Hello and welcome to my website. My name is Ghadir Asadi and I am a Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Virginia Tech. My research areas of interest are Applied Microeconomics, Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Labor Economics, Economics of Education, and Sustainable Development. You can learn more about my work on different pages of this website, my blog, and my CV.
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Education
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2016–2020: Ph.D. in Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
2014–2016: M.A. in Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
2009–2012: M.A. in Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
2006–2009: B.A. in Economics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Work Experience
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2023 - Now Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, University of North Carolina Wilmington
2022 - 2023 Senior Data Science Analyst, Discover Financial Services
2021 - 2022 Lecturer, Department of Finance and Economics, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
2020 - 2021 Adjunct Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Radford University
2020 - 2020 Research Assistant, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University,
2014 - 2020 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Management, and Statistics, Virginia Tech
2016 - 2019 Research Assistant (Summer), School of Education, Virginia Tech
2011 - 2014 Graduate Research Fellow, Statistical Research and Training Center, Statistical Center of Iran
2012 - 2013 Graduate Research Fellow, Sharif Institute of Economic and Industrial Studies
2013 - 2014 Project Manager and Programming Expert, Iranian Privatization Organization
2010 - 2011 Researcher, Bank of Industry and Mine
2011 - 2014 Part-time columnist in donya-e-eqtesad daily newspaper