Biography

Dr. Ali M. Sedaghat, CMA, is associate professor of Accounting at Sellinger School of Business and Management. Dr. Sedaghat has taught accounting and business courses for more than twenty five years. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, Institute of Management Accounting, and the Decision Science Institute. Dr. Sedaghat has worked for several public and private companies including National Iranian Oil Company, Iranian Oil Refinery Company, Shahpoor Petrochemical (a project by Allied Chemical Company), Coopers and Lybrand Consulting firm and Grant Thornton. He has published in Issues in Accounting Education, Advances in Accounting, Accounting Educators Journal, Journal of Corporate Taxation, The Business & Taxes Quarterly, Management Accounting and Journal of International Accounting. He served as KMPG Peat Marwick Alumni Faculty Fellow for two terms. He has presented papers at more than thirty national and international professional meetings. Dr. Sedaghat was the recipient of Ursela Albert Faculty Mentor of the Year award on 2001.

Representative Publications

Sherman, A. Kimbrough, Sedaghat, A. M., A Cry for Assistance, URTA: Case B, Annual Advances in Business Cases, (2002), p. 197-212.

Sherman, A. Kimbrough, Sedaghat, A. M., Paratransit: Whose Business is it? URTA: Case A, Annual Advances in Business Cases, (2002), p. 188-196.

Awards and Honors

Beta Gamma Sigma

Recipient of Outstanding Contributions to chapter activities, Baltimore chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants. (September 2001).

Ursela Albert Faculty Mentor of the year, The Institute of Management Accountants. (June 2001).

Lybrand Silver Manuscript Medallion, The Institute of Management Accountants. (June 1998).

Affiliations

Beta Alpha Psi, Loyola College Chapter

Professional Memberships

Decision Sciences Institute, Institute of Management Accountants, American Accounting Organization

Web site

http://www.evergreen.loyola.edu/~asedaghat/