Dr. Omar Imady

 

 

I. Personal

Date of birth:              July 8, 1966

Languages:                  English & Arabic (Native)

            Working knowledge of Persian, French and German

Computer skills:          Command of Word, PowerPoint, and FrontPage

Email:                          omar.imady@gmail.com

                                    iomar01@nyit.edu

Website:                      http://omarimady.com/

 

 

II. Education

v                 Bachelor of Arts, BA (June 1988)

Ø                  Macalester College (St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America)

Ø                  Major: Middle Eastern Studies

Ø                  Core:   Economics

Ø                  Minor: History

v                 Master of Arts, MA (June 1990)

Ø                  University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America)  

Ø                  Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (SAS)        

Ø                  Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)

v                 Doctorate of Philosophy, PhD (December 1993)

Ø                  University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America)  

Ø                  Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (SAS)        

Ø                  Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)

o       Thesis Title: Journals, Associations & Political Parties

o       (Available at Van Pelt Library - Call Number: Diss. POPM1993.343)

  

 

III. Academic Positions & Activities

1. Full Time Academic Experience

A. New York Institute of Technology, NYIT (Amman, Jordan)

  • (August  2009 – Present) - Interim Campus Dean
  • (September 2006 – Present) - Dean of Students
  • (March 2008 - Present) - Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
  • (March 2008 – September 2008) - Interim Campus Dean
  • (August, 2004 – March 2008) - Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences

 

2. Part Time Academic Experience

  • (January – June 2003) - Assistant Professor

Higher Institute for Business Administration (Damascus, Syria)

 

3. Conferences, Seminars & Workshops

  • (March 2007) - The Implications of MBTI, Learning Styles on Teaching at the University Level

NYIT (Amman, Jordan)

  • (February 2007) - “Challenges of Private Higher Education”

Exhibition on Private University Education (Damascus, Syria)

  • (November 2006) - “Spirituality, Islam & the 21st Century”

Bassira Group Gathering (Amman, Jordan)

  • (October 2000) - “Inter-Faith Round Table

Conference organized by the Vatican (Milan, Italy)

  • (Fall 89 – Spring 93) - Middle Eastern Studies Center, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Presentations in workshops and seminars on issues related to the Middle East

 

4. Publications

A.    UN Publications

  • “An Evaaluation of Credit & Rural Financing (ARMP)”

Interim Evaluation Report & Annexes

Agricultural Resources Management Project

(Karak & Tafielh, Jordan) - February, 2004

http://www.ifad.org/evaluation/public_html/eksyst/doc/prj/region/pn/jordan/392_jo.htm

  • “An Evaluation of Credit & Rural Financing (SLRP)”

Completion Evaluation Report & Annexes

Smallholder Livestock Rehabilitation Project

(Bekaa Valley, Lebanon) - November, 2003

http://www.ifad.org/evaluation/public_html/eksyst/doc/prj/region/pn/lebanon/lb_305.htm 

 

B.    Articles in Journals

  • Al-Iqtisadiyyah

Al-Tanmiyyah al-Rifiyyah  wa Mabadi' al-Taghiyyir (Rural Development & Principles of Change)

No 79, January 12, 2003.

  • NENARAKA

Imady, Omar & Seibel, Hans Dieter, “Sanduq: A Microfinance Innovation in Jabal al-Hoss”

August 2003.

http://www.uni-koeln.de/ew-fak/aef/05-2004/2003-1%20Sanduq%20article%20NENARACA.pdf

 

C.    Books

  • A Child of Waiting

(Damascus: Dar Tlass for Studies, Translation & Publication, August 2004).

  • Historicizing  Damascus:  Eight Centuries in the History of a Damascene Family

(Damascus: Dar Tlass for Studies, Translation & Publication, October 2004).

  • Letters to a Disciple 

(Damascus: Dar Tlass for Studies, Translation & Publication, May 2005).

  • The Rise & Fall of Muslim Civil Society

(Salinas, CA:  MSI Press, October 2005).

  • When you’re shoved from the right, look to your left:  Metaphors of Islamic Humanism.

(Salinas, CA: MSI Press, December 2005).

  • “Prosdechomai” in Geri Henderson, ed., Thoughts Without Title

(Salinas, CA: MSI Press, December 2006).

 

5. Awards

  • Presidential Excellence Awards:

      Award for Outstanding Achievement in Full-Time Teaching

      October 2007

            NYIT Jordan

 

IV. Professional Experience

  • General Area of Specialization: Poverty Alleviation
  • Core Area of Specialization: Microfinance

 

1. Consultancies for the United Nations (April 2001 – July 2004)

  1. International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD

·         (January – February, 2004) - Member, Interim Evaluation Mission

Agricultural Resources Management Project, (Karak, Tafielh - Jordan)

·         (October – November, 2003) - Member, Completion Evaluation Mission

Smallholder Livestock Rehabilitation Project, (Bekaa, Lebanon)

·         (April - May, 2003) - Team Leader, Project Design Mission

Badia Rangeland Development Project (Raqqa/Dier al-Zur/Hama/Hasakeh, Syria)

·         (November, 2002) - Member, Project Completion Mission

Southern Region Agricultural Development Project II (Suwaida/Dar’a,/Qunaytra, Syria)

·         (June - July, 2002) - Member, Project Design Mission

Idleb Agricultural Development Project (Idleb, Syria)

·         (January, 2002) - Member, Project Formulation Mission

Idleb Agricultural Development Project (Idleb, Syria)

 

  1. United Nations Development Program, UNDP

·         (June – July, 2003) - Team Leader, Project Design Mission

Community Development in the Syrian Badia (Raqqa/Dier al-Zur/Hama/Hasakeh, Syria)

·         (October - November, 2002) - Team Leader, Projectt DDesign Mission

Community Development at Jabal al-Hoss II (Jabal al-Hoss, Syria)

·         (March, 2002) - Member, Project Review Mission

Community Development at Jabal al-Hoss I (Jabal al-Hoss, Syria)

·         (May, 2001) - Member, Project Review Mission

Community Development at Jabal al-Hoss I (Jabal al-Hoss, Syria)

 

2. Seminars & Workshops

A. International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD

    • (January, 2003) - Participant

Sustainable Livelihoods Workshop for Consultants based in the Near East, (Amman, Jordan)

    • (April, 2001) - Advisor, Workgroup on Socioeconomic Aspects

Roundtable Workshop for the Country Program Evaluation (Damascus, Syria)

 

B. United Nations Development Program, UNDP

    • (October, 2003) - Presentation of a lecture entitled: “Principles of Rural Development Policies”

Poverty Alleviation Workshop, (Aleppo, Syria)

    • (July, 2002) - Presentation of a lecture entitled: “Lessons of Rural Development in Syria”

Future Prospects of Microfinance Workshop (Aleppo, Syria)

 

3.  Employment at the United Nations Development Program, UNDP (March 1994 – April 2001)

    • (February 2000 – April  2001) - Assistant Resident Representative
    • (January 1998 – February  2000) - National Program Officer, Head of the Program Division
    • (March 1994 - December 1997) - National Program Officer, Head of the Program Support Unit

 

 

 

 

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