Faculty + Staff

Khalid

Khanfar

Assistant Professor of Practice

Math and Computer Science

Professional Background

Professor Khanfar has been a Vice President for Planning and
Development, a Deputy President for IT, a Dean of IT and
Science in different universities, a Dean of Scientific
Research, a Dean of Student Affairs, and Chair in various
P: institutions in multiple disciplines in several countries
E: kkhanfar@ltu.edu (Western and Eastern countries).

He has extensive experience in directing comprehensive
strategic plans and operational activities including developing
partnerships with universities, developing new programs, and
developing new curricula in different universities in different
countries (Western and Eastern countries).

Professor Khanfar has many publications in different areas in
computer fields especially in Networking and Information
Security.

Professor Khanfar also served as an Information Technology
consultant for the City of New Orleans, and the State of
Louisiana – and has served as an e-Learning consultant for
the Ministry of Education, Bahrain.

He has served an Editor-in-Chief of The International Arab
Journal for Information Technology, and the Secretary
General of Colleges of Computing and Information Society
(CCIS), and The International Arab Conference on
Information Technology (ACIT).

Professor Khanfar has supervised many Master’s and Ph.D
students, and he has taught many Computer courses at
different levels (Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D.) at different
universities in different countries.

Professor Khanfar holds Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in
Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology,
Western Michigan University, and Yarmouk University,
respectively.