Name: Abdul-Rahman A. Shaheen (Ph.D)
Institution: University of Jordan
Amman 11942 Jordan
Nationality: Jordanian
Academic Degrees:
- Ph.D (English), University of Houston, Houston, Texas, U.S.A, 1972
- M.A. (English) Mississippi State University, U.S.A, 1963.
- B.A. (English), University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, 1961.
Academic Rank: Professor of English since 1985.
Administrative Experience:
- Chairman of the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Jordan, 1978-1979.
- Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Al-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine 1982-1983.
- A founding member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, 1986.
- Chairman of the Department of Graduate Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jordan, 1986-1988.
- Acting dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jordan, during the Dean's absence in 1987 and 1988.
- President of Philadelphia University (a private university), Amman, Jordan. 1992 (during its foundation stage).
- Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jordan, 1995-1998.
- Acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs for Faculties of Humanities, University of Jordan (during the Vice-President's absence two times in 1997/1998.
- President of Irbid Private University, Irbid, Jordan, 1998-2002.
Teaching Experience:
- Senior teacher of English, Industrial Training Center, Arabian American Oil Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1963-1968.
- Teaching Fellow (English), University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A. 1969-1971.
- Visiting Professor, University of Houston, 1979-1980.
- Visiting Professor, University of Kuwait, 1989-1990.
- Visiting Professor, University of Bahrain, 1989-1991.
- Taught numerous courses in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Jordan (Language, Literature, Literary Criticism, Translation from English to Arabic and Vice-Versa on the B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. levels.
