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Obeid bin Ali Atiyan Al Modaf
Under the overall development 
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Work address
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Home address
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Department of Sociology, King Abdul Aziz University- P.O. Box 80202, Jeddah 21589
E-mail: oalmodaf@kau.edu.sa
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Jeddah - King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
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Education
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King Abdul Aziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Major: Sociology
1990
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Bachelor
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King Abdul Aziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Major: Sociology
1992
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Higher Diploma
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University of Wichita, Wichita, Kansas, United States
Major: Sociology
1999
Master's Thesis title:
"Consumption and class: a comparative study of the consumption patterns of different social classes."
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Master's Degree
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University of Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Major: Sociology "Economic Sociology"
2003
Title Doctoral Thesis:
"The trends towards the impact of privatization" on the job: a study on undergraduate students in Saudi Arabia."
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Ph.D.
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Work Experience
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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The summer of 2003
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University of Virginia Tech, United States, Department of Sociology
Job title: Assistant Professor
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Spring 2003
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Visiting Scholar, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, United States
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The summer of 2002
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Lecturer, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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1993 - 1995
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Administrative tasks:
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Under Dean for development
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2008
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supervisor of the unit of training and college graduates
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Second semester 2007
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representative of the Sociology Department at the Committee of the file of the material
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First semester 2007
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representative of materials developed for the Deanship of distance education, Department of Sociology
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First semester 2007
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representative of the Affiliation affairs specialized materials, Department of Sociology
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First semester 2004
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Supervisor of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology (for Master's Degree students)
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Second semester 2004
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Advisor to the Under Dean for university development
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2006 to 2008
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representative of King Abdul Aziz University in the Committee " improving the standard of living of citizens," emanated from the department of social-economic of Principality of Makka
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2005
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Research Interests:
v household consumption
v privatization and the system of job
v poverty
v globalization of the economy and social construction
v social capital and education in local communities
v work ethics in Islam
v-technology and labor market
v crime at the workplace
Awards and scholarships:
v Alpha Kappa Delta, the sociologists Society
v scholarship from the University of King Abdul Aziz of Higher Studies in the United States
v scholarship from the University of King Abdul Aziz to attend the summer program of Social Research Institute of the University of Michigan, United States
Teaching interests:
v economic sociology
v Labor Sociology and Profession
v social organizations and the community
v globalization and social change
v analysis of statistical data
v Social Research Methods
v Educational Sociology
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Teaching Experience
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King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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from the summer of 2003 until now
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Assistant Professor of Sociology
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Analysis of statistical data, Virginia Tech University, United States
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Spring of 2003
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Assistant Professor
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