2004-2009  Dean , University Projects for Community Development.

2008           Visiting Professor, United Arab Emirates University.

1999-2004:  Deputy Dean, Faculty of Technological and Developmental Studies, University of Khartoum.

1994-1999:    Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Economics and Social Studies, University of Khartoum.

1994-1998:  Visiting Professor, University of Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.

1987-1994:  Assistant Professor Dept. of Anthropology University of Khartoum.

1982-1987:    Assistant Professor Dept. of Social Studies , King Saud Univ. (Formerly U. of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ).

1992:    Visiting scholar, Centre for Development Studies; Islamic and Middle-Eastern Studies Centre ,Univ. of Bergen,Norway..

1973-1980: Teaching Assistant , Department of Anthropology, U. of Khartoum

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