Scholarships, Grants, Awards, & Recognitions

1998-2002
button California Department of Social Services, Employment Rediness Demonstration Project - Evluation (with K. Nyberg, E. Sasaki, M. Evans, D. McMillian, L. Hecht, and E. Mann), $2 million

1997-98

button Central California Futures Institute, Eaton Research Fellowship, Job Creation in the San Joaquin Valley Project, $24,000

1994

button Wells Fargo Bank, Children in the Marketplace, student recruitment, curriculum design, and program administration, $5,600 annually

1993

button The Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise College, student recruitment, curriculum design, and program administration, $9,000 annually

1993-95

button The Bakersfield Californian to publish Kern Economic Trends database establishment and newsletter publication, $14,000 (with M. Evans and M. Malixi)

1993-94

button CSUB, Faculty Sponsor of S. Browning, "The Great Irish Famine as a Model for Vulnerability to Famine," winner of Annual Student Research Competition
button Kern Union High School District, Project 2000, A grant from U.S. Department of Education for curriculum development, $5,000 (with M. Evans)

1991-92

button CSUB, Faculty Sponsor of C. Mesel, "The Demand for Higher Education by Adult Learners," winner of Arts and Sciences Dean's Best Student Paper Award
button CSUB, Faculty Sponsor of A. Hernandez, winner of a California Pre-Doctoral Scholarship Award
button CSUB, University Research Council Award, "Economic Development and Political Change in the Middle East," $1,000 for research assistantship and travel

1990-91

button CSUB, University Research Council Award, "Political Economy of Development and Peace," 5 qtr. units of Assigned Time
button CSUB, University Research Council Award, "Economic Development in Muslim Countries," $2,314 for research assistantship

1989-90

button CSUB, Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, $2,500

Spring 1988

button UCB, Department of Economics, Best Teaching Performance, 600-level courses

1986-87

button UCB, Economics Institute, program administrator (with L. Cross) and course instructor of "Establishing Databases for Economic Decision Making" funded by U.S. Department of Agriculture, $100,000 in training funds

1982-88

button UCB, Economics Institute, Outstanding Teaching Performance

1981-82

button UCB, Department of Economics, Fellowship to Graduate Instructors, out-of-state tuition waiver plus $8,000 per semester

1979-81

button UCB, Department of Economics, Fellowship to Graduate Teaching Assistants, out-of-state tuition waiver plus $6,000 per semester

1973-74

button Tehran College of Insurance, Internship at Insurance Company of Iran, $600 per semester