Dr. Raid Shomali Profile

Faculty Member

Academic Rank: 

Assistant Professor

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Education: 

University/College Name	Degree Received	Specialization
Southern Illinois University (Illinois, U.S.A.)	Phd	Marketing
Lewis University (Illinois, U.S.A.)	MA	e-Business & M.I.S.
Bethlehem University (Bethlehem, Palestine)	BA	Accounting
Maastricht School or Management (Netherlands)		Diploma in Training of Trainers and Consultants

Academic Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
			Ra’id Q. Shomali is a Marketing academic and practitioner. Ra’id earned his bachelor of business administration in Accounting from Bethlehem University (Palestine), an M.B.A. with a double concentration in M.I.S. and e-Business from Lewis University (U.S.A.), a Training of Trainers & Consultants Diploma from Maastricht School of Management (Netherlands), and a doctorate of business administration with an emphasis in Marketing from Southern Illinois University (U.S.A.) where he was awarded the prestigious Fulbright scholarship award. As an academic, Ra'id taught undergraduate and graduate marketing and management courses at Bethlehem University (Palestine), Southern Illinois University (U.S.A.) and Indiana State University (U.S.A). Currently, he is an assistant professor and the chairperson of the department of marketing at the Arab American University (Palestine). His research focuses on marketplace interactions of migrant consumers, Internet and social media marketing, nonprofit/social marketing, social entrepreneurship and donor relationship management.

Administrative Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
			As a practitioner, Ra'id's consulting career focuses on impact consulting and customized training interventions targeting specific organizational needs in all sectors of the economy (for- profit, nonprofit and government organizations). Range of topics covered include strategic planning, marketing strategies, integrated marketing communications, branding, teamwork and board capacity building (nonprofit boards, municipal and village councils, etc.), leadership skills, fundraising and donor relationship management. Beyond his professional capacity to plan, organize and execute training interventions with a high degree of cultural sensitive and creative pedagogical approaches, Ra’id takes on a positive outlook towards persons he interacts with, having faith in each person’s capacity for development towards the best version of themselves, personally and professionally. Furthermore, Ra’id adopts a participatory approach to training incorporating input of both client and participants into presentations, role-playing, coaching, mentoring, games and various training activities.

Courses Taught: 

Course Title	Level
Principles of Marketing	Undergraduate
Consumer Behavior	Undergraduate
Marketing Research	Undergraduate
Internet & Social Media Marketing	Undergraduate
Integrated Marketing Communications	Undergraduate
Marketing Applications for Recreation and Sport	Undergraduate
Special Topics in Marketing	Undergraduate
Marketing Management	Graduate
Promotional Strategy & Management	Graduate
Multivatirate Data Analysis (Doctoral Seminar)	Graduate
Foundations of Sport Management	Graduate
Foundations of Management	Graduate
Marketing Strategy	Undergraduate
Measuring Customer Satisfaction	Graduate
Ethical Issues in Fundraising and Proposal Writing (~ Business Ethics)	Graduate
Strategic Risk Management	Graduate

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