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Curriculum – Vitae CURRICULUM – VITAE Mohammed I. Mahameed Department of English Language and Literature Academic Position: Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Isra University E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Mobile No. : 00962-776198628 Personal Data - Date of Birth: June 17,1967 - Place of Birth: Irbid, Jordan - Nationality: Jordanian - Material Status: Married - Number of Children: Two Ibrahim : Born in 1996 Hashim : Born in 2004 Education - Ph.D., British Literature/Novel, Mumbai University, India, 2001. - M.A., English Literature, Mumbai University, India, 1994. - B.A., English Language and Literature, University of Poona, India, 1992. Research Interests: Critical Theory, Orientalism, and British and American Studies Teaching Experience -MEU Univertsity, Associate Professor, 2017- Up To Date - Isra University, Associate Professor, 2015-2017. Tafila Technical University, Associate Professor, 11-2011- 2014). - Tafila Technical University, Assistant Professor, 2005 – 11-2011). - AL-EHSSA Boys' College (Saudi Arabia), Assistant Professor, 2004 - 2005. - Zarka Private University, Assistant Professor, 2002-2004. * Teaching Areas - Primary: British Literature/ British Studies - Secondary: The Critical Theory and American Literature * Courses Taught Lower-division : Introduction to Literature, Survey of British and American Literature, Prose and Poetry, Drama and the Essay, Basic Skills of English, Introduction to the Novel, Teaching English language through English Literature, Literary Criticism. Upper-division : Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Twentieth-Century American Literature, The Novel, Major Writer, The Modern Short Story, Twentieth-Century British and American Drama. Graduate: Twentieth-Century British Fiction, Modern American. eratur * Publications I. Articles 1- Mahameed, Mohammed, Pynchon’s Use of Allusions as Post-Modern Strategy :Life Masks a Void. (Published in Remarkings- India, March 2007, ISSN 0972-611X) 2- _________________and Khan Farhadiba The Silver Lining: Uncovering Greyness from John Cheever's Stories. (Published in Revista Letra Magna, Portugal August 2007, ISSN 1807-5193) 3- _________________ and Khan Farhadiba Exploring the ‘Romantic in Emily Bronte’s Poetry: An Analysis’. Published in The Atlantic Critical Review, Volume 7. No. 3, July September 2008). 4- _________________ and Khan Farhadiba Study in Cultural Semantics of Translation (Published in BABEL- France, June 2009, ISSN: 0521-9744) 5- Mahameed, Mohammed, 'Diverse Gender Perspectives: Monster/Angel in Mailer's, An American Dream', Accepted for Publication. 6- Mahameed, Mohammed, 'Meredith’s Women Characters and Victorian Reform'. Accepted for Publication. 7- Mahameed, Mohammed, 'Eliot and Lawrence' Submitted for publication to Atlantic Journals, India. 8. Mahameed, Mohammed, ' The Effeminized Hero or Authorial Projection: Charlotte Bronte's The Professor'. Published in Canadian Center of Science and Education, English Language and Literature Studies , Volume 1-No 2, 2011. 9- Mahmeed Mohammed and Majed Abdul Karim, The Experience of Alienation in Toni Morrison’s Work: Man’s Fragmentation and Concomitant Distortion, Published in Canadian Center of Science and Education, English Language and Literature Studies , Volume 7- No 2, 2017. 10. Issa Abdel Razaq and Mohammed Mahameed, The Morphosyntax of Negative Pronouns Constructions in Jordanian Arabic,( Advances in Language and Literary Studies ISSN: 2203-4714, Vol. 8 No. 3; June 2017, Australian International Academic Centre, Australia. 12. Mahmameed Mohammed, Animosity Towards Women: The Repudiation of Intolerance in Eudora Welty's Literary Canon. Accepted for Publication. AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE f o r P o l i c y D e v e l o p m e n t, International Journal of Language and Literature. II. FORTHCOMING : 1. Mahameed, Mohammed, ' The Agony of Alienation in Toni Morrison’s Novels'. 2. Mahameed, Mohammed, ‘Bronte and the Polemics of love in the Victorian’ Era’. 3. Mahameed, Mohammed, ‘Chaucer’s Concept of Destiny’ 4. Mahameed, Mohammed, ' Beyond Spirituality: Religious Concerns in Morrison's Paradise', Forthcoming. III. Administrative Responsibilities: Head of English Department, Isra University, Since 2015- 2017. Head of English Department, Tafila Technical University, since 15th, Sept. 2013- 2014. Head of English Department, Tafila Technical University, 14th Sept. 2008- 15th 2009. The founder of English Department in Tafila Technical University, 2005-06 VI. Departmental Committees - Library Committee. (2005- ) - Scientific Research Committee. (2005- ) - Dept. Representative at Faculty Council. (2005- ) - Academic Timetable Committee. (2005- ) - Academic Plan Committee. (2005- ) - Course Equating Committee. (2005- ) - Timetable, Exam and Check up Committee (2005- ) - Cultural Activities , 2006/2007, 2009- 2010, 2011-2013 - Sponsored Students , 2006/2007 - Member in the Organizing Committee of The Of ‘APETAU Second Regional Forum: The Petra Forum’ Committees: The committee for establishing language centre in Tafilah Technical University The committee for administering English language elementary and intermediate exams in Tafilah Technical University Chairman of administering 99, 101, 102 tests (coordination, administrative arrangements, and assigning exam supervisors) Committee for preparing a brochure about the Tafilah Technical University both in English and Arabic Committee for updating Faculty Guide in Tafilah Technical University Chairman of reviewing final official grade reports Committee for monitoring the electronic transition in the Faculty of Arts department Committee for monitoring makeup exams 2006/2007 Tafilah Technical University Students Club Committee Academic research committee in Tafilah Technical University English Department 2007/2008 Exams and Curriculum committee in Tafilah Technical University 2007/2008 The Second International Petra Forum Organizing Committee, April 2007 The Committee for Human Development and Security in a Changing World Conference 10-12 June/ 2007 Committee of trustees for Human Development and Security in a Changing World Conference Teaching a general English language course for Tafilah Agriculture Directorate employees Teaching English fundamentals for All Jordan Youth Commission members (AJYC) Faculty members and lecturers disciplinary committee 2008 The committee for administering elementary and intermediate exams of English and Arabic language and Computer skills in Tafila Technical University 2009/2010 Letters of thanks and gratitude: A letter of gratitude from the President of Tafila Technical University 'Professor Sultan Abu-Orabi' for administering the third round of Tafilah Technical University Students Union A letter of gratitude from the Dean Assistant for monitoring English exam procedures (99, 101,102). A letter of gratitude from Professor Lewis Maqtash for the success of Petra International Forum Conference for Scholars of English language and Translation in Arab Universities. A letter of gratitude from the English Department chairman for commitment and diligence. A letter of gratitude from the Dean of Arts faculty for commitment and diligence. A letter of gratitude from the President of Tafila Technical University'Yakub Al-Massafeh' for commitment and diligence as a head department. Member of the Editorial Board in “International Journal of English and Literature (http://www.academicjournals.org/IJEL/Editors.htm)”. * Membership in Professional Organizations - Member and Representative of the Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities (APETAU, Jordan) in the Southern region of Jordan. .
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