rofessor
      Focus
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fessor
      Mian
      Ali
      is
      Assistant
      Professor
      of
      Economics
      at
     
    

    
     
      =]
      and
      has
      been
      teaching
      here
      since
      1985.
      Professor
      Ali
     
     
      -ived
      his
      education
      at
      the
      University
      of
      Lahore
      in
      Paki-
     
     
      .and
      the
      University
      of
      Idaho.
      He
      originally
      planned
      to
      be
     
     
      ngineer,
      but
      changed
      to
      economics
      and
      has
      stayed
     
    

    
     
      pily
      with
      it
      ever
      since
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fessor
      Ali
      feels
      there
      is
      no
      point
      in
      having
      knowledge
      if
     
     
      n’t
      shared
      with
      people
      and
      sharing
      it
      at
      the
      time
      of
      its
     
     
      -ption
      is
      better
      than
      hoarding
      it
      for
      publication.
      In
      doing
     
    

    
     
      he
      brings
      a
      fresh
      and
      distinctive
      approach
      to
      his
      classes.
     
     
      instance,
      it’s
      not
      every
      professor
      who
      would
      think
      to
     
     
      iment
      on
      Third
      World
      development
      projects
      that
      were
     
     
      igned
      by
      American
      economists,
      without
      regard
      for
      cul-
     
     
      |
      and
      environmental
      realities
      in
      the
      equatorial
      regions.
     
     
      is
      very
      concerned
      with
      taking
      care
      of
      the
      ‘‘whole
      per-
     
    

    
     
      ’
      of
      his
      students.
      He
      feels
      professors
      have
      a
      responsibil-
     
     
      0
      recognize
      there
      is
      more
      to
      a
      student
      than
      a
      face
      ina
     
     
      sroom,
      and
      therefore
      to
      be
      more
      than
      just
      academic
     
     
      sors.
      Aliis
      always
      willing
      to
      listen
      to
      students’
      prob-
     
    

    
     
      ,
      especially
      since
      a
      student’s
      social
      problems
      can
     
     
      age
      their
      academic
      performance.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
           
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ide
      of
      this
      university,
      Professor
      Ali
      is
      Past
      Presidentof
      §
     
     
      ulticultural
      Council
      of
      PEI
      and
      president
      of
      the
      Islam
     
    

    
     
      ety.
      Here
      again,
      he
      brings
      his
      philosophy
      of
      sharing
     
    

    
     
      ledge
      to
      bear.
      The
      more
      he
      can
      explain
      to
      the
      public,
     
    

    
     
      tinciples
      of
      other
      cultures
      and
      religions,
      the
      more
     
    

    
     
      le
      can
      understand
      their
      neighbours.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ssor
      Ali
      has
      been
      in
      North
      America
      since
      1970,
      doing
     
     
      A.
      and
      Ph.D.
      at
      the
      University
      of
      Idaho.
      He
      then
     
    

    
     
      ed
      for
      a
      time
      an
      agency
      dedicated
      to
      the
      development
      o
     
     
      ern
      Saskatchewan.
      He
      plans
      to
      continue
      teaching
      for
     
     
      St
      of
      his
      career
      and
      presently
      lives
      in
      Sherwood
      with
      ual
      nz—~¢€#£ztili,
     
     
      ife,
      their
      three
      children
      and
      his
      in-laws.
      :
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      EIX-PRESS
      —_—
      October
      I,
      1992
      Page
      19