Resume

• 1980

  French

  Spanish

  Farsi

  Arabic

  English

  Ph.D.

  Doctoral Specializations: Performance Theory & Comparative Drama\nDissertation Title: “The Open Theater: Its Development and Its Potential Contribution to the Arabic Theater in North Africa and the Middle East” (in two volumes

  739 pages)

  Theatre and Media Arts

  Editor of Dialogue; President of Arab Students Association

  University of Kansas

  GPA: 3.42/4

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Specialization: Theater for Youth\nTitle of Creative Project (thesis): Translation and Adaptation of Two Arabic [Iraqi] Plays

  Theater and Film

  Member of KU's children's theater touring troupe; stage manager of KU's on- and off-campus children's theater productions

  University of Kansas

  Lawrence

  KS

  GPA: 3.42/4

• 1978

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Specialization: Modern British Drama

  English

  Acted in and directed on- and off-campus theater pieces

  Eastern Illinois University

  Charleston

  IL

  GPA: 3.24/4

• 1968

  Bachelor's degree

  Majors: Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Arabic <> Translation

  English Language and Literature

  Member of Free Theater Group

  Iraqi and Arab Translators organizations

  Al-Mustansiriyah University

  Baghdad

  Iraq

  GPA: 3.40/4

  Acting: Musical Theatre Performance

  D. H. Lawrence

  English Composition I

  II

  Acting and Directing Theories

  Arabic Language and Literature I

  II

  Acting for Television

  Czech Drama

  Dramatic Theory: Lessing to Langer

  Arabic/English Translation I

  II

  Dramatic Theory: Plato to Lessing

  English Drama I

  II

  III

  IV

  Director-Designer

  Creative Dramatics

  Contemporary Theatre/Drama

  Contemporary British Drama

  Children’s Theatre

  Black Literature and American Dream

  Acting: Brecht

  American Theatre: 1895-Present

• Localizations

  Research Design

  Academic Writing

  Business Communications

  Web Design

  Editing

  Performance Improvement

  Course Creation

  Instructional Technology

  Cross-cultural Communication Skills

  Curriculum Design & Assessment

  E-Learning

  The Key

  an Iraqi play by Yousif al-Aani

  English translation and cultural adaptation

  The Mutation Show

  a play by The Open Theatre

  Arabic translation and adaptation

  Interview

  an experimental play by Jean-Claude van Itallie

  Arabic translation

  My Companion in Arabic: Reading & Writing Exercises

  a three-part series of handouts and practice exercises for levels I-III

  The three volumes include Arabic language acquisition exercises I developed on the basis of empirical researches I conducted while teaching Arabic at five schools in South Florida

  Night Walk

  an experimental play by The Open Theatre

  Arabic translation

  Technical Translation

  Edited Arabic versions of sixty English catalogues of medical equipments

  Terminal II

  an experimental play by Susan Yankowitz

  Arabic translation and adaptation

  The Serpent

  an experimental play by Jean-Claude van Itallie and The Open Theater

  Arabic translation and cultural adaptation

  Aristotle’s The Poetics from Athens to Baghdad: Survey of European and Middle Eastern Translations and Commentaries

  Postdoctoral research with expanded sections on Medieval Arabic and Syriac translations and the commentaries written by al-Farabi

  al-Kindi

  ibn Sina

  and ibn Rushd \n

  Terminal I

  an experimental play by Susan Yankowitz

  Arabic translation and adaptation

  The Politics of Diplomacy

  by James Baker

  Arabic translation of chapters on the Middle East

  The Wooden Child

  an Iraqi play by Kasim Mohamad

  English translation

  The Successful Life of 3

  an experimental play by Maria Irene Fornes

  Arabic translation

  TV

  an experimental play by Jean-Claude van Itallie

  Arabic translation of the play

  Motel

  an experimental play by Jean-Claude van Itallie

  Arabic translation

  Alsafar

  Perfection in what we do requires more than just professional skills

  experience

  and/or good knowledge of subject matter; it also requires creative talents and vision that will enable us to tackle new problems effectively

  Sabah

  Alsafar

  Barry University

  Dept. of the Army/National Guard

  Florida International University

  Nova Southeastern University

  Miami Dade College

  Saint Thomas University

  Miami International University of Art and Design

  Palm Beach State College

  Florida Atlantic University

  Broward College

  Miami

  I. Theater Courses Taught: Acting II and III; Script Analysis; Introduction to Theater\n\nII. Course Introduced and Developed: Script Analysis\n\nIII. Creative Activities: \nSupervised and directed students' public performances of short and full-length plays; Collaborated with students of diverse cultural backgrounds to experimentally perform conventional plays not originally intended to be performed for multicultural audience members

  Adjunct

  Barry University

  Miami

  I. Classroom and Online Teaching: Composition I and II; Developmental English I and II; Humanities; \tSurvey of World Literature; Theater Appreciation\n\nII. Online Course Developed: Survey of World Literature\n\nIII. Writing Center Tutoring: 2006-2008\n\nIV. Creative Activities: \nCollaborated with students to develop performing arts pieces and directed their public performances

  Adjunct

  Miami Dade College

  260th M.I.B.

  700NW 28th St.

  Miami

  FL

  Taught Modern Standard Arabic

  Arabic Instructor (part time)

  Dept. of the Army/National Guard

  Miami

  Teaching Composition I and II; Basic Essay Writing

  Adjunct

  Florida International University

  Teaching Composition I and II; Developmental Writing II

  Adjunct

  Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

  Broward College

  Miami

  Courses Taught: Composition I and II; Developmental English I and II; Humanities

  Adjunct

  Miami International University of Art and Design

  Fort Lauderdale

  Courses Taught: Basic Essay Writing

  Adjunct

  Nova Southeastern University

  I. Courses Taught: American Literature I and II; Theater Appreciation; Public Speaking; Composition I and II; Prep Writing (ENC

  ESL/EAP courses); Prep Reading (REA and ESL/EAP courses)\n\nII. Writing Center Tutoring: 2001-2005\n\nIII. Creative Activities: \nCollaborated with students to develop a short film and dramatic sketches; directed students' public performances

  Adjunct

  West Palm Beach

  Florida Area

  Palm Beach State College

  Miami

  I. Classroom and Online Teaching Experience:\nA. Graduate Level: Graduate Writing Skills; Legal Writing & Enhancement Counselor/Tutor\nB. Undergraduate Level: English

  Literature

  Business Communications

  and Humanities courses\n\nII. Online and Classroom Courses Developed: \nBusiness Communication & Report Writing; English Composition I; Graduate Writing; Survey of British Literature I; Humanities; Western Literary Masterpieces III; and Basic Essay Writing

  Adjunct

  Saint Thomas University

  Courses Taught: Composition I and II; Writing for Business and Management

  Adjunct

  West Palm Beach

  Florida Area

  Florida Atlantic University