Mehrdad Mozayyan
Associate Professor - Chair - college standing committee for curriculum review
- Email: Mehrdad.Mozayyan@zu.ac.ae
- Telephone: +9714 402 1447
- Address: Dubai Academic City, C-L1-012
Introduction
Dr. Mozayyan completed his early education in Europe, after which he moved to the United States where he received his university education: (MBA 1994, PhD 2004). Before completing his PhD, he worked in senior management and consulting positions for major US corporations, with responsibilities extending to Switzerland, Mexico, and Japan. After 2001, he focused on academia, when he completed his dissertation and taught courses in Europe and the United States.
Education:
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., political Science
MBA, Strategic Management (the Wharton School)
MA, International Relations
BA, dual degree in Economics & Political Science
Personal Interests:
history, astronomy, music, chess, wildlife and nature conservancy
Languages:
English, French, Farsi, and basic working knowledge of Spanish
Research and Professional Activities
Research:
- Persian students in 19th Century Europe: Contributions of a European Education to Iran’s Early Modernization
Teaching Areas
Graduate Courses taught:
IR theory
The United States and the Middle East
Collaborative Mgmt. for decision making in national security
Undergraduate courses taught:
International Relations theory
Comparative politics
US Foreign Relations
Int’l Relations of the Gulf states
Politics of Oil
World Regions (North America)
History of the 20th Century
The Gulf in Int’l politics
Leadership (a seminar taught to UAE ambassadors)
Sample of publications:
- “Sovereign Wealth Funds: Prospects & Perspectives,” focusing on the Arab economies of the Gulf,
AME Info., 09/2008, Reprinted 2009
- “Glory in Defeat and other Islamist Ideologies,” Armed Groups: Studies in National Security,
Counterterrorism, and Counterinsurgency; Jeffrey H. Norwitz, (ed.), Naval War College, Newport,
2008 (Reprinted in 2009 as Pirates, Terrorists, and Warlords: Skyhorse Publishing, New York, NY)
