Assistant professor Youssef Yacoub started his teaching career in Saudi Arabia (1973-1981). He taught English as a second language to students who were prepared by ARAMCO to join its workforce. In Summer 1981 he joined Loyola University Chicago and accomplished the requirements of Master’s Degree in Spirituality. During the same period, he was appointed as a student counselor. In 1990, he received his Ph.D degree in Philosophy of Education with a minor in Counseling Psychology. Soon after his graduation, he became a student counselor at AL Bayan School in Kuwait. The critical political situation that took place that year made him leave Kuwait back to the USA. There he accepted an offer at Calumet College of St. Joseph, Indiana, as a Student Counselor with some teaching duties in philosophy, psychology and spirituality. In three years, he resigned from his duties to become a researcher at his Alma Mater Loyola University Chicago. The field of his research was Virtue Ethics. Meanwhile, he was an adjunct professor at Chicago State University and The Chicago Consortium for Colleges and Universities. He taught graduate courses in philosophy of education and psychology. Teaching and researching provided Dr. Yacoub with opportunities to lecture at many institutions and also to publish articles related to his field of research. By the fall of 1997-1998, he returned to his homeland, Lebanon where he taught for one year at the Lebanese University, English Department, Al Fanar. At the end of the same year, he accepted an offer at Notre Dame University-Louaize where he is currently the Student Advisor and a Psychology Professor.

Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education, Minor Counseling Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, 1990

Masters of Pastoral Studies: concentration: Spirituality, Loyola University Chicago, 1983.

B.A. in Political Science, American University of Beirut, 1996.

Teaching Diploma in History, American University of Beirut, 1972.

Articles or Chapters in Books

Yacoub, Y. (2008) Abjection: The Case of Shakespeare’s Tybalt. Violence: Realities and Concerns. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Yacoub, Y. (2007) Do We Really Need Freud These Days? Freud”s Conference Proceedings. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Yacoub, Y. (2004) On Simplicity (Epilogue), Christian Mysticism Conference proceedings. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Yacoub, Y. (2004) What Does Hardini Teach Us?: The Need for Spiritual Education, Hardini Conference proceedings. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Yacoub, Y. (2003) For Poets Only. Kaissar Afif, The Poetic Movement, Princeton: New Jersy Publisher.

Yacoub,Y. (2003) Reflections on the Issue of Perfection in Youssef Assimaani, Youssef Assimaani Conference proceedings. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Yacoub, Y. (2003) Reflections and Applications: Sartre’s Perspective on the Educated Person. Jean Paul Sartre Conference proceedings. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Yacoub, Y. (2002) Freud’s Method of Interrogation. The Millennial Lecture Series Proceedings. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Yacoub. Y. (2002) The Father: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. Mina AL A’aila Ayat Aa’ila Al Yaum, Conference proceedings, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Yacoub, Y. (1996) The Trilogy of Exile. Kaissar Afif, The Poetic Movement, First Edition, Gilgamesh House, Paris France.

Conference Proceedings

Yacoub. Y. (2008) Inwardness: The Case of Shakespeare’s Brutus. Proceedings of The Society for the Philosophical Studies of Education Indiana: Bloomington Author House Publishers.

Yacoub, Y. (2004-2006) The Reality of Image and the Image of Reality. Proceedings of the Midwest Philosophy of Education Society. Indiana: Bloomington Author House Publishers.

Yacoub.Y. (2006-2007) Children in Dostoevsky: The Case of the Idiot and the Brothers Karamazov. Proceedings of The Midwest philosophy of Education Society. Indiana: Bloomington Author House Publishers.

Yacoub, Y. (2003-2005) Life: The Ultimate Value. Proceedings of the Midwest Philosophy of Education Society, Bloomington Author House Publishers, Indiana, Press.

Yacoub, Y. (1995) Vices and Virtues: A Common Place Between Freud and Aristotle. Ames, Iowa: Proceedings of the Midwest Philosophy of Education Society, 1993-1994.