Academic Experience: the Hashemite University: Jordan, (2001-) - Associate Prof

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Dr. Issa Odeh Barhouma Associate professor of Arabic Linguistics Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts, the Hashemite University – Jordan Department of Arabic Language and Literature

Scientific Certificates: - PhD. In Arabic Linguistics. The University of Jordan, 2001. The Dissertation’s title: “The Linguistic Behavior and the Gender differences in Arabic.” Supervised by Prof. Nihad El-Mousa. - MA in Arabic and Syntax. The Yarmouk University, 1998. The dissertation’s title: “the Masculine and Feminine in Language and Syntax: a Descriptive and Statistic Study. - High Diploma in Education and Psychology. The University of Jordan, 1994. - BA in Arabic Language and Literature, minor major: History. The University of Jordan, 1993.

Research fields of Interest:  Arabic Linguistics.  The studies of history and civilization.  Human rights.  The studies of Women and Children.  Civilizations’’ dialogue and cultural coexistence.  The studies of the marginalized.  The studies of media and cinema.  The linguistic-neurotic programming.

Academic experience: The Hashemite University: Jordan, (2001-) - Associate Prof. of linguistics in the Arabic dept., 2008 up-to-date. - Assistant Prof. of linguistics in the Arabic dept., 2003-2008. - Full-time lecturer in the Arabic dept., 2002 – 2003.

The Zaitounah University: Jordan, (2001-2002) - Part-time lecturer in Arabic Science and Phonetics.

The University of Jordan: The Languages Center, (1998-2001) - Part-time lecturer in Arabic Skills of Communication.

Courses I taught: a. For the undergraduate level:  Arabic phonetics.  Arabic lexicons.  Grammar and syntax drills.  An introduction to linguistics.  Contemporary linguistic issues.  Arabic philology.  Syntax 1.  Syntax 2.  Morphology.  Arabic language skills.  Communication skills I.  Communication skills II.

b. For the graduate level:  Linguistic issues.  Syntactic issues.  Semantics.  Modern linguistics.

Membership of committees in the Hashemite University: - Member of the cultural committee in the Arabic dept., representative of the dept. in the cultural committee of the Faculty of Arts. - Member of the social committee in the Arabic dept. - Member of the committee of development and quality in the Faculty of Arts. - Member of the committee of appointment and …… in the Arabic dept. - Member of testing the linguistic and knowledge competence in the Faculty of Arts. - Member of the committee of literary creativity contests in the Hashemite University. - Member of writing the Arabic Language Course I. - Dept’s representative for setting the MA study plan in the Methods of Teaching Arabic for non-Arab students. - Member of the committee of the study plan in the Arabic dept. - Chairman of the committee of linguistic and knowledge competence. - Chairman of the committee of the study plan in the Arabic dept. - Chairman of the committee of student’s affairs. - Chairman of the committee for the development of the university’s Website. - Spokesman of the preparation committee for the First International Conference of the Arabic dept. on: The Arab Child: His Language and Literature, (2006).

Other memberships:

- Member of the extended consultation committee for the International Conference on “The Scenario of the Israeli-Arab Relation until 2015” held by the Middle Eastern Studies Center, (2005). - Member of the scientific committee of the International conference on “The Scenario of the Israeli-Arab Relation until 2015” held by the Middle Eastern Studies Center, (2005). - Member of the committee of Literature and Criticism in the Jordanian Writers’ Society, 2005. - Member of the Jordanian Writers’ Society. - Member of the General Union for the Arab Writers. - Member of the International Council for Arabic Language. - Chairman of the Research and Studies section in the Jordanian Est. for Research and consolations, 1998-2002. - Member of the editorial board of the Middle Eastern Affairs Journal, arbiter journal.

Referee Researches: No Research Title Journal Issued by Volume date

1 Language and Media The Journal of Communication: the Widespread the Jordanian use of Foreign Names in the Language Commercial Signs in Jordan as an Example

2 The Semiotics of the Title in the The Arab Kuwait University Linguistic Study Journal for Humanities

3 Manifestations of Cultural and Mu’tah Journal Mu’tah University 1 Social Life in the Pre-Islamic for Researches Period in “Al-Mufaddaliyat” and Studies (Joined res.)

4 The Social Environment in the Damascus The University of 2 Child’s Language in the pre-school University Damascus age in Amman City. (Joined res.) Journal for Literature and Humanities

5 Teaching in a Foreign Language: a A referee Cairo University, Dar Picture of our Cultural Alienation research, Al-Uloum published within the documents of the 3rd

international conference of the Science of Teaching in a Foreign Language

6 Representations of Language in Alam E-Fikr The National Council 1st the Political Discource Journal for Culture, Arts and Literatures –Kuwait

7 A Clash of Civilizations or a Islamiat El- The International Dialogue of Civilizations? A Ma’fifah Jounal Center for Islamic Balanced View of Coexistence Thinking – US.

8 The Standards of Arabization in Atlas Journal for Atlas International “Almu’arreb” book of Jawaliqi. Studies and Center for Studies Researches and Researches

9 The Linguistic Storage for the The Arab The Kuwaiti Society 8th Child in the Pre-school Age in Childhood for Advancing Arab Jordan: an Educational and Journal Childhood Linguistic Study.

10 Representations of Language and The Journal of The University of 9th Society in “Albayan Wal-Tabyeen” Eden University Eden. for Social and Human Sciences

11 The Social Manifestations in the Aqsa University Al-Aqsa University, Arab Linguistic Scene in Al- Journal Palestine Maidani’s “Mujama’ Al-Amthal”

Books:  Language and Sex: A Linguistic Archeology in Masculinity and Femininity, Dal-Al- Shurouk, Amman, 2002.  An Introduction to Linguistics, Al-Mu’assasah Al-Watanyiah, Amman, 2005.  The Memory of Meaning: A Study in the Arabic Lexicons, The Arab Est. for Studies and Publishing, Beirut, 2005  The Struggle between Cultural Values: A Study in the Discourse After September 11, Middle Eastern Studies’ Center, Amman, 2006.  Arabic Language I, co-author, The Hashemite University, 2006.  Arabic Language and the Questions of the Age, co-author, Dar Al-Shurouk, Amman, 2007. 4

Supervision of Graduate Students’ Dissertations: - A thesis entitled “The Syntactic Formulations between Formalism and Functionalism.” By the student Khalil Ghazi Abu-Afifah, The Hashemite University, 2004. - A thesis entitled “The Multiplicity of the Functional Syntactic Meaning: A study in Formulation and Sign.” By the student Ala’ Mohammad Sanóun. The Hashemite University, 2004. - A thesis entitled “The Role of the Audience in Formulating a Theory of Arabic Syntax: Syboueyh’s Book as a Study Case.” By the student Aminah Abd-Karim Abu-Joudeh. The Hashemite University, 2005. - A thesis entitled “The Child’s Language in the Kindergarten before School in Zarqa City: A Study in Psychological Linguistics.”By the student Lina Talal Zoubi, April 2007. - A thesis entitled “Discourse Analysis of the Islamic Parties through Messages in the Umayyad Age.” By the student Amal Bader Abu-Se’eileek, May, 2007. - A thesis entitled “Describing the Arabic Syntax in the Light of Computed Linguistics: The Past Tense Verb as a Case of Study.” By the student Ilham Al-Zaben, May, 2008. - A thesis entitled “Describing Verbs in the Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish in the Light of Computed Linguistics.” By the student Ahmad Anis, April, 2009. - A thesis entitled “Describing the Derivatives in the Poetry of Bader Shaker Sayyab in the Light of Computed Linguistics.”By the student Izzat Al-Ajouri, April, 2009. - A thesis entitled “Analysis of Political Discourse: The July 2006 War as a Case of Study.” By the student Rami Yonus, June, 2009. - A thesis entitled “Analysis of the Woman Directed Discourse in the Prophet Sayings.” By the student Mahmoud Qaddoum, to be discussed and defended in November, 2009. - A thesis entitled “The Duality of the Male and Female in the Light of the Cultural- Linguistic Criticism: The “Muhuit” Lexicon as a Study Case.” By the student Ayat Kiwan, expected to be discussed and defended in January, 2010. - A thesis entitled “The Semantic Fields in the Arab Proverbs of the Formula ‘Af’al’: A Sicio-semantic Study.”By the student Ahmad Abul-Taher, expected to be discussed in April, 2010.

Participations in Discussing and Examining Graduate Students: Participated in testing and discussing more than 30 theses of graduate and post-graduate students.

Evaluation of Researches: Evaluated a number of researches for eminent journals issued by academic and research institutes.

Editing Books and Researches:

Edited dozens of books in the fields of philosophy, linguistics, sociology, Arab and Islamic history and thought, media, human rights, studies of women and children and memoirs.

Conferences and Panels: 1. International: The Arab world and the West: Barriers and Bridges. Held by the International Institute for the Unity of the Nation, Malaysia, Kwalambor, 5-7 December, 2006.

2. Arab and Regional: - The 3rd International Conference of the Language Science under the title “Teaching in Foreign Languages in the Arab World” Dar al-Ulum, the University of Cairo, 14-14 February, 2006. - The conference of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in Al-Aqsa University under the title: “The Text between Analysis, Interpretation and Receiving.” April 4, 2006. - “Globalization and its Effects on the Islamic World in the Economic and Cultural Domains,” a panel held by the International Institute for Islamic Thought and The Islamic Organization for Education, Science and Culture (Isisco), in cooperation with Al-Elbeit University, May 3-4, 2006. - The first general conference under the title: “The International Council of Arabic Language in the Service of ‘Fusha’.” The International Council for Arabic in Lebanon, January 2-3, 2006. - The Situation of Teaching Languages in the Teaching Institutes. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Ibn Zahr University, Agadeer, Morocco, April 16-18, 2007.

3. Local: - The 1st Scientific Conference of the Arabic Dept. in the University of Jordan, under the title: “The Horizons of Arabic Studies in Language and Literature between the Present and the Future,” May 16-18, 1999. - The Conference of Academic Freedom in the Arab World, held by Amman Center for Human Rights’ Studies, Amman, January 15-16, 2004. - The 1st Conference on Childhood and Family, under the title: “Towards a Happy Childhood and a Prosperous Family,” Queen Rania College for Childhood in the Hashemite University, and the National Council for Family Affairs, May 11-12, 2005. - The 5th International Conference on Language and Translation, under the title: “Contemporary Issues on Translation and Arabization.” Held by Atlas International Center for Studies and Researches, in cooperation with Zerqa University, Juanuary 18-19, 2005. - The Arab-European Relations after September 11: Reality and Horizons. Humanities Dept. in the Hashemite University, November 22-25, 2005. - The Conference on “Arabs and Israel in 2015: Potential Scenarios.”The Middle East Center, Jordan, November 27-29, 2005. - The 1st Scientific Conference of Al-Isra’ University on “The Arabic Language and Literature in the Jordanian Universities: Now and in the Future.” March 28-30, 2006.

- The 5th International Conference of the Faculty of Arts in Irbid Private University on “Discourse, Reality and Interpretation in Language, Literature and Criticism.” July 2- 3, 2006. - The International Symposium of Ahmad al-Farahidi, held by the Unit of Omani Studies in Al El-Beit University, July 23-25, 2006. - The 1st International Conference of the Arabic Language and Literature Dept. in the Hashemite University, under the title: “The Arab Child: His Literature and Language.” November 21-23, 2006. - A Panel on Computing the Data of the Sacred Qur’an, held by the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy, December 9, 2007.

Rewards: - The reward of Creative Appreciation, the essay writing, the University of Jordan, 1990. - The reward of Academic Excellence, The University of Jordan, 2001. - Participated in scientific and cultural panels and on the web. - Various studies and essays published in Arab magazines and newspapers.

Training Courses: - A course on software, 1995. - A course on computer, DISL, 2002. - A course on Teaching Methods, 1994. - A course on training university teachers in the Hashemite University, 2002. - A course on Blackboard, Computing Teaching, The Hashemite University, 2006/8. - A course on Neurotic-Linguistic Programming, NLP. - A course on Positive Thinking and Time Line Therapy.

Personal Information: - Married. - Espouse name: Siham. - Espouse education: BA in Arabic Language, the University of Jordan. BA in English Language, Philadelphia University. - Has four sons: Farah, born in 1995; Yazan: 1995; Yazid: 1999 and Bisharah: 2002. - Special interests: Painting and Design. Running Stprts.

References: - Prof. Nihad El-Mousa, Head of the Arabic Dept. and professor of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts, The University of Jordan. Tel.: 0096279556761. - Prof. Mohammad Al-Khattabi, professor of the Theory of Criticism in Ibn Zahr University, Morocco. Tel.: 0021264477039. - Prof. Abdul-Rhaman Al-Aref, Dean of the Faculty of Arabic Language, Um El-Qura University, Saudi Arabia, Tel.: 00966505603089.

Place of Residence: Jordan - Amman, Al-Aqsa suburb, Rawnaq Neighborhood, Fakhr El-Deen Str. Bldg 2. Home tel.: 00962 6 5694649. P. O. Box: 928189 Amman 11190 Jordan. Mobile: 0096 2796467762.

Postal Addresses and Contact Information: The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan Arabic Language and Literature Dept. Faculty of Arts P. O. Box: 150459 Zarqa 13115 Jordan. Website: drbarhouma.com. E. mail: [email protected]. [email protected].