Jamal R. Nassar is Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at California State University, San Bernardino

California State University, San Bernardino

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. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine

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, received a B.A. from Jacksonville University

Jacksonville University

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 in 1972, a M.A. from the University of South Florida

University of South Florida

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 in 1974 and a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati

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 in 1978; immediately afterwards, he joined the faculty at Illinois State University

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 where he served as chair of the Department of Politics and Government until accepting the post at CSUSB in 2007. His specialty is Middle Eastern politics.

Publications

• Globalization and Terrorism: 'The Migration of Dreams and Nightmares'
• Intifada: Palestine at the Crossroads
• The Palestine Liberation Organization: From Armed Struggle to the Declaration of Independence
• Change Without Borders: The Third World at the End of the Twentieth Century
• Politics and Culture in the Developing World: The Impact of Globalization.

Many of his articles, chapters and reviews have also been translated to about a dozen other languages.
Dr. Nassar has chaired several national and international conferences on the Middle East, has addressed the United Nations

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 on the Palestine

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 question, and has been a consultant or expert witness in court cases in the United States

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 and Canada

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He was editor of Arab Studies Quarterly

Arab Studies Quarterly

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(1991–1995). He is on the editorial board of this and other scholarly journals.