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Muhammad Ali Faour became Vice Chancellor of Dhofar
University in January 2007. Prior to this
position, Dr. Faour served for seven years as Deputy
Vice President for Regional External Programs (REP)
at the American University of Beirut (AUB). In
that capacity, he led teams of AUB professors in
planning and implementing education projects that
aimed at establishing new universities, colleges,
and K-12 schools in several Arab countries notably
Dhofar University in Salalah, Mohamad Al-Mana College
of Health Sciences in Khobar, and Kingdom Schools
in Riyadh.
Before joining REP, Dr. Faour was professor of
sociology for nearly 15 years and chairperson of
the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
at AUB for several years. His research has
focused on the Middle East with a diversity of
interests: Population and Development, applied
statistics, family, youth, conflict analysis and
resolution. He
has authored two books, co-authored one book, and
written numerous monographs, articles and chapters
in books in both English and Arabic. Some
of his publications were cited in international
professional journals.
In addition to his academic career, Dr. Faour
served as a consultant to several United Nations
agencies, Lebanese foundations and NGOs. He was
a founding member of the Lebanese Association of
Sociology and an active member in a number of professional
associations.
Dr. Faour received his B.S. in biology-chemistry
and M.A. in sociology, both from AUB, and his Ph.D.
in sociology from the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1983. He was a visiting
researcher at several universities and research
centers in the USA: Georgetown University in 1997,
the University of California at Berkeley in 1996,
and George Mason University in 1990 and the U.S.
Institute of Peace 1991 - 1992. He
is a recipient of several honors, awards, and fellowships:
Fulbright Research Award, Peace Fellow Award from
the U.S. Institute of Peace, Kiram Seniora
Memorial Prize for Social Sciences and Population
Studies, Population Council Research award, and
fellowships from the Population Studies Center
and the Institute of Social Research, both of the
University of Michigan.
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