Profesor Dr. Turiman Suandi telah berkhidmat dalam bidang Pembangunan Belia dan Kesukarelawanan yang menjadi bidang pengkhususan beliau lebih daripada 25 tahun. Sumbangan dan penglibatan beliau dalam usaha membangunkan komuniti terutamanya generasi muda mendapat pengiktirafan di peringkat negara dan antarabangsa. Prof. Dr. Turiman Suandi mendapat pendidikan peringkat menengah di Maktab Tentera Diraja, Sungei Besi. Beliau memperoleh Diploma Kesihatan Haiwan dan Penternakan dari Universiti Putra Malaysia pada tahun 1978. Walaubagaimanapun, minat yang begitu mendalam bagi menaiktarafkan kehidupan sosioekonomi masyarakat, beliau mengubah haluan untuk mendalami bidang pendidikan pengembangan pertanian di peringkat bacelor dan master. Beliau telah dilantik sebagai pensyarah di Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (kini Universiti Putra Malaysia) pada tahun 1982. Sejak itu, sumbangan beliau dalam pengajaran, penyelidikan dan perkhidmatan difokuskan pada Pembangunan Belia dan Masyarakat. Prof. Dr. Turiman Suandi mendapat ijazah doktor falsafah pada 1991 dalam bidang Pengembangan Pendidikan dan Pembangunan Belia daripada Ohio State University, Columbus, USA. Beliau telah dinaikkan pangkat ke jawatan professor pada tahun 2003. Kini beliau memegang jawatan Timbalan Dekan Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Biasiswa di Sekolah Pengajian Siswazah. Beliau juga terlibat dengan aktiviti penyelidikan dan perundingan di peringkat nasional dan antarabangsa, dalam bidang pendidikan pengembangan, pembangunan sumber manusia, pembangunan belia dan kesukarelawanan. Beliau terlibat dengan khidmat nasihat dan khidmat masyarakat di peringkat nasional dan antarabangsa, dalam bidang kepimpinan, motivasi, pentadbiran dan kesukarelawanan. Beliau terlibat aktif dalam Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru di sekolah rendah dan menengah. Kini beliau merupakan felo kehormat di Majlis Belia Selangor dan pakar rujuk di majlis Perundingan Belia Selangor.

Professor Dr. Turiman Suandi, has dedicated himself in the area of youth development and volunteerism as a field of specialization for more than  25 years. His significant and scholarly contributions and involvements in building the capacity of people in the community, especially the younger generations are highly acknowledged nationally and internationally. Prof. Dr. Turiman Suandi completed his high school at the Royal Military College, Sungei Besi. He obtained his diploma in Animal Health and Production from UPM in 1978. However, due to the deep interest in uplifting the socio-economic conditions of the society, he decided to pursue his higher education in the area of agricultural extension education at the bachelor and master’s levels. He was appointed as a lecturer with Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now Universiti Putra Malaysia) in 1982. Since then, his contributions in teaching, research and services has been focused on the community and youth development. Prof. Dr. Turiman Suandi obtained his doctoral degree in 1991 in Extension Education and Youth Development from the Ohio State University, Columbus, USA. He was promoted to Professor in 2003. Currently he serves as the Deputy Dean in-charge of student and Student  Affairs at School of Graduate Studies. He has been involved in research and consultancy works, both nationally and internationally in the area of extension education, human resource development, youth development and volunteerism. He has also been involved in advisory and community services, both national and internationally, in the areas of leadership, motivation, administration and volunteerism. He is actively involved in the Parent Teacher Associations at the primary and secondary schools. He is currently an Honorary Fellow at the Selangor Youth Council and a resource person at the Selangor Youth Consultative Council.

• Leader. Pembentukan Indikator Modal Sosial dalam Kalangan Komuniti Nelayan di Selangor (preliminary data collection).

COMPLETED RESEARCH

• 2008. Member.  Professional Youth Worker.  IRPA.

• 2008. Leader. Contemporary youth culture:  implications on the future generation.  IRPA.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal

• Steven Eric Krauss, Azimi Hamzah, Zoharah Omar, Turiman Suandi, Ismi Arif Ismail, Mohd Zaidan Zahari & Zanariah Mohd Nor (2009). Preliminary Investigation and Interview Guide Development for Studying how Malaysian Farmers’ Form their Mental Models of Farming. The Qualitative Report Volume 14 Number 2 June 2009 245-260

• Ezhar Tamam, Turiman Suandi, Ismi Arif Ismail, Steven Eric Krauss, Dzuhailmi Dahalan, Khairuddin Idris and Nur Fatihah Abdullah Bandar (209). Benchmarking Malaysian Youth Work Practitioner Ethics. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY SOCIAL SCIENCES, Volume 3, Number 10 (153-160)

• Krauss, S.E. & Suandi, T. (2008). The potential of youth workers as facilitators of values formation and development. Commonwealth Youth and Development, 6:1 (2-14).

• Ali Hassan Khalil, Maimunah Ismail, Turiman Suandi and Abu Daud Silong (2008). Influence of Leadership Competencies on Extension Workers' Performance in Yemen. The Journal of Global Business Management, 4:1 (388-394).

• Ali Hassan Obaid Khalil, Maimunah Ismail, Turiman Suandi and Abu Daud Silong (2008). Extension Worker as a Leader to Farmers: Influence of Extension Leadership Competencies and Organisational Commitment on Extension Workers’ Performance in Yemen. Journal of International Social Research 2008 v.1, n. 4, 368-387.

• Sebastian Koren Francis, Turiman Suandi, Jegak Uli & Muhammad Madi Bin Abdullah (2008). An Indigenous Community Leader’s Self-Directed Life-Long Learning Encounter. International Education Studies, v.1 n.4 2008, p. 86.

• Mohd Ghazali Mohayidin, Turiman Suandi, Ghazali Mustapha, Mohd. Majid Konting, Norfaryanti Kamaruddin, Nor Azirawani Man, Azura Adam & Siti Norziah Abdullah (2008). Implementation of Outcome-Based Education in Universiti Putra Malaysia: A Focus on Students’ Learning Outcomes. International Education Studies, v.1 n.4 2008, p. 147.

• Ruziah Ghazali, Aminah Ahmad, Jegak Uli, Turiman Suandi, and Siti Aishah Hassan (2008). Commitment to Change among Managers in a Selected Service Organization in Malaysia. International Journal of the Humanities, Volume 6, Issue 8, pp.123-134.

• Ezhar Tamam, Turiman Suandi, Ismi Arif Ismail, Steven Eric Krauss, Dzuhailmi Dahalan, Khairuddin Idris and Nur Fatihah Abdullah Bandar (2008). Benchmarking Malaysian Youth Work Practitioner Ethics. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 10, pp.153-162.

Book/Chapter

• Turiman Suandi (2009). Volunteerism: expanding the frontiers of youth development. Inaugural Lecture Series. UPM Press.

• Rosma Osman, Ghazali Mustapha, Turiman Suandi, Ibrahim Nazri & Bahaman Abu Samah (2008). Teachers' Perception on Thinking Skills as an Innovation and Its implementation in English Language Teaching. In ELT Matters 2: Development in English Language Learning and Teaching. Jayakaran Mukundan, Dzeelfa Zainal Abidin and Dulip Singh Ranjet Singh (Eds.). UPM Press.

Monograph

• Turiman Suandi, Azimi Hamzah, Wan Mahzom Ahmad Shah, Ezhar Tamam, Ismi Arif Ismail, Siti Raba’ah Hamzah, Mohammad Rezal Hamzah, & Dzuhailmi Dahalan (2009). Jalinan sosial belia Malaysia. UPM Press 

• Siti Rabaah Hamzah, Turiman Suandi & Azimi Hamzah (2008). Interfacing Programme: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Oxford University, Brunel University and Commonwealth Youth Programme (in Malay). UPM Press.

Professional and Study Awards

• One silver award at UPM Innovation & Research Expo 2008

Teaching experience

• 27 years teaching experience in the areas of Youth Development & Volunteerism, and Research Methods at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Updated: 15 June 2009