VITA Reza G. Hamzaee ADDRESS: 5703 W. 125Th Street PHONE: Office: (816) 271-4262 Overland Park, KS 66209 Cell: (913)-927-6672 Ho
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VITA Reza G. Hamzaee ADDRESS: 5703 W. 125th Street PHONE: Office: (816) 271-4262 Overland Park, KS 66209 Cell: (913)-927-6672 Home: (913) 912-1773 E-M AIL: [email protected] Linked in Site: http://lnkd.in/ZnsuKd MARITAL STATUS: Married, one child CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A. EDUCATION: Graduate: Arizona State University, Ph.D., Economics, 1985 University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A., Economics, 1977 Undergraduate: National University of Iran B.S., Economics, 1973 EXPERIENCE: Serving on the Editorial Board of US-China Business Review, U.S. and China. 2013 – continues. Serving as a referee for the International Applied Management and Technology Journal, 2013-2014. Serving as the Editorial Board Member of the refereed journal of Iranian Economic Review, published quarterly by Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 2010 – now (continues). Serving on the Editorial Board of the refereed The Iranian Journal of Business and Economics, published by Azaad University, Tehran, Iran. 2014- continues. Served Iran Economics, as an Editorial Board member, 1999-2000, and Guest Editorial Board, 2001. Post-professorial promotion 2: “MWSU Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Award for Scholarship/Creative Activities,” earned within the MWSU Faculty Active Career Program, Missouri Western State University, 2008. Post-professorial promotion 1: “MWSU Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Award for Substantial Dedication to Professional Excellence,” earned within the MWSU Faculty Active Career Program, Missouri Western State University, 2003. Project Manager and Consultant: I have served more than 40 organizations since 1995 domestically and internationally (during breaks of my full-time job), including banks, doctoral programs, executive seminars, central bank, stock exchange brokers, Investment Banking, manufacturers, research organizations, publishing companies, academic program accrediting agencies, etc. Professor of Business & Economics (Part-Time Core Faculty Mentor), Walden University (a Distance Doctoral Program), Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1992 - present. This has been my second affiliation since 1992-2014. Visiting Professor, Bordeaux University of France, Ph.D. program (taught Quantitative Methods Applied to Management Sciences in Tehran, Iran), July-August 2005, December 2007. Visiting Professor, Uppsala University of Sweden, EMBA program (taught Financial and Cost Management in Tehran, Iran), July-August 2005. Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Missouri Western State University (Economics Dept. was separated from Dept. of Business & Economics), 2001 - present. Business Consultant, 1987 - present (refer to some examples of Professional Consulting Services in my complete vita). Senior Associate (for airport and airline financial and economic consulting projects), the Aviation Consultant Group, Inc. (ACG) of Daytona Beach, Florida 2001-2008. Visiting Professor, Industrial Management Institute of Iran, 1999 – present (serving during my U.S. holidays) Visiting Professor, Iranian Institute of Certified Accountants & CIMA, teaching Financial Economics components of their curriculum, 1999 – present (serving during my U.S. holidays) Chair, Department of Business and Economics, Missouri Western State University, June 1, 1990 to July 15, 1991. Associate Professor of Economics, Missouri Western State University, June 1988 - June 1992. Assistant Professor of Economics, Tenure Track, Missouri Western State University, August 1984 - June 1988. Instructor of Economics (Graduate Associate), Arizona State University, January 1981- August 1984. 1 Part-Time Teaching Faculty Member, University of Phoenix, October 1982-January 1984. Research Assistant, Arizona State University, The Bureau of Economics and Business Administration, Summer 1982. Work-Study, University of California, Santa Barbara, Student Loan Accounting, Financial Aid Office, Summer 1975, Winter 1976, Fall 1977. Accountant, mandatory military service for the Department of Health, auditing the Health Department's international accounts at Central Bank of Iran, Tehran, Iran, June 1973- November 1974. Accounting Staff, Pars Industrial Group, Tehran, Iran, September 1972-July 1974. Part-time Teacher of Mathematics and Science, Varjavand High School, Tehran, Iran, September 1971-June 1972. TEACHING/RESEARCH and CONSULTING FIELDS: Private Banking, Corporate Banking, Pricing, Bank Valuation, Money & Banking (teaching constantly since 1984 every semester), International Economics, Macroeconomics (Applied and Theory), Microeconomics (Applied & Theory), Applied Econometrics, Financial Engineering, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Investment and Financial Markets, Managerial Economics, Forensic Economics, Project Management, Applied Quantitative & Qualitative Methods in Business, Management & Marketing, Sciences (MIS), Research Methods, Business & Economic Forecasting. AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: Received the Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence at Missouri Western state University, May 5, 2016. Nominated for Teaching/Scholarship Excellence Award at Missouri Western state University, March 2015; final selection will be made in May 2015. Received the 2008 Board of Governors’ “Distinguished Professor Award” for excellence in Scholarship, Teaching, and Professional Service @ Missouri Western State University, June 2008. Received The Missouri Western State University Outstanding Faculty Implementation of Critical Thinking Award, April 2008. Received the 2006 MWSU "Dr. James V. Mehl Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award." Missouri Western State University, May 2006. 2 Received the 2005-2006 Board of Governors’ “Distinguished Professor Award” for excellence in Scholarship, Teaching, and Professional Service @ Missouri Western State University, October 27, 2005. Received a $3,500 competitive grant on Applied Learning from the State of Missouri involving a teaching course, entitled Business & Economic Forecasting, three best students, and two-three businesses, for which two-three business forecasting projects along with the corresponding reports will be provided free of charges, 2005. Post-professorial promotion: Distinguished Professor, within the MWSU Faculty Active Career Program, 2003. My article, “The Iranian Economy,” was accepted for publication in one of the 50 volumes of The Brown Reference Group’s encyclopedia, London, U.K., 2005. Earned a research grant of $7,600 from Walden University, which was approved to conduct the proposed research on “Building a Testable Model of Distinct & Successful Distance-Education Program,” effective April 2003. The final research paper was published (see publications section). Received the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement (Research) Award for 1991, Missouri Western State University. Received the Jesse Lee Myers Excellence in Teaching Award for 1990, Missouri Western State University. Earned the Ambassadors' Choice Award, 1988, "for Outstanding Student Motivation and Enthusiasm in Education," Missouri Western State University, March 10, 1988. Earned 6-month research sabbatical leaves for Fall 1997 and Fall 2003. Earned Undergraduate Research Summer Institute’s Faculty-Student Research funding, in Summers of 2001 through 2013 through which four research papers were co-authored, presented at refereed conferences (by 7 of my students in the corresponding years) and 3 were also published. Served Iran Economics, as an Editorial Board member, 1999-2000, and Guest Editorial Board, 2001. Selected by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (as a Business Program Evaluator), 1990-1992. Earned 65.50 merit points above the (100) expected level determined for all faculty members at Missouri Western State University, April 2004. Received merit points for all other previous years in which merit-pay system was adopted: April 2003 (29.50 points), April 2002 (60), April 2001 (54.50), April 2000 (50 points), April 1999 (67.50 points), April 1998 (65.50), April 1997 (70.50), March 1996 (50 points), March 1995 (51 points), 3 March 1994 (60.50), March 1993 (71 points), March 1991 (106 points), March 1990 (114 points), and March 1989 (48 points). Merit pay policy was not maintained after 2004. Received a $1000 Funds for Results grant (Fall 1995, and Spring 96) for my newly adopted study-skill project used in one of my Economics Principles classes in Spring 1996. Selected by the local ABC television station as a subject of a special program: "One Day of Our Lives," in which short stories of 5 professionals from the community were covered; the program was taped July 22, 1991. Selected by the National Social Science Association to serve as a member of the Board of Referees for the National Social Science Journal, February 1989-1994. Selected by the National Social Science Association to serve as a member of its National Governing Board and of the editorial board of National Social Science Journal, April 1991-94. Selected by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) to serve as an Evaluator of the business programs at University of Northern Oklahoma, seeking ACBSP's accreditation, 1991. Earned Alumni Annual Fund Award, Missouri Western State University, 1986 and 1989. Earned a graduate scholarship from the Department of Economics, Arizona State University, April 6, 1984. Earned a doctoral scholarship ($200/month) from Iranian government, 1977-1979. Ranked in “the top 20% of all teaching faculty of Economics Department,” Arizona State University, 1983. Selected as a member of the College Honors Program Committee at the