![Thomas Hayes, MA Thomas Hayes, MA](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Thomas-Hayes-MA-scaled-200x200.jpg)
Thomas Hayes, MA
Chair, General Education
Tom Hayes holds an MA in German from the University of Tennessee and a TEFL certificate from the University of Utah. He also studied in Germany and taught German in the United States. He worked as a US diplomat in Consular Affairs and the Economic Section in Cote d’Ivoire, Uganda, and Panama. He was a newspaper reporter and editor at various daily newspapers in Mississippi, Utah, and Arkansas in the United States. He taught TEFL, US foreign policy, and journalism classes in various countries, including Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Vanuatu, Hungary, and Slovakia. He currently chairs the Department of General Education at the American University of Kurdistan.
Other Members
![Lina Lina](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Lina-scaled-200x200.jpg)
Lina Akram
Lecturer
![Ali Shinwari Ali Shinwari](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Ali-Shinwari-scaled-200x200.jpg)
Ali Shinwari, MCs
Lecturer, Computer Software and Security
![Dr. Sarmad Dr. Sarmad](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Dr.-Sarmad-scaled-200x200.jpg)
Sarmad Majeed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, International Studies
![Jiyar Jiyar](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jiyar-scaled-200x200.jpg)
Jiyar Aghapouri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, International Studies
![mustafa mustafa](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mustafa.jpg)
Mustafa Ameen, Ph.D.
Chair, Design
![DR. Khidir DR. Khidir](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DR.-Khidir-scaled-200x200.jpg)
Khedir Khedir, Ph.D.
Dean, Arts and Sciences
![ahmed afara ahmed afara](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ahmed-afara-200x200.jpeg)
Ahmad Afara, MSc
Lecturer, Design
![zinar zinar](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/zinar.jpg)
Zinnar Ghassem, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Computer Software and Security
![dara dara](https://auk.edu.krd/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dara.jpg)
Dara Sherwani, Ph.D.
Chair, Computer Software and Security