Teaching and Research in Economics

I have earned my Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University in 2020. I started my graduate level study of economics in fall 2012, following my admission to the Master's program. In 2014, I was admitted to the Ph.D. program and continued my study and research in economics. In Fall 2021, I  joined the Department of Economics at the University of Houston as an Instructional Assistant Professor to teach various courses in economics. Following my passion for poverty alleviation and economic development, I have become focused in research on pro-social markets such as philanthropy, charitable giving, social entrepreneurship, and microfinance.

Career in Business

I have chosen my career path as an economist based on the experience of the ten years of working in private manufacturing business in Iran. I started as an engineer and moved up to management level. The more involved in business management, I faced a more diverse range of strategic decisions that came to include matters of procurement, production, labor, pricing, investment, expansion, and many more areas. At this level, I realized the need beyond technical knowledge for any business owner to understand economics to make strategic decisions at critical junctures. I decided to become a producer of such knowledge, an economist.