HOOSHANG AMIRAHMADI Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy 76 Pettit Place Department of Urban Planning Princeton, NJ 08540 and Policy Development Phone: (609) 497-9559 33 Livingston Ave. Suite 302 Fax: (609) 297-9889 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA Phone: (732) 932-3822 Ext. 737 Fax: (732) 932-2253 EDUCATION: 1982 Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (Regional Planning and International Development) 1978 M.S. University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Industrial Management and Development) 1977 M.B.A. Management Laboratories of America, Dallas, Texas Cert. (Industrial Management) 1969 B.S. University of Azarbaijan, Tabriz, Iran (Agricultural Engineering) RESEARCH AND TEACHING SPECIALIZATION: National Economic Development Policies and Planning, Global Political Economy and International Relations, Foreign Investment and Trade, Regional Economic Development and Industrial Policy, Technology Transfer and R & D, Postwar Reconstruction and Disaster Mitigation Planning, Industrial Location and Management (Worldwide, Developing Countries, the Middle East). ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Rutgers 1992- Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University. 1992-97 Chair and Graduate Director, Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University. 1985-98 Director, Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University. 1992-97 Coordinator, Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program, Rutgers University. 1988-92 Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University. 1983-88 Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University. 1983- Full Member of Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University. Other Academic Appointments 1999- Member, Iran Working Policy Group: The Atlantic Council, Washington, DC. 1988- Associate Member, Columbia University Seminar on Iranian Studies. 1982-83 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Wells College, Aurora, NY. 1982 Instructor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1981-82 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Business and Economics, Tompkins-Cortland Community College, Dryden, NY. 1979-95 Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Cornell University; Department of City and Regional Planning and Department of Economics (field research on Participatory Management and Labor Productivity Project). Editorial Board Appointments 1996- Editorial Board, Journal of the Iranian Research and Analysis, of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis. 1995- Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Urban Technology. 1995-96 Member of Editorial Board, Iran Business Monitor. 1991-95 Member of Editorial Board, Urban Affairs Quarterly. 1984-94 Contributing Editor, Choice Magazine (Reviewer and Consultant), CIRA Newsletter. 1992-96 Contributing Editor, Digest of Middle East Studies; Mid-East Markets; Geopolitics of Oil; Echo of Iran; Middle East Insight 2 2 Other Professional Appointments 1998- President, American-Iranian Council, Inc. 1997- Member of the Advisory Board, Urban Technology Institute, New York City 1994-97 Chairman, US-Iran Conference, Washington D.C. 1996- Member of International Advisory Council, Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan. 1996- Member of International Advisory Board, Pacific Rim International Development Research Institute, Samchok University, Korea. 1991-95 Member of ACSP Commission on Global Approaches to Planning Education. 1984-96 Executive Director, Member of Executive Board, Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA). 1992-95 Member of Management Committee, Applied Regional Science Conference, Urban Development Institute, Tokyo International University. 1988- Member of Executive Board, Consortium on Development Studies, Seoul National University, Michigan State University. PUBLIC MEDIA COVERAGE: 1990- TV appearances: Channel 13 News Hour, CNN, C-Span, Channel 9, Channel 5, Channel 13, New Jersey Networks, Channel 12, Public Channel for Rutgers Forum, CNBC “McLaughlin” Show) 1990 Radio interviews: BBC, WCBS, WRNJ, WCTC, WNBC, WBBC, WABC, WILM, WHWH, WJDM, WNNJ, Voice of America, Radio 24-Hour (LA); Radio France International Radio Liberty 1990- Newspapers and Journals: quoted in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington post, Detroit Free Press; Op Ed in Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times and Eastern Times; interviewed by Barron's, Urban Edge (World Bank), World Bank Watch, Star Ledger, Home News, News Tribune, Asbury Park Press, Daily Targum, Hudson Report, Daily Record, Trenton Times, Iran Times International, Daricheh Magazine, 3 3 Abadi Journal, Hamshahri Newspaper (Tehran), Jame'h Salem Magazine, Iran-e Farda Magazine, Energy Campus, Jerusalem Post, Common Purpose, Iran Brief, Keyhan Newspaper, Iran Newspaper, Asr-e Maa, Jewish Week, Eastern Times, Maareef (largest Israeli newspaper), RECOGNITION 1999 Featured in: The Japanese number one daily newspaper, Mainichi, Iranians, published in Washington, DC., and in Princeton Packet. 1998 “The Best Paper Award,” from Korean Planners Association and Consortium on Development Studies, at International Conference on Global Transformation toward Sustainable Civil Society, Seoul, Korea. WHO’S WHO Listed in International Who’s Who of Professionals GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (Partial List; does not include fundraising for American-Iranian Council): Social Science Research Council International Programs Grant, 1990-1991: $4,500. Principal Investigator The Aga Khan Trust For Culture, Geneva Regional Development Project Grant, 1991-1993: $500,000. For Iranian Government, Project Manager and Consultant Urban Development in the Muslim World, 1992: $3,000. Principal Investigator (Resulted in a book with the same title) National Endowment for the Humanities Middle East Project Grant, 1990-1991: $8,900. Principal Investigator The Alavi Foundation International expatriate Communities, 2001-2003: $45,000 Exxon Company; Mobil Middle East Development Corporation; Ashland Oil; Aramco; Arco International, Conoco Oil Company; Coastal Corporation 4 4 Conference Grants: US-Iran Relations, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996: $350,000. Conference Chairman New Jersey Department of Higher Education, International and Foreign Language Grant Programs: Curriculum Development Grant Program, 1989-1990: $36,655; Principal Investigator Curriculum Development Grant Program, 1988-1989: $28,288; Principal Investigator Faculty Development Grant Program, 1986-1987: $10,000; Principal Investigator New Jersey Committee for the Humanities: Conference Grant, 1990-1991: $10,000. Director Project Minigrant Program, 1986-1987: $1,000. Director The Middle East Institute, U.S. Outreach Fund, and Council on US-Arab Relations, Washington, D.C. Middle East Project Grant, 1990-1991: $6,500. Principal Investigator Rutgers University; Other institutions Various Grants and Summer Fellowships, 1983-1993: $55,500. Principal Investigator PRIZES AND AWARDS: 1990-5 Faculty Academic Service Award, Rutgers University 1993 Distinguished Service Insignia, Center for Iranian Research and Analysis 1988 Faculty Supplemental Salary Adjustment Award, Rutgers University 1986 Faculty Supplemental Salary Adjustment Award, Rutgers University 1982 Donald C. Kerr Memorial Fund for Distinguished Foreign Student 1976-82 Scholarships from Iranian Government (Industrial 5 5 Development and Renovation Organization); Cornell University; and University of Dallas 1977 Sigma Iota Epsilon Medal for Distinguished Graduate Work in Management PUBLICATIONS: Books 2002 107th Congress and Iran: Implications for US-Iran Relations. Farabi Publishers/AIC (edited). 2002 US-Iran Relations: Financial Impediment and Challenges of a Global Settlement. Farabi Publishers/AIC (edited). 2002 Narcotics Traffic Control Cooperation and US-Iran Relations. Farabi Publishers/AIC (edited). 2001 Iran in the New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges, coeditor and contributor. Princeton: American Iranian Council 2000 The Caspian Region: A New Frontier of Energy and Development, editor and contributor. NY: St. Martin Press, 299 pages. 2000 Seizing An Historic Opportunity: Breaking Through the US- Iran Impasse, Editor and Contributor. American Iranian Council, Princeton, 143 pages. Includes an article by the Secretary Madeline Albright. 1999 Revisiting US-Iran Relations, editor and contributor. Princeton: American-Iranian Council, 120 pages. 1998 US-Iran Relations in Clinton’s Second Term: International Perspectives, editor and contributor. American-Iranian Council, 107 pages. 1996 Small Islands, Big Politics: The Tombs and Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf, editor and contributor. New York: St. Martin’s Press. 200 pages. Tranlated into Persian. 1995 US-Iran Relations: Areas of Tension and Mutual Interest, first co-editor (with E. Hoogland) and contributor, Washington, D.C.: Middle East Institute. 127 pages. 1994 Urban Development in the Muslim World, first co-editor (with S. El-Shakhs) and contributor, New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University. 279 6 6 pages. 1993 The United States and the Middle East: A Search for New Perspectives, editor and contributor, NY: Albany: State University of New York Press. 491 pages. 1993 Iran and the Arab World, first co-editor (with N. Entessar) and contributor, NY: St. Martin Press. 264 pages. 1992 Reconstruction and Regional Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf, first co-editor (with N. Entessar) and contributor, London: Routledge. 306 pages. 1990 Revolution and Economic Transition: The Iranian