Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail menjadikan bidang Pendidikan Lanjutan sebagai pengkhususan dan menyertai UPM pada tahun 2000. Sumbangan dan penglibatan beliau dalam usaha membangunkan komuniti terutamanya dalam aspek pendidikan lanjutan, pembangunan sumber manusia, kepemimpinan mendapat pengiktirafan di peringkat negara dan antarabangsa. Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail mendapat pendidikan peringkat menengah di Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim, Jitra Kedah. Beliau memperoleh Bacelor Pendidikan TESL dengan Kepujian dari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia pada tahun 1993. Oleh kerana minat yang begitu tinggi dalam bidang pendidikan lanjutan, beliau mengubah haluan untuk mendalami bidang pendidikan pengembangan di peringkat master. Beliau telah dilantik sebagai pensyarah di Universiti Putra Malaysia pada tahun 2000. Sejak itu, sumbangan beliau dalam pengajaran, penyelidikan dan perkhidmatan difokuskan pada Pendidikan Lanjutan merangkumi bidang pendidikan pengembangan, pembangunan belia dan kepemimpinan. Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail mendapat ijazah doktor falsafah pada 2005 dalam bidang Pendidikan Lanjutan daripada University of Warwick, UK. Kini beliau memegang jawatan Penasihat Persatuan Pembangunan Sumber Manusia (PESUMA) di Jabatan Pemajuan Profesional dan Pendidikan Lanjutan, Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan. Beliau juga terlibat dengan aktiviti penyelidikan dan perundingan di peringkat nasional dan antarabangsa, dalam bidang pendidikan lanjutan, pendidikan pengembangan, pembangunan sumber manusia dan pembangunan belia. Beliau juga terlibat dengan khidmat nasihat dan khidmat masyarakat di peringkat nasional dan antarabangsa.

Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail, has dedicated himself in the area of continuing education and joined UPM in 2000. His significant and scholarly contributions and involvements in building the capacity of people in the community, especially in the field of continuing education, human resource development and leadership are highly acknowledged nationally and internationally. Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail completed his high school at Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim, Jitra, Kedah. He obtained his honours degree in TESL from UKM in 1993. Due to his strong interest in continuing education, he decided to pursue his higher education in the area of extension education at the master’s levels. He was appointed as a lecturer with Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2000. Since then, his contribution in teaching, research and services has been focused on continuing education covering the areas of extension education, youth development and leadership. Dr. Ismi Arif Ismail obtained his doctoral degree in 2005 in Continuing Education from the University of Warwick, UK. Currently he serves as the Advisor of the Human Resource Development Student Association at Department of Professional Development and Continuing Education, Faculty of Educational Studies. He has been involved in research and consultancy work, both nationally and internationally in the area of continuing education, extension education, human resource development and youth development. He has also been involved in advisory and community services both national and internationally.

• Maimunah Ismail, AAhad M. Osman-Gani, Shamsuddin Ahmad, Abdul Lateef Abdullah, Ismi Arif Ismail and Jamilah Othman (2006). Fifth Asian Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development. Proceedings of Fifth Asian Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia and USA: Academy of Human Resource Development.

• Aminuddin Yusof, Samsilah Roslan, Wong Su Luan, Nor Hayati Alwi, Maria Chong Abdullah & Ismi Arif Ismail (Editors) (2002), Online Proceedings of the National Conference on Graduate Research in Education. http://www.educ.upm.edu.my/~gradeduc/editor.html

• Maimunah Ismail, Shamsuddin Ahmad, Abdul Lateef Abdullah, Ismi Ariff Ismail and Shahidatul Khafizah Hajaraih. Fifth Asian Conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development: A Reflection. Human Resource Development International. (In press 2007).