The Tun Abdul Razak Chair

Southeast Asian Studies

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Dr. Habibah Ashari has been selected as the 14th Tun Abdul Razak Chair and will begin her appointment at Ohio University in July 2011. Dr. Habibah is Director of the International Education College (INTEC) at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and is a Professor of Education with a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University. She is the first Tun Abdul Razak Chair from UiTM and only the second woman to be granted this distinction. The Center for International Studies and the Southeast Asian Studies welcomed Dr. Habibah and her family to Athens in July 2011.

The Tun Razak professor, who is a senior Malaysian scholar selected by the Ministry of Education in consultation with the Tun Razak Council and Ohio, has a two-year residency at Ohio. The Tun Razak Professor conducts seminars for undergraduate and graduate students in his or her respective areas of expertise and organizes an inter national conference on Southeast Asia in the second year.

Tun Abdul Razak was Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1970 to 1976. A chair in his honor was established at Ohio University's Center for Southeast Asia Studies in 1980. The Razak Chair was endowed jointly by a grant from the Malaysian government and matching funds from American firms operating in Malaysia.

Razak Chair Professors

2011 -	Professor Habibah Ashari Office: 740-593-2656 Mobile: 740-818-8057
2008 - 2010	Professor Dato' Wira Dr Mohd Salleh Hj Din dinm1@ohio.edu
2005 - 2007	Professor Dato’ Mohamad Abu Bakar , Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya
2003 - 2005	Professor Dr. Abdul Kadir Din Professor of Tourism, Universiti Utara Malaysia North University of Malaysia) Professor Kadir has a Bachelor degree in Geography, 1974 and Master's in environmental studies, 1976 in Monash, Australia, and PhD in tourism management, 1990 in Hawaii.
2001 - 2003	Professor Dato' Dr. Zakaria Ahmad Professor of Political Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
1997-2000	Professor Dr. Mohamed Sulaiman Professor of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Science University of Malaysia)
1995-1997	Professor Dr. Mohammed bin Yusoff Professor of Economics, Univers iti Putra Malaysia (Agricultural University of Malaysia)
1993-1995	Professor Dato' Dr. Ahmad Mahdzan bin Ayob Professor of Agricultural Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia (Agricultural University of Malaysia)
1991-1993	Professor Dato' Dr. Sham Sani Professor of Geography and former Vice Chancellor of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
1989-1991	Professor Datuk Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid Professor of Literature, University of Malaya
1987-1989	Professor Dr. Abdullah bin Hassan Professor of Bahasa Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Science University of Malaysia)
1985-1987	Professor Datuk Zainal Abidin bin Abdul Wahid Professor of History, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
1983-1985	Professor Puan Sri Datuk Dr. Fatimah Hamid Don Professor of Education, University of Malaya
1981-1982	Professor Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Professor of Islamic Literature, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)