Moj Seyedian, M.S., M.A., Ph.D.

Emigrated to U.S. from Iran in 1975. Earned a M.S. degree in Managerial Sciences from Marywood University in 1976. Received the Doctorate Degree in Economics from SUNY Binghamton in 1985. Started full-time teaching in 1980 at SUNY Agricultural & Technical College at Alfred. Three years later, was employed as an Assistant Professor in the Business Administration department at SUNY Fredonia. From 1991 to 1994 and then from 2001 until 2017 was the Interim Chair and Chair of the department, respectively. Was appointed Interim Director, 2007-09, Interim Dean, 2017-19, Interim Associate Director/Dean, 2020-22, and Interim Dean, 2022-23, of the School of Business. Has been a Professor of Finance in the Business Administration department of the School since fall 2000.

Office Hours

• Monday: 8-10
• Wednesday: 8-10
• Friday: 9-10

Teaching Interests

Finance and Economics

Research Interests

Financial Management, Pedagogy, Business History, Business Case Studies

Awards and Honors

• Open Educational Resources Award, SUNY Fredonia (2023).
• Best Paper Award, Academy of Finance Conference (2021).
• Honorary Member, Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society in Business Administration (2019).
• Certificate of Appreciation, McNair Scholars Program (2008).
• Silver DEEP Performance Award, National Council on Economic Education (2001).

License/Certification

• Real Estate Sales

Current Research

• Margin Transactions and Market Volatility
• The Impact of Industry on the Design of an Entrepreneurial Studies Major
• The use of Quality Function Deployment for Improvement of Freshman Orientation Programs
• Readability of the Most Popular Principles of Macroeconomics Textbooks

Professional Membership

• Academy of Finance
• Northeastern Association of Business, Economics, and Technology
• Beta gamma Sigma
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• Delta Mu Delta
• Academy of Business Research

Intellectual Contributions

• "Hybrid/Remote Work and its impact on Businesses," Academy of Business Research Conference (2024).
• "Consumption Preferences That are Merely Reflexive," Pennsylvania Economic Association Conference (2023).
• "Small Business Valuation and the Decision to Sell: The Case of a Growing Pizzeria," SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals (2023).
• "Consumption Preferences and Utilities," Springer Press (2023).
• "Measuring Readability Levels of Undergraduate Investment Textbooks," Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice (2021).
• "Consumption Preferences and Generalized Utility Functions," Southern Economic and Business Journal (2021).
• "A Readability Analysis Of Undergraduate Textbooks In Operations Management," Journal of Business, Economics, and Technology (2019).
• "The Use of QFD to maximize the student advising experience," College Student Journal (2016).
• "Readability of Introductory Finance Textbooks," Journal of Financial Education (2013).
• "The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire," Choice (2013).
• "Principles of Finance Textbooks: A Readability Analysis," Academy of Finance (2011).
• "Improving Financial Literacy of College Students: A Cross-Sectional Analysis," College Students Journal (2011).
• "A Model for Evaluating the Trade-off between Earnings per Share and Financial Leverage," Journal of Advances in Business (2010).
• "Readability of Introductory Finance Textbooks," Northeastern Association of Business, Economics, and Technology (2010).
• "Recessions and Depressions : Understanding Business Cycles," Choice (2010).

Presentations

• "Small Business Valuation and the decision to Sell: The Case of a Growing Pizzeria," 17th Annual BRC conference (2022).
• "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Business Curriculum," SUNY Fredonia School of Business Symposium (2022).
• "Evaluation of the Readability of Top-Selling Operations Management Textbooks," NABET (2018).