Omar Altalib

Omar Hisham Altalib was born in Kirkuk, Iraq in 1967 and left to the USA with his parents in 1968. He graduated from George Mason University in 1989 with a BA in Economics and a BA in Sociology and holds an MA (1993) and a PhD (2004) in Sociology from the University of Chicago. He was granted a Graduate Student Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (1989-1992) and became an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Daley College, Chicago (1998) and at Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana (1999).He was an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Ashland University, Ohio (2000-2003) and serves as Senior Knowledge Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation at Alexandria, Virginia (2005-2006). He was Assistant Professor of Sociology at the International Islamic University, Malaysia (2009-2011). Dr. Altalib has authored several articles on family, education, endowments, charitable organization, and social work. He frequently attends conferences and travels worldwide.