Professor Jihad Al-Shuaibi
PhD in Linguistics
Upon graduation in 1999 with a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Universita'
degli Studi di Padova in Italy, Professor Al-Shuaibi joined the
Faculty of Foreign Languages (FFL) at The University of Jordan (JU) in Jordan.
He had earned a scholarship from JU after having obtained both a BA in English
Language and Literature and an MA in English Language and Linguistics from the
same University.
As an
instructor, Prof. Al-Shuaibi taught a wide variety of courses for postgraduate
and undergraduate levels, mainly in linguistics and translation in English,
Italian and Arabic. He was the supervisor of several PhD dissertations and MA
theses in linguistics.
He also served in different administrative positions: Vice Dean of
the School of Graduate Studies, Vice Dean of the School of Foreign
Languages, Chairman of the Department of Modern Languages, Chairman
of the Department of European Languages, Chairman of the Department of
Linguistics, Chairman of the Department of Languages, Culture and
Communication (at PSCJ- Al-Faisal University-Jeddah), Assistant Dean of
the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Assistant Dean at the Deanship of
Academic Research, Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages
for Student Affairs, Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages
for Quality Assurance, Coordinator of the joint English-Italian BA
Program, Assistant Editor of the International Refereed Research Journal
DIRASAT, among others.
Prof. Al-Shuaibi published several research papers in International
Journals. His research focused on Contrastive Analysis, Verb System, Tense-Time
Relationships, Language Development and Language Teaching and Translation.
Besides teaching translation, he also translated a variety of works, including
five Italian manuals on Textile Technologies and Emperor Fredrick II's De
Arte Venandi Cum Avibus (The Art of Falconry).
Internationally, Prof. Al-Shuaibi was a key speaker at different
international conferences; He was one of the founders of the Association of
Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities (APETAU); He also
served as a consultant at the Next Page Association in Sofia-Bulgaria for
Translation Projects into Arabic from English and other languages; A member of
the Scientific Committee of the International Journal Gentes in Italy; REFEREE
and EVALUATOR at different International Journals of Linguistics; Supervisor and
evaluator of postgraduate Dissertations for national and International
postgraduate students, among others.
Prof. Al-Shuaibi obtained
numerous titles, scholarships and acknowledgments, the most important of which
is the Order of Knighthood that has been bestowed upon him by
the President of the Republic of Italy.
