Business Analytics
Vahid Eghbal Akhlaghi
Research interests:
Methodology: Mathematical Programming, Discrete Optimization, Spatial Data Mining, Network Theory, Complexity Theory
Application: Humanitarian Logistics, Transportation, Scheduling, Healthcare Accessibility, Supply Chain Management
Teaching Interests:
Foundations of Business Analytics, Computational Thinking (Programming using Python), Operations Management, Business Computing Essentials, Operations Research II, Production and Inventory Control I
Contact: vahid-eghbalakhlaghi@uiowa.edu
Economics
Justin Doty
Research Interests:
Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Empirical Industrial Organization
Teaching Interests:
Microeconomics, Econometrics, Industrial Organization
Contact: justin-doty@uiowa.edu
Mahdi Eghbali
Research interests:
Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation, Corporate Finance, Blockchain & FinTech.
Teaching interests:
Entrepreneurial Finance, New Venture Formation, Data Science for Entrepreneurs, Applied Econometrics & Causal Inference, Macroeconomics, Corporate Finance
Contact: eghbali@mit.edu
Sadia Farzana
Research Interests:
Labor Economics, Social Networks, Health Economics, Public Policy
Teaching Interests:
Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Econometrics
Contact: sadia-farzana@uiowa.edu
Mina Mirazimi
Research interests:
Labor Economics, Health Economics, Education, Development Economics
Teaching interests:
Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Econometrics
Contact: mina-mirazimi@uiowa.edu
Travis Williams
Research interests:
Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Behavioral Economics
Teaching interests:
Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics
Contact: travis-williams@uiowa.edu
Finance
Prerna Agarwal
Research interests:
Empirical corporate finance: capital structure, corporate culture, compensation contracting, entrepreneurship
Teaching interests:
Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Financial Management
Contact: prerna-agarwal@uiowa.edu
Marketing
Vahid Karimi Motahhar
Research interests:
Quantitative Modeling, Decision Biases, Prediction Markets, Natural Language Processing, Big Data
Teaching interests:
Marketing Analytics, Marketing Research, Big Data Analysis using R and/or Python, Marketing Strategy
Contact: vahid-karimimotahhar@uiowa.edu
Sunme Lee
Research interests:
Social Decision Making, Technology and Innovation, Consumer’s Risk-Taking Behavior, Happiness
Teaching interests:
Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Management, Consumer Behavior, Introduction to Marketing
Contact: sunme-lee@uiowa.edu