Project leadership
The Presidents
Sari Nusseibeh is president of Al-Quds University. Dr. Nusseibeh is responsible for envisioning the partnership with Dr. Jehuda Reinharz, president of Brandeis University. President Nusseibeh held discussions with President Reinharz in early 2003 in which the two presidents envisioned a partnership that would strengthen both institutions. President Nusseibeh visited Brandeis in September 2004 and June 2005 as part of Al-Quds planning delegations, and hosted Brandeis delegations at Al-Quds University in December 2003, February 2004, December 2005, June 2006 and January 2007. He visited Brandeis again in October 2007.
Jehuda Reinharz is president of Brandeis University. He envisioned the partnership with Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, president of Al-Quds University. President Reinharz began discussion with the Al-Quds president in early 2003 about the benefits of a partnership that would strengthen the academic offerings and administrative capacity of both institutions. He has visited Al-Quds and hosted several Al-Quds delegations at Brandeis.
Project Leaders
Khuloud Khayyat Dajani serves as project director for the Brandeis/Al-Quds partnership at Al-Quds and is co-chair of the partnership steering committee. She is a professor in social medicine and health policy at Al-Quds University, the assistant to the board of trustees and the president, the dean of public health, and the head of the child institute for health and development. She also co-directs the public health academic exchange with Brandeis Heller School professor AK Nandakumar. Dr. Dajani visited Brandeis in September 2004, June 2005, and May 2008 to advance the conception of the partnership and plan its implementation.
Daniel Terris is the associate vice president for global affairs and the executive director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University. He serves as project director for the partnership at Brandeis and is co-chair of the partnership steering committee. He also co-directs the American Studies exchange with Mohammed Dajani. He visited Al-Quds in December 2003, February 2005, December 2005, January 2007, and January 2008 to plan and implement the partnership.
Steering Committee
Imad Abu Kishek serves as vice president for administrative and financial affairs at Al-Quds University. He leads the partnership's Administration and Finance exchange. He spent two years at Brandeis, where he has met with senior administration officials and created a strategic operating plan for Al-Quds.
Musa Bajali is the dean of the school of dentistry at Al-Quds University. He is also the acting assistant to the president for financial and administrative affairs. He has hosted Brandeis University delegates to Al-Quds in 2003 and 2005. He participates in the Administration and Finance exchange and is an acting member of the Steering Committee in Imad Abu Kishek's absence from Al-Quds.
Hassan Dweik is Al-Quds University's executive vice president and a member of the Brandeis/Al-Quds partnership steering committee. Dr. Dweik met with Brandeis University partnership delegates in Jerusalem in December 2004, February 2005 and December 2005.
John Hose is executive assistant to the president and associate vice president for university affairs at Brandeis University. Dr. Hose is a member of the steering committee that oversees the partnership. He visited Al-Quds in December 2003 for initial partnership planning and hosted the Al-Quds steering committee at Brandeis in September 2004 and June 2005.
Adnan Rashid al-Manasra is vice president for planning and development at Al-Quds University. He is a member of the steering committee that oversees the partnership. He visited Brandeis University in September 2004 and June 2005 to advance the conception of the partnership and plan its implementation. He hosted Brandeis delegates to Al-Quds in December 2003, February 2005 and December 2005.
Neil Simister is associate professor of biology at Brandeis University. He is a member of the steering committee that oversees the partnership. Dr. Simister visited Al-Quds in December 2003 to plan the initial partnership and hosted Al-Quds University delegations in September 2004 and June 2005.