WVU Public Policy Specialist named Distinguished Alumnus at FAU

Morgantown, WV, September 11, 2006: Dr. Mohamad Alkadry, associate professor of Public Administration in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, has been honored by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for his career accomplishments.

Dr. Alkadry is known in the Morgantown community for his public service, including with the African American and Non-African American Stroke Awareness Project, the Harrison County Comprehensive Needs Assessment, the Homeless Census in Monongalia and Marion Counties, and the City of Westover Comprehensive Plan Visioning. He has also served as the coordinator of the W.Va. Local Government Leadership Academy and initiated the Department of Health and Human Resources Behavioral Health and Health Facilities Planning and Data Analysis Project, Pay Inequity in West Virginia State Administration, W.Va. Legal Aid Community Needs Assessment and Consolidated Public Retirement Board Customer Satisfaction and Improvement Study.

In 2006, he helped to organize a series of dialogues between the Islamic Center of Morgantown and the Tree of Life Synagogue including, “Anti-Semitism to Islamaphobia: A Dialogue on Common Concerns” and “Muslim and Jewish Common Ground: Continuing the Dialogue” coordinated by the WVU NOVA Institute. Issues focused on multiculturalism, Jewish and Islamist portrayal, and respect and inclusion of minority religious practices.

Dr. Alkadry earned his B.A. from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. His M.A. is from Concordia University in Montreal and his PhD from FAU. He has authored many academic publications and government reports in public administration and specializes in bureaucratic behavior and public involvement in the policy making process.

For more information, please contact Dr. Mohamad Alkadry at malkadry@mail.wvu.edu.

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