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CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Data Name : Mohammad Al- Arabi. Present Address : Department of Sociology, The University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan, Tel. Office 5355000 ,ext.24876, Tel. Home 5233707

Mobile 0790906670, E-mail: m.alarabi@ju.edu.jo Date of Birth : December 1, 1949. Place of Birth : Dair Abu Saeed, Irbid Governorate. Place of Residence : Amman, Abu Nusair, 17 Taher Abu suaad street. Occupation : Associate Professor. Marital Status : Married.

Educational Background

1. B.Sc. in Economics and Statistics from Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Jordan, Amman (1968-1972).

2. Higher Diploma in Statistics from London School of Economics and

Political Science (LSE), London, England (1974-1975) Sponsored by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA).

3. M.Sc. in Demography from University of London, London, England

(1975-1976) Sponsored by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA).

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4. M.A. in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, PA,USA (1982-1983) Sponsored by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA).

5. Ph.D in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, PA, USA (1983-1987) Sponsored by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and the Population Council through the Middle East Awards (ME Awards) for the last study year.

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Work Experience

1. A Computer Programmer, Jordan Department of Statistics, Amman, Jordan (1972-1974). 1. Assistant Director of Jordan Statistical Training Center (JSTC), (1977-1978).

2. Lecturer in Statistical Methods and in Demographic Methods; Jordan Statistical Training Center (JSTC), (1976-1981).

3. Field Supervisor for the 1979 Jordan Housing and Population Census (1978-1979); Jordan Department of Statistics.

4. Head of the Archives and of the Statistics Divisions; Jordan Department of Civil Status (1980-1981).

5. Teaching and Research Assistant, Faculty of Arts, The University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan (1981-1982).

6. Assistant Professor; Department of Population Studies, Faculty of

Arts, The University of Jordan, Amman- Jordan, (1987-2000).

7. Associate Professor; Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities) previously, The University of Jordan, Amman- Jordan,(on going since the year 2000). 8. Dean Assistant of Sudents' Affairs (Faculy of Social Sciences and

Humanities of the University of Jordan (2005-2006)).

10. Chair, the Department of Sociology and Social Work, (Faculy of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Jordan (2006- 2007).

11. Head of the Committee in Charge of the Final Resulsts for

Undergraduate Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences and

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Humanities, University of Jordan (2005-2006). 12. A Member of the High Committee for Students' Union Election, University of Jordan (2005-2006).

13. Head of the Committee in Charge of the Application of the Questionaire Filled by Undegraduate Students for Evaluatio of the Faculty Professors Performance in the Teaching Process, University of Jordan (2005-2006). 14. A Member of the Faculty Council (2005-2006).

15. A Member of the Department of Sociology and Social Work Council (2005-2006). 16. A Member of the Department of Sociology and Social Work Graduate Studies Committee (2005-2006). 17. A Member of the Department of Sociology and Social Work Ph.D Comprehensive Exam Committee (2005-2006). 18. A Member of the Faculty Graduate Studies Committee (2005- 2006). 19. A Member of the Committee in Charge of the Faculty Students' Conduct since 2004. 20. Faculty Representative of Students Sports at the Faculty of Students' Affairs Deanship (2005-2006). 21. Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Work Graduate Studies Committee (2006-2007). 22. Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Work Ph.D Comprehensive Exam Committee (2006-2007). 23. Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Work Ph.D Comprehensive Exam Committee (2006-2007). 24. A Member of the Committee Esablished by the Jordan Department of Statistics for Conducting Future Population Estimation in

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Jordan. 25. A Member of the Committee Established For Designing a set of Undergraduate and Graduate Courses in Quantatative Methods, Survey Methodology, Research Design, Multivariate Analysis, and Computer Applications, Particularly, with Regard to SAS and SPSS Programs. 26. A Member of a Number of Other Committees.

Teaching Experience

1. Graduate courses: Demographic Methods, Advanced Demographic Methods I. Advanced Demographic Methods ΙΙ, Population Estimation Methods, Statistical Methods, Advanced Statistical Methods, Advanced Social Research.

2. Undergraduate Courses: Introduction to Demography, Population

Education, Demographic Methods, Applied Demography, The Population of Jordan and Palestine, The Contporaray Jordanian Society, Migration in Contemporary Societies, The Refugees, Population Surveys, The Jordanian Society, Social Development, Introduction to Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Demography, National Education, Social Statistics, Introduction to Social Research, Field Training in Social Work, Social Work Methods, Sociology of Medicine, Theories of Poverty and Unemployment. Industrial Sociology, Urbanization, Modern Social Issues ( a master course), Technology and the Sociology (a master course)

3. For the Faculty of Applied Statistics (Jordan Statistical Training

Center Previously), Al-Balqa' Applied University, Salt, Jordan : Principles of Demography, Introduction to Demography, Demographic Methods Ι, Demographic Methods ΙΙ, Statistical Methods.

4. A Lecturer in the Regional Workshop on Population Education

Organized by the UNESCO Regional Office in Amman During the Period 4-22 October 1987.

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5. A Lecturer in the Regional Workshop on Population Education Organized by the UNESCO Regional Office in Amman During the Period September the 25th to the 12th of October 1988.

6. A Lecturer in Workshop on Integrating Population Variables into

Development Planning that took Place Within the Period 22-30 December 1993 and Organized Jointly by the Department of Population Studies of the University of Jordan and the UNFPA.

7. A Lecturer in Workshop on Population and Development Took

Place During the Period July 30 to the 4th of August and Organized Jointly by Jordan Ministry of Planning and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

8. A Lecturer in the Refreshment Workshop Organized by the

Statistical Training Center for the Graduates of the Center in Amman During the Period August 14th to the 2nd of September 1993.

9. A Lecturer in a Number of Workshops Carried out by the

Secretariat of the Jordan National Commission on Population.

10. A Lecturer in a Number of Workshops on Population Education Organized Jointly in 1996 by the Ministry of Education and the UNESCO Regional Office. 11. A Lecurer in the Demographic Analysis Training Workshop Conducted During the Period 5-16 November 2006, at Radisson SAS Hotel in Amman, Jordan by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA).

Training Programs

1. A three-week Training Period on Using Computer in Demographic Analysis in Summer 1990 at the International Statistical Programs Center (ISPC) of the US Bureau of Census in Washington USA.

2. A one-week Workshop on the Development of National Gender Statistics Programs in the Arab Countries held in Tunis Within the

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Period 9-14 June 1997 sponsored by both Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and Center of Arab Woman for Training and Research

(CAWTAR).

Conferences

1. The Annual Population Association of America (PAA) Conference held in Chicago USA 1986.

2. The Arab Population Conference held in Amman within the Period

4-8 April 1993.

Publications in English (Refereed Research Journals)

1. “ Females’ Education and the Proximate Determinants of Fertility” Mu’tah Lil-Buhooth Wa Al-Dirasat, Vol.9, No.6, December, 1994. 2. “ Females’ Education in Jordan and the Deviation of the Marital Fertility Pattern from the Natural Fertility”. Mu’tah Lil- Buhooth Wa Al- Dirasat, Vol.9, No.6, December, 1994.

3. “Females’ Education and the Fertility Levels in Jordan”. Mu’tah Lil- Buhooth Wa Al-Dirast, Vol.11, No.5,December,1994.

4. “An Ideational Theory of the Fertility Decline”, Mu’tah Lil-Buhooth Wa Al-Dirasat, Vol. 11, No.5, December, 1994.

5. “The Immediate Factors Determined Fertility Levels in Jordan 1976” , Al-Manara Series of the Al Al-Bayt University, Vol. 5, No. 3, July, 2000.

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Publications in Arabic

يح: يفيا, أدافا, طسق إعدادا", يكرة انيعك "االظقاطاخ انعكا 1-

. 1988اإلقهيي في اندل انعستيح )يدتاض(, عا

"انعكا ذقديس انطهبة عهبا انمبدياخ انرعهييبح انمبدياخ انفب يح فبي 2-(". دزاظح أعدخ نغاياخ زشبح ديبا انرغيبساخ انعبكايح 2005-1991األزد )

( ذنك تركهيف ي قعى 1993-2-30إنا 1992-12-22في انرمطيط انري )اندزاظاخ انعكايح في انجايعح األزديح تبدعى يب دبدق األيبى انر بدج

(. UNFPAنهشاطاخ انعكايح )

. 1991"يعرياخ اذجااخ انمفتح في االزد", دائسج االحفباااخ انعايبح, 3-ظح أعدخ تركهيف ي دائبسج االحفباااخ انعايبح تبدعى يب دبدق األيبى دزا

(.UNFPAانر دج نهشاطاخ انعكايح )

. زقح 1993"يفو اإلجاب طسق قياظ", دائسج االحفاااخ انعايح, عا, 4--14أعدخ نغاياخ اندزج اإلعاشيح نمسيجي يسكص انردزية اإلحفبائي األزدبي )

.(1993-9-2إنا 8-1993

زتطببا تانعايببم 2005"االحرياجباخ األظاظببيح نعببكا األزد حرببا عبباو 5-. دزاظببح شبباز فببي 1993انديغسافيببح", انهجببح انطيببح نهعببكا, عببا,

إعدادا كم ي اندكرز عثدهللا انصعثي يب دائبسج اإلحفباااخ انعايبح انبدكرز هجح انطيح نهعبكا حعي شماذسج ي شازج انرمطيط كاد تركهيف ي ان

)األياببح انعايببح( تببدعى يبب دببدق األيببى انر ببدج نهشبباطاخ انعببكايح (UNFPA.)

. كريببة شبباز فببي إعببداد انببدكرز 1993"يقبباييط انمفببتح انثشببسيح", 6-عيعا انفاز كا تركهيبف يب قعبى اندزاظباخ انعبكايح فبي انجايعبح

(.UNFPA) نهشاطاخ انعكايح األزديح تدعى ي ددق األيى انر دج

. كرية شاز في إعداد انبدكرز عيعبا انفبازج 1993"جدال ان ياج", 7-كا تركهيف ي قعى اندزاظاخ انعكايح فبي انجايعبح األزديبح تبدعى يب

(.UNFPAددق االيى انر دج نهشاطاخ انعكايح )

ت ث ذى إعداد تاالشرسا ". 1993"انفقس انعكا انريح في األزد 8-يع تاحثي آخسي ذنك تركهيف ي دائسج اإلحفاااخ انعايح تدعى ي دبدق

(.UNFPAاأليى انر دج نهشاطاخ انعكايح )

. 1994"انجسج انداخهيح في األزد: حجبا ذيازاذبا خفائفبا آهازبا", 9-انصعثي كال انفبان يب دزاظح شاز في إعدادا كم ي اندكرز عثد هللا

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دائسج اإلحفاااخ انعايح كاد تركهيف ي شازج انرمطبيط تبدعى يب دبدق (.UNFPAاأليى انر دج نهشاطاخ انعكايح )

. قبد 1998"اقع االحفباااخ انفبفح حعبة بج انجبط فبي األزد", 10-

ي دائسج اشرس في إعداد را انرقسيس كم ي فر ي انعز إخالص انعسكياالحفاااخ انعايح اندظح إيا انسي يب يسكبص األييبسج تعبح نشب

انسأج.

. ب كرباب شباز فبي 1998"انكراب انسجعي في انرستيبح انعبكايح", 11-ذأنيف عدد آخس ي انب نفي قبد أشبسل عهبا إعبداد كبم يب شازج انرستيبح

(.UNFPAانعكايح ) انرعهيى ددق االيى انر دج نهشاطاخ

-12 "population and Family Health Survey ,"1998 انرقسيس انسئيعبي .. قبد شباز فبي إعبداد برا 1997انماص تع انعكا انفب ح األظبسيح,

انرقسيس عدد آخس ي انثاحثي ي ي ظعاخ ي هيح دنيح يمرهفح.

. ذقسيبس شباز فبي 1999زد: دزج إحفائيح", "انسأج انسجم في األ 13-إعببداد كببم يبب فببد ان يببازي فر ببي انعببز إخببالص انعسكببي يبب دائببسج

االحفاااخ انعايح.

في ذعديم كراب انجغسافيا نهففي االل انثاي 2002االشرسا في ظح 14- انثايي تركهيف ي شازج انرستيح انرعهيى االزدي.

شرسا في ذأنيف كراب انجغسافيا نهفف انعاشبس انبري دبدز فبي ظبح اال 15-

ذنك تركهيف ي شازج انرستيح انرعهيى. 2005

سحهبح انثايبح:نا نهفبسج االدتبي يب افي ذأنيف كراب انجغسافيباالشرسا 16- تركهيف ي شازج انرستيح انرعهيى االزدي.ذنك انثاياالل انعريا

Administrative, Academic and Scientific Activities 1- Academic Advisor of the Graduate Students in the Department of Population Studies until 1994. 2- Academic Advisor of the undergraduate students in the Department of Population Studies until 1994. 3- Supervisor of Many MA and Ph.D Dissertations in a Variety of

Demographic and Social Subjects, in Particular; Child Mortality,

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General Mortality, Morbidity. Fertility, Proximate Determinants of Fertility, Family Planing, Migration, Population, Criminiology, Women Studies, Social Work, Social Development, Nuptiality, Migration, Social Studies as well as in many other Fields.

4- A Member of a Large Number of Committees Assigned for MA and

Ph. D Dissertations’ Defence.

5- A Member of the Committee of Graduate Studies of the Department of Population Studies.

6- A Yearly Member of the Students Union Election Committees. 7- A Yearly Member of the Committee Responsible for the Application of The Questionnaire that Evaluate the Performance of the Members of the Faculty. 8- A Member of the Committee Assigned by the Al Al-Bait University with the Purpose of Establishing a Department for Sociology and Population. 9- A Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Population and Family Health Survey conducted by the Department of Statistics in 1990 Under the Auspices of the Demographic and Health Surveys Project (DHS). 10- A Member of the Committee Established by the Faculty of Arts Council to Evaluate the Plan Project of the Department of Psychology. 11- A Participant of the Scientific Visit Sponsored by the British Council to Glasgow University in 1992 for the Purpose of Scientific Cooperation in the Field of Population with a Staff Member of the University. 12- Evaluation of Scientific Researches Prepared by Teaching Members of the University of Jordan as well as of Other Universities inside and outside Jordan. 13- A Member of the Committee Established for the Evaluation of Research Projects Received by the Project of Badia Study that Belongs to the High Council for Science and Technology in Jordan.

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14- A Member of the Committee for Suggesting Research Projects for the Project of Badia Study that Belongs to the High Council for Science and Technology in Jordan.

15- A Member of the Preparatory Commmittee in Charge of the Prereparation for the Workshop on Integrating Population Variables into Development Planning took Place Within the Period 22-30 December 1993, and Organized Jointly by the Department of Population Studies of the University of Jordan and the UNFPA.