Faculty Exchanges

Master's Degree Training at UConn

Two junior faculty at Menoufia University in departments relevant to women in development will begin study for their Master of Arts degrees in International Studies at UConn in January 2007. Ms. Shymaa Ata and Ms. Riham Moustafa Master’s will develop plans of study that include the course work necessary to earn UConn’s Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies. After completing degrees at UConn, these women will return to the faculty at MU to help implement teaching and research programs on women in development.

Faculty Visits and Exchanges - 2007

From UConn to Menoufia University:

March 11-17: Third Women in Development Workshop: Supporting Women and Families through Community Resource Mobilization.

Elizabeth Mahan, Associate Executive Director, Office of International Affairs
Kathryn Libal, Assistant Professor in Residence, Women’s Studies Program
Nancy Bull, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Associate Director, Cooperative Extension Service
Teresa McDowell, formerly Director of UConn’s Marriage and Family Therapy Program, currently Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Lewis and Clark College
Boris Bravo-Ureta, Executive Director, Office of International Affairs

March 6-12: Second Women in Development Workshop: Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Elizabeth Mahan, Associate Executive Director, Office of International Affairs
Kathryn Libal, Assistant Professor in Residence, Women’s Studies Program
Nancy Bull, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Associate Director, Cooperative Extension Service
Joseph Bonelli, Associate Cooperative Extension Educator in Residence

From Menoufia University to UConn:

Dr. Ragab Zein, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture (June-August 2007): Research on crop yields in Egypt with Boris Bravo-Ureta, UConn’s project co-director, and co-authored a paper with Bravo-Ureta and Ibrahim Abou-Saad (an MU junior faculty member working on a Ph.D. in agricultural economics at UConn titled: “Technical Efficiency in Egyptian Agriculture: Stochastic Production Frontier Estimates for Wheat, Corn And Rice Using Regional Panel Data.”

Dr. Dorria Khairy El-Sayed, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture (July-August 2007): Research on the role of women in agricultural technology transfer and extension with Nancy Bull, a member of UConn's project team member. Drs. Bull and Khairi co-wrote a paper titled “Determination of the Factors Affecting Usefulness of Rural Peoples from Extension Centers (Comparative Study between Menoufia Governate in ARE and Connecticut State in USA).” Dr. Khairi also visited several farm and agriculture organizations in Connecticut to learn “on the ground” how extension services are offered. Her visits included:
Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Hartford, CT; UConn Cooperative Extension System, Vernon, CT; UConn Sea Grant , Groton, CT; Hartford County 4-H Fair, Somers, CT; Blue Slope Farm, Franklin, CT; Cushman Farms, Franklin, CT; Collins Powder Hill Farm; Enfield, CT; Garbo Lobster, Groton, CT.

Dr. Ayman Abou Zeid, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, is spending the 2007-08 academic year at UConn, funded by the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau. At UConn he is working with Professor Farhed Shah on water resources management and with Professor Boris Bravo-Ureta on agricultural productivity analysis.

Read more about recent interactions between UConn and Menoufia University in the UConn Advance, April 7, 2008.