NS Hasan, J.D. , executive dean of academic programs and administration oversees all of FXUA’s academic schools, programs, and other academic and administrative support functions. NS is a graduate of Virginia Tech (as a Commonwealth Scholar) and holds a Juris Doctor in Law from University of Maryland. Prior to joining FXUA, he served as vice dean, director of the English Legal Studies Program, and international projects manager at Al-Quds University Faculty of Law in Jerusalem. He was responsible for the main campus and 3 satellite campuses including supervision of 20 full-time professors and 9-part-time professors. Concurrently, for the past 10 years, NS has taught with America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST), a leading American nonprofit organization engaged in international education, training, and development activities in the Middle East and North Africa. His areas of expertise are in international higher education (serving underprivileged students who are non-native English speakers), capacity building, program development, educational and administrative reform and accountability, graduate access to higher education and market employability.