Dr. Fida Mohammad

 

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 EDUCATION     

Ph.D.   
 Sociology, 1994. Dissertation Topic: The Hegemonic Role of the Criminal
Justice System in Pakistan
, Dissertation Chair: Dr. Greg McLauchlan,
Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR   

M.A.
Sociology, 1991. Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

 M.S.
 Public Administration & Sociology, 1988. Departments of PublicAdministration and Sociology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA.

M.Phil.
Political Science, 1986. Department of Political Science,University of Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan

M.A.
Philosophy, 1982. Department of Philosophy, University of  Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan

M.A.
Political Science, 1980. Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan

B.A.
Political Science, Pushto and English Literature, 1978. Islamia College, University of Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan

APPOINTMENTS

2000-Present

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, State University of New York, College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY

1995-2000        
 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Eastern New Mexico   University, Portales, NM

1997
Visiting Instructor, Police Training College, Hangu, Pakistan (Summer)

1994-95
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA

1991-95
Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

1992-93
Visiting Instructor, Police Training College, Hangu, NWFP, Pakistan

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed:

Fida Mohammad and Paul Conway, Political Culture, Hegemony, and Inequality Before the Law.  Law Enforcement in Pakistan. POLICING:  An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Volume 28, Number 4 (2005) pp. 631-641

H. Orakzai and Fida Mohammad, Restorative Justice in Islam. Journal of Law and Society, Vol. XXX, No. 43 (January, 2004), pp. 27-33.

Fida Mohammad and Paul Conway, Justice and Law Enforcement in Afghanistan under the Taliban: How much is likely to change?POLICING:  An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Volume 26, Number 1 (2003) pp. 143-162

Fida Mohammad, Epistemology, Metaphor & Public Administration. Journal of Law and Society, Vol. XXVII, No. 40 (July, 2002), pp. 29-46.

Fida Mohammad,  Michael Shaughnessy, Scott Johnson, and Russell Eisenman, Understanding Torture and Torturers, Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 and 3, (August 2002), pp.131-147

Fida Mohammad, Theoretical Understanding of Drug Problem in the North-West Frontier of Pakistan, Journal of Law and Society, Publication of Legal Research Centre, University of Peshawar Pakistan, Vol. XXVI, No. 39, pp. 41-56

Fida Mohammad, Critical Legal Studies Movement:  A Critique. Journal of Law and Society, Vol. XXIV, No. 37 (January, 2001), pp. 45-65.

Fida Mohammad, Torture, Murders, Confessions & Hegemony—A Case Study of Pakistan. Injustice Studies, published on-line by Illinois State University, Vol. 2 (2000).  Web address:(Defunt)

Fida Mohammad, Jihad as Terrorism: The Western Media and the Defamation of Quran, Cultural Construction of Crime, Deviance and Social Control, edited by Jeff Ferrel and Neil, New York: Aldine de Gruyter (1999).

           Shaughnessy, Michael, Fred Cordova, Fida Mohammad, and Meehee Kang, Multiculturalism:  Toward the New Millennium, The School Field, Vol.  IX, No.   (Autumn/Winter 1998), pp. 45-59.

            Fida Mohammad, Ibn Khaldun’s Philosophy of Social Change:  A Comparison with Hegel, Marx and Durkheim. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Vol.15, No. 2 (Summer 1998), pp. 26-45.

           Fida Mohammad and Iqbal Tajik, Ibn Khaldun’s Scientific Method: A Case Study of Pakistan, Journal of Law and Society, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Vol. V, No. 6 (January, 1986), pp. 9-18.

          
Fida Mohammad, Alienation and National Integration. Journal of Law and Society, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Vol. IV, No. 5 (July 1985), pp. 13-18.

            Book Reviews

Fida Mohammad, Policing Space: Territoriality and the Los Angeles Police Department (Book Review), Police Practice and Research, An International Journal, SUNY, Plattsburgh, New York. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Vol. 1(3) (2000), pp. 439-441.

Fida Mohammad, Contemporary Problems  of Pakistan, Book review published by Contemporary Sociology, Edited by J. Henry Korson. Boulder: Westview Press, Vol. 24, No. 6 (November 1995), pp.776-778.

Current Research

Martyrdom in Islam.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

A.  Invited Presentations

“Contemplative Practices in Islam,” Yoga & Meditation Society, SUNY, Oneonta, October 31, 2007

Cultural Competency in Communication,” to the employees of Violence Intervention Program of OFO, May 9, 2007.

“Rape, Language & Society,” a presentation to 9th  Rape Crisis Counselor Certification Class, sponsored by Violence Intervention Program of OFO, March 21st 2007

“Sexual Assault,” a presentation to 8th  Rape Crisis Counselor Certification Class, sponsored by Violence Intervention Program of OFO, October 12, 2006

“Dynamics of Rape” a presentation given to Crisis Counselor Certification Class on October 20th, 2005

“Criminal Procedure in Islam,” sponsored by Muslim Students Association of University of Oregon, May 1999, Eugene, Oregon

"Pedagogy & Political Correctness: A Discourse on The Middle East." Sponsored by North-West International Education Association (NWIEA), April 1995, Portland Oregon

"Islam & Fundamentalism:  Myth & Reality," in Annual Regional Middle East Seminar, sponsored by The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April 1995,  Portland State University

“Islamic Perspective on Environmental Issues," Annual Meeting, Washington State Sociological Association (WSSA), October 1994, Everett, WA

B.  Other Presentations

“Vigilantism: Talibanization in Pakistan,” Eastern Sociological Society 78th Annual Meeting, at New York City February 24, 2008. 

“Legal defenses: A Comparison between Islamic and American Criminal Justice System,” Eastern Sociological Society 78th Annual Meeting, at New York City February 24, 2008. 

“The US War on Terrorism: A View From Muslim World,” Eastern Sociological Society 77th Annual Meeting, at Philadelphia on March 17, 2007. 

“Ibn Khaldun’s Philosophy of History,” Eastern Sociological Society 77th Annual Meeting, at Philadelphia on March 17, 2007. 

“Social Aspect of Sexual and Slander Laws in Islam,” Eastern Sociological Society 76th Annual Meeting, at Boston on February 25, 2006. 

“Competing Discourses in Islamic World,” Eastern Sociological Society 76th Annual Meeting, at Boston on February 23, 2006.  Paper was co-authored with Ho Hon Leung.

Ho Hon Leung and Fida Mohammad, Sociology, presented a paper, entitled “Asian Indians in small towns: struggling or settling?” at American Sociological Association, August 13-17, 2005 in Philadelphia.

“9/11 and Islam in Central New York: The Cultural Impact of Terrorism Among Muslims in Central New York,” a paper jointly presented with Alex Thomas in 52nd Annual Conference of New York State Sociological Association, at Oswego, New York on October 9, 2004

“Penal Philosophy of Islam,” Eastern Sociological Society 74th Annual Meeting, at New York City on February 20, 2004.  Also presided the session.

“Restorative Justice and Islam,” co-authored with Dr. Sultan Hanif Orakzai (Deputy Inspector General Police), International Seminar on Restorative Justice held at Gandhara University, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan, December 18, 2003. The paper was presented by Dr. Orakzai.

“War Against Terrorism:  Law-Enforcement Dilemmas in Pakistan,” 40th Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 5, 2003, Boston, MA

“Policing Under Taliban,” 39th Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 8, 2002, Anaheim, CA

“Sufis, Heidegger and Love,” 20th Annual Conference of Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP) and Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences (SSIPS), October 2001, Binghamton, NY

“Confession in Islamic Criminal Procedure,” 38th Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, April 2001, Washington, DC

“Death as an Aesthetic Experience: Study of Martyrdom in Islam,” 37th Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 2000, New Orleans, LA

“Profile of Torturers,” 36th Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 1999, Orlando FL (Section on Human Rights and Punishment: Emerging Issues)

“Evidentiary Standards in Sexual Offenses in Islam,” 36th Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 1999, Orlando FL (Section on African/Commonwealth and Islamic Justice System)

“Torture and Murders in Fake Encounters in Pakistan,” Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 1998, at Albuquerque, NM

“Jihad/Terrorism, Media, and Quran,” Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 1997, Louisville, KY

“Covering Islam in America:  A Critique of the Media,” Annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, 1996, Seattle, WA (Section on Power and Knowledge)

"Legitimation Crisis & Corruption in Pakistan," Annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, 1995, San Francisco CA (Section on Crime and Delinquency)

COURSES TAUGHT AT SUNY (ONEONTA)

Terrorism and Society, Integrity in Public Service, Islam and Society, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Social Problems, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency, Societal Deviance, Comparative Criminal Justice, Theories and Perspectives in Sociology, Police & Society, Collective Behavior, Interrogation in a Multi-Cultural World, and, Religion and Social Order.

COURSES TAUGHT IN OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Police and Society, Criminal Evidence, Computer Application in Law-Enforcement, Terrorism, Comparative Criminal Justice, Crisis Negotiation, Interrogation, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Government and Administration in Islam, Political Philosophy of  Islam, Islamic Society, Afghan Crisis, Police Management, Criminological Theory, Social Issues, Deviant Behavior, Introduction to Sociology, Social Theory, Introduction to Criminology, Greek Political Thought, Modern Political Thought, Muslim Political Thought, 20th Century Ideologies, Theory of International Politics.

COURSES DEVELOPED AT SUNY (ONEONTA) 

Introduction to Criminal Justice, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency, Police and Society, Comparative Criminal Justice, Perspectives in Interrogation, Ethics in Criminal Justice, and Islamic Faith and Society. 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION 

2003-present     Eastern Sociological Society

1997-2003         Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

1995-96            Pacific Sociological Association

LANGUAGES

English, Pushto, and Urdu.

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