S. Ali Ahmadi

Education

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Oklahoma
• Ed.D., Business Education, University of Houston
• M.B.A., Finance
• B.S. Economics

Teaching Interests

• Microeconomics
• International Economics
• Economic Development

Research Interests

• International Trade and Economic Development
• Economic Education

Bio

Ali Ahmadi graduated from Tehran University in Iran with a B.S. in Economics and came to the USA in 1976. He received an MBA (Finance) from Eastern New Mexico University and then received a doctoral degree in Business Education from the University of Houston (1987), followed by a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oklahoma in 1997. Ahmadi has been teaching continuously at the undergraduate and graduate levels of higher education, since 1986. Courses taught include introductory, intermediate, and graduate courses in economics theory, as well as quantitative and statistics courses and International Trade and Economic Development, both at the University of Oklahoma (1989-1995) and at MSU since 1995. Between 1988 and 1995, while a lecturer at the University of Oklahoma, Ahmadi also served as the Director of Business Administration at Seminole State College in Oklahoma. Additional courses taught include Finance, Environmental Economics, and History of Economics at MSU.