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CurriculumVita ________________________________________________________________________ Office Address Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

2000 Simcoe Street North

Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4

Canada

[email protected]

Office Phone

(905) 721.3159

Date of Hire: July, 2007 Rank: Full Professor and Dean

Education

B.Sc., (Honours Degree) June, 1980 University of Salford, Greater

Manchester University, U.K.

Major: Pure Sociology

M.Sc., June, 1982 University of Salford, Greater

Manchester University, U.K.

Major: Urban Studies/Sociology

Ph.D., August 1988 University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.

Professional Experience

Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (originally Criminology, Justice and

Policy Studies until July 2010), University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT),

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007- ongoing

Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (originally Criminology, Justice and

Policy Studies until July 2010), University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT),


Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT),


Professor, Justice Studies, Kent State University, Kent-Ohio, USA, August 2005-July

2007

The EUROMED Role of Women in Economic Life project one of the 15 members in the

expert group. 2006-ongoing

Director of the Kent State Geneva Program, Geneva, Switzerland, August-December

2006

mailto:[email protected]


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Professional Experience Cont.

Research Fellow at the Justice Volunteer Center, Kent State University, Ohio, USA,

2006-ongoing

Director (Chair), Women Studies, Kent State University, Ohio, USA, September 2004-

May 2006.

Graduate Coordinator, Justice Studies, Department, Kent State University, Ohio, USA,

May 2005- December 2006

Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA,

August 2000-August 2003

Associate and Assistant Professor of Justice Studies, Kent State University, Ohio, USA,

August 1993- May 2005

Director (Chair), Women Studies, Kent State University, Ohio, USA, September-

December 2002.

Affiliate Member of Department of Pan African Studies, Kent State University, Ohio,

USA, 2000-2007.

Affiliate Member of the Women Studies Program, Kent State University, Ohio, USA,

2000-2007.

Affiliate Member of Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Ohio, USA,

1999-ongoing

Full Member of Graduate Faculty (F4), Kent State University, Ohio, USA 1994-2010.

Consultant to the United Nations Commission for Social Development, New York, New

York, October 1998-March 1999.

Consultant to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, New York, New

York, USA, January 1999-April 1999.

Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Studies Program, Kent State University-Trumbull,

Warren, Ohio, USA, January 1994-August 2000

Coordinator of the Associate Degree Legal Assisting Technology Program, Kent State

University-Trumbull, Warren, Ohio, USA, January 1995- August 2000.


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Professional Experience Cont.

Consultant Criminal Justice, Liberty Township Police Department, Liberty, Ohio, USA,

February 1993-June 1997.

Consultant Criminal Justice, Mayor of Girard City, Ohio, USA, June 1993-1999.

Director Research and Development, Mahoning County Sheriff‟s Office, Youngstown,

Ohio, USA, August 1991- August 1993.

Adjunct Professor, Sociology Department, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, USA,

January 1991-May 1991.

Instructor, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, Youngstown State University,

Youngstown, Ohio, USA, January 1991-June 1993.

Principal Investigator, Joint Statistical Agreement with the Census Bureau, Washington,

D.C., USA, March 1989-June 1991.

Educational Assistant and Evaluator, Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT,

USA, and May 1989- July 1990.

Research Associate, Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT, USA,

July 1988-July 1990.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, the University of Florida,

Gainesville, FL, USA, July 1984- June 1986; August 1987-July 1988.

Research Assistant Arab Women Studies Center, American Lebanese University, (Beirut

University College), Beirut-Lebanon, September 1981- June1982

Research Assistant at the Arab Unity Studies Center, Beirut-Lebanon, September 1981-

March 1982.

Publications

Books

Ammar, N. (forthcoming) Muslims in American prisons. Boulder, Co: Lynne Rienner

Publishers and First ForumPress.

Ammar, N. (2005) Homeland Security: Controversies, Strategies and Impact.

[Electronic publication] http://upress.kent.edu/books/Ammar.htm

Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press.

http://upress.kent.edu/books/Ammar.htm


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Guest Editor: Ammar, Nawal (with Akpinar, A.& Hamdan,S.) (2010) Middle Eastern

Women: Issues, Debates and Priorities. Feminist Formations. Volume 22, Issue 3.

Articles & Book Chapters

Ammar, N., Akpinar, A. & Hamdan, S. (2010) Introduction. Middle Eastern Women:

Issues, Debates and Priorities. Feminist Formations. Volume 22, Issue 3, 1-11.

Ammar, N. (2010) Restorative Justice and Islam. In (Chong, H. C.,ed.) Crime,

Victims and Victimisation, Open University Press.

Mkandawire-Valhmu , L., Rodriguez, R., Ammar, N., Nemoto, K. (2009). Surviving

Life as a Woman: A Critical Ethnography of Violence in the Lives of Female

Domestic Workers in Malawi. Health Care for Women International, 30:9,783-

801.

Ammar, N. (2009) Arab women in their State‟s Constitutions. In (Reichel, P.

Dammer, H., Winterdyke, J, eds.) A guided reader to research in comparative

criminology/criminal justice "Universitatsverlag Brockmeyer, Bochum –

Germany.

Ammar, N., Kessler, D., and Kratcoski, P. (2008) The interaction between

neighborhood‟s racial composition and officer race in community policing: A

case study from the Residential Area Policing Program (RAPP), Cleveland, Ohio.

Journal of International Police Science and Management, 10, 313-325.

Ammar, N. (2008) The Relationship Between Street Children and the Justice System

in Egypt: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative

Criminology.

Ammar, N. and Weaver, R. (2007) The Meaning of Crime and Punishment to

Muslim Inmates and Its Policy Implications. The African Journal of Criminology

and Justice Studies, 2:84-100.

Ammar, N. (2007) “Wife Battery in Islam: A Comprehensive Understanding of

Interpretations.” Violence Against Women, 13: 516-526.

Perella, A. and Ammar, N. (2007). “The Consequences of Co-Payments on

Women‟s Access to Health Care Services in Prison: The Experiences of Women

In Two Ohio Prisons.” Corrections Compendium, Journal of the Correctional

Association of America, 32:6-10,32-33.


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Articles and Book Chapters Cont.

Ammar, N. and L. Orloff, (2007) “Battered Immigrant Women‟s Domestic

Violence Dynamics and Legal Protections.” In Muraskin, R.(ed.) It‟s a crime:

Women and justice, pp.430-443.

Ammar, N. (2006) “Wife-Abuse and Gender-Base Violence in Egyptian

Films: A View from the Third Millennium.”. Pakistan Journal of Women's

Studies: Alam-e-Niswan. 13:, 83-94.

Ammar, N (2006). “Beyond the Shadows: Domestic Spousal Violence in a

“Democratizing” Egypt.”Trauma, Violence and Abuse: A Review Journal, Vol. 7,

no. 4, 244-259.

Hass, G. A., Ammar, N., Orloff, L. (2006) “Battered Immigrants and U.S. Citizen

Spouses.” Washington, D.C. Legal Momentum, Immigrant Women Program.

http://legalmomentum.org/legalmomentum/files/dvusc.pdf, 10 pages.

Ammar, N. & R. Weaver (2006) “Restrained Voices: Female Inmates and Services in

Two Ohio Women Prisons.” Women in Criminal Justice Vol. 16, no. 3, 67-89.

Ammar, N. (2006) “Islam‟s Approach towards the Moral Dilemma of Protecting the

Environment.” Massey College Journal. Walter Massey Symposia, Fourteenth

Lecture, 29-33.

Ammar, N. (2005) “Islam and Ecojustice,” In Taylor, B. The Encyclopedia of Religion

and Nature, London: Thoemmes Continuum, 862-866.

Ammar, N, L.Orloff, M.A. Dutton and G. Aguilar Hass (2005) “Calls to Police and Police Response:

A Case Study from the Latina Immigrant Women in the U.S.” Journal of

International Police Science and Management. Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 230–244.

Ammar, N. (2005) “Introduction.” In Ammar, N. Homeland Security: Controversies,

Strategies and Impact. [electronic publication] Kent, Ohio: Kent State University

Press. http://upress.kent.edu/books/Ammar.htm, 19 pages.

Ammar, N. (2004). “Exploring Elements of Restorative Justice in Islamic Legal

Systems.” In Safty, A. (Ed.) Value Leadership and Capacity Building. Boca

Raton, FL; Universal Publishers, pp.147-171.

http://legalmomentum.org/legalmomentum/files/dvusc.pdf

http://upress.kent.edu/books/Ammar.htm


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Articles and Books Chapters Cont.

Kratcoski, P., N. Ammar, D. Dahlgren. (2004). “Police Diversion of Delinquent Youths:

An Assessment of Programs.” In Kratcoski, P. (Ed.) Correctional Counseling &

Treatment. Colorado: Waveland Press, pp. 156-184.

Ammar, N.; R. Weaver; S. Saxon (2004) “Muslims in Ohio Prisons.”

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol

48, No. 4, pp. 414-428.

Ammar, N. (2004) "An Islamic Response to the Manifest Ecological Crisis: Issues of

Justice." In Gottlieb, R.S. (Ed.) This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature and

Environment, pp. 285-299. London: Routledge. Reprinted.

Ammar, N. (2003) “An Islamic Response to the Manifest Ecological Crisis: Issues

of Justice." In Foltz, R. (Ed.) Worldviews and the Environment: a Global

Anthology. Albany, Wadsworth Thomson, pp. 200-217. Reprinted

Ammar, N. (2003) “The Future of Freedom Summary of Keynote Address by

Fareed Zakaria, Section 2”. In Nieman, C. (Ed.), Democracy and Globalization.

Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press.

http://upress.kent.edu/Nieman/title_files/section2.htm , 5 pages.

Orloff L., M. A. Dutton, G. Aguilar Hass and N. Ammar (2003) “Battered Immigrant

Women‟s Willingness to Call for Help and Police Response.” UCLA Women‟s

Law Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp.43-100.

Ammar, N. (2003). “Is There Restorative Justice in Islam?” In Safty, A. (Ed.)

Leadership, Islam and Globalization. Istanbul: Bahcesehir Universitesi

Yayinlari, pp.30-48.

Ammar, N. (2003). “Ecological Justice and Human Rights for Women in Islam.” Foltz,

R.; F. Denny &A. Baharuddin (Eds.) Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pp. 377-392.

Ammar, N. (2003) “To Object or Not to Object: The Question of Women Judges in

Egypt.” International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Vol.

27, Edition 1, pp.69-83.

Ammar, N. (2003) “Islam, Justice and Deep Ecology.” In. Gottlieb, R. (Ed.) Liberating

Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom.

Evanston, IL: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, pp. 285-300. Reprinted

http://upress.kent.edu/Nieman/title_files/section2.htm

http://booksmatter.com/results.asp?btau=Roger+S.++Gottlieb+(EDT)


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Ammar, N. and Leila Lababidy (2002) “Women‟s Grassroots Movements and

Democratization in Egypt.” In Bystydzienski, J. and J. Sekhton (Eds.). New

Delhi, Kali for Women.

Ammar, N. (2001) “Islam, Justice and Deep Ecology.” In Barnhill, D. (Ed.) Deep

Ecology and World Religions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press

(SUNY), pp. 193-212.

Ammar, N. (2001) “Restorative Justice in Islam: Theory and Practice.” In Hadley, M.

(Ed.) The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice. Albany, NY: State University of

New York Press, pp. 161-180.

Ammar, N. (2000) “In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Domestic Violence in Egypt.”

International Review of Victimology, Vol.7,No.1/2/3/, pp.29-66.

Ammar, N. (2000) “Simplistic Stereotyping and Complex Reality of Arab-

American Immigrant Identity: Consequences and Future Strategies in Policing

Wife Battery.” Journal of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol. 11, no.1,

pp. 51-70.

Kessler, D., N. Ammar, P. Kratcoski (2000) “Police Officer Adaptation of Community

Policing to Field Work: The Cleveland Residential Area Policing Program

(RAPP).” The Journal of Community Policing, No. 2, Vol. I., pp.25-37.

Ammar, N. (2000) “Ecofeminism In the Egyptian Context.” Civil Society, Winter,

Volume 20, Number 4, pp.1-7.

Ammar, N. (2000) " An Islamic Response to the Manifest Ecological Crisis: Issues of

Justice." In Coward, H. and D. Maguire (Eds.) Visions of a New Earth: New

Vision on Population, Consumption and Ecology. New York: SUNY Press, pp.

230-26.

Ammar, N. (2000) “Domestic Violence in Egypt.” In Domestic Violence: Global

Responses. Bicester: A. B. Academic Press p. 30-44

Ammar, N. (1999) "On Being A Muslim Woman in the U.S." Civil Society, Spring,

Volume 18, 6, pp. 9-14.


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Ammar, N., L. Lababidy (1999) "Women's Grassroots Movements in Egypt: Legal and

Social Democratization." In Bystyzienski, J.; J. Sekhon. (Eds.) Democratization

And Women's Grassroots Movements. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,

pp11-129.

Ammar, N. (1999) "Discrimination Against Women Under the Nationality Laws: Case

Studies From Egypt and Lebanon." In Muraskin, R. (Ed.) Women and Justice:

Policy Implications-Domestic and International, Amsterdam: Gordon & Breach;

Abingdon: Marston1, pp115-134.

Ammar, N. H. (1998) “Motherhood and Womanhood in Islam.”

Research Resource Center For Human Rights Pages, Cairo, Egypt. (http:///

WWW.Geocities. Com/lrrc.goe/women/nawal2.html)

Ammar, N. (1996) "The Status of Childless Women in Islam: Issues of Social and

Legal Construction." Humanity and Society, 20:77-89.

Ammar, N. (1995) “On Being A Muslim Woman: Laws and Practices.”

http://WWW.religiousconsultation.org/Ammar.htm, 15 pages.

Ammar, N. (1995) "Islam and the Environment: A Legalistic and Textual View." In

Coward, H. (Ed.) Population and the Environment: Population Pressures,

Resource Consumption, Religions and Ethics. New York: SUNY Press, 123-136.

Ammar, N. (1994) "Through a Daughter's Eyes: An Egyptian Village Restudied." In

Malikah, D. (Ed) (also translator) Contemporary Psychological Research in

Egypt. Alexandria: Alexandria University Press, 15-42

Ammar, N. (1994) "Islam and Fertility Control: a Legalistic and Textual View." (in

German) In Brasen and Zweifel (Eds.) Environmental Issues of 1990's. Bread For

All, Bern: Switzerland, 88-93.

Ammar, N., R. Weaver (1992) "A Collaborative Approach to Applied Survey

Research: The Interview Process." Sociological Practice Review, 3, 32-36.

Ammar, N. (1992) "Women in Islam: the Paradox of Unity and Diversity." Chicago

Seminary Journal, IL, Summer, 21-38.

Weaver, R., N. Ammar (1991) "A Collaborative Approach to Applied Survey

Research." Sociological Practice Review, 2, 275-280.

http://www.geocities/

http://www.religiousconsultation.org/Ammar.htm


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Ammar, N. (1991) "Islam's Attitude towards War." Leadership Conference of Women

Religious, Occasional Papers, summer 1991, 2-4.

United Nations Reports Drafted the United Nation‟s document on the Basic Principles of Restorative Justice for

review by Member States (October 2001, Ottawa, Canada). It was approved by

unanimous vote and adopted in April 2002 in Austria. (2002) U.N. November 2001

Report on the Basic Principles on Restorative Justice that was successfully voted on and

adopted by the U.N. Commission on Crime in Vienna, Austria in the 12th regular

session, April 18-22. E/2000/INF/2/Add.2.

Ammar, N. et al. (1999) Expert Workshop on Innovations in the Delivery and

Financing of Social Services. United Nations Commission for Social Development,

Thirty Seventh Session, Item 3 (a) of the provisional agenda, Follow-Up to the World

Summit for Social Development Priority Themes. E/CN.5/1999/1.

Framework for Further Actions and Initiatives that Might Be Considered During the

Special Session: Women 2000 Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the

Twenty First Century. Report of the Secretary –General (1999) United Nations

Economic and Social Council E.CN.6/1999/Pc/2.

Encyclopedic Entries

Ammar, N., Associate Editor, Dilip K. Das, Editor-in-Chief (2005) the World Police

Encyclopaedia. New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.

Ammar, N. (2002) “Islam and Crime.” In Levinson, D., Encyclopedia of Crime and

Punishment, Section II. Boston, Mass: Berkshire Publishing, 931-937.

Ammar, N., E. Erez (2001) “The Anthropology of Rape.” In Davis, N. and G. Geis,

Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Section three. Virginia:

Taylor and Francis, pp.285-288. [Contribution 90%]

Ammar, N. (2001) “Health Care Delivery in Ohio‟s Prison.” Bureau of Health

Promotion and Risk reduction, Women‟s Health Section, Update, Ohio

Department of Health. Reprinted

Ammar, N. (1999) "Health Care Delivery in Ohio Women's Prisons." Fellow

Observer, spring 1999, Volume II, Number II.

http://www2.soros.org/individual_fellows/internalpages/images_2/pubs_page/fell

owobserver/spring99/healthcaredelivery.htm, 5 pages.

http://www2.soros.org/individual_fellows/internalpages/images_2/pubs_page/fell%09owobserver/spring99/healthcaredelivery.htm

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Encyclopedic Entries Cont.

Ammar, N. (1998) "Islam," In Mankiller, W., G. Mink, M. Navarro, B. Smith and G.

Steinem (eds.) The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. Boston,

Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 283-284.

Ammar, N. (1995) "The Nubians," In Middleton, J.; A. Rassam (eds.) Encyclopedia

of World Cultures. Human Relations Area Files, Inc. Yale: GK. Hall-Macmillan,

245-249.

Manuals and Reports

Dutton, MA, Ammar, N. , Orloff, L. and Terrell, D. (2007) "Use and Outcomes of

Protection Orders by Battered Immigrant Women.” A report submitted to the National

Institute of Justice, Washington DC. National Institute of Justice Office of Justice

Program U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C grant #. 2003-WG-BX-1004.

Ammar, N. (2005) “Evaluation of the HHS funded grant entitled: „Preventing Family

Violence in Underserved and Diverse Communities‟.” Submitted to the Administration

for Children and Families/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Grant #

90EV0253.

Ammar, N., N. al-Alawi, (2004) “Kutayb liWarshat al-A‟mal: Al Huquq al Qanuniah

min Manthur Jandari lil Mara‟ah fi Mamlakat al Bahrain” [a workshop manual for legal

rights of women in the Kingdom of Bahrain from a gendered perspective]. Manama,

Bahrain: Bahrain Women Society.

Ammar, N. (2004) Evaluation of the "Training the Trainers" Workshop Conducted by the

Bahrain Women Society, October 7-9, 2003, Manama, Bahrain.

PHASES I & II. Submitted to National Endowment For Democracy. Report for, Grant

#BWS 2003-085.

Ammar, N. (2003) Curriculum for “Training the Trainers” on Legal Rights of Women in

the Kingdom of Bahrain from a Gendered Perspective. Arab Women Alliance: Cairo,

Egypt.

Erez, E, and Ammar N., (2003). Violence Against Immigrant Women and Systemic

Responses: An Exploratory Study. A report submitted to the National Institute of Justice,

Washington DC. Grant #98-WT-VX-0030 from the National Institute of Justice.

Ammar, N. (2002) A Draft of Omani Women‟s Legal Status, Preliminary Analysis for

the “Omani Women 5-Year Development Strategy.” In Arabic.


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Manuals and Reports Cont.

Kratcoski P., N. Ammar, D. Dahlgren (2000) “Police Juvenile Diversion Programs.”

Final Report submitted to the Governors Office of Criminal Justice. Report for Grant #.

97DGG027272.

Ammar, N. (1992) "Why We Don't Count: Behavioral Causes for the 1990 Census

Undercount in an African-American Community in Hartford, Ct.” United States

Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: Center for Survey Research, Joint

Statistical Agreement # 89-35, summer 1992.

http://www.census.gov/srd/www/byyear.html, 25 pages.

Berg, M; Weaver, R., and Ammar, N. Hartford Neighborhood Profiles (1996) [44 pp

each] Each profile includes a brief, well-documented history of a specific Connecticut

neighborhood with map, data and commentary on the population. Profiles were compiled

using data collected in 1989–1990 from the Rapid Socio-demographic Assessment (RSA)

Project–a community-based project involving over 80 neighborhood groups. __ Asylum

Hill __ Barry Square__ Blue Hills__ Charter Oak Zion__ Clay Arsenal

__ Frog Hollow__ Northeast __ Parkville__ Sheldon Charter Oak __ South end

__ South Green __ Southwest __ Upper Albany __ West End.

Berg, M., Ammar, N. and Weaver R., Hartford Profile (1994) [36 pp]. Provides an

overview of social and economic conditions. (Data collected in 1989-1990 from RSA

Project).

Ammar, N. (1992) COVERAGE DIFFERENCES IN A MIXED NEIGHBORHOOD IN

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. Final Research Report submitted to the United States

Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: Center for Survey Research, Joint

Statistical Agreement # 89-35, and Summer 1992, 1-25. Publication #Ev 92/21.

Book Reviews and Essays

Ammar, N. (2005) The Sacred Law of Islam: A Case Study of Women‟s Treatment in

the Islamic Republic of Iran‟s Criminal Justice System, a review 2002, 314 pp.

Burlington, VT: Ashgate. Author: Kusha, Hamid R. Reviewed for International

Criminal Justice Review. 15: 75-77.

Ammar, N. (2004) Islam, Crime and Criminal Justice, 2002, 148pp. Cullompton,

Devon: Willan Publishing. Author: Spalek, Basia (ed.). Reviewed for

International Journal of Comparative Criminology. 4, 2:289-300.

Ammar, N. (1997) Domestic Violence: A Move Away from Silence Towards Systematic

Studies: A Review of Abd El Wahhab's Book, Domestic Violence In Egypt. Book

Review Essay for Women and Criminal Justice, 9: 87-99.

http://www.census.gov/srd/www/byyear.html


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Book Reviews and Essays Cont.

Ammar, N. (1993) How to Work with the Elderly and Traffic Safety. A Report Submitted

to the Ohio Department of Highway Safety, June 1993, 1-25.

Mahoning County Sheriff‟s Office 1991 Yearly Report. (Mahoning County Sheriff‟s

Office, Youngstown, Ohio, 1992).





Health Care Delivery Report for Mahoning County Jail 1991. (Mahoning County

Sheriff‟s Office, Youngstown, Ohio 1992).

Health Care Delivery Report for Mahoning County Jail 1990. (Mahoning County

Sheriff‟s Office, Youngstown, Ohio 1991).

Inmate Cost and Overcrowding in Mahoning County Jail 1991 Report. (Mahoning

County Sheriff‟s Office, Youngstown, Ohio 1992).

Grants: Awarded

United States Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women(2009-2010).

Exploring the data from VAWA grantees. With Leslye Orloff and Giselle Hass, $50,000.

NATO Science For PEACE and SECURITY PROGRAMME. (2009-2010).

Advanced Research Workshop (with Turkish National Police). Developing

prevention strategies and tactics in countering radicalization. 40,000 EUR.

United States Department of Health and Human Services “Reframing Child Safety

and Domestic Violence in Battered Immigrant Women‟s Families” Submitted July, 2004

(response Nov.-Dec. 2004); (Co-PI) with National Network to End Violence Against

Immigrant Women (Leslye Orloff, Immigrant Women Program: NOW legal Defense

Fund, Washington, D.C.; Gail Pendleton, National Immigration Guild, Boston-Mass.; and

Leni Marin, Family Violence Fund, San Francisco-CA and Rachel Rodriguez, University

of Madison), amount $50,000.


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Grants Awarded Cont.

United States National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Office of Research and Evaluation

Broadening Our Understanding of Violence Against Women from Diverse Communities

"Use and Outcomes of Protection Orders by Battered Immigrant Women" Fall 2003-

Spring 2006, with Mary Ann Dutton, Professor (PI), Georgetown University; and

Leslye Orloff Senior Staff Attorney and Program Director, Immigrant Program,

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (Consultant), Award: $250,000.

National Endowment on Democracy, Washington D.C. “Legal and Political Awareness

of Women in Bahrain”, 2003-2004 With Bahraini Women Society, Award: $28,000.

Kent State University Retention and Enrollment Strategies, “Belonging and Retention:

Issues and patterns within and across campuses.” Summer 2001, With Pamela

Tontodonato, Award: $10,490 U.S. State Department "Expert Grant" to participate in

developing the women‟s non-governmental organization Bahraini Society for Women,

April 2002, Award: $8,000.

U.S. State Department "Expert Grant" to travel to Oman and participate in developing

the first five year strategic plan for women with the Ministry of Social Affairs, March

2002, Award: $8,000.

United States Human and Health Services, “Organizing with resources for violence

against immigrant women.” Spring 2002, Award: $300,000 with L. Orloff . [Contribution

to writing the grant 40%, to evaluation of grant 100%]

Kent State University Retention and Enrollment Strategies, "Improving recruitment and

retention from Regional Campuses to Kent Campus." 2000-2001 With Pamela

Tontodonato, Award: $11,000.

Kent State University, Research and Graduate Studies, “Muslim Inmates in Prison.”

Award: $450.

Ohio Governor's Office of Criminal Justice, "An Assessment of Juvenile Diversion

Programs in Ohio." (Principal Investigator, 50% effort; 1998-1999 With P. Kratcoski as

project director), Award: $39,000.

National Institute of Justice, "Violence Against Women and Systematic Responses: An

Exploratory Study.” , 1998-2000 With E. Erez (PI), Kent State University, Award:

$184,527.


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Grants Awarded Cont.

Cleveland Police Department, "to evaluate their Residential Association Police

Program (RAPP)."(Co-principal Investigator 30% effort; 1997-1998 With P. Kratcoski

and D. Kessler), Award: $50,000.

Open Society Institute, "Health Status of Incarcerated Women." (Fellowship Status)

1998-1999, Award: $56,000.

Light Center, Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health to conduct Seminars in

Mahoning and Trumbull County of Sexual Assault Awareness. (Partner and facilitator,

10% effort; 1996-1997), Award: $40,000.

Ohio Department of Education for a before and after program for needy children.

(Evaluator of program and grant writer, 1995-1996), Award: $15,000.

Ohio Governor's Office of Criminal Justice "Youth Diversion Program for Liberty

Youth."(Evaluator and grant writer, 1995-1998), Award: $45,000 for the first two years

and step down funding for the rest of the period.

Attorney General's Office to "expand the D.A.R.E. program at Liberty Police

Department." (Grant writer and evaluator, 1994-1999), Award: $45,000 for first year, and

step down funding for five years.

Department of Justice funds to hire two Police Officers to move the Liberty Police

Department into a Problem Solving Policing Style. (Grant writer and evaluator, 1995-

1999), Award: $138,000.

Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services A D.A.R.E. Program for

the Mahoning County Schools in the unincorporated areas. (Grant writer, partnership

leader and evaluator, 1993-1994), Award: $27,000.

Ohio Department of Highway Safety Experienced Driver's Improvement Program

(E-DIP). (Grant writer and Principal Investigator, 1992-1993), Award: $9,000.

Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management, to establish a

Community Center for conflict management, in the Mahoning Valley. (Grant writer,

1992-1993), Award: $15,000.

Census Bureau, Center for Survey Research to conduct research on behavioral causes

for census undercount among African American and Puerto-Ricans in Hartford, CT.

(Principal Investigator, 1989-1992), Award: $18,000.

Ford Foundation, small grants for dissertation research. (1986-1987) Award: $10,000


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Awards and Honors

Elected Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Youngstown State University

Chapter 1995

Trumbull County Women of Achievement Nominee 1997

Open Society Institute Fellow 1997-1999

Included in the Who is Who Among Egyptian Women of 2000 (#556, p.122)

YWCA Portage County: Women of Professional Excellence Award for the Year

2003 (Nomination from President of Kent State, Dr. Cartwright)

Finalist in North Ohio Live Achievement Award, 2004 for Kent State

University‟s Democracy Symposium on Homeland Security

Distinguished Woman Award, Kent State University, 2007

Academic Presentations (R, refereed; I, invited) Ammar, N. (Nov., 2009) Author meets critic session on Kusha H. (2009) book on Islam in American

Prisons: Balck Muslims‟ Challenge to American Penology. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. American

Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA. R

Ammar, N. (February, 2009) Forgiveness in Islam. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Mass.

R.

Ammar, N. (Nov. 2008) Chair, session on Immigration and Crime. American Society of Criminology. St.

Louis, Mo. I

Ammar, N. (Nov., 2008) Collaborative Research with Battered Immigrant Women. American Society of

Criminology. St. Louis, Mo. R.

Ammar, N. (October, 2008) Policing Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S.: Immigrant Women's Opinions. Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ammar, N. (Sept.2008) Terrorism, Violence and the Environment. The United Nations Conference on the

60th

Anniversary of the Human Rights Declaration. The United Nations, New York City, New

York. I

Ammar, N. and Sanantonio J. (June, 2008) Battered Immigrant Muslim Women and Access to Criminal

Justice Services in the U.S. National Women Studies Association, Cincinnati, Ohio. R

Ammar, N., Orloff, L, Dutton, M.A. ( May, 2008) Use and Outcome of Civil Protection

Orders by Battered Immigrant Women in the U.S. Law and Society Association Meeting,

Montreal, Canada. R

Ammar, N. (March, 2008) Working in the Middle East with Women: Service, and Change. Marmara

University, Istanbul. I

Ammar, N. (November, 2007) Wife-Abuse and Gender-Base Violence in Egyptian

Films: A Popular Culture View. American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia. R

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Academic Presentations Cont. Ammar, N. (January, 2008) On Being a Muslim Woman. Massey College, University of Toronto, Toronto,

Ontario, Canada. I

Ammar, N. (January, 2007) Are Ecojustice and Feminism Compatible with Islamic

Sharia? Jesuit University, Jakarta, Indonesia. I

Ammar, N. (January, 2007) Social Transformation and non-Patriarchal Interpretations of Violence

Against Women in Islam Law, University of Gadjah Mata (UGM), Department of Interreligious

Studies Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I

Ammar, N. (January, 2007). Women, the Environment and Justice in Islamic Sharia. University of Gadjah

Mata (UGM), Center for Cross-Cultural Studies, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I

Ammar, N. (November, 2006) After Disengagement and the Lebanon War: Is the Middle East Closer or

Further from Peace? Kent State University Geneva Program, Moderator for a talk by David

Newman, Professor of Political Science at Ben Gurion University, Geneva, Switzerland.

Ammar, N. and P. Tontodonato (March, 2006) “Effects of Violence and Help-seeking on the Children of

battered Latina Immigrant Women.” Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,

Baltimore, Maryland. R

Ammar, N. (November, 2005) “Domestic Violence in Egypt: Research Needs.” Part of a panel on Violence

Against Women: A Human Security Perspective Sponsored by The Women‟s Learning

Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace and the Association for Middle East Women‟s

Studies Middle Eastern Studies Association. Washington, D.C. I

Ammar, N. and Weaver R. ( November, 2005) The Meaning of Justice for Muslim Inmates: A Study of

Inmates in Ohio Correctional Facilities. Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology.

Toronto, Canada. R

Ammar, N. (August, 2005) “ Wife Beating in Islam.” 14th

World Congress of Criminology.

Philadelphia, PA. R

Ammar, N. and Orloff, L. (August, 2005) “Violence Against Women ACT (VAWA) and Battered

immigrant Women: A social, legal and historical perspective.” 14th

World Congress of

Criminology. Philadelphia, PA. R

Ammar, N. (June, 2005) “Battered Immigrant Women: An extra-legal perspective.” Jewish Family

Services Seminar on Immigrant Women. Beachwood, Ohio. I

Ammar, N. (May, 2005) WORKSHOPS 18 and 24 “Providing Culturally Appropriate

Services to End Violence Against Immigrant Women (Parts 1 and 2). The Ohio Attorney

General‟s 2005 Conference on Victim Assistance, Columbus, Ohio. I

Ammar, N. (May, 2005) “ The Role of Mediation in Islamic Jurisprudence.” Fourth Biennial

International Conference on Intercultural Research, Conflict, Negotiation and Mediation

Across Cultures. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. R


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Academic Presentations Cont. Ammar, N. (March, 2005) “ Caring for the Environment: A Challenge of Justice for Muslims”. Eco-

Nightmare Culpability, Responsibility and the Environmental Crisis, Massey College the 2005

Walter Gordon Massey symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. I

Ammar, N. (February, 2005) “Islam, human rights and public health issues.” School of Public Health,

Tulane University, LA. I

Ammar, N. (November, 2004). “Policing Battered Immigrant Women: What We Know and What We

Need to Know.” The Alliance for Abused and Battered International Women, (ABAIW) Annual

Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio. I

Orloff, L., N. Ammar (September, 2004) “Boarder Patrol and Battered Immigrant Women.” San Diego

Boarder Patrol, San Diego, California. R

Ammar, N., L. Orloff, M. A. Dutton and G. Aguilar Hass. (September, 2004) “Children of Battered

Immigrant Women: An Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Violence, Access to Services and

Immigrant Status.” International Family Violence Conference, September 19-25,

San Diego, CA. R

Ammar, N. (September, 2004). Invited to attend the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against

Women Learning from the Past, Shaping the Future as a member of a team speaking on battered

immigrant women and families. A symposium honoring the 10th

anniversary of the Violence

Against Women Act (1994). Washington, D.C. I

Ammar, N. (May, 2004) “Helping to Serve Battered Immigrant Women in Ohio.” Ohio Caucus for Women

of Color, Liaison to Ohio Domestic Violence Network, Columbus, Ohio. I

Warrier, S. and N. Ammar (May, 2004) “Cultural Competency and Battered Immigrant Women in the

United States.” Southern Region Conference of the National Network to Prevent Violence

Against Immigrant Women, Miami, Florida. I

Ammar, N., L. Marin, L. Orloff (May, 2004) “Advocacy and Funding for Battered Immigrant

Women.” Southern Region Conference of the National Network to Prevent Violence Against Immigrant Women, Miami, Florida. I

Ammar, N. (April, 2004) " The Intersection of Gender and Immigration in American Academic

Administration: A Personal Journey." Central Anthropological Association,

St. Paul, Minnesota. R

Ammar, N. (March, 2004) "Arab Women in their Constitutions." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,

Las Vegas, Nevada. R

Ammar, N. (October, 2003) " Policing Battered Arab-American Women prior to September 11

: A Police

Perspective". International Executive Police, Manama, Bahrain. I

Ammar, N. (June, 2003) “Can Islam be Restorative.” The Second International Global Meeting, University

of Bahcesehir, Istanbul, Turkey. I


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Academic Presentations Cont. Ammar, N. (May, 2003) “Restorative Justice and Islam.” Balanced and Restorative Justice Conference,

Michigan Family Independence Agency Bureau of Juvenile Justice, Harbor springs, Michigan. I

Ammar, N. and R. Weaver (March, 2003) “Muslims in Ohio Prison: Characteristics and Religious Needs.”

North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio. R

Ammar, N. and R. Weaver (March, 2003) “Muslims in Ohio Prisons: A Case Study from Ohio.” Academy

of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Mass. R

Ammar, N. (Nov., 2002) “Introduction… Battered Immigrant Women Against the General Picture of

Violence.” Women‟s Resource Center Domestic Violence/Dating Violence Workshop, Kent

Kent State University, Ohio. I

Ammar, N. (October, 2002) “Domestic Violence in Egypt: The Debate of Etiology and Meaning.” Africa in

the 21 Century, The Kent State University Africa Initiative, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Ammar, N. (October, 2002) “On Being a Muslim-American Woman in Post September 11, 2001.” Muslim

Women in America: Contributing to Community Development. Kent State University, Kent,

Ohio. I

Ammar, N. (September, 2002) “Are Muslim Prisoners Different: A Case Study from Ohio.” at the Ohio

Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Annual Research Conference, Columbus, Ohio. R

Ammar, N. (March, 2002) “Societal Violence and Domestic Violence in the Islamic Context.” University

of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain. I

Ammar, N. (March, 2002) “Women and the Law Under Islamic Shari‟ a.” College of Shari‟ a and Law,

Muscat, Oman. I

Ammar, N. (March, 2002) “Omani Women and Legislative Rights.” National Strategy of Omani Women,

the Omani Ministry of Social Development, Muscat, Oman. I

Ammar, N. (October, 1999) Invited "Arab American Women Beyond Victimization and Invisibility." Arab

American University Graduates Annual Convention, New York City, New York. R

Ammar, N. (April, 1999) Invited "Domestic Violence, Immigration and Identity: A Case Study from the

Arab-American Community." Center for Arab Studies, Georgetown University,

Washington, D.C. I

Ammar, N. (March, 1999) Invited Colloquium “Muslim Women‟s Legal Rights in Shari „a.” Wittenberg

University, Springfield, Ohio. I

Tontodonato, P., N, Ammar. (March, 2002) “Retention Strategies for Minority Students”, Academy of

Criminal Justice Sciences, Anaheim, California. R

Dahlgren, D. C., P. C. Kratcoski, and N. Ammar (October, 2001) “Assessing Drug Courts: Factors

Influencing Outcome.” Midwest Criminal Justice Association conference, Chicago, Illinois. R


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Academic Presentations Cont. Dahlgren, D. C., P. C. Kratcoski, and N. H. Ammar (October, 2001) “Police Diversion of Delinquent

Youth: An Assessment of Programs.” Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections

Annual Research Conference, Columbus, Ohio. R

Tontodonato, P., N. Ammar (October, 2001) “Retention Strategies for Minority and Non-Traditional

Students: What Works?” American Council on Education, Cincinnati, Ohio. R

Ammar, N. (June, 2001) “Restorative Justice and Jails.” The National Convocation of Jail and Prison

Ministry, Cleveland, Ohio. I

Dahlgren, D, P. Kratcoski, and N. Ammar (April, 2001) “Police Diversion of Delinquent Youth: An

Assessment of Programs.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D.C. R

Tontodonato, P., N. Ammar (April, 2001) “Retention of Justice Studies Students in a Multi-Campus

System.” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D.C. R

Ammar, N. (March, 2001) “Restorative Justice in Islam, Active Peacemaking, Sixth Annual Symposium on

Violence, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. I

Ammar, N (January, 2001) the Western Asia Report on Women at Beijing 10+ (in Arabic), Alliance for

Arab Women, Cairo, Egypt. I

Dahlgren, Daniel C., Peter C. Kratcoski, and Nawal H. Ammar (November, 2000) “Police Diversion of

Delinquent Youth: An Assessment of Programs.” 52nd

annual American Society of Criminology

Conference; San Francisco, CA. R

Ammar, N.; P. Kratcoski. and D. Dahlgren (March, 2000) "A Rapid Socio-Demographic Assessment of

Juvenile Diversion Programs in Northeast Ohio." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New

Orleans, LA. R

Ammar, N. (June, 2000) “The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Stopping Violence Against

Women: Case Examples from the U.S. and Egypt.” The Lawyers Guild, The Women and Child

Organization of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain. I

Ammar, N. (June, 2000) “Eco-Justice, Islam and Muslims.” Gulf Hotel, A Lecture Sponsored by the U.S.

Ambassador, Manama, Bahrain. I

Ammar, N. (June, 2000) “Muslim Women in America: Seeking Justice Between Eastern Traditions and

Western Liberation.” The Dubai Press Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I

Ammar N. And S. Wolf (November, 1999) "County Worker's Attitudes Towards Private Prisons in the

Mahoning Valley." American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada. I

Tontodonato, P., N. Ammar (October, 2001) “Retention Strategies for Minority and Non-Traditional

Students: What Works?” American Council on Education, Cincinnati, Ohio. R


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Academic Presentations Cont. Ammar, N., E. Erez and C. Gregory (March, 1999) "Health Care Delivery Strategies in Ohio's Women

State Prisons." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, Florida. R

Ammar, N. (February, 1999) Prioritizing Of Social Needs, Delivery of Social Services And Gender Gap.

The Commission for Social Development, United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York. I

Ammar, N., J. Smith (November, 1998) "Build it and They Shall Come: The Story of Ohio's Only Private

Prison." American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C. R

Ammar, N. (January, 1999) “Interpreting Arab Women‟s Culture: Issues and Dilemmas.” Translating

Cultures: A Symposium To Honor The Memory of Joseph Brodsky: American Citizen, English

Essayist, And Russian Poet. Center for International Studies and Programs, Youngstown State

University. I

Ammar, N., E. Erez (November, 1998) "Differential Perception of Health Problems Between Women

Offenders and Health Care Providers in Ohio State Prisons." American Society of Criminology,

Washington, D.C. R

Ammar, N. (August, 1998) "Restorative Justice in Islam." International Summer Institute, Center for

Religion and Society, University of Victoria, Kamploop, Canada. I

Ammar, N. (May, 1998) "Eco-Justice in Islam as a Human Rights Issue, Series on Religions and the

Environment, Center for World Religions, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. I

Ammar, N. (November, 1997) "Nationality Laws in Egypt: A Review of Human Rights of Women."

American Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA. R

Kessler, D.; N. Ammar; P. Kratcoski (November, 1998) "Community Policing in Cleveland Ohio."

American Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA. R

Ammar, N. (Organizer) (November, 1998) “Criminal Justice as Peacemaking: Issues from the Classroom.”

The Association for Humanist Sociology, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ammar, N. (Plenary Session Presentation, Invited) (September, 1998) "Issues of Muslim Women's Human

Rights.” Sisterhood is Global and American University, Washington, D.C .I

Ammar, N. (March, 1998) "Domestic Violence in the Egyptian Context," a non-governmental testimony to

the United Nation's Forty Second Commission on the Status of Women, New York, NY. I

Ammar, N. (February, 1998) "Nationality Laws in Egypt and Lebanon," United Nations Association, The

Youngstown Branch, Youngstown, OH. I

Ammar, N. (March, 1997) "The Coalescing of Legal Systems in Domestic Violence Against Women: A

Case Study from Egypt's Dual Legal System. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville,

KY. I

Ammar, N. (Plenary Session Presentation, Invited) (February, 1997) "Ecology and Justice In Islamic

Codes," Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, Cambridge, MA. I


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Other Presentations Ammar, N. (October, 1996) "Restructuring the Fragmented Identity of Minority Women Working in the

Criminal Justice System: Oral Histories from Northeast, Ohio," The Association for Humanist

Sociology, Hartford, CT. R

Ammar, N. (August, 1996) Invited "The Ecological Crisis from an Islamic Perspective: The Recovery of

Hidden Jurisprudence," Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics, Portland,

ME. I

Ammar, N. (October, 1995) "The 4th U.N. Conference on Women: Consequences and Conflicts," The

Association for Humanist Sociology, Columbus, OH. R

Ammar, N. (September, 1995) Invited "An Egyptian Village Revisited: Silwa, the Governorate of Aswan,"

Presented to the Department of Sociology at the University of Peking, Beijing, China. I

Ammar, N. (September, 1995) Invited "Eco-feminism in the Islamic Perspective: Ethical and Juristic

Views," The 4th U.N. Conference on Women, Non-Governmental Forum, Beijing, China. I

Ammar, N. (September, 1995) Invited "Women in a Post-Patriarchal Islamic Society: Issues of

Jurisprudence," The 4th U.N. Conference on Women, Non-Governmental Forum, Beijing, China.

Ammar, N. (September, 1995) Invited "Childless Women in Islam: Legal and Social Status," The 4th U.N.

Conference on Women, Non-Governmental Forum, Beijing, China. I

Ammar, N. (September, 1994) "Conflict Resolution in a Cross-Cultural Perspective," Midwestern Criminal

Justice Association, Chicago, IL. R

Ammar, N. (Discussant and Organizer) (September, 1994) "Beyond the Blue: Diversity in Police Work,"

Graduate Student Panel, Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, IL. R

Ammar, N. (October 1998) "What are Prisons? And what are their implications," Catholic Diocese of

Youngstown Lay Clergy Program, Youngstown, OH.

Ammar, N. (March, 1998) "Ohio's Only Private Prison: a commentary," Prison Forum, Youngstown, OH.

Ammar, N. (March, 1998) "Domestic Violence in the Egyptian Context," a non-governmental testimony to

the United Nation's Forty Second Commission on the Status of Women, New York, NY.

Ammar, N. (March, 1998) "Domestic Violence in Qur'anic Text," Crisis Intervention Center, Youngstown,

OH.

Ammar, N. (October, 1998) "What are Prisons? And what are their implications, Catholic Diocese of

Youngstown Lay Clergy Program, Youngstown, OH.

Ammar, N. (March, 1998) "Domestic Violence in Qur'anic Text," Crisis Intervention Center, Youngstown,

OH.

Ammar, N. (October, 1997) "The Death Penalty and Issues of Justice," Prison Forum, Youngstown, OH.


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Other Presentations Cont. Ammar, N. (November, 1996) "Women Behind Bars: A Panel of Ex-Incarcerated Women Discuss their

Lives... An Introduction," The Prison Group of the Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, OH.

Ammar, N. (April, 1996) Invited "The Beijing U.N. Women's Conference and Issues for American Muslim

Women," Association of American University Women, The Annual Ohio Conference, Cleveland,

OH. Ammar, N. (February, 1996) "Beijing in Retrospect," United Nations Association, the Youngstown

Branch, Youngstown, OH.

Ammar, N. (December, 1995) "My Own Impressions of the Women's Conference in Beijing," The

Coalition of Social Justice, Youngstown, OH.

Ammar, N. (November, 1995) "The 4th Conference on Women in Beijing: Afterthoughts," The League of

Women Voters of Youngstown, Youngstown, OH.

Manuscript/Book Reviews

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

Free Inquiry in Critical Sociology

International Review of Victimology

International Studies Perspective

Justice Professional

National Women Studies Association Journal

Police Practice and Research

Public Policy

Violence Against Women

State University of New York Press.

Selected University Service

-Conduct duties of an academic Dean (2007-ongoing)

-Serve on the Selection Committee of Associate Provost of Research (2009)

-Serve on the Board of University-Community Link Unit at UOIT (2009)

-Serve on the Board of the Centre for Evaluation and Survey Research at UOIT (2008-

ongoing)

-Serve on the Board of Professional Development Centre (Faculty of Criminology,

Justice and Policy Studies)

-Serve on the Board of the Durham Regional Police and UOIT‟s Diversity and

Leadership Annual Conference

-Serve on the UOIT Committee to measure socio-economic impact of the University on

the Durham Region Community (2008-ongoing)

-Serve on the selection committee for a Health Sciences Dean at University of Ontario

Institute of Technology (2008-2009)

-Developed three new programs in the Faculty (2007-2009): Legal Studies,


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Selected Universityy Service Cont. Communication and Public Policy

-Developed the Cybercrime concentration of the MA in Criminology (2007)

-Developed the 3 year strategic plan for the Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy

Studies (2007)

-Chaired 10 search committees for Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies (2007-2010)

-Chaired 8 reappointment of faculty committees

-Chaired 3 tenure and promotion committees

-Board member for the National Women Studies Association Journal(2005-ongoing)

-Board member of the Turkish Journal of Policing (2004-ongoing)

- (2005-2006) Member of the Search Committee for the 11th

President of Kent State

University

- (2005-2007) Member of the Political Science Graduate Faculty Committee @ Kent

State University

-(2004-2005) Member of the Justice Studies Faculty Advisory Committee

-(2004-2005) Consultant to Kent State Sixth Annual Democracy Symposium Planning

Committee

-(2003-2004) Chair, Kent State Fifth Annual Democracy Symposium Planning

Committee

-(2003-2007) Faculty Advisor to the Muslim Student Association

-(2003-2007) Faculty Advisor to the Arab Student Association

- (2002-2003) Member of Kent State Fourth Annual Democracy Symposium Planning

Committee

-(2003-2004) Member of the Faculty Search Committee for Pan-African Studies

-(2003-ongoing) Member of the International Program Review Committee

-(2001-2006) Member of the Women Resource Center Committee Advisory Board

-(2002) Member of Kent State Third Annual Democracy Symposium Planning

Committee

-(2000-2002) Member of the Selection and Formation Committee for Diversity Vice

President (eventually renamed Vice-Provost for Diversity and Academic Initiatives)

-(2000-2001) Planning Committee for Kent State‟s Symposium on Violence

-(2000, 2001, 2003, 2003 and 2004) Member of the Selection Committee for the

Distinguished Women Award

-(2000-2003) Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences

-(1999-2000) Member of the Diversity Conference Planning Committee for the year 2000

-(1999-2000) College Advisory Committee

-(1998-1999) Strategic Planning Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Social

Sciences Cluster

-(1994-2000) Faculty Advisory Committee for the Justice Studies Department

-(1994-1997) Curriculum Committee for the Criminal Justice Studies Department

-(1994-1995) Member of Faculty Search Committee for the Criminal Justice Studies

Department

-(1995-1996) Member of Faculty Search for the Criminal Justice Studies Department


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Selected Universityy Service Cont. -(1996-1997) Member of Faculty Search Committee for the Criminal Justice Studies

Department

-(1996-1997) Member of Department Name Change Committee

-(2008-ongoing) Representing UOIT with Board of Academics for Higher Education

and Development (AHED – UPESED), Montreal, Canada

-(2008-ongoing) Invited to lead the research group of the Business and Professional

Women of Durham, Oshawa, Ontario

-(2004- 2006 ) Invited to serve on the Board of Ohio Coalition against Domestic

Violence Network Newly Reconstituted Board

-(2004- on going) Invited to serve on the Board of Ohio Women of Color Caucus on

Violence against Women

- (2000-2001) Board member of the Mayor's Taskforce on Violence against Minority

Women, City of Youngstown, OH

-(2000-2009) Board Member of the National Network to Prevent Violence Against

Immigrant Women. Headquarters, Washington, D.C.; Boston, Mass., and San Francisco,

CA

-(1999-2003) Board member of the Campaign on Justice and Restorative Justice Web-list

-(1998-2003) Invited by the president of the University of Victoria to become a Member

of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Religion and Society at the University of

Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

-(1997-present) Board Member of the Youngstown Police Department Advisory Network

for the Crisis Intervention Unit on Domestic Violence and Rape, Youngstown, OH

-(1994-2000) Board Member of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive

Health and Ethics; Washington, D.C.

-(1993-1994) Member of an Ohio State-Wide Team Planning a Curriculum for Women

Supervisors on the Police Force; Columbus, OH

-(1993-2000) Board Chairperson of the Steering Committee, Immigrant Women's

Institute, Mahoning Valley, Warren, OH

-(1993) Founding Member, Coalition for Diversity-Youngstown State University,

Youngstown, OH

-(1992-1996) Member, Mahoning County Highway Safety Task Force, Youngstown, OH

-(1992-2001) Founding and Board Member, Mahoning Valley Dispute Resolution

Services, Youngstown, OH

-(1986-2000) Board Member and Founder of the Non-Governmental Women's

Organization, Alliance for Arab Women, Cairo, Egypt

-(2000-ongoing) Member of the Non-Governmental Women's Organization, Alliance for

Arab Women, Cairo, Egypt


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Professional Development

(1993) Certified by the Ohio Association for Chiefs of Police to teach Human

Diversity to Police Officers

(1994) Certified by the State of Ohio Peace Officer Training Council to teach the

Cultural Diversity 24 hour Unit

(1996) 5 hours of Continuing Education Credit from the State of Ohio

Department of Health and the Light Center, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, for

participating in Incarcerated Women: The Cycle-The Healing

(1997) 5.5 hours of Continuing Professional Education Credit from the Burdman

Group, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, for participating in Women in the Judicial

System

(1998) 5 hours of Continuing Professional Education Credit from the Burdman

Group, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, for participating in Domestic Violence and the

Religious Community

(1999) Completed 21 hours of General Mediation Training

Professional Affiliations

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; 1994-present

Alliance for Arab Women, Cairo, Egypt; founding member 1986

American Society of Criminology; 1994-present

American Anthropological Association; 1987-present

Association of Arab-American University Graduates; 1988-present

Middle Eastern Studies Association, 1988-present

Midwestern Criminal Justice Association; 1993-present

National Association of Muslim Lawyers; 1999-present

National Network to Prevent Violence against Immigrant Women; 1998-present

Ohio Domestic Violence Network; 2004-ongoing Society for Applied Anthropologists; 1986-present

Courses Taught

(Undergraduate courses)

Basic Interviewing

Law and Society (honors)

Minorities in Criminal Justice

Women in Crime and Justice

Women, Islam and Justice

Corrections

(Graduate courses) Comparative Criminal Justice

Islam and the Criminal Justice System.


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Courses Taught (Graduate courses) Contd. Justice Administration

Pro-seminar in Justice Studies

Qualitative Methods

Victimology

Other Significant Contributions

Chief planner for a conference on Women and the Canadian Criminal Justice

System.

Member of the editorial board of the National Women‟s Studies Association Journal

at the University of Maine, USA.

Testified as an expert witness in immigration cases, and written affidavits to Battered

Immigrant Visa Petitions. In all Cases I was considered an Expert Witness on issues

of Violence, Women and the Muslim Arab- Middle East.

Planned for and conducted second State Capacity Building Summit to Improve

Services to Women Immigrant Victims of Violence, Wisconsin July 17-19, 2003.

Funded by the Violence against Women Office, Department of Justice

Planned and conducted third State Capacity Building Summit to Improve Services

to Women Immigrant Victims of Violence, Miami, Florida May 16-19. 2004.

Funded by the Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice and Presided

by the Immigrant Program of Legal Momentum, Washington, D.C.

Participated in the discussions of the first five year strategic plan on women's issues

conducted by the Omani Government, in Muscat, Oman; March 2002.

Organized The Provost Panel on “Muslim Women Speak Out”, Kent State

University, Kent, Ohio, 2002. A group of 6 women from Arab Muslim Countries

(women lawyers, visitors of the U.S. State Department) had a public forum dialogue

with Arab American Muslim Women regarding gender issues including violence,

veiling, status of Muslims in post September 11, 2001 U.S. and other issues related

to Shari „a (Islamic Law).

Reviewed Department of Justice, Violence Against Women Grants September 2000.


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Other Significant Contributions Cont.

Conducted first State Capacity Building Summit to Improve Services to

Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Workshop organized by the American

Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence and NOW Legal Defense and

Education Fund Immigrant Women Program. St. John‟s College, Santa Fe, New

Mexico, July 30th-August 2, 2000. Funded by the American Bar Association and

Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.

Conducted the Evaluation for the first State Capacity Building Summit to

Improve Services to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Workshop

organized by the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence and

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund Immigrant Women Program. St. John‟s

College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 30th-August 2, 2000.

Reviewed Soros Grants 1999-2000.

Attended United Nations 44th session of the Commission on the Status of Women as

part of the Beijing 5+ follow-up, March 2000, New York. Attended as representative

of the Alliance for Arab Women, Egyptian non-governmental Organization.

Served as contact for the PEW Global Stewardship Initiative, 1995-1997.

Attended as a member of a non-governmental organization the United Nations 42nd

session of the Commission on the Status of Women as part of a follow-up on the

Beijing Platform on violence against women and girl-children,

March 1998, New York. Invited to attend by the Commission Secretariat as an

Expert.

Attended United Nations fourth Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995.

Future Projects, Research and Publications Projects:

European Commission's Middle Eastern Women’s Bibliography and Research,

Member of the Reflection Group.


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Research:

Working on research to collect data that examines the successes of the Violence Against

Women ACT (VAWA) in the last five years in improving services for immigrant women

facing violence in the U.S.

Doing research on Depictions of terrorism in Egyptian Movies (Cinema) 2002-2006.

Continued work with Battered Immigrant Women and the Criminal Justice System in the

US and Canada.

Publications in Progress

Doing collaborative research with battered immigrant women.

Muslim immigrant battered women: a preliminary understanding.

Psychological and physica abuse among immigrant women: Refocusing causality.

Life-time summary (count) according to the following categories:

- Books, manuals, authored .............................................................................. 6

- Books edited .................................................................................................2

- Chapters in books ........................................................................................ 26

- Papers in refereed journal ............................................................................ 32

- Papers in refereed conference proceedings....................................................5

- Technical reports ......................................................................................... 25

- Abstracts and/or papers read ................................................................ over 60

- Others (workshops presented, reviews, encyclopedic entries, etc. ) ... over 50

Ph.D. Dissertations Advised

Kosal, T. The Effectiveness of Cybercrime Special Units in Combating Computer Crime

(Summer, 2010).

Altuntop, S. An Analysis of What Factors Determine the Selection Practices and

Preferences of Police Departments (Summer, 2008) (Co-Advisor).

Dolu,O Fear of Online Crime and Public Policy: Privacy vs. Security. (Summer, 2007).

Duman, A Effects of Contingent Factors on Community Policing Activities: A Critical

Analysis of Adopting a Certain Policing Module (Co-Advisor) (Summer, 2007).

Gul, S Police Performance Appraisal: A Comparative Study Between Turkey and the

United States of America (Spring, 2007).


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Ph.D. Dissertations Advised Cont.

Gurer, C. Divergence of Discontent: Sociopolitical Analysis of Turko-Skeptisism in

European Union Enlargement. (Summer, 2007).

Sezgin, E A Comparative Perspective of International Cooperation Against Terrorism

(Advisor) (Summer, 2007).

Uludag, S. Democracy, Crime Victimization and Fear of Crime: The Affects of

Democratic Quality on Citizens‟ Fear of Criminal Victimization. (Co-Advisor) (Spring,

2007).

Makandawi, L. Coping with life as a woman: A critical ethnography of violence against

female domestic (Spring, 2006) (University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.).

MA in Criminology (at UOIT)

Negin Vatandoost Honour Killing: An assessment of violence (on going). [Major

Advisor]

Laura Macdermic Assessing Restorative Justice (on going). [Major Advisor]

Amanda Breen Youth and rehabilitation in the Canadian Justice System (on going).

[Committee Member]

Amanda Couture Understanding Dating Abuse From the Perspective of Immigrant South

Asian Muslim Women (ongoing). [Committee Member]

MA in Criminal Justice or Justice Studies Degree (all at Kent State University, U.S.)

Kocak, M. Terrorism and the Turkish Police. (Spring, 2007) (Advisor)

Kaiser, M. The Southern Subculture of Violence. (Spring, 2007) (Advisor)

Kosal, T. The Use of Technology in Police Surveillance. (Summer, 2006) (Co-advisor)

King, B. The Death Penalty: Racial Traits. (Spring, 2006)

Perella, A. The Effects of Co-payments on Health Delivery in Women‟s Prisons. (Spring,

2006) (Advisor)

Dolu, O. The Use of Computers in Fraud. (Spring, 2005)

Duman, A. Community Policing and the Turkish Police. (Spring, 2005)


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MA in Criminal Justice or Justice Studies Degree Cont.

Woods, B. Examining Exposure to Violence and Lack of Parental Monitoring As

Contributors to Violent Behavior Among Elementary School Children. (Summer 2004)

Tuzuner, M. Neighborhood Watch Group: Does Community Policing Have Impact On

It? (Summer 2004)

Gurer, G Job Satisfaction Among Turkish Police. (Spring, 2005)

Gul, S.K. Police Performance Appraisal in the Turkish National Police and A Survey of

the Ankara Police Department. (Spring 2003)

Downey, S. Elementary School Children‟s Anti-Social Behaviors, Differences Between

Grade Level and Gender. (Summer 2003)

Ekici, A. Would You Like to Join a Protest? A Study of Protest Participation and

Influencing Factors. (Spring 2003)

Baker, C. Access to Medical Treatment and Mental Health Assessment: A Comparison of

Male and Female Inmates. (Fall 2002) [Advisor]

Payne, D. Intensive Supervision Programs: Effects and Dimensions. (Fall 2002)

Schneider, P. Prostitution as A Special Docket: Can Compliance Hearings Make a

Difference? (Fall 2002)

Fert, I. Technical Surveillance in Police Intelligence. (Summer 2002, co-advisor)

Gurer C. The Effects of Crime Analysis Use on Crime and Clearance Rate: an Analysis

of National Crime and Administrative Data. (Summer 2002)

Hearn, V. Victim- Offender Mediation: Does It Reduce Recidivism in Juvenile

Offenders. (Summer 2002)

Trem, N. The Cooperation of Domestic Violence Victims with Police and Prosecutors.

(Summer 2002)

Drucker, S. Re-integrative Shaming. (Spring 2002)

Payne, D. Recidivism Among Adult Intensive Supervision Probationers. (Spring 2002)

Saxon S. An Examination of Muslim Inmates in the Ohio Prison System. (Spring 2002)

[Advisor]


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MA in Criminal Justice or Justice Studies Degree Cont.

Lyons, D. An Analysis of Extralegal Factors and the Effects on the Legal Perception of

Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Elder Abuse Among Ohio Judges. (Summer 2001)

[Advisor]

Brown, D. Policing Domestic Violence: How Police Officers In Portage County Ohio

Responded to Domestic Violence Calls. (Summer 1999)

Fedak. S. Call Escalation and Response Time: Does Police Response Time Impact the

Seriousness of a Call for Service? (Summer 1999)

Masters of Liberal Studies Degree (all at Kent State University)

Julian, S. Inner Peace and Inner Conflict: An Auto-ethnography of a Motherless

Daughter.

Cartwright, C. The Role of Henna in Constructing Identity. (Spring, 2006-Reader)

James, F. Constructing Women as Victims: How American Public Polices and Law

Perpetuate the Rape Culture. (Spring, 2005- Advisor)

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