Short Resume

Education

  • PhD in Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 2013 – 2018.
  • Master’s Degree in Economics, (Theoretical Track), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 2013-2015.
  • Master of Science Degree in Economics, (Applied Track), Azad University of Iran, Firoozkooh Branch, Tehran Province, Iran, 2006-2009.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering (Exploitation), Azad University of Iran, Tehran South Branch, Tehran, Iran, 2003-2006.
  • Associate Degree in Mine Exploitation, Iran University of Industries and Mines (University of Applied Sciences and Technology, Birjand Branch), Birjand, South Khorasan Province, Iran, 2001-2003.

Major Areas of Interest

  • Growth Economics, Engineering Economy, Micro-econometrics, Environmental Economics, Economics Education and Pedagogy

Selected Paper Presentations at Conferences

  • “Risk Aversion over Price Variability: Experimental Evidence” (A joint paper with Dr. Robert Hammond – presenter – and Dr. Barry Goodwin), Accepted paper to be presented in the session of ‘Risk and Ambiguity Aversion’ at the 2019 Economic Science Association (ESA) North American Meetings in Los Angeles, CA, USA, October 10-13, 2019.
  • “Generalizing the General: Generalizing the CES Production Function to Allow for the Flexibility of Input-Driven Output Risk and Viability of Input Thresholds”, Selected paper to be presented in the session of ‘Production Economics – Methodological Frontiers’ at the 2018 American Applied and Agricultural Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, USA, August 5-7, 2018.
  • “Flexible Modeling of Multivariate Risks in Pricing Margin Protection Insurance: Modeling Portfolio Risks with Mixtures of Mixtures”, Selected paper for presentation, presented at the 87th Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, USA, November 17–19, 2017.
  • “Teaching Delicacies of Utility and Production Functions Using 3D-Printed Prototypes: An Innovative, Technological, Pedagogical Tool to Teach Homotheticity and Homogeneity”, Selected paper for presentation, presented at the 87th Southern Economic Association (SEA), Tampa, Florida, USA, November 17–19, 2017.
  • “Flexible Modeling of Multivariate Risks in Pricing Margin Protection Insurance: Modeling Portfolio Risks with Mixtures of Mixtures”, Selected paper for presentation in the session of Agricultural Risk Modeling, presented at the 2017 American Applied and Agricultural Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA, July 30 – August 1, 2017.
  • “Classicals versus Keynesians: A Comprehensive Table to Teach 50 Distinctions between Two Major Schools of Economic Thought”, presented at the Seventh Annual American Economic Association (AEA) Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE), Denver, Colorado, USA, May 31-June 2, 2017.
  • “Teaching Delicacies of Utility and Production Functions Using 3D-Printed Prototypes: An Innovative, Technological, Pedagogical Tool to Teach Homotheticity and Homogeneity”, presented at the Seventh Annual American Economic Association (AEA) Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE), Denver, Colorado, USA, May 31-June 2, 2017.
  • “Industrial Design at the Service of Teaching Economics: 3D-Printed Prototypes and Materialized Demonstrations of Utility and Production Functions”, presented at the 86th Annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association (SEA), Washington, District of Columbia, USA, 19-21 November, 2016.
  • “Employing Technology in Providing an Interactive, Visual “Big Picture” for Macroeconomics: A Major Step Forward towards the Web-Based, Interactive, and Graphic Syllabus”, presented at the Sixth Annual American Economic Association (AEA) Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1-3 June, 2016.
  • “A Briefcase of 3D Utility and Production Functions: 3D-Printed Prototypes and Realized Demonstrations of Utility and Production Functions (An Innovative, Pedagogical Tool to Teach Microeconomics)”, presented at the 27th Annual Teaching Economics Conference – Instruction and Classroom Based Research, held by Robert Morris University & McGraw Hill/Irwin Publishing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 18-20 February, 2016.
  • “Clarifying Theoretical Intricacies through the Use of Conceptual Visualization: Case of Production Theory in Advanced Microeconomics”, written and presented jointly with Alexandra Naumenko at the 27th Annual Teaching Economics Conference – Instruction and Classroom Based Research, held by Robert Morris University & McGraw Hill/Irwin Publishing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 18-20 February, 2016.
  • “A Comprehensive Visual ‘Wheel of Duality’ in Consumer Theory: An Instructional Tool Usable in Advanced Microeconomics to Turn ‘Pain’ into ‘Joy’ ”, presented at the 80th Annual International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES) Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 8-11 October, 2015.
  • “Teaching Economics and Providing Visual ‘Big Pictures’ – Case of General Equilibrium in the IS/LM/AS/AD Framework in Intermediate Macroeconomics”, presented at the 14th Annual Cambridge Business & Economics Conference, held at University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 1-2 July, 2015.

Selected Publications: Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Moosavian, S. A. Z. N., Hammond, R., & Goodwin, B. (In press). Risk Aversion over Price Variability: Experimental Evidence. Applied Economics Letters (AEL).
  • Moosavian, S. A. Z. N. (2017). Using the Interactive Graphic Syllabus in the Teaching of Economics. American Journal of Business Education (AJBE), 10(2), 45-64. doi:10.19030/ajbe.v10i2.9914
  • Moosavian, S. A. Z. N. (2016). The Visual Decoding of the “Wheel of Duality” in Consumer Theory in Modern Microeconomics: An Instructional Tool Usable in Advanced Microeconomics to Turn “Pain” into “Joy”. Applied Economics and Finance, 3(3), 288-304. doi:10.11114/aef.v3i3.1718
  • Moosavian, S. A. Z. N. (2016). The Visual “Big Picture” of Intermediate Macroeconomics: A Pedagogical Tool to Teach Intermediate Macroeconomics. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 3(3), 288-304. doi:10.11114/aef.v3i3.1718
  • Naumenko, A. & Moosavian, S. A. Z. N. (2016). Clarifying Theoretical Intricacies through the Use of Conceptual Visualization: Case of Production Theory in Advanced Microeconomics. Applied Economics and Finance, 3(4), 103-122. doi:10.11114/aef.v3i4.1781
  • Moosavian, S. A. Z. N. (2016). A Comprehensive Visual “Wheel of Duality” in Consumer Theory. Research Note, International Advances in Economic Research, 1-2.
  • Moosavian, S. A. Z. N. (2016). Teaching Economics and Providing Visual “Big Pictures”. Journal of Economics and Political Economy, 3(1), 119-133.
  • Moosavian, S. A. Z. N. (2015). Production Function of the Mining Sector of Iran. arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.03703.
  • Zeytoon Nejad Moosavian, S. A. (2012), Measuring and Analyzing the Shares of Economic Growth Sources in the Mine Sector of Iran, with Mahmoud Mahmoudzadeh, Published in Iranian Economic Journal – Macroeconomics (IEJM) (ISC), University of Mazandaran, No. 13, pp. 121-142. (In Persian)

Publications: Textbooks

  • Translator of “Basics of Engineering Economy”, By Blank L. and Tarquin A., Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, Translated from English into Farsi (VOL#2), ISBN: 978-600-5413-81-6, Publisher: Avay-e-Noor Publications Company, September 2012, Tehran, Iran.

Link: http://www.adinehbook.com/gp/product/6005413175

  • Translator of “Basics of Engineering Economy”, By Blank L. and Tarquin A., Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, Translated from English into Farsi (VOL#1), ISBN: 978-600-5413-17-5, Publisher: Avay-e-Noor Publications Company, September 2010, Tehran, Iran.

Link: http://www.adinehbook.com/gp/product/6005413816/ref=sr_1_1000_3/967-4728729-8780091

Selected Educational Workshops and Special Courses

  • I.S.E.O Summer School in Economics – 12th Edition with Three Nobel Laureates in Economics: Michael Spence, George Akerlof, and Robert Shiller entitled “A Path to a Sustainable Global Economy: Growth Strategies, Fiscal Stimulus, and Experimental Monetary Policies”, ISEO (Institute for Studies on Economics and Employment) (Iseo, Italy), Winner of a scholarship amounting to 1500 €, June 20-27 2014 Iseo, Italy.
  • Taking a Ph.D. course in Industrial Engineering called “Capital Investment Economic Analysis (ISE 711)”, A Ph.D. course offered by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems at North Carolina State University, January 2015 – May 2015
  • Taking an education Ph.D. course called “Teaching in College (EAC 786)”, A Ph.D. course offered by the Department of Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State University, August 2014 – December 2014
  • Completion of English as a Second Language (ESL) program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, School Year: December 2011 – December 2012

Teaching Experiences

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, January 2016 – Present

  • ECG 704 (Ph.D. Core Course): Macroeconomics I (TA for Professor Giuseppe Fiori), Fall 2106
  • EC 404 (Undergraduate Course): Money, Financial Markets, and the Economy (TA for Professor Douglas Pearce), Fall 2106
  • EC 302 (Undergraduate Course): Intermediate Macroeconomics (TA for Professor Douglas Pearce), Fall 2106
  • ECG 506 (Master Level Course): Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (TA for Professor Giuseppe Fiori), Spring 2106
  • ECG 703 (Ph.D. Pre-Core Course): Fundamentals of Macroeconomics (TA for Professor Giuseppe Fiori), Spring 2106

Lab Instructor, Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Spring 2017

  • EC 202 (Undergraduate Course): Principles of Macroeconomics (Lab instructor for Professor Lee Craig), Teaching three sections, Spring 2107

Instructor of Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects by Using COMFAR III Software / Teaching the course for the engineers who were the members of Iran Mining Engineering Organization / Employer: Ministry of Industries and Mines – Institute for Training & Research / February 2006 AND January 2007

Employment and Work Experiences

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, January 2016 – Present
  • Financial Analyst and Economic Evaluator of Projects, Shayeste Karan Khuzestan Co., Tehran, Iran, April 2009 – Present
  • Translator of Economic Texts – English to Persian, Avay-e-Noor Publishing Company, Tehran, Iran, June 2009 – March 2010

Professional Affiliations

  • American Economic Association (AEA), member, 2012-present
  • International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES), member, 2015-present
  • Southern Economic Association (SEA), member, 2016-present
  • Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), member, 2017-present

Editorial Duties, Peer Reviewer and Referee

  • Journal of Business and Economic Research (BER), Macrothink Institute, Editorial Board Member and Peer Reviewer, September 2016-present
  • International Journal of Economics and Finance (IJEF), Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE), Editorial Board Member and Peer Reviewer, December 2016-present
  • Journal of Applied Economics and Finance (AEF), RedFame, Editorial Board Member and Peer Reviewer, June 2016-present

Computer Skills and Other Experiences

  • Good experience with computer software programs: Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.
  • Good experience with statistical software packages: Matlab, SAS, EViews, and Stata
  • Good experience with the economic evaluation of industrial projects by using COMFAR III and Excel
  • Full professional proficiency in the English language