Name : Shadia H. Fathy

Job Title: Professor of Agricultural Extension Education

Personal Data:

Date of Birth : 1-3-1946

Contact information:

Tel : Home : + 203 5855436 Work: 5922332 Mob: Fax:

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Education:

Minor Field	Major Field	Year of graduation	Country	Faculty	University	Degree
Agric. Extension	Agric.Sciences	1966	Egypt	Agriculture	Alexandria	B.Sc
	Agric.Extension	1972	Egypt	Agriculture	Alexandria	M.Sc
A Descriptive Study of the Egyptian Agricultural Extension Service						Title
Rural Sociology	Extension Education	1977	USA	Agriculture and Life Sciences	Wisconsin	Ph.D
A Study of the Perceived Programming Role of the Extension Inspectors in Egypt						Title
						Others

Professional Experience and Employment

Years From: to:	Field	Association
1967 1969	Joined the agricultural extension team in following up the implementation of the agricultural extension policy and in identifying and transfering farmers problems to local and national administrative levels.	Agricultural Extension Agent, the Agricultural Sector-Alex., Ministry of Agriculture.
1969 1974	Teaching – Research -Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education (Practical part). -Pursuing Msc. Degree.	Research & Teaching Assistant Dept. of Agric. Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria.
1974 1977	Egyptian Scholarship to Pursue Ph.D degree. Major field : Extension Education. Minor field: Rural Sociology.	Dept. of Continuing and Vocational Education, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
1977 1982	Teaching-Research: -Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education. - Principles & Philosophy of Adult Education. - Research Methods in Social Sciences. -Planning and Evaluation of Agricultural Extension Programs. - Administration of Agricultural Extension Work. Extension: Consultant and Participant in designing and implementing the Communication support Project for young rural women development, Maruit Area, Alexandria: Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture- GTZ.	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria .
1982 1983	Research: -Fathy, shadia H. and G.L. Carter, Attitudes Toward Small Farms and Future Plans of Operators of Small Farms in North Carolina. International Publication Series No.7, 1984. -Fathy, Shadia H., A study of Motivations and Needs For Participation in Informal Educational Programs Among Rural Women in Mariut Area, Alexandria Governorate. Alex. J. Agric. Res. 30 (3), 1985.	Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept .of Adult and Community College Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh,USA.
1983 1985	Teaching-Research: Same as in Assistant Professor.	Associate Professor, Dept. of Agric. Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria.
1985 1987	Teaching: Introduction to Sociology, Extension Education in Home Economics, Research Methods in Social Sciences.	Associate Professor, Dept. of Home Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
1988 to Present	Extension: Principal Investigator of the Following three research projects: - University Extension Programming with Small Farm Operators, Sponsored by IDRC(1989-1992). -Identifying Training Needs and Developing Extension Programs for Rural Women in Egypt, Sponsored by IDRC (1994-1995). -Human Resources Development for Agricultural Technology Transfer in North West Delta Region, Sponsored by the University of Alexandria (1999-2000). consultant and trainer in the project of "Establishing and supporting the Agricultural Extension Centers in Egypt." The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture –CIDA, Canada, 1996-1997	Professor, Dept. Of Agric. Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria.
1996 1999 2002 2005		Head of the Department.

No. of Publications: 24

Honors & Awards: University of Alexandria Prize Winner for Distinguished Academic Contribution in 1981.

Selected Research papers for the website:

- Fathy, Shadia H. (1980) . The Role an Evaluator's Values Should Play in Program Evaluation. Adult Education Vol. 30(3)

- Fathy, Shadia H. (1983) . Characteristics of the Communication Network Between Staff and Consultants in an Adult Education Agency in Egypt. The Rural Sociologist Vol. 3 (4).

- Fathy, Shadia H. (1999) . The University as a Part of the Agricultural Technology Transfer System in Egypt. Paper presented at the International Alumni Convocation, University of Wisconsin; A Global Perspective for the 21^st Century, Madison WI.USA, May 3-7.

- Fathy, Shadia, El-sayed Haragi, and Dalia Kishk (2005). Challenges Facing Agricultural Extension Work in Improving Cereal Crops Production: A Case Study in the New land – West Noubaria (In Arabic). Alex. J. Agric. Research 50 (2B).

- Fathy, Shadia , Awad Hussein, EL-Sayed Haragy, and Abd-Allah Ramadan (2006). The Extension Role of Farmers Organizations in Marketing Horticultural Crops: A Case Study in Al Fayoum Governorate (In Arabic). Alex. J. Agric. Research 51 (1).