SALEH ABUOSBA
Mobile: +962-77- 6002066
E-mail: sabuosba@gmail.com
P.O. Box: 29, Amman, 11822 Jordan
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1. Professor-Faculty of Arts/Philadelphia University since 2003-present.
2. Professor-Faculty of Communication-Communication Department/Sultan Qaboos
University 2000-2003.
3. Professor-Faculty of Arts/Philadelphia University 1997-2000.
4. Associate Professor-Faculty of Arts/Philadelphia University 1990-1996.
5. Lecturer at the Superior Institute of Journalism and Information, Morocco 1989-1990.
6. Associate Professor-Faculty of Arts/University of Emirates, UAE1982-1989.
7. Lecturer- Faculty of Education/Al-Fateh University, Libya 1977-1979.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
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Vice President of Philadelphia University since 2005-present.
Member of the Board of Trustees of Al-Al Bayt University since 11/2014.
Dean of Faculty of Arts/Philadelphia University 2003-2007.
Head of Communication Department/Sultan Qaboos University 2000-2003.
Dean of Faculty of Arts and Acting President/Philadelphia University 1995-2000.
Head of Department of Social Sciences and Humanities/Philadelphia University 19941995.
Head of Department of Public Cultural Relations/Philadelphia University 1991-1993.
CEO of Aram Publishing House 1992-1997.
General Coordinator of the Foundation for Arab Literary and Artistic production 19891991.
Acting Head of Communications Department/University of Emirates1982-1989.
EDUCATION
1. PhD in Mass Communication/Howard University-Washington DC, USA 1982.
2. Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature/Cairo University–
Cairo, Egypt 1977.
3. M.A. in Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature/Cairo University– Cairo, Egypt
1972.
4. B.A. in Arabic/Faculty of Dar Al Uloom-Cairo University– Cairo, Egypt 1968.
PUBLICATIONS
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6 books in literary criticism.
6 short stories
3 books in culture
16 books in Mass Communication
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5. 8 translated books
6. 6 co-authored books.
7. More than 80 published papers.
* Kindly refer to the Arabic extended résumé for details of publications.
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
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Philadelphia University Award for Best Translated Book/Philadelphia University 2014.
Outstanding Assessor- Arab Journal for the Humanities/ University of Kuwait 2002.
Excellence in Scientific Research Award- Philadelphia University 1999.
Cultural Creativity Award - Jordanian Writers Association Award 1996.
Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Scientists in the Journal of Human
Sciences1986.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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Arab Thought Forum, Jordan.
Association of Scientific Research in Jordanian Universities, Jordan.
Jordanian Writers Association, Jordan.
Society for International Affairs, Jordan.
Jordanian Critics Association, Jordan.
Jordanian Translators Association, Amman - Jordan.
Jordanian Environment Society, Jordan.
The Arab Association for Communication Sciences, Lebanon.
International Communication Association, U.S.A.
Speech Communication Association, U.S.A.
REFERENCES
1. H.E Prof. Marwan Kamal
President of Philadelphia University, Amman- Jordan
Mobile: +962777577886
Email: marwan@thekamals.com
2. H.E. Ex Prime Minister Prof. Adnan Badran
Petra University-Amman, Jordan
Email: abadran12@gmail.com
Mobile: +962799095405 or +962777077777
3. Prof. Moawiyah Ibrahim
Representative of Jordan at the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO
Mobile: +962795677215
Email: moawiyahi@gmail.com
4. H.E.Dr Abdulmunim Bin Mansour Al-Hasani
Minister of Information, Sultanate of Oman
Mobile: +96899436908
Email: abdmonem@gmail.com
5. Dr. Abdullah Khamis Al Kindi
Dean of Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University- Muscat-Oman
Mobile: +96899104104
Email: kindik@squ.edu.om
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