Professional Experience

 

grammy Referee and Reviewer for:
  • Economic Development and Cultural Change
  • World Development
  • American Journal of Political Science
  • International Migration Review
  • Journal of Theoretical Politics
  • Applied Economics
  • Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
  • Journal of Energy and Development
  • The American Economist
  • National Tax Journal

button 1996-2002 Chair: completing the first term and appointed for a second term
Department of Economics, CSUB

button 2000-2002 Chair, Academic Affairs Committee, Academic Senate, CSUB

button 2000-Present Director, Center for Economic Education and Research, CSUB

button 1999-Present Publisher and Managing Editor, Kern Economic Journal

button 1998- 2000 Senior Research Scientist
Applied Research Center, CSUB

button 1993- 1999 Program Director,
Enterprise College: A summer program in business economics (Econ. 277, 5 qtr. units) for high school students sponsored by CSUB, Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, and Kern High School District

button April'99- External Program Reviewer
Department of Economics, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

button 1997-99 Member
University Program Review Committee, CSUB

button 1997-98 Eaton Research Fellow
Central California Futures Instiute, CSU-Fresno

button 1994-96 Director
Center for Economic Education and Research, CSUB

button 1994-96 Chair
Committee to Develop a New General Education Program
Committee's proposed program has been implemented since Fall 1997, CSUB

button 1995- Program Director,
Children in the Marketplace: A summer enrichment program in business economics for elementary school students funded by a grant from Wells Fargo Bank

button 1993- Professor of Economics: tenured and promoted September 1993
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB)

button 1989-93 Associate Professor of Economics, CSUB

button 1982-88 Associate Director of Academic Program
Economics Institute
University of Colorado, Boulder (UCB)

button 1982-88 Assistant Professor of Economics, Adjoint
UCB, Member of Graduate Faculty

button 1987-88 Assistant Professor of Economics, Visiting
Department of Mineral Economics
Colorado School of Mines

button 1986-87 Visiting Economist
Bank Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

button 1980-82 Instructor of Economics
Economics Institute and Economics Department, UCB

button 1979-80 Teaching Assistant of Economics
Economics Institute and Economics Department, UCB

button 1978- Economic Analyst
Hafez Insurance Company

button 1974-76 Second Lieutenant
Iranian Air Force