2. Education
• Five Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Certificates
from Rice University, University of Texas at
Austin, and United States Institute of Peace
• Ph.D. in Political Science: University of North
Texas, Denton, Texas, 1983
• M.A. in Political Science: Tehran University,
Iran, 1978
• B.A. in Political Science: National University of
Iran, 1976
3. Professional Appointments
• Professor, Department of Government, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tyler Junior College, Tyler,
Texas,1987-2013; and Director and Founder of Middle East Center, Tyler Junior College, Tyler,
Texas, 1992-2013
• Designing innovative curricula and teaching Political Science Courses, Cultural Studies,
International Relations and Learning Communities, Academic advising students,
Incorporating technology, Teaching hybrid and online courses, Committee work; and service
to the college.
• Project Director; International Education since 1987 and Travel/Study Projects in Turkey since
1996
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Social Sciences, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler,
Texas, since 1989
• Visiting Faculty at UT Austin, since 2005
• Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Political Science, Texas College, 2404
Grand Ave., Tyler, Texas, 1986-1989
• Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington, 1984-
1986
• Teaching Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas, Denton, 1979-
1985
• Adjunct Faculty, Tarrant County Community College, NW Campus, 1981-1983
• Research Assistant, University of Tehran, The Center for International Studies, l976-l978
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4. Grants, Honors, Scholarships
• Selected as the Best Student Advisor 2012 by the student senate
• Selected as a Piper Professor of 2010
• Received the Endowed Chair Award for Teaching Excellence, January, 2009
• Selected as “the Texas Professor of the Year” by Carnegie Foundation, 2008
• Selected by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs to review scholarship proposals for the study abroad program during the
summer of 2008
“Excellence in Teaching Award”, The Mattie Alice Scroggin Baker, by the TJC Faculty
Senate, Aug. 15, 2006
• Post Doctoral Fellowship Grant from the University of Texas at Austin to advance
Middle Eastern Studies, summer of 2005
• Fulbright Grant ($51,000) from the U.S. Department of Education to take fifteen
people to Turkey for five weeks of travel and study project in 2001;
• “Excellence in Education Award” by the TJC Student Senate, April 2001
• Fulbright Grant ($50,430) from the U.S. Department of Education to take fifteen
people to Turkey for five weeks of travel and study project in 1999;
• Fulbright Grant ($50,000) from the U.S. Department of Education to take fifteen
people to Turkey for five weeks of travel and study project in 1997;
5. Professional Affiliations
• The Middle East Institute, Middle East Studies
Association of North America, Middle East
Policy Council, and Texas Community College
Teachers Association, American Political
Science Association, American Association
Community Colleges, Middle East Outreach
Council, North Texas Community College
Consortium;
6. Courses Taught
• American Politics; Texas Politics; Middle Eastern
Politics; The Far East: Japan's and Thailand's
Politics, Society and Culture; The Near East: Turkey's
Politics, Society and Culture; Introduction to
International Relations; Theories of Comparative
Politics; Comparative Politics of Developing Nations;
Research and Method in Political Science; Ancient
Political Thoughts; Foundations of Modern Political
Thoughts; Judicial System and Process; Political
Parties, Pressure Groups and Public Opinion; History of
the U.S.; U.S. Constitutional Law; Presidency and
Legislative; Military in the Third World Politics;
American Foreign Policy; Basic Political Statistics
7. Committee Assignment
• Financial Aid Committee, Universal Set of Skills
Resource Team Leaders, Member of Students'
Enrichment Committee, Chairperson of Faculty
Growth Committee, Project 2001, Faculty Senate
Member, The Academic Council, College Affairs
Committee, International Education Committee
(Consortium), Pluralism Committee, Organization
and Administration Committee (Self Study year
2000), Business Relations Committee (Chamber
of Commerce), Board of Directors (East Texas
Council on World Affairs)