KIMEP Welcomes New Deans

Dr. Boyd has been an academician for over 30 years.  She has taught primarily Accounting; however she has taught other business areas when there was a need.  She has many years experience in business as management.  She is a wife, a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother and is proud of her husband and of their family.

Dr. Boyd’s goal for the College of General Education is to strengthen our Liberal Arts Approach and to ensure that we have the best faculty for each area of the General Education program.  KIMEP is fortunate to have attracted the talented pool of educators we have in College of General Education and one of her goals is to ensure that we keep those we have and attract others as equally talented.  She hopes that during her tenure the School of General Eduction continues to provide the tools for our students to become the educated people that will lead Almaty and Kazakhstan in the future.

Shiraz Paracha has been involved in “the business of people” more than 20 years.  Over his long experience as a professional journalist, Mr. Paracha has contributed hundreds of news reports, analytical articles and opinion pieces on Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia for a variety of media outlets around the world. He has an extensive background in management as well, working with teams of journalists and researchers all over the world.

After serving as KIMEP’s director of the undergraduate program for the Department of Journalism, Mr. Paracha feels that he is confident, optimistic, easy-going and an excellent communicator. As dean of Student Affairs, he hopes that students will feel at ease while talking to him, and that they will seek his advice on course related matters as well as on their other concerns. More than anything else, he hopes students find him trustworthy, accessible and friendly.