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Professor Rami Hamdallah
President of An-Najah National University E-mail: president@najah.edu |
Higher Education:
- Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, University of Lancaster, UK (1988)
- Master of Arts, Linguistics, University of Manchester, UK (1982)
- Bachelor of Arts, English Language, University of Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1980)
Work Experience:
- President of An-Najah National University (August 1998-Present)
- Vice President for Academic Affairs for the Colleges of Humanities, An-Najah National University (1995-1998)
- Dean of the Faculty of Arts, An-Najah National University (1992-1995)
- Chair of the English Department, An-Najah National University (1988-1992)
- Instructor at the English Department, An-Najah National University (1982-1985)
- Member of the Executive Council of the Association of Arab Universities (2008-2010)
- Trustee of the International Academic Council (2008-Present)
- Trustee of Yasser Arafat Foundation (2008-Present)
- Trustee of Palestine International Award for Excellence and Distinction (2008-Present)
- Trustee of Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute-MAS (2008-Present)
- President of the Palestinian-European-American Universities Program of Academic Cooperation (PEACE) (2005-2007)
- Member of Steering Committee of the Council of Arab Universities for Scientific Research
- Vice-President of the Palestinian Scientific Academy
- Member of Palestinian-European-American Universities Program of Academic Cooperation (PEACE) (2000-2005)
- Chairman of the Board of the Palestine Securities Exchange (October 2008-Present). He had held the same position from 2003 to 2006.
- Secretary General of the Central Elections Commission in Palestine (2002-Present)
- Vice-President of the Mediterranean Universities Group in Spain
- Member of the Council for the Palestinian Universities
- Member of the Palestinian Constitution Committee
- Member of the Union of European-Arab Universities
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Union of Islamic Universities (1998-2007)
- Member of the Commission for Universities and Communities in the EuroMed Region (University EMUNI) (2009-Present)
- Member of the Advisory Council for the Palestinian Academy for Security Sciences in Jericho, Palestine (2009-Present)
Professional Experience:
Publications:
- "English Word Formation and its Pedagogical Implications for TEFL”, An-Najah Journal, Vol. 2, November 6, 1999.
- " Palestinian Surnames Derived from Nicknames”, Names, 1992.
- " Problems and Approaches to Translation, With Special Reference to Arabic”, A paper presented at the First International Translation Conference, Yarmouk University , April 1992.
- “A Contrastive Analysis of Selected English and Arabic Prepositions with Pedagogical Implications”, papers and studies in Contrastive Linguistics, Vol. 28, 1993.
- ELT Situation at the University Level in the West Bank .
- Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure.
- “The Need for a Multi-Factor Approach in Explaining Learners Errors”, IATEFL Joint Sig Symposium, Vienna , 1993.
- “To Use or Not To Use Arabic in English Language Teaching”, An-Najah Univ. J. Res., Vol. 13, No. 1, 1999.
Books:
- Proceedings of the International Conference on “The Role of Higher Education in the Context of An-Independent Palestinian State ”, An- Najah N. University , 1997.
- " University English II", Experimental Edition, An-Najah National University , 1992.
