Background
Jiyad, Mohammed Mossa was born on July 1, 1939 in Nasiriyah, Iraq. Came to the United States, 1978. Son of Mossa Muhsin and Najiyah Ibrahim (Ghazaal) Jiyad.
Jiyad, Mohammed Mossa was born on July 1, 1939 in Nasiriyah, Iraq. Came to the United States, 1978. Son of Mossa Muhsin and Najiyah Ibrahim (Ghazaal) Jiyad.
Bachelor in Arabic Language and Literature, University Baghdad, 1968. Master of Arts in Education and Psychology, University Baghdad, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics, University Texas, 1982.
Assistant instructor Department Oriental and African Langs., University Texas, Austin, 1978-1982;
program writer Arabic Computer Laboratory, University Texas, Austin, 1979-1982;
research associate IV Computer Assisted Instruction Laboratory, University Texas, Austin, 1982-1983;
lecturer School Langs., Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1982, 83;
lecturer, St. Edward's U., Austin, 1982-1983;
lecturer in Arabic, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983-1985;
director Arabic Language and Culture Institute, World Learning Inc., Northfield, Massachusetts, since 1990;
assistant professor Arabic, Five Colls. Consortium, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1985-1990;
professor Arabic Language and Linguistics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, since 1990. Assistant professor Georgetown University summer school, 1985, 87, Johns Hopkins University summer school, 1984-1988.
Linguistic advisor for children's programs at Iraqi television Station, 1973-1976. Committee member Iraqi Ministry of Education Committee for the Evaluation of Textbooks Used to Teach Reading in Iraqi Elementary Schools. Referee and discussant 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Multi-lingual Computing, U. Cambridge, 1994.
Governing board Center for Arabic Studies Abroad, since 1992, Middle East Center at Hochkiss Preparatory School, since 1993.
Subject of some media coverage since in 1993 relative to interest in Iraq and Muslim culture. Many presentations aimed at increasing American understanding of Arab world. Member American Association Teachers Arabic (executive board 1990-1993), Arab Linguists Association, Middle Eastern Studies Association.
Married Athra Fadhil Al-Mukdadi, May 30, 1975 (divorced October 21, 1980). 1 child, Alia.