MOHAMMAD ALI, MBA, PH.D. Associate Professor Department of Business, Management & Accounting University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853 Office Location: Kiah 2 nd Floor - Room 2103 Office: (410) 651-6213; Home: (410) 546-0484 Fax: (410) 651-6032 E-mail: mali@umes.edu EDUCATION: Ph.D., 2007 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, FL, USA. Major: Food and Resource Economics with a specialization in Agricultural Marketing and Trade having Agricultural Production and Farm Management as a second field of concentration. Dissertation: Estimating Import Demand for Fresh Tomatoes into the United States and the European Union. M.S., 2000 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, FL, USA. Major: Food and Resource Economics. Thesis: An Economic Model for Evaluating the Impact of Prohibiting the Use of Copper in Grapefruit Production of Florida. M.B.A., 1982 M.A., 1979 B.A., 1977 UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Major: Quantitative Business Analysis (QBA). UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA, Dhaka, Bangladesh Major: Economics. UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Major: Economics / Minor: Mathematics & Political Science. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2012 Present UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, Princess Anne, MD, USA. Associate Professor Business, Management & Accounting. 2008-2012 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, Princess Anne, MD, USA. Assistant Professor Business, Management & Accounting. 2007-2008 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, Princess Anne, MD, USA Visiting Lecturer Business, Management & Accounting.
2004-2007 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, Princess Anne, MD, USA Adjunct Lecturer Department of Agriculture, Food & Resource Sciences. Summers of UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, FL, USA. 1998 2003 Research Assistant Food & Resource Economics Department. 1986 1998 THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Civil Service Cadre Officer in the capacity of: Assistant Accountant General of Bangladesh. Assistant Finance Controller, Bangladesh Army. Deputy Accountant General/Deputy Director, Commercial Audit. Chief Accounts Officer, Ministry of Land and Ministry of Law & Justice. Leader of Performance Audit Team Instructor and Examiner of Bangladesh Public Service Commission, (PSC) Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1980 1986 BANGLADESH BANK, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Central Bank of Bangladesh). Assistant Statistical Officer, Statistics Department. Assistant Director, Training Academy. Financial Analyst/Assistant Director, Industrial Credit Department. 1979 1980 BANGLADESH BIMAN CORPORATION, Dhaka, Bangladesh (National Airlines). Junior Sales Assistant. AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS: Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Florida, USA, 1998-2003. Merit Scholarship, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1973-1977. Merit Scholarship, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Bangladesh. Placed 6 th in Secondary Education Board with Distinction in Mathematics. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP American Agricultural Economics Association. International Academy of Business and Economics. Beta Gamma Sigma (International Honor Society in Business, Management and Administration). PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Review Board Member for the Journal of Business and Finance. Reviewer for International Journal of Effective Management, and Journal of Global Information Technology, International Journal of Decision Science & Information Technology, and African Journal of Agricultural Research. 2
Supervisory committee member for two Master of Science (M.S.) students in the department of Agriculture, Food & Resource Sciences, UMES since 2010. Also worked as associate member on another M.S. thesis advisory committee in the same department during 2007-2009. Member, School of Business and Technology Curriculum Committee. Treasurer, Beta Gamma Sigma (UMES Chapter). Involved in Enrollment 101 Recruitment process. Associate member in UMES Graduate Faculty. Member on the UMES Graduate School Plagiarism Committee. Member on the UMES Faculty Grievance Panel, 2012-13. Member of Finance Curriculum Committee in the Department of Business, Management and Accounting. Chair, Business Administration Curriculum Committee (Management) in the Department of Business, Management and Accounting Advisor for Fed Challenge Group of University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Member of the committee for Undecided Majors Fair at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Member of the committee for AACSB Strategic Management Standard for DBA at UMES. Member on the Search Committee for the department of Pharmacy. Chair, Department of Business, Management & Accounting Curriculum Committee. Departmental Representative to University Faculty Assembly and Senate. UMES Senator for Faculty Assembly. Serving as Assistant Coach of a soccer team in local Crown Sports Center and Wicomico Parks & Recreation Center since Spring, 2009. Involved in various community services with the Boy Scouts of America, Pack 184. Fruitland, and Pack 176 Salisbury, Maryland and also as PTA committee member at North Salisbury Elementary School and Bennett Middle School. COURSES TAUGHT IN VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE ECON 201: Principles of Macroeconomics ECON 202: Principles of Microeconomics BUAD 302: Management and Organizational Behavior BUAD 410: Hybrid Production Management BUAD 420: International Business FINA 340: Hybrid Financial Management FINA 445: Financial Institutions & Markets (Developed and teaching since fall, 2010). BUAD 364: Managerial Economics (Developed and teaching since spring, 2011). 3
BUAD 353: Business Statistics I BUAD 354: Business Statistics II MEES 640: Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics (Developed part of the course and teaching since summer 2010 as team-taught course). MEES 643: Risk and Decision Analysis in Natural Resource Management (Developed and teaching online through Wimba/Blackboard Collaboration since fall 2011) AGNR 388A: Current Issues in Sustainable Agriculture (Developed part of the course and teaching as guest speaker since fall, 2011) RESEARCH PROPOSALS/GRANTS (Last Five Years) Chigbu, Paulinus, M. Ali and others. Partnerships for Training Students in Quantitative Fisheries: Design and Delivery of Online and Summer Intensive Courses. Grant submitted to NOAA with start date March 1, 2010 and end date February 28, 2011 amounting US $468,839. (Not Funded). [Role-Participant]. Chigbu, Paulinus, M. Ali and others. Professional Science Master s Degree in Quantitative Fisheries and Resource Economics. A grant funded by NSF with start date May 1, 2010 and end date September 30, 2013 amounting US $700,000. [Role-Senior Personnel]. Marsh, Lurline E., M. Ali and others. Building Curriculum and Experiential Learning in Sustainable Agriculture to Enhance Students Communication and Problem-Solving Skills. Funded by USDA-NIFA Capacity Building Grant Program amounting US $150,000 with start date September, 2010 and end date August, 2013. [Role-Collaborator]. Hashem, Fawzy M., Ali, M. and others. Food Safety Risk for Leafy Greens and Tomatoes from Small Farm Environments Exposed to Manure Dust, Soil Amendments, Insects, and Creek Water. Funded by USDA-NIFA Capacity Building Grant Program amounting US $500,000. October, 2010 September, 2013. [Role-Co-PI]. PUBLICATIONS [Refereed Journal Articles] (Last Five Years) Ali, M., R.L. Kilmer, T.H. Spreen and C.R. Pitta. Modeling the Impact of not Using Copper in Florida Grapefruit Production. Academy of Business Research Journal.Vol.1, 2011: 93-107. Ali, M. and R. Arya. Globalization Impact on Business Technology and Management Strategy. International Journal of Effective Management. Vol. 6 (1), June 2009: 8-14. Ali, M., R.L. Kilmer, R.W. Ward, and M.G. Brown. The United States-European Union Import Trade in Fresh Tomatoes. Review of Business Research (RBR), Vol. 8 (3), 2008: 40-49. [Refereed Proceedings] Ali, M., R. Arya, and N.A. Karim. Small Entrepreneurship in Developing and Less Developed Countries: Global Competitiveness. Review of Business and Technology Research.Vol.3 (1), 2010: 339-342. Das, M., M. Ali, J. Alade, and D. Li. Financial Literacy: An Experiential Learning Exercise for Financial Literacy of Undergraduate Business Majors. Review of Business and Technology Research. Vol. 2 (1), 2009: 1-5. 4
Ali, M. and R. Arya. Global Impact on Business Technology. Review of Business and Technology Research, Vol. 1 (1), 2008: 1-5. Ali, M., R.L. Kilmer and D. Loffreda. Bilateral Import trade in fresh tomatoes between the United States and the European Union. Global Digital Business Review, Vol. 2 (1), 2007: 122-129. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (Last Five Years) Ali, M. Estimating Import Demand for Fresh Tomatoes into the United States and the European Union. Doctoral Dissertation. University of Florida. August 2007. Ali, M. An Economic Model for Evaluating the Impact of Prohibiting the Use of Copper in Grapefruit Production of Florida. M.S. Thesis. University of Florida. December 2000. CONTRIBUTION TO BOOKS (Last Five Years) Reviews: International Business 6/e by Griffin and Pustay. Organizational Behavior: A Leadership Perspective by Randel, Cook, and Hunsaker Principles of Supply Chain Management. 2e by Wisner, Tan, and Leong. Reviewed for third edition. [Published in February, 2011]. Contemporary Organizational Behavior in Action by Elsbach, Kayes, and Kayes. Not yet published. REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/PRESENTATIONS (Last Five Years) Ali, M.,R. Arya, and N.A. Karim. Small Entrepreneurship in Developing and Less Developed Countries: Global Competitiveness. Paper presented at the MTMI-TRU 2010 International Conference on Emerging Paradigms and Practices in Business Management and Technology held at Thomson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, June 12-13, 2010. Das, M., A. Schiff, and M. Ali. Is the Global Trade Cycle a Better Predictor of Growth than Country Business Cycles? Paper presented at the MTMI-TRU 2010 International Conference on Emerging Paradigms and Practices in Business Management and Technology held at Thomson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, June 12-13, 2010. Das, M., M. Ali, J. Alade, and D. Li. Financial Literacy: An Experiential Learning Exercise for Financial Literacy of Undergraduate Business Majors. Paper presented at the 2009 International Conference on Global Issues in Business & Technology held in India, December 22-24, 2009. Ali, M., R.L. Kilmer, R.W. Ward, and M.G. Brown. The United States-European Union Import Trade in Fresh Tomatoes. Paper presented at the International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE) 2008 Las Vegas Annual Conference, October 19-22, 2008. Ali, M. and R. Arya. Global Impact on Business Technology. Paper presented at the 2008 International Conference on Global Issues in Business and Technology held in India, July 31-August 1, 2008. 5
Ali, M., R.L. Kilmer and D. Loffreda. Bilateral Import trade in fresh tomatoes between the United States and the European Union. A paper presented at the 2007 Global Digital Business Association (GDBA) Annual Conference held in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A., November 15-18, 2007. Ali, M. An Economic Model for Evaluating the Impact of Prohibiting the Use of Copper in Grapefruit Production of Florida. Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting-2000 held in Tampa, Florida. July 30 through August 02, 2000. WORKSHOPS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Last Five Years) Mid-Atlantic Social Business and Microcredit Forum at University of District of Columbia (UDC). September 28, 2012. ArcGIS 10 Desktop Workshop. July 5-9, 2012. Critical Thinking Workshop, January 24, 2012. Pedagogy Training Workshop at UMES, January 19, 2012. Blackboard Collaborate Training Workshop at UMES, January 13, 2012. ArcGIS Desktop II Workshop. June 24-July 8, 2011. Cross-Discipline Mathematica Seminar at UMES by Andy Dorsett, Wolfram Research Inc., April 15, 2011. The Federal Reserve in the 21 st Century: A Symposium for College Professors at Federal Reserve Bank of New York, March 16-17, 2011. Anger Management Training. March 3, 2011. Critical Thinking Workshop by Jeana Abromeit, Alverno College. January 28, 2011. International Monetary Fund Annual Meeting, at IMF HQ, Washington DC, October, 2010 World Bank: Navigating the New Normal in Industrial Countries. Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture Mohamed A. El-Erian, Washington DC, October, 2010. Eating for Health and Well Being Workshop. March 23, 2010. Leadership Institute Communication and Conflict Resolution Training, 2009 Faculty and Staff Development Financial Management Training, 2009 Faculty and Staff Development Stress Management training, 2009 Faculty and Staff Development Conflict Management Training, 2009 Workshop on Blackboard Learning System, September, 2008 Workshop on Federal Reserve Monetary Policy, 2007 WORKS IN PROGRESS Ali, M., R.L. Kilmer, M.G. Brown, and R.W. Ward. Estimating Import Demand for Fresh Tomatoes into the United States. An article in the process of submission (under review by coauthors) for the Journal of Agribusiness. 2012. 6
Ali, M., R.L. Kilmer, R.W. Ward, and M.G. Brown. Estimating Import Demand for Fresh Tomatoes into the European Union. An article under preparation for Agribusiness: An International Journal. 2012. Ali, M. and R.L. Kilmer. Role of Data in Research: A Case of the United States Data in European Union Fresh Tomato Imports. An article under preparation for submission in the International Journal of Effective Management. 2012 Ali, M. and R. Arya and N.A. Karim. Small Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Developing and Less Developed Countries. Article under preparation for journal publication. 2012. Ali, M. and M. Das. Role of Federal Reserve in Concurrent Financial System Under preparation. 2012. CONFERENCES ATTENDED (Last Five Years) Global Digital Business Association (GDBA) Annual Conference, November, 2007 International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE) Annual Conference, October, 2008 REFERENCES Available Upon Request 7