘s ethics, Machiavelli, Shakespeare‘s The Tempest, Hobbes, Locke, and Enlightenment-I (Adam Smith and Kant). 2. Service to the university a. Director of CVSP. b. University Senate, secretary. c. FAS Advisory Committee. d. FAS Majorless Advisor and Special Student Advisor. 3. Conference/workshop. ―Towards a new agenda for multi-disciplinary research on modern Middle Eastern history‖, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 14-15 May 2010. The workshop was organized to discuss Governing property, ruling the modern state: Law, administration and production in Ottoman Syria, by Martha Mundy and myself (IB Tauris, 2007).

Shebay‘a, Peter

1. Common lectures. Introductory lecture to CVSP 201, Antigone, Introductory lecture to CVSP 202, Introduction to readings from Christian scripture (295L), Augustine-I, Dante-I, Dante-II, Faust-II, Freud-II, Beckett. 2. Service. a. Acting Director, CVSP.

162 b. CVSP 202 and 205 coordinator. c. Director of the theater production in May 2010, Tony Layton‘s Exit Right, Running.

Wrisley, David

1. Common lectures. Lucretius, Virgil-II. 2. Service. a. University Senate, member. b. Acting Chair, FAS Student Disciplinary Affairs committee. c. Freshman Adviser, Fall 2007-present d. Faculty adviser, Chinese Club. 3. Conferences. a. ―Historical fiction of the Lebanese in early 20th century America: Rabih Jaber‘s America‖, presented at the 3rd international conference ―Connections and ruptures: American and the Middle East‖, Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), AUB, Jan 6-9, 2010. b. ―The Alexandrian Expedition Seen from North and South‖ presented at the International conference ―The Age of Philippe de Mézières: Fourteenth-Century Piety and Politics between France, Venice, and Cyprus,‖ University of Nicosia, Cyprus, June 10-15, 2009.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Bualuan, Hayat

1. ―The rise of Druzism in Tarikh Yahya ben Said al-Antaki-Silat Tarkh Utiha‖, Parole de l‟Orient, 34, 2009.

Bornedal, Peter

1. The Surface and the Abyss: Nietzsche as Philosopher of Mind and Knowledge, Walter de Gruyter (Berlin/New York), 2010. (623 pages.) 2. ―Sklave, Sklaverei‖ and ―Mittelmäßigkeit‖, in Nietzsche-Lexikon, Wissenschaftlichen Buchgesellschaft (Darmstadt), 2009, editor Prof. Christian Niemeyer.

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1. ―Mudhakkirāt al-Injīliyyīn al-‗Arab,‖ al-Siyar al-dhātiyya fī bilād al-Shām, eds. Maher Charif and Kais Ezzerelli. Damascus: Dār al-Madā and Institut Français du Proche-Orient, 2009, 47-66. 2. Newspaper supplements. Translation of Etienne Balibar‘s ―Theses for an Alter- Globalising Europe,‖ As-Safir (November 3, 2009), 11. Translation of Etienne Balibar and Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond‘s, ―Mediterranean way for Peace in Israel– Palestine?‖ Radical Philosophy, 140 (November-December, 2006), As-Safir (November 14, 2009), 19.

Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja

1. ―On the necessity of writing the present: Elias Khoury and ‗the birth of the novel‘ in Lebanon‖, and ―The forbidden paradise: How Etel Adnan learned to paint in Arabic‖, in Angelica Neuwirth, Andreas Pflitsch and Barbara Winckler eds.), Arabic literature: Postmodern perspectives, London: Saqi, pp. 87-96 and 311-320.

Wrisley, David

Review of Alexandre Winkler, Le Tropisme de Jérusalem dans la prose et la poésie (XIIe- XIVe siècle). Essai sur la literature des croisades (Paris: Champion, 2006), Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies 85(1): 210-212.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

In order to enrich the quality both of the core offerings (CVSP 201 to 206) and of individual courses in Sequence-I and Sequence-II (CVSP 207 and 208), CVSP embarked in 2008-09 on a five-year plan to recruit new faculty in the professorial rank. This year F. Del Lucchese joined the faculty, but for unforeseen reasons he had to leave after only one semester. At the same time positions were advertised in classical Islamic philosophy and in Enlightenment Studies. At the time of writing this report, we hope that both positions will be filled for the coming year.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

During this academic year, the CMPS department achieved considerable improvements to its undergraduate and graduate programs aiming at increasing the enrolment at the undergraduate level. The following summarizes the major accomplishments:

1. A new required course CMPS 299 was introduced. The course is a typical 3- credit Graduation Project course giving students the opportunity to integrate knowledge accumulated in different courses. 2. A general framework was introduced for the restructuring of the CMPS undergraduate into tracks or concentrations in specific areas in computer science. According to this framework, a concentration area consists of 12 credits among which the 3 credits of the CMPS 299 are required and the corresponding project must be implemented in the same area of the concentration. In order to maintain the same number of required credits in the major, the contents of the two courses CMPS 253 and CMPS 282 were finally revised. It was decided to make the former a new required course in software engineering and the latter an advanced elective course in Software Engineering. 3. A concentration of Graphics and Multimedia was introduced. The list of elective courses from which the corresponding credits could be chosen was also identified. It is expected that concentrations in other areas such as Network and Web development, and Software Engineering will be considered during the next academic year. 4. A minor in Digital Art was also introduced. This was designed in collaboration with the Fine Arts and Art History Department. The minor consists of 18 credits divided equally between CMPS and FAAH. Among these courses, CMPS 299 is a required course to be implemented in collaboration between the CMPS and the FAAH Department. 5. Various new elective courses were also introduced. These are: CMPS 210 Digital Imaging, CMPS 220 Foundations of Digital Media, CMPS 259 Multimedia Programming, CMPS 273 Network Programming, CMPS 278 Web Programming and Design, CMPS 289 Human Computer Interaction, and CMPS 290 Multimedia Design. 6. The CMPS 200 was split into two components: CMPS 200 (3 Credits) and a lab component: CMPS 200L (1 Credit). The CMPS 212 was also split into CMPS

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212 and CMPS 212L. Both courses will be revamped over the summer to prepare for such changes. 7. A revision of CMPS 211 was carried out in collaboration with the Mathematics Department to better coordinate its cross-listed course Math 211.

All of the above were approved by the FAS Curriculum Committee, and are expected to be implemented as of October 2010. At the Graduate level, the department approved the gradual establishment of a professional Master‘s degree. In this respect, the project option was restructured to consist of 12 required credits, 12 elective credits, 3 credits from OSB, and a 3- credit project to be carried out in collaboration with an enterprise partner. Several industrial partners were contacted and many have agreed in principle on such collaboration. At the research level, many CMPS Faculty members presented papers at reputable conferences, participated in the Program Committees, acted as reviewers to many journals in the field, and as guest editors for special issues. The ASHA Computer Graphics and Animation Lab (CG&A lab) was equipped with a desktop 3D printer and a portable 3D lazer scanner. ASHA generously approved our proposal to establish a multimedia Macintosh lab. The Lab is planned to be fully operational by the end of this summer. The Department continued its efforts to enrich the current undergraduate curriculum. The syllabi of the undergraduate courses were revisited to include specific learning outcomes that are aligned with the Program Learning Outcomes. The department was asked to prepare for the process of PLO assessment. The department‘s web page is continuously being updated with new and informative data. The HTTP address remains: http://www.cs.aub.edu.lb/. It is now linked to the main AUB web page and the FAS web page. With regard to the Computational Science Program, the CMPS Department continues to provide basic functionality in terms of secretarial and lab assistance. Moreover, the CMPS department is helping in the offering of many cross-listed courses both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. As usual, the CMPS Department in coordination with the CMPS Alumni Chapter held its annual reunion to honor the graduating students of 2010. This year, students from the Master‘s program were honored as well. Symbolic awards were distributed to students with the highest general cumulative average, and with the highest average in Computer Science courses. The Chapter also held its annual dinner, which was attended by key representatives from the Executive Board of the WAAAUB and the IT community operating in Lebanon. Dr. Jureidini coordinated both events.

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The revision of the CMPS 209, which is mainly dedicated to OSB students, continued. A draft proposal is completed and awaiting the feedback of OSB. The Access Control system and the Surveillance system are both fully operational. Faculty members‘ offices were refurbished with new furniture. Throughout this year the CMPS department: 1. Commissioned a high performance iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) designed to deliver storage consolidation and data management capabilities. 2. Upgraded the Storage Area Network (SAN) disk capacity by installing 5 X 300 GB SAS hard disks to deliver enterprise data protection. 3. Deployed two high end Dell power edge servers, model R710, to connect to SAN. Each server is equipped with two Intel Xeon processors and 16 GB RAM. 4. Commissioned two Dell Power Connect switches to connect the two servers to the SAN to increase bandwidth and faster data access. 5. Upgraded the printing‘s quota subsystem to the latest version on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 6. Equipped the graphics and the animation lab (Bliss lab 210B) with a 3D hand held scanner. 7. Acquired a 64 Bit HP laptop for the 3D scanner. 8. Deployed 35 DELL Optiplex GX760 PCs to replace old PCs in Bliss Labs 114 and 208. 9. Deployed Microsoft Forefront antivirus software in 160 PCs at Bliss Hall. 10. Deployed Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack Three at Bliss Labs 114, 207, 208, 209, 210A and 210B. 11. Commissioned two brand new PCs for the smart rooms (Bliss 105 & 205). 12. Deployed Fedora core 12 at Bliss labs 114. 13. Deployed new PCs for various faculty members. 14. Deployed the latest version of Mozilla Firefox in all Bliss Labs (114, 207, 208, 209, 210A & 210B) 15. Set up dual functionality (Windows XP & Fedora 11) lab for the computational science program in Bliss 206. 16. Provided continuous updates to Bliss labs by deploying the latest software and technology. 17. Improved the department‘s on-line lab reservation system. 18. Decommissioned old PCs and transferred them to various departments within the FAS. 19. Developed and deployed a program capable of purging old data from users‘ accounts. 20. Configured and deployed a Network Time Protocol on Red Hat Linux to synchronize the time of a client computer for all Bliss labs. 21. Hosted on-line Moodle exams for the following departments: Physics, Biology, Nursing Management, Economics.

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22. Provided technical support students to the departments of Computer Science, and Mathematics, and the Computational Science Program. 23. Provided wireless support to students and faculty members. 24. Set up dual boot functionality (Windows XP & fedora 11) for all PCs in Bliss Labs 209 and 210A. 25. Acquired 3D printer for the graphics and animation lab (Bliss 210B). 26. Modified the DNS and the DHCP daemons on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to include secondary and tertiary DNS entries for the students‘ and faculty‘s subnets.

The following are work in progress: 1. Commissioned a fire and smoke detection system for the (109 Bliss lab). 2. Tested Windows 7. 3. Troubleshooted network issues related to bandwidth. 4. Engaged Physical Plant to develop a solution for the unbalanced load on one phase of the 2 X 30 KVAs UPS. 5. Created a dedicated domain for the graphics and animation lab.

B.PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Abu Salem, Fatima K. Assistant Professor Ph.D. Attie, Paul C. Associate Professor Ph.D. Jureidini, Wadi N. Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Karam, Marcel R. Associate Professor Ph.D. Keyrouz, Walid T. Lecturer Ph.D. Mukaddam, Wassim G. Instructor M.S. Nasri, Ahmad H. Professor Ph.D. Safa, Haidar H. Associate Professor Ph.D. Sidani Bohsali, Hayat A. Instructor M.S. Turkiyyah, George M. Associate Professor Ph.D.

2. Research Assistants

First Semester Bou Karam, Wajih Yassine, Zahraa

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Charara, Ali Younes, Georges Yassine, Fawzi

Second Semester Adaimy, Ralf Gemayel, Elias Bou Karam, Wajih Yassine, Zahraa Charara, Ali Younes, Georges Yassine, Fawzi

3. Graduate Assistants

First Semester Meguerditchian, Christine Tohme, Kamal El Samman Kaakaji, Taysseer Rahal, Ramy Yassine, Fawzi Charara, Ali Younes, Georges Moutaweh, Marwa

Second Semester Meguerditchian, Christine Younes, Georges El Samman Kaakaji, Tohme, Kamal Taysseer Rahal, Ramy Moutaweh, Marwa Charara, Ali Yassine, Fawzi

4. Non Academic Staff

Hamam, Mike Maalouf, Rima

C. TEACHING

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1. Number of Graduating Students:

Oct.2009 2 BS Feb. 2010 11 June 2010 24 Oct. 2009 4 M.S Feb. 2010 0 June.2010 0

2. Number of Students Majoring in Computer Science:

Expected June Class Oct-09 Feb-10 Grand Total 2010 GR 16 20 0 36 IE 0 1 0 1 JR 45 52 31 128 PG 2 2 1 5 SO 108 88 34 230 SR 41 47 17 105 Grand Total 212 210 83 505

3. Student Enrollment in Computer Science Courses:

Oct-09 Feb-10 June 2010 200-209 623 380 49 210-299 348 340 64 >300 27 43 2

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered in Computer Science:

Oct-09 Feb-10 June 2010 200-209 7 10 7 210-299 31 34 13 >300 30 36 6

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D. RESEARCH

Abu Salem, Fatima

1. Cache-Oblivious Polygon Indecomposability Testing. Paper accepted for publication in the proceedings of the Parallel Symbolic Computation International Workshop (PASCO 2010). 2. Communication balancing in the parallel Gottfert algorithm.Collaborators: Lama Tamim (CMPS). Paper under revision.

Attie, Paul

1. Impossibility of Boosting Distributed Service Resilience. Paper accepted for publication in the journal Information and Computation (http://projects.csail.mit.edu/iandc/). Collaborators: Nancy Lynch (MIT), Rachid Guerraoui (EPFL Switzerland), Petr Kouznetsov (Technishe Universitat Berlin), and Sergio Rajsbaum (UNAM Mexico). 2. Liveness Preserving Simulation Relations. Paper submitted to the journal Formal Methods in System Design, and now in the second round of review. Collaborators: none.

Karam, Marcel

1. Handling Sharable Queries in both Streaming and Stored XML Documents. Collaborators: Rana Awada (CMPS) Paper accepted with minor revision in the International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems. 2. Early Adaptation Aspects Extraction in Web Development. Collaborators: Joumana Dargham (Balamand University), Loa Aoude (CMPS)Paper accepted in the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, 2010. 3. Quantifying the programming skills of first year programming concepts. Collaborators: Angela Carbone (University of Monash), Mario Awad (CMPS). Ongoing. 4. ―Visual Learning of XQuery‖. Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology To be submitted Nov 2010. Collaborator: Hala Oleik. 5. ―Interactive Fault Localization for Imperative Languages.‖ Collaborator: Ayman Abi Abdallah (CMPS). To be submitted to IEEE Transaction on Software Engineering.

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6. ―Interprocedural Data-flow Testing for Dataflow Testing‖. Collaborators: Smedley, Trevor and Sergiu Dascalu, Sergiu. To be submitted to IEEE Transaction on Software Engineering.

Nasri, Ahmad

1. B-spline Interpolation with Prescribed Tangent and Curvature Vectors. Collaborators: Takashi Meakawa, Shoichi Okaniwa, Takahiko Rachi, Yokohama National University, Abdulwahed Abbas, University of Balamand. Ongoing, paper submitted. 2. Sketch-Based Garment Design and Animation. Collaborators: Zahra Yassen (CMPS), Nadia Thalmman and Pascal Volino (University of Geneva), Wajih BouKaram (CMPS). Ongoing, one paper published. Funding: LNCSR & Francophone Agency. 3. Interactive Virtual Exposition of Francophone Clothing. Collaborators: Nadia Thalmman *(University of Geneva), and Mahdia Museum (Tunisia). Funded: Francophone agency, Switzerland. In progress. 4. T-Skinning Subdivision Surfaces. Collaborators: Khaled Sinno (CMPS), Thomas Sederberg (Brigham Young University), and Jinamin Zheng (Nan Yang Technological University) Funding: URBThesis defended and paper under preparation. 5. Curve-based Morphing of Subdivision Models.Collaborators: B. Wyvill (University of Victoria*), S. Fatayri (CMPS) Thesis defended and paper under preparation. 6. ―Sketch Based Modeling for Subdivision Surfaces.‖Collaborators: Wajih Bou Karam (CMPS), F. Samavati (University of Calgary) Ongoing project, paper accepted. In the ACM / Eurographics Workshop on Sketch Based Modeling Interface 2009, New Orleans. An extended journal paper is under preparation

Safa, Haidar

1. A server-in-the-middle approach for enabling mobile devices to discover and invoke web service methods on-demand. Collaborators: Artail H. In Press 2. Cache invalidation, management, and architecture in mobile environments. Collaborators: Artail H. Papers under preparation. 3. Location management scheme for mobile IP networks. Paper under preparation. 4. Scheduling in WIMAX networks. Paper under review. 5. Monitoring for WIMAX networks. Paper under review. 6. Power aware routing in heterogeneous mobile ad hoc network. Paper under preparation.

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7. Strategies for sink placement and sensor to node binding in WSN. Ongoing. 8. Cluster-based service discovery model for mobile devices in mobile ad hoc networks. Collaborators: Artail H. Paper under preparation. 9. Multipath routing in WSN. Final Stage. 10. Location tracking in WSN. Ongoing.

Turkiyyah, George

1. An Interactive 3D Virtual Simulator for Surgical Cutting and Suturing. Collaborators: Georges Yonues (CMPS). Ongoing. Funded: LNCSR. 2. Optimization Models and Algorithms for Energy-efficient Joint Uplink/Downlink UMTS Radio Network Planning with SIR-based Power Control. Collaborators: Amin Abdel-Khaled, Lina Al-Kanj, Zaher Dawy (FEA)Paper under preparation. 3. Anisotropic optimization-based approaches to mesh generation. Collaborators: Arax Daneghians (CMPTL). Thesis defended and paper in progress. 4. CAD-Based Finite Elements with Local Refinement. Funded: URB 2008. Paper under preparation. 5. GPUCLAW: A CUDA-based Finite Volume Solution Framework. Collaborators: Taysseer Kaakaji (CMPS), Walid Keirouz (CMPS). Ongoing.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Abu Salem, Fatima

Member of the PC committee of the SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, Washington, Seattle, February 2010. Reviewer for SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, July 2009 till present. Computer Science Department Textbooks and Library coordinator. Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Member of the Computational Sciences Group. Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Member of the Faculty Graduate Committee. Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Member of the Faculty Students‘ Affairs Committee. University: Member of the Board of Graduate Studies. University: Member of the University Students Affairs Committee.

Attie, Paul

Participated in the revision of the Software Engineering courses.

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Monash University, Visiting Associate Professor. June 2009 Feb - 2010. Prepared syllabi for Multimedia courses. Participated in the revision of the Software Engineering courses.

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Member of the Board of Directors of the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research. Member of the editorial board of the following journals: International Journal of Shape Modeling International Journal of Computer Aided Design and Applications. International Journal on CAD/CAM. Lebanese Science Journal International Journal for Software and Informatics. Refereed more than 30 papers for: The 2010 SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling. The International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents. The Shape Modeling International 2010, SMI'10, 21-23 June 2010 Arts et Métiers Paris Tech , Aix-en-Provence, France. Computer-Aided Design Journal. ACM Transactions on Graphics. IEEE Computer Graphics & Visualizations. Computer & Graphics. Qatar Foundations, Undergraduate Research Experience Program. Served as a member of the PC committee of the following: The International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents. ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, September 1-3, 2010. Computer-Aided Design 10 Conference, Dubai, June 2010. CGiV10 - 7th International Conference Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization, 10 - 13 August 2010, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. The Computer Graphics International 2010, Singapore, June 8-11, 2020. The Shape Modeling International 2010, 21-23 June, 2010. Participated in the supervision and defense of the following Master‘s theses and projects: Sketch-based Modeling for Subdivision Surfaces, W. Bou Karam, defended June 2010. Fitting Subdivision Surface Based on Approximation of Feature Lines, Ramzia Al- Faraj. Mobile-based Manipulation of Geographic Information Systems, Wael Mlaeb.

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At AUB: Chairperson of the CMPS department. Participated in various REP office projects. Member of the Search Committee for the VP for IT. Prepared a proposal for a digital art minor in collaboration with the Fine and Performing Art and History department. The proposal was approved by the FAS curriculum Committee to be launched in October 2010. Prepared a proposal for a general framework for introducing tracks in Computer Science, and a proposal for introducing a Multimedia/Graphics track. Both proposals are approved by the FAS Curriculum Committee to be launched in October, 2010. Participated in sessions for assessing Program Learning Outcomes. Attended the following conferences: Computer Graphics International, Singapore 8-11 June, 2010. Trip supported by URB. Chaired the session on Rendering. Join-MED Workshop, CNRS, 21-22 May, 2010. European Join-MED Networking Events, 5-7 December 2009, Amman, Jordan. Supported by Join-MED. Talks: Sketch-Based Modeling of Subdivision Objects, College for Women, University of Kuwait, invited talk, supported by Kuwait University, May 2010. Towards Sketch Based Garment Design and Animation, Computer Graphics International 2010, Nan Yang Technological University, Singapore, June 8- 11, 2010. Computer Aided Design & Computer Graphics, KAUST-AUB workshop, invited talk. Submitted proposals to Qatar Foundation, EU FP7, and CEDRE. Invited visit to 3D modeling and Visualization Center, KAUST. Trip supported by KAUST. Received a URB Long Term Faculty Development Grant to visit the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, August-September 2009. Visit to the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Feb. 2010. Attended the Parallel Programming and Multicore Workshop, American University of Beirut in collaboration with Intel Corporation, November 20-22, 2009. Received a URB Short Term Faculty Development Grant to attend the CGI 2010 conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2010.

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The ACM International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems (Mobility‘09), September 2-4, 2009, Nice, France Guest editor. International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), Special Issue on: "Service-Oriented Computing and Separation of Concerns". Served on TPC of the following conferences: The 2nd International Symposium on Emerging Ubiquitous and Pervasive Systems (EUPS-10) (in conjunction with The 13th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS-2010)) The IEEE/IFIP Third International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, December 20-23, 2009, Cairo, Egypt. The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob‘2009), 2009, Marrakech, Morocco. Reviewer for the following Journals: the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, The IEEE Communications Letters, Journal of Network and computer applications, Research Letters in Communications, the ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications, International Journal of Communication Systems. International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing.

Turkiyyah, George

Presented the following talks: Mesh Cutting for Real-time Physical Simulation at the ACM Solid and Physical Modeling, San Francisco, Oct 2009. Finite Element Modeling for High Fidelity Surgical Simulation at ITAB-- International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, Larnaca, Cyprus, Nov 2009. Real-time Physical Simulation at the LSMS Conference---Lebanese Society for the Mathematical Sciences Conference. Beirut, Jan 2010. Two Challenging Problems for Arabic Language Processing at Google Zurich, Feb 2010. Real Time Finite Modeling for High Fidelity Surgical Simulation at KAUST. May 2010. Real-time Finite Element Methods for Interactive Simulations CAMS, AUB, May 2010. Participated in IAMCS---Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Spring Symposium, KAUST, May 2010.

F. PUBLICATIONS

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Fatima K. Abu Salem and Rawan N. Soudah, ―An empirical study of cache- oblivious polygon indecomposability testing‖, Computing (2010) 88, no. 1:55-78.

Karam, Marcel

Marcel Karam and Maha Abou Brahim. ―Synchronous Online Help Support with Visual Instruction Aids for Workflow-based MVC Web Applications‖. ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communication (SIGDOC) Proceedings of the 27th ACM international conference on Design of communication. Pages: 105-114. 2009. Marcel Karam, Mario Awa, Angela Carbone, Joumana Dargham, "Assisting Students with Typical Programming Errors During a Coding Session," ITNG, pp. 42-47, 2010 Seventh International Conference on Information Technology, 2010. Marcel Karam, Marwa El-Ghali, Hiba Halabi. "Visualizing Pointer-related data flow Interactions". pp. 112-117, 2009. Fifteenth International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, 2009

Nasri, Ahmad

Abbas, A., Nasri, A., Takashi, M. Generating B-spline curves with points, normals and curvature constraints: a constructive approach, The Visual Computer Journal, 26, nos. 6-8 (2010): 823-829. Yasseen, Nasri, Velo, Thalmann, BouKaram, Toward a Sketch-Based Garment Design and Animation, Proceedings of Computer Graphics International 2010. Nasri, Sabin, Yasseen, filling N-sided holes for subdivisions surfaces, Computer Graphics Forum Journal, 28, no. 6 (2009) : 1644 - 1650 Nasri, A. Bou Karam, W., and Samavati, F. Sketch-based subdivision models, Proceedings of the 6th ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, New Orleans, Louisiana. Diab, H., Kashani, A., Nasri, A. Cache Replacement Engine: A fuzzy logic approach, Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on the Current Trends in Information Technology, art. no. 5423141 (2009): 7-13. Turkiyyah, Bou Karam, Ajami, and Nasri. Mesh Cutting During Real-time Physical Simulation: 2009 SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling, pages: 159-168, San Francisco, California.

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Safa, H., and Mirza, O., ―A Load Balancing Energy Efficient Clustering Algorithm for MANETS‖ Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 23, no. 4, 2010 pp. 463-483. Safa, H., Artail, H., Nahhas, M., ―A Cache Invalidation Strategy for Mobile Networks‖, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 33, no. 2, 2010, pp. 168-182. Safa, H., Artail H., Tabet, D. ―A Cluster-Based Trust-Aware Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks‖, Springer/ACM Journal of Wireless Networks, vol. 16, no. 4, 2010, pp. 969-984. Artail, H., Safa, H., Idris, H., ―Compacting SQL Queries for Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Network applications‖, the International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems, vol. 3, no. 4, 2009, pp. 440-460. Yassine, F. and Safa, H., ―A Hybrid DV-Hop for Localization in Large Scale Wireless Senor Networks‖, in Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems (Mobility2009), September 2- 4, 2009, Nice, France, pp. 1-6. Safa, H. and Kassab, W., ―Dominating Set-based Location Management Architecture for Mobile IP Networks‖, in Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems (Mobility2009), September 2-4, 2009, Nice, France, pp. 1-4.

Turkiyyah, George

Lina Al-Kanj, Zaher Dawy, George Turkiyyah. A Mathematical Optimization approach for Radio Network Planning of GSM/UMTS Co-Siting. IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2009. George Turkiyyah, Wajih Bou Karam, Zeina Ajami , Ahmad Nasri. Mesh Cutting During Real-time Physical Simulation, SPM '09: 2009 SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling, pages: 159--168, San Francisco, California, doi. Amin Abdel-Khaled, Lina Al-Kanj, Zaher Dawy, George Turkiyyah. Site Placement and Site Selection Algorithms for UMTS Radio Planning with Quality Constraints. 17th International Conference on Telecommunications, 2010.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The following items could be considered in the forthcoming year: a. Finalize other concentrations areas such as in Network and Web development, and Software Engineering.

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b. Establish a plan to assess the Program Learning Outcomes. c. Revisit the contents of CMPS 212, 256, 258, and CMPS 255. d. Coordinate the cross-listed course CMPS 251 with Math 251. e. Establish teaching laboratories for Computer Hardware, and Networking. f. Complete the revision of the CMPS 209 course as indicated by the school of OSB and other departments. g. Implement a teaching evaluation procedure to assess the performance of Graduate Assistants. h. Continue the gradual establishment of the professional M.S. degree. i. Revise the requirement of the current master program.

As for the enhancing of the computing and other facilities, we need to: . 1. Upgrade the current network infrastructure from cat 5e to cat 6e. 2. Provide continuous updates to Bliss labs by deploying latest technologies. 3. Appoint additional IT staff to run the Computer Science Department effectively and smoothly. 4. Allocate time and funds for the system administrator to attend technical training to further expand his technical skill sets. 5. Replace wooden doors with fire rated doors for all six labs at Bliss Hall. 6. Extend the surveillance camera system to cover the third floor of Bliss. 7. Renovate the computer labs with new desks and furniture. Finally, the issue of establishing an e -Department will be continued.

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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

Undergraduate enrollment increased during the 2009-2010 academic year, as did the number of students in the two MA‘s offered by the department (MA in Economics and MA in Financial Economics). Last year the department had about 330 Economics students, while this year the number is at 348. The number of graduate students increased from 57 to 70 students. For the year 2009/2010 (2008/2009), the number of students enrolled in Economics courses totaled 4097 (3830) and students majoring in Economics totaled 348 (330). Credit hours offered were 480 (462). The number of graduating majors stood at 28 (28) in the first semester and 106 (82) in the second semester. The two Master‘s degrees in Economics had a total enrollment of 70 students. The pipeline remained fairly strong: of the 50 graduate applications received as of May 2009 for the Fall 2010-2011 enrollment, the Department made positive recommendations to the Graduate Committee for 18 applicants to both MAs as regular graduates, another 8 as prospective graduates, and 7 graduates on probation. The department continued to look into the nature of prerequisites and appropriate curricular revisions. The department considered the nature of prerequisites for the two MA degrees and reduced the number of pre-requisite courses to five as follows: ECON 217, 214, and 227 plus Math 201 and 202. The Department of Economics did not this year experience a decrease in faculty members at the professorial rank. One assistant professor Darius Martin joined the department in October 2009 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Department advertised positions in several areas of economics last year at all professorial ranks. Two offers at the full professor level have so far been extended with the hope that both applicants will join the Department during the next academic year. With the help of the department, some undergraduate and graduate students were successful in securing employment in prestigious local and international organizations stationed in Beirut and abroad.

Public Lectures, Workshops and Seminars

The department organized jointly with the Institute of Financial Economics a series of public lectures by invited experts. Presenters included international,

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Individual/group seminars delivered by outside speakers included: 1. Workshop with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on ―International and Arab Perspectives on Recent Economic Crises-Market or State Failure?‖. Participants including academicians and experts from AUB, Lebanon and Arab countries. June 19, 2010, IFE, Nicely Hall, 316. 2. Lecture by Dr. Charbel Nahhas (Minister of Telecommunications) on ―The Role of Telecommunications in Lebanon‘s Development‖. April 12, 2010, West Hall, Auditorium B. 3. Workshop by Dr. Yusuf Khalil (The Bank of Lebanon), on ―Capital Inflows and Monetary Policy in Lebanon,‖. November 16, 2009, IFE, Nicely Hall, 316. 4. Lecture by Professor Lynda Khalaf (University of Carleton, Canada), on ―Modeling Oil Prices‖; November 2, 2009, IFE, Nicely Hall 316.

The Department also organized job talks whereby potential candidates gave presentations on their ongoing research to departmental faculty and graduate students as well as to interested colleagues from other departments. For this academic year they included:

1. Prof. Paul Makdissi, University of Ottawa, Pro-Poor Tax Reforms, With an Application to Mexico. Friday March 12, 2010. 2. Prof. Leo Michelis, Ryerson University, The Dependence Structure Between The Canadian Stock Exchange and the US/Canada Exchange Rate: A Copula Approach. Friday May 7, 12010. 3. Prof. Maris Goldmanis, University of Chicago, E-commerce and the Market Structure of Retail Industries. Friday February 19, 2010.

B. PERSONNEL

1 . Faculty Members

Neaime, Simon Professor & Chair Ph.D. Dagher, Leila Assistant Professor Ph.D. Marktanner. Marcus Assistant Professor Ph.D. Martin, Darius Assistant Professor Ph.D. Ruble, Isabella Assistant Professor Ph.D.

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Salti, Nisreen Assistant Professor Ph.D. Ramadan, Usamah Lecturer Ph.D. Sirhan, Ghazi Senior Lecturer (P.T.) Ph.D. Sadaka, Richard Lecturer (P.T.) Ph.D. Nasser, Yassar Lecturer (P.T.)** Ph.D. Aoun, Paul Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Abboud, Montaha Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Boghossian, Myrna Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Bou Diab, Sara Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Cortbawi, Rima Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Dabbous, Amal Instructor (P.T.) M.A. El-Khalil, Iyad Instructor (P.T.) M.A. El-Khoury, Yasmine Instructor (P.T.)* M.A. El-Saghir, Sandra Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Haidar, Walid Instructor (P.T.)* M.A. Jibai, Rania Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Kanaan, Maya Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Khoury, Nicole Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Makki, Malak Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Mecherkany, Rami Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Tabsh, Hala Instructor (P.T.) M.A. Turk, Diala Instructor (P.T.) M.A. *Fall 2009/2010 **Spring 2009/2010

2. Research Assistants

Canaan, Serena Patricia Najmeddine, Rasha El-Choueiry, Jana Rashed, Mario El-Dib, Chebli Wehbe, Layal Nader, Pamela

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester Abi Faris, Amanda Najmeddine, Rasha Chahine, Youssef Nassar, Rawan

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El-Choueiry, Jana Rached, Mario Kanaan, Niveen Rohana, Mary Noelle Moubarak, Ramona Salami, Hadi Nader, Pamela Wehbe, Layal Yacoubian, Talar

Spring Semester Al Borgi, Sarah Hourany, Sarah Antonious, Leen Ibrahim, Tarek Canaan, Serena Patricia Mouganie, Pierre El-Dib Chebli Youssef, Batoul

4. Non Academic Staff

Attie, Silvie Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors:

B.A. Oct. 2009 6 Feb. 2010 16 June 2010 86

M.A. Oct. 2009 1 (Financial Economics) Feb. 2010 5 (Financial Economics) June 2010 1( Econ.) 19 (Financial Economics

2. Number of Majors

Graduates (Economics) 10 Graduates (Financial Economics) 49 Prospective Grad. (Financial Econ.) ) 9 Prospective Graduates (Economics) 2 Seniors 115 Juniors 112 Sophomore 51

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3.Student Enrollment in Courses:

Summer Fall Spring Total 2009 Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above 39 102 96 237

Courses numbered 211 through 299 186 1730 1595 3511

Courses numbered 200 through 210 15 36 34 85

Courses numbered below 200 5 129 130 264

Total 245

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Summer 2009 Fall Spring Total Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above 12 15 33 6 Courses numbered 211 through 299 201 180 399 18 Courses numbered 200 through 210 3 3 9 3 Courses numbered below 200 18 18 39 3 Total 30

D. RESEARCH

Dagher, Leila

1. Ruble, I. and Dagher, L. Challenges to International Climate Policy – Lessons Learned and Alternatives. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses. In print. 2. The National Economic, Environment and Development Studies (NEEDS) for Climate Change is aimed at identifying financing needs to implement adaptation and

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In Press: 1. Lebanon: The Constrained Democracy and its National Developmental Impact (with S. Makdisi and F. Kiwan) in I. Elbadawi and S. Makdisi (eds), Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit (Routledge, 2010 forthcoming). 2. Precarious Consociationalism: Lebanon's Predicament in Promoting Development (with S. Makdisi) in K.C. Roy & A. Medhekar (eds), Readings in World Development, Globalization and Development: Country Experiences (Nova Science Publishers, 2010 forthcoming). 3. Addressing the Marketing Problem of the Social Market Economy in Glossner C. and Gregosz D. (Eds), 60 Years of Social Market Economy Formation, Development and Perspectives of a Peacemaking Formula, Bornheim, Germany, 2010 (forthcoming). 4. An Explorative Study into Qualitative Regime Transitions (with H. Bekdash and L. Salman), Journal of International Development (forthcoming 2010, early view available online at http://bit.ly/asMItm).

In Progress: 1. Economic and Political Dimensions of Renewable and Nuclear Energies in North Africa (with Raja Najmeddine), invited paper for special issue of Energy Policy (under review). Paper examines the political-economic pros and cons of nuclear vs. renewable energy policies. 2. Sectarianism and Mistrust – The Case of Lebanon (with Rasha Najmeddine). Paper argues that sectarianism in Lebanon is both a source and cause of intra- societal mistrust and intra-societal mistrust leads to an undersupply of public goods (working paper available).

Martin, Darius

1. ―Medium Frequency Fluctuations in Macroeconomic Variables,‖ with Marek Kapicka. The paper shows that changes in demography can explain an apparent

185 puzzle in medium-run economic data – the countercyclicality of GDP and labor supply at low frequencies. Funded by URB Seed Grant. In progress. 2. Several ongoing projects, at various stages of completion, study minimum wage laws and their effect on inequality. 3. I‘m collaborating on a project with Marcus Marktanner on the theoretical foundations of Social Market Economics. Our model analyzes whether redistribution can be Pareto Optimal given the presence of non-tradable educational opportunity and a human capital externality. This research is at an initial exploratory stage.

Neaime, Simon

1. Testing the Expectations Hypothesis in the Emerging Markets of the Middle East: An Application to the Egyptian and Lebanese Treasury Securities with S. Hakim. Financial Econometrics Handbook, Chapman-Hall/Taylor & Francis Press 2010. Forthcoming. Despite many rejections, the expectations hypothesis remains the widely accepted premise believed to explain the shape of the yield curve. This paper investigates the stochastic properties of the term structure of interest rates in several emerging bond markets in the Middle East. Our results will test whether their interest rates can be modeled as unit root processes. Further cointegration analysis will investigate if the interest rates of different maturities drift apart or move together over time, a finding which lends support to the expectations hypothesis. Our results are expected to shed light on the Middle East bonds market, a region where interest rates have received little attention before. 2. The Basel Accord and Market Risk of European Commercial Banks: A VAR Analysis. This paper assesses the exposure of large European banks to the volatility of their underlying risk drivers adopting quantitative internal models to measure market risk as specified in the Basel Accord. Using a sample of 31 large commercial banks across 8 European countries, we analyze the effectiveness of their risk management policy between 2000 and 2009. The Interest rate, exchange rate and market risk drivers are identified in a three factor Capital Asset Pricing Model. 3. Sustainability of MENA Public Debt and the Macroeconomic Implications of the US Financial Crisis. Middle East Development Journal, Forthcoming, 2011. In the wake of the recent US financial crisis and after the accumulation of sizeable public debts especially in the emerging MENA countries of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, the financial distress of the public sector has become a major source of concern for policy makers in the region. Using time series econometric tests, and the Present Value Constraint model, this study examines the sustainability of MENA public debt. The empirical results point to strong sustainability of fiscal policies in Tunisia, weak sustainability in Egypt, mixed results

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Ruble, Isabella

1. ―The welfare effects of alternative electricity pricing schemes in Lebanon.‖ This paper explores alternative options in electricity tariff setting. The paper is close to completion and will be submitted shortly. 2. ―Regulatory Options for the Lebanese Back-Up Electricity Generation Sector‖, this paper considers the legalization of electricity provision by so-called neighborhood electricity providers that currently operate in a legal gray zone. 3. ―Challenges to International Climate Policy – Lessons Learned and Alternatives‖. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, forthcoming. With Leila Dagher.

Salti, Nisreen

1.―Cash targeting in polarized societies: the case of Lebanon,‖ joint with Jad Chaaban. Funded by: Economic Research Forum-Global Development Network, under review at the Middle East Journal. 2. ―Oil greasing the wheels: when are natural resources a blessing?,‖ revised, resubmitted to Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. 3. ―The Role of Sectarianism in the Allocation of Public Expenditure in Post-War Lebanon,‖ with Jad Chaaban, under review in the International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 4. ―The economic costs of tobacco on the Lebanese economy,‖ with Jad Chaaban and Nadia Naamani. funded by: Issam Fares Institute, AUB, under review at Tobacco Control. 5. ―Contesting relative deprivation: a multidisciplinary theoretical and historical critique,‖ with Afamia Kaddour*, under review at Social Science and Medicine.

In progress 1. ―Power-sharing, service delivery and economic policy for development in post- conflict countries: the case of Lebanon,‖ with Samer Frangie, in progress. 2. ―Inequality and the composition of public debt,‖ data being gathered, proposal drafted.

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1. Awarded a long-term faculty development grant to spend the summer as a research fellow at Harvard‘s Kennedy School of Government. 2. Member of the FAS Undergraduate Admission Committee. 3. Member of the Unified Admissions Committee. 4. Supervising one M.A. thesis. 5. Member of the thesis/project committee of 10 students. 6. Academic advisor for around 80 undergraduate students. 7. Presented a paper on mitigation in the power sector at the conference ‗Impact of Climate Change in Lebanon‘ held at NDU, June 3-4 2010. 8. Participated in the NEEDS inception workshop held at AUB, August 18, 2009. 9. Participated in the Second Consultation workshop on Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation organized by the Ministry of Environment, April 14, 2010. 10. Attended the 10th International Association for Energy Economics European Conference in Vienna, 7 – 10 September 2009. 11. Involved in preparing the comprehensive exam and grading them twice.

Marktanner, Marcus

1. Will Syria's Social Market Reforms Wither in Droughts? The First International Development Conference of Syria 2010, Emerging Role of Civil Society in Development, January 23-24, 2010, Damascus, Syria. 2. Social Market Economy – The German Experience, The First International Development Conference of Syria 2010, Emerging Role of Civil Society in Development, January 23-24, 2010, Damascus, Syria. 3. Addressing the Marketing Problem of the Social Market Economy, 60 Years of Social Market Economy - Formation, Development and Perspectives of a Peacemaking Formula, Congress, St. Augustin, Germany, November 30, 2009. 4. Economic and Political Dimensions of Renewable and Nuclear Energies in North Africa, At the Crossroads - Pathways of Renewable and Nuclear Energy in North Africa, A joint expert workshop by the LSE-Alcoa Foundation Program and the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, October 16-17 2009, London School of Economics, London.

Services: 1. Student Affairs Committee, October 2005-Present. 2. Teaching Effectiveness Committee, October 2005-Present. 3. Editorial Board Member ―Global Business and Economics Review,‖ July 2006- present.

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1. Presentation at the AUB Institute of Financial Economics and Konrad Adenauer Foundation Workshop Conference on International and Arab Perspectives on the Recent Economic Crises – State or Market Failure, Beirut, June 19th, 2010.

Neaime, Simon

1. Invited by UNCTAD to participate as Panelist in an Expert Meeting on the Contribution and Effective Use of External Resources for Development, in Particular for Productive Capacity Building, held in Geneva, Switzerland 22-24 February 2010. A presentation in the Panel on ensuring debt sustainability in the wake of the financial crisis. 2. Finance with a Focus on Dollar Debt: Evidence From a Survey of Lebanese Firms. A presented at the Allied Social Science Associations/Middle East Economic Association 30th Annual Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia, US, January 3-5, 2010. 3. Invited to participate in a Workshop on Poverty, Growth and Inequality in the MENA Region. This workshop was organized by the Economic Research Forum (ERF). Cairo-Egypt, November 6, 2009. Also invited to attend the ERF‘s Advisory Committee meeting on November 5th, 2009. 4. Invited to present a paper titled: ―Financial Systems in Mediterranean Partners and the EURO-Mediterranean Partnership,‖ at the FEMISE Annual Conference in Brussels, Belgium, November 14-15, 2009. 5. Acting Director, Institute of Financial Economics, American University of Beirut, since October 2007. 6. Department of Economics, Chairperson since November, 2004. 7. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, October 2008 - September 2010. 8. Member of the University Learning Outcomes Coordinating Committee, since January 2007. 9. Supervised MA Final Thesis and Projects of several graduate students. 10.Advisor to undergraduate and graduate Economics, and Financial Economics students. 11. Member of the University Senate, since October 2009.

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1. Presented research paper on ―Challenges to Reaching International Agreement on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation‖, Round Table on Environmental Awareness, AUB Lebanese Red Cross, and April 2010. 2. University of Vienna, Department of Economics, Summer 2009 – Fall 2009. 3. Attended 10th IAEE European Conference, ‗Energy, Policies and Technologies for Sustainable Economies‘, 7th-10th September 2009, Vienna, Austria.

Salti, Nisreen

1. International Conferences: a. Economic Research Forum, 16th Annual Conference in Cairo Egypt, November 2009. Preconference workshop on Natural Resource Wealth and Diversification Strategy. b. Turkish Diplomacy and Regional/Global Order in the 21st Century, May 15- 16, Istanbul Turkey. c. Regional Health Policy Conference - Achieving Health Equity and Efficiency in the Middle East and North Africa, June 6 - 8, 2010, in Amman, Jordan. Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum. 2. Professional Associations: a. Lebanese Economic Association: founding member and secretary. b. Princeton Alumni Schools Committee; Chair for Lebanon. c. Research Associate, Economic Research Forum. d. Member: Issam Fares Institute, AUB, Palestinian Camps Program Faculty Advisory Board. 3. Academic workshops and seminars a. ―Oil greasing the wheels: when do natural resources become a blessing?‖ Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, Department of Economics, Oxford University, October 2009. b. Workshop on Peace and Development, the World Bank, Washington DC. December 2009. Center for Developing Area Studies, McGill University. c. Workshop: How Much Does Smoking Cost Lebanon? An Estimation of the Economic Impacts of Tobacco Consumption, May 4, 2010, Issam Fares Institute, AUB. d. Workshop: Employment of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, April 26, 2010, Issam Fares Institute, AUB. e. Seminar: Center for Research on Population and Health, AUB Health equity in Lebanon: a microeconomic analysis, April 19. 4. Referee: Journal for Institutional and Theoretical Economics 5. Research project:

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Ras Beirut Well Being Survey (AUB): extensive household survey of Ras Beirut residents. Member of the steering committee of the research project. Data collection completed.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Dagher, Leila

Dagher, L., & Ruble I. Challenges for CO2 mitigation in the Lebanese electric power sector. Energy Policy, 38, (2010):912-18.

Marktanner, Marcus

Does Inequality Prevent Trade Development? A Political-Economy Approach (with N. Sayour), Trade and Development Review, 2, no. 2 (2009): 93-105.

Neaime, Simon

Sustainability of Exchange Rate Policies and External Public Debt in the MENA Region. Journal of Economics and International Finance, 1, no. 2 (2009): 59-71. Funded by URB.

Ruble, Isabella

―Challenges for CO2 mitigation in the Lebanese electric-power sector‖ Energy Policy, 38 (2010), pp. 912-918, Leila Dagher, Isabella Ruble.

Salti Nisreen

1. ―The impact of a rise in VAT on equity and welfare in Lebanon: a microeconomic assessment,‖ with Jad Chaaban, Middle East Development Journal, vol. 2, No. 1, 121-138, June 2010. 2. ―Health equity in Lebanon: a microeconomic analysis,‖ with Jad Chaaban and Firas Raad*, International Journal for Equity in Health, 2010, 9:11. 3. ―Relative deprivation and mortality in South Africa,‖ Social Science & Medicine, 70, pp. 720-728, April 2010. 4. ―How Lebanon has weathered the storm,‖ with Aslı Bâli*, Middle East Report, Fall 2009, 252: 30-33.

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G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The Department will continue to introduce curriculum revisions to both the graduate and undergraduate programs to further enrich and streamline its current curriculum, and facilitate and enhance the registration/advising process. Although a Ph.D. program in Economics seems remote, its eventual introduction should remain in sight. The introduction of such program is essential to further strengthen economic research, and put the department in the forefront of departments in the region. Given the large and increasing number of Economics majors and graduate students, as well as students minoring in Economics from Engineering and Business, the department will have a tough road ahead. Strategic recruitment next year is again required to deliver on the increasing demand for teaching economics courses.

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A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

1. The number of majors averaged across the fall and spring semesters were as follows: BA (38), Teaching Diploma (28+), and Graduates (40). 2. Enrollment in education courses for fall and spring semesters was 1260 for undergraduate courses, 79 for graduate courses, and 129 for the summer 2009 term. In addition, 67 students were registered for theses and projects during fall and spring, while 4 were registered in the summer. Total enrollment in graduate and undergraduate courses was 1539. 3. The Department conducted 14 inservice workshops during March 2010. A total of 224 teachers participated in the workshops. In addition, the Department has announced another series of workshops to be conducted during September, 2010. 4. The Department hosted a team of 18 educators from Norway and explored possibilities for collaboration. 5. Members of the Department are active in seeking and receiving research grants. 6. Department faculty members contributed to REP projects. 7. Department faculty member contributed to university committees and projects significantly. 8. SMEC held its Science Fair and Conference as originally planned. 9. The Education Student Society organized a reading day for underprivileged children.

Course Assignments Fall 2009 - 2010 Title Name Family Status Course No. Dr. Anies Al-Hroub FT Educ. 215(2) Educ. 217 Educ. 225 Dr. Munir Bashshur FT Educ. 211 (1) Educ. 211 (2) Educ. 390K Dr. Hoda Baytiyeh FT Educ. 219 (1) Educ. 220 (2) Dr. Saouma BouJaoude FT Educ. 255 Dr. Amal BouZeineddine FT Educ. 245 Dr. Rabih El-Mouhayar FT Educ. 252 Educ. 271 Dr. Ghazi Ghaith FT Educ. 231

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Educ. 243 Dr. Murad Jurdak FT Educ. 253 Educ. 309 Educ. 227 (1,2,3) with Lynn Farah Dr. Rima Karami FT Educ. 213 Educ. 313 Dr. Vivian Khamis FT Educ. 215 (1) Educ. 221 Educ. 280 Dr. Rola Khishfe FT Educ. 257 Educ. 305

Course Assignments Spring 2009 - 2010 Title Name Family Status Course No. Dr. Anies Al-Hroub FT On Leave for one semester Dr. Munir Bashshur FT Educ. 211 (1) Educ. 211 (2) Educ. 316 Dr. Hoda Baytiyeh FT Educ. 219 (1) Educ. 220 (2) Dr. Saouma BouJaoude FT Educ. 256 Educ. 263 Dr. Amal BouZeineddine FT Educ. 218 Educ. 267 (2) Educ. 268 (1) Dr. Rabih El-Mouhayar FT Educ. 267 (3) Educ. 272 Dr. Ghazi Ghaith FT Educ. 244 Educ. 261 Dr. Murad Jurdak FT Educ. 254 Educ. 262 Educ. 321 Dr. Rima Karami FT Educ. 214 Educ. 224 Educ. 311 Dr. Vivian Khamis FT Educ. 215 (1) Educ. 283 Dr. Rola Khishfe FT Educ. 267

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Dr. Samar Mukallid FT Educ. 223 Educ. 330 Educ. 331 Dr. Barend Vlaardingerbroek FT Educ. 230(1) Educ. 230(2) Educ. 274

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members Academic Full time Faculty

Al-Hroub, Anies Assistant Professor Ph.D. Bashshur, Munir Professor Ph.D. Baytiyeh, Hoda Assistant Professor Ph.D. BouJaoude, Saouma Professor Ed.D. BouZeineddine, Amal Lecturer Ed.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. Mukallid, Samar Lecturer Ph.D. Khamis, Viviane Associate Professor Ph.D. Khishfe, Rola Assistant Professor Vlaardingerbroek, Barend Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Part-Time Faculty

Abou Moussa, Richard Lecturer Ph.D. Al-Amin, Adman Lecturer Ph.D. Baasiri, Lutfieh Instructor B.A. Bachour, Najla Lecturer Ph.D. Deeb, Reem Lecturer Ph.D. Ghussayni, Raouf Lecturer Ph.D Istfan, Samira Lecturer Ph.D Jarjour, Zarifeh Instructor MA. Kahil, Roula Instructor MA. Lynn Farah Instructor MA.

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Osman, Enja Instructor MA. (Coordinator of practice teaching) Ramadan Jreidini, Najwa Lecturer Ph.D. Shaaban, Therese Instructor MA. Shihab, Mahmud Lecturer Ph.D. Shukri Balaa, Rola Instructor MA. Sukariyah, Moh.Bassam Lecturer Ph.D. Youssef, Reine Lecturer Ph.D.

3. Graduate Assistants

First Semester Al-Saheb, Nadia Estaiteyeh, Mohammad Alameh, Sahar Halawi, Louma Bazi, Monica Hamido, Mahmoud Berjaoui, Roula Naddaf, Christelle Yassen, Manal Spring Semester Al-Saheb, Nadia Hamido, Mahmoud Alameh, Sahar Naddaf, Christelle Berjaoui, Roula Yassen, Manal Estaiteyeh, Mohammad

4. Non-Academic Staff Department of Education

Kashou‘ Kabalan, Leila Administrative Assistant Kurfali, Youssef Department Technician To‘meh, Munir Department Messenger

SMEC

Abou Shakra, May SMEC Secretary Hilu, Hanna SMEC Assistant Technician

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1. Number of Graduating Majors BA Oct. 2009 3 Feb. 2010 3 June 2010 11 TD Oct. 2009 7 Feb. 2010 3 June 2010 33 MA Oct. 2009 3 Feb. 2010 5 June 2010 -

2. Number of Majors

Summer Fall 2009-2010 Spring 2009 2009-2010 Graduates 6 41 38 Teaching Diploma 5 28 31 Seniors 7 14 16 Juniors 5 9 10

Sophomores 2 13 7 IE - 1 -

* Many students are presently completing the Teaching Diploma along with the Bachelor‘s degree. During the academic year 2009-2010, 32 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 1st Sem. 2nd Sem. Total 2009 Courses numbered - 37 42 79 300 and above

Courses numbered 129 633 627 1389 211 through 299

Thesis and 4 27 20 51 projects

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4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Summer 1st Sem. 2nd Sem. Total 2009 Courses numbered - 18 21 39 300 and above

Courses numbered 21 102 111 236 211 through 299

Thesis and projects 12 90 54 216

D. RESEARCH

Anies Al-Hroub

Al-Hroub, A. Programming for mathematically gifted children with learning difficulties in Jordan. Roeper Review, 32(3). In press. Al-Hroub, A. Developing assessment profiles for mathematically gifted children with learning difficulties in England. Journal of Education for the Gifted, 34(1). In press. Al-Hroub, A. Psychometric versus dynamic assessment for mathematically gifted children with learning difficulties. The British Journal of Educational Psychology. Revised and resubmitted Al-Hroub, A. & Whitebread*, D. Dynamic assessment for identification of dual exceptional learners. Journal of Educational Psychology. Under review. David Whitebread is a senior lecturer of educational psychology at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Al-Hroub, A.Theoretical issues on gifted children with learning difficulties, Arab Journal of Giftedness and Intelligence (in Arabic). In preparation. Al-Shami, G. & Al-Hroub, A. Effects of the writers‘ workshops on the writing of EFL upper elementary students in Lebanon. In preparation. Dropouts in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon. In progress. Meta-cognition and Problem Solving Strategies among Mathematically Gifted Achievers in the UK is funded by the URB and the British Academy. In progress. Assessing Creativity in Primary and Secondary Music and Visual Arts Teachers in Lebanon. In progress.

Huda Baytiyeh

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Baytiyeh, H. and Pfaffman, J. (in press). Volunteers in Wikipedia: When the community matters. Educational Technology and Society. In press. Baytiyeh, H. and Pfaffman, J. (in press). Open source software: A community of altruists. Computers in Human Behavior. In press. Baytiyeh, H. and Naja M. K. (in press). Students‘ enrollment in Engineering: otivational factors. The International Journal of Engineering Education. In press.

Amal BouZeineddine

I have received two research grants: one from the Anna Lindh Foundation Program for Children‘s Literature in Lebanon, coordinated by Assabil, Friends of Public Libraries Association; for a project entitled: The image of the child in children‟s books: values, power, freedom, culture and limitations. The other grant is from Qatar University; for a project entitled: Evaluating Program Learning Outcomes - Process and Product - in the Context of Qatar University.

Saouma BouJaoude

BouJaoude, S. & Al-Mouhayar (In press). Teacher education in Lebanon: Trends and issues. International Handbook on Teacher Education in K. Karras (Ed). Comparative Education Series edited by A. Kazamias- P. Calogiannakis- S. Bouzakis, Athens. 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. BouJaoude, S. & Jurdak, M. (in Press). Integrating physics and math through microcomputer-based laboratories (MBL): Effects on discourse type and quality and mathematization. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. BouJaoude, S., Asghar, A., Wiles, J., Jaber, L. Sarieddine, D., & Alters, B (In press). Biology professors‘ and teachers‘ positions regarding biological evolution and evolution education.

Rabih El-Mouhayyar

El Mouhayar, R. (In press). Teacher‘ Practices during Correction Phases in Algebra Classes at the Intermediate School. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. The purpose of this study was to analyze teachers‘ practices and teacher-student interactions during correction phases in a given algebra lesson. The study attempted to analyze the different mathematical organizations in the form of practice and discourse used to describe, explain and justify it. The second focus was to examine the didactic organization during correction phases. Four experienced middle school

199 teachers from Lebanon and France participated in the study. Data sources included lesson observations and pre-lesson interviews. Data was analyzed using qualitative- data and Transana the video analysis tool. In addition, synope of class activities were developed and analyzed. Results indicated that: (a) two techniques with different technological-theoretical elements were used to reduce algebraic expressions (b) correction phases were used for different learning process, such as evaluation of the class and practice of techniques (c) validation was mainly within the topos of the teacher and not of the class (d) ostensive practices were emphasized during correction phases. BouJaoude, S., & El Mouhayar, R. (In press). Teacher Education in Lebanon: Trends and issues. The purpose of this study was to answer the following questions: (a) What are the requirements of Lebanese teacher preparation programs? (b) What are the similarities and differences among the variety of teacher preparation programs offered in Lebanon? And (c) What are the theoretical perspectives driving teacher preparation programs in Lebanon? Data sources for this study included: institutional websites, catalogues and brochures describing teacher preparation programs in all Lebanese institutions, and phone interviews with university and program administrators. Results of the study showed that teacher preparation programs in Lebanon are characterized by: (a) Adoption of an orientation which has characteristics of the academic and technological approaches to teacher preparation, without neglecting totally constructivism, reflective practice, thinking, and inquiry; (b)Post-graduate programs that prepare secondary teachers with significant amount of content background; (c) Three- and four-year programs that prepare classroom teachers or subject teachers for all elementary grades, (d) Absence of university level programs for the preparation of intermediate level teachers; (e) a lack of emphasis on field work. El Mouhayar, R., Jurdak, M. (In preparation). Teaching Algebra in the Middle School: Experienced Teachers‘ Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge Sources of funds: Seed Grant Status of the project: Instruments are designed and data is being collected. This study attempts to characterize a group of experienced middle school mathematics teachers‘ knowledge of students‘ thinking in algebra. More specifically, we try to explore teacher‘ knowledge of students‘ thinking in generalizing linear and quadratic patterns. The study sample will include mathematics middle school experienced teachers selected from private schools in Lebanon. Teachers will respond to two questionnaires. Although this is unfinished work, we believe that this study will shed more light on teachers‘ knowledge in algebra and will provide an instrument that can be used to measure this knowledge.

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Murad Jurdak

I am coordinating the research conducted in the TAMAM project. Presently the TAMAM team is working on writing three papers: The first deals with the initiation phase of TAMAM, the second on the impact of action research on the collaborative reflective inquiry-based conceptions and practices of TAMAM participants, and third on the impact of TAMAM on participants‘ conceptions and practices regarding school improvement. The team also is preparing for the publication of TAMAM school reports on their action research experiences. BouJaoude, S. & Jurdak, M. (in press). Integrating physics and math through microcomputer-based laboratories (MBL): Effects on discourse type and quality and mathematization. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.

Rima Karami

Pemberton, C., and Akkary, R. (In press). A cohort is a cohort or is it? Journal of Research on Leadership in Education. “The TAMAM Project: A New Reform Attempt for Building Self-Renewing Schools in the Arab World.” The paper presents the TAMAM Project as a new reform attempt in the Arab world that combines research to development in bringing about and supporting school based initiatives for school improvement. The paper outlines the initiation stages of the Project from the perspectives of the project initiators and participants. It also depicts the culturally specific factors that shaped the conceptualization and design of this project. The main focus of the paper is a comparative analysis of the TAMAM Project to the current trends of educational reform in the Arab World. The paper concludes with a critical analysis of the Project in light of the Western and international theoretical literature on school reform. Data collection completed.

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“Building Capacity for School-based Improvement: Lessons Learned from a University-School Collaboration in the Arab World.” Purpose: Describe and critically reflect on the process of designing and implementing the intervention adopted within the TAMAM Project emphasizing the evolving nature of the processes followed in the design for the purpose of generating recommendations to inform future attempts for professional development for school improvement. Data collection in progress. “Lebanese School Principals‟ Views of Their Role: Are they trapped in tradition or did they leap into the 21st Century?” The study examines the changes in the principal‘s conceptions of their role by comparing the perception of their role across a 12 years period. The data for this study was collected in two phases, one in 1997 as part of my dissertation research, and the second phase this year. The study aims at developing a model of the school principal role that is grounded in the experiences and perspectives of Lebanese principals, and to generate recommendation for principals‘ preparation accordingly. Data collection completed; in the final editing stages. Principal Preparation and Training in Lebanon: A look at University based program and services. The study explores the university based programs in the field of Educational leadership and administration by collecting data on their goals, philosophy, degrees, instructional methodology, and course offerings. It also examines the effectiveness against criteria developed from the Western Literature. The purpose of the study is to generate recommendations for improving the quality of principal preparation program through improving the design and course offerings of those programs. In progress; data collection completed. Supervision in public and private Lebanese schools: Practices and challenges. Study explores the supervisory functions in Lebanese Schools, who are the persons responsible for those functions, and what are the challenges that they face. The study aims at developing a profile for the school supervisor in Lebanese schools that is grounded in the experiences and context of those performing those functions, and to identify the common challenges those practitioners face from their perspectives. Data Collection will be completed end of Spring 2010. Principal co-investigator on the AUB/Arab thought foundation grant- TAMAM project.

Vivian Khamis

Impact of War-related Trauma, Religiosity and Ideology on PTSD and Psychiatric Disorders in Palestinian and Lebanese Children. Person involved: Vivian Khamis Source of Funds: URB grant (Seed grant) Status of the Project: In progress.

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The Impact of Political Stressors, Child Strengths, and Hopes on Academic Achievement among Palestinian Children. Person involved: Vivian Khamis. Status of the Project: Submitted for publication. PTSD and Worry as Mediators and Moderators between Political Stressors and Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Palestinian Children. Person involved: Vivian Khamis Status of the Project : Submitted for publication. Psychological Sequelae of War-Related Trauma in Palestinian Families Person involved: Vivian Khamis Status of the Project: Submitted for Possible Publication Coping With Stress: Palestinian Families and Intifada Related Trauma Person involved: Vivian Khamis Status of the Project: Submitted for publication. Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity among School-Age United Arab Emirates Children Status of the Project: Submitted for publication. Psychosocial adjustment in siblings of Palestinian children with war-related injuries. Status of the Project: In progress.

Rola Khishfe

I am working on the following research project, ―The Application of Nature of Science Understandings into Unfamiliar Contexts: Is It Possible?‖ It is funded internally and it is in the initial stages. The purpose of this research project is to investigate whether students would be able to apply nature of science understandings acquired in one context (familiar) into an unfamiliar context.

Barend Vlaardingerbroek

Vlaardingerbroek, B. (In press). Abiogenesis in upper secondary biology curricula. Evolution: Education and Outreach. Vlaardingerbroek, B., Shehab, S.S. & Alameh, S.K. (In press). Open cheating and invigilator compliance in the Lebanese Brevet and Baccalauréat examinations. International /Journal of Educational Development. Vlaardingerbroek, B. & Taylor, N. Getting into varsity – Comparability, convergence and congruence. NY: Cambria Press. In preparation.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

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Awards and Honors The British Academy Visiting Scholar, June 17 – Sep 20, 2010 Proposals submitted Title of Project: The UK-Middle East Partnership (Cambridge-AUB Departments of Education), submitted to the British Academy International Partnership. Title of Project: The adaptation of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children to the Lebanese Context (PI: Leyla Dirani, Co-I: Anies Al-Hroub, Karma El Hassan), submitted to the Lebanese National Council for Scientific (LNCSR). Conference Presentations Al-Hroub, A. (May, 2010). Special education and inclusive education in the Middle East: The case of Jordan and Lebanon. The seventh Cambridge Educational Research Annual Conference (CamERA), Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 3rd May. Al-Hroub, A. (November, 2009). Special Education and Inclusive Education in Jordan and Lebanon. Inclusive Education and Diversity in Early Years: A Regional Conference for ECD Professionals, Beirut, Lebanon, 5-7 Nov, 2009. Al-Hroub, A. (August, 2009). Gifted pupils with learning difficulties. A critical review of the literature. The 2nd International Conference of Excellence in Education for Development and Creativity, Ulm-Germany. Al-Hroub, A. (August, 2009). Charting self-concept, beliefs and attitudes towards mathematics among mathematically gifted pupils with learning difficulties. The 18 Biannual Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC), Vancouver, Canada. Seminar Al-Hroub, A. (June, 2010). Psychometric versus dynamic assessment for identification of dual exceptional learners. Psychology and Neuroscience in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 15th June. Workshop Al-Hroub, A. (Jan, 2010). Teaching Mathematics to Able and Gifted Students in General Education Classroom. The Jubilee School for Gifted and Talented Students, Amman, Jordan. Consultancy: Title of Project: Evaluation of Palestinian Adolescents: Agents of Positive Change - Towards an Environment Promoting Peace and Reconciliation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Sponsor: The United National Children‘s Fund (UNICEF), July 1 – Aug 14, 2009. Sagesse School, Lebanon: I‘ve developed a program for gifted and talented to be implemented with all students in the intermediate school, Dec 09- Jan 10.

Hoda Baytiyeh

O‘Bannon, B., Baytiyeh, H. & Beard, J. (2010). Using wikis to create collections

204 of curriculum-based resources: Perceptions of pre-service teachers. In D.Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 2814 - 2821). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Baytiyeh, H. and Naja, M.K. (2010). Influences and Motives for Choosing Engineering Major, Proceedings of the Canada International Conference on Education, CICE2010, 446-450 (Toronto, May 24-26).

Saouma BouJaoude

BouJaoude (2009). Muslim Egyptian and Lebanese students‟ conceptions of biological evolution. Paper presented at the symposium on Darwin and Evolution in the Muslim World. A conference at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA October 2–3, 2009. BouJaoude et al. (2009). Biology professors‘ and teachers‘ positions regarding biological evolution and evolution education in a middle eastern society (co-authors Anila Asghar - The Johns Hopkins University, Jason R. Wiles - Syracuse University, Lama Z. Jaber - American University of Beirut, Diana A. Sarieddine - American University of Beirut, and & Brian J. Alters - McGill University). Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), Istanbul, August 31 – September 5, 2009. BouJaoude, S. & Dagher, Z. (2009). Status of Science Education in Arab Countries. Paper presented at the International Science Education Conference 2009, Singapore, Nov. 24-26, 2009. BouJaoude, S. & El Hage, F. (2009). Recherches en didactique des sciences au Liban (2002-2008): Tendances & Perspectives. Carrefour d‘échange, Faculté des Sciences de l‘éducation, Beyrouth, Liban, 22 Juin 2009. BouJaoude, S. (2009). Egyptian and Lebanese students‟ conceptions of biological evolution and their relationships to religious beliefs. Paper presented at Darwin‘s living legacy: An international conference on evolution and society, Alexandria, Egypt, November 14- 16, 2009. BouJaoude, S. (2009). Lessons learned from a cross-cultural study on the theory of evolution. Presentation at the International Conference on the Role of Higher Education in Fostering the Culture of Dialogue and Understanding. Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, November 4-6, 2009. BouJaoude, S. (2009). Problem solving in science: A tool for transformation. Presentation and workshop by invitation from the Association of Queen Rania Al-Abdullah Award. Presented at the First Conference for the Winners of the Queen Rania Al-Abdullah Award for the Distinguished Teacher ―Excellence in education: Theory to practice‖. Al-Aqaba, Jordan, Dec. 18-19, 2009. BouJaoude, S. (2009). Science teaching as a conserving or as a subversive activity. Presentation at the First Conference of the Lebanese Academy of Science on The sciences in

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Lebanon: Present challenges and future directions, Beirut, Lebanon, November 5-7, 2009. BouJaoude, S. et. al (2009) Priorities in science education for today and tomorrow: International perspectives on critical issues. Panel held at the Biennial Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), Istanbul, August 31 – September 5, 2009.(Participants: Jane Butler Kahle (Miami University), Vincent Lunetta (Penn State University), Ed van den Berg (AMSTEL Institute University of Amsterdam), Mariona Espinet Blanch (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Colette Murphy (School of Education Queen's University), M. Fatih Tasar (Gazi Universitesi, Gazi Egitim Fakultesi), Kenneth Tobin (The Graduate Center, City University of New York), Saouma B. BouJaoude (American University of Beirut). Erdogan, Ozel, BouJaoude, Prokop, Usak, Lamanauskas, & Tolli (2009). A comparative study on university students‟ attitudes toward a controversial issue: Biotechnology (Co-authors Mehmet Erdogan - Akdeniz University‚ Antalya‚ Turkey, Murat Ozel - Gazi University‚ Dep. of Elementary Education‚ Ankara‚ Turkey, Pavol Prokop - Trnava University‚ Department of Biology‚ Slovakia, Muhammet Usak - Dumlupınar University‚ Kütahya‚ Turkey, Vincentas Lamanauskas - Siauliai University‚ Siauliai‚ Lithuania, William W. Toili - Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology‚ Kenya). Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), Istanbul, August 31 – September 5, 2009. Jaber, S., Halwany, S., Rizk, N. & BouJaoude, S. (2009). Epistemological beliefs in science: An exploratory study of Lebanese university students‟ epistemologies (Co-authors, Lama Z. Jaber, Sarah A. Halwany, and Nadya G. Rizk - American University of Beirut). Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), Istanbul, August 31 – September 5, 2009. Pongsophon, P., BouJaoude, S., & Yutakom, N. (2009). Global warming: Can it empty our rice bowl? Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), Istanbul, August 31 – September 5, 2009. Saad, R. & BouJaoude (2009). The relationship between teachers‟ knowledge and beliefs about science and inquiry and their classroom practices. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, USA, March 20-24. Asgahr, A., BouJaoude, S., Wiles, J., & Alters, B. (2010). Islam, evolutionary science, and education: Paradoxes and challenges in Muslim cultures and societies. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, USA, March 20-24, 2010. BouJaoude, S. (2010). Competencies and educational structures needed to prepare secondary students for the 21st century. Paper presented at a symposium organized by the Ministry of Education in the United Arab Emirates in cooperation with the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States. February 24, 2010.

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BouJaoude, S. (2010). How can education become a transformative activity? Keynote lecture at the First Conference of the Office of Faculty and Instructional development at Qatar University ―Sharing Experiences for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Qatar University‖, Qatar University. Dagher, S., & BouJaoude, S. (2010). Analysis of nature of science coverage in Egyptian and Lebanese middle school science textbooks. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, USA, March 20- 24, 2010. Jaber, L. & BouJaoude, S. (2010). The Effect of macro-micro-symbolic teaching on grade ten students‟ conceptual understanding of chemical reactions. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, USA, March 20-24. Khishfe, R. & BouJaoude, S. (2010). The influence of argumentation on students‟ understandings of nature of science. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, USA, March 20- 24. Salloum, S. & BouJaoude, S. (Symposium Organizers) (2010). Teacher knowledge(s) and teacher change: Reflections on conceptualizations that inform research and teacher education practices. Presenters: Sara Salloum, Long Island University, Brooklyn, Saouma BouJaoude, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Sherry A. Southerland, Florida State University, Julie Gess-Newsome, Northern Arizona University, and Jan H. van Driel, Leiden University, The Netherlands. BouJaoude, S. (2010) (principal investigator on a 108,000 Euro grant to investigate Science and Society issues grant from European Commission in collaboration with Exeter University, UK. Co-Principal Investigator of the AUB/Arab Thought Foundation Research Project (TAMAM) (extended until 2015). BouJaoude, S. (2010). A $4000.00 grant received from UNESCO regional Office in Beirut to support SMEC12 Annual Conference. Coordinated the AUB - Qatar University REP Project Gave workshops on enhancing cognitive skills, Qatar University, Office of Faculty Instructional Faculty Development. Gave a workshop on Inquiry in teaching and learning – Qatar University, Office of Faculty Instructional Development. Coordinated the AUB-Dhofar University Project. Provided consultation to Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman through REP. Co-Chaired the Organizing Committee of the 12th Annual Science and Math Teachers Conference. Gave a workshop on science misconceptions at the Science Learning Center, ERP Project, Cairo, Egypt.

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Gave a workshop with Dr. Rima Karami on ―Action Research for Teachers.‖ Amman, Jordan, Annual Conference of the Private Schools Council, October 24 and 24. Member of the Curriculum and Examination Committee, Department of Education, AUB. Member of the Practice Teaching Committee, Department of Education, AUB. Member of the University Team for Assessing General Education (Goal 1 of Strategic Plan). Chair of the University Learning Outcomes Coordinating Committee. AUB Representative in the Association of Lebanese private Universities. Director, Science and Math Education Center, Department of Education, AUB Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, AUB. Member of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Education Council, Qatar. Member of the ESERA 2009 Conference International Scientific Committee. Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Science and Math Education. Member of the editorial board of the Eurasia Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education. Member of the editorial board of International Journal of Environmental and Science Education (IJESE). Member of the editorial board of Educational Studies: Theory and Practice. Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Excellence in Education. Member of the editorial board of the Eurasia Journal of Math, Science, and Technology Education. Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Science Teacher Education. Consulting Editor for International Review of Education, Edited by the UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg, Germany. Contributing International Editor, Science Education, USA. Member of the board of trustees of Ahlieh School, Beirut. 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.

Amal BouZeineddine

Attended 2 conferences Lilly Conference on College Teaching and Learning held in Greensboro, NC in February, 2010.

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The Anna Linh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures on The image of the Child in Children‟s Books in Alexandria, Egypt, October 2009 Served as Associate Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning performing all responsibilities for the Center. Coordinated 6 workshops and their follow-up for Qatar University, fall & Spring 2099/2010 Served on steering committee and coordinator to found a school for the Azm wa Saade Foundation -Tripoli , Lebanon Presented 2 workshops for faculty in Qatar University: Assessing Course Learning Outcomes, March 2010 Enhancing Students‘ Cognitive Skills, May 2010 Was keynote speaker and workshop presenter in the International Education Conference, in Kuwait , January 2010 Served on Departmental committees and chaired the Practice Teaching Committee Served as academic adviser to undergraduate and graduate students Gave 3 courses in the undergraduate elementary education program Coordinated the Reading Day, Education Pledge Ceremony and Educators‘ Award activities.

Rabih El-Mouhayyar

Advisor of Education Student Society. The most important events that were organized with my support and/or my advice: Sixteenth Annual Science, Math, and Technology Fair: The fair provided students from schools throughout Lebanon with the opportunity to share scientific, mathematical and technological projects with their peers from other schools. What was special this year is that we were able to handle more schools and a bigger number of projects compared to previous years. Furthermore, two schools from Saudi Arabia participated in the event. A new type of prize was also introduced during this fair (this prize was given to the group who came up with a creative idea to solve a relevant problem in Lebanon). Reading Day: this event is organized every year by the Society and aims at bringing students from disadvantaged schools and orphanages to spend a whole day at AUB. One of the objectives of this event is to engage students in several activities (e.g. playing, drawing, and listening actively to short stories). Another objective is to enrich the libraries of the invited schools and orphanages by providing them with a package of books. I believe that we were able to accomplish these two objectives successfully. What was relevant this year was that we took the initiative in contacting publishers and in collecting a significant number of books. Thus, we were able to provide schools with double the number of books that were given in the previous years.

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Member of SMEC SMEC12. I participated in organizing the Twelfth Annual Science and Math educators‘ conference, held at AUB. In addition, I was in charge of organizing the textbook exhibition that is a part of the Conference. Member of examining committees for the proposals of three graduate students: Jana Beydoun Nermeen Sakkal Marwa Nsouli Sessions, Seminars, and Workshops that I attended during the year. Sessions organized by the Academic Computing Center (ACC) Theoretical and Practical Assessment tools sessions, March, 3, 2010. These sessions addressed strategies for effective use of assessment tools that are integrated in Moodle. Sessions organized by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Seminar on Developing Teaching Portfolios, February, 18, 2010. Workshop on Inquiry-Based Learning, January, 21, 2010. Workshop on Team Based Learning, January, 7, 2010. Seminar on Peer Observation and Feedback in Higher Education, December, 10, 2009.

Undergraduate student advising Advisor of a student majoring TD in mathematics at the elementary school grade level and another student doing masters in education.

Ghazi Ghaith

Chaired the Department of Education Presented a paper at the IJAS conference at Harvard University. May 31-June 3, 2010. Conducted a plenary workshop sponsored by the Private School Council, Amman, Jordan, March, 2010. Gave the keynote speech on educational reform in the UAE sponsored by the Ministry of Education. November, 2009. Gave the keynote speech on Recent Trends in TEFL Methodology sponsored by Irfan Schools, April, 2010 Provided consultation to the Al-Manaa Group of Hospitals in Saudi Arabia Conducted four in-service workshops at the AUB Department of Education. Reviewed manuscripts for several refereed Journals.

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Supervised the thesis research of graduate students in English and Education and two Ph.D. students of the Lebanese University.

Murad Jurdak

Acted as a referee for School two journals: Science and Mathematics Education and Journal of Research in Mathematics Education. I am acting as the supervisor of two PhD students from the Lebanese University In the context of the Arab Thought Foundation grant to AUB (TAMAM Project), contributed to the organization and implementation of two 3-days workshops for 38 participants from three Arab countries at AUB as part of TAMAM. Visited Saudi Arabia with AUB TAMAM Team to follow-up on TAMAM participating school activities Practice Teaching Committee, member Advisory committee, member Member of a CTL team that provided training to resource faculty in FAS and FAFS Chair of the executive committee of the Arab Educational Information Network (SHAMAA) Executive secretary of the BOT of Marj‘ayoun National College Consultant to Mabarrat Philanthropic Organization on the design of a self study for their schools.

Rima Karami

Conference presentation Action Researh for School Improvement. Workshop presented at the 10th Teacher Conference, for the Private Schools Cultural and Educational Council; Akaba, Jordan; October, 2009. Self-development activities Learning Communities, Center for Teaching and Learning, American University of Beirut, April 2010. Team Based Learning Workshop; Center for Teaching and Learning, American University of Beirut, January 2010. Seminar on Peer Observation and Feedback in Higher Education; Center of Teaching and Learning, American University of Beirut, December, 2009. Undergraduate student advising EDML program advisor.

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Effective School Leadership: an adaptable leadership lens that builds healthy dynamics and mutual understanding between administrators and their teachers Workshop presented at the Department of Education American University of Beirut, March, 2010. The 21st century high schools: inspiring and empowering responsible student leadership to create positive change in schools and communities. Workshop presented at the Department of Education American University of Beirut, March, 2010. On Education and Leadership, Workshop presented at the International School Professional Day, February, 2010. Leading from within: Building a collaborative school. Workshop presented at the Department of Education American University of Beirut, February, 2010. TAMAM Workshops Tools for Data Collection; TAMAM Project for Public Schools 3rd Workshop, American University of Beirut, March 2010. Leading School Improvement: TAMAM Project 6th Workshop, American University of Beirut, February, 2010. Developing a Program for Action: TAMAM Project for Public Schools 2nd Workshop, American University of Beirut, January 2010. Moving Toward School-Wide Improvement: TAMAM Project 5th Workshop, American University of Beirut, July, 2009. General Workshops Promoting Teacher Leadership: Collaborating toward Excellence; Workshop presented at the first Conference of the winners of Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for the Distinguished teacher‖ Excellence in Education: Theory and Practice‖, December, 2009. On Education and Leadership, Workshop presented at the International School Professional Day, February, 2010. AUB Committees General Education Committee, Fall 2009. Professional meetings Arab Thought Foundation Strategic Meeting, Beirut, Lebanon. The TAMAM Project: A School Based Reform Project. Karami, Rima & Bou Jaoude, S. (March , 2010). Strategic meeting, March 2010, Conference Organizing Committee, Arab Thought Foundation 8th Conference. Service Consultant, Project on Professionalizing Teaching and improving educational administration, Ministry of Education, Lebanon. 2010-present. Service for a professional association The Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences, Activity committee member, 2008-2010.

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The Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences, Executive committee member, January 2010-present. The Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences, organizing committee member, conference on teaching History in Lebanon, March 2010- present. Community service Project to Avoid Dropouts among middle school kids among the underserved populations in Lebanon. Mouvement Sociale, 2008-2009. A New Approach to Educational Counseling and Guidance. A presentation at the Forum on ―Education Reality and possibilities: educational experiences in fighting school drop-outs‖, Organized by Mouvement Sociale , December 2009. Consulting The Association for Queen Rania Al Abdullah for Excellence in Education; The School Principal Award: Serving on the Advisory Committee that is developing the standards and evaluation procedures. February, 2009. Al-Mabarrat Philantropic Association: Al Mabarrat Association Self-Study: evaluating the impact of the administrative training program, 2008-present.

VivianKhamis

Consultation : Evaluation of the Post-Trauma Rehabilitation of Palestinian Ex - Detainees Children Project in the West Bank , March 20 ,2010 till May 8 ,2010. The aim of the evaluation was to conduct a research study in order to provide Save the Children-Sweden , the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), and the European Commission‘s Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) with sufficient information to make an informed judgment about the performance of the project. Received a grant from University Research Board (URB)/Seeds grant. Member of FAS research committee Member of the UPP advisory committee Member of the Learning Outcomes Committee (LOC) Member of the Practice Teaching Committee (PTC) Reviewer of two articles submitted to European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Reviewer of one article submitted to Social Science and Medicine.

Reviewer of two research proposals submitted to the Undergraduate Research Experience Program of the Qatar National Research Fund – Qatar Foundation.

Reviewer of two research proposals submitted to the Undergraduate Research Experience Program of the Qatar National Research Fund – Qatar Foundation. Review of one article submitted to Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies at Sultan Qaboos University

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Presented at the Lebanese American University (LAU) and the Arab Resource Center (ARC) conference a paper on political stressors and academic achievement of school –aged children, November 7th, 2009. Thesis committee member for five students. Taught 5 undergraduate and TD courses. Participated in students elections. Judge for projects presented in the 16th Annual Science Math and Technology Fair, organized by the Education Students‘ Society and the Science and Math Education Center. Member of the Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences ( LAES ).

Rola Khishfe

Presentation I presented a paper at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) in Philadelphia. Khishfe, R., BouJaoude, S., Palouci, S., & Medintz, T. (2010). The Influence of Argumentation on Students‘ Understandings of Nature of Science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Philadelphia.

Barend Vlaardingerbroek

Other Research Related Activity Liaised with Ministry of Education personnel under the Brevet Sciences and Mathematics Monitoring Project.

F. PUBLICATIONS:

Anies Al-Hroub

Al-Hroub, A. (March, 2010). Perceptual skills and Arabic literacy patterns for mathematically gifted children with learning difficulties in Jordan. The British Journal of Special Education, 37, 25-38. Al-Hroub, A. (Aug, 2009). Charting self-concept, beliefs and attitudes towards mathematics among mathematically gifted pupils with learning difficulties. Gifted and Talented International, 24, 93-106. Al-Hroub, A. (July, 2009). Dynamic assessment applied to preschool children with learning difficulties. La Nouvelle revue de l‟adaptation et de la scolarisation, 46, 61-76.

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Hoda Baytiyeh

Baytiyeh, H. and Naja M. K. (2010). Do Multimedia features promote understanding and retention. International Journal of Instructional Media, 37(1).

Saouma BouJaoude

Yacoubian, H. & BouJaoude, S. (2010). The effect of reflective discussions following inquiry-based laboratory activities on students‘ views of nature of science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Published on line April 27, 2010. (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/109083865/issue). Book BouJaoude, S. & Dagher, Z. (Editors) (2009). The world of Science Education: Arab States. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. The book includes the following chapters: 1. Editor‟s Introduction (Saouma BouJaoude, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, and Zoubeida Dagher, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.) 2. Education in the Arab Region (Munir Bashshur, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon) 3. The Impact of Contextual Variables on Science Achievement in the Arab Countries: Results from TIMSS 2003(Murad Jurdak, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon). 4. Language of Instruction and Science Education in the Arab Region: Toward a Situated Research Agenda (Tamer G. Amin, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon). 5. Nature of Science Features in Curriculum Standards of Some Arab Countries (Zoubeida R. Dagher, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA). 6. Professional Growth through Engagement: Overcoming Bureaucratic and Personal Barriers Associated with Top-Down Models of Teacher Professional Development in Egypt (Fouad Abd- El-Khalick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA). 7. Role of an International Organization in Promoting Science Education in the Arab Region (Ghada Gholam, UNESCO Cairo Office, Cairo, Egypt). 8. Religion and Science Education in Egypt (Nasser Mansour, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter, UK). 9. Science Education Research in Lebanon: Trends and Issues (Saouma BouJaoude, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, and Fadi El-Hage, Université Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon). 10. Status of Science Education in Jordan(Sumaya Al- Muhtaseb, Amman Arab University For Graduate Studies Amman, Jordan and Mahmoud Alweher Hashemite University, Azarqa, Jordan). 11. Science Education Development in the Sultanate of Oman (Abdullah Ambusaidi and Ali Al-Shuaili, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman).

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12. Outcome of a Half-Century of Science Education in North Africa: 1956-2006 (Fouad Chafiqi, Ecole Normale Supérieure Marrakech, Morocco and Andrée Tiberghien, UMR ICAR, CNRS-Université de Lyon, France). 13. Reflections on Research in the Social Sciences in Arab States, (Adnan El – Amine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon). 14. Towards productive research models in the Arab region (Zoubeida Dagher, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA and Saouma BouJaoude, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon).

Policy papers BouJaoude, S. (2009). Policy paper on improving quality of science education in the Arab Region. Paper funded by UNESCO Cairo Office and The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization. Middle Eastern Society. International Journal of Science Education.

Amal BouZeineddine

is published by Dar al Fikr Al من هو ربيع؟ My fourth children‘s concept book titled Lubnani.

Murad Jurdak

Jurdak, M. (2009). Toward Equity in Quality in Mathematics Education. Springer. Jurdak, M. (2010). The impact of contextual variables on science achievement in Arab countries; Results from TIMSS 2003. In BouJaoude, S. & Daghre, Z.(eds), The World of Science Education, Arab States (pp.27- 40). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. Jurdak, M. & BouJaoude, S. (2009). Country Case Study: Lebanon. In B. Vlaardingerbroek & Taylor, N. (Eds.), Secondary school external examination systems - reliability, robustness and resilience (pp. 153-165). New York: Cambria Press.

Barend Vlaardingerbroek

Vlaardingerbroek, B., Jaber, L.Z., Rizk, N. & Bayoud, J.M. (2009). The Lebanese Brevet chemistry and physics examinations: An exploratory study. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 7, 1227-1247. Vlaardingerbroek, B., Taylor, N. & Haig, T. (2009). Student transition to vocational education from middle secondary school in Australia and Lebanon: An exploratory study. Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, 14, 91-107.

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The Department has made progress in recruiting new faculty and acquisition of external grants. However, efforts are still underway in reviewing and restructuring the graduate program, especially the MA concentration in Educational Psychology. Specifically, the Department plans to consolidate the testing and measurement strand as well as specify and assess the learning outcomes of various concentration areas. The Department will also operationalize a mechanism to establish and strengthen relationship with alumni.

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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. The English department presents a wide variety of courses in literature, language, creative writing, and communication skills. The high enrollment in all categories indicates a high demand for English courses. 2. This year, the department welcomed three new Assistant Professors in Literature, and successfully recruited a new Assistant Professor specializing in Postcolonial Literature. Professor Kassim Shaaban has been seconded to Qatar University for an extended period, where he is the Dean of Arts and Sciences. Visiting Assistant Professor of Language, Ulrike Polzl, arrived in the spring, and Visiting Professor Carol Peterson Haviland worked with faculty across the university to develop a new writing initiative in discipline-specific courses. 3. The minor in Creative Writing continues to attract new students. A new literary magazine, appeared in the spring semester; ―The Banyan Tree‖ was written, designed, and edited by students under the mentorship of Ghassan Abou Zeineddine. The monthly Beirut-type Writer reading series continued to be well attended at Café Younes. 4. Under the guidance of the Center for Teaching and Learning, the department designed plans for assessing program learning outcomes in Literature, Language, and Communication Skills. 5. The Communication Skills Program, under the coordination of Rula Baalbaki, offered a full complement of six courses in English language learning, 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) 6. The Writing Center, under the direction of Natalie Honein, continued to provide valuable support for writers across the university in the form of individual conferences and in-class workshops. The center worked with writers at the undergraduate and graduate level and sponsored several innovations, including adding Instructors as tutors and designing class presentations, tailored for specific needs. (See Appendix B)

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B.PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Arnegard, Iver Assistant Professor Ph.D. Choueiri, Lina6 Associate Professor Ph.D. Clary, Amy Assistant Professor Ph.D. Dennison, Michael Assistant Professor Ph.D. Dimashki, Loubna(part-time, Fall) Lecturer Ph.D. Gleyzon, Francois-Xavier Assistant Professor Ph.D. Gonsalves, Joshua David Assistant Professor Ph.D. Harb, Sirène Associate Professor Ph.D. Haviland, Carol(Spring) Visiting Professor Ph.D. Hout, Syrine2 Associate Professor Ph.D. Khalaf, Roseanne Assistant Professor Ph.D. Myers, Robert(Acting Director- Associate Professor Ph.D. CASAR) Nassar, Christopher- Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Suheil(part-time, Fall, Spring) Polzl, Ulrike Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D. Schwartz, John Pedro Assistant Professor Ph.D. Shaaban, Kassim2 Professor Ph.D. Zenger, Amy Alice(Acting Chair) Assistant Professor Ph.D.

Adra, Dania(part-time, Fall, Spring) Instructor M.A. Al Sayyed, Amany Instructor M.A. Arnold, Carol Instructor M.A. Baalbaki, Rula(Com. Skills Instructor M.A. Coordinator) Baasiri, Bassima(part-time, Fall) Instructor M.A. Bauer, Christopher Instructor M.A. Bioghlu-Karkanawi, Lina Instructor M.A. Cacoulidis, Cleo Instructor M.A. Dabaja, Sarwat(part-time, Fall, Instructor M.A. Spring) Dakakni, Deema(part-time, Fall, Instructor M.A. Spring) Deeb, Rima Instructor M.A.

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El-Den, Najwa Instructor M.A. Fakhreddine, Juheina(part-time, Instructor M.A. Fall, Spring) Farah, Jacqueline(part-time, Fall, Instructor M.A. Spring) Fidaoui, Diana(part-time, Fall, Spring) Instructor M.A. Fleszar, Dorota(English 204 Instructor M.A. Coordinator) Haidar, Rana (English 102 Instructor M.A. Coordinator) Hammoud, Iman(part-time, Fall) Instructor M.A. Hanna, Rima Instructor M.A. Harkous, Samar(part-time, Fall) Instructor M.A. Harmoush, Layla(part-time, Fall, Instructor Ph.D. Spring) Honein, Natalie(part-time, Fall, Instructor M.A. Spring-A/Dir.WritingCenter) Iskandarani, Rima Instructor M.A. Jaber, Nagham(part-time, Fall, Instructor M.A. Spring) Jamous, Rima(English 100 Instructor M.A. Coordinator) Kesrouany, Maya(part-time, Fall) Instructor M.A. Khoury, Malakeh Instructor M.A. Khoury-Shalhoub, Nina Instructor M.A. Klein, Adam Instructor M.A. Kodeih, Rabab Instructor M.A. Lee, Sean Instructor M.A. Lincoln, Kathryn Instructor M.A. MacLean, John Philip(English Instructor M.A. 203 coordinator) Maktabi, Sawsan Instructor M.A. Mikati, May(English 206 Coordinator) Instructor M.A. Najjar, Jasmina Instructor M.A. Peltekian, Katia(part-time, Fall) Instructor M.A. Rantisi, Rima Instructor M.A. Riman, Souha Instructor M.A. Rizki, Asim Instructor M.A. Shadid, Rima(English 208 Instructor M.A. Coordinator)

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Shalak, Maha(part-time, Fall, Spring) Instructor M.A. Shayto-Shmaysani, Haifa Instructor M.A. Shbat, Pamela Instructor M.A. Sinno, Zane Instructor M.A. Shweiry, Zinnia(part-time, Fall, Instructor M.A. Spring) Zeineddine, Ghassan Instructor M.A. Zaweel, Yara Instructor M.A.

2. Research Assistants

None

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester Abdel Ghafour, Hala Mehio, Marwa Aridi, Farah Moghabghab, Emma Atallah, Denise Mourad, Rola Batlouni, Boushra Moutchoyan, Anita Craighead, Emily Ann Mounzer, Mia Hazimah, Reem Sfeir, Maya

Kalayjian, Nayiri Zantout, Zeina

Kurani, Amin

Spring Semester Abdel Ghafour, Hala Kurani, Amin Aridi, Farah Mehio, Marwa Atallah, Denise Moghabghab, Emma Batlouni, Boushra Mourad, Rola Craighead, Emily Ann Moutchoyan, Anita Hazimah, Reem Qamar, George Kalayjian, Nayiri Sfeir, Maya

4. Non-academic Staff

Rizk-El Khoury, Celina Secretary Haidar-Israoui, Yolla Clerk Stenographer, CELRT Tomeh, Joseph IT Technician

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C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.A. Literature Majors Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 1 Jun. 2010 5 B.A. Language Majors Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 1 Jun. 2010 1

M.A. Oct. 2009 2 Feb. 2010 1 Jun. 2010 3

2. Number of Majors (Language)

Graduates Oct. 2009 8 Feb. 2010 8 Jun. 2010 0 Seniors Oct. 2009 2 Feb. 2010 1 Jun. 2010 0 Juniors Oct. 2009 1 Feb. 2010 2 Jun. 2010 0 Sophomores Oct. 2009 1 Feb. 2010 1 Jun. 2010 0

3. Number of Majors (Literature)

Graduates Oct. 2009 23 Feb. 2010 26 Jun. 2010 0 Seniors Oct. 2009 6 Feb. 2010 11

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Jun. 2010 0 Juniors Oct. 2009 18 Feb. 2010 15 Jun. 2010 0 Sophomores Oct. 2009 10 Feb. 2010 8 Jun. 2010 0

4. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer Fall Sem. Spring Sem. Total 2009 Courses numbered 300 and above 0 89 75 164 Courses numbered 211 through 299 86 368 431 885 Courses numbered 200 through 210 284 1933 2019 4236 Courses numbered below 200 23 573 219 815 Total 393 2963 2744 6100

5. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer Fall Sem. Spring Sem. Total 2009 Courses numbered 300 and above 0 15 21 36 Courses numbered 211 through 299 15 72 78 165 Courses numbered 200 through 210 51 240 255 546 Courses numbered below 200 6 63 27 96 Total 72 390 381 870

D. RESEARCH

Baalbaki, Rula

1. Rihani, Ameen Fares, The Rihani Essays. Rula Zuheir Baalbaki, Translator. Washington, D.C: Platform International, 2010.

Choueiri, Lina

1. Choueiri, Lina. ―Indefiniteness spread in construct state nominals and the case of the missing determiner.‖ In Current Issues in Mediterranean Linguistics. Under review.

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2. Choueiri, Lina, and Youssef Haddad*. ―Resumption as movement in Lebanese Arabic revisited.‖ This article is a response to Aoun, Choueiri, and Hornstein 2001. Paper being revised for submission. 3. Choueiri, Lina, and Jamal Ouhalla*. Possessives, Existentials, and Locatives in Various Arabic Dialects. Book length project being developed. Two chapters have been completed. 4. Choueiri, Lina, and Elabbas Benmamoun*. ―Arabic syntax with emphasis on dialects.‖ Chapter being written for the Oxford Handbook guide on Arabic Linguistics, to be published by Oxford University Press. Article still in its exploratory stages.

Clary, Amy

1. ―Looking for Meaning in the Desert: Mark Twain, Edward Abbey, and Desert Tourism in the Middle East and American West.‖ Submitted to the proceedings volume of the CASAR Second International Conference. 2. ―Mark Twain in the Desert.‖ Submitted to the Journal of Ecocriticism. Undergoing peer review. 3. ―Why seek me where I have not called thee?‖: Wilderness, ecotourism, and Thoreau‘s The Maine Woods.‖Sections of this article have been drafted. I am preparing to conduct research in the archives of the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods in Lincoln, Massachusetts during the summer of 2010. Research supported by a CASAR Summer Research Travel Grant. 4. ―This Car Climbed Mt. Washington‖: Hawthorne, Crawford and White Mountain Tourism.‖ This article is in the preliminary research stages. I have received a Junior Faculty Research Grant to work on this project in the spring of 2011. 5. Monograph in progress: Textual Terrain: Wilderness in American Literature and Culture. My book project looks at the ways in which literary representations of the natural world influence U.S. land management decisions. It examines early- and nineteenth-century American textual representations of wilderness and natural landscapes in order to gauge their impact on public land in the U. S. My final chapter will incorporate my summer research at Walden Woods. I will use my spring 2011 research leave to finalize my monograph proposal.

Dennison, Michael

1. Individual Poems: Over one hundred new poems, semi-formalist, free verse or one-time forms, composed over the period July, 2009 – June, 2010, in initial or second draft, not to be included in below mentioned manuscripts, to be revised over the summer for submission for journal publication in September 2010.

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2. Book Length Manuscripts (55 – 99 pages): a. Fifty Millimeter / Black & White. Original poems, completed in September 2009. Submitted for publication to several university and commercial presses and now undergoing re-collation and some revision for resubmission, probably with new title. b. Damned Geographer. Original poetry. Final revision stages. Completed by 30 June 2010 for submission for publication. c. Ring of Keys. Original poetry. Poems complete (except for sestina epilogue) but wanting final revisions and collation. Anticipated completion for submission to publishers by July 31, 2010. d. The Beirut Sonnets. Fifty-five sonnets, in final revision stage. Anticipated completion for submission to publishers by August 31, 2010. e. Hamra Noir. Complete. Publication by Hamra Poetry Series, Beirut. Presently in production stage by Ras Beirut Press. Original frontispiece, photographic art, and cover design by Rabih Ibrahim. Reading launch tentatively planned for last week of July, 2010. 3. Academic Prose: a. ―Ghost of the Author.‖ In early drafting stages. Challenges Roland Barthes‘s famous 1968 essay announcing ―the death of the author,‖ by redefining the characteristics of authorship as a haunting of language, focusing on Arthur Rimbaud and his Illuminations. As I write, I continue to research and evolve ideas that are evolving into a Post-Postmodern ―Age of Terror‖ theoretical approach. I anticipate that this essay on the poet as voyant will be the first chapter of a larger project, a book-length critical exploration of the ghost as trope in literature, music, painting, photography, theatre, science, etc., in early stages of research and tentatively titled Boogie-Time on the Ghost Railway. b. ―Kenneth Fearing and Weldon Kees, Mediums and Media,‖ an article largely based on the Boogie-Time approach above, expanding significantly on the paper I presented at the PCA / ACA in St. Louis in April. An analysis of Kees‘ and Fearing‘s work as Mid-Century American voyant / seer poetry. Intermediate draft stage.

Gleyzon, Francois-Xavier

1. Article In Preparation: a. ―The Merchant of Venice and Uccello‘s Profanation of the Host‖. This paper explores the Eucharist in The Merchant of Venice and Uccello‘s predella, Profanation of the Host. [status of the project: writing up stage]. Paper to be presented at the Annual Shakespeare Symposium. Bakersfield: California State University, 4-7 January 2011. 2. Books In Preparation:

225 a. Religion, Hospitality and Terror (with Julia Lupton and Richard Wilson). Under consideration with Continuum Press. [status of the project: advanced exploratory stage]. The book project mobilizes theoretical resources aiming to reconsider Shakespeare‘s canon from both Pre and Postcolonial Middle Eastern perspectives and to examine Shakespeare‘s critical relevance to understanding Religion, Hospitality and Terror in the Middle East. The project therefore concentrates on the importance and timeliness of research focusing on Religion and Terror in Shakespeare, involving both Early Modern and Renaissance Studies because of the significance of this area for society per se and the readiness of the international academic community to respond to the interdisciplinary challenges posed. The book project aims at interrogating specific traits in Shakespeare‘s tragedies such as The Merchant of Venice, Othello, where multi-faith worlds cohabit, and The Tempest, and exploring larger questions of their circulation or connection so as to delve into new synergies between Shakespeare‘s work and religious imagery. Undertaking close readings of specific Shakespeare‘s tragedies as well as visual artefacts such as paintings, engravings, and maps, the book project offer a unique insight into Shakespeare‘s political theology of the time and help in refashioning and remapping broader issues engaging the then emergent status of cultural and religious identity, nation, and individuality. The project aims to recover the inseparable religious political, ethical, and artistic urgency of Shakespearean drama. b. Shakespeare Médusé. Under consideration with L‘Harmattan - [status of the project: completed]. If the theme of Medusa has not ceased – from Antiquity throughout the Renaissance to the present day – to inspire and to act as a catalyst for a whole mass of studies in the domain of arts, literature and social sciences, it is astonishing to note that Medusa has been largely neglected in the realm of Shakespearean Studies. This paper tries to address this omission whilst examining vision in its various vulnerabilities and negations (blindness, the Medusa effect, self-blindness, reflection) and making the interesting point that vision in Macbeth has a dynamic, as well as a principle of movement and return, that critics and theatre historians have scarcely touched on. c. Oriental Renaissance, Hayv Karaham: Lines, Cuts and Flesh, under consideration with AUB Press and Syracuse University Press. [status of the project: advanced exploratory stage]. Original in its scope, aim, and methodology, the book project Oriental Renaissance, Hayv Kahraman: Lines, Cuts and Flesh aims at interweaving two texts: one academic/theoretical and the other creative, embracing both and taking as its heart and aim Hayv Kahraman‘s paintings so as to form the basis of a theoretical and creative narrative. Arranged in three

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columns, the book will aim to simultaneously discuss Hayv Kahraman‘s work, and show how two such seemingly distinct kinds of genre (theory and creative writing) can reflect and influence one another and find a common platform through the artist‘s paintings. The interdisciplinary challenge between creative writing, visual art (painting), art history, and critical theory aims to create a particular zone or even an intense dynamic and interactive theoretical and creative experience — a theatrum philosophicum/literarium — in which heterogeneous and combinatory modes of reflection manage to co-exist and to freely interact on Hayv Kahraman‘s canvas. It is through putting into practice these different modes of creative and theoretical investigation, and in this way from the resulting experimentations and experiences that we should like to here call dialogues or rencontres de la pensée [meetings of minds], that is born a knowledge and a new understanding capable of unlocking a whole new discourse on æsthetics, visual arts, critical theory and creative writing. 3. Conference Project: a. Shakespeare and the Orient/the Levant. Source of funds [pending]: Andrew Mellon Grant/The Anis Makdisi Literature Program at AUB. Shakespeare and the Orient/Levant is a conference project which has been written first and foremost for the student community at the American University of Beirut (AUB). In the past five years Shakespeare studies have experienced a noticeable and dramatic geographical shift. The textual landscape of Shakespeare‘s drama changes takes new forms and now points to new horizons, namely the East and the Orient, and more particularly the Levant. From the blasted heaths of England, Shakespeare moves to the most arid and yet fertile soils of the Levant. A new breadth of powerful publications in this new emergent field recently proved how Shakespeare could be instrumental not only to understand the Middle East (through Othello, The Merchant of Venice, and other plays) but also how students in the Levant, in collaboration with international scholars, could apprehend and reinvent Shakespeare as a cultural and social bridge uniting the East and the West. 4. In Press: a. ―Christine Buci-Glucksmann or the Archaeology of Shadows: Shakespeare and Mannerism.‖ Critical Reader in Visual Theory. Ed. Nigel Saint and Andy Stafford. Manchester UP (UK) and Cambridge (USA), 2010.

Gonsalves, Joshua

1. Confirmed Publications (to appear after June 30, 2010): a. Solicited Article: ―‗On the Other Side‘ of Inland Empire‖ in David Lynch in Theory, ed. François-Xavier Gleyzon (Charles University Press, Prague: Litteraria Pragnesia) Forthcoming August 2010.

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b. Solicited Article: ―Byron‘s Masque of the French Revolution: Sovereignty, Terror and Republican Identity in Marino Faliero and The Two Foscari,‖ in Byron and the Politics of Freedom and Terror, eds. Matthew Green and Piya Pal-Lapinski (Palgrave) Forthcoming 2010. c. ―Johns, Keats and Swinburne: Prostitution, Pornography and the Decadence of Aesthetic Critique‖ (accepted at Nineteenth-Century Literature; final revisions due September 2010). 2. Publications in Process: a. ―A Genealogy of Cruelty: Men, Dogs and Animal Baiting‖ (A study of the English Romantic-Victorian poet John Clare; submitted to Humanimalia—A Journal of Human/Animal Interface Studies on June 8, 2010). b. ―Reading Race, ‗Rita,‘ and the Diva: Decrypting the Mogul, the Auteur and the Star in The Lady from Shanghai‖ (article to be submitted to Cinema Journal in July 2010). c. ―Interrogating Anglophilia: Austen, Byron and the Future of English Studies‖ (article in progress; to be submitted to Critical Inquiry upon completion). 3. Long Term Projects: a. Book-length Project I: Keats Goes Global: Close Reading and the Geopolitics of Cultural Production. b. Book-length Project II: Screening War: The Construction of ―Geopolitics‖ in Pre-Cinematic Mass Culture: 1789-1914.

Harb, Sirene

1. El-Hajj, Hind, and Sirène Harb. ―The Role of Gendered Memory and Homeland in Articulating and Performing Identity in Diana Abu-Jaber‘s Arabian Jazz.‖ Article accepted with revisions, MELUS. This article examines the relationship between memory and the politics of gender in the context of the Arab-American experience, as reflected in Diana Abu-Jaber‘s novel Arabian Jazz. 2. Harb, Sirène. ―Arab-American Women‘s Writing and September 11: Reframing Personal and Collective Identities,‖ under review at Arizona Quarterly. This project studies the poetics and politics of representation in the writing of Arab-American women on September 11; it also probes the strategies mediating their articulation of individual and collective Arab-American identities in the context of this national trauma. 3. Black Feminist Thought in the Poetry and Prose of June Jordan (Initial Exploratory Stage). Framed by Black Feminist theory and praxis, this project explores the portrayal ofBlack women‘s struggle for empowerment and self-redefinition in the poetry and prose of June Jordan.

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Hout, Syrine

1. ―Cross-Culturality in/of Contemporary Anglophone Lebanese Literature.‖ Spring 2010. Article under Review by Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 2. Book Proposal: Postwar Anglophone Lebanese Fiction: Home Matters in the Diaspora, Under Review by several university and academic publishers. 3. Research and writing of chapters for my proposed book (Spring 2010: paid research leave).

Khalaf, Roseanne

1. Books: a. Youth in the Near East, co-edited with Samir Khalaf (London: Saqi) In Press. (2010). 2. Book Chapter: a. ―Idealistic and Indignant Lebanese Youth‖ In Youth in the Near East, Khalaf, S. and R. Khalaf, Eds. (London: Saqi) In Press (2010). 3. Workshops: I am in the process of organizing and coordinating, with Christopher Merrill, Director of the International Writing Program at Iowa University, two-week creative writing workshops (June 21_ July 2, 2010) for university students throughout Lebanon. Claire Messud and Tom Sleigh, two outstanding professional writers, are coming from the US to conduct our workshops which will be held at AUB. This is a three-year summer project. 4. Research Grant: I have been given a research grant by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs to launch a narrative study on the views of Arab youth, particularly women, in Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Qatar. The project, still in the initial exploratory stage, will give voice to an important group, effectively silenced or unheard, on a wide-range of crucial issues that impact identity and consciousness of the self. Exploring young lives is a highly complex endeavor, especially in the Arab world, where venues for self expression are mostly unavailable. Listening to overlooked and excluded voices, those shaped by a departure from mainstream discourse, will reveal the social and structural influences that impact the shape of young lives, provide insight into how the youth perceive their social reality and how, in turn, others perceive them. In this way, a much larger and significant story can be told, one that enhances and promotes deeper understanding alongside effective youth policies throughout the region. Hiba Krisht is my research assistant. (June 2010- June 2011).

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Nassar, Christopher

1. ―The Tithonos Myth in Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aneneid.‖ Accepted for publication and scheduled to appear in The Explicator (Fall issue, 2010). A brief paper studying Homer's use of Tithonos, who was granted immortality by the gods but not eternal youth, and Virgil's response.

Schwartz, John Pedro

1. Collecting Practices in the Arab Middle East: Alternative Visions of the Past. Collection of essays. Co-edited with Sonja Mejcher-Atassi. Book-length manuscript under consideration by Ashgate Publishing. 2. TransLatin Joyce. A collection of critical essays on ―Joycean‖ writers from Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Co-edited with César Salgado and Brian Price. 3. ―Remembering to Forget: Borges Contra Modernist Precisionism.‖ For inclusion in TransLatin Joyce.

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1. I have written a paper entitled ―Reading in the Digital Age: The Facts and Projections.‖ This paper explores online reading as opposed to print reading in relation to the myth that reading is in decline and how that impacts libraries. I am currently looking into publication options.

Zenger, Amy Alice

Research in progress: 1. ―A Study of Race and the Origins of American Composition at Harvard 1870- 1900‖ Research in process of revision for submission as a book manuscript. Recipient of CASAR summer travel research stipend. 2. ―Participatory Popular Culture and Literacy Across Borders.‖ An edited collection of essays is ready to be submitted as a book proposal. Papers discuss new media and literacies in a global context. 3. ―Tracing Legacies after the Disruption of War: Recuperating the History of a University Writing Program.‖ An archival research project at draft stage. 4. ―An Open Space.‖ A study of AUB students‘ use of online popular culture.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Arnegard, Iver

1. I presented my paper, "Levant," at the 2010 St Louis Conference on Popular Culture.

Choueiri, Lina

1. Presented a paper at GURT 2010, Georgetown University, Washington DC, entitled ―The syntax of possessive sentences in Lebanese Arabic.‖ 2. Article reviewer for Syntax. 3. NSF grant proposal reviewer. 4. Member of the editorial board of Brill‟s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics.

Clary, Amy

1. Invited lecture: ―(Un)Mapping the Wild: Jon Krakauer‘s Into the Wild, Thoreau‘s Walden, and the Textuality of Wilderness.‖ Given May 11, 2010 at Lebanese American University, sponsored by LAU School of Arts and Sciences – Department of Natural Sciences.

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2. Conference presentation: ―Looking for Meaning in the Desert: Mark Twain, Edward Abbey, and Desert Tourism in the Middle East and American West,‖ Center for American Studies & Research (Beirut, Lebanon). January 2010. 3. Conference presentation: ―Accidental Tourists: Invasive Species, Ecotourism, and the Desire for Wilderness,‖ Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (Atlanta, Georgia). November 2009. 4. Chaired the FAS Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee. 5. Served on the University Senate Board of Graduate Studies. 6. Served on the FAS Graduate Committee. 7. Served on the CASAR Executive Board. 8. Coordinated the English department‘s literature program and MA comprehensive exam. 9. Advised one MA thesis.

Deeb, Rima

1. Served on English 100 Project Committee. 2. Updated English department website (as web contributor). 3. Participated in follow-up TESOL Lebanon meetings & in establishment of affiliate. 4. Corrected placement exams. 5. Wrote AUB-EN questions. 6. Participated with some students in spring IBDAA event. Dennison, Michael

English M.A. Graduate Program Service: a. Thesis: Advised graduate thesis; successfully defended, December 2009. Committee reader for four successfully completed and defended M.A. thesis, 2007 - 2010. b. Exams: Reviewed area questions for the M.A. Comprehensive Examination, December, 2009, and May, 2010. Served as proctor to examinations, December, 2010. Participation in review of Comprehensive Exam reading list and discussions for revision of examination procedures.

2. Departmental Administrative Faculty Service: a. English Department: Acting Chair from June 23rd – 15 September, 2009.

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Assessed candidates for Language and Linguistics position for Dean‘s Office, conferred with available colleagues, and initiated process for on-campus interview ultimately leading to successful hire of candidate. Summer, 2009. Interviewed three candidates for three open professorial positions in department, in person, October – March 2009 - 2010, and participated in following selection process. Coordinated with Chair of department in discussions concerning development of Creative Writing curriculum, courses and minor as newly appointed Creative Writing Coordinator. Spring 2009 – Spring 2010. Designed two approved courses to enhance the Creative Writing Minor. Academic advisor to as many as 31 Graduate and Undergraduate English literature major students, 2009 – 2010. Liaison between department and Haas Mroue Foundation for potential endowed annual price and conference. Spring, 2010.

b. AUB Community Service: BTWOP (Beirut-type Writers Open Performance): Initiated new name and venue for the Open Mike poetry readings scheduled the first Wednesday of every month (since August 2008) and continuing even through the summer months. Judge of quarterly poetry competitions at BTWOP leading to publication of poems by AUB students in the Café‘s newsletter.

c. International Conference: Presenter / Participant at Popular Culture Association / American Cultural Association National Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. March 31 – April 3, 2010. Funded principally by an AUB Faculty Short Term Development Grant. Poetry Studies Panel presentation: ―Kenneth Fearing: Poetry and Media.‖

Gleyzon, Francois-Xavier

1. Presentations: a. ―Shakespeare and Sovereignty.‖ MLA/Philadelphia, 27-30 December b. ―Cuts and Flesh in The Merchant of Venice.‖ Wooden O Symposium: Medieval and Renaissance Studies International Conference, August 9-11 2010. Southern Utah University, Cedar City, USA. [paper accepted/due to family reasons have not confirmed my participation].

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1. Humanities Research Center Summer Seminar Grant, Research Triangle, North Carolina: Participated in a Seminar entitled ―Reading Baudelaire‘s Flowers of Evil‖ (July 5-10, 2009). 2. Consulting Editor, The Explicator (responsible for reviewing articles for publication). 3. Produced English Literature Program Assessment Plan for English Department, AUB (Spring Semester 2010).

Hanna, Rima

1. Workshop on Student Portfolios with Vicki Russell of Duke University, May 4, 2010 2. Workshop on Student Response Writing with Bronwyn Williams of Saint Louis University, March 26, 2010

Harb, Sirene

1. Conference presenter, ―Representations of September 11 in Arab-American Women‘s Writing.‖ Paper presented at the American Literature Association 21st Annual Conference. San Francisco, California. 2. Member of the FAS Library Committee. 3. Member of the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee. 4. Contributor to the evaluation of courses for General Education Course Designation (The University General Education Committee). 5. Panel Chair, CASAR Third International Conference. 6. Member of the CASAR Executive Committee. 7. Member of the Screening Committee for the position of Visiting Professor of American Studies (CASAR). 8. Member of the Advisory Committee, Anis K. Makdisi Program in Literature. 9. Chair of the English Department Ad-Hoc Curriculum Committee. 10. Library Liaison Officer for the English Department. 11. Member of the Recruitment Committee, Global Anglophone Literatures position in the English Department. 12. Advisory Board Member for Palimpsest: A Journal of Women, Gender and the Black International, published by SUNY Press. 13. Reviewer for Tulsa Studies in Women‟s Literature, published by the University of Tulsa. 14. Reviewer for Arab Journal for the Humanities, published by the Academic Publication Council, Kuwait University. 15. Reviewer for the CASAR Research Travel Grants and Summer Research Stipend Grants.

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16. Member of thesis committees in English Literature and Political Science. 17. Thesis Advisor for Emily Craighead, Lynn Darwich, Hind El Hajj, Marwa Mehio, and Emma Moghabghab. 18. Advisor for English Literature majors.

Hout, Syrine

1. Conferences: a. ―Floating or Sinking in Foreign Cities? A Contrastive Study of Alternative Post-War Lives in Anglophone Lebanese Fiction.‖ ―Home, Migration and the City: New Narratives, New Methodologies.‖ European Science Foundation Conference. Linkoeping University. Linkoeping, Sweden, 6-10 August 2010. b. ―The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary Anglophone Lebanese Literature.‖ World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain, 19–24 July 2010. c. Keynote Speaker at the Inaugural Conference of the Centre for Anglo-Arab and Muslim Writing: ―Mapping Emergent Arab and Muslim Literatures in English.‖ University of Nizwa, Oman, 12–15 December 2009. Title: ―Cross-Culturality in/of Contemporary Anglophone Lebanese Literature.‖ d. ―Blood-Stained: Crossing the Frontiers of Adolescence and Exile for Young Militants in 21st-Century Anglophone Lebanese Fiction.‖ BRISMES Annual Conference: ―Frontiers: Space, Separation and Contact in the Middle East.‖ University of Manchester, UK, 4–6 July 2009. 2. Lecture: a. ―Cross-Culturality in/of Contemporary Anglophone Lebanese Literature.‖ Guest Lecturer on 8 Jan. 2010 in ―MEST 301: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies‖, offered by the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, AUB. 3. Professional Service: a. TV interview : The State of Research in the Arab World, on KSA 2 English TV Channel (January 2010). b. Peer Reviewer for the Qatar National Research Fund (Fall 2009- ). c. Chair of Panel on ―Lebanese Literature I‖ at World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain, 21 July 2010. d. Chair of Panel 18 on ―Mutual Exclusions: Shared Pain, Different Representations in Post 9/11 Literature‖ at the 2010 Interdisciplinary Conference sponsored by CASAR ―Connections and Ruptures: American and the Middle East.‖ AUB, 8 Jan. 2010. e. Chair of Panel 6 on ―War, Occupation and Arab Feminism‖ at the International Conference ―Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective.‖ AUB, 7 Oct. 2009.

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f. Chair of Panel on ―Space in Middle Eastern Cinema‖ at BRISMES Annual Conference: ―Frontiers: Space, Separation and Contact in the Middle East.‖ University of Manchester, UK. 4 July 2009.

Iskandarani, Rima

1. Team Member: Writing the section on instructors' and coordinators' profiles, the new Communication Skills Program Handbook. 2. Team Member: Developing two new forms of the English Entrance Examination (EEE) for the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA). 3. Attended two full day workshops: the first by Bronwyn Williams, entitled ―Reading in Composition Courses‖ and the second was on ―Portfolios and Contract Grading‖ by Vicki Russell, Department of English (Spring 2009-10). 4. Attended a two-session workshop on ‗Team -Based Learning‖ by Dr. Larry K. Michaelsen, CTL, and a short workshop on Information Literacy by Dorota Fleszar and Myrna Tabet (Fall 2009-10). 5. The New Faculty Orientation Facilitator, Office of the Provost.

Khalaf, Roseanne

1. International Conferences: a. ―Idealistic and Indignant Lebanese Youth.‖ Paper presented at conference on Marginalization and Mobilization of Youth in the Near East (Center for Behavioral Research, American University of Beirut: May 29-31, 2009). b. ―Beirut Reflections,‖ Paper presented at symposium, Souk Ukaz: Writing In and Beyond the City (International Writing Program, University of Iowa: Morocco, Fes and Casablanca, April 27-May 5, 2009). c. ―Reflexive Narrative Engagement in Postwar Lebanon.‖ Paper presented at conference on Wisdom and Knowledge in Researching and Learning Lives: Diversity, Difference and Commonalities (ESREA, European Society for Research and Universitá degli Studi di Milano Bicocca: Milan, Italy, March 12-15, 2009). 2. Other Activities: a. Panel discussion, ―Reflections on Beirut‖ (El Bourj: May 25, 2010). b. Introduction of honorees at ceremony for AUB alumni authors at the Inaugural AUB Alumni Literary Festival (March 25, 2010). c. Moderator, panel discussion, Inspiration and Process, with alumni writers Zena El Khalil, Raymond Khoury, and George Melhem, at Inaugural AUB Alumni Literary Festival (March 26, 2010). d. Roundtable discussion, Youth Media Consumption and Production in the Arab World and Iran (Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and UNICEF, AUB: March 24, 2010).

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e. Reading at Continuum: A Tribute to the Life and Work of Mai Ghoussoub (UNESCO, Beirut: February 21, 2009). f. Essay Reader and Jury Member of Chiha Essay Competition (AUB: May-June 2009).

Khoury, Malakeh Prepared test material for the English Entrance Exam (EEE), OIRA, AUB.

MacLean, John Philip

April, 2010: Workshop entitled Online Tools for Team Work and Managing Research Sources for the AUB Faculty Seminar on Teaching and Learning (by invitation from AUB‘s Center for Teaching and Learning).

Mikati, May

1. Conference Attended: a. Attended the Cambridge International Conference on Distance and Open Learning - ―Supporting Learning in the Digital Age: Rethinking Inclusion, Pedagogy and Quality‖, Sept. 22-25 2009. 2. Workshops & Seminars Attended: a. 8th AUB Faculty Seminar on Teaching and Learning With Technology, May 26, 2010. b. Workshop on Student Portfolios with Vicki Russell of Duke University, May 4, 2010. c. Workshop on Student Response Writing with Bronwyn Williams of University of Louisville, Mar. 26 2010 . d. Forum on Ernst Boyer and the Scholarship of Teaching by Dr. Peter Hill (Univ. of South Australia) Dec. 3, 2009. e. Forum on Innovation in Teaching by Dr. Peter Hill, Nov. 10, 2009. 3. Coordination: Coordinated Technical English, English 206, updating course material, including the Moodle metacourse. 4. Committees: a. Member of the AUB English Entrance Exam Committee – Wrote Questions for the Exam. b. Member of the English Comm. Skills Teachers‘ Handbook Committee. c. Member of the English Comm. Skills Readings Database Committee.

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Myers, Robert

CASAR International Advisory Meeting. AUB, Beirut. Chair. January 2010 Opening Address. Third International CASAR Conference, ―Connections and Ruptures.‖ AUB, Beirut. January, 2010. ―Images of Easterners on Western Stages.‖ Paper delivered at Third International CASAR Conference. AUB, Beirut. January 2010. ―Building Bridges Between the U.S. and the Arab and Muslim Worlds.‖ Second Annual Meeting of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centers. AUB, Beirut. Chair and panel member. March 2010. ―Transgression, Circulations, and Walls: New Configurations of the Public in São Paulo.‖ Conference Keynote address, by Teresa Caldeira. ―City Debates, Security [Of/In] the City.‖ AUB, Beirut. Commentary/Respondent. May 2010.

Schwartz, John Pedro

What Composition Can Learn from the Digital Humanities‖ (with Olin Bjork). Modern Language Association Convention. Philadelphia, PA. December 2009.

Shalhoub-Khoury, Nina

1. Attended the 8th AUB Seminar on "Teaching and Learning with Technology" on May 26, 2010. 2. Participated in a departmental workshop: "The Teaching of Writing - Portfolios", guest speaker: Dr. Vicki Russell from Duke University, USA, on May 4, 2010. 3. Participated in a departmental workshop: "Reading, Response, Reflection: Approaches for Connecting Reading and Writing", guest speaker: Dr. Bronwyn Williams from the University of Louisville, USA, on March 26, 2010. 4. Participated in the English 204 workshops, Topics: themes and units; thesis statements; teaching of grammar; the use of technology in the classroom; and peer support - spring semester 2010. 5. Member of the English Entrance Exam Committee at AUB - fall and spring semesters 2009-2010.

Shbat, Pamela

1. Participated in a departmental workshop: "The Teaching of Writing - Portfolios", guest speaker: Dr. Vicki Russell, on May 4, 2010. 2. Participated in a departmental workshop: "Reading, Response, Reflection: Approaches for Connecting Reading and Writing", guest speaker: Dr. Bronwyn Williams, on March 26, 2010.

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3. Participated in the English 204 workshops, Topics: themes and units; thesis statements; teaching of grammar; the use of technology in the classroom; and peer support - spring semester 2010.

Sinno, Zane

1. I have participated in the 8th AUB Faculty Seminar on Teaching and Learning with Technology, May 26, 2010 where I presented on Blended Learning and Collaborative Space. 2. I participated as keynote speaker at the Lebanese Library Association, April 13, 2010 where I presented a paper entitled Reading in the Digital Age: The Facts and Projections.

Zenger, Amy Alice

1. Acting chair for English department, 2009-10. 2. Member, Teaching Excellence Award Committee 2008-10. 3. Member, FAS Academic Committee. 4. Member, Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee. 5. Secretary for FAS Faculty Meetings. 6. Organized and attended two full-day workshops with Bronwyn Williams and Vicki Russell for the Communication Skills Program.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Arnegard, Iver

1. My story, "What Rises" was accepted for publication by the North American Review. Forthcoming. 2. My book, Welcome to Deadhorse, was just published by Lambert Press.

Choueiri, Lina

1. Aoun, Joseph*, Lina Choueiri, and Elabbas Benmamoun*. 2010. The Syntax of Arabic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Gleyzon, Francois-Xavier

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a. Shakespeare‟s spiral: tracing the snail in King Lear and Renaissance Painting. Lanham: UP of America, 2010. ISBN: 0-7618-4137-7, (302 pp.) Currently being reviewed by English Studies/Renaissance Quaterly/Shakespeare Quaterly and The Journal for Cultural Research under the titles: ―New Directions in Early modern studies‖ to be published in Jan. 2012 2. Edited Book: a. David Lynch in Theory. Ed. François-Xavier Gleyzon. Prague: Charles UP, 2010. (313 pp.) 3. Peer-Reviewed Essays & Book Chapters: a. ―David Lynch‘s Seismograph.‖ David Lynch in Theory. Ed. François-Xavier Gleyzon. Prague: Charles UP/Litteraria Pragensia, 2010. b. ―Lynch, Bacon and the Formless.‖ David Lynch in Theory. Ed. François-Xavier Gleyzon. Prague: Charles UP/Litteraria Pragensia, 2010. c. ―David Lynch and The Cinema d‘Auteur: A Conversation with Michel Chion.‖ David Lynch in Theory. Ed. François-Xavier Gleyzon. Prague: Charles UP/Litteraria Pragensia, 2010. d. ―Under the Eye of Gorgô: Macbeth and King Lear.‖ The Journal of the Wooden O Symposium 6. Ed. D. Major-Spencer. Southern Utah UP, 2008. 88-106.

Gonsalves, Joshua

(see Confirmed Publications under RESEARCH). Hout, Syrine

1. ―Growing Pains: The Portrayal of Young Warriors in 21st-Century Anglophone Lebanese Fiction.‖ Al-Abhath: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (AUB) 57 (2009): 157–82. 2. ―Revisiting Lebanon: Testimony, Trauma, and Transition in Patricia Sarrafian Ward‘s The Bullet Collection.‖ Middle Eastern Literatures 12.3 (Dec. 2009): 271–88. 3. ―The Last Migration: The First Contemporary Example of Lebanese Diasporic Literature.‖ Arab Voices in Diaspora: Critical Perspectives on Anglophone Arab Literature. Cross/Cultures: Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in English 115. Ed. Layla al- Maleh. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2009. 143–62. 4. Abstract: ―Blood-Stained: Crossing the Frontiers of Adolescence and Exile for Young Militants in 21st-Century Anglophone Lebanese Fiction‖ (Panel 7E on p. 33 of Annual Conference Program (2009) of BRISMES: ―Frontiers: Space, Separation and Contact in the Middle East‖ at Univ. of Manchester). Khalaf, Roseanne

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1. Introductions to Edited Books: a. ―On the Interplay Between the Individual and Society,‖ Arab Culture and Society, co-edited with Samir Khalaf (London: Saqi, 2009). b. ―Creative Lives: An Introduction‖ Creative Lives Portraits of Lebanese Artists (Beirut: Turning Point, 2009). 2. Edited Books: a. Arab Culture and Society, co-edited with Samir Khalaf (London: Saqi). Arab Society and Culture provides wide-ranging essays and supplementary readings that challenge the stereotypes and examine recent social and cultural change in Arab societies. The texts bring together empirical explorations of the social sciences and intuitive sensibilities of the literary imagination. 3. Book Chapters: a. ―Beirut Reflections‖ In Writing In and Beyond the City, eds. C. Merril, and N. Durovicova, (International Writing Program: Iowa University, 2009). b. Postwar Voices in Troubled Times: Mapping a Different Landscape” In Exploring Selfhood: Finding Ourselves, Finding Our Stories in Life Narratives, eds. I. Goodson, and S. Gill, Eds. (Brighton, England: Center for Research in Human Development, Guerrand Foundation, 2009) 4. Articles in Refereed Journals: ―Youthful Voices in Postwar Lebanon,‖ Middle East Journal 63:1 (2009): 49-68.

Khoury, Malakeh

Khoury, Eds. and Nordbruch, Goetz*. Raif Khoury. In Twentieth-century Arabic writers. Ed. Majd Yaser Al-Mallah and Coeli Fitzpatrick. Dictionary of Literary Biography, v.346.

Mikati, May

Mikati, M. (2008, Summer). The slow horse of meaning: English teachers and information literacy. IATEFL CALL Review, 25-30.

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4. Painting Persia. Reading of stage play. Directed by Ian Morgan. New York Theatre Workshop. March 2010. 5. Conference Proceedings of ―Connections and Ruptures,‖ Third International CASAR Conference. Beirut: AUB. Editor and introduction. (Forthcoming).

Schwartz, John Pedro ―To help the nation to save its soul‘: Museum Purposes in James‘s The Princess Casamassima.‖ Victorian Literature and Culture 38.1 (2010).

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

In keeping with the university-wide project to assess existing programs, in the coming year, the Department of English will assess program learning outcomes in three undergraduate programs—Language, Literature, and Communication Skills. Evidence provided by the assessment will support a review of the program requirements and structure. The department also hopes to review the graduate program requirements, and to add a new track in Rhetoric and Composition. Recruitment next year will focus on professorial-rank positions in Language and Composition and Rhetoric, and on Instructor positions in Communication Skills. In the next two years, the Writing Center is poised to grow rapidly, as it guides the university in developing a new writing initiative, mandated in part by new General Education guidelines. A substantial grant from the Mellon Foundation is funding support for faculty and students as they engage in writing in discipline-specific courses.

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APPENDIX A

WRITING CENTER

The AUB Writing Center has been in operation for six years. During the academic year 2009-2010, the center was staffed by 14 tutors from the English Department. These included 11 graduate assistants, 3 faculty members, the Acting Director, and two students from the work-study program as front desk personnel. The center was open Monday through Friday from 9 am-5 pm.

Tutors at the Writing Center provided one-hour consultations to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. During these consultations, tutors offered writing support for projects in a variety of disciplines and during various stages of the writing process. They provided writing support for all types of writers – beginners, intermediates and advanced. Tutors responded as readers, considering broad concerns first, addressing the structure and arrangement of a given text, or style and grammatical correctness. Tutors were trained to respect each writer‘s level of achievement, with the aim of producing better writers, not only better texts.

During the academic year 2009-2010, the Writing Center engaged in and accomplished the following:

1. Tutoring members of the university community: The Writing Center provided 1233 hours of individual writing support to students, faculty and staff. The following is a list of the distribution of consultations according to faculty, year of study, purpose and gender:

Distribution of Consultations by Faculty Percentages FAS – Faculty of Arts and Sciences 35% OSB – Olayan School of Business 16% FEA – Faculty of Engineering and Architecture 13% FHS – Faculty of Health Sciences 12% FAFS – Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences 10% Majorless 9% School of Nursing 3% Faculty of Medicine 2%

Distribution of Consultations by Year of Study Percentages Sophomore 42%

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Graduate 16% Freshman 14% Junior 14% Senior 11% Faculty 2% Staff 1%

Distribution of Consultations by Purpose Percentages English 203, 204 assignments 44% English 102, 225, 227, 236, 300 assignments 15% HBED (Health Behavior & Education) assignments 10% Writing cover letters, developing CV / Resume, business emails 8% Thesis proposals, thesis writing, revision, preparing for defense 7% Other 6% Improving general writing skills/grammar 5% Philosophy courses assignments 3% Plagiarism test assistance, preparation 2%

Distribution of Consultations by Gender Percentages Female 63% Male 37%

2. The Writing Center Website (www.aub.edu.lb/~webwrite/): The center maintained and updated its website, which includes resources and useful links for students, faculty and tutors.

3. Tutor training: Tutors attended bi-monthly training sessions, which focused on a number of issues such as APA/MLA documentations, organizing and summarizing texts, working with thesis and purpose statements, general discussions and readings on tutoring.

4. Introducing faculty tutors: Tutors at the Writing Center now include faculty members from the English Department in addition to graduate students.

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5. Publicity and exposure: During the course of the academic year, the center provided short presentations to approximately 50 classrooms, introducing the Writing Center to students and faculty, and handing out brochures. The center also held its two yearly bake sales for publicity and exposure, while raising funds to cover some of its incidental expenses such as coffee, refreshments, posters and other small purchases.

6. Mini in-class lessons: A number of PowerPoint presentations were designed to offer condensed in-class lessons to support classroom teachers. These included documentation, thesis statements, purpose statements, paragraphing, summarizing, paraphrasing, etc.

7. Donations: The Writing Center received its first ever donation of $1000 from an AUB alumni donor residing in the United States. The funds are being used to purchase a wall-mounted LCD screen for use during tutor training sessions and presentations.

Starting in 2010-2011, the Writing Center will to have a further role to play in supporting members of the AUB community. With the General Education designation of writing intensive courses across campus departments, the center plans to expand its services to include: recruiting more tutors from departments across the university; acquiring a larger physical space for tutoring; offering campus-wide writing workshops to students, faculty and staff; providing further training for its tutors; investing in the professional development of its administrator; conducting and publishing research on writing pedagogies and writing centers.

By expanding its services, the Writing Center will continue to play a central role within the university at large, and more specifically, within a writing intensive program.

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COMMUNICATION SKILLS

The report will be subdivided into 3 parts: Reports on Courses 100 through 208; Projects, Academic Activities and Workshops; and General Recommendations.

1. Summarized Coordinators‘ Reports on Courses: Course Coordinators: 100- Rima Jamous; 102- Rana Haidar; 203- John McLean; 204- Dorota Fleszar; 206- May Mikati; 208- Rima Shadid.

 English 100: Graduate assistants were involved in teaching segments of this course, which proved to be a valuable experience for the students. The proposal to restructure the course, mainly addressing its administrative aspects, has been reactivated. Additionally, an ad hoc committee of volunteer teachers reviewed writing samples of 102 and 203 students who had formerly passed English 100 to gauge their competence in these courses.  English 102: Instructors shared their syllabi on Moodle and were engaged in two norming sessions which brought about a healthy discussion of grading styles and teachers‘ comments. A pilot project was initiated with the Writing Center, aiming to bridge the gap between 102 and 203 by providing students with extra writing activities.  English 203: Diversity and creativity in teaching methods were encouraged through instructors‘ posting and giving feedback on schedules on Moodle. Small-group teachers‘ meetings were trialed for the same purpose. Activities and materials were submitted to a new 203 materials database. Writing Matters is a new reference-type textbook that was implemented for both 203 and 204 students.  English 204: Information literacy workshops, developed in conjunction with Jafet Library, were developed to ensure the course‘s compatibility with General Education requirements. The principles of cooperation among instructors were applied through a series of discussion sessions that addressed different approaches to teaching particular aspects of the syllabus. These sessions were presented by volunteer 204 instructors.  English 206: The course was restructured, with the final exam‘s allocated percentage going to other academic activities. A guest speaker gave a lecture on leadership and communication, the new theme introduced into the course. A subscription to the Journal of Business and Technical Communication was secured.  English 208: Students simulated real world business companies and worked on projects on current business events in Lebanon. These included the 2010 Motor

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Show, tourism sector and entertainment industry, to name a few. Blended learning was introduced into one section of the course.

2. Projects, Academic Activities and Workshops: The Communication Skills faculty engaged in departmental projects and discussion sessions on voluntary basis, and attended two required workshops which were organized by the Department and presented by professors of composition from the U.S.

a. Projects: Seven project ideas were shared during a coordinators‘ meeting in fall 2009-10. All instructors were invited to sign up for one of the projects on voluntary basis.

 Profiles of Communication Skills Instructors and Coordinators: This project entailed working on consolidating specific duties that instructors and course directors (or coordinators) perform at the department. A first draft of those profiles, drafted in fall 2009, was rewritten by volunteer instructors in spring. The submitted document was amended by the chair and program coordinator.  Materials Database for 203 and 204: A group of instructors, prompted by the 203 coordinator, put together a database of articles suitable for 203 and 204 students. The 203 and 204 coordinators worked closely on this project.  Communication Skills Instructor‘s Manual: This manual was put together by instructors. It contains necessary guidelines and information that new or returning instructors will need at the beginning of each semester.  English 100 Student Tracking in 102 and 203: This project aimed at ―information gathering‖ on how the former fall 100 students are doing in 102 and 203 in the spring semester. A group of instructors (some 100 teachers; others not having taught 100) met and reviewed papers of 21 students who are currently enrolled in 102 and 203. Papers were assessed holistically according to the guidelines used to place students into Comm. Skills courses as part of the English Entrance Examination. Each paper was read by 2 teachers. Results: Four papers (out of 21) were still considered to be 100-level. This suggests that almost 25% of the reviewed students are not AUB mainstream level. 75% are performing at the level into which they have been promoted. For the procedural details of this committee.  Informal and Voluntary Peer Observation: This project, aimed at creating informal and voluntary class visits, did not materialize. Only one instructor signed up for it.

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 Salaries Committee: A few instructors signed up for this committee in the hopes of discussing an increase to instructors‘ salaries with the head of Personnel and the Dean of FAS. Little progress has been made to-date.  Instructors‘ Writing Institute: This project aims to create ongoing writers‘ institutes within the department, the rationale being that instructors need to be engaged in doing what they are teaching. Instructors involved in this project plan to submit a project to the chair/dean in fall 2010-11.

b. Academic Activities: Roundtable on commenting on student papers: This academic discussion session was organized in fall 2009, its aim being for instructors to share, understand and analyze the different comments their colleagues write on students‘ papers. Far from being a ―norming‖ session, the meeting yielded interesting results related to the diversity of teachers‘ comments.

c. Workshops: Two professional all-day workshops were organized and sponsored by the department in spring 2010. Prior to finalizing the workshop schedules, each presenter was sent a file of emails written by instructors and containing queries and suggestions related on the workshop theme. This facilitated the task of presenters and made the workshop activities more relevant to instructors‘ needs. Workshop 1 was presented by Bronwyn Williams, from the University of Louisville, on writing responses to reading. Workshop 2 was presented by Vicki Russell, from Duke University, on contract grading and portfolios.

3. Recommendations: For 2010-2011, the following recommendations are made:  That the experimental restructuring of English 100 be implemented for administrative and academic reasons.  That GA‘s continue to assume an active role in teaching segments of English 100 and assisting in discussion and research sessions in other courses.  That discussion sessions related to sharing approaches to teaching, grading and commenting on papers continues to be held at each course level as well as program-wide.  That teachers contribute to and use the materials database.  That teachers continue to post their syllabus (and other activities) on Moodle in order to encourage diversity and creativity in teaching methods and activities, while adhering to the course objectives and learning outcomes.  That Pre-semester course meetings with each course coordinator be scheduled by the department for the week before classes start.

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 That brief introductions on individual instructors be made available to students on the Department‘s webpage.  That more ―bridging‖ activities and materials be worked out with the Writing Center for every course.  That more instructors be involved in the Writing Center to facilitate the ―bridging‖ process.  That teacher-student conferencing be kept and fostered.  That office space be secured for above!

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FINE ARTS AND ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

This year the department hosted the Whittlesey Visiting Chair, Professor Cornelia Krafft, who taught courses in theater and studio arts. Assistant Prof. Rachel Hines joined the department, teaching primarily in the area of painting and drawing. Unfortunately, Ms. Hines will be returning to the USA next year for personal reasons. An international search was held for a professor of ceramics and three- dimensional arts. The selection committee consisted of Prof. Franses (chair) and Profs. Farhat and Hines, and Prof. Walid Sadek from the Dept. of Architecture and Graphic Design. Mr. Neville Assad-Salha was selected for the post. An international search was held for a professor of music, to replace Prof. Paul Meers, who resigned from his post. The selection committee consisted of Prof. Franses (chair) and Prof. Paul Meers, Hermann Genz, Julie Weltzien, Ramzi Sabra, Jocelyne Dejong. The committee selected Prof. Thomas Kim, who will be joining AUB in the Fall. Eight students graduate this year from the department‘s Studio Arts program. This is a substantial increase over the three students who graduated last year. The studio arts program continues to grow, and currently we have approximately 26 majors enrolled. The following new courses were approved by the Curriculum Committee and taught: FAAH 262 Arabic and Middle Eastern Music; FAAH 292 Video Art; FAAH 286 Performance Art; and FAAH 209A, Special Topics, Painting and Drawing the Figure. New part-time professors in the department were Saad Saab, teaching Arabic and Middle Eastern Music, and Roy Samaha, teaching Video Art. The studio arts program was reviewed, and many changes introduced. A new course, FAAH 200, Foundations in Painting and Drawing was approved, and will be taught next year. This will form a core introduction course, and will be a prerequisite for all higher courses in two-dimensional arts. This means that all students will have a basic grounding in the area, and ensures that students progressing to higher courses will all start on an equal footing, which had hitherto not been the case. International visitors who gave talks in our department included art historians Prof. Glenn Peers, from the University of Texas at Austin; Prof. Susan Babaie, a Fullbright scholar; Prof. Alain George, University of Edinburgh; and Heiner Goebbels, a leading figure from Germany in the field of performance and theatrical art. An outstanding local theater and film personality, Zeina Daccache, screened her film 12

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Angry Lebanese. Both the Goebbels and Daccache events were held in Bathish Theater, and were very well attended by the general public. A total of ten talks were given by artists within the framework of our ―Visiting Artists‖ lecture and workshop series. Amongst these, special mention must be made of the address given by Prof. Walid Sadek, of the Department of Architecture and Design. Music offerings this year have included the two usual choral/orchestral concerts, one at Christmas, and one in spring. The spring concert featured a performance of the works of Bach, and included as soloist Ziad Nehme an alumnus of the AUB and the choir. The winner of the annual $1000 Rosemarie Salhaney Haggar Choral Award, was Hezha Hassan, freshman, of Sulimania, Kurdistan, Iraq. Within the context of courses in acting and performance art, a series of short performances were held in public places around upper campus. These gathered large student audiences and provoked much interest in a contemporary art form unfamiliar to many. Further, a major production of performance art by Professor Cornelia Krafft, Seven Sins & Seven Dreams @ 7pm was mounted at The Dome in downtown Beirut. This attracted an audience of over 450 people. Amongst other theatrical performances presented was Exit Right Running, directed by Peter Shebay‘a. The major art show of the year took place in West Hall Common Room and in our studios. The West Hall Common Room exhibited works by our graduating senior students. The show was curated by Prof. Neville Assad-Salha. Students‘ work continues to evolve, and is showing greater familiarity than ever with the idioms of contemporary international art.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members: Academic

Arsanios, Mirene Instructor MA Assad-Salha, Neville Senior Lecturer MFA Azoury, Pierre Professor (pt) Ph.D. Deeb, Reem Lecturer (pt) D.Mus.* Farhat, May Assistant Professor Ph.D. Franses, Rico Associate Professor Ph.D. (Chairperson) Hines, Rachel Assistant Professor MFA Jamal, Ghada Instructor (pt) MA Krafft, Cornelia Visiting Assistant Professor MA Kurani, David Senior Lecturer Dipl.**

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Maalouf, Adoni Instructor MA Meers, Paul Lecturer D.Mus.* Meskaoui, Zeina Instructor (pt) MA Muraywid, Amal Senior Lecturer DES Saab, Saad Instructor (pt) Samaha, Roy Instructor (pt) MA Shebaya, Peter Senior Lecturer (pt) MA+Dipl** Zurayk, Afaf Instructor (pt) MA

* Doctor of Music ** Diploma in Acting, Bristol Old Vic Theater School (MFA equivalent)

Non-Academic

Jebara Kidess, Adiba Secretary

2. Research Assistants

None

3. Graduate Assistants

None

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors:

BA Oct. 2009 1 Feb. 2010 2 June 2010 5 (expected)

MA Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 0 June 2010 0

2. Number of Majors

Feb. 2010 June 2010 Seniors 8 7

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Juniors 5 2 Sophomores 9 13 Total 22 22

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer Fall Spring Total 2008 Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above 0 0 0 0

Courses numbered 211 through 299 40 400 520 960

Courses numbered 200 through 210 18 125 149 292

Courses numbered 100 through 199 21 45 42 108

Total 79 570 711 1360

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer Fall Spring Total 2009 Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and 0 0 0 0 above

Courses numbered 211 through 6 72 82 160 299

Courses numbered 200 through 3 24 27 54 210

Courses numbered 100 through 3 6 6 15 199

Total 12 102 115 229

D. RESEARCH

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1. New research was undertaken into large scale (life size) porcelain forms and firing approaches. Much new work was produced. 2. Researched different clay bodies in an assortment of colors brought in from America. 3. Worked with different materials added to clay e.g. copper nuggets and ironstone. These were fired to different temperatures to investigate results. 4. Researched Lebanese traditional potters. Have started documenting traditional techniques used. 5. Ongoing research into and construction of dwelling using traditional materials, looking at scale, proportion, form and texture. (Large scale, live-in sculpture). 6. Working with components which reflect each other through form (negative – positive space). 7. Researching Byzantine and Syrian basalt stone forms for use in surface treatments of sculptures and clay forms.

Farhat, May

1. Article review on Islamic gilding for The Arab Journal for the Humanities, published in Kuwait. 2. Conducted research for two papers presented during the spring semester. 3. ―The Mashhad Shrine in History,‖ a book length study of the shrine of Ali al-Rida in Mashhad (forthcoming).

Franses, Rico

1. Received URB grant to pursue research in New York for one month, primarily at the library of Columbia University. The research concerned the interconnections between sculptural forms in Late Antique, Early Byzantine, and Early Islamic Art. 2. Visited Barcelona and Seville, Spain, pursuing research in Medieval and Islamic Art. 3. Symbols, Meaning, Belief: Donor Portraits in Byzantine Art. (Forthcoming. I have made much progress on this, and the book is a few weeks away from completion). 4. ―The Frame in the Flesh of the World.‖ (Article completed and submitted to journal for consideration) 5. ―Non-figurative Abstraction in Early Christian, Byzantine and Islamic Art.‖ (Forthcoming).

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1. New work and research produced on flying/flight; cultural escape and exile; gender differences in the Middle East; common-law and religious bonds associated with marriage; as well as intimacy, loss, community, and family. 2. Researched and was awarded a CASAR travel research grant to study Social Practice art work, relational aesthetics, community based art, interactive and participatory art in the Pacific Northwest, USA. 3. Work currently being produced in collaboration with several contemporary, international artists inlcuding photographer, Maggie Hudson; textile artist, Tyler Mackie; painter, Julie Green; mechanical physicist, Kyle Glusenkamp; and graphic designer/web programmer, Thomas Hines. 4. Produced and sent work to several exhibitions (see publications)

Krafft, Cornelia, FAAH ,Whittlesey Visiting Chair

1. Research on performace art in urban architecture, with special reference to the Oskar Niemeyer International Fair, Tripoli. 2. Research on jurisdiction, guilt and innocence in theater literature, such as Reginald Rose, ―12 Angry Men”, Franz Kafka, ―The Trial” and Berthold Brecht, ―The Caucasian Calk Circle. Considered this in relation to the current situation in Roumieh prison, Lebanon. In connection with this, I was in contact with Zeina Daccache (Drama Therapist). 3. Research and comparison of Theatre architecture in Europe and Lebanon. Special research was conducted on the Dome, downtown Beirut. 4. In collaboration with special guest director and composer Heiner Goebbels, investigated Contemporary theatre strategies in Europe, and the importance of silence in the narrative process. 5. Research on artistic execution of religious morality narratives in theater and works of art, in particular dealing with the 7 deadly sins (from Hieronymous Bosch to the present).

Kurani, David

1. Ongoing exploration of portrait painting techniques using combinations of the new water-soluble oil paints with both acrylics and regular oil paints. Also ongoing work in stage and landscape art, studio and plain-air painting in watercolors and mixed media. 2. Designs in progress for stage scenery for coming play production ―Sijn an-Nisaa‖ (The Women‘s Prison), an improvised production; Director: Dr. Lina Abyad. Production mounted on condition of Mellon Foundation approval and grant (Proposal submitted).

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3. Ongoing practice in landscapes and portraits in watercolor acrylics and oils hoping to accumulate enough for a show (but numbers depleted by private customers and commission.) 4. Present research into puppetry in preparation for playscript. 5. Present research into image projection onto gauze and smoke screens as a type of stage scenery.

Muraywed, Amal

1. Much effort was put into the research, and then introduction, of completely new techniques. These were shown later in six exhibitions of students‘ ceramic work, January-May 2010. 2. Continuous research in different clay compositions, glazes and firing methods. 3. Continuous research in glass techniques. This was exhibited in The Contemporary Glass Collection in the Archaeological Museum on campus, exhibited March 7, 2010. An article was written about the issue in News Highlights, April 28, 2010. 4. Much work and research was done in preparing certain forms and constructing plaster molds for slip casting techniques which was introduced this year.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Assad-Salha, Neville

1. Attended Conference on Contemporary Sculpture in Adelaide, South Australia. 2. Attended post graduate seminar at the University of South Australia. 3. Attended Graduate and Post Graduate exhibitions for University of South Australia. 4. Visited many exhibitions during SALA Week (South Australia Living Artists) during August 2009. 5. Visited Sculpture Park, Mornington Penninsula, Victoria, Australia. 6. Delivered workshop on thrown vessels for Archaeology Department, AUB. 7. Delivered workshop on thrown vessels for International College, Beirut. Lebanon. 8. Curated exhibition of Concept students work West Hall Common Room, (Fall Semester). 9. Coordinated senior students Projects for FAAH. 10. Slide lectures on own work at University of South Australia. 11. Attended American Community School (ACS) IB students‘exhibition at Unesco Palace.

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12. Helped to curate exhibition for Art students at American Community School (ACS). 13. Took Fine Art students on a study trip to Cairo, Egypt. 14. Photography trips to Tripoli and other mountain villages throughout Lebanon. 15. Set up Senior students work in West Hall common Room (Final Year Project).

Farhat, May

1. Member of the FAS Undergraduate Admissions Committee, 2009-2010. 2. Member of the General Education Committee 2009-2010. 3. Member of the FAS ad-hoc Committee which reviewed and made recommendation for the new Instructor Course Evaluation Form (ICE). 4. Member and third reader in the thesis committee for graduate student Sarah Saban. I helped in the advising, the reviewing of the thesis proposal, and attended the thesis defense. 5. Member of the FAAH hiring committee for the position in sculpture. Reviewed applicants‘ files, attended meetings, and assisted in the interview of the applicants. 6. Organized two lectures, in conjunction with the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, of two visiting scholars, Dr. Sussan Babaie, and Dr. Alain George. 7. Invited LAU Professor Dr. Abdallah Kahil to give a guest lecture in the course FAAH227A on Late Islamic Art and Architecture. 8. Organised two extra-curricular trips to students to Damascus, and to Baalbeck in January 2010. 9. Replaced FAAH Chair in the Academic Committee meetings during Fall 2009.

Conference Participation 1. Presented a paper on ―Islamic Ornament‖ as part of the workshop ―Dimensions 1‖ sponsored by the Interior Design Department at Dar al-Hekma College, Jeddah, kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2. Presented a paper, ―A Mediterranist‘s Collection,‖ in the panel, ―New Perspectives on the Art of the Middle East at the AAH Annual Conference 2010 (Glasgow 15-17, April 2010).

Franses, Rico

1. Served as department chair. 2. Chaired job-search committees to appoint new professor in ceramics/3-d studio arts, which included overseeing the campus visit of candidate. The search was successful, and we have recruited a new member of faculty.

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3. Chaired job-search committees to appoint new professor in music. This included overseeing the campus visit of candidate. The search was successful, and we have recruited a new member of faculty. 4. Conducted two further job searches for one-year visiting appointments. 5. Steered major changes in departmental programs through Curriculum Committee. These included alterations to Studio Arts major and minor, Theater minor, and Music minor. In addition to these changes, five new courses were approved. 6. In collaboration with Prof. Ahmad Nasri, formulated a proposal for a Digital Arts Minor that will be introduced, a joint project between the FAAH and Computer Science departments. 7. Served on selection committee for Mellon Foundation Grants for the promotion of arts and humanities. Drafted call for proposals and final report. 8. Invited to attend meeting between FAS faculty members and members of Board of Trustees. Drafted minutes for this meeting. 9. Participated in the planning and mounting of the FAAH Annual Art Exhibition, and the evaluation of Senior Students. 10. Organized a visit and departmental lecture by Professor Glenn Peers, University of Texas at Austin. 11. Served on jury for Haggar Choral Award, part of the Zaki Nassif music program. 12. Served on jury for graduating students from Department of Architecture and Design. 13. Reviewer for two URB grant applications. 14. Participant in Commencement Ceremony, Spring 2009, and President‘s Opening Day Address, Fall 2009. 15. Assistant Marshal, Commencement Ceremony,, Spring 2010.

Conference Participation 1. Invited participant, presented paper ―The Beginnings of Byzantine and Islamic Art,‖ Conference on Islamic Art organized by The Polish Society of Oriental Art, Cracow, Poland (October, 2010). 2. Invited participant in colloquium, ―Art, Research, and Creation,‖ with international guest, organized by Le Département de lettres françaises de l‘Université Saint Joseph, (29 April, 2010).

Hines, Rachel

1. Curriculum reform and restructuring of the 2-d department in FAAH. Wrote two new courses that were approved by the curriculum committee. 2. Helped in developing the same kind of restructuring of the 3-d department in FAAH. Collaborated with colleague Neville Asaad-Salha to write a new syllabus

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for a Foundation in 3-d course as well as a Special Topics in 3-d art, awaiting approval by the curriculum comittee. 3. Helped in writing and structuring the Digital Arts Minor that will be introduced, a joint project between the FAAH and Computer Science departments. 4. Gave workshops to faculty and students within the FAAH department on safe and archival processes in painting and drawing. 5. Set up a toxic waste management system for all painting labs in the FAAH department for any pigment contaminated liquid or solid waste. 6. Set up and maintained an email list that receives weekly newsletters concerning AUB lectures, exhibitions and other art events. 7. Set up and maintained an art blog for the FAAH department that features all art related events and opportunities that students, faculty, and non-AUB people alike would benefit from. This blog receives around 40 views per day, and is growing quickly to become the main source of art information for the AUB art community. 8. Served on the committee with colleague May Farhat to set up and structure a new FAAH department website, to be hosted on the AUB main site. 9. Organized a Visiting Artist Lecture series with my colleague Mirene Arsanios (weekly) that included over ten contemporary, international, artists. 10. Served as advisor, along with my colleague David Kurani, as faculty advisor to numerous FAAH students, including many non-FAAH students who decided to transfer into our department. 11. Supervised graduating senior art students, giving studio visits directed at focusing them towards their final exhibit. 12. Participated in teaching and students of senior art students. 13. Was Visiting Artist at Cyprus College of Art, delivering a lecture on my work and giving studio visits to more then 30 students of the college. Also took art students from the AUB to the college to discuss a possible exchange with director Michael Paraskos. 14. Was Visiting Artist at American Community School giving studio visits to graduating seniors in preparation for interviews with outside-examiners. 15. Organized, with colleague Neville Asaad-Salha, an art student trip to Cairo where we attended numerous art events including an opening at the Palace of Arts, Cairo, the Townhouse Gallery, a lecture series by Rijks Academy Students, and was also in communication with Huda Lutfy about a possible collaboration between the AUB and the American University in Cairo. 16. Attended openings and screenings regularly at Beirut Art Center, Ashkal Alwan, and BIPOD International Dance Festival as well as attending several Pethca Kuchas with contemporary artists, architects, designers, and the like. 17. Member of the College Arts Association.

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18. Appointed Library Liason for the department of FAAH. Also ordered an extensive listing of contemporary art books ranging from painting and drawing books to performance and non-traditional art books, to art theory and criticism. 19. Organized two contemporary art workshops: Maya Zankoul- graphic designer and cartoonist and Setareh Shabazi- artist, sculptor, book-maker. 20. Active member of the FAAH hiring committee search for a Sculptor/Ceramicist Professorial position in the deparment.

Krafft, Cornelia – FAAH ,Whittlesey Visiting Chair

1. Organised lecture by Prof. George Arbid, Department of Architecture & Graphic Design on Tripoli International Fair (architecture by Oskar Niemeyer) for course ―Staging Spaces.‖ Also organised excursion for students and faculty from FAAH to the Fair-site. The visit included a performance action. 2. Featured in New Faculty Profile, 2/2010, ―Performance Art comes to AUB.‖ Also in AUB Bulletin News Online, and in Maingate Magazine, 3/2010. 3. Organized screening of documentary film ―12 angry Lebanese‖ by Zeina Daccache, in Bathish auditorium, West Hall, with director present for audience discussion. 4. Organized exhibition of projects concerning theme ―12 Angry Men‖ by students from FAAH courses Design in Theatre and Performance Art, West Hall. 5. Hosted special guest from abroad: Heiner Goebbels, who presented a lecture: ―The Fascination of Absence: Contemporary Strategies in Performing Arts,‖ Bathish auditorium, West Hall. 6. Excursion with Heiner Goebblels to The Dome, downtown Beirut.

Kurani, David

1. Advisor to Studio Art Major – summers included. 2. Summer 2009 FAAH Chair duties. 3. Zaki Nassif Music Committee – member of the academic committee. 4. FAAH Committee (searching for studio arts full time faculty) non-voting but active member. 5. Deir el Qamar Artists‘ Day – participation by invitation only (Flavia Codsi, Mouna Sehnaoui, Hussein Madi some of the others invited), show and exhibit sponsored by the Deir el Qamar Festival Committee – July 2009. 6. Large-scale landscape painting for Jabal Moussa Foundation, a nature preserve organization. 7. 220 cm x 85 cm acrylic and oils private commission – delivered Nov. 2010-05-05. 8. Music composition: song setting of Arabic text of Psalm 100, on commission for a private group.

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9. Music composition: song of Arabic text of words from Saint Francis‘ prayer for private commission. 10. Music composition: setting of previously composed ―Chromatic Waltz‖ for two pianos – work in progress 11. Newly taught FAAH 270 – Theatre History as a Humanities course both semesters this year (much preparation).

Meers, Paul

1. Zaki Nassif Music Program; Facilitator of Workshop for Choral Directors. November 17, 2009 2. Community Service: Direction of AUB Choral Society; direction of Ensemble Polyphonica, facilitation of choir members‘ trip to perform in New York‘s Carnegie Hall; facilitation of grand piano purchase by President‘s Club for choral rehearsal in West Hall; Choral Director Search Committee membership and candidate facilitation. 3. Facilitation and coordination of $1000 Rosemarie Haggar Choral Award, for an outstanding student in the AUB Choir. 4. Preparation, publicity and promotion for Spring and Christmas concerts. Requested statistical information is on record in FAS and FAAH office. 5. Facilitation and coordination with multiple AUB entities of YES LB Academy, with John Ferguson, its Executive Director. 6. Facilitation and promotion of Song Recital by Ziad Nehme and François Salignat, May 12, 2010, Assembly Hall.

Muraywed, Amal

1. Much work and research was put in the presentation and construction of our ceramics and mixed-media projects for the IBDAA event, The International Biodiversity day at AUB, May 21st, 2010. We were awarded the IBDAA trophy as first prize in creativity. Our theme was Save The Tree In Lebanon. 2. Designed and created the first trophies in the history of IBDAA. The trophies were in bronze entitled Save The Tree In Lebanon. 3. Served as art coordinator between the FAAH department and the Space Gallery in Jafet library. I curated ceramics exhibits for students‘ work in the gallery area, January-May, 2010. The first exhibit included students‘ work in the FAAH Drawing course and Ceramics. Exhibition extends till May. 4. Collaborated with Mr. Henry Mathews in documenting the main children‘s comics of the late sixties in Syria and Lebanon. 5. Curated Flourishing Talents In Ceramics at AUB, the annual ceramics exhibit off campus in a professional gallery in Saifi Village, downtown Beirut, May 4-10,

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2010. This promoted the arts, and ceramics in particular, to an outside audience. Several articles were written about this successful event in the AUB News Highlights of May, 2010, and in the Lebanese daily newspapers. The show was covered by several cultural TV programs. 6. Curated the ceramics art show for The Annual Art Show of the FAAH department in the open area of West Hall. 7. Much work and design was done to construct metal stands for certain students‘ final projects. 8. Several visits to all art galleries in Beirut in order to expose students to all faces of art and enrich their imagination. Several visits were made to AUB museum giving the students lectures about the history of ceramics. 9. Several visits to secondary schools with AUB students to promote art and the FAAH department. April and May 2010. 10. Prepared and gave a ceramic workshop to the children of Home of Hope, December 2009 under the request of Ms Danielle Damianos . 11. Organizing Under Process, a ceramics exhibit of AUB students in ceramics for the event of the Reunion day, July 4, 2010. 12. Invited to become a member in The Organizing Committee of IBSAR for the academic year 2009-2010. 13. Asked by the Organizing committee of IBSAR to design and create trophies for the coming years of IBDAA, to present to future winners.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Assad-Salha, Neville

1. Exhibited work in an exhibition titled ―Stacks.‖ This was exhibited during the month of August 2009 in (SALA Week) at Q Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia. 2. Exhibited work in group exhibition titled ―Ceramiques,‖ held at the Balamand University in Tripoli, Lebanon, 2009. 3. Recent Ceramics, Lebanon at Art Workshop, Hamra, 2010. 4. Exhibited works at JamFactory Centre of Contempory Craft, S.A. 2009. 5. Commissioned large scale ceramic forms for private collection, Melbourne, Victoria, 2009. 6. Exhibited works titled ―Inverted Domes,‖ Barossa Valley, Australia, 2009. 7. Work collected by private collector, Perth, Western Australia, 2009. 8. Bronze forms based on religious symbols collected by private collector, Melbourne, Victoria, 2009.

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Exhibition of current work at: 1. New York Patchogue Biennial (including catalog publication of images and text). 2. Williamsburg Art Walk, New York.3. MVS Studio, New York. 4. Pandemic Gallery, New York (including catalog publication of images and text). 5. Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon forthcoming (including catalog publication of images and text). 6. 98 weeks project space, Beirut(including live performance).

Krafft, Cornelia - FAAH ,Whittlesey Visiting Chair

1. December, 2009 ―Europa –the woman,‖ group exhibition, University of Oxford, GB. 2. Choreography for "Irritations I," first performance art series on AUB-Campus, on theme of guilt / innocence / jurisdiction. Based on "12 Angry Men" by Reginald Rose. The following performances were held: Front of West Hall: ―Tie- cage‖ / ―Blinding Walk‖; Front of Nicely and West Hall: ―Public trial /‖Pendulum‖/ ―In the Box‖; Green oval and front of Jessup: ―Oval Melting‖ / ―What Are You Doing?‖ 5. Interview with German Television ―Deutsche Welle,‖ 21.5.2010 on 777- production in Dome Downtown Beirut. 6. DVD production of 777- a performance documentary, Beirut 2010. 7. Participant in group exhibition at Wittgenstein House, Vienna, Austria; with support of Vienna Cultural Ministry & Idea Society. 19.6.2010. 8. Choreography for " Irritations II " – based on Franz Kafka: The Trial. The following performances were held: Nicely 409 & Green Oval: Experimental Film ―Trial‖ / ―Loaded―; Main Gate area: ―Dizzy Guilt‖/ ―Liquids of Innocence‖/ ―Inflating Judgement.‖ 9. Choreography, production and organisation of Seven Sins & Seven Dreams @ 7pm, a one time performance art event, The Dome, downtown Beirut. Done by 42 - students of FAAH courses in Performance art and Design in Theater.

Kurani, David

Play Productions 1. Directed and presented one act play ―Then‖ plus comic monologue ―The Ultimate Actor‖ plus Broadway song ―I‘m Going Back‖ plus Broadway routine/dance ―The Midas Touch‖ on Gulbenkian Theater Stage in Lebanese American University as AUB‘s entry in the LAU Summer Theater Festival, July 2009.

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2. Designed costumes for FAAH production, ―Exit Right-Running.‖ Also designed an executed makeup and various staging tasks. Playwright: Tony Layton. Director: P. Shebaya. 3. Large-scale oil landscape for offices of Jabal Musa Preserve delivered summer 2009. 4. Picture published and distributed to large number of associates and sponors.

Published Illustrations 1. Ongoing work in illustrations in watercolor and ink for Arabic textbooks, ―Oukoud al Kalam,‖ by K. Chartouni and E. Haddad , Dar al-Mashrek, 2009

Meers, Paul

1. The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Concert conducting the AUB Choir and Choral Society with the National Chamber Orchestra. May 10, 2010. Included web- and program-published program notes. 2. Christmas 2009. Concert conducting the AUB Choir and Choral Society in music by Poulenc, Gabrieli, arrangements by Abu-Khader. December 12, 13, 18. Included web- and program-published program notes. 3. Conductor and coordinator of various performances by the AUB Choir and Choral Society at university ceremonies and functions throughout the year, including Opening Ceremony and Founders‘ Day. 4. Conductor of AUB Choir at Commencement Ceremony, which is outside the contractual obligation timeframe.

Muraywed, Amal

1. Clay Diary, solo ceramic sculpture exhibition in Aida Cherfan art gallery, December 4-31st, 2009. I have exhibited more than 45 ceramic and bronze figures and other art pieces. The exhibit was covered by L‟Orient le jour, Al Anbaa, Al Anwar, Al Safir, and others. I was interviewed by almost all the TV channels.

Group Exhibitions: 2. The First Ceramics Exhibit at the Lebanese Artists Association for Plastic arts and Sculpture, 6-16 October, 2009. Beirut, Verdun. 3. Two Collective exhibits of International artists, at Aida Cherfan gallery, L‘Etoile Square, January-February, 2010. 4. Collective Exhibition of Ceramics at The Space Gallery, Zakhem Building, Balamand University, February 18-March 2010. 5. Collective exhibit Arab Women Artists on the occasion of the International Women‘s Day at Al Sayed art gallery, Damascus, March 8, 2010.

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6. Collective exhibition of plastic art and sculpture on the occasion of Beirut World Book Capital at the Unesco Palace, March 17-24 , 2010. Many articles were written about these exhibits in daily news papers and in the AUB Main Gate, AUB Bulletin, and online daily News Highlights of the AUB webpage. 7. Group exhibition for a permanent collection of hand made jewelry designs and creations at the Archaeological AUB Museum, March 7-September 2010.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

A proposal will be brought to the Curriculum Committee concerning a new three-credit course, to be taken by graduating senior students in Studio Arts. This will replace the current zero-credit course that is currently on the books, and which is very difficult to administer. Questions about how much work both students and professors must do in a zero-credit course will be avoided, and a structured program will be put in place. This will assist students greatly in achieving some maturity as artists as they finish their program. A proposal will be brought to the Curriculum Committee concerning the reorganization of the areas of sculpture and ceramics. This will take a similar shape to the reform introduced in 2009-2010 of the 2-d arts program. Until now, sculpture and ceramics have been taught as two separate disciplines, with no overlap between them. This is out of step with contemporary practices, where the two fields are considered to have much in common. Accordingly, we will introduce a new 3-d Studio Arts program. A new course will be established, ―Foundation in 3-d arts,‖ which will familiarize students with the fundamentals of ceramics and sculpture. This will serve as a prerequisite for, and springboard to, intermediate courses covering both areas, thus ensuring uniform skill levels of students graduating to these more advanced courses. The department will continue with its efforts to bring the best of contemporary arts to students and the AUB public at large.

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

This 2009-10 academic year, witnessed some more improvements in teaching facilities including field and laboratory materials as well as audiovisual teaching minor equipment. With the help of the chairperson, the Geology Student Society (GSS) was able to submit a proposal that was approved by the USFC to obtain walkie-talkies for use in remote mountainous terrains during GSS outdoor activities and field work. One of the main projects that we aim to achieve in the near future concerns the refurbishing of the optical mineralogy and petrology laboratory/classroom with special set-up and work-stations that allow the use of the microscopes and the stereoscopes more comfortably. This is becoming a major priority at this point, especially due to the noted increase in the total number of students enrolled in the geology and petroleum studies majors, which has nearly doubled, compared to our enrollment a few years ago. This has been due mainly to market demands, possibly related to worldwide increase in the price and availability of fossil fuels and other mineral and energy resources, which, in large part, relies on our region, and also the increasing possibilities of the presence of relatively large volumes of off-shore hydrocarbon accumulations within Lebanon‘s national boundaries. This year has also witnessed a continuous increase in students registering in our science service courses both at the 100-level freshman courses, and at the sophomore and above levels. In fact two of our course offerings at the sophomore and above levels (Geol 201 and geol 205) have been approved as General Education courses fulfilling the natural sciences GE requirements. The Department of Geology is also hoping to design and introduce another sophomore-junior-level science elective geology course once we have a qualified faculty member to teach such a course. In addition, faculty members of the Department of Geology continue to improve and upgrade their course offerings at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This has continuously added to the strength of our program. As a result, more of our students are able to compete with graduates of European and North American universities both for obtaining scholarships to pursue their graduate studies abroad and for jobs with major international petroleum companies, and are thus becoming successful in being selected for such highly paid jobs. More of our students are successful, year after year, in obtaining scholarships for graduate studies, and this year a number of our graduates got accepted and started their M.Sc. degrees at the best schools in the UK. Our efforts to strengthen the Geology component of the Jafet Library are continuing, in order to ensure that most, if not all, modern, up-to-date geology

266 textbooks are available to our students. Increasing demands from schools to have their students visiting the AUB Geological Museum has continued, and the museum has been visited this year by hundreds of school students, who come mostly from the various schools of the greater Beirut area and the surroundings, with some from other parts of the country. This has provided an opportunity to promote AUB, and to promote sciences (including Earth sciences) in the community outside the walls of AUB. Scientific tours have been provided by the Geology chairperson and by graduate students trained to provide such tours, thus benefiting our visitors. Agriculture and Civil Engineering students at AUB, as well as Civil Engineering at the Lebanese University accompanied by their instructors also benefit from the wealth of information provided via illustrated museum tours, provided at their request, to our mineral and rock collections. Some also benefit from our map collection.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Family Name, First Name Rank Degree Abdel-Rahman, Abdel- Professor (Chairman) Ph.D. Fattah Elias, Ata Assistant Professor Ph.D. El-Kibbi, Maya Assistant Professor Ph.D. Haidar, Ali Assistant Professor Ph.D. BouJaoude, Issam Instructor (PT) M.S. Bteich Kallas, Lara Instructor (PT) M.S. Khadra, Wisam Instructor M.S. Nassar, Philip Instructor (PT) M.S. Oueida, Raghida Instructor (PT) M.S.

2. Research Assistants

Fall Semester None Spring Semester Ghalayini, Ramadan

3. Graduate Assistants

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First Semester Yassine Hajj-Chehadeh, Momejian, Nanor Abdel-Halim Second Semester Yassine Hajj-Chehadeh, Abdel-Halim

4. Non Academic Staff

Ijreiss, Maroun, Senior Technician Abdel Sater, Huda, Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.S. Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 2 June 2010 5

M.S. Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 0 June 2010 0

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 4 Seniors 30 Juniors 26 Sophomores 19 Total 79

3. Student Enrollment in Courses Summer ‗09 Fall Spring Total Courses 300 and above 0 11 6 17 Courses 211 through 299 13 100 173 186 Courses 200 through 210 34 123 136 293 Courses 100 throuigh 199 24 241 266 531 Total 71 475 481 1027

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4.Number of Credit Hours Offered Summer ‗09 Fall Spring Total Courses 300 and above 0 6 6 12 Courses 211 through 299 6 15 12 33 Courses 200 through 210 6 16 16 38 Courses 100 throuigh 199 6 24 24 54 Total 18 61 58 137

D. RESEARCH

Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Fattah

1. Abdel-Rahman, A.M. & Lease, N.: Completed a study on the Tigris Pliocene volcanic field located at the northeastern tip of Syria near its boundary with Iraq and Turkey. The Tigris volcanic field is covered by a thick sequence of mafic and ultramafic lavas (alkali basalts and basanites). Our mineralogic and petrographic investigations indicate that the lavas contain labradoritic plagioclase feldspar, clinopyroxene, and a relatively high percentage of olivine (15 to 22 volume percent), along with minor opaque phases. Isotopic and chemical data indicated that the source is a garnet-bearing fertile mantle facies (garnet herzolite) that was subjected to a small degree of partial melting to produce the Tigris mafic-ultramafic alkaline lavas. The tectonic environment of emplacement was related to extensional regime. The role of shear heating in magma generation has been discussed. One paper has been recently submitted to the Geological Magazine. 2. Abdel-Rahman, A.M. & Kallas L.: Finalizing our work on the geochemistry, isotopic evolution, and petrogenesis of the Pliocene alkali basalts of southern Lebanon. Mantle source materials, depth of melt segregation, and the mantle plume – volcanism connection, as well as relationship between volcanic eruptions and tensional forces along transform faults have been assessed. A manuscript is in its final stages, and should be submitted for publication to Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie within the next few weeks. Work was funded by URB. 3. Abdel-Rahman, A.M., & Saghyeh-Beydoun, M.: Work on the characterization of granites, marbles, and limestone from the archaeological site of downtown Beirut (City center, site code BEY 004) is continuing. Based on a preliminary investigation on the petrological and geochemical characterization of these materials, we have expanded this study which now includes geochemical data for major-elements, trace-elements, as well as rare earth elements, along with extensive petrographic and mineralogical data. In this investigation, we plan to fully characterize the archaeological materials of this site and shed light on their source area using advanced geochemical and petrological

269 techniques. Work on this project is in its final stages and a manuscript is in advanced stage of preparation before submission for publication. 4. Abdel-Rahman, A.M.: Research 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. This intrusion represents a typical S-type granitic pluton which hosts molybdenite (MoS2) ore minerals. The first phase of the study of the petrography and mineral chemistry has been completed. The petrographic and chemical characterization of garnet and other mineral phases as muscovite and aluminous biotite will shed light on mineral paragenesis (magmatic versus hydrothermal origin for such mineral phases), and the relationship between magmatism and molybdenum mineralization. Work on this project is yet to be completed. 5. Abdel-Rahman, A.M.: Continued to study the Mount Mons-Claudianus composite batholith occurring in the northern part of the Nubian Shield, Egypt. It contains diorite, tonalite and trondhjemite lithologic varieties, consisting of variable contents of quartz, sodic plagioclase, K-feldspar, calcic-amphibole and biotite, along with accessory minerals. Chemical and petrological data will help to determine source and petrological evolution of its magama, and will shed light on the tectonic environment of magma emplacement. The relatively high Al2O3 and Na2O contents, along with its low K2O/Na2O ratios (0.38, on average), Nb and Ti depletions, large Ba enrichment, high Sr/Y ratios (58, on average), and Zr/Sm ratios (45, on average) that are greater than the chondritic value of 28, are all consistent with typical slab melts. 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. 6. Abdel-Rahman, A.M.: An investigation on the Mount Umm El-Rus Gabbroic complex of eastern Egypt is in progress. This mafic plutonic complex comprises olivine gabbro, gabbro-norite, and leucogabbro. The complex is intersected by several dykes of variable compositions. Meta-volcanic (mostly meta-basaltic) assemblages occur in association with this plutonic suite. Petrographic and mineralogical investigations will be carried out to determine the nature of mineral phases occurring in this plutonic suite, their exact chemical compositions, and the various textural features present. Chemical and isotopic data will shed light on the nature of magmatism and its tectonic environment of emplacement (orogenic versus anorogenic). Petrogenetic modeling will help in determining the nature of the protolith (mantle source rocks) and the degree of partial melting that led to the formation of its magma. The cause of melting and magma generation (shear heating and under-plating versus adiabatic decompression models) will be assessed. The relationship between magmatism and tectonism (in relation to plate motion of the Arabian plate with respect to the African plate) will be determined. Work on this project is still in its initial stage.

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1. Elias, A.: Quantifying the Holocene deformation of the Lebanese coast: This project aims at mapping the uplifted shorelines along the Lebanese coast in order to constrain the geometry and Holocene slip rates of the active coastal and near-offshore faults. It combines geomorphological analysis of the coast along with geodetic measurements of the uplifted shorelines and identification of biological sea-level markers that can be sampled and dated in order to constrain the timing of the uplift. Dr Elias Ata is the principal investigator, but the project also benefits from the collaboration of Dr. M. Barriche from the Biology Department - AUB. This project was supported by a URB grant. Parts of the project excuted in 2009-2010. The field work phase of the project was done during the months of July to September 2009. Currently we are in the process of analyzing the geomorphic data we acquired and prepare samples to be dated. 2. Elias, A.: Paleoseismological studies on the Yammouneh Fault and Mt. Lebanon thrust: clues for mitigating seismic hazard in Lebanon. This project is in collaboration with Dr Yann Klinger and Prof. Paul Tapponnier of the Institut de Physique du Globe a Paris (IPGP), and Dr. Maryline Le Beon from the National Taiwan University. It is scheduled to last for two years, and is partially supported by a grant from the NCSR-L. The aim of this project is to establish the last two millennia of seismic history of the Yammouneh Fault and Mt. Lebanon Thrust, by conducting paleoseismological studies along them. This mainly includes the execution of paleoseismic trenches along these faults in order to establish the dates and hopefully the magnitudes of the seismic events that ruptured these faults. Once this seismic history is established numerical modeling of the Coulomb stress changes associated with these earthquakes will be undertaken and the seismic hazard of the faults will thus be better estimated. Parts of the project executed in 2009-2010. During the summer of 2009 we opened a paleoseismic trench in the Jbab-el-Homr basin (Hermel area). Two students from the Geology department participated in this two week-long field camp along with two French researchers (Dr. Klinger and Dr. LeBeon) and a French Master‘s student. Samples from the sedimentary layers were collected and are being analyzed at the University of Taiwan for OSL dating. 3. Elias, A.: Analysis of the recent temporal and geographical distribution of seismicity in Lebanon: The recent seismic activity of the Lebanese region in particular and the Eastern Mediterranean in general, as recorded by the local and regional networks, is regularly monitored. Analysis of earthquake bulletins is undertaken on a nearly monthly basis in order to establish an up-to-date earthquake catalogue of the region. On the long term this will enable a thorough analysis of the seismicity of the area, essential for many scientific studies such as seismotectonics but also to many applications including earthquake engineering. Parts of the project executed in 2009- 2010. The seismicity analysis is an ongoing project. Some of the results obtained from

271 analyzing the 2008-09 seismicity were included in the abstract we presented at the European Geophysical Union in Vienna 2010. 4. Elias, A.: The EMME project (Earthquake Model of the Middle East region: Hazard, Risk assessment, Economics and Mitigation): This project is lead by Prof. Domenico Giardini from the SED/ETH of Zurich, and Prof. Mustafa Erdik from KOERI, Istanbul. It is a joint collaboration between many scientists from different countries of the Middle East region, working on establishing an earthquake model for the area. The long-term expected impact will be a more structured approach to earthquake risk mitigation, leading to reduced casualties and monetary losses associated with seismic events. Present status: After participating in the kick off meeting in Istanbul in 2009 and serving as a focus point for Lebanon, I had to suspend my participation in this project because of organizational issues. 5. Elias, A.: Chronology of the tectonic and climatic evolution of Mt. Lebanon. In collaboration with Prof. Francoise Gasse and Dr Lucilla Benedetti from CEREGE- FRANCE, and Dr. Jerome Van Der Woerd from IPG-Strasbourg. It is partially funded by a CEDRE grant. The objective is to understand the natural history of the landscape and environment in Lebanon during the last hundred of thousands of years, as it responded to climatic changes and tectonic imprints. One aspect of the project is to date long-term markers of uplift and deformation in order to quantify the Tectonic activity of faults. The other chapter of the project is to map sample and date geomorphic features related to paleo-climatic settings. The different geomorphic structures identified, will be dated using Cosmogenic dating methods, as the aim of the project is to test and develop the use of cosmogenic dating methods for geomorphic features. Parts of the project executed in 2009-2010: During November 2009 a French- Lebanese scientific team was based in the Cedars area, were we mapped and sampled sediments of presumed glacial origin (tills and moraines). A Master‘s thesis is been finalized by a French student that I am co-supervising, at the CEREGE research center – Aix-en-Provence. 6. Elias, A.: Hunting the tsunami deposits of the AD551 Beirut-Tripoli earthquake. This project aims to search for tsunami deposits associated with the AD551 earthquake that destroyed the coastal cities of present day Lebanon and was associated with a tsunami. It is to be executed in collaboration with Prof. Paul Tapponnier with funds from the Earth Observatory of Singapore for that purpose. In mid - June 2010, a first survey of the Lebanese coast is planned with Prof. Tapponnier. A second phase will follow in September 2010.

El-Kibbi, Maya

Maya El-Kibbi has been on a leave without pay during this 2009-10 academic year.

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1. Haidar, A.T. and Thierstein, H.: ―Phylogeny reconstruction of the Upper Cretaceous vertebrate fossils‖. The exceptional fossil vertebrate collection of yale university‘s Peabody Museum of Natural History is essential to reconstruct the worldwide evolutionary history of the Cretaceous toothed birds. However, at the time most of these vertebrates were collected, their exact stratigraphic position was not indicated, thus leading to an unknown precise position in the evolutionary tree. Calcareous nannofossils were collected last summer from the vertebrates deposited in the marine chalky Niobrara Formation (Santonian – Campanian) – specifically from vertebrate specimen held in the Peabody Museum. Detailed stratigraphic and morphometric work will be done using SEM observation of calcareous nannofossils to reconstruct the vertebrates‘ evolutionary tree. 2. Haidar, A.T.: Before the Late Eocene, when the Neotethys connected both northern sides of Arabia, deep marine sediments were deposited on parts of the Lebanese continental margin. Analysis of inorganic and organic sediment elucidates the hypothesis of an increased paleo-productivity (e.g. due to the onset of restricted water circulation), as well as monitoring climate change during the Early–Late Paleocene Biotic Event (ELPE) and the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). Lebanese Paleocene – Eocene stratigraphic successions provide a high resolution biotic and multi-proxy record of climate change. These help detecting the response of calcareous nannofossil assemblages, biodiversity and morphometrics to paleo- productivity abrupt changes, and would provide insight on the potential effect of future global warming. A highly detailed sampling campaign was made covering the whole stratigraphic succession, and a detailed description of the lithologic features observed in the field was made. I am working on a framework of a paper to be submitted to an international journal. 3. Haidar, A.T.: Age determination and depositional environment of the flora and the vertebrate fauna of the Baynouna Formation (Abu Dhabi) by the use of calcareous nannofossils. The Baynouna Formation contains a large amount of vertebrate bones and bone fragments in an area that is mainly desertic today. No precise age determination was made so far on this formation, but an approximate, and highly subjective, estimate gives it an age range of about 5 to 11 Ma. A detailed field work was done during which the lithology was described and sediment samples were collected for high resolution stratigraphic work covering the main stratigraphic successions of the Formation. Smear slides were prepared, and a preliminary investigation of these under the light microscope showed mainly the absence of coccolithophores. This in turn indicates that the environment of deposition was mainly shallow marine to continental. Furthermore, several vertebrate bones were also found during the sediment sampling from this Formation.

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E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Fattah

1. Chairperson of the Department of Geology. 2. Member of Senate. 3. Member of Senate Steering Committee. 4. Senate representative to the Board of Trustees. 5. Member of the SRC-AUB organizing Student Election Committee. 6. Supervised and helped during the FAS-SRC student elections. 7. Investigating Committee of SRC-Election violations. 8. Member of the USFC Committee. 9. Member of the FAS Academic Development Committee. 10. Member of the AUB Service Excellence Award Search Committee. 11. Member of Program Learning Outcome‘s Assessment ad-hoc Committee. 12. Freshman academic advisor. 13. Academic advisor, Geology and Petroleum Studies majors (seniors), and Geology graduate students. 14. Book Coordinator of the Department of Geology. 15. Adviser of the Geology Student Society (GSS). 16. M.S. Thesis Adviser of a Geology graduate student. 17. Member of M.S. Thesis committee of a Geology graduate student. 18. Reviewed publications for the Canadian Mineralogist, and Kuwait Science and Engineering Journal. 19. Volunteer curator of the Geology Museum; gave many tours to school students.

Elias, Ata

1. Advisor for junior Geology students. 2. Departmental Learning Outcomes representative. 3. Member of the FAS Undergraduate Admission Committee. 4. M.S. thesis supervisor of one Geology graduate student 5. M.S. thesis committee member of one student in Civil Engineering. 6. External PhD examinator for (a) Anne-Lise Develle, at the Centre Européen de Recherche et d‘Enseignement des Géosciences de l‘Environnement, Aix en Provence, France, presented 10 May 2010, and (b) Mossaddak, at the University of Aleppo – Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic. Presented on the 30th of May 2010. 7. Member of the American Geophysical Union, and European Geosciences Union. 8. Reviewer for Internationl Geophysical and Geological Journals

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9. Invited speaker at the Terra-Mediterranean Earth Science Experiment (TerMex) meeting, 7- 9 June 2010, Paris.

El-Kibbi, Maya

Maya El-Kibbi has been on a leave without pay during this 2009-10 academic year.

Haidar, Ali

1. Judge of the First KAS CRSL Research Conference. 2. Member of the thesis committee of Public Health graduate students. 3. Member of committee on Course Learning Outcomes. 4. Advisor of sophomore geology students starting spring semester 2009-2010. 5. Member in the CRSL equipment committee. 6. Supervisor at the FAS SRC Student Elections. 7. Served as acting chair of the Geology department: from 17.08.09 to 01.09.09. From 07.09.09 to 25.09.09. From 22.12.09 to 02.01.10. 8. Member of the Library committee: Library Liaisons 2009 - 2010 (with Ms. Hala Sayegh). 9. Consultant of the Lebanese Minister of Energy: review of the currently proposed Petroleum Law in Lebanon. 10. Expert appointed by the Lebanese Court in Geology.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Abdel-Rahman, Abdel-Fattah 1. Abdel-Rahman, A.M. (2009) Mount Claudionis plutonic complex, Egypt: Geochemistry and implications for a transitional oceanic- to a mature continental arc. Japan Geoscience Union, 72, 27-29. 2. Abdel-Rahman, A.M. (2009), Feldspars in plutonic suites from northeastern Egypt and implications for orogenic and anorogenic magma evolution. Japan Geoscience Union. 72, 20-22.

Elias, Ata

1. Carton H., Singh, S.C., Tapponnier, P., Elias A., Briais, A., Sursock, A., Jomaa, R., King G.C.P., Daeron M., Jacques, E., & Barrier, L. (2009)Seismic evidence for Neogene and active shortening offshore Lebanon (Shalimar cruise). Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B07407, 26PP.

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2. Elias A., Tapponnier, P., Daeron, M., Sursock, A., King, G.C.P. & Klinger, Y. (2009) Active tectonics of the Lebanese Restraining Bend: Geodynamics and seismic hazard of the central DSFS. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Active Tectonic and Earthquake Hazard Assessment in Syria and Neighboring Countries – p 62-63 (and extended abstract in digital form). 3. Elias, A. & Tapponnier, P. (2010)The Tyr-Nabatiyeh plateau: a relatively stable Cenozoic plateau of the locally inverted Lebanese margin. EGU.2010-13432, EGU General Assembly 2010, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The resignation of Dr. Maya El-Kibbi, effective September 15, 2010, and after being on two years leave without pay, will certainly affect the department‘s progress in this very important area of Geophysics. This will delay some of our plans to further strengthen our course offerings and to add new frontiers in Geoscience research at the Department of Geology. In view of the fact that the political environment in Lebanon during the past few years has not been helping in attracting international researchers to join our department as full-time faculty members, it might be difficult to fill this gap. However, since internal politics, more recently, seem to be shifting towards a more positive direction, we are hoping that some of the recruitment and retention problems facing our department (and in fact AUB as a whole) will be solved in the near future. Once we are able to solve some of the recruitment and retention problems, we will go ahead with our plan to introduce other new sophomore and junior-level science elective courses, the first of which will likely be on planetary sciences. Despite this, our efforts on the re-distribution of teaching loads of some faculty members, and the hiring of some strategic part-time faculty have enabled us to keep functioning very well and to compensate to a large degree for losing some full-time faculty members. Nevertheless, we must continue in our efforts to recruit a highly qualified Petroleum Geologist, as this is most needed for our program at this point. A successful recruitment of a highly qualified Petroleum Geologist will certainly solidify and strengthen our course offering in this area, and will allow us to conduct research and supervise graduate students in this crucial and very important field in geological sciences. Another major obstacle to our progress in research in certain areas (as in the area of earth history, stratigraphy and paleontology) has been the lack of approval for a research microscope to be used in stratigraphy/paleontology research, despite requests that are made annually in our departmental major equipment budget. As a result, the research of Dr. Haidar has been affected negatively. Without such a research microscope, he can not obtain the basic data needed to move his research work forward. We will continue to request that our major departmental equipment fund be

276 granted annually, as the Department did not receive such funds for the past few years. However, we receive an annual minor equipment budget, albeit small, which enables us to continue to improve the teaching facilities for a number of undergraduate geology courses. A major future development project that needs attention is the optical mineralogy and petrology lab/classroom which needs to be refurbished with special desks that allow the use of the student microscopes and stereoscopes comfortably. The appointment this year of Dr. Danko Taborosi as an Assistant Professor to fill the area of carbonate sedimentology will enable him to contribute to the research program of the department and the faculty, to supervise graduate students in this field, and to revitalize research in sedimentology and its direct implications to the area of petroleum geology. This might also provide a great opportunity for collaborative work with Dr. Haidar (i.e., combining expertise in paleontology and sedimentology) and this will certainly strengthen research in the field of petroleum geology and will hopefully lead to a better training of graduate students in this field.

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

Owing to the fact that all the lines presently allotted to the department were occupied during the current academic year, we have been able to offer a wide range of courses in history and archaeology both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. At the former level, the department caters overwhelmingly to the academic needs of students who take our courses as humanities electives. There are, however, hopeful signs that more and more students are minoring in history and archaeology while a number continue to enroll as majors following shifts in their original fields of specialization. At the graduate level, our program is drawing in an increasing number of MA and PhD students. Our MA program, both in archaeology and, to a greater extent, history has generated a great deal of interest in the USA; in fact a fine crop of American graduate students are due to join the department this coming fall. The PhD program gets many more applications than it can possibly accommodate; still the department‘s policy is to admit selectively only the best qualified and the most promising. It is surely significant, and also gratifying, that in its third year following its reinstatement our PhD program has seen the establishment of the Antoun Saadeh Endowed Doctoral Research Fellowship in Arab and Middle Eastern History. Our latest faculty recruit is Dr. Alexis Wick, a recent Columbia graduate, who is an Ottomanist focusing on the role of the Red Sea as a principal economic, but also politically strategic, Ottoman artery. His expertise will contribute to diversifying our course offerings as well as the perspectives through which history, as a discipline, is viewed. As in previous years, the department has welcomed as visiting ‗associates‘ a large number of doctoral students or scholars already established in their field of specialization. The former category included, among others, Mr. Lyall Armstrong (University of Chicago), Mr. William Bowers (Baylor University) and Mr. Jack Nurpetlian (University of Warwick). The latter category comprised the following scholars: Dr. Jessica Nitschke (Georgetown University), Dr. Marina Pyrovolaki (University of Oxford), and Dr. Stephen Sheehi (University of South Carolina). As is it practice, the department sponsored a number of lectures in the course of the academic year. Among the speakers was Dr. Herrick Chapman (New York University) and Ms. Elisabeth Henson (University of Arizona). Likewise members of the department maintained their contributions to other aspects of the academic life of our Faculty. Dr. John Meloy is the current director of the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies and associate-editor of the Faculty‘s al-Abhath. Dr. Helga Seeden is editor of the prestigious archaeological periodical Berytus.

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The department is proud to have on its roster of faculty members President Peter Dorman, Provost Ahmad Dallal, and Dean Patrick McGreevy. The department looks forward to the day when they will find the time, away from their University administrative responsibilities, to teach courses related to the fields in which they have established their scholarly renown.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty members

Abdul Rahim Abu-Husayn Professor PhD El-Cheikh, Nadia Professor PhD Sader, Helen Professor PhD Seeden, Helga Professor PhD Seikaly, Samir Professor PhD Genz, Hermann Associate Professor PhD Meloy, John Associate Professor PhD Du Quenoy, Paul Assistant Professor PhD Newson, Paul Assistant Professor PhD Alexis Wick Assistant Professor PhD Sharif, Malek Part-time Visiting Assistant Professor PhD Kaidbey, Naila Part-time Lecturer PhD Kamal Badreshany Part-time Instructor

2. PhD Graduate Research Assistants

Fall and Spring Semester Schmid, Stephan Brand, Aaron

3. Research Assistants

Second Semester Nurpetlian Jack (Part-time)

4. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester Boutros, Joelle Sequeira Garza, Rafael Jastrzebska, Emilia Woodworth, Marshall

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Farah, Cyma

Spring Semester Farah, Cyma

5. Non-Academic

Gabriel, Zeina BA & BS, MA

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

Fall Spring MA 1 1 BA _ _

2. Number of Majors

History Archaeology Total PhD Students 3 _ 3 Graduate Students 4 5 9 Seniors _ _ _ Juniors 2 _ 2 Sophomores 2 2 4

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

1st Semester 2nd Semester Total Courses numbered 300 and above 15 7 22 Courses numbered 211 through 299 322 422 744 Courses numbered 200 through 210 - 50 50 Courses numbered below 200 158 227 385 495 706 1201

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

1st Semester 2nd Semester Total Courses numbered 300 and above 21 15 36 Courses numbered 211 through 299 48 54 102

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D. RESEARCH

Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahim

Articles in press: a. ―Ottomans Against the Constitution: the Attitude of the Maronites of Mount Lebanon to representation in the Mebusan.‖ Due to appear in the proceedings of the Conference on Religion, Ethnicity and Contested Nationhood in the Former Ottoman Space. Brill. b. ―One Ottoman Periphery Views Another: Depictions of the Balkans in the Beirut Press.‖ Due to appear in a publication of the Swedish Research Institute, Istanbul. c. ―Lebanese Historiography of the Ottoman Empire.‖ Solicited by TALID / Turkish Studies Review. du Quenoy, Paul

1. Books in Preparation: a. Wagner and the French Muse (under contract with Academica Press. Forthcoming in 2011). b. From Moscow to Minarets: Imperial Russia and the Middle East. 2. Articles in Preparation: a. ―The Russian Empire and Morocco, 1894-1912,‖ International History Review (forthcoming). b. ―Vladimir Solov‘ev in Egypt,‖ Revolutionary Russia (Forthcoming). c. ― ‗Honeymoon to Bayreuth:‘ French Appreciations of Richard Wagner in the Interwar Era,‖ Wagner Journal (Forthcoming). 3. Book Chapters in Preparation: a. ―It Could Be A Lot Worse:‘ Imperial Russian Theatrical Censorship in a Comparative Perspective.‖ Under preparation for publication in a Festschrift for the late Professor Richard Stites, Georgetown University. b. ―Arabs under Tsarist Rule: The Russian Occupation of Beirut, 1772-1773.‖

El-Cheikh, Nadia

1. Books in Preparation: Co-author of a collaborative volume on informal politics in the Reign of al-Muqtadir: An Example of the Functioning of the Abbasid State. 2. Articles in preparation: ―Ibn Khaldun, a Late Historian of Byzantium.‖

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3. Edited Volume: Co-editor of the proceedings of the Conference: Byzantium in Islamic Syria. 4. Articles in press: a. ―The Gendering of ‗Death‘ in Kitab al-„Iqd al-Farid.‖ Forthcoming in al-Qantara XXXI / 2 (2010). b. Court and Courtiers: A Preliminary Investigation of Abbasid Terminology.‖ To appear in Court Cultures in the Muslim World: Seventh to Nineteenth Centuries, eds. Albrecht Fuess and Jan-Peter Hartung (SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East, 2010). c. ―Caliphal Harems, Household Harems: Baghdad in the Fourth/Tenth Centuries.‖ To appear in Harem Histories: Envisioning Places and Living Spaces, ed. Marilyn Booth (Duke University Press). d. ―The Court of al-Muqtadir: Its Space and its Occupants.‖ To appear in the Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the School of ‗Abbasid Studies, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, No. 177. e. ―To Be a Prince in the Fourth/Tenth Century Abbasid Court.‖ To appear in an edited volume entitled: Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires: A Global Perspective. f. ―Byzantines,‖ for the Encyclopedia of Islam, third edition.

Genz, Hermann

1. Archaeological projects: a. The Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Archaeological Project (2004-ongoing). Project leaders: Hermann Genz (2004-ongoing) and Helen Sader (2004-2008). Funding Agency: AUB-FAS (URB) and Gerda Henkel Foundation (Germany). b. Publication of the excavations at Tell Hizzin, Lebanon, undertaken by M. Chéhab between 1949 and 1950 (2007-ongoing). Project leaders: Hermann Genz and Helen Sader. c. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Lebanon from Prehistory to Hellenistic Times (2006-ongoing). Project leaders: Hermann Genz and Helen Sader. 2. Publications in press : a. Genz, H., ―Iron Age Burial Customs in Central Anatolia.‖ In: 3 ICAANE Proceedings, ed. J. Margueron, P. de Miroschedji and J. P. Thalman. b. Genz, H., ―The Iron Age in Central Anatolia‖. In Greece, Anatolia, the Black Sea and Europe in the 1st Millennium BC (Colloquia Pontica), ed. G. R. Tsetskhladze. c. Genz, H. and Mielke, D. P. (eds.), ―Insights into Hittite History and Archaeology.‖ (Colloquia Antiqua, vol. 2). d. 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.

282 e. Genz, H. and Sader, H. ―Tell Hizzin: Digging up new material from an old excavation.‖ Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises 12. f. Genz, H. and Sader, H. ―Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Preliminary Report on the 2008 Season of Excavations.‖ Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises 12. g. Genz, H., ―Recent Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida.‖ Near Eastern Archaeology. h. Genz, H., el-Zaatari, S., Çakırlar, C., Badreshany, K. and Riehl, S., ―A Middle Bronze Age Burial from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida, Lebanon.‖ Egypt and the Levant/Ägypten und Levante 20. 3. Publications in preparation: a. Genz, H., Çakırlar, C., Damick, A., Jastrzębska, E., Riehl, S., Deckers, K. and Donkin, A., ―Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Preliminary Report on the 2009 Season of Excavations.‖ Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises 13 (Submitted). b. Genz, H., ―Imbalanced Evidence for the Origin of Weighing: An Early Bronze Age Scale Beam from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida, Lebanon.‖ Antiquity (Submitted). c. Sader, H. and Genz, H., An Introduction to the Archaeology of Lebanon from Prehistory to Hellenistic Times. (Work in progress). d. 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).

Meloy, John a. ―Overland trade in the western Islamic world, eleventh through fifteenth centuries.‖ The New Cambridge History of Islam, vol. 2: The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries, edited by Maribel Fierro. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. In press. b. ―Money and Sovereignty in Mecca: Issues of the Sharifs in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.‖ Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. In press. c. Co-Editor (with M. Haddad, A. Heinemann, and S. Slim). Towards a Cultural History of the Mamluk Era. Beiruter Texte und Studien, 118. Beirut and Würzburg: Orient- Institut and Ergon-Verlag in Kommission. In press.

Newson, Paul

1. Projects a. Landscape and Settlement of the Basalt Region of Homs, Syria. Project Leader: Paul Newson. Funding Agency: British Academy. b. The Land of Carchemish, Landscape Archaeological Project, Syria.

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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. 2. Articles Newson, P. and Mills, P. submitted 2010. The Spatial Distribution of Pottery within an abandoned Syrian Village: a Geostatistical Analysis. Levant. Submitted 2010.

Sader, Helen

1. Projects: a. Published and Unpublished Phoenician Inscriptions in the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities Collection (1997-ongoing). Project leaders: Helen Sader, AUB and Paolo Xella, Istituto di studi sulle civiltà italiche e del Mediterraneo antico CNR, Rome. Funding Agency: Italian Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). b. The Tell el Burak Archaeological Project (2001-ongoing). Project leaders: Helen Sader, AUB; Uwe Finkbeine, University of Tübingen, Germany; and Margarete van Ess, the German Archaeological Institute, Berlin. Funding Agencies: URB- FAS; German Archaeological Institute; Gerda Henkel Foundation; Thyssen Foundation and University of Tübingen. 2. Articles in Press a. ―The Phoenician Kingdom of Sidon in the Light of Recent Excavations at Tell el- Burak-Lebanon.‖ To appear in the Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Phoenician and Punic Studies. Lisbon. b. ―Phoenicia and the Mediterranean: New Evidence from Recent excavations in Lebanon.‖ To appear in the Proceedings of the International Colloquium Die Ursprünge Europas und der Orient-Kulturelle Beziehungen von der Späten Bronzezeit bis zur frühen Eisenzeit. Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. c. ―The Aramaeans of Syria: Some Considerations on their Origin and Material Culture.‖ To appear in B. Halpern and A. Lemaire eds. The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception. The Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature Series. Leiden: Brill. Corrected Proofs. d. ―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. e. ―The Aramaean Kingdoms of Syria in the Light of Recent Textual and Archaeological Discoveries.‖ To appear in The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria edited by H. Niehr, Handbuch der Orientalistik. f. ―Between Looters and Private Collectors: The Tragic Fate of Lebanese Antiquities,‖ to appear in S. Mejcher-Atassi and P. Schwartz eds., Collecting Practices in the Arab Middle East, Ashgate Publishers.

284 g. ―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. h. ―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. i. Co-author H. Genz, ―Tell Hizzin: A Preliminary Study of the Materia.l‖ To appear in forthcoming volume of the Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises. j. Co-author H. Genz, ―Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Preliminary Report on the 2008 Season of Excavations.‖ To appear in forthcoming volume of the Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises. k. Co-Author J. Kamlah, ―Tell el-Burak: A New Middle Bronze Age Site from Lebanon.‖ To appear in forthcoming volume of Ancient Near East Archaeology. Corrected proofs. l. Co-author J. Kamlah, The Tell el-Burak Archaeological Project. Preliminary Report on the 2005, 2008 and 2009 Seasons. To appear in the forthcoming volume of Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises, vol. 12. 3. Books in preparation a. Sader, H. and Genz, H. An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Lebanon from Early Villages to the Coming of Alexander the Great. b. Finkbeiner, U., Kamlah, Jens, and Sader, H. Final Report on the Excavation of Tell Burak-Lebanon: Area I. c. Finkbeiner, U. and Sader, H. Final Report on the Excavations of Beirut, Site BEY 020.

Seeden, Helga

Aub Acre Beirut Souks Excavations (continuation): Post-excavation analyses of the BEIRUT SOUKS EXCAVATIONS 1994-1996, BEIRUT - ancient ceramics and socioeconomic change (continuation), Main investigator and research associate: Dr Paul Reynolds (Ceramist), Reuben Thorpe (Stratigrapher), James Rackham (Paleoenvironmental and -zoological analyses), Dr. Michael A. Monk (Paleobotanist) and Dr. Barra O‘Donnabhain (Specialist in human skeletal remains). Granting bodies: The Leverhulm Trust; AUB, University Research Board; Council for British Research in the Levant.

Seikaly, Samir a. “Al-Inhitat: The Evidence of al-Fatawa al-Khayriyya.” Research whose findings are due to be presented at a forthcoming international symposium organized jointly by the Orient Institut, Beirut, the Arabic Department of the University of Munster, and the Department of History at the American University of Beirut. Fall 2010.

285 b. ―Turkish Historiography in Syria.‖ Research whose findings are due to appear in a forthcoming volume of Talid/Tukish Studies Review. c. ―Zionism in the pre-WWI Arabic Press: the case of al-Muqtabas.‖ Research that is destined to be incorporated into a study dealing with the thought of Muhammad Kurd ‗Ali.

Wick, Alexis

1. Book: Thalassography: Writing the Red Sea into History. Manuscript under review by the University of Chicago Press.

2. Articles in progress a. ―A Portrait of the Ottoman Red Sea.‖ b. ―Navigating the Ottoman Oikumene: A Review Essay.‖ c. ―Foreign Relations of Darfur: Four Documents from the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul.‖

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Abu-Husayn, Abd al-Rahim

1. International conferences: a. Conference on ―the Maghreb and Western Mediterranean in the Ottoman Era‖, Royal Institute for Morrocan History (Rabat) and the Research Center for Islamic Arat, History and Culture (Istanbul), November 16-20, 2009. b. Conference on ―Istanbul Seen From a Distance.‖ The Swedish Research Institute, Istanbul, May 27-31, 2010.

2. Invited Lectures: Lectured at Bilim ve Sanat Vakvi (Foundation of Science and Arts), Istanbul, June 2, 2010.

Du Quenoy, Paul

1. International Conferences: ―Russia and the Muslims of Greater Syria,‖ Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York, April 15, 2010. ―‗Condemned to Tedious Vegetation:‘ Actors in the Revolution of 1905,‖ American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, November 13, 2009. 2. Public Lectures:

286 a. ―Putin as Mussolini Redux: Leadership Style in 21st Century Russia,‖ Central European University, Budapest, May 17, 2010. b. ―Love, Eros, and Salvation in Wagner‘s Tannhäuser,‖ AUB Civilization Sequence Program Brown Bag Talk, April 1, 2010. 3. Service: a. Member, Undergraduate Admissions Committee. b. Member, Ph.D. Examination Committee for Karen Moukheiber. c. Teaching in the Civilization Sequence Program (―Decadence‖ in Fall 2009; ―Folly‖ in Spring 2010). d. Faculty Adviser, Russian Cultural Club.

4. New Course Introduced: a. Modern Italy (HIST-258, approved for catalogue inclusion as HIST-261; Spring 2010). b. Folly (CVSP 208J; Spring 2010).

El-Cheikh, Nadia

Invited lectures: ―A Caliph and his Family,‖ International Medieval Congress Leeds, UK, July, 2009. ―Ceremonial at the Abbasid and Byzantine Courts.‖ In workshop on Diverging Paths, the Shapes of Power and institutions in the Medieval Christian and Islamic World, Madrid, June 2010.

Service to the university: Member of the Advisory Board of Estudios Arabes e Islamicos. Monographs. published by the Department of Arabic Studies of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid. Member of the editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies.

Genz, Hermann

International conferences Together with Dr. Jean-Paul Thalmann I organized a Workshop on Early Bronze Age Pottery in Lebanon at the Archaeological Museum of AUB. Presentations: ‗Introduction to the Workshop‘, ‗Early Bronze Age Pottery from Tell Fadous- Kfarabida‘ and ‗Early Bronze Age IV Pottery from Tell Hizzin‘. August 2009. Seventh International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, London. Presentation: ―From Town to Village: the Early and Middle Bronze Age Remains at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida (Lebanon).‖ April 2010.

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Service to the University: Chairperson of the FAS Library Committee. Spring 2010: Member of the search committee for the position of the director of AUB Choir and Choral Society.

Meloy, John

―Epigraphic Decrees and the Struggle for Effective Power in the Mamluk Period.‖ Mamluk Studies Review Lecture presented at the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Chicago, February, 2010.

Service to the University Director, Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. Associate Editor, Al-Abhath: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Member, University Senate Academic Development Committee. Member, Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Academic Adviser, History Department. Freshmen Adviser, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Search committee for initial appointment of Director of Office of International Programs.

Newson, Paul

1. Conferences Roman Archaeology Conference IX, University of Oxford. 25-28 March 2010. Session organiser and contributor. Session: The Latin East: Roman economy and culture in the Syrian provinces of the Roman Empire Paper: New landscape, new identity: the Roman possession of interior Syria. With AUB Short-term Staff development Grant. Roman Pottery in the Levant: Local Production and Regional Trade, German Archaeological Institute, Berlin. 19-20 February 2010. Paper: Pottery of the Land of Carchemish Project and the northern Euphrates Seventh International Conference on the Archaeology of the Near East, UCL London. 12-16 April 2010 Paper Contributor: The Land of Carchemish (Syria) Project 2009: The Sajur Triangle

2. Services to the University Member of the FAS Student Academic Affairs Committee

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Teaching in the Civilization Sequence Programme Contributing Editor to Berytus November 2010: member of the Founder‘s Essay Judging Panel

Sader, Helen

International Conferences a. ―Qatna and the Networks of Bronze Age Globalism‖, Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart. Paper: ―Intertwined History: Lebanon‘s Role in the Transmission of Egyptian Culture to Inland Syria in the Middle Bronze Age‖, 17-20 October 2009. b. Seventh International Congress on Phoenician and Punic Studies, Hammamet- Tunisia. Paper: ―New Phoenician Inscriptions From Lebanon‖, November 10-14, 2009 c. State Formation and State Decline in the Near and Middle East Past and Present, Center for Near and Middle East Studies, University of Marburg. Paper ―The Formation and Decline of the Aramaean States of First Millennium BC Syria,‖ March 24-27, 2010. d. Temple building and temple cult, International Conference on Architecture and Cultic Paraphernalia of Temples in the Levant (2.-1. Millennium B.C.E.), Invited participation to chair two sessions on Iron Age Syrian temples, May 28-30, 2010.

Seeden, Helga

1. International Conference AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) National Indigenous Studies Conference „Perspectives on urban life: Connections and Reconnections. Participated in sessions on ‗Repatriation‘, ‗Indigenous identity in urban space‘, ‗Aboriginal culture knowledge: Representation and cultural expression‘. Canberra, Australian National University, September 2009.

2. Service to the University Editing the AUB Archaeology Journal: Berytus volume 51 and volumes 52-53. Volume 51 is in press and is scheduled to appear in 2010, whereas the double volume 52-53 has been completed and is being peer reviewed at present. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of two recent Archaeology journals: Consulting editor since 2000 (first volume) of Public Archaeology. First published by James & James (Science Publishers, London), now by Maney Publishing: web- journals.

289 a. Consulting editor since 2005 (first volume) of Archaeologies, Journal of the World Archaeology Congress. Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, England, USA, Australia; presently published by Springer (springer.com).

Seikaly, Samir

Academic Activities Chair of the AUB team advising about the restructuring of the History Program at Qatar University. (2009) External reviewer for the International Journal for Middle East Studies. Article carrying the title ―Copts, Secularism and Archeology in Egypt, 1908-2008.‖ (2010). External Reviewer for the Arab Journal for the Humanities. Article carrying the title ―Freedom in Modern Arabic Thought: The Case of Muhammad al-Khidr Husayn.‖ (2010). Currently advising 1 PhD candidate and 3 MA students of which one is from CAMES.

Services to the University Senate member, Chair of the Senate Committee for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Representative in the Employees Benefits Committee. Chair of the ad-hoc committee for the selection of Dean for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Chair of the ad-hoc committee for the selection of an occupant of the Edward W. Said Endowed Chair in American Studies. Chair of the ad-hoc committee for the identification of a future director of CASAR. Member of the ad-hoc selection committee for the Mellon Foundation Awards to Support the Arts and the Humanities.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Abu-Husayn, Abd al-Rahim

―Lebanese Heroes and Ottoman Villains‖: The Ma‘ns of Lebanon, 16th- 17th Centuries,‖ In E. Causevic, N. Moacanin, V. Kursar (eds.), Ottoman Studies in Transformation:Papers From CIEPO 18, Zagreb, Lit Verlag, Berlin-Munster-Zurich- London, 2010. ―al-Qanun wa al-Hawiyya fi Jabal Lubnan al-Uthmani ‗ala Daw‘ Niza‘at Waqfiyya,‖ in M. Adnan al-Bakhit (ed.), Endowments in Bilad al-Sham since the Arab Conquest up to the end of the 20th Century: Lebanon, Bilad al-Sham History Committee, Jordan University, 2010, pp-379-406.[R]

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―Anayasa Karsiti Osmanlilar: Cebel Lubnan Marunileri ve Osmanli Meclisinde Temsil Meselesi,‖ in Z. Kursun, et. al. (eds.), 100 yilinda Mesrutiyet Gelenek Degisim Ekseninde Turk Modernlesmesi, Marmara University, Istanbul, 2009, pp. 579-598.

Du Quenoy, Paul

Review of Timothy Snyder, The Red Prince: The Fall of a Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Europe, forthcoming in Revolutionary Russia, 23: 2, 2010.

Genz, Hermann

Articles a. Badreshany, K. and Genz, H., Pottery Production on the Northern Lebanese Coast during the Early Bronze Age II-III: The Petrographic Analysis of the Ceramics from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida.‖ Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 355, pp. 51-83 (2009). b. Genz, H., ―A Stamp Seal Impression from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida.‖ Tempora: Annales d‟histoire et d‟archéologie 18, pp 45-51 (2009). c. Genz, H., ―Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Regional Connections in the Early Bronze Age,‖ in: Interconnections in the Eastern Mediterranean. Lebanon in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Proceedings of the International Symposium Beirut 2008. Bulletin d'Archéologie et d'Architecture Libanaises, Hors Série VI, pp. 107-116 (2009). d. Kealhofer, L., Grave, P., Genz, H. and Marsh, B., ―Post-collapse: the re-emergence of polity in Iron Age Boğazköy, Central Anatolia.‖ Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 28, issue 3, pp. 275-300 (2009). e. Genz, H., ―Thoughts on the Function of so-called Public Buildings in the Early Bronze Age Southern Levant.‖ In: Bolger, D. and Maguire, L. (eds.), The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of Edgar Peltenburg (BANEA Publication Series Volume 2, Oxford), pp.46-52 (2009). f. Genz, H., ―Anatolien als Landbrücke in der späten Bronzezeit? Kommentare zu den hethitischen Fernbeziehungen aus archäologischer Sicht.‖ In: R. Rollinger, B. Gufler, M. Lang und I. Madreiter (eds.), Interkulturalität in der Alten Welt: Vorderasien, Hellas, Ägypten und die vielfältigen Ebenen des Kontakts (Philippika 34, Wiesbaden), pp.13-22 (2009). g. Genz, H., ―Reflections on the Early Bronze Age IV in Lebanon.‖ In: P. Matthiae, F. Pinnock, L. Nigro and N. Marchetti (eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 5 May – 10 May 2009, >Sapienza<, Università di Roma, Vol. 2 (Wiesbaden), pp. 205-217 (2009)

Meloy, John

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Imperial Power and Maritime Trade: Mecca and Cairo in the Later Middle Ages. Chicago Studies on the Middle East (Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago). Chicago: Middle East Documentation Center, 2010.

Newson, Paul

Newson, P., Abdulkarim, M., McPhillips, S., Mills, P., Reynolds, P., and Philip, G. 2010. ―Landscape Study of Dar es-Salaam and the basalt region north west of Homs, Syria.‖ Report on work undertaken during 2005-2007. Berytus 51: 1-27.

Sader, Helen

1. Articles a. ―Byblos- Ägyptens Pforte zur Levante.‖ In Landesmuseum Württemberg ed., Schätze des Alten Syriens-Die Entdeckung des Königreichs Qatna, Stuttgart, pp. 54-57 (2009). b. ―Palace Architecture in Tell el-Burak-Lebanon: Some Evidence for Egyptian- Mesopotamian-Levantine Interconnections.‖ In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Interconnections in the Eastern Mediterranean held in November 2008 in Beirut, Bulletin d‟Archéologie et d‟Architecture Libanaises hors-série VI, pp. 177-186 (2009). c. Beirut and Tell el-Burak. New Evidence on Phoenician Town Planning and Architecture in the Homeland.‖ In S. Helas- D. Marzoli eds. Phönizisches und punisches Städtewesen. Akten der internationalen Tagung in Rom vom 21. bis 23. Februar 2007. Iberia Archaeologica 13, pp.55-67 (2009). d. ―Archäologie in Beirut.‖ In M. Heinz and W.Vollmer eds., Libanon: Treffpunkt der Kulturen. Eine archäologische Perspektive, Lit Verlag, Berlin, pp129-137 (2010). e. ―Tell Hizzin: Digging Up New Materials From an Old Excavation‖. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, May 5-May 10, 2008, Volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. pp635-649 (2010). f. Phoenician ‗Popular Art‘: Transmission, Transformation, and Adaptation of Foreign Motifs in the Light of Recent Archaeological Evidence from Lebanon, in R. Rollinger, B. Gufler, M. Lang, I. Madreiter, eds., Interkulturalität in der Alten Welt. Vorderasien, Hellas, Ägypten und die vielfältigen Ebenen des Kontakts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 23-40 (2010).

2. Book Reviews a. Wartke, R.-B., Sam‟al. Ein aramäischer Stadtstaat (Berlin, Mainz 2005). Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins 124,1, pp. 67-69 (2008).

292 b. Michaël Jasmin‘s L‟étude de la transition du Bronze Récent II au Fer I en Palestine méridionale. BAR International Series 1495, Archaeopress, Oxford 2006. Ancient West and East 9 (2010).

Seikaly, Samir

―The Syrian Economy at the Turn of the Century: The Testimony of alMuqtabas, 1906- 1914- An Overview.‖ In Jane Hathaway, ed. The Arab Lands in the Ottoman Era, Minnesota Studies in Early Modern History, no. 2, University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

Wick, Alexis

―Manifestations of Nationhood in the Writings of Amilcar Cabral,‖ African Identities, 4/1 April 2006: 45-70; reprinted in Carlos Lopes (ed.), Africa‟s Contemporary Challenges: The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral. London: Routledge, 2010.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The department‘s short term academic plan is to initiate a comprehensive revision of course offerings with a view to aligning existing courses with the stated mission and goals of the department and to initiate new ones in order to fill gaps that are identified and to ascertain that courses reflect the latest methodological and interpretative developments in the twin fields of history and archaeology. The department‘s infrastructural priority is to increase the space that we are currently allocated in order to overcome the existing dispersion of faculty offices in different locations, to create a common study area for graduate and doctoral students, to establish a specialized laboratory to cater to the research needs of our archaeologists and their students and to provide secretarial staff a larger area within which to operate.

Chairperson S. Seikaly

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INTRODUCTION

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 region7. Fellows of the Institute 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 was initiated in September 2006 with the support of a substantial International Development Research Center (IDRC) research grant and housed at the IFE has now been completed and a new research project, also supported by IDRC, will be initiated in July 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 internationally refereed journals or edited (refereed) books (see section F below). The Institute's Working Paper Series added 4 new titles during the course of the year (see section E4 below).

A. RESEARCH PROGRAM

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 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

7 In 1983 an important academic initiative by Prof. Samir Makdisi came to fruition when, with the support of 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.

294 this objective it also holds seminars, workshops and lectures that, among other things, bring together academicians, financial managers 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 center. 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 series8. 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. Acting Director

Neaime, Simon Professor Ph.D.

2. Faculty Fellows

Makdisi, Samir Professor Emeritus/Senior Fellow Ph.D. Marktanner, Marcus Assistant Professor/Fellow Ph.D. Neaime, Simon Professor/Fellow Ph.D.

3. Research Assistants

Fall Semester Spring Semester El-Choueiry, Jana El-Dib, Chebli Rached, Mario Rached, Mario Wehbe, Layal Wehbe, Layal

4. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester Spring Semester El-Choueiry, Jana El-Dib, Chebli Rached, Mario Rached, Mario

8 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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5. Non Academic Staff

Shaar, Rima Secretary

C. CONDITIONS GOVERNING APPOINTMENT OF FELLOWS, SENIOR FELLOWS AND ASSOCIATES AT THE INSTITUTE9

 Normally, the research interests 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 on going research projects and they are expected to be actively involved in and contribute to Institute 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 at the Institute will be asked to acknowledge 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 to the extent 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.

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Appointments are made by the Dean on the recommendation of the Director of the Institute.

D. RESEARCH

1. Institute Sponsored Research a. Major Research Project on ―Democracy and Development in the Arab World‖ (S. Makdisi and I. Elbadawi co-managers), completed. The project, supported by a large IDRC grant, was completed in the Fall of 2009 and will be published by Routledge in August 2010 under the title: Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit, edited by I. Elbadawi and S. Makdisi. (For details about the objectives of the project see IFE Annual Report, 2008-2009). b. New Major Research Project on ―Transition from Autocracy to Democracy in the Arab World ‖ (S. Makdisi and I. Elbadawi co-managers). This 30 month new research project, again being supported by a large IDRC grant, will be launched in June/July 2010. As a sequel to the first (completed) project this project will focus on the underlying reasons for the longevity of authoritarian regimes in the Arab world which appears to be under-researched and factors that influence their transition to democracy. While academic and public interest has focused on the disconnect between the steady gains achieved on the socio-economic development front in the Arab world on one hand and the stubborn Arab democracy deficit on the other, little research has been devoted to the short dynamics of Arab democracy. What is striking is that the persistence of the democracy deficit in the Arab region contrasts with the experience of other societies in the developing world that have similar social characteristics to those attributed to the Arab region, yet they still made the transition to democracy. Thus, an important research objective of the project is to identify the conditions that govern the transition from autocracy to democracy in the Arab countries as well as the nature of this transition. The project will be based on a two-tier approach to analyzing the problem at hand. First, a thematic cross-country paper analyzing an extended Przeworski framework that would allow empirical testing of hypothesis reflecting key features of the politico- economic transition processes in the Arab World. Second, a set of 8 case studies- carefully selected to adequately reflect the political landscape of the Arab World-will be undertaken that would build on the global cross-country regressions and permit a deeper analysis that accounts for historical path-dependence of the politico-economic process and other country-specific idiosyncratic characteristics. It is expected that a total of 15 researchers from AUB and other academic or professional institutions in the region and abroad will be involved in this new project.

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2. Fellows’ Research

Makdisi, Samir

1. Managing new major research project on ―Transition from autocracy to democracy in the Arab World‖, with Ibrahim Elbadawi. Described under Institute sponsored research. 2. ―Arab development in a global context‖; the major objective of this research is to identify the factors that have retarded the sustained development of the Arab region relative to other regions with a successful developmental experience especially East Asia. 3. ―Institutions, governance and development‖; comparing the experiences of select developing and developed countries. 4. Samir Makdisi and Marcus Marktanner, ―Precarious Consociationalism: Lebanon‘s Predicament in Promoting Development‖, in K. Roy, and A. Medhekar (eds.), Readings in World Development, Globalization and Development: Country Experiences, Nova Scientific Publishers, New York, 2010 5. Samir Makdisi, Fadia Kiwan and Marcus Marktanner, ―Lebanon: the Constrained Democracy and Its National Developmental Impact,‖ in I. Elbadawi and S. Makdisi (eds.), Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit, Routledge, 2010.

Marktanner, Marcus

1. ―Economic and Political Dimensions of Renewable and Nuclear Energies in North Africa‖. (with Rasha Najmeddine). Invited paper for special issue of Energy Policy (under review). 2. ―Sectariansism and Mistrust – The case of Lebanon‖, with Rasha Najmeddine. This paper argues that sectarianism in Lebanon is both a source and cause of intra- societal mistrust and intra-societal mistrust leads to an undersupply of public goods (working paper available). 3. Marcus Marktanner, Hania Bekdash and Lana Salman, ―An Explorative Study into Qualitative Regime Transitions‖. Journal of International Development, forthcoming 2010, forthcoming on line at http://bit.ly/asMItm. 4. Marcus Marktanner, ―Addressing the Marketing Problem of the Social Market Economy‖, in Glossner C. and Gregosz D., eds., 60 years of Social Market Economy Formation, Development and Perspectives of a Peacemaking Formula, Bornheim, Germany. Forthcoming, 2010. 5. Samir Makdisi, Fadia Kiwan and Marcus Marktanner, ―Lebanon: The Constrained Democracy and Its National Developmental Impact‖, in I. Elbadawi and S. Makdisi eds., Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit (Routledge, 2010).

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6. Samir Makdisi and Marcus Marktanner, ―Precarious Consociationalism: Lebanon‘s Predicament in Promoting Development‖, in K. Roy, and A. Medhekar eds., Readings in World Development, Globalization and Development: Country Expreiences, Nova Scientific Publishers, New York, 2010.

Neaime, Simon

1. ―Testing the Expectations Hypothesis in the Emerging Markets? An Application to the Middle East Treasury Securities‖. Forthcoming in the Financial Econometrics Handbook, Chapman-Hall/Taylor & Francis Press , 2010, (with S. Hakim*). Despite many rejections, the expectations hypothesis remains the widely accepted premise believed to explain the shape of the yield curve. This paper will investigate the stochastic properties of the term structure of interest rates in several emerging bond markets in the Middle East. Our results will test whether their interest rates can be modeled as unit root processes. Further co integration analysis will investigate if the interest rates of different maturities drift apart or move together over time, a finding which lends support to the expectations hypothesis. Our results are expected to shed light on the Middle East bonds market, a region where interest rates have received little attention before. 2. ―The Basel Accord and Market Risk of European Commercial Banks: A VAR Analysis‖. This paper assesses the exposure of large European banks to the volatility of their underlying risk drivers adopting quantitative internal models to measure market risk as specified in the Basel Accord. Using a sample of 31 large commercial banks across 8 European countries, we analyze the effectiveness of their risk management policy between 2000 and 2009. The Interest rate, exchange rate and market risk drivers are identified in a three factor Capital Asset Pricing Model. 3. ―Sustainability of MENA Public Debt and the Macroeconomic Implications of the US Financial Crisis ‖. Forthcoming in the Middle East Development Journal, World Scientific, Singapore, 2011. The conduct of exchange rate and fiscal policies in the small open MENA economies has recently become critical in determining those countries future economic and fiscal situation, due to the accumulation since the early 1990s of a sizable level of external debt, and the pursuit by some countries of a fixed exchange rate regime. This study presents thorough empirical analysis of the sustainability of exchange rate and external public debt using time series econometric models. The empirical results point to sustainable fiscal and exchange rate policies in Tunisia and Morocco, unsustainable external debt but sustainable exchange rate policies in Egypt and Turkey, and unsustainable external debt and exchange rate policies in Jordan. If Jordan still opts for maintaining a fixed US dollar exchange rate arrangement, it will have to implement crisis-prevention

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measures, namely by exercising fiscal discipline, and managing properly its external debt and foreign reserves.

E. INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES

1. Public Lectures and Workshops: The Institute organized (in cooperation with the Economics Department ) the following public lectures:  Workshop with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on "International and Arab Perspectives on Recent Economic Crises-Market or State Failure?";(Participants including academicians and experts from AUB, Lebanon and Arab countries), June 19, 2010, IFE, Nicely Hall, 316.  Lecture by Dr. Charbel Nahhas (Minister of Telecommunications) on "The Role of Telecommunications in Lebanon‘s Development"; April 12, 2010, West Hall, Auditorium B.  Workshop by Dr. Yusuf Khalil (The Bank of Lebanon), on "Capital Inflows and Monetary Policy in Lebanon "; November 16, 2009, IFE, Nicely Hall, 316.  Lecture by Professor Lynda Khalaf (University of Carleton, Canada), on "Modeling Oil Prices"; November 2, 2009, IFE, Nicely Hall 316.

2. Other: A number of 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 on going research were held.

3. Lecture and Working Paper Series:

As part of its role in making available on-going research, within and outside the University, related to economic issues of special concern to developing countries, the Institute 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 on-going 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-Champaign), S. Makdisi, Chair (AUB) and S. Neaime (AUB). As of the end of June, 2007 the series‘ papers included (in reverse chronological order):

1. S. Makdisi (AUB), Development without Democracy in the Arab World, No. 2, 2009.

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2. Jean Philippe Platteau (University of Namur, Belgium), The Causes of Institutional Inefficiency: A Development Perspective, No. 1, 2009. 3. M. Marktanner and N. Sayour (AUB), Initial Inequality and Protectionism: A Political- Economy Approach, No. 3, 2008. 4. S. Neaime (AUB), Twin Deficits in Lebanon: A Time Series Analysis, (2008, No. 2). 5. S. Makdisi and M. Marktanner (AUB), Trapped by Consociationalism: The Case of Lebanon, No. 1, 2008. 6. S.Hammami and S. Neaime (AUB), Measurement of Financial Integration in the GCC Equity Markets: A Novel Perspective, No. 4, 2007. 7. S.Makdisi (AUB), Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in Post- Civil War Period, No. 3, 2007. 8. S. Hammami (AUB), Horse Race of Utility-Based Asset Pricing Models: Ranking through Specification Errors, No. 2, 2007. 9. H. Huitfeldt (European Training Foundation) and N. Kabbani (AUB), Returns to Education and the Transition from School to Work in Syria, No. 1, 2007. 10. M. Marktanner and J. Nassar (AUB), From Rentier State and Resource Curse to Even Worse? No. 3, 2006. 11. P-G. Meon (University of Brussels) and K. Sekkat (University of Brussels), Institutional Quality and Trade: Which Institutions? Which Trade? No. 2, 2006. 12. M. Pascoa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and A. Seghir (AUB), Harsh Default Penalties Lead to Ponzi Schemes, No. 1, 2006. 13. I. Elbadawi (The World Bank) and S. Makdisi (AUB), Democracy and Development in the Arab World, No. 2, 2005. 14. N. Mora (AUB), Sovereign Credit Rating: Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt? No.1, 2005. 15. S. Neaime (AUB), Portfolio Diversification and Financial Integration of MENA Stock Markets, No. 3, 2004. 16. I. Elbadawi (The World Bank), The Politics of Sustaining Growth in the Arab World: Getting Democracy Right, No. 2, 2004. 17. M. Nabli, J. Keller and M-A Veganazones (The World Bank), Exchange Rate Management within the Middle East and North Africa: The Cost to Manufacturing Competitiveness, No. 1, 2004. 18. S. Makdisi and R. Sadaka (AUB), The Lebanese Civil War 1975-1990, No. 03, 2003. 19. R. Cooper (Harvard University), Prospects for the World Economy, No. 2, 2003. 20. H. Esfahani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), A Reexamination of the Political Economy of Growth in the MENA Countries, No. 1, 2003.

Several papers, from outside and within the university, are currently under consideration for inclusion in the series.

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F. PUBLICATIONS

Makdisi, Samir

1. Samir Makdisi and Ibrahim Elbadawi. ―Explaining the Arab Democracy Deficit: The Role of Oil and Conflict‖ in I. Elbadawi and S. Makdisi (eds), Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficiet, Routledge, 2010. 2. Samir Makdisi. ―The Impact for the International Financial Crisis on Economic Growth in the Arab Region‖ in, The Impact of the International Crisis on the Arab Countries, Arab Planning Institute, 2009. 3. Samir Makdisi and Marcus Marktanner, ―Trapped by Consociationalism: the Case of Lebanon‖, Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago, vol. 11, September 2009.

Marktanner, Marcus

1. Samir Makdisi and Marcus Marktanner, ―Trapped by Consociationalism: The Case of Lebanon‖. Topics in Middle Eastern Economies and North Africa, vol. 11, 2009.

Neaime, Simon

1. S. Neaime, ―Sustainability of Exchange Rate Policies and External Public Debt in the MENA Region‖, Journal of Economics and International Finance, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 59-71, July 2009. Funded by URB.

G. FUTURE PLANS

1. Apart from its own resources, the Institute will continue to seek additional research funds from outside sources that will help it launch new research projects some of which will be carried out in collaboration with outside research centers and experts. For the coming year a few projects have already been planned and funding support for one major research project already secured. As mentioned under Institute sponsored research, the IFE will again host a new 30-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.

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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 while its specialized library now includes many titles and reference sources. The Institute's seminar/library room serves as the hub for graduate courses in financial economics/economics as well as for lectures and seminars by economics faculty members and invited outside speakers. As can be discerned from the above review, 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 started accepting applications for its new Applied Mathematics Program this year. The number of students enrolled in Mathematics and Statistics courses in 2009-2010 was near 6058. It was noticeable that more students are opting for a minor in 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 to take full responsibility for 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. The Department succeeded in recruiting one of the approved faculty lines allocated for this purpose with the hope of filling the remaining lines next year. In the meantime the department will continue to depend on part-timers. The ―Colloquium Lectures‖ series and the ―Let‘s talk Mathematics‖ series continued with several lectures given by AUB faculty members and visitors. Also, the Department of Mathematics has arranged, with the Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences, a successful Conference on Modular Forms and Related Topics which took place in July, 2009. ―Mathematics Clinics‖, where Mathematics Graduate Assistants held office hours everyday to help undergraduates taking mathematics courses, continued to be successful for the benefit of all students. The Chairman held 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. Such meetings will continue to be held regularly for the benefit of students and the Department. The ―Math circle‖, which is the students‘ club, was active this year. They have organized picnics and participated in social gatherings organized by the Department.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Abi-Khuzam, Faruk Ph.D. Professor

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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 Brock, Friedmann Ph.D. Associate Professor Alhakim, Abbas Ph.D Assistant Professor Azar, Monique Ph.D Assistant Professor El Khoury, Sabine Ph.D. Assistant Professor Egeileh, Michel Ph.D. Visiting 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 Fayyad, Dolly Ph.D. Lecturer (part-time) Abu-Diab, Sara M.S. Instructor (part-time) Achkar, Alice M.S. Instructor (part-time) Fuleihan, Najwa M.S. Instructor Itani Hatab, Maha M.S. Instructor Khachadourian, Zadour M.S. Instructor Itani, Iman M.S. Instructor (part-time) Karam, Noha M.S. Instructor (part-time) Nassif, Rana M.S. Instructor (part-time) Rahhal, Lina M.S. Instructor (part-time) Tannous, Jumana M.S. Instructor (part-time)

2. Research Assistants

None

3. Graduate Assistants

Fall Semester

Abdallah, Nancy Abdelbaki, Khuloud Assaad, Mary Birjawi, Razan Dbouk, Malak Hammoud, Rasha

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Merhej, Jessica Mroue, Fatima Nahle, Zeina Nashef, Fida Nemer, Abdallah

Spring Semester

Birjawi, Razan Dbouk, Malak Fakhri, Rami Nahle, Zeina Nashef, Fida Rawas, Zeina Sabra, Ahmad Shami, Ola

4. Non-Academic

Akl Abou Zaki, Lina Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

BA or BS Oct. 2009 4 Feb. 2010 5 Jun. 2010 10

MA or MS Oct. 2009 1 Feb. 2010 0 Jun. 2010 2

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 19 Seniors 17 Juniors 19

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Sophomores 87

3. Student Enrollment in Mathematics Courses

Course Summer 09 Fall 10 Spring 10 Sub-Total Courses numbered 300 & above 47 42 89 Courses numbered 211 through 115 632 617 1364 299 Courses numbered 200 through 315 1445 1145 2905 210 Courses numbered 100 through 69 315 272 656 199 Total 499 2439 2076 5014 5014

4. Student Enrollment in Statistics Courses

Courses Summer 09 Fall 10 Spring 10 SubTotal Courses numbered 300 and above Courses numbered 211 through 226 170 172 568 299 Courses numbered 200 through 26 215 235 476 210 Courses numbered 100 through 199 Total 252 385 407 1044 1044

5. Number of Credit hours Offered in Mathematics Courses

Courses Summer Fall 10 Spring 10 Sub-Total 09 Courses numbered 300 & above 0 15 18 33 Courses numbered 211 through 299 18 75 69 162 Courses numbered 200 through 210 39 171 135 345 Courses numbered 100 through 199 9 30 30 69 Total 66 291 252 609 609

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Courses Summer Fall 10 Spring 10 Sub-Total 09 Courses numbered 300 & above Courses numbered 211 through 299 24 18 18 60 Courses numbered 200 through 210 6 24 24 54 Courses numbered 100 through 199 Total 30 42 42 114 114

D. RESEARCH

Abi-Khuzam, Faruk

1. Remark on the WAT conjecture (Joint work with B. Shayya). Paper submitted for publication. 2. The geometry of zero-free regions for entire functions and their sections. Work completed and a paper to be submitted for publication. 3. Vector functions of several complex variables and Valiron‘s Theorem. Work completed and a paper to be submitted for publication. 4. Asymptotic behavior of solutions of a system of coupled difference equations. Work expanded into two parts. Work on first part completed. Work is in progress on second part. 5. Star functions associated with functions of several complex variables. We introduce two such functions and investigate, under the assumption of their harmonicity, the possible geometry of the zero and pole varieties of the original function. Work in progress. 6. The Poncelet theorem on interscribed polygons. Using Jacobian elliptic functions we associate to any two non-intersecting circles in the plane two groups of homeomorphisms, and use one group to obtain a solution of the Poncelet problem. Work in progress.

Abu-Khuzam, Hazar

1. H. Abu-Khuzam and A. Yaqub*, ―Structure of certain rings which are Multiplicatively generated by certain subsets‖, paper completed and will be submitted for publication. 2. H. Abu-Khuzam and A. Yaqub*, ―On Boolean-Like Rings‖, paper completed and will be submitted for publication.

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Lyzzaik, Abdallah

1. Bshouty, A. Lyzzaik and A. Weitsman, “On the Boundary Behavior of Univalent Harmonic Mappings,‖ submitted. 2. D. Bshouty, A. Lyzzaik and A. Weitsman, ―Parabolicity of Minimal Surfaces,‖ The purpose of this work is to prove the parabolicity of minimal surfaces over infinitely connected domains. The intent of this research is to extend an earlier result of Weitsman regarding the parabolicity of minimal surfaces over finitely connected domains and to prove an outstanding conjecture of Meeks; in preparation. 3. A. Lyzzaik, ―Cluster sets of entire harmonic mappings.‖ The purpose of this work is to better understand the geometric behavior of entire harmonic mappings at infinity.

Nahlus, Nazih

1. George Bergman* and Nazih Nahlus, Homomorphisms on infinite direct product algebras, especially Lie algebras, (Submitted for publication in the Journal of Algebra, Nov. 2009). Abstract: We study surjective homomorphisms f:\prod_I A_i\to B of not necessarily- associative algebras over a commutative ring k, for I a generally infinite set; especially when k is a field and B is countable-dimensional over k. Our results have the following consequences when k is an infinite field, the algebras are Lie algebras, and B is finite-dimensional: If all the Lie algebras A_i are solvable, then so is B. If all the Lie algebras A_i are nilpotent, then so is B. If k is not of characteristic 2 or 3, and all the Lie algebras A_i are finite-dimensional and are direct products of simple algebras, then (i) so is B, (ii) f splits, and (iii) under a weak cardinality bound on I, f is continuous in the pro-discrete topology. …...etc.

2. George Bergman* and Nazih Nahlus, Linear maps on k^I, and homomorphic images of infinite direct product algebras (Submitted to Algebra and Number Theory by Berkeley Mathematical Sciences Publishers, Oct. 2009). Abstract: Let k be an infinite field, I an infinite set, V a k-vector-space, and g:k^I\to V a k-linear map. It is shown that if dim_k(V) is not too large ………These results are used to prove that any homomorphism from a direct product \prod_I A_i of not- necessarily-associative algebras A_i onto an algebra B, where dim_k(B) is not too large (in the same senses) must factor through the projection of \prod_I A_i onto the product of finitely many of the A_i, modulo a map into the subalgebra \{b\in B | bB=Bb=\{0\}\}\subseteq B. Detailed consequences are noted in the case where the A_i are Lie algebras.

3. N. Nahlus, On L = [L, a] + [L, b] & x = [a(x), b(x)] in simple Lie algebras (in preparation)

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4. N. Nahlus, ―On Two Proofs of the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem.‖ 5. N. Nahlus, ―On extensions of representations of solvable Lie algebras.‖ Abstract: We give a simple criterion for a finite-dimensional representation of a subalgebra of a solvable Lie algebra L (of any dimension) which can be extended to a finite-dimensional representation of the whole Lie algebra L. Preprint, 2009 (to be revised in view of ultraproducts).

Nassif, Nabil

On Going projects (under contract with LNCSR) With Dania Sheaib, Mathematical and Computational Models for Parasite Population Dynamics. With Noha Karam, Rescaling Methodology and time Parallel algorithms. Part of her PhD thesis to be defended in Fall 2010.

Khuri-Makdisi, Kamal

1. Moduli interpretation of Eisenstein series, submitted. Preprint: http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.1439 2. Periods of modular forms and identities between Eisenstein series, joint with W. Raji (AUB). Research nearly complete.

Shayya, Bassam

1. F. Abi-Khuzam and B. Shayya, ―A remark on the WAT conjecture‖', submitted for publication. 2. B. Shayya, ―Measures with Fourier transforms in L^2 of a half-space‖', accepted for publication in Canadian Mathematical Bulletin.

Friedemann, Brock

1. Articles in preparation: a. Best constant in Hardy-type inequalities in a half space.‖ Proceedings of a conference on Analysis & Computational Mathematics, 2008, NDU, Lebanon, Research Publishing 2009, 27-33. b. ―Symmetry of ground states for elliptic equations involving the Laplacian and power-type nonlinearities,‖ c. 40 pp., in preparation. c. ―Continuous rearrangements and symmetry problems in PDE,‖ c. 200 pp., monograph, in preparation. 2. Ongoing research with colleagues at other universities: a. W. Reichel (Giessen), on discrete rearrangement inequalities. b. A. Mercaldo, F. Chiacchio (Napoli), on Dido‘s problem w.r.t. a measure.

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c. V. Moroz (Swansea), on Hardy-type inequalities. d. L. Iturriaga (Arica, Chile), on multiplicity results involving systems of p-Laplace equations. e. A. Mourad (LU), on mathematical models of cardiovascular activities. Models of cardiovascular activities.

Alhakim, Abbas

1. ―A Recursive Construction of Non-binary De Bruijn Sequences‖, with Mufutau Akinwande. Revised and Resubmitted. Abstract: A de Bruijn cycle of order n is a cyclic sequence of symbols from a certain finite alphabet with the special property that every contiguous block of size n occurs exactly once in the whole sequence. These cycles have a plenty of applications in engineering and science. This paper presents a method to find new de Bruijn cycles based on ones of lesser order. This is done by mapping a de Bruijn cycle to several vertex disjoint cycles in a de Bruijn digraph of higher order and then connecting these cycles into one full cycle. We present precise formulae for the locations where those cycles can be rejoined into one full cycle. We obtain an exponentially large class of distinct de Bruijn cycles. This method generalizes the Lempel construction of binary de Bruijn sequences as well as its efficient implementation by Annextein. 2. ―A Simple Combinatorial Algorithm for de Bruijn Sequences‖. In press, to be published in the October 2010 issue of the American Mathematical Monthly. Abstract: A well known algorithm to generate a de Bruijn cycle of any order is called the Prefer-One algorithm, which puts a preference on the order of how symbols are to be proposed. This paper presents a combinatorial method to construct a de Bruijn sequence for any order n. The method is similar to that of the well-known prefer-one algorithm. The resulting sequences are compared and both methods are shown to be special cases of a unifying graph construction that is capable of generating all de Bruijn sequences. 3. ―Spans of Preference Functions for De Bruijn Sequences‖. Submitted. Abstract: Preference functions are vector valued functions that generate periodic sequences in general. Given an initial word of order n, a preference function specifies an order of preference for appending the next symbol of the sequence. These functions have been seen to generate de Bruijn cycles. This paper characterizes exactly those preference functions that correspond to a de Bruijn cycle and also shows that any preference function that generates a de Bruijn cycle of order n is itself capable of generating de Bruijn cycles of any order larger than n. It is also shown that de Bruijn sequences of order n are naturally divided according to the depth of the corresponding preference function, e.g. a binary prefer-one sequence has depth one because only the last bit is needed to decide what the new bit is while in some other sequences all the previous n-1 bits are needed to append a new symbol.

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4. ―A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Generating Random de Bruijn Sequences‖. In progress. Tentative Abstract: This paper presents a method to generate a random de Bruijn cycle, uniformly out of the collection of all de Bruijn cycle of a given order and alphabet size. This is done by simulating an ergodic Markov chain defined on the graph whose vertices are the individual de Bruijn sequences of a given order, with an edge between two vertices if and only if one vertex can be obtained from the other via a single cross-join operation of the cycles underlying these vertices.

Azar, Monique

―Some lower bounds in the B. and M. Shapiro conjecture for flag varieties,‖ with A. Gabrielov, submitted.

El khoury, Sabine

1. ―Hilbert Coefficients of Graded Cohen-Macaulay Algebras,‖ forthcoming in JP J. Algebra Numb Theory and App. Abstract: We give explicit formulas for the Hilbert coefficients of graded Cohen- Macaulay and almost Cohen-Macaulay Algebras S over a field K, as a function of the determinants of Vandermonde matrices whose entries are the shifts in the minimal free resolution. 2. Article in preparation: ―Bounds for the Hilbert Coefficients of Gorenstein Algebras‖. Collaboration with Krishna Hanumanthu at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Abstract: We find lower and upper bounds of the Hilbert Coefficients of Gorenstein ideals. These bounds are stronger than the ones found by Herzog and Zheng.

Raji, Wissam

1. ―Eichler Cohomology for Generalized Modular Forms II.‖ Paper accepted in International Journal of Number Theory. Co-authored with Marvin Knopp*. 2. ―Eichler Cohomology theorems for Generalized Modular Forms.‖ Paper submitted for publication. 3. ―Meromorphic Functions Compatible with Homomorphisms of Group Actions on Domains in C.‖ Paper submitted for publication. Co-authored with Ramez Maalouf*. 4. ―Eichler Cohomology of Generalized Modular Forms of Real Weights.‖ Paper submitted.

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5. ―An Algebraic Approach to Meromorphic functions compatible with homomorphisms of Group actions on C.‖ Preprint. Co-authored with Ramez Maalouf*. 6. ―Expansions of Vector Valued Modular Forms of Negative Weights.‖ Submitted for Publication. Co-authored with Jose Gimenez.* 7. ―Thoughts about Zeroes of Classical Modular Forms.‖ Preprint. Co-authored with Lloyd Kilford.* 8. Book manuscript of elementary number theory that will serve as an undergraduate book in the subject. Submitted for publication.

Tlas, Tamer

1. One project which has been completed is the understanding how the simplicial, discrete geometry is encoded in the group field theory action. This work was done in collaboration with Daniele Oriti (Max Planck Institute in Potsdam). The paper has been published.

2. A project in preparation is concerned with nonstandard analysis and measure theory. The groundwork has been laid down over this year, current work is focused on checking that the new construction has the needed properties. I expect this to be written up in a couple of months.

Egeileh, Michel

1. Supersymmetric sigma-models: the goal of the project is to construct supersymmetric sigma-models using supermanifolds of class H^{infinity}, which corresponds to having commuting spinors instead of the usual anticommuting Grassmannian spinors. One advantage of this approach is to avoid the huge amount of component functions that appear with G^{infinity} class, while being completely natural and equivalent to the sheaf-theoretical approach for supermanifolds. Some sigma-models have already been constructed, and we are looking for similar results in the context of supersymmetric field theories. In collaboration with Daniel Bennequin (Paris 7, France) and Alireza Bahraini (Sharif University, Iran), the project still needs further results and examples to be submitted for publication. 2. Geometry of superspace supergravity: the purpose of the project is to acquire a deeper understanding of the geometrical formulation of supergravity theories at the superspace level, namely the nature of the torsion constraints, in relation with G- structures, Cartan geometries, sheaves, … and to investigate possible connections of the superspace approach with classification problems for supersymmetric

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backgrounds. In collaboration with Fida Chami (Lebanese University), the project is currently at an exploratory stage.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Abi-Khuzam, Faruk

1. Member, Selection committee for the King Faisal International Prize, 2009. 2. Plenary lecture, LSMS, 2010. 3. Member of Advisory Committee of Arts & Sciences (2008-present). 4. Chair, Strategic Planning Committee of the Mathematics Department 2009. 5. Chair, Colloquium Committee of the Mathematics Department 2008-present.

Abu Khuzam, Hazar

1. Chairperson of the Department of Mathematics. 2. Nominated to receive the AUB Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010. 3. Reviewer for ―Mathematical Reviews‖ of the American Mathematical Society. 4. Freshman Academic Advisor. 5. Academic Advisor (Mathematics majors: Graduates, Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores). 6. Associate member of the Center of Advanced Mathematical Studies. 7. Member of several Master‘s Theses Committees. 8. Applied Math program (transfer applications started this year). 9. Member of the Math-Engineering Committee. 10. Department‘s Learning Outcomes (program and courses).

Lyzzaik, Abdallah

1. Member of the Engineering Mathematics Committee. 2. Acting Chair of the FAS Curriculum Committee. 3. Math consultant for REP. 4. Reviewed articles for Math Reviews. 5. Refereed articles for the following journals: J. of the London Mathematical Society, Contemporary Mathematics, J. Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Computational Mathematics and Function Theory, Monatshefte Mathematik, Rocky Mountain Journal, Constructive approximation, Complex Variable and Elliptic Equations, and Jordan Journal of Mathematical and Applications. 6. Delivered a departmental colloquium talk. 7. Mathematics consultant for REP.

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8. Thesis master‘s thesis advisor for Ms. Rasha Hammoud and Nancy Abdallah who are due to graduate this summer.

Nahlus, Nazih 1. Completed supervision of a Master‘s thesis by my student Khuloud Abdul Baki, Thesis entitled: ―Linear Algebra over General Rings & Characterizations of Ore Domains via Q(R).‖ 2. Principal coordinator for all Math 218 sections in the spring. 3. Convener for the proposed Phd program in Algebra. 4. Guided the student Nadim Restom to publish a short note in Linear Algebra. 5. Math department representative for Library affairs.

Nassif, Nabil

Member of the University Service Quality Task Team. Chairperson of the FAS MS program in Computational Science. Chairperson of the Senate University Development Committee. Member of the University Senate. Member of the Math-Engineering Committee. Member of the FAS Curriculum Committee. Member of the University Admissions Committee. Member of the FAS Admissions Committee. Master‘s Thesis Supervising: Farah Hariri, ―Plasma‘s Simulation.‖ Completed June 2010. Sarah Khankan, Master‘s thesis: ―Finite Volume Methods for Hyperbolic systems.‖ To be completed in August 2010. Sophie Moufawad Master‘s thesis: Demmel Type Communication-Avoiding GMRES on Multi-Core hardware. To be completed in December 2010. Conference co-organizer of The Lebanese Society for the Mathematical Sciences 1st Annual Meeting. February 2010. Conference Participation: LinkSCEEM HPC User‘s meeting. Damascus, Syria. July 2010.

Khuri-Makdisi,Kamal

1. Seminar and conference talks: ―Periods of modular forms and identities between Eisenstein series,‖ University of Bristol seminar, May 2010. ―Equations for modular curves‖, University of Cyprus Mathematics Department Colloquium, December 2009.

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―Equations for modular curves,‖ Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS), AUB, November 2009. ―Fast arithmetic in Picard groups of general curves,‖ MAGMA seminar, University of Sydney, September 2009. ―Moduli interpretation of Eisenstein series,‖Conference on modular curves and related topics, CAMS, AUB, July 2009. 2. Undergraduate advising of around 10 mathematics majors of the class of 2011. Began work with an M.S. student on a thesis on quaternion algebras. Also served on an M.S. thesis committee in computational science. 3. Refereed an article each for Information Processing Letters and Lebanese Science Journal, as well as two internal AUB proposals for research grants by the University Research Board (URB). See also refereeing done as part of ANTS-9 Program Committee, below. 4. Program committee member, Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS-9), scheduled for July 2010 in LORIA, Nancy, France. Refereed four articles proposed for the conference, and arranged for external referees' comments on the same articles. Discussed acceptances of these and other articles for the conference proceedings. 5. Scientific committee member, First annual meeting of the Lebanese Society for the Mathematical Sciences (LSMS), Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon, January 2010. Am also a member of the LSMS administrative committee. 6. Organizing committee and speaker, Workshop on modular forms and related topics, CAMS and AUB mathematics department, July 2009. 7. Member, FAS Computational Sciences Group. 8. Member, AUB Web Oversight Committee.

Shayya Bassam

1. Nominated for 2009-10 AUB award for excellence in teaching. 2. Advisor for Mathematics undergraduate students since Fall 2003. 3. Member of the Student Affairs Committee since Fall 2006. 4. Member of the M.S. thesis committees of Fatima Mroue (June 10). 5. Supervising the M.S. theses of Zeina Al Rawas, Razane Berjaoui, and Fida Nashef, who are expected to graduate in June 2011.

Friedemann, Brock

1. Teaching: a. Fall 2009-2010: Math 210 and Math 212; b. Spring 2009-2010: Math 202 (3 sections), Math 399-3 (1 st.), Math 399A-3 (1 st.); c. Summer 2009-2010: Math 212 and Math 218, Math 399A-3 (1 student). 2. Talks and attendance at international conferences:

316 a. Workshop on PDE, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, March 2010, talk: ―Asymptotic estimates for solutions of elliptic problems in exterior domains.‖ b. Conference of the Lebanese Mathematical Society, December 2009. c. International conference at the American University of Sharjah, March 2010; presented: ―Symmetry for entire solutions of elliptic problems‖. 3. Supervision of Master‘s thesis of Fatima Mroue (defended June 9 2010) and Gh. El Jannoun .

Alhakim, Abbas 1. Presented a talk in the annual meeting of the Lebanese Society of Mathematical Sciences (LSMS), February 2010, entitled ―A Spectral Analysis of the Overlapping Serial test of Randomness‖. 2. Presented a talk in the Mathematics Department Seminar, April 2010, entitled ―Recursive Construction of Non-binary de Bruijn Sequences‖. 3. Advised a PhD student at Clarkson University, Mr. Mufutau Akinwande, who has been my advisee for the past four years, now in the final stages of his PhD dissertation. Mufutau and I have been corresponding by email and telephone since my move to AUB. He is expected to defend his dissertation this coming August. 4. Refereed two papers for the Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 5. Received URB seed grant to work on a project entitled ―Implementing a Novel Parallel Random Number Generator‖. 6. Designed a new graduate course (MATH333) approved by the department and the curriculum committee. The course is an introduction to Monte Carlo simulation and the Markov Chain Monte Carlo methodology. It is scheduled to be offered in the spring of 2011. 7. Professional Membership in the American Mathematical Society and the Lebanese Society of Mathematical Sciences. 8. Member of the department‘s ad hoc committee for calculus placement test. 9. Member of the department‘s ad hoc committee for Engineering Courses.

Azar, Monique

1. Gave a colloquium talk at the American University of Beirut, April 8, 2010 2. Member of the strategic planning committee in the mathematics department 3. Participant in the Summer school and conference on Hodge theory and related topics, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, June 14 – July 2, 2010 El Khoury, Sabine

1. Invited talk: LSMS annual meeting, Lebanese University, Fanar, January 29-30, 2010.

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2. School and workshop on local rings and local study of algebraic varieties, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, May 31-June 11, 2010. 3. Invited Talk: Joint conferences on Algebra, Logic and Number Theory, ALANT, Poland, June 21-24, 2010. 4. Comprehensive Exam Committee, Mathematics Department, American University of Beirut, Spring 2010. 5. Judge for the 16th Science, Math and Technology Fair, American University of Beirut, May 2010. 6. The Student Disciplinary Affairs Committee and the University Committee on Student Affairs, American University of Beirut, Fall 2009-2010. 7. Book Adoption Committee, Mathematics Department, American University of Beirut, Fall 2009, Spring 2010. 8. Strategic planning committee, Mathematics Department, American University of Beirut, Fall 2009-2010. 9. Committee Member: Khuloud Fouad Abdulbaki, MS in Mathematics, American University of Beirut, June 2010. 10. Advised undergraduate sophomore students, Mathematics Department, American University of Beirut, Fall 2009, Spring 2010. 11. Linear Algebra Coordinator (Math 218), Mathematics Department, American University of Beirut, Fall 2009, Spring 2010.

Egeileh, Michel

1. Participation as marshal in the FAS commencement for the year 2009. 2. Secretary of the Lebanese Society for the Mathematical Science – LSMS. 3. Member of the organizing committee for the LSMS first Annual Meeting (conference held in the Lebanese University – Fanar on January 29-30, 2010). 4. Presented ―On the geometry of eleven-dimensional supergravity‖, LSMS First Annual Meeting, January 30, 2010. 5. Participation in the series ―Let‘s talk Mathematics‖, ―Counting Suleima‘s rings‖, March 11, 2010. 6. Participation in a committee for studying the feasibility of a PhD program in the Mathematics Department. 7. Participation in the Summer School and Conference on Hodge Theory and Related Topics, from June 14 to July 2, 2010, in the ICTP, Trieste, Italy.

Raji, Wissam

1. Organized a conference on Modular Forms and Related Topics at the American University of Beirut, July 27-28, 2009.

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2. Presented ―Eichler Cohomology of Generalized Modular Forms of Real Weights‖ in July 2009 at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. 3. Presented ―A Modular Look at Farkas Identity‖ in January 2010 at the Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon. 4. Gave a talk ―A Modular Look at Farkas Identity‖ in February 2010 at the Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon. 5. Presented ―A Modular Look at Farkas Identity‖ in February 2010 at the Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon. 6. Presented ―A Modular Look at Farkas Identity‖ in March 2010 at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. 7. Attended ―The 24th annual workshop on Automorphic forms and related topics,‖ March 2010, University of Hawaii. 8. Presented ―Periods of Modular Forms and Identities between Eisenstein Series,‖ March 2010, University of Hawaii. 9. Served on a committee on placement exams and science electives, Department of Mathematics, American University of Beirut, November 2009-present. 10. Advised two graduate students in their Master‘s thesis, Mary Assad and Ola El Chami.

Tlas, Tamer

Member of the Library Committee, fall semester of 2009-2010.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Lyzzaik, Abdallah

D. Bshouty*, A. Lyzzaik, ―Close-to-Convexity Criteria for Planar Harmonic Mappings,‖ Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, published online: 26 March 2010

Nassif, Nabil

N. Nassif, D. Sheaib, ―Spectral Methods for Scalar Age-Structured Population Models.‖ Proceedings of a Conference on Analysis and Computational Mathematics, 18-19 Sept. 2008, NDU, Lebanon, Eds. F. Brock and E. Saleeby, pp. 103-123, 2009.

Khuri-Makdisi,Kamal

―On the maps from X(4p) to X(4),‖ with S. Jaafar*, International Journal of Number Theory, 5 no. 5, (2009): 831-844.

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Friedemann, Brock

―Best constant in Hardy-type inequalities in a half space‖. Proceedings of a Conference on Analysis and Computational Mathematics, 2008, NDU, Lebanon. Research Publishing, 2009, pp. 22-33.

El Khoury, Sabine

―A class of Gorenstein Artin Algebras of Embedding Dimension Four‖: Communications in Algebra, 37/ 9 (2009): 3259-3277.

Raji, Wissam

1. Guerzhoy* P., Raji W. ―A Modular Look at Farkas‘ Identities,‖ Ramanujan Journal, 19 (2009) : 19-27. 2. Knopp* M., Lehner* J. and Raji W. ―Eichler Cohomology for Generalized Modular Forms.‖ International Journal of Number Theory, 5/ 6 (2009): 1049-1059. 3. Raji W. Construction of Generalized Modular Integrals. Functiones et Approximatio, 41/ 2 (2009): 105-112.

Tamer Tlas D. Oriti*and T. Tlas, ―Encoding simplicial quantum geometry in group field theories‖, Class. Quant. Grav. 27 (2010): 135018.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The Department has started accepting applications for its new Applied Mathematics program. The Department will continue to refine its graduate and undergraduate programs. The Department held a long meeting (retreat) and several other meetings to discuss the launching of PhD program and will continue in studying this issue and other issues of concern. 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 for teaching the Engineering Mathematics courses.

Hazar, Abu-Khuzam Chairman

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A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The Philosophy Department made two appointments at the professorial level as a result of two job searches that took place during this academic year. Dr. Ray Brassier was appointed as an Associate Professor and Dr. Christopher Johns was appointed as Assistant Professor. Dr. Waddah Nasr has also returned to the department as a full time faculty member after long service as Registrar and later as Associate Provost. The total number of students enrolled in philosophy courses was 1463 (compared with 1674 and 1462 for the two previous years). Out of the 219 credit hours offered, 129 were taught by full time professorial faculty, while the rest (75 credits) were taught by full time instructors (39 credits) or part time lecturers or instructors (36 credits). The department organized a number of events during the course of the academic year 2009-2010. Professors Gerhard Overland, University of Oslo and Uwe Steinhoff, University of Hong Kong were invited in collaboration with the Issam Faris Institute to give lectures titled ―Killing People as a Side Effect‖ and ―On Not Believing in Justified Wars without Being a Pacifist‖ respectively. The Department also invited ten speakers (Martin Hagglund, Peter Hallward, Joe Hughes, Darrel Moore, Nina Power, John Protevi, Dan Smith, Fredrika Spindler, Alberto Toscano) for a conference on ―The contemporary condition of philosophy and abstraction production politics‖. The department also participated in organizing an international colloquium on Usul Al-Fiqh in collaboration with the Saint Joseph University, the Provost‘s Office, and the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Jiraisati from the Institute of Jean Nicod, Paris was invited to give a lecture on ―Universalism vs.Relativism in Color Categorization‖. Daniel Regnier from the University of Saskatchewan was invited to give a lecture entitled ―The Divided Imagination in Plato‘s Republic: from Eikasia and Dianoia to Phantasia‖.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Haydar, Bashshar Professor and Ph.D. Chairperson Nasr, Waddah N. Associate Professor Ph.D. Brassier, Ray Visiting Associate Ph.D.

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Professor Andresen, Joshua Assistant Professor Ph.D. Bashour, Bana Assistant Professor Ph.D. Johns, Christopher Visiting Assistant Ph.D Professor Lewtas, Patrick Assistant Professor Ph.D. Muller, Hans Assistant Professor Ph.D. Saab, Salma Visiting fellow from Ph.D. Mexico Spring semester 2010 Agha, Saleh Lecturer Ph.D. Samaha, Raed Lecturer Ph.D. Hassan, Hani Instructor M.A. Mosley, Matthew Instructor M.A. Kahil, Rula Instructor M.A. Dib, Nelly Instructor M.A.

2. Graduate Assistant

Fall Semester Barakat, Karim Soghom, Vahik Wahab, Karam

Spring Semester Soghom, Vahik Wahab, Karam

3. Student Employment

Fall Semester Mahmoud, Hassanieh Zreik , Karim

Spring Semester Hassanieh, Mahmoud Zreik, Karim

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4. Non-Academic Staff

Rawas, Samar Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.A. Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 0 Jun. 2009 1

M.A. Oct. 2009 0 Feb. 2010 1 Jun. 2010 1

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 4 Seniors 3 Juniors 3 Sophomores 5

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Courses Summer 2009 Fall Sem. Spring Sem. Total Courses numbered 300 and above 0 8 9 17 Courses numbered 211 trough 299 12 168 124 304 Courses numbered 200 trough 210 205 279 362 846 Courses numbered below 200 0 175 121 296 Total 217 630 616 1463

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Courses Summer 2009 Fall Sem. Spring Sem. Total Courses numbered 300 and above 0 18 18 36 Courses numbered 211 trough 299 3 21 24 48 Courses numbered 200 trough 210 24 33 42 99 Courses numbered below 200 0 21 15 36

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Total 27 93 99 219

D. RESEARCH

Andresen, Joshua

1. ―Deconstruction, Normativity, and Democracy to Come,‖ an article accepted for publication in Philosophy Today after a shorter version was presented at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, New York, December 27-30, 2009. The article argues that while deconstruction cannot divest itself of normative claims, it cannot be said that these claims either derive from or are grounded by deconstruction. By clearly identifying Derrida‘s performative and normative ―excesses,‖ we gain a more complete understanding of deconstruction‘s relation to the ethical and political, as well as a fundamental insight into the more properly performative and strategic dimensions of Derrida‘s engagement with democracy. 2. ―Nietzsche, Naturalism, and Falsification,‖ an article accepted for Presentation at ―International Conference on Nietzsche and the Becoming of Life,‖ at the Institute of Humanities, Diego Portales University, Santiago de Chile, November 2-4, 2009 and at the North American Nietzsche. Society Special Session, Central Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, February 20, 2010). The article explains Nietzsche‘s naturalist accounts of perception and congnition and their anti- foundationalist implications. 3. ―Truth and Illusion Beyond Falsification: Re-Reading On Truth and Lie in the Extra- Moral Sense,‖ an article accepted for publication in Nietzsche-Studien. I clarify the relationship between Nietzsche‘s early views on truth and falsification by giving a systematic reading of ‗Truth and Lie‘. I argue that by criticizing illusory conceptions of truth, essence, and objective knowledge, Nietzsche develops a conception of cognition that prefigures his later naturalistic and perspectival accounts of knowledge. 4. ―Deconstruction, Democracy, Secularism, and Islam,‖ presently expanding and revising; a working version was accepted for presentation at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Boston, December 27-30, 2010; an earlier version was presented at the 3rd International Conference of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies & Research, AUB, January 6-9, 2010). This essay develops the critical limits of Derrida‘s strategic privileging of democracy and the secular in the context of his brief remarks on Islam. 5. ―Difference Must Return? On Eternal Return, Agency, and Revaluation‖ was accepted for presentation at the Annual meeting of the Nietzsche Society at SPEP,

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Montreal, Canada, November 4-6, 2010. I look closely at Deleuze‘s account of eternal return, will to power, and culture in order to develop a Nietzschean account of ―agency‖ adequate to his project of revaluation. 6. ―Nietzsche, Naturalism, and Perspectivism,‖ presently revising and expanding. Building off previous work, I argue that Nietzsche‘s perspectivism provides a viable naturalist alternative to Kant‘s transcendental idealism and more recent realist epistemologies and metaphysics. 7. ―What Will to Power Can Be,‖ presently expanding and revising. Following Nietzsche‘s analysis of the will, I argue that will to power should be understood as a basic characteristic of activity rather than as an independent causal force or agency that stands behind and can be construed independently from activity. Following Nietzsche‘s more general discussion on the prejudices of the philosophers, I argue that will to power should be understood as a heuristic alternative to competing theories of the fundamental character of life. 8. Nietzsche‟s Teaching of Eternal Return, a book in outline with two chapters written. The book gives a thorough textual and scholarly analysis of eternal return with the aim of dislodging the three most prevalent readings of eternal return (the ethical-existential, Heideggerian, and Deleuzian) and defending, in their place, a reading of eternal return that shows its essential place in Nietzsche‘s project of revaluation, particularly in relation to its perspectival and experimental characteristics.

Bashour, Bana

Completed articles ―Why There Is No Reason for Believing in the Principle of Alternate Possibilities‖ In this paper I argue that the principle of alternate possibilities, namely that one cannot be morally responsible for an action unless they could have done otherwise, is at best an unreliable intuition which cannot be supported by an argument. Under Review.

Articles in progress 1. ―Why Alief is not a Legitimate Psychological Category‖. I am co-authoring this paper with my colleague Dr. Hans Muller. We present a critical analysis of Tamar Gendler‘s increasingly influential thesis that aliefs form a natural psychological kind alongside beliefs. Our research is complete and we are currently writing. We hope to have a draft done by the end of June and to submit to a journal during the summer. 2. ―A View of Moral Responsibility‖. In this I present a view of moral responsibility that solves many problems with previous views. It is a view that being responsible for an action is to be understood in terms of being held responsible

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1. ‗Concepts and Objects‘ forthcoming in L. Bryant, G. Harman, and N. Srnicek (Eds.) The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism, Melbourne: Re-Press, 2010. 2. ‗Concepts, Objects, Gems‘ forthcoming in D. Attridge and J. Elliot (Eds.) Theory After „Theory‟, London and New York: Routledge, 2010. 3. ‗Badiou and Science‘ in A. J. Bartlett and J. Clemens (Eds.) Alain Badiou: Key Concepts, Durham: Acumen, 2010. 4. ‗Nothing is Given: Sellars on the Form and Content of Experience‘ Research in progress. 5. ‗Sellars and Kant: Realism, Nominalism, Naturalism‘. Research in progress.

Haydar, Bashshar

1. ―Benefiting from Injustice.‖ The paper aims at exploring the nature of the moral reasons that people have to address injustices arising from the fact that they are benefiting or have benefited from those injustices. In progress. 2. ―Extreme Poverty and the Principle of Assistance.‖ The paper aims at addressing the problem that the current conditions of extreme poverty in the world renders a normally minimal principle of assistance extremely demanding. In progress.

Christopher Johns

1. ―Deriving Ends from Deontic Beginnings: A Demonstration in Leibniz‘s Elements of Natural Law.‖ This conference paper shows how Leibniz derives the teleological elements of his practical philosophy from deontic foundations. This is surprising, since his practical philosophy has long been interpreted as fundamentally teleological. Attention to some early, foundational texts shows that the prevailing interpretation in incomplete. Aside from this historical interest, we gain insight into how the legitimacy of human ends is grounded in the deontic ―capacities‖ of rational beings. The research for this paper is complete and the writing is nearly complete. An abstract has been submitted to the Second Annual Dutch Conference on Practical Philosophy (University of Groningen). A reply is expected by July 15th, 2010. 2. ―Kant‘s Criticism of Leibniz on the Two Sources of Cognition.‖ This paper Kant claims that Leibniz fails to distinguish two sources of cognition: sensible and intelligible. Commentators have since shown, rather, that Leibniz distinguishes the two sources. However, I show that what Kant is really claiming is that Leibniz fails to see that space is constitutive of sense experience; thus, sensible knowledge, however intelligible, can never become knowledge of things in themselves. The writing and research for this paper are nearly complete. It will be submitted for publication this fall.

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Completed articles 1. ―Intentional Action without Belief‖. This article presents challenge to the Davidsonian orthodoxy that each and every intentional action can be explained by reference to a belief-desire pair. The article is complete and is currently under review at the journal American Philosophical Quarterly. It is in the second stage of the review process as I submitted a revised version taking into account referee comments. (Re-submitted April 22, 2010). 2. ―Actions, Emotions, and Normative Constraints‖. This paper gives an original analysis of the sense in which we are less responsible for actions done while in the grip of a strong emotion than we are for actions done dispassionately. It is currently under review at the journal Grazer Philosophische Studien. (Submitted June 1, 2010).

Articles in progress 1. ―Why Alief is not a Legitimate Psychological Category‖. I am co-authoring this paper with my colleague Dr. Bana Bashour. We present a critical analysis of Tamar Gendler‘s increasingly influential thesis that aliefs form a natural psychological kind alongside beliefs. Our research is complete and we are currently writing. We hope to have a draft done by the end of June and to submit to a journal during the summer. 2. ―Emotional Content and Rational Deliberation‖. In this essay I present an original account of the intentional content of two emotions, anger and fear, and explain the role of that emotional content in rational deliberation. I am revising the paper in light of referee comments from the Journal for Philosophical Research. The editor of that journal invited me to resubmit the paper after updating it with respect to recent developments in the field. My goal is to resubmit it before the end of the summer. 3. ―Desires and Propositions: Bad Arguments and Bad Attitudes‖. This paper presents a fatal objection to Bertrand Russell‘s verywidely accepted argument for the thesis that desires are propositional attitudes. I have a complete draft of the paper that I will revise in light of extensive feedback from William G. Lycan. I hope to submit the paper to a journal by the end of the summer. 4. ―Desires, Beliefs, and Judgments‖. I have a partial draft of this paper in which I argue that the Davidsonian paradigm for action explanation is incomplete because it is insufficiently sensitive to the distinction between beliefs and judgments. I hope to complete the paper over the summer.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Andresen, Joshua

1. Member, Curriculum Committee, FAS.

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2. Member, CASAR Executive Committee. 3. Freshmen Advisor. 4. Majorless Student Advisor. 5. Philosophy Majors Advisor. 6. Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, August and September 2009; June 2010. 7. Founder‘s Day Essay Contest Jurist. 8. Organizer and presenter, Center for Teaching and Learning Peer Observation of Teaching Seminar, December 15, 2009. 9. Guest Lecture, CVSP 205, November 16, 2009: Plato‘s Epistemology and Metaphysics. 10. Guest Lecture, CVSP 201, December 7, 2009: Plato‘s Epistemology and Metaphysics. 11. Speaker, AUB Free Thought Society Conference on Homosexuality and Religion, March 9, 2010. 12. Organized Contemporary Condition of Philosophy Conference, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, April 15-17, 2010. 13. Guest Lecture, CVSP 295, March 22, 2010: Plato‘s Republic, from Ethics to Metaphysics. 14. Guest Lectures, AMST 215, May 4 and May 6, 2010: Sept. 11th and the ―War on Terror.‖ 15. URB Grant Proposal Referee. 16. Contributing Organizer of the CVSP Forum Workshop: ―Revisting Great Books/Culture Studies Courses: Theory and Practice,‖ May 14-15, 2010. 17. Panelist and coordinator of ―Concluding Discussion for Future Directions,‖ CVSP Forum Workshop, May 15, 2010. 18. Thesis Committee Member for Philosophy Master‘s Student Karim Barakat.

Bashour, Bana

1. Member, FAS curriculum committee. 2. Recruitment Co-ordinator, Philosophy Department.

Brassier, Ray

1. Philosophy Department Library Liaison Officer. 2. Philosophy Department Webmaster. 3. Member of thesis committee for Samira Moutareik, Philosophy graduate student. 4. Member of thesis committee for Karim Barakati, Philosophy graduate student. 5. External examiner for PhD thesis at the University of Melbourne: Adam J. Bartlett ‗The One Drachma Course: Plato, Badiou and Education by Truths‘.

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6. Paper presented at the ‗Colloquium in European Philosophy‘, University of Warwick, 11 May 2010. 7. Lecture presented at the Ohrid Summer School in Philosophy, Ohrid, Macedonia, 21 June 2010. 8. Paper to be presented at the Departmental Research Seminar, University of Bristol, 30 June 2010. 9. Paper to be presented at the ‗Philosophy Under Condition‘ workshop, Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Berlin, 10July 2010.

Haydar, Bashshar

1. Invited to present ―Responding to Global Poverty - On what the affluent ought to do,‖ at a workshop organized by Centre of Study of Mind in Nature at the University of Oslo, June 2010. 2. Invited to participate in a workshop on the ‗Normative Characteristics of the Principle of Contribution and Assistance,‘ organized by the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, July 2009. 3. Member, Advisory Committee, FAS.

Christopher Johns

1. Attended APA Conference, December 27-30, 2010, New York City. 2. Presented a paper, ―Aristotle and Leibniz on Pleasure, Love, and Justice‖ for the CVSP ―Brown Bag,‖ November 25, 2010. 3. Ran a tutorial session for two students during Spring semester 2010.

Muller, Hans

1. Member, FAS Graduate Committee. 2. Member, FAS Admissions Committee. 3. Member, FAS Research Committee. 4. Member, American Philosophical Association.

F. PUBLICATIONS

Andresen, Joshua

1. ―Nietzsche‘s Conception of Value: A Story of Three Errors.‖ Nietzsche-Studien 38 (2009): 207-228.

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2. ―Deconstruction, Normativity, and Democracy to Come.‖ Philosophy Today 54.2 (2010): 103-120. 3. ―Truth and Illusion Beyond Falsification: Re-Reading ‗Truth and Lie.‘‖ Nietzsche- Studien 39 (2010): 255-281.

Brassier, Ray

―Niemand en nergens tegen de noise-esthetica: een interview met Ray Brassier‖ [article and interview in Dutch with Bram Ieven], in nY, no. 2, Jaargang 1, July-September, 2009.

Haydar, Bashshar

―The Consequences of Rejecting the Moral Relevance of the Doing-Allowing Distinction,‖ Utilitas 22/2 (2010).

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

For the first time in more than a decade, the department will not be conducting a job search in the coming year. The focus will be instead on consolidating our resources and enhancing our collaboration with other humanities and social science departments and centers. The aim is to engage in relevant multi-disciplinary research and pedagogical projects. In addition to the existing multi-disciplinary minor in Cognitive Science, the department is already exploring the idea of establishing a joint minor as well as a joint MA degree in political theory with the department of Political Science and Public Administration. The department also intends to play a significant role in the establishing and contributing to the newly proposed center/program for Islamic Studies.

Bashshar Haydar Chairperson

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The PhD program in theoretical physics has been re-instated in the Department, over the last year much effort has been put toward advertising the graduate programs in physics. Currently three students are enrolled in the PhD and more expected to join in the coming year. The academic and research activities in our Department have further expanded, at all levels including interdisciplinary research activities. Early this year the department revised its graduate curricula and amended the format of the comprehensive exam to include written and oral parts. The Department is now engaged with the academic vibes of more than twenty five graduate students. The Department has also expanded at the undergraduate program; the number of admitted and graduating Physics majors has nearly doubled compared to a few years ago, with no compromise on quality. Our undergraduate students rank among the top in FAS, and one of them was awarded the Philip Hitti prize for a graduating science student. Our undergraduate program was also enriched with a set of new courses in topics such as Astrophysics and Plasma Physics. The Department has also evaluated its undergraduate program, mostly focusing on the Mathematics courses required for our students and our minor program. The Department amended its minor and made it more flexible to include four ―core‖ courses leading to a solid understanding of the basics of physics and its applications in various fields; two additional upper level courses are also required to broaden student intellectual horizons and to introduce them to greater challenges ahead. On the other hand, there has been greater effort in involving undergraduate students in the research activities of the Department through training internships particularly during the summer. In terms of improvement of the undergraduate program, the Department has started the assessment of its Program Learning Outcomes during this academic year, through a variety of measures, in particular focus groups with graduating students. There has been greater use of on-line teaching facilities such as Moodle and Wileyplus in the teaching of courses and administering exams/homework. In addition, Physics Faculty are often solicited and involved in activities related to ―Teaching and Learning‖ at AUB in particular, the ―Writing Intensive‖ and the ―BLOSSOM‖ projects. At the graduate level, new courses have also been introduced in topics that reflect the research interests of the Faculty, such as Plasma Physics and Atrophysics. The Physics graduate students are at the heart of the research activity of our Department. They very often participate 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. Our

331 research facilities are ever expanding. The Computational Sciences Laboratory that was established in our Department a couple of years ago is constantly being up-graded and its computational power continuously enhanced. It is becoming a research hub for students and faculty involved in such work, and has contributed to the development of collaborations with the Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Sciences. In other activities, the Department has organized a year-long series of research talks culminating in a seminar of Dr. Fawwaz Habbal, Executive Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University who gave a talk entitled ―Structures at the Nano Scales‖ and a mini-course on ―Nonofluids: A Review‖. Prof. Ali Chamseddine received a ―Studium Researcher‖ visiting position at the University of Tours France. Prof. Tabbal in collaboration with two other colleagues from the Faculty of Engineering (I. Lakkis, M. Shehadeh) received a grant from Dar Al-Handassa and Prof. Antar in collaboration with the CEA-Cadarache received a CEDRE grant. The physics department also initiated some re-structuring and renovation of its space and offices. The physics main office (Chair and Administrative Assistant) will be sited in the second floor and more faculty offices will be soon renovated on the third floor.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Antar, Ghassan1 Assistant Professor Ph.D. Bitar, Khalil Professor Ph.D. Chamseddine, Ali Professor Ph.D. Christidis, Theodore Research Associate Ph.D. El-Eid, Mounib Professor Ph.D. Isber, Samih Professor (Chairman) Ph.D. Klushin, Leonid Professor Ph.D. Mavromatis, Harry2 Visiting Professor Ph.D. Sabra, Wafic3 Professor (Director CAMS) Ph.D. Schilcher, Karl4 Visiting Professor Ph.D. Tabbal, Malek Professor (Associate Dean, FAS) Ph.D. Touma, Jihad Associate Professor Ph.D.

Lecturers & Instructors (Part-time)

Summer 2009

Bodakian, Berjouhi Lecturer Ph.D.

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Al-Gharamti, Moustafa Assistant Instructor B.S. Hajjar, Reema Assistant Instructor B.S. Hammoud, Naima Assistant Instructor B.S. ______1 Paid Leave, Spring semester 2 First Semester only 3 Position shared between Physics and CAMS 4 Second semester only

El-Helou, Marc Assistant Instructor B.S. Hosseiky-Malaeb, Ola Assistant Instructor B.S. Al-Makdessi, George Assistant Instructor B.S. Al-Mohtar, Abeer Assistant Instructor B.S. Moubarak, Loutfallah Assistant Instructor B.S. Roumieh, Mohammad Lecturer Ph.D. Said, Aurore Lecturer Ph.D. El-Sous, Toufic Assistant Instructor B.S. Touma, Rony Lecturer Ph.D.

First Semester

Bodakian, Berjouhi Lecturer Ph.D. Kazandjian, Mher Instructor M.S. Nasrallah, Nasrallah Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Roumieh, Mohammad Lecturer Ph.D. Zaidouny, Lamis Assistant Instructor B.S.

Second Semester

Bodakian, Berjouhi Lecturer Ph.D. Ghamloush, Hasan Lecturer Ph.D. Hosseiky-Malaeb, Ola Assistant Instructor B.S. Al-Makdessi, George Assistant Instructor B.S. Nasrallah, Nasrallah Senior Lecturer Ph.D. Roumieh, Mohammad Lecturer Ph.D. Salemeh, Josiane Assistant Instructor B.S. El-Sous, Toufic Assistant Instructor B.S. Zaidouny, Lamis Assistant Instructor B.S.

2. Research Assistants

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Summer 2009

Kassem, Wassim Zaidouny, Lamis

First Semester

Hariri, Farah Kassem, Wassim Hodeib, Samar Al-Makdessi, George

Second Semester

Hariri, Farah Kassem, Wassim Hodeib, Samar Al-Makdessi, George Moubarak, Loutallah

3. Graduate Assistants

First Semester Ammar, Ibrahim Mohsen, Ali Al-Gharamti, Moustafa (Ph.D.) Al-Mohtar, Abeer Hodeib, Samar Nicolas, Rana Hosseiky-Malaeb, Ola Safieddine, Sara Kassem, Wassim Shamseddine, Mirvat Mahmoud, Ghina (Ph.D.) Skaff, Nibelle Malaeb, Majeed El-Sous, Toufic

Second Semester Ammar, Ibrahim Al-Mohtar, Abeer Al-Gharamti, Moustafa (Ph.D.) Nicolas, Rana Hodeib, Samar Safieddine, Sara Mahmoud, Ghina (Ph.D.) Shamseddine, Mirvat Malaeb, Majeed Skaff, Nibelle Mohsen, Ali

4. Non-Academic Staff

Abi Falah, Jumana Al-Ghawi, Simon1 Issa, Wassim Majdalani, Elissar Melki, Elie

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Sawaya, Boutros

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

B.S. Oct. 2009 - - Feb. 2010 - - June 2010 7 5

M.S. Oct. 2009 2 2 Feb. 2010 1 1 June 2010 4 4

2. Number of Majors

Summer 2009 Fall Semester Spring Semester Graduates 5 24 23 Senior 2 10 12 Juniors 2 10 14 Sophomores 11 52 37

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Summer 2009 Fall Spring Total Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above 5 39 35 79 Courses numbered 211 through 299 61 371 175 607 Courses numbered 200 through 210 187 814 717 1718 Courses numbered below 200 20 57 254 331

Total 2735

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

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Summer 2006 Fall Spring Total Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above 3 15 15 33 Courses numbered 211 through 299 8 45 28 81 Courses numbered 200 through 210 26 88 59 173 Courses numbered below 200 7 6 23 36

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D. RESEARCH Ghassan Antar

1. Research The renovation of the laboratory space is complete and we have moved most of the equipment inside. The construction of the plasma linear device is underway. We are still purchasing the necessary equipment and support structures. Concerning the fluid experiments, and with the help of the graduate students, we have achieved the following: a. Complex structures were obtained and adequate diagnostic was developed to image them and to obtain qualitative quantities several codes were developed in order to yield the velocity field. b. The non-linear structures are being analyzed as a function of the current in the electrolyte solution and thickness of the fluid. c. Visual recording was performed of the liquid gallium setup showing a highly nonlinear regime and we are in the process of analyzing the data in order to obtain qualitative measurements. d. A numerical simulation code was developed in collaboration with the Computational Science Program at AUB in order to solve the Hasegawa-Mima equation. e. The various processes that exist during gas jet interaction with the plasma are being identified with the goal to write a paper on the simulation of massive gas jets as a tool to mitigate disruptions in future tokamaks.

In research concerning fusion plasmas, the continuous collaboration with the DII-D team in General Atomics has allowed us to submit a paper describing the edge localized mode behavior. Another Letter was submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. in

336 collaboration with the ASDEX-Upgrade team in Germany discussing the effects of wave heating on the transport in fusion devices. In collaboration with the team at Tore Supra in France, and with the help of CEDRE funds, a visit of one week was undertaken to Cadarache and experiments were performed; the data being analyzed on the topic of the interaction between wave heating and turbulence.

2. Articles in Progress: a. G.Y. Antar, S.I. Krasheninnikov, P.B. Snyder, R.A. Moyer, R. Pugno and D.S. Gray, ―The Spatio-temporal Structure of Type I ELMs on the DIII-D tokamak,‖ submitted to Nuclear Fusion. b. G. Y. Antar, S. Assas, V. Bobkov, V. Noterdaeme, E. Wolfrum, A. Herrmann and the ASDEX Upgrade Team, ―Turbulence Suppression during ICRH in the ASDEX Upgrade Tokamak,‖ submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.

Ali Chamseddine

1. Collaborators: a. Alain Connes, College de France, IHES, and Vanderbilt University. b. Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Ludwig Maxmillians University, Munich, Germany. c. Juerg Frohlich, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. d. Daniel Wyler, Zurich University, Swtizerland. 2. Training and Development I have benefited from collaborating and working closely with first rate researchers in interdisciplinary projects. Alain Connes is a very famous mathematician and the inventor of noncommutative geometry, allowing for a fruitful exchange of ideas and methods between mathematical physics and abstract mathematics. My new projects with Viatcheslav Mukhanov, a very well known cosmologist and the father of quantum perturbations in cosmology, is opening for me the possibility of applying my research experience to problems in quantum gravity with applications to cosmology. In addition, my work with Juerg Frohlich, a very well known mathematical physicist is useful in having new ideas and methods on possible deformations of geometry, with applications to physics. I also give informal seminars to graduate students at the American University of Beirut. These seminars are exposing the students to the new ideas in theoretical physics. I also give advanced courses in mathematical and theoretical physics, allowing me to identify the best students to enroll in the new Ph.D. Program at the Physics Department at AUB. I am supervising the master‘s theses of three students who will graduate in June 2010. Two of the three students may be selected to continue working with me towards a Ph.D. The students are now being trained in order for them to be ready by the fall semester 2010 to handle more challenging problems. At present, the first student (Amara Al Sayegh) is investigating

337 the stability of the BPS monopole exact solution which I found with Volkov, and which is known through the work of Maldacena and Nunez to be dual to the N=1 Super Yang-Mills solution. There are very good chances that this solution is stable, because it has residual N=1 supersymmetry. This is a very interesting problem because there are very few known stable solutions at present. The second student (Samar Bechara) is looking for exact solutions in topological Chern-Simons five dimensional gravity. She has found new solutions, and the next step is to study their properties. The third student (Ola Malaeb) is studying a theory of Hermitian gravity. She is looking for exact solutions in two dimensions. This will serve as a model of deformed noncommutative gravity. 3. Articles in Progress a. A. Chamseddine and V. Mukhanov. ―Higgs for Graviton: Simple and Elegant Solution.‖ JHEP & arXiv:1002.3877 [hep-th], (2010). Submitted. b. A. Chamseddine and Alain Connes. ―Noncommutative Geometry as a Framework for Unification of all Fundamental Interactions including Gravity. Part I.‖ Fortschritte der Physik - & arXiv:1004.0464 [hep-th] 56 pages, (2010). Accepted.

Mounib El-Eid

1. Articles in progress a. El Eid, M.F., The L-S, El Eid, M.F, Meyer, B.S. ―Mixing and Production of Heavy Elements in Early Generation of Massive Stars.‖ b. Mahmoud, G., El Eid, M.F., The, L-S. ―Mixing and Heavy Element Production in AGB Stars.‖ 2. Project in Progress a. Collaboration in USA: Collaboration with several members of the astrophysics group at Clemson University (South Carolina, USA) on a complicated subject dealing with the physical characteristics of the advanced evolutionary phases of massive stars. Several publications have emerged from this collaboration. A recent one is listed below. Currently we focus on simultaneous treatment of mixing and nuclear burning in order to study the formation of the heavy element production in massive stars formed in the early phase of the Galaxy as well as in AGB stars. This collaboration will be soon directed toward a common project in which the PhD student Ghina Mahmoud will be working. We are planning to launch an NSF/project in the coming year. b. CNRSL project (collaboration in Lebanon): In an attempt to engage several members of the task force of astronomy and astrophysics of the CNRSL in research activity, I have initiated a project dealing with the ―Structure and Evolution of Active Stars‖ (In Arabic: ) بنية وتطّور النجوم في م ارحلها الناشطة

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This project has now ended at the end of April 2010 after running for 2 years. This collaboration was between AUB (M. El Eid as PI) and Dr. Roger Hajjar and Dr. B. Sabra, both at NDU, Beirut. A Master‘s thesis completed by Ms. Ghina Mahmoud was one product of this project and results will be published soon. c. Azarquiel School of Astronomy & Astrophysics: In ancient times, the Andalusian astronomer Azarquiel ( Ibn Azarkala Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ben Yahia Al Tagibi Al Nakash, born 1029 and died 1100 in Cordoba/ Spain) introduced the science of astronomy in Andalusia where he lived and worked during the time of the Caliph Al- Maamun. He was famous for his ability to build instruments to observe accurately the motion of planets and stars. During an international meeting organized by the University of Granada in Feb. 2006, which was devoted to the honour of Azarquiel, I came up with the idea to establish a school named for Azarqiuel with the primary aim to bring students from the Arab world and Middle East to interact with students from Europe and to be introduced to advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics. The idea became a reality with major help from Spanish colleagues and their government. The first school will start on July 4, 2010 in Granada. d. Master‘s Theses: Ms. Ghina Mahmoud: 2009 Mr. Khaled Mourad: 2010

Samih Isber

1. Electron Paramagnetic and Resistivity Study of GaMnAs thin layers. The aims of the present project can be summarized as follow: (i) To investigate the effect of anisotropy in GaMnAs layers by Electron Magnetic Spectroscopy versus the growth parameters in order to comprehend their magnetic behavior; (ii) to correlate magnetic resonance results with the electrical properties and concentration carriers in GaMnAs. 3. Investigation of transporting spin-polarized carriers between a Ferromagnet (FM) and a Semiconductor (SC). In this project, we aim to optimize the growth parameters for the deposition of thin ferromagnetic Heusler layers (Co2MnAl) on doped GaAs substrates by Laser Ablation. On the other hand, we will also investigate the transport of spin-polarized carriers between a (FM) and a (SC). The generation of electrons in the semiconductor is achieved by laser light having photon energy larger than the semiconductor bandgap. In collaboration with D. Heiman*

Leonid Klushin

1. Projects in Progress:

339 a. ―Adsorption and Force Spectroscopy of Random Copolymers.‖ Publications in preparation. With L. Abdul Halim, MS graduate. b. ―Self-Organization in Swarms.‖ With J. Touma (AUB) A. Shreim, (University of Calgary), T. El-Souss (MS student). c. ―Macromolecules in Nanopores.‖ 2. Collaborators: M. Skvortsov (Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia), A. Milchev (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) and K. Binder (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz). 3. External Funding: DFG International Collaboration Grant 436 RUS 113/863/0. 5. Paper: ―Ejection of a Polymer Chain from a Nanopore: Theory & Computer Experiment." Accepted for publication in Macromolecules.

Malek Tabbal

1. ―Effect of deposition temperature on the properties of sputtered YIG films grown on quartz‖, collaboration with the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission and the Université Jean-Monnet, to appear in Materials Chemistry and Physics. 2. ―Pulsed laser deposition of oxide thin films‖, research on-going, paper in preparation. 3. ―Characterization of microwave generated plasmas by Langmuir probes and optical emission spectroscopy.‖ Funded by the URB, work in progress. 4. ―Investigation of the Tungsten-graphite interface for fusion applications.‖ Funded by the LNCSR in collaboration with Prof. G. Antar and the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, work in progress.

Jihad Touma

1. Dynamics of Counter-Rotating Stellar Black Hole Nuclei (with Mher Kazandjian[PhD candidate AUB/Leiden] and S. Sridhar [RRI, India]): a.Massively parallel N-Body simulations of unstable counter-rotating stellar black hole nuclei, following clusters to saturated, lopsided state; b. Phenomenological study of a model problem revealing the role of adiabatic capture and escape from resonances in paving the road to saturation; c. Fully analytic treatment of associated secular Poisson-Vlasov dynamics. 2. Statistical Mechanics of Self-Gravitating Systems around Massive Central Bodies (with Scott Tremaine [IAS, Princeton]):

340 a. Demonstration, through Markov Chain Monte-Carlo simulations that a model problem for disks around massive central bodies sustains second order phase transitions to non-axisymmetric (lopsided configurations). b. Development of a self-consistent mean field treatement for the system in question. c. Currently exploring bifurcations in solutions of the associated nonlinear elliptic pde. 3. Flapping of Jet Impinging on Sliding Wall (with Naima Hammoud [Physics, AUB], and Issam Lakkis [ME, AUB]): a. Extensive CFD explorations of a jet impinging on sliding wall, with a view to recovering and analyzing low Strouhal number oscillations observed in industrial applications. b. Identification of mechanism leading to relaxation oscillation of jet, and favorable comparison of spectrum with predictions of our toy model. c. Currently developing a perturbative treatment of the problem with a view to semi- analytic verification of CFD results.

E. OTHER ACTIVITIES

Ghassan Antar

1. Reviewer for the journals Plasma Physics, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion and Nuclear Fusion. 2. Leading investigator to find a suitable SEM for AUB. 3. Master‘s Thesis Committee Member: a. Lina Abdul Halim, ―Unzipping a Random Polymer from an Absorbing surface.‖ b.Georges Al-Makdessi, ―Experimental Characterization of Low-Pressure Plasma for Surface Modification.‖ 4. Advisor to Master‘s students Advisor: a. Reema Hajjar, graduated on June 2, 2010, ―Massive Gas Jet interaction with a magnetically confined plasma.‖ b. Farah Hariri, graduated on June 8, 2010, ―Simulating bi-dimensional turbulent plasmas using the Hasegawa-Mima Model.‖ 5. Registered Master students: a. Loutfallah Moubarak, ―Fluid motion in a rectangular container subject to electromagnetic forces and the effects of the boundaries.‖ b. Lamiss Zaidouny, ―The motion of liquid metals subject to electromagnetic forces in a cylindrical container.‖ 6. Grants a. URB 2010, ―Investigating of Coherent Vortices in Quasi-2D Flows in Liquid Gallium and Electrolytes,‖ pending.

341 b. CEDRE, ―Etude de la turbulence bidimensionnelle dans les plasmas et des effets non-linéaires au cours de la propagation d‘ondes de haute fréquence, ‖ submitted in collaboration with the CEA-Cadarache (France) funded to $25,000. c. KAUST, in collaboration with Dr. I. Hoteit, ―The Various Facets of Quasi-two- dimensional Turbulence Investigated Using Numerical Simulation,‖ pending. 7. Conference papers: G. Antar, On the Nature of Intermittency in Magnetically Confined Devices, and L. Moubarak, L. Zaidouny and G. Antar, Quasi-2D dynamics in Conducting Fluids to Simulate Turbulence in Magnetic Confinement Devices, 2009, IPELS Djurönäset (Sweden).

Ali Chamseddine

1. Education Activities: a. Extended stays: Institute of Theoretical Physics, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, June 5-August 31, 2009. Ludwig Maxmilians University, Munich, Germany, 10-13 June, 7-11 July, 2009. IHES, Bures-Sur-Yvettes, France, 1 September-30 September, 2009 b. Presentations: I made a presentation at the TWAS 11th General Meeting (Academy of Science for the Developing World) held in Durban South Africa, 20-23 October 2009, where I was presented the 2008 Physics Prize. I presented a talk at the workshop "Physics of the Spectral Action" held at IHES, Bures-Sur-Yvettes, 17-19 December 2009. I presented a talk at the TWAS-ARO fifth annual meeting held at Bibleotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt, December 21-23, 2009. I also participated in a workshop ―Future Horizons in Fundamental Physics,‖ January 13-17, 2010, organized by Glennys Farrar at New York University in Abu Dhabi. I contributed to the Round table discussion on Research in the Gulf and Middle East. 2.Outreach Activities: The lectures I gave in Durban South Africa at the general meeting of the academy of sciences for developing world (TWAS) and at the Bibleotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, were for the general public. The lectures were also opened for students in these two developing countries.

Mounib El-Eid

1. Adviser of graduate students in M.S. and Ph.D. programs. 2. Member of the task force for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the CNRSL. 3. Member of the ―Governance and Management‖ Team in connection with FAS strategic plan.

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4. Participation on the Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence, April 21- May 26, 2009. 5. Lecture on ‗The Early Phase of the Universe‘, March 11, 2009, AUB, invited by student Astronomical Society at AUB. 6. Lecture presented at the ‗1st Lebanese - Astrophysics Meeting,‘ Beirut, April 14 - 17, 2009. 7. Lecture entitled ―Can Earthquakes be Useful?‖ presented at the Twelfth Science and Math Teacher Conference (SMEC12), AUB, April 10-11, 2010. 8. Participation on the ―7th Russbach Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics,‖ Russbach, Austria, March 14 to 20, 2010, invited lecture presented on ―Properties Metal-Poor Stars.‖

Samih Isber

1. Member, FAS, Advisory Committee. 2. Member, University Senate. 3. Member, Senate Steering Committee. 4. Advisor, Freshman Students. 5. Book adoption coordinator, Physics Department. 6. Paper presentation, ―Exchange Coupling and Crystal Field Investigations of Eu Doped Narrow Gap Semiconductors‖ 14th International Conference on II-VI compounds August 23-28, 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia. 7. Coordinator of the physics program learning outcomes project. 8. Presentation, An E-Book WILEYPLUS successful teaching experience in large physics classes, ―12th Science and Math Educators Conference‖ April 10, 2010. 9. Reviewer for Physical Review B, Journal of Physics D and Physica Statu Solidi. 10. MS thesis advisor: Nibelle Skaf (MS in Physics, AUB) 11. Member of the MS thesis committee of: George Al-Makdessi (Physics, AUB); Amal N. Mousa (Physics, Beirut Arab University). 12. Reviewer of grants for the URB, ASTF, and the LCNRS.

Malek Tabbal

1. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 2. Chair of the URB Committee, AUB. 3. Acting Chair of the FAS Students Academic Affairs Committee. 4. Member of the FAS Research Committee. 5. Member of the University Learning Outcomes Coordination Committee, ULOCC. 6. Member of the Center of Teaching and Learning advisory committee. 7. Member of the University Senate.

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8. Member of the Strategic Review Committee-Team 4 on Research and Graduate Education. 9. Academic Advisor for Freshman and Physics AUB students. 10. Coordinator of the Science Departments Assessment of Program Learning Outcomes project. 11. Reviewer of grants for the URB, ASTF and the LCNRS. 12. Reviewer for several scientific journals such as Diamond and Related Materials and Thin Solid Films. 13. Research supervisor of three MS students in Physics. 14. MS Thesis advisor: George Al Makdessi (MS in Physics: June 2010): ―Development and characterization of a low pressure plasma system for the surface modification of materials.‖ 15. Member of the MS thesis committees: Rima Hajjar (Physics); Khaled Mourad (Physics); Ghina Mahmood (Physics); Farah Hariri (Computational Sciences); Huda Hammour (Physics, Beirut Arab University). 16. Member of the PhD thesis committee: Sandra Rizk (Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Nancy, France); Bassel Abdel Samad (Université Jean Monet, St-Etienne, France). 17. Member of the Medical Admission Committee of the Faculty of Medicine (2000- present). 18. Co-author on two presentation in the 16th Science Meeting of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science and the LCNRS, November 2009. 19. Invited Speaker: short course ―Applications of RBS in the characterization of laser processed thin films‖, part of the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission Workshop on Principles and Applications of Nuclear Techniques, LCNRS, Beirut, May 2010. 20. Invited seminar: ―Scientific publications as an indicator of research activities in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at AUB‖, part of the Workshop on Scientific Publications at USEK, Kaslik, May 2010. 21. Presentations at international research conferences (presenting author is underlined): a. M. Tabbal, M. Abi-Akl, M. Kazan, S. Isber, T. Christidis, ―Phase control of manganese dioxide thin films by plasma assisted pulsed laser deposition‖, oral presentation, Novel Aspects of Surfaces and Materials-3, Manchester, UK, April 2010. b. M.Tabbal, W. Kassem, M. Roumie, G. Y. Antar, ―Pulsed laser deposition of tungsten thin films on graphite for magnetic fusion applications‖, poster presentation, Novel Aspects of Surfaces and Materials-3, Manchester, UK, April 2010.

Jihad Touma

Invited talk at ―Phase-Space: Workshop on Cosmological Structure Formation.‖ CIRM, Marseille, France (Nov, 2009).

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F. PUBLICATIONS Ghassan Antar

1. G.Y. Antar, S.I. Krasheninnikov*, P.B. Snyder*, R.A. Moyer*, R. Pugno* and D.S. Gray*. ―On the onset of type I edge localized modes.‖ Nucl. Fusion 49, 032001-032006 (2009). [This Letter was selected as one of the highlights in Nuclear Fusion for 2009]. 2. H. Zohm*, J. Adamek*, C. Angioni*, G. Antar, C.V. Atanasiu*, M. Balden*, W. Becker*, K. Behler*, K. Behringer*, A. Bergmann*, T. Bertoncelli*, et al. ―Overview of ASDEX Upgrade results.‖ Nucl. Fusion 49, 104009 (2009). 3. J. Adamek*, C Angioni*, G Antar, C V Atanasiu*, M Balden*, W Becker*, et al. ―Addendum to papers from Axially Symmetric Divertor Experiment (ASDEX) Upgrade Team.‖ Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81, 039903 (2010).

Ali Chamseddine

A. Chamseddine and V. Mukhanov*. "Gravity with de Sitter and Unitary Tangent Groups." JHEP, p. 033, vol. 1003, (2010). Published, 10.1007/JHEP03(2010)033.

Mounib El-Eid

1. El Eid, M.F., The, L.-S*., Meyer, B.S*. ―Massive Stars: Evolution and Nucleo- synthesis.‖ Space Science Review 147, 1-29 (2009), (invited review). 2. El Eid, M.F. ―Stellar Nucleosynthesis: s-Process in Massive Stars.‖ Fifth European Summer school on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1213, pp. 74-83 (2010). (invited lecture).

Samih Isber

1. S. Isber and X. Gratens*. ―Crystal growth and magnetic properties of tin selenide- doped europium Sn1-xEuxSe.‖ J. Magn. Mag. Mater, 322, pp 1113-1116 (2010). 2. X. Gratens*, V. Bindilatti*, V. A. Chitta*, N. F. Oliveira Jr.*, S. Isber and Z. 3+ Golacki*. ―EPR study of local symmetry sites of Ce in Pb1-xCexA (A = S, Se, and Te).‖ Phys. Rev. B79, 075207 (2009).

Leonid Klushin

1. J. R. Touma, A. Shreim*, and L. I. Klushin. ―Self-organization in two-dimensional swarms.‖ Phys. Rev. E, 81, 066106 (2010).

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2. A. M. Skvortsov*, L. I. Klushin, G. J. Fleer* and F. A. M. Leermakers*. ―Analytical theory of finite-size effects in mechanical desorption of a polymer chain.‖ J. Chem. Phys., 132, 064110 (2010).

Malek Tabbal

M.Tabbal, Taegon Kim*, David N. Woolf*, Byungha Shin*, Michael J. Aziz*. ―Fabrication and sub-bandgap absorption of single crystal Si supersaturated with Se by pulsed laser mixing.‖ Appl. Phys. A: Materials Science & Processing, 98, 589-594 (2010).

Jihad Touma

Jihad Touma, Amer Shreim* and Leonid Klushin. ―Self-Prganization in Two- Dimensional Swarms.‖ Phys. Rev. E, vol. 8, 066106, 2010.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

At the undergraduate level, the Department started the assessment of its Program Learning Outcomes through focus group meetings with graduating students. The Department also completed the Course Learning Outcomes, and plans to enhance its offering of general education courses, to proceed with the up-grade of its teaching laboratory equipment and further promote the use of on-line technology and resources in the teaching of Physics courses, and to continue the re-evaluation of its undergraduate program, in particular the math requirements for physics majors. 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 an Experimental Physics PhD program in the near future. 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 programs in Physics. In terms of infrastructure, space allocation will be re-evaluated in order to free extra laboratory space for research as we anticipate one more experimental faculty member to join in the fall semester of the AY 2010-11. 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.

Chairperson S. Isber

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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL STUDIES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

Student enrollment in courses offered by the PSPA Department continued to increase, at both the Undergraduate and Graduate levels, including enrollment of students affiliated with CAMES. The Department has been attracting a growing number of undergraduate and graduate exchange and special students. Two new faculty members joined the Department at the rank of Assistant professor: Dr. Samer Frangie a specialist in Political Economy and Social Theory, and Dr. Coralie Pison Hindawi a specialist in International Relations and Law. Two visiting faculty members joined the Department: In the Fall semester Professor Theodore Hanf, a renowned scholar of Comparative Ethnic Conflict, and in the Spring semester Dr. Bassam Haddad an expert in Middle Eastern Politics. Faculty members continued to offer new courses, and they were actively involved in developing the new PSPA curriculum which will be put in effect in the Fall semester 2010-2011. With respect to research, PSPA faculty members focused on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Middle East politics, religion and politics, political theories, new public management, public policies, Islam, and the environment. Faculty members also participated in a number of international conferences and workshops. The Department hosted several activities including a workshop with George Mason University on ―Linking Theory and Practice‖, a conference on ―The Political Function of Education in Deeply Divided Countries‖ with the UNESCO center in Byblos, in addition to public lectures and a brown bag series: ―The Cultural Aspects of Hezbollah‘s Politics‖ by Bashir Saade, ―The Rules of the Political Economic Game in Egypt‖ and ―Private Sector Associates in Egypt‖ by Bassam Haddad, ―Remapping Globalization‖ by Waleed Hazbun, ―American Media‖ by Ghazi Fallah and ―Administrative Resilience‖ by Thomas Haase. The PSPA student society organized several activities on campus and participated in several events with AUB clubs and societies. Finally, as in previous years, our graduate and undergraduate students were accepted in programs in leading US, Canadian, and European universities.

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B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Khashan, Hilal Professor Ph.D. Moussalli, Ahmad * Professor Ph.D. (joint appointment with CS) Frangie, Samer Assistant Professor Ph.D. Hamati-Ataya, Innana * (A/Chair Assistant Professor Ph.D. Fall) Hindawi, Coralie Assistant Professor Ph.D. Khodr, Hiba * Assistant Professor Ph.D. (A/Chair Spring) Makdisi, Karim Assistant Professor Ph.D. Reiche, Danyel Assistant Professor Ph.D. Antoun, Randa* Lecturer Ph.D. (Assistant A/Chair Spring) (A/Chair Summer)

2. Faculty Members (Visiting Professor)

Hanf, Theodore (Fall) Visiting Professor Ph.D. Haddad, Bassam (Spring) Visiting Professor Ph.D.

3. Faculty Members (Part-time)

El-Khazen, Farid Professor Ph.D. El-Zein, Fares (Fall) Lecturer Ph.D. Geukjian, Ohannes Lecturer Ph.D. Gebara, Khalil(Fall) Lecturer Ph.D. Jurdi, Nidal Lecturer Ph.D. Krayem, Hassan Lecturer Ph.D. Kreidie, Lina Lecturer Ph.D. Masri, Shafic Lecturer Ph.D. Nakib, Khalil Lecturer Ph.D. Rabah, Ghassan (Fall) Lecturer Ph.D. Bitar, George Instructor M.A. Bluhm, Michael Instructor M.A. Geha, Carmen (Spring) Instructor M.A. Goksel, Timur Instructor M.A. Haddad, Simon (Spring) Instructor M.A.

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Hankir, Samer Instructor M.A. Hanna, Elias Instructor M.A. Kheir, Wael Instructor M.A. Naddaf, Youssef (Spring) Instructor M.A. Saadeh, Beshi Instructor M.A.

4. Graduate Assistants

Fall & Spring Semester Abdo, Carla Karam Jeffrey Antar, Carla Keshishian Vahakn Al Darazi Barrah Tannoury Sana Hanna Abou Cham Neemat Tutunji, Tarek Hayden John Sarah El Choufi Hindi Zaynah

5. Student Assistants

Fall Semester Bechara Tala Khalil Heba Massabni Paul-Marc

Spring Semester Bechara, Tala Massabni Paul-Marc Kazan Fouad

6. Academic Staff

Hitti Bou Fadel, Milia

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors

BA Oct. 2008 09 Feb. 2009 24 (Expected) June 2009 87

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M.A. Oct. 2008 01 Feb. 2009 04 (Expected) June 2009 08

2. Number of Majors

Graduates 079 Seniors 170 Juniors 133 Sophomores 174 Freshman 007

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Summer 2008 Fall Spring Total Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above 0 87 87 174 Courses numbered 211 through 299 78 557 601 1236 Courses numbered 200 through 210 41 288 267 596 Courses numbered below 200 0 59 74 133 Total 119 991 1029 2139

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Summer 2008 Fall Spring Total Semester Semester Courses numbered 300 and above 0 24 24 48 Courses numbered 211 through 299 12 75 66 153 Courses numbered 200 through 210 6 12 12 30 Courses numbered below 200 0 3 3 6 Total 18 114 105 237

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D. RESEARCH

Khashan, Hilal

1. ―The Curse of Underdevelopment and the Radicalization of the Arab City.‖ Major cities in the Arab East developed into oases of liberalism and acquired a distinctive cosmopolitanism touch during the period from the 1920s to the 1950s. The inception of economic and political development schemes in the early 1960s by young army officers initially awakened a strong sense of public hope and ushered in a process of massive internal migration from rural areas into historical urban centers such as Cairo, Alexandria, Baghdad and Damascus. The systematic failure of grandiose development endeavors put a damper on the expectations of most new urban centers and eventually precipitated the crisis of urban ruralization and its attendant radicalization. This paper argues that the rise of Islamic militancy in the Middle East is attributable to the sudden demographic shift that altered the contours of the city. It also seeks to demonstrate that recruitment into militant Islamic groups drew heavily on urban residents of rural backgrounds who failed to integrate themselves in the city‘s mainstream economy. Abrupt change in the characteristics of the urban population eroded a millennium of state-patronized popular Islam and injected novel notions of Jihadist Islam. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Islamic militancy has a global reach, this paper proposes that Islamic militancy is essentially a local movement that is really a mirror of unconsummated development. 2. ―Democratic Values in Lebanon‘s Segmented Politics.‖ Lebanon has probably the most open Arab political system. It has a dynamic and growing civil society. The freedom of expression is not only expressed in the constitution, but it is practiced without fear of government sanction, or intimidation by political rivals. One would expect the Lebanese people to express appreciation for democratic values, and display propensity to involvement in power sharing and competitive politics. This paper asserts that the requisites of democracy, be they attitudinal or behavioral, are weak in Lebanon. It argues that severe sectarian rivalry, political uncertainty, and preoccupation with security and economic concerns coalesce against promoting the tenets of democracy at the cognitive and evaluative levels. Analysis is based on empirical data obtained from the implementation of the World Values Survey in Lebanon during 2008.

Moussalli, Ahmad

1. ―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 [2010]).

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2. ―Sayyid Qutb: Founder of Radical Islamic Political Ideology,‖ The Routledge Handbook of Political Islam, Shahram Akhbarzadeh, ed. (Routledge University Press: Oxford [2010]). 3. ―Radical Islamism and Globalization: Competing Paradigms,” Beacham‟s Encyclopedia of Terrorism (Washington, DC [2010]). 4. ―Ideological Sources, Religious Discourses and Political Implications of Takfir Jihadism,‖Beacham‟s Encyclopedia of Terrorism (Washington, DC [2010]). 5. ―Fiqh al-Maqasid as Developed by Modern Intellectuals and Religious Universities,‖ Arab Intellectual Development in the 20th Century (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies [2010)]. 6. ―Fiqh al-Maqasid as Developed by Modern Intellectuals and Religious Universities,‖ Arab Intellectual Development in the 20th Century (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies [2010)]. 7. ―Islam and Secularism,‖Arab Intellectual Development in the 20th Century (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies [2010]). 8. ―Islamic Revivalism,‖ Arab Intellectual Development in the 20th Century (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies [2010]). 9. ―Issues in Islamic legislation,‖ Arab Intellectual Development in the 20th Century (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies [2010]). 10. ―The discourse of excommunication,‖ Arab Intellectual Development in the 20th Century (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies [2010]). 11. Translation of The Construction of the Arab Mind, by Muhammad Abd al-Jabiri (Beirut: Center for the Studies of Arab Unity [2010]). 12. Translation of On Method: The Infallible and the Text, by Sheikh Hussain Kourani (Beirut: Dar al-Hadi [2010]).

Frangie, Samer

1. Invited to contribute a chapter to a book edited by the IDRC and the World Bank.

Hamati-Ataya, Innana

1. In Press ―Knowing and Judging in International Relations Theory: Realism and the Reflexive Challenge.‖ Review of International Studies. (Forthcoming 2010). 2. Under Review a. ―Contemporary Dissidence in American International Relations: The New Structure of Anti-Mainstream Scholarship?‖ (Under review by International Studies Perspectives). b. ―The Problem of Values in Political and International Theory: Embracing the Question, Reframing the Solution.‖ (Under review by International Studies Review).

352 c. ―Beyond Post/Positivism: The Missed Promises of Systemic Pragmatism‖ (Under review by International Studies Quarterly). 3. In Progress a. The Unknown Kaplan: From Philosophy to Systems Theory and Beyond. Edited and with an Introduction by Inanna Hamati-Ataya: ―After Postmodernism: Kaplan and Synoptic Knowledge‖. Book manuscript being revised for resubmission. b. ―Reflectivity, Reflexivity, Reflexivism: New Directions for International Relations Theory‘s ‗Reflexive Turn‖. (Research completed, writing in progress). c. ―International Relations‘ Paths to Reflexivity: Lessons from the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge‖ (Research completed, writing in progress). d. Book project on Reflexivity in Social Theory (Research in progress).

Hindawi, Coralie Pison

1. ―Limits of Coercion: Reflections on the unassessability of the coercive disarmament of Iraq.‖ Paper submitted to the Middle East Journal in November 2009. Under review. Abstract: Notwithstanding the threatening picture that was given of Iraq‘s armament on the eve of the invasion in 2003, the fact that no prohibited weapons have actually been found suggests that the coercive disarmament of this country in the 1990s is a precedent that could be used for other countries. Drawing on the Iraqi case, the main argument of this study is that arms control cannot be properly conducted along a purely coercive approach, especially in the biological, chemical or nuclear fields. Concluding remarks highlight some alternative policies that would be better suited in tackling the Iranian case. 2. ―Use of Coercion against Iraq since UNSC Resolution 687 (1991): Reviewing two decades of international policy towards Iraq.‖ Research completed. Agreement with an editor for the French version. Project: Publication of a book in French and Arabic reflecting on the international policy towards Iraq during the past two decades and more particularly on the resort to coercion. 3. ―The Iranian Nuclear Crisis.‖ a. Project: This research project aims to provide a sound analysis of the Iranian legal, and to a lesser extent, political position in the crisis over its nuclear activities. It will be based upon thorough legal examination of the applicable international rules as well as upon the study of Iranian legal and political resources. In enhancing the understanding of the Iranian position, the project seeks to contribute to the elaboration of a balanced international policy towards Iran so as to avoid falling into the trap of a coercive arms control process as occurred in the case of Iraq. b. Persons involved: Graduate Assistant Sana Tannoury and a Persian speaking research assistant, Sadegh Kashani (Spring 2010).

353 c. Funds: Additional research assistantship funded through seed grant (applied for in Fall 2009). d. Status: Research in process. Scope of the paper defined.

Khodor, Hiba

1. ―Education Reforms and Policies in Qatar: The Role of Education City‖--Submitted to the International Journal of Education Reform. 2. ―Policy Innovations for Regional Development- the ―themed cities‖ phenomenon in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Submitted to Regional Studies. 3. ―The Politicization of Healthcare in Lebanon: The case of Primary Health Centers‖ Research and writing in progress. 4. ―Bridging Research and Policy: Research Impact of Policy in the Region‖ Initial exploratory stage.

Reiche, Danyel

1. Sports and Politics in Lebanon. 2. Policies for preventing match fixing in football. 3. Policy innovations in the GCC (in cooperation with Dr. Khodr). 4. Energy Policy in the Middle East. 5. Sovereign Wealth Funds.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Khashan, Hilal

1. Lectured at the University of Sophia, Tokyo, Japan on January 11, 2010. 2. Lectured at the University of Kyoto, Japan, January 14, 2010. 3. Lectured at the University of Pittsburgh on January 25, 2010. 4. Presented a paper at the University of Eastern Michigan conference in Cairo, Egypt on May 17, 2010.

Moussalli, Ahmad

1. ―President Obama is Too Weak to Make Peace in the Middle East,‖ The BBC Doha Debates, Qatar, April 26, 2010. 2. ―The Islamic Quest for Democracy,‖ Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, April 25, 2010.

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3. ―Social Justice and Development—The Role of Human Rights: Strategies, Opportunities, Sustainability,‖ The Regional Workshop Program by CEOSS, Beirut 24th-26th, January, 2010. 4. ―One Year on: Evaluating Obama‘s Foreign Policy in the Middle East and the Broader Middle Muslim World,‖ Brookings Doha Center, Doha, Qatar, January 20, 2010. 5. ―Religion, Human Rights and Multicultural Jurisdictions‖ by The Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations Foundation (ResetDoC), Istanbul Seminars the İstanbul Bilgi University, 30 May-June, 2009. 6. ―Lebanese Elections: Why do they matter?‖ Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, June 5, 2009. 7. ―Analysis of President Obama‘s Speech,‖ Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Washington, DC, June 4, 2009. 8. ―Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Common Roots‖, Interaction Council, 27th Annual Plenary Meeting, King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia, May 10-13, 2009. 9. ―Lebanese Elections: Why do they matter?‖, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, June 5, 2009.

Frangie, Samer

1. Presented a paper at the ―Peace and Development Workshop‖, organized by the IDRC and World Bank, December 2009.

Hamati-Ataya, Innana

1. Article Review Article reviewer for Al Abhath, American University of Beirut Press.

Hindawi, Coralie Pison

1. International conferences a. International Research Seminar on ―State and Religion: Comparing Cases of Changing Relations‖, Orient Institute, Beirut, Lebanon, October 2009. Presentated a paper entitled ―French Secularism on the Move? Assessing the Nature and the Impact of the Ongoing Debate on Laicity‖. (Organizers: AUB, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Orient Institute Beirut, Res Gerendae.) b. Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), Vienna, Austria, June 2010. Presented a paper entitled “Whose Security is International Security? Coercive Arms Control to Strengthen International Peace and Security?‖ 2. Counseling

355 a. On May 29, 2010, received a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.

Khodr, Hiba

1. The Twenty-sixth Ministerial Session Round Table on Human and Institutional Capacity-Building at ESCWA-Beirut, Lebanon. Presented a paper titled: ―The Importance of Capacity Development in Public Sector Modernization‖. 2. Midwest Political Science Association, National Meeting, Chicago, Il. Presented a paper titled ―Policy Innovation and Diffusion in the Gulf Cooperation Council: The Specialized Cities Phenomenon- the cases of Qatar, Dubai and Abudhabi‖. 3. ―Connections and Ruptures: America and the Middle East‖, CASAR‘s 3rd International Conference, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. Presented a paper titled "The Influence of American institutions for the implementation of specialized cities in the Middle East". 4. The first International Conference of Women Scientists of the Islamic World, Tehran, Iran- assisted in creating the first network. 5. Served as the Acting PSPA Department Chair in the spring 2010 term. 6. Wrote learning outcomes for our existing Public Administration course and several new courses, in addition to developing courses to include in a new track in ―public policy‖ within our current undergraduate program. 7. Served as the department ‗library liaison‘. 8. Served as the PSPA society advisor. 9. Supervised ‗three‘ Master‘s Theses –completed this academic year and served on the committee of six Master‘s Theses. 10. Selected as a Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institute in Qatar for the summer 2010.

Reiche, Danyel

1. Launching PSPA brown bag series. 2. Supervisor of PSPA website. 3. Lectures: a. Panel discussion on global warming, AUB Lebanese Red Cross. (4/8/2010) b. Delivered a lecture on ―Policy Innovations and Diffusion in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries and the Role of US Institutions - The Specialized Cities Phenomenon‖, conference of the Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), American University of Beirut, (1/8/2010). c. Delivered a lecture on the topic ―Climate Protection Policies in the Gulf‖, The Orient-Institute Beirut (OIB), (12/8/2009).

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F. PUBLICATIONS

Khashan, Hilal

1. ―Hizbullah‘s Unfettered Righteousness: The Pursuit of a Millennial Creed.‖ Forthcoming in The Arab World Geographer, vol. 11, no. 4, 2008, pp. 218-32 (to be published in May 2010). 2. ―The Evolving Security Threat in the Middle East,‖ pp. 35-57, in The Future of War and Peace in Asia, eds., N. S. Sisodia and S. Kalyanaraman. New Delhi, India: Magnum Books, 2010. 3. ―The Evolution of Israeli-Lebanese Relations: From Implicit Peace to Explicit Conflict,‖ Israel Affairs, Vol. 15, no. 4, 2009, pp. 319-34.

Moussalli, Ahmad

1. ―Le texte, les doctrines et la connaissance,‖ Le Debat, Hiver 2010, 39-63. 2. ―Hizbullah: Internal Dynamics and External Factors,‖ Journal of Korean Association of Islamic Studies, [Seoul, South Korea] vol. 19-3, 2009, 52-86. 3. ―Islam fondamentalista: ultimo trent‘anni di evoluzione del pensiero e prospetitive il xxi secolo,‖ Le religioni e il mondo modern (Torino/Italy: Einaudi editore, 2009), 545- 583. 4. ―Muhammad: Life of the Prophet,‖ The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) Volume 4, 102-113. 5. ―Muhammad: Role of the Prophet in Muslim Thought and Practice,‖ The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) Volume 4, 116- 120. 6. ―Shii Islam: Modern Shiite Thought,‖ The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World Oxford University Press, 2009, volume 5, 142-149. 7. ―Mujahid,‖ The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Oxford University Press, 2008, now online). 8. ―Two Discourses on Modern Islamic Political Thought,‖ Conflict, Identity, and Reform in the Muslim World: Challenges for U.S. Engagement (United States Institute of Peace: Washington, DC, 2010). 9. Wahhabism, Salafism, and Islamism: Who is the Enemy? (A monograph published by Conflicts Forum: London and Washington, DC, 2009).

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Hamati-Ataya, Innana

"Faits et Valeurs en Théorie des Relations Internationales: Neutralité Axiologique, Science, et Réflexivité". Dynamiques Internationales. 1(1) September 2009.

Khodr, Hiba

―Political Studies and Public Administration in a Century: Historical, Theoretical and Institutional Account of the Relation between the Two Academic Disciplines.‖ Saarbrucken: Verlag Dr. Muller, 2009. A book published by Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbrucken, Germany. Reiche, Danyel

1. Peer reviewed articles a. ―Sovereign Wealth Funds as a New Instrument of Climate Protection Policy? A Case Study of Norway as a Pioneer of Ethical Guidelines for Investment Policy‖, in: Energy – The International Journal (2009 impact Factor 1.712), Article in Press, available online 10 June 2010. b. ―Energy Policies of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries – possibilities and limitations of ecological modernization in rentier states,‖ Journal of Energy Policy (2009 impact factor 1.755), (May 2010), pp. 2395-2403. c. ―Renewable Energy Policies in the Gulf countries: A case study of the carbon- neutral ―Masdar City‖ in Abu Dhabi‖, in: Journal of Energy Policy (2009 impact factor 1.755), (January 2010), pp. 378-382.

2. Book Reviews: Review of Der Weg der Hizbullah. Demokratietauglichkeit, Konflikt- und Stabilisierungsprozesse im Libanon, by Manuel Samir in: PVS, (2009 50) pp. 735-736.

3.Other Publications: a.―Abu Dhabi transforms oil wealth into‚ renewable energy leadership‖ in: The Daily Star, 12.9.2009, p.6 b.―Erneuerbare-Energien-Politik in Norwegen – eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme‖ in: Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen 59. Jg. (2009) Heft 10, pp. 1-3

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G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The Department intends to develop its lecture series and strengthen the brown bag series. The Department is striving to cultivate a culture of scholarship and collaborative research, especially among junior faculty.

A/Chairperson Randa Antoun

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SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION CENTER

A. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

The following activities took place in SMEC between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010:

1. SMEC Faculty Teaching and Service Activities: Please refer to the annual reports of the faculty members presented to the Department of Education.

2. SMEC Faculty Research: Please refer to the annual reports of SMEC faculty members presented to the Department of Education.

3. Workshops: Please refer to the annual reports of the SMEC faculty members presented to the Department of Education.

4. 12th Annual SMEC Conference (SMEC 10): The Twelfth Annual Science and Mathematics Educators Conference (SMEC 12) was held on April 10 and 11, 2010. The Conference program (attached) included three plenary sessions and five sets of concurrent sessions that included research reports, developmental workshops, and innovative ideas in addition to a textbook and equipment exhibit. Approximately 425 university faculty members, teachers, and university students participated in the conference, out of whom around 70 presented papers or conducted workshops. The three invited plenary speakers were Dr. Max Stephens, Graduate School of Education, the University of Melbourne, Australia, Kinya Shimizu, Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Japan, and Dr. Pierre Zalloua, Lebanese American University, Beirut Lebanon. In addition, the travel and accommodation of three presenters from Egypt was covered through a grant from UNESCO, Beirut Regional Office. Finally, six educational publishers and distributors participated in a ―Publishers‘ Exhibit.‖.

5. 16th Annual Science, Math, and Technology Fair: The Science and Math Education Center, in collaboration with the Education Students Society (ESS), organized the 16th Annual Science, Math and Technology fair on the weekend of May 1st and 2nd, 2010. The fair provided K-12 students from 28 schools throughout Lebanon with the opportunity to share scientific, mathematical and technological projects with their peers from other schools. The Fair involved over 380 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 contributing projects. Science and Math

360 education students, SMEC faculty as well as professors from many science, technology and mathematics oriented departments at AUB participated as judges.

7. SMEC Library: The SMEC library continues to serve as a valuable resource and study center for both pre-service and in-service teachers and for BA and Teaching Diploma students in the department of education. The library is open daily M-F from 8 am-5 pm and is always attended by SMEC staff members or a student librarian.

6. SMEC Website: The SMEC Website (http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/smec/Pages/index.aspx) was updated with announcements regarding SMEC activities. The Website includes information about SMEC activities, conference proceedings, SMEC Faculty, SMEC Staff, and the SMEC Library.

B. PERSONNEL

Academic BouJaoude, Saouma Professor Science Education El-Mouhayar, Rabih Assistant Professor Math Education Jurdak, Murad Professor Math Education Khishfe, Rola Assistant Professor Science Education Vlaardingerbroek, Assistant Professor Curriculum and Barend Instruction/Science Education

Non-Academic Abou Shakra, May SMEC Secretary Hilu, Hanna SMEC Assistant Technician Khulud Frayha SMEC Student Assistant (Work study scholarship) Saadeddine Al-Kurki SMEC Student Assistant (Funded by SMEC budget)

Prepared by Saouma BouJaoude SMEC Director

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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

The department of Social and Behavioral Sciences offers two major programs at the undergraduate level, namely, Psychology and Sociology-Anthropology. It also offers a diploma program in media communication as well as five minor programs in Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Communication, Psychology, and Sociology. At the graduate level, it offers MA degrees in Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology. A new graduate program in clinical psychology was approved by the FAS faculty and the University Senate. It will hopefully be implanted during the coming academic year. Another graduate program in media studies was approved by the FAS faculty and is under consideration by the University Senate Graduate Board. The following represents some of the new developments in the department:

Nadine and Bashar Khayat Memorial Laboratory. The lab is functional and is fully utilized for psychology and communication courses and experiments after it was entirely equipped. Sheikh Fawzi Azar Award. The Azar Award for this year went to Ms Sara Sleiman Haidar for her term paper on Carl Gustav Jung. The paper was deemed by the Azar committee as being the best nominated paper this year. Amal Saidi Prize. Ms Sara Zaatari was awarded the Amal Saidi Prize for being the graduating student with the highest average in sociology. Psychology Colloquium. Several speakers presented their work during the year as part of the psychology colloquium. Brown Bag Series. The department continued its Brown Bag this year, a forum in which several faculty and Master‘s students and visiting professors represented their current projects. 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 meets biweekly in a café in Hamra.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

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Dajani, Nabil, Chairperson Professor Ph.D. Kazarian, Shahe Professor Ph.D. Khalaf, Samir Professor Ph.D. Smith, Richard Professor Ph.D. Dietrich, Arne Associate Professor Ph.D. Hanafi, Sari Associate Professor Ph.D. El Jamil, Tima Assistant Professor Ph.D. Harb, Charles Associate Professor Ph.D. Melki, Jad Assistant Professor Ph.D. Najjar, Nidal Assistant Professor Ph.D. Scheid, Kirsten Assistant Professor Ph.D. Serhan, Randa Assistant Professor Ph.D. Slobodenyuk, Nadiya Assistant Professor Ph.D. Succarieh, Mayssun Assistant Professor Ph.D. Visiting Wick, Livia Assistant Professor Ph.D. Awaida, May Lecturer Ph.D. Bassil, Margaret Instructor M.A. Bibi, Karma Instructor M.A. Boyadjian, Maral Instructor M.A. Dbaibo Darwish, Dania Instructor M.A. Estefane, Karen Instructor M.A. Ghannoum, Hana Instructor M.A. Kanafani, Samar Instructor M.A. Kazan, Nadine Instructor M.A. Nahas, Nathalie Instructor M.A.

Osman, Zeina Instructor M.A. Tarabey, Lubna Instructor M.A.

2. Graduate Assistants

First Semester Ajalyakin, Sara Khoury, Yousef Bonazza, Ruth Mallat, Sara El Haddad, Rita Oghia, Michael Elmadjian, Raffi Rechdan, Joanne El Osta, Samia Saad, Mariam Fares, Sonia Sagherian, Thia Ghanem, Samar Saheb, Haidar Tavitian, Lucy

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Second Semester Ajalyakin, Sara Mallat, Sara Bonazza, Ruth Oghia, Michael El Haddad, Rita Rechdan, Joanne El Hajj, Anastazia Saad, Mariam Elmadjian, Raffi Sagherian, Thia Fares, Sonia Saheb, Haidar Ghanem, Samar Tavitian, Lucy Khoury, Yousef

3. Non-Academic Staff

Baramakian, Maria Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Number of Graduating Majors:

Psychology Sociology/Anthropology B.A. October 2009 3 1 February 2010 3 0 June 2010 33 6

M.A. October 2009 0 1 February 2010 2 0 June 2010 4 0

Diploma in Media Communication June 2010 3

2. Number of Majors:

Psychology Sociology/Anthropology Graduates 39 31 Prospective Graduates 1 0 Seniors 98 10 Juniors 77 9 Sophomores 85 13

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Freshman 0 0

3. Student Enrollment in Courses

Summer Fall 2010 Spring Total 2009 2010 Courses numbered 300 and above 0 64 56 120 Courses numbered 211-299 95 328 560 983 Courses numbered 200-210 78 600 564 1242 Courses numbered 100-199 36 136 155 327

4. Number of Credit Hours Offered

Summer Fall 2010 Spring Total 2009 2010 Courses numbered 300 and above 0 41 21 62

Courses numbered 211-299 12 54 66 132 Courses numbered 200-210 9 72 63 144 Courses numbered 100-199 9 15 18 42

D. RESEARCH

Fatima Al-Jamil

A. Case studies examining the outcome of separation and individuation in a Lebanese clinical setting. Paper examining three case analyses and the ways in which separation, individuation and connection became primary treatment goals in psychotherapy despite varying presenting problems. Primary Investigator: Fatima Al-Jamil. Status: Paper complete, ready to be submitted for publication.

Nabil Dajani

Research in progress 1. Arab Media and Globalization. Volume in press by the Polity Press. It is scheduled to be out in January 2011. Joint publication with Prof. Noha Mellor of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Eastern London, and Prof. Mohammad Ayish of the University of Sharajah School of Media Studies)

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2. 2009, ―Lebanese-Palestinian Relations Prior to 1970‖, forthcoming by the Palestinian Studies Institute. 3. 2009, ―The Media Situation in Lebanon,‖ (Arabic) chapter in Jayyusi, Lena (ed.), Media and Democracy, the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy, forthcoming. 4. In the process of updating my 1992 book Disoriented Media in a Fragmented Society. The new volume will revamp entirely the old edition which has become outdated as a result of the substantial changes that the Lebanese media have implemented during the past two decades. 5. Conducting a study of Lebanese -Palestinian relations, 1948 to present. The study is commissioned by the Issam Fares Institute and the UNDP. It is expected to conclude in the summer of 2010. 6. Undergoing a field research project with Prof. Jad Melki on the development of media studies in Arab universities.

Arne Dietrich

Dietrich*, A., and Audiffren, M. The reticular-activating hypofrontality (RAH) model of acute exercise. Submitted to Psychological Review.

Dietrich*, A., and Al-Shawaf, L. ―The cognitive neuroscience of altered consciousness.‖ Encyclopedia of Altered Consciousness. (In review).

Audiffren*, M., Haider, H., and Dietrich, A. ―Insight and creativity during exercise.‖ (Research in progress).

Sari Hanafi

Research in Progress 1. Hanafi, S. ―University Systems in the Arab East: Publish Globally and Perish Locally Vs. Publish Locally and Perish Globally‖. Forthcoming in Current Sociology, Vol. 59, no 6.

2. Sheikh Hassan*, I. and S. Hanafi ―(In)-Security and the Post-War Scene in Nahr el Bared Refugee Camp‖. Forthcoming in Journal of Palestine Studies. Washington: Institute of Palestine Studies.

3. Research Director of the program ―Policy and Governance in Palestinian Refugee Camps‖ (Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs- AUB). Following-up the first stage of the research on governance in the refugee camps in Lebanon, focusing especially on supervising two major studies on Lebanese-Palestinian

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4. Stage II of the research project: Modes of Governance of Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon, Jordan, the Palestinian Territory and Syria. This research project aims to clarify the relationship between power, sovereignty and space concerning the case of the Palestinian refugee camps in the Middle East, by examining modes of governance of the camps.

5. Knowledge Production in the Universities in the Arab East. This project has both research and workshop components. It aims to demonstrate how the university system and the system of social-scientific knowledge production greatly influence elite formation. The research is follow up on preliminary work done with Rigas Arvantis on the impact of foreign funding on research agendas. It references the joint proposal; ―National and International Dynamic of Scientific Research in Lebanon and Regional Comparisons,‖ which will open cooperation between the American University of Beirut (AUB), Université Saint-Joseph (USJ), the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRSL), and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France.

6. The January, 2010 regional workshop, ―Promotion and Publication Ranking Systems in the Arab East,‖ was co-organized with Nabil Dajani and Jacques Kabbanji. AUB convened this regional workshop, inviting 16-18 scholars of the social sciences. The workshop was funded by the Ford Foundation.

Charles Harb

Conference papers : 1. Harb, C., Smith, P. B., Torres, C. V., & Huang, H. J. (July, 2010). ―Achieving influence among university students: A comparative study of Guanxi, Wasta, Jeitinho‖. Paper presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Congress, Melbourne, Australia. 2. Harb, C. (March, 2010). ―A national survey of youths in Lebanon.‖ Social and Behavioral Sciences‘ Brown bag, SBS dept. AUB. 3. Harb, C. (February, 2010). ―Values and Identities: a national survey of youths in Lebanon.‖ Paper presented at the Issam Fares Institute‘s Youths Roundtable, Dubai School of Governance, Dubai, UAE. 4. Harb*, C. (2009). ―Social psychological predictors of support for political violence in the Middle East: National surveys in Iraq and Lebanon.‖ Invited address, Political Psychology Department, Queen‘s University, Belfast, UK.

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5. Harb, C., Schmidt, K., & Hewstone, M. (August, 2009). ―Predicting civil violence: National survey in times of turmoil.‖ Paper presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology‘s 4th African Region Conference, Buea, Cameroon. 6. Becker, M., et al. (August, 2009). ―Rethinking ―culture and self‖: measuring identity motives in cultural context.‖ Paper presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology‘s 4th African Region Conference, Buea, Cameroon. 7. Harb, C. (July, 2009). ―Surveying identities and values in Lebanon.‖ Paper presented at the Issam Fares Insititute‘s Research and Policy Forum on Youth in the Arab World, Beirut, Lebanon.

Research in progress: 1. Motives and Identities Across Cultures: A cross sectional study. Primary investigator: Viv Vignoles. Collaborator: Charles Harb. Status: Data collection and entry.

2. Families Across Cultures. Primary Investigator: James Georgas. Collaborators: Charles Harb, Shahe Kazarian. Status: data entry.

3. National Survey of Lebanese Youths: Identities and Values. Primary Investigator: Charles Harb. Partnership & Funding: Issam Fares Institute (IFI-AUB) and UNICEF. Manuscript in preparation

4. Assessment of prejudice in a community sample of Armenian Lebanese. Primary Investigator: Arin Ayanian. Collaborator: Charles Harb. Manuscript in preparation

5. Assessing prejudice reduction techniques in Lebanon. Primary investigator: Charles Harb. Collaborator: Thia Sagherian. Manuscript in preparation.

6. Mate selection and plastic surgery: an experiment in evolutionary psychology. Primary investigator: Charles Harb. Collaborator: Nabil Salibi. Manuscript in preparation.

7. Pulling strings across cultures: the case of China, UK, Lebanon and Brazil. Primary investigator: Peter B. Smith (University of Sussex, UK). Collaborators: Charles Harb, Claudio Torres (Brazil), Haijuan Hwang (University of Sussex: In Press

8. Motives and Identities Across Cultures: A longitudinal study. Primary investigator: Viv Vignoles. Collaborator: Charles Harb. Status: Manuscript in preparations.

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9. Confessional discrimination and confessional distances in a sample of AUB students. Primary Investigator: Charles Harb, collaborator: Rand el Jarrah: Manuscript in preparation

10. Identities and readiness for violence: A National Sample Survey.

11. A study on a nationally representative sample of Lebanese citizens, investigating predictors of support for violence (sectarianism, perceived threat, SES, leadership affiliation, religiosity, life satisfaction). Status: Manuscript in preparation. Principal investigator: Charles Harb, in collaboration with Miles Hewstone and Katharina Schmid (Oxford university)

Shahe Kazarian

Research in progress Books 1. Kazarian, S.S., & Boisvert, M. Introduction to psychology for law enforcement. 2nd edition. Toronto, Canada: Emond and Montgomery Publishing. Peer Reviewed Articles: 1. Kazarian, S.S. ―Humor in the collectivist Arab Middle East: The case of Lebanon.‖ HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research. 2. Kazarian, S.S., Moghnie, L., & Martin, R.A. ―Humor styles, perceived parental warmth and rejection in childhood, and subjective happiness.‖ Europe‟s Journal of Psychology. 3. Kuipers, N. A., Kazarian, S.S., Sine, J., & Bassil, M. ―The impact of humor in North American versus Middle East cultures.‖ Europe‟s Journal of Psychology.

Samir Khalaf

Research in Progress 1. Completed Lebanon Adrift: From Battleground to Playground. The 260 page manuscript is currently under review by Columbia University Press. 2. Completed an edited volume (jointly with Roseanne Khalaf) – Arab Youth in Times of Risk. – extracted from some of the contributions submitted to the conference we hosted in May 2009. The volume includes 22 essays and will be published by Saqi Books in the Fall of 2010. 3. Finishing the last chapter of Ungodly Puritans: Early Encounters of New England Missionaries in Lebanon. This will be submitted to Columbia University Press before the end of summer.

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Research in progress 1. Media Habits of Arab Youth: A survey of three Arab countries. A survey of 2500 Arab youth in Lebanon, Jordan and the U.A.E. funded by the Issam Fares Institute. The report is in its final editing phase. It will be published and officially released in an IFI conference July 23, 2010, in West Hall, AUB. It has also been presented in four venues so far. 2. Media Literacy and Research in the Classroom. A report based on an experiment in summer 2009 at the Salzburg Academy where 60 students and faculty engaged in a research project (content analysis) while in a media literacy class. The research is completed and the paper is being written. It will be published as a chapter in a book in December 2010. This study is partly funded by the Salzburg Seminar and the University of Maryland, College Park. 3. Trauma Journalism Education in U.S. Universities. A study with Dr. Susan Moeller and Dr. Paul Mihailidis that surveyed 650 US media professors about their teaching of trauma journalism. Report written and awaiting clearance from funding organization to be submitted to journals. Study funded by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. 4. Newspaper coverage of the Israel‘s 2006 war on Lebanon. A content analysis of 12 newspapers from around the world. Report in final stages and will be submitted to publications by end of summer 2010. 5. TV News and the State in Lebanon, a book proposal submitted to I.B.Tauris. 6. Global TV‘s coverage of Israel‘s 2006 war on Lebanon. A content analysis of TV newscasts from the US, Arab world and Israel. Data analysis completed. Research report to be written and submitted by early Fall 2010. 7. Front Page Coverage of the Beijing Olympics. A multi-lingual content analysis of the coverage of the 2008 Olympics. Data analysis completed. Research report to be written and submitted by early Spring 2009. 8. Teaching Media Literacy Online. A short report about how to effectively use online tools to teach media literacy online. 9. Media Education at Arab Universities. A study with Dr. Nabil Dajani where media professors from various Arab universities were interviewed and a Q-method applied to them. The study is in progress; 30 faculty have been interviewed from eight Arab countries. It is slated to be completed by late Fall 2010. 10. The Relationship Between Media Habits and Anabolic Steroid Use Among Young Adults Attending Fitness Centers in Beirut, Lebanon. A study with Dr. Eveline Hitti, Dr. Afif Mufarrij, Taha Itani, and Michael Oghia that surveys Lebanese males and females who frequent gyms. It asks about their media habits and their use of anabolic steroids. Data gathering in progress.

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Nidal Najjar

Research in Progress Using Applied-Behavior-Analytic Procedures to Promote Independence and Teach Choice-Making Behavior among Children with Autism in Lebanon. Primary Investigator: Nidal K. Najjar. URB grant received; data collection will begin in August 2010.

Kirsten Scheid

Research in Progress 1. ―Landscapes of Secular Piety: First-hand documents of an experiment in modern citizenry.‖ This study reveals the intertwining during the Arab Nahda of pious and humanist positions in modern art production. Study of art produced in the Nahda that is not based on the assumption of inherent categorical differences will give us a better sense of how art was productive of the Nahda, and of the ways people interpret its legacy today. This research will produce two articles, one focusing on the findings that show painting to have been performative of non-institutionalized secular identities, and to be submitted as part of a guest-edited issue of Drama Review. The other article, to be submitted to Visual Anthropology Reviewor the like will discuss the theoretical implications of using artistic, visual materials as first-hand documents in the study of modernizing, marginalized societies to escape the assumption of a hegemonic, Euro- centric modernity. Both of these articles will be based on four paper presentations I have already given, and the text is not far from complete. 2. ―How Local is Contemporary Arab Art?‖ Since the 2001 resurgence of concern about ―Arab/Islamic‖ terrorism, international interest in art from the Middle East has boomed. This boom is the subject of my research, but the angle I take is that of its impact on Arab communities. The boom coincides with the development of experimental art movements in the Arab world that seek to release art making from its social boundaries. What are the implications of this intertwining of interests for art in the Arab world? My project focuses on the patterns of funding and circulation of Lebanese art in the contemporary period and their implications for art interpretation and community formation. This research is currently being supported by a post- doctoral fellowship I hold at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, in the "Europe in the Middle East, the Middle East in Europe" program. I have completed the necessary archival collection, preliminary fieldwork, 30 interviews, and the review of secondary literature. I will continue fieldwork for the coming 12 months. A first paper from this research has been invited to appear in a guest edited issue of Third Text. This is my second-book project and should spawn a curated exhibition as well. 3. ―Outrageous Performances: Rites of Passage and Lebanese Elite Youth.‖ The proposed work will answer questions about the outlook and trajectory of elite

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Lebanese youth by focusing on a set of their cumulative initiation rituals, birthday parties, to discover what cultural values and identities participants develop through them. The proposed work is significant for an understanding of enculturation, social structure, and identity production in Lebanon and contemporary Arab society. It carries profound implications for the understanding of complex identities in unstable social settings, community membership, and the construction of gendered, individualistic, and classed subjectivities. I have presented this research on numerous occasions. I am currently completing fieldwork and transcription with funding from two grants (URB and IFI). I plan to submit a paper discussing my findings to Cultural Anthropology or a similar journal. 4. On Civilized Art in Primitive Places: Modern Art and the Formation of Lebanon. Book manuscript currently under review at the Indiana University Press for the ―Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa‖ series. 5. Revised and resubmitted ―The Other Face of War: ‗Art‘ at Intercultural Junctures,‖ with Comparative Studies in Society and History.

Nadiya Slobodenyuk

Research in Progress 1. Generation of novel motor sequences: cognitive theory of improvisation. This research intends to answer the question about cognitive mechanisms involved in the process of musical improvisation. The project is in the research design stage. 2. Sense of agency in improvised action. This research project is at the research design stage. 3. Sense of agency in artificial gravity environments. This research project is at the exploratory stage. 4. Typological differentiation of intellectual development and cognitive values (article in progress). 5. ―Thermal Imaging of Facial Expressions and Deception Detection‖. (in progress)

Richard Saumarez Smith

Research in Progress 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.

Livia Wick

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1. ―Deprivation and Sense of Injustice in Ras Beirut‖ (collaborator in a research project directed by Afamia Kaddour, ABD, Harvard University and Dr. Cynthia Myntti, AUB). This project aims to identify and explore understandings of deprivation and a sense of injustice among residents from different socio-economic backgrounds in Ras Beirut. It is part of the ―AUB Neighborhood Intiative.‖ My part of the research project is concerned with epistemological issues in health research and on the concept of ―za‟al‖ (sadness) and its relation to health and mental health in particular. 2. ―Treating war: An ethnographic exploration of psycho-social interventions in the age of ―Psychiatric Humanitarianism:‖ I have received a research grant of $19,750 from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research to conduct this research project. Based on preliminary research, I am conducting a research project about the uses of psychology in understanding living with violence. The principal objective of this project is to produce an ethnographic study of the role of psychosocial interventions in shaping people‘s conceptions of pain and memory in areas of recurrent conflict. 3. ―Loneliness, Economic Trajectories and Temporary Alliances Under Closure in Palestine.‖ This article is of interest to City and Society. The journal editor has requested revisions which I am working on. The article focuses on two oral histories of women from villages and camps near Ramallah and the gendered way in which the closure affects their lives. 4. ―Perseverance and Living with Continuous Violence‖. Based on a re-reading of fieldwork conducted in Palestine in 2003 as well as new fieldwork from December 2007, this article explores the concept of perseverance in the oral history of Tahrir, a divorced woman who works as a nurse-midwife in Jerusalem and lives with her parents in a refugee camp in the Southern West Bank. 5. ―Infrastructures of War, Health and Solidarity in Palestine,‖ is under review by Global Public Health. This paper explores the work of the Palestinian health infrastructure in a context of recurrent and ongoing war. 6. ―Narratives of Enclosure and other Postpartum States,‖ article in progress. This piece is about listening to the inner worlds of birth-mothers under the impress of economic, political and domestic pressures.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Tima Al-Jamil

1. Part-time Psychotherapist: Consultations, assessment, and treatment of adult psychological disorders. 2. Board Member of the Lebanese Psychological Association: Currently organizing to establish and legalize psychology licensing standards for practice in Lebanon.

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3. Clinical Psychology Graduate Program established in the SBS Department soon to be offering MA degrees in Clinical Psychology. 4. Development of a proposal for a specialized training and psychological services center in Beirut. Lebanon is in need of high quality clinical psychology training centers for students, and services center for the community - in the process of establishing the board and applying for funding.

Nabil Dajani

Professional Activities 1. June 2010, presented a paper ―Arab Satellites and the Dangers of Foreign intrusion.‖ 15th Conference of the Arab States Broadcasting Union on the coordination between Arab Satellites, Beirut. 2. May 2010, presented a paper ―Arab Media and the Making of Public Opinion: the Missing Role‖ at the conference ―The Role of Information in Augmenting Reform in the Arab Regions.‖ 3. May 2010, delivered a public lecture, ―The Right of Arab Citizens to Public Information,‖ at the Faculty of Communication and Documentation, Lebanese University. 4. January 2010, organized jointly with Profs. Sari Hanafi and Jack Kabbanji a regional workshop on ―Promotion and Publications Ranking Systems in the Arab East.‖ The workshop was funded by the Ford Foundation and hosted some 16 social science Arab and international professors. 5. March 2010 chaired a panel at the Issam Fares Institute‘s thematic roundtable on ―Media Consumption and Production in MENA‖. 6. November 2009, chaired a panel of Arab and international journalists on the management of media investigations at the Second Regional Conference for Arab Investigative Journalists held in Amman and sponsored by UNESCO. 7. November 2009. Received a special award for my role as a founding member and first chair of the board of Arab Journalists for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), an NGO that promotes Arab journalism at the Second Regional Conference for Arab Investigative Journalists held in Amman and sponsored by UNESCO. 8. May 2009, presented a paper ―An assessment of Arab Satellite Coverage of the War on Gaza‖ at an Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) seminar, Beirut. 9. April 2009, served as a member of a panel of media experts to evaluate Al-Hurra TV‘s news programming organized by the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California.

Serving on professional bodies 1. Founding Member and first Chairperson of the Board of Directors, ARIJ (Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism), a Middle East based media support

374 organization that supports young Arab journalists to conceive, research, write, and publish professional investigative journalism material. 2. Member of a Board of Consultants to a BBC project aimed at developing socially- responsible media platforms in the Arab World. 3. Member of the Board, Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (CMF MENA). 4. Member, Advisory Council, International Resource Center for Democracy. 5. Associate Editor, Journal of Communication for Social Change. 6. Member of Editorial Board, the Journal of Global Communication Research.

Service to the University 1. Member of the Board of Directors, World Association of the Alumni of AUB (WAAUB) and chairperson of its Bylaws Committee. 2. Chairperson of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2008-2012. 3. Member of the University Senate. 4. Member of the Senate Board of Graduate Studies. 5. Member FAS Graduate Committee. 6. Chairperson of an Arts and Sciences ad hoc committee to evaluate application files of 2009-10 candidates for the Whittlesey Chair. 7. Member of a faculty committee on accreditation.

Arne Dietrich

Professional Activities 1. Audiffren*, M., Haider, H., Dietrich, A., Boucard, G., & Soica, I. (2009). ―Insight and creativity during exercise.‖ Talk presented at the 12th World Congress of Sports Psychology, Marrakech, Marroco. 2. Dietrich, A. (2009). ―Neural mechanisms of the flow experience.‖ Invited talk. Presented at the 11th European Congress of Psychology, Oslo, Norway. 3. Dietrich, A. (2009). ―Transient hypofrontality and optimal performance.‖ Department of Sports Science,University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. 4. Dietrich, A. (2009). ―Advances in behavioral neuroscience.‖ Invited workshop. Department of Psychology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany. 5. Dietrich, A. (2010). ―Trying to nail jelly to the wall. Where in the brain is creativity?‖ Invited talk. The M.I.N.D. Research Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. 6. Dietrich, A. (2010). ―This is your brain on exercise.‖ Invited talk. Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

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7. Dietrich, A. (2010). ―The transient hypofrontality theory and its consequences for emotion and cognition during exercise.‖ Invited talk. Deutsche Sporthochschule, Köln, Germany. 8. Dietrich, A. (2010). ―Trying to nail jelly to the wall. Where in the brain is creativity?‖ Invited talk. Department of Psychology and Sport Sciences, University of Halle, Halle, Germany. 9. Dietrich, A. (2010). ―This is your brain on exercise: Emotion and cognition on the run.‖ Invited talk. Department of Sport Sciences, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany. 10. Dietrich, A. (2010). ―Flow in the Brain.‖ Keynote Address. Invitation-only German Research Foundation Conference. ―The concept of flow: Towards a scientific integration.‖ Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany. 11. Dietrich, A. (2010). ―The neurosicence of creativity?‖ Invited talk. Presented at the Cognitive 7th Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. Service to the University 1. Member, Editorial Board: Journal of the American Board of Sport Psychologists. 2. AUB Service: Member, IRB, University Committee (until Feb 2010). 3. External Reviewer for the following peer-reviewed journals: Consciousness and Cognition, Philosophical Psychology, Personality & Individual Difference, J of Sports and Exercise Psychology, European J of Neuroscience. Master‘s Thesis: Rita El Haddad: proposal defended; study is still in progress.

Sari Hanafi

PhD Supervision (Committee Member) 1. April 2, 2010: Ghassan Abdellah, Ph. D. thesis: ―The Political Islamist Movements and the Armed Violence: Hamas and Jihad from 1967-2000‖ (Arabic). High Graduate Institute of Social Science and Humanities, Lebanese University. 2. July 8, 2009: Nicolas Pouillard, Ph. D. thesis: ―Utopies, Tiers-Mondismes et Théologie du Non-renoncement. Islamismes, mouvements de gauche et nationalismes de «libération». ‖ Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales-Paris. MA Thesis Advisor 1. October 2009: Naseem Ferdowsi, ―Migrant workers and their children: negotiating belonging in Lebanon‖, MA in Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. MA in Arab and Middle Eastern Studies. 2. October 2009: Michael Page, ―Religious Transformations in the Palestinian Camps of Lebanon: A Case Study of the camps of Nahr al-Barid, Baddawi, and ‗Ain al- Hilwah‖. MA in Arab and Middle East Studies. 3. June, 2009: Diana Farhood, ―Family, Decisions and Happiness among Lebanese University Students‖. MA in Arab and Middle East Studies.

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4. 2009- : Cole Murray: ―Theories of Liberation: A comparison of work of Gustavo Gutierrez and Ali Shariati‖, MA in Arab and Middle East Studies. . 5. 2009- : Rana al-Sayyed: ―Migration and Employment trends Youth Unemployment: A tracer Study of AUB University Graduates‖ MA in Arab and Middle East Studies. . 6. 2009- : Andrew Hennessey, ―The Palestinian Camp Dwellers: A Socio-linguistic Study‖, MA in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. . 7. 2009-: Andreas Wischnat ―Financial Remittances to Lebanon. The diversity of patterns exemplified in two villages‖, MA in Arab and Middle Eastern Studies.

MA Thesis Committee Member 1. Feb. 2010: Nadia Harb, ―Political Forgiveness in Lebanon‖, MA in Political Studies and Public Administration. . 2. October 2009: Nathalie Nahas. ―Making Doctors. A glimpse into the lives of Lebanese Medical Students‖, MA in Anthropology. . University Service January 2010: Evaluation of the Sociology curriculum in the University of Qatar.

Program development Jan.-Feb. 2010: Co-writer of a proposal (with Karim Makdisi, Rami Khoury and Patrick McGreevy) for Expressions of Interest to be part of the Rotary Centers for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution and to for the establishment of a Program in Peace and Conflict Resolution. Departmental Service 1. Member of Library Committee of Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 2. Member of Committee of Program Learning Outcome assessments in Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS). Organization of Workshops and International Conferences February 11-12, 2010: Regional Workshop: ―Promotion, Publications, and Ranking Systems in Arab Universities‖. Co-organized by SBS- AUB in cooperation with Ford Foundation. October 30-31, 2009: Scientific coordinator of the Regional Workshop ―Governing Palestinian Refugee Camps in the Arab East‖. Organized by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB).

Board of Academic Journals

1. Editorial Board of Sociopedia.isa. International Sociological Association.

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2. Editor, Idafat, Arab Journal of Sociology, Association of Arab Sociology. (Arabic).

3. Editorial Board of Mustaqbal al-Arabi. Beirut: Center of Arab Unity Studies.

Board Member 1. Institute of Jerusalem Studies, Ramallah (Board Member). 2. Partners in Development for Research, Consulting and Training (PID), Cairo.

Charles Harb

1. Executive committee member of the International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology (IACCP). Regional Representative of the Middle East and North Africa (IACCP-MENA) [2006-2010] 2. NASMA project. Founder, board member. Founding and committee member of the NASMA ―educational resources centre‖. The centre is a non-profit NGO project to provide public school students access to resources (library, computers, audiovisual material) and various educational training programs (2003-present). MA Thesis Supervision Completed Master‘s Theses: 1- Thia Sagherlian (completed Spring 2010): ―Experimental comparison of prejudice reduction techniques in a Lebanese sample.‖ 2- Arine Ayanian (completed Spring 2010): ―Predictors of prejudice in a community sample of Armenians.‖ 3- Nabil Salibi (completed summer 2010): ―The Relation between Attractiveness, Cosmetic Surgery, and long-Term Mate Selection in a Sample of AUB Students.‖ Academic Services 1. FAS Research Committee. 2. Coordinator of psychology introductory course sections. 3. Faculty of Health Sciences Petri advisory board. 4. Member, SBS brown bag committee. 5. Member, FAS Graduate Committee.

Shahe Kazarian

MA Thesis Supervision Completed Masters Theses 1. Moghnie, Lamia, Thesis Title: ―Parental Acceptance/Rejection, Humor Styles and Subjective Well-being among Lebanese University Students.‖ 2. Bawab, Souha, ―Brother-Sister Relationships, Attachment Styles, and Marital Satisfaction in a Community Sample in Lebanon.‖

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3. Fayad, Yasmine, ―Validation of the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale in a Sample of Lebanese Community.‖

Theses In Progress Rama Baaj, Pauline El Kallasi , Raffi Elmadjian (proposal defended), Rana Merhi, Cynthia Stephan (proposal defended), and Lucy Tavitian (proposal defended)

Academic Services Involvement (with Dr. Tima Al-Jamil) in the drafting of the proposal for a Master‘s Program in Clinical Psychology and supervising the process of registration of the Program with NYSED.

Samir Khalaf Conferences and Workshops 1. Gave the ―opening speech‖ for the ―International Symposium on Edward Said‖ sponsored by the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature (College Hall, November 11, 2009). 2. Made a presentation in the Inaugural AUB Alumni Literary Festival. I was one of 11 AUB graduates celebrated during the event (West Hall, March 25, 2010). 3. Presented a paper ―Managing Pluralism in Lebanon‖ in a conference hosted by the Swiss Embassy and the Carnegie Middle East Center on Managing Pluralism: Socio Experience and Implications for Lebanon (Monroe Hotel, May 14, 2010). 4. Participated in a Book Panel: At the Edge of the City. Organized by the School of Architecture and Issam Faris Policy Studies (School of Architecture, May 31, 2010). Other Activities: 1. In connection with my collaboration with the Department of Architecture to host the Twelfth Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) at AUB on 10-13 December, 2010, considerable effort has been invested on preliminary planning for the event which is likely to involve accommodating over 300 international participants. 2. I continue to serve as a trustee on three Boards: AMIDEAST, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Chiha Foundation. The first two involve usually three ―conference call‖ meetings which occasionally require attentive participation for about three hours. 3. During the past two months I started reaching out for possible sources of funding to support the yearly international conference the CBR has been hosting.

Jad Melki

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1. Internet Publishing in the Arab World. Fourth Arab Free Press Forum, Beirut, Lebanon, June 6, 2010. Panel included Gamal Eid, Egypt; Nabil Al Soufi, Yemen; Fadi Abu Sada, Palestine; Daoud Kuttab, Jordan. 2. Situation Analysis on Adolescents and Youth in MENA: Phase III Thematic Roundtable: Media Consumption and Production. Issam Fares Institute conference, West Hall, AUB, March 24, 2010. 3. US, Arab and Israeli TV News Coverage of the 2006 Lebanon War. CASAR Conference, AUB, Jan 2010. 4. Problems Facing Media Educators in Lebanon. Arab Book Festival, Dec 19, 2009. Panel included Lebanese Minister of Information, Dr. May al-Abdallah, and Ms. Magda Abu Fadel. 5. Media Education in the Arab World, AUSACE conference, November 7-10, 2009. 6. Freedom of Expression & Global Academic Discourse. American Association of University Professors conference, Washington, DC, July 11-13, 2009. 7. Covering Terrorism, a workshop for Moroccan Journalists in Rabat and Casablanca, July 1-6, 2009.

Nidal Najjar

Academic Services: 1. Member, Social and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board (January 2010- present). 2. Member, Policies & Procedures Committee for Risk Management and Reduction (January 2010-present). 3. Member, Program Learning Outcomes Committee (February 2010-present). 4. Member, Student Academic Affairs Committee (October 2009-present). 5. Academic advisor for 42 and 36 undergraduates in psychology in the Fall and Spring 2009-2010 semesters, respectively. 6. Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in Psychology (October 2008-present). 7. .Coordinator of the Psychology Colloquium (October 2008-present). 8. Chair of the SBS Social Committee (February 2009-present). 9. Member of the SBS Website Committee (October 2007-present). 10. Moderator of a panel discussion on ―Educating children with special needs.‖ the American University of Beirut Alumni Literary Festival, Beirut, Lebanon. (March, 2010).

MA Thesis Supervision: 1. Master‘s Thesis Committee Membership (as the Advisor): Jihane Ghorayeb (proposal, May 2010). 2. Master‘s Thesis Committee Membership (as a Reader):

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Cozette Salloum (Balamand University; defense, December 2009). Roula Sayadi (Balamand University; defense, March 2010). Rana Merhi (defense, May 2010). Lucy Tavitian (proposal, May 2010). Raffi Elmadjian (proposal, May 2010). Yasmine Fayad (defense, June 2010). Thia Segharian (defense, June 2010). Cynthia Stephan (proposal, June 2010).

Kirsten Scheid

Panels, Roundtables Organized or Co-Organized 2010, ―Aesthetics, Politics, and Cultural Practices in Arab Societies Today,‖ workshop sponsored by the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Europe in the Middle East – the Middle East in Europe. Invited Lectures and Presentations 1. 2010, ―How is there no Art here? An invented dilemma for contemporary Arab art and the case of Lebanon,‖ at Kunst, Architektur und materielle Kultur des Vorderen Orients, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg. 2. 2010, ―The Political Aesthetics of Slumber and Amnesia,‖ for Constructions of History and its Aesthetic Transcription in Arab Contemporary Art conference, Free University of Berlin. 3. 2010, ―Erasure and Distortion: the Ottoman Memory in Contemporary Beirut Art Production,‖ Ottoman Urban Studies Seminar, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin. 4. 2010, Guest Seminar: Townhouse Independent Study Program in Contemporary Art, The Town House Gallery, Cairo. 5. 2010, Guest Seminar: ―Nudes in Action: Towards a Theory of Convergent Modernity,‖ for Les arts visuels modernes et contemporains en pays d‘Islam – Etat des lieux, University of Geneva. 6. 2010, Invited discussant at ―Layers of Islamic Art and the Museum Context‖ conference held at the Islamic Museum of Art (The Pergamon), Berlin, Germany. 7. 2009, ―Aesthetics and Citizenship in the Paintings of the Arab Renaissance,‖ Berliner Seminar, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. 8. 2009, "You're Invited: Virtues, Aesthetics, and Networks of Elite Beiruti Youth," Department of Anthropology, Swarthmore College. 9. 2009, ―The Mysterious Sculpture and Its Missing Fixity,‖ The Lives of Artworks In and After War, round table, Beirut Art Center, June, Beirut, Lebanon. 10. 2009, ―Outrageous Performances: Rites of Passage among Elite Lebanese Pubescents,‖ Marginalization and Mobilization of Youth in the Near East Conference, Center for Behavioral Research

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11. 2009, ―In the Red Glow: Upper-Class Lebanese Birthday Parties as Virtual Rites of Passage,‖ Issam Fares Policy Center

General Conference Participation 1. 2010, ―Landscapes of Secular Piety: First-hand documents of an experiment in modern citizenry,‖ Islam in Performance: Pious Art Productions in the Muslim World panel, at World Congress for Middle East Studies, Barcelona, Spain. 2. 2009, ―Making Landscapes in Lebanon and Lebanon in Landscapes,‖ for Creativity and Labor: Artists, Anthropologists, and Knowledge-making panel, American Anthropological Association meetings. 3. 2009, ―Painting the Nahda: Secularism, Piety, and Landscapes,‖ Middle East Studies Association meetings.

Professional Service Activities: 1. Lebanese National Committee for the 54th Venice Biennale, National Executive Committee Member. 2. Grant Reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. 3. EASA media anthropology network, E-seminar discussant 4. Editorial Board Member, Arab Studies Journal. 5. Editorial Board Member, Encounters: An International Journal for the Study of Culture and Society. 6. Manuscript reviewer for Critical Interventions; Gender, Culture, Place; MIT- EJMES, Arab Studies Journal .

Nadiya Slobodenyuk

Member of seven Master‘s Thesis Committees Academic Services: 1. Member, Academic Affairs Committee, FAS. 2. Member, Social Committee. 3. Member, Brown Bag Committee. 4. Member, Course Learning Outcome Committee, SBS. 5. Member, Program Learning Outcome Committee, SBS. 6. Coordinator, Graduate program in psychology. Other Conducted workshop on memory and mnemonic techniques

Richard Saumarez Smith

1. Common lectures for CVSP. Odyssey-II, Herodotus, Aristotle‘s ethics, Machiavelli, Shakespeare‘s The Tempest, Hobbes, Locke, and Enlightenment-I (Adam Smith and Kant).

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2. Service to the university a. Director of CVSP. b. University Senate, secretary. c. FAS Advisory Committee. d. FAS Majorless Advisor and Special Student Advisor. 3. Conference/workshop. ―Towards a new agenda for multi-disciplinary research on modern Middle Eastern history‖, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 14-15 May 2010. The workshop was organized to discuss Governing property, ruling the modern state: Law, administration and production in Ottoman Syria, by Martha Mundy and myself (IB. Tauris, 2007).

Livia Wick

Master‘s Thesis Committee Membership As advisor: Zeina Zayour, MA in Anthropology. Thesis defense scheduled for Summer 2010. As committee member: 1. Sarah Mallat, MA in Sociology. Thesis defense scheduled for June 2010-2011. 2. Nessim Ferdowsi, MA in Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, 2009. 3. Diana Farhood, MA in Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, 2009. Academic Services: 1. Member, Graduate Committee, FAS, since Spring 2007- 2008. 2. Member, Admissions Committee, FAS, since Fall 2007-2008. 3. Graduate Studies Advisor for Anthropology MA students. Conferences, workshops and other activities 1. 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‘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. 2. September 2009: Society for Medical Anthropology Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Presented a paper entitled ―Persevering and continuing life under closure.‖

F. PUBLICATIONS

Arne Dietrich Articles:

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1. Dietrich*, A., & Stoll, O. (2010). ―Effortlessness attention, hypofrontality and perfectionism.‖ In B. J. Bruya (Ed.), Effortless attention: A new perspective in the cognitive science of attention and action, (pp. 159-178). MIT Press. Invited. 2. Dietrich, A. (2010). ―The mechanics of creativity.‖ Proceedings of the Congrès International MSHS, Université de Poitiers. Poitiers, France. Invited.

Nabil Dajani

1. ―Arab Satellite Coverage of the War on Gaza,‖ Al-Mustakbal al-Arabi, no. 365, vol. 7, July/August. 2. ―An Overview of Arab Development Communication‖, The International Encyclopedia of Communication, Blackwell publishing. 3. Communication for Development: Making a Difference (contributing editor with Jan Servaes as the main editor), World Bank Publications.

Sari Hanafi

Books 1. Hanafi, S. (2010) (Ed.) State of Exception and Resistance in The Arab World. Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies. 310 p. (Arabic) 2. Ophir*, A. and M. Giovanni* and S. Hanafi (Ed.) The Power of Inclusive Exclusion: Anatomy of Israeli Rule in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. New York: Zone Books. 634 p. Chapters in Edited Refereed Books الحكم والحبكميت وحبلت االستثىبء في مخيّمبث الالجئيه ― (Hanafi, S. and Taylor Long* (2010 Governance, Governmentalities, and the State of Exception in the‗] ‖الفلسطيىييه في لبىبن Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon‘]. S. Hanafi (Ed.) State of Exception and Resistance in The Arab World. Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies. Pp. 107-138. (Arabic) تقذيـم: تأطير الفضبء السيبسي ـ االجتمبعي العربي حبكميت الذولت والحكم ― (Hanafi, S. (2010 .1 Introduction: Framing Arab socio-political space: state―] ‖وحركبث االحتجبج الالمؤسسبتيت governmentality, governance and non-institutional protestation‖]. S. Hanafi (Ed.) State of Exception and Resistance in The Arab World. Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies. Pp. 13-38. (Arabic) 2. Hanafi, S. (2010) ―Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon: Laboratory of Indocile Identity Formation‖. Mohamed Ali Khalidi ed., The Lived Reality of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon. Institute of Palestine Studies.

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Mohamed Ali ‖إدارة مخيمبث الالجئيه في لبىبن: حبلت االستثىبءوالبيوسيبسيت― (Bio–politics) .3 Khalidi (Ed.) Tajaliyyat al-hawiyyah: al-waqi` al-mu`ash lil-laji'in al-filastiniyyin fi lubnan Manifestations of Identity. Institute of Palestine Studies. Pp. 49-86. 4. Çuhadar*, E. and S. Hanafi (2010) ―Israel and Palestine: Civil Societies in Despair‖. Thania Paffenholz (ed.) Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment. Lynne Rienner Publishers. Pp. 207-234. 5. Hanafi, S. (2010) Entry: ―Palestinian Diaspora‖. Encyclopedia of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. 3 vols. Lynne Rienner. Apr. 2010. 4 p. 6. Hanafi, S. (2009) ―Palestinian Refugee Camps in the Palestinian Territory: Territory of Exception and Locus of Resistance‖ in A. Ophir and M. Giovanni and S. Hanafi (Eds.) The Power of Inclusive Exclusion: Anatomy of Israeli Rule in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. New York: Zone Books, pp. 495-517. 7. Ophir, A., M. Givoni & S. Hanafi (2009) ―Introduction‖ in A. Ophir and M. Giovanni and S. Hanafi (Eds.) The Power of Inclusive Exclusion: Anatomy of Israeli Rule in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. New York: Zone Books, pp. 15-30. 8. Hanafi, S. (2009) ―Palestinian Sociological Production: Funding and National Considerations‖. Sujata Patel ed., International Handbook of Diverse Sociological Traditions. Sage London. 9. Hanafi, S. (2009) "Palestinian Refugee Camps: Disciplinary Space and Territory of Exception‖ Issam Nassar & Rasha Salti eds., I would have Smiled. Photographing the Palestinian Refugee Experience. Institute of Palestinian Studies. Pp. 67-82. Articles in Refereed Journals 1. Hanafi, S. & T. Long* ‗Governance, Governmentalities, and the State of Exception in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon‘. Oxford Refugee Studies. Pp. 34-60. الذولت القوميت الالمروت والموا َطىت المروت: إطبر جذيذ لتقييم حراك الالجئيه ― (Hanafi, S. (2010 .2 Flexible Citizenship and the Inflexible Nation-State: New] ‖الفلسطيىييه في المىطفت العربيت Framework for Appraising the Palestinian Refugees‘ Movements]. Idafat: Arab Journal of Sociology. Issue 10. Pp. 29-56. 3. Hanafi, S. (2010) ‗Framing Arab socio-political space: state governmentality, governance and non-institutional protestation‘. Contemporary Arab Affairs. London: Routledge. Vol. 3, No. 2. Pp. 148–162. 4. Hanafi, S. (2010) ―Haifa and its Refugees: The Remembered, the Forgotten and the Repressed‖. Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, 3(1): 176-191. 5. Early version: ―Exodus stories: the power of oral history‖. Méditerranéennes/Mediterraneans. Spring 2010. N°14 6. Ph. Misselwitz* & S. Hanafi (2009) ‗Testing a New Paradigm: UNRWA‘s Camp Improvement Programme‘. Refugee Survey Quarterly. Number 2-3.

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7. Hanafi, S. (2009) ―Human Rights Watch and the Risk of Postmodern Non- Beirut: Center of Arab Unity .(مجلت المستقبل العربي ) politics‖. Al-Mustaqbal al-Arabi Studies. No 370. Pp. 37-57. (Arabic)

Charles Harb

Peer reviewed articles: 1. Smith, P. B., Huang, H. J., Harb, C., Torres, C. (In Press). How distinctive are indigenous ways of achieving influence? A comparative study of guanxi, wasta, jeitinho and ―pulling strings‖. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 2. Dbaibo-Darwiche, D., Harb*, C., Van Meurs, N. (In Press). Value Incongruence and Organizational Justice as Predictors of Perceived Stress in Lebanese Organizational settings. Journal of Applied Psychology: An International Review. 3. Rebeiz, M., & Harb*, C. (2010). Perceptions of rape and attitudes towards women in a sample of Lebanese students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(4), 735-752. 4. Fischer, R., Ferreira, M. C., Asmar, E., Redford, P., Harb, C., et al. (2009). Individualism-Collectivism as descriptive norms: development of a subjective norm approach to culture measurement. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 40(2), 187-213. 5. Matsumoto, D., Yoo, S. H., Fontaine, J. et al., (2009). Hypocrisy or maturity: culture and context differentiation. European Journal of Personality, 23, 1-14.

Shahe Kazarian

Peer Reviewed Articles 1. Kazarian, S.S. (2009). Validation of the Armenian Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) among ethnic Armenians in Lebanon. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 55, 442-448. 2. Kazarian, S.S., Ruch, W., & Proyer, R.T. (2009). Gelotophobia in the Lebanon: The Arabic version of a questionnaire for the subjective assessment of the fear for being laughed at. Arab Journal Psychiatry, 20, 42-56. 3. Kazarian, S.S. (2009). Arab contingencies of self-worth: Arabic translation and validation of the Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale in Lebanese youth. Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 20, 123-134. 4. Kazarian, S.S., & Taher, D. (2010). Validation of the Arabic Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale in a Lebanese Community Sample. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 26, 68-73. 5. Kazarian, S.S. (2010). Cultural appropriateness of the Family Assessment Device (FAD) in the case of ethnic Armenian adolescents in Lebanon. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 56, 230-238.

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Books: 1. With Roseanne Saad Khalaf eds., Arab Culture and Society. London: Saqi Books, 2009). Articles: 1. ―On the Interplay between the Individual and Society.‖ In Samir & Roseanne Khalaf eds., Arab Culture & Society London: Saqi Books, 2009, 1-8. 2. ―The Commercialization of Sexual Outlets in Lebanon.‖ In Samir & Roseanne Khalaf, eds., Arab Society & Culture. London: Saqi Press, 2009, 167-73. 3. ―The Bourj as a cosmopolitan sphere.‖ In Samir & Roseanne Khalaf, eds., Arab Society & Culture. London: Saqi Press, 2009, 368-379. 4. ―On Rootes & Routes: The Reassertion of Primordial loyalties.‖ In Samir & Roseanne Khalaf, eds., Arab Society & Culture. London: Saqi Press, 2009, 192-207. 5. ―Lebanese Artists in Troubled Times.‖ In R. Ramsmussen, ed., Lebanese Contemporary Artists. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Museum, 2010, 1-21.

Jad Melki

1. Melki, Jad. (2010). ―Why Journalists Need to Learn About Trauma.‖ Nieman Reports, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. 2. Melki, Jad. (2009, Oct.). ―Journalism and Media Studies in Lebanon.‖ Journalism Studies, Routledge, 10(5), pp. 672 - 690.

Kirsten Scheid

1. Forthcoming ―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. 2. 2010 ―Necessary Nudes —Hadatha and Mu`asira in the Lives of Modern Lebanese,‖ with International Journal of Middle East Studies, 42 (2, May):203-230. 3. 2009 ―Missing Nike: On Oversights, Doubled Sights, and Universal Art Understood through Lebanon,‖ Museum Anthropology, 32(2, Fall 2009). 4. Forthcoming Invited book review of Improvising Theory: Process and Temporality in Ethnographic Fieldwork by Allaine Cerwonka and Liisa Malkki, for American Ethnologist. 5. 2010 Invited book review of Creative Reckonings: The Politics of Art and Culture in Contemporary Egypt by Jessica Winegar, for International Journal of Middle East Studies, 42 (2, May):330-332.

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―Building the Infrastructure, Modeling the Nation: the case of birth in Palestine,‖ Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry (An International Journal of Cross Cultural Health Research, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Volume 32, No. 3, September 2008.

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences is facing a problem in filling the vacant position in clinical psychology. Its search is now in its second year without success. We hope, through personal contacts, to be able to attract some of our outstanding graduates who have excelled abroad. Although the department was able to rehabilitate a seminar space in Nicely Hall to accommodate three faculty offices and a graduate room, it is still in need of office space for its faculty. An important objective is to develop cooperative research projects among members of the SBS faculty as well as organize interdisciplinary conferences to which members of the different SBS programs can contribute.

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UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY PROGRAM

A. SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS

During the year 2009-2010, the University Preparatory Program (henceforth UPP) had to make changes in its syllabi to accommodate the new Senate decision that UPP students joining the freshman program could pass straight into the University without sitting for the SAT I. Prospective sophomore students would still need to take the SAT I. Therefore, two ‗branches‘ of university preparation had to be offered to students. The Program performed the following functions: 1. Orientation sessions at the beginning of each semester were held for both parents and students. 2. A student handbook was drafted specifically for UPP students. 3. The UPP website was updated. 4. Student advisers were appointed for each level to ensure coordination and student services. 5. Teacher resources were compiled with the help of a graduate student loaned by the English Department. 6. Student committees were formed to involve students in UPP and AUB activities. 7. A science component was incorporated into the Program to further prepare students for University. 8. UPP Faculty held workshops for students on topics of interest. 9. The field trip which had been planned for the end of the Spring semester had to be replaced by a lunch due to student strikes. 10. Two SWOT brainstorming sessions in addition to one-on-one consultations were held during the year to determine opportunities available to the Program to improve and increase enrolment. 11. UPP was asked to cater to graduate engineering students needing intensive English by creating a summer program. The program will begin on July 12th and end August 15th, 2010.

B. PERSONNEL

1. Faculty Members

Shaaban, Reem Director MA

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Harake, Rima Instructor MA Rihan, Samar Instructor MA Kasti, Houssam Instructor MA Mekkawi, Rola Instructor MA Abboud, Hiam Instructor (Fall 2009-2010) MA Ashkar, Nicolas Instructor (Fall 2009-2010) BE Nasr, Rima Instructor (Fall 2009-2010) CELTA Batato, Toufic Instructor (Spring 2010) MA

2. Non-Academic Staff

Ayyash, Samar Program Secretary

C. TEACHING

1. Student Enrollment in Courses

Fall Semester Spring Semester Total UPEN 001 04 -- 04 UPEN 002 11 -- 11 UPEN003 09 08 17 UPEN004 --- 07 07 UPSC001 --- 15 15 UPMA001 24 15 39

D. RESEARCH

Not applicable.

E. OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES

Reem Rashash-Shaaban

1. UPP Student Adviser. 2. Chair, UPP Disciplinary Committee. 3. Member and Unofficial Secretary, UPP Advisory Committee. 4. Adviser UP pinions (UPP Student Newsletter) Spring 2010.

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5. Attended the Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence from April 13th- May18th, 2010. 6. Attended the Seminar on Developing a Teaching Portfolio by Drs. BouJaoude, Dawy and Jamali on February 18th, 2010. 7. Attended the Team Based Learning Workshop by Lenny Michaelson on January 7th, 2010. 8. Wrote UPP Handbook. 9. Updated UPP website with Ms. Rima Harake 10. Wrote two proposals: English for Engineering Graduates, Summer College Preparation Program. 11. Supervised and wrote Midterm and Final examinations. 12. Wrote teacher evaluations. 13. Organized UPP Orientations and Field Trip. 14. Wrote Annual Report. 15. Conducted SWOT Brainstorming Activities and one-on-one consultations. 16. Gave a workshop to UPP Students. 17. Attended engineering classes. 18. Wrote two questionnaires: one for engineering professors, one for graduate students. 19. Drew up new syllabi for UPEN 007 English for Engineering Graduates (based on needs analysis questionnaires, research and interviews).

Toufic Batato

1. UPP Science Coordinator (Spring 2010). 2. Gave a workshop for UPP students. 3. Attended the Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence.

Rima El-Harake

1. Served as Secretary, UPP Departmental Meetings. 2. Adviser, level 3 (Fall 2009-2010). 3. English coordinator (2009-2010). 4. Designed and worked on UPP website. 5. Took hands on training for UPP website. 6. Attended to Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence hosted by CTL

Samar Harkous-Rihan

1. Attended the Mellon Seminar, Summer 2009. 2. Adviser, Level 2 (Fall 2009-2010).

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3. Attended to Faculty Seminar on Learning and Teaching Excellence hosted by CTL 4. Co-presented the following workshops organized by the Department of Education. a. Assessment and Evaluation of Writing (2010). b. Integrating critical Thinking into Process Writing Instruction (2010). c. Recent Trends in the Methodology of Teaching in English (2010). d. Teaching Reading in the English Classroom (2010).

F. PUBLICATIONS

Not applicable

G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The Program plans to continue its mission to prepare students for the university by providing a social studies component in addition to the newly added science component which UPP students found extremely beneficial. The Program also hopes to be able to offer other university preparation programs for graduate students such as intensive English for science and the humanities. In the effort to increase enrollment, the Program proposes, in collaboration with the Admissions Office, to send formal letters to the cultural attaches of the various embassies to inform them of the Freshman option. Another option would be to collaborate with the Development Office and have donors provide scholarships for high achieving students from all areas of Lebanon, thus increasing the student diversity of the Program.

Director R.Rashash Shaaban

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