Ahmed Abdelal

Professor and Provost, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

As Provost, Ahmed Abdelal serves as the chief academic officer, overseeing long-term planning, curriculum, instruction, research, outreach and assessment, libraries and academic services. In his role, he is also a member of the Chancellor's Executive Cabinet. Prior to joining UMass Lowell, Abdelal served as Provost of Northeastern University ('02-'08), and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University ('92 -'02). Abdelal earned his Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of California, Davis, and carried out post-doctoral research at the same institution and at the Institute for Microbiology at the University of Gottingen, Germany. While at Georgia State, Abdelal served as the Founding Director for the Middle East Center for Peace, Culture, and Development. At Northeastern, he established six international centers that focus on different world regions. Abdelal is strongly committed to a collaborative leadership approach. The success of this approach in tackling challenging issues in higher education was the subject of a case study, developed and published in 2002, by faculty from the Harvard Institutes of Higher Education.

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Michael P Thornton	Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Gerald Schuster	Barbara Boxer, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Charles Campion	Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley
Celia Gilbert	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Ronald M Ansin	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
John F Fish	Barbara Boxer, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Alan F Horn	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael J Coles, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren
Tony Podesta	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
David J McMorris	Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Don Henley	Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Woody Kaplan	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley
David C Strouss	Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Barbara F Lee	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael J Coles, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley
Gerald S J Cassidy	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Martha Coakley
Nancy Zirkin	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Elaine Schuster	Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Andrew Tobias	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
John P Manning	Sherrod Brown, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Patrick Murphy
Susie Tompkins Buell	Tammy Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley, Patrick Murphy
Joanne Egerman	Barbara Boxer, Michael Everett Capuano, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley

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Ahmed Abdelal

Professor and Provost, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

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