What was the name of Steve Jobs’s biological father, who later became a professor of political science?

Steve Jobs’s biological father was Abdulfattah Jandali. Jandali was a Syrian-born student who later became a professor of political science and served as vice president of the University of Nevada, Reno.

Jobs was born in San Francisco in 1955 to Jandali and Joanne Schieble. Because Schieble’s family opposed the couple’s relationship, the infant Jobs was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. His adoptive parents raised him in the Santa Clara Valley, the area later associated with Silicon Valley.

Jobs eventually learned more about his biological family as an adult. He also met his biological sister, Mona Simpson, who became a novelist. Simpson wrote about their family connection and later delivered remarks at Jobs’s memorial.

This answer is distinct from Paul Jobs, who was Steve Jobs’s adoptive father, and from Walter Isaacson, the author of Jobs’s authorized biography. Jandali’s later academic career is the identifying detail in this question.