Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Economics | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2020 | Summer Research Grant |
Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University | |
$16,000 | |
2019 | Summer Research Grant |
Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University | |
$8,000 | |
2017 | Shirley and Philip Solomons, Sr. Faculty Development |
Armstrong State University | |
$5,000 | |
2016 | Armstrong Research & Scholarship Grant |
Armstrong State University | |
$2,000 | |
2016 | Department of Economics Summer Research Grant |
Armstrong State University | |
$5,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2020 - Present | Member, Department Major Growth & Retention Committee, GSU | 2020 - Present | Member, Economics Journal List Committee, Georgia Southern University | 2020 - Present | Senator, Faculty Senate, Georgia Southern University | 2019 - Present | Member, Master of Science in Applied Economics Curriculum Committee, GSU | 2020 - 2021 | Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, GSU | 2020 | Chair, Session on “Financial Markets and Institutions,” Western Economic Association International | 2018 - 2019 | Member, Applied Econometrics Committee, GSU | 2018 - 2019 | Member, Assistant Professor Search Committee, GSU | 2018 | Chair, session on “Issues in Finance,” Southern Economic Association Conference | 2016 - 2018 | Member, Education Technology Committee, Georgia Southern University | 2016 - 2018 | Member, Investment Committee, Georgia Southern University | 2017 | Chair, sessions on “Gentrification” and “Fiscal Policy,” Southern Economic Association Conference | Reviewer, Academy of Economics & Finance Journal | Reviewer, Eastern European Economics | Reviewer, Economic Systems | Reviewer, Finance Research Letters | Discussant, Illinois Economic Association | Editorial board member, International Finance and Banking | Reviewer, International Finance and Banking, Business and Economic Research | Co-editor, Open Economics |
Honors and Awards
- 2014 William L. Holahan Prize for Outstanding Teaching Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- 2015 National Bureau of Economic Research Travel Award NBER-NSF Seminar on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics and Statistics (SBIES)
- 2016 National Bureau of Economic Research Travel Award NBER-NSF Seminar on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics and Statistics (SBIES)
- 2018 Shirley and Philip Solomons, Sr. Research Fellow Award Department of Economics, Georgia Southern University
- 2018 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Finance Research Letters, Elsevier
- 2019 The Donald D. Howard Faculty Award Parker College of Business, Georgia Southern University
Courses
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Money and Banking
- Money and Capital Markets
- Financial Derivatives
- Economics and Business Forecasting
- Econometrics
- Business Analytics II
2015 | PhD Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | |
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2009 | M.A. Economics, University of Tehran | |
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2006 | B.A. Economics, Yazd University | |
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Contact Information
Department of Economics
Parker College of Business
Georgia Southern University
Savannah GA 31419
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