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www.ihc-dubai.com IHC WELCOMES NEW FACULTY FEBRUARY 10, 2015 IHC is pleased to announce two new additions to its Faculty: Professor of Mathematics and Physics Marvin McClendon and Adjunct Professor of Languages Suha Itani. Dr. McClendon currently teaches Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics at IHC where Adjunct Professor Itani presently teaches Arabic. Dr. McClendon has a B.A. in Mathematics from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, both from Princeton University. As a graduate student at Princeton and as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he did research in applied mathematics and theoretical physics. He has taught at a number of colleges and universities in the U.S., and most recently was a Professor of Mathematics at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Adjunct Professor Itani holds a B.A. in Literature in English from Excelsior College in New York and has an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. She was a Fulbright Teaching Scholar of Arabic at Florida State University and was nominated for the Outstanding Teaching Award in 2007 there. Ms. Itani is an expert in language teaching and has 12 years of experience in teaching English, French, and Arabic. She has taught at several American universities in the United States, Lebanon, and Kuwait. IHC is delighted to welcome these outstanding scholars to our dynamic community. Dr. Bill Wechsler, Acting Academic Dean

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Page 1: IHC WELCOMES NEW FACULTY

www.ihc-dubai.com

IHC WELCOMES NEW FACULTY

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

IHC is pleased to announce two new additions to its Faculty: Professor of Mathematics and Physics

Marvin McClendon and Adjunct Professor of Languages Suha Itani. Dr. McClendon currently teaches

Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics at IHC where Adjunct Professor Itani presently teaches Arabic.

Dr. McClendon has a B.A. in Mathematics from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and holds an M.A. and

Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, both from Princeton University. As a graduate

student at Princeton and as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he

did research in applied mathematics and theoretical physics. He has taught at a number of colleges and

universities in the U.S., and most recently was a Professor of Mathematics at the Savannah College of

Art and Design.

Adjunct Professor Itani holds a B.A. in Literature in English from Excelsior College in New York and has an

M.A. in Comparative Literature from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. She was a

Fulbright Teaching Scholar of Arabic at Florida State University and was nominated for the Outstanding

Teaching Award in 2007 there. Ms. Itani is an expert in language teaching and has 12 years of experience

in teaching English, French, and Arabic. She has taught at several American universities in the United

States, Lebanon, and Kuwait.

IHC is delighted to welcome these outstanding scholars to our dynamic community.

Dr. Bill Wechsler, Acting Academic Dean