Siamack Shojai
Professor • Economics, Finance and Global Business
Dr. Shojai served as dean of business for 20 years at various universities. He successfully led CCSU and SUNY- Plattsburgh to achieve initial AACSB accreditation. He is an accomplished media panelist, presenter and analyst. He has also established several new graduate degree programs with success in recruiting students and growing the programs. He has a great record of success in growing graduate enrollments and retaining undergraduate students by providing peer-mentoring programs and other student development extra-curricular activities.
Professional Interests
Establishing new and pioneering new degree programs, achieving accreditation by specialized accreditation bodies such as AACSB.
Degrees
Specialization
Finance- Economics (Financial Economics, International Economics, Monetary Economics)
Representative Publications
Sustainability and the impact of developmental relationship programs: An empirical study;
6th Annual Mentoring Conference Proceedings: Impact and Effectiveness of Developmental Relationships; The University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute;
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Representative Presentations
An empirical investigation of economic, legal, and accounting determinants of business and nonbusiness bankruptcy filings
Legal and economic regimes of sanctions: An alternative framework to measure effectiveness of economic sanctions
2013
Sustainability and the impact of developmental relationship programs: An empirical study
Enhancing and Measuring Impact
Awards and Honors
04/25/2014
04/25/2014
01/01/2002
05/01/2009
04/25/2014
The first two weeks of 2016 have not been kind to the stock market. New 12 New Jersey's Karen Lee look at what effects this will have in New Jersey.
"Last June, price of one barrel of crude oil was a hundred dollars or more and now it's $44," says Dr. Siamack Shojai at William Paterson University. "For every dollar cut in crude prices, consumers pay 3 cents less at the gas pump." Dr. Shojai expects the price to go down even further. He says that the price of crude oil could go down to $30 a barrel, which would bring gas down another 30 cents.
The dean of William Paterson University's College of Business Siamack Shojai says that many factors play a part in determining the price of oil. Depending on supply and demand and what is occurring at the stock market can effect oil prices.
Notable Courses Taught
MBA 7200- Financing New Ventures; co-thought with Dr. Christos Cotsakos, 2017.
Online courses Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Business Statistics I, Business Statistics II, Money and banking, Financial Markets.
