PhD, Finance, Oklahoma State University, 2016

 

MS, Quantitative Financial Economics, Oklahoma State University, 2011

 

MBA, Finance, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, 2008

 

BA, Journalism, University of Applied Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2001

Dr. Aram joined the faculty of the Department of Finance in 2017, after spending a year at Oklahoma State University as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance. He decided to pursue a career in academia after taking his first finance class during his MBA in Malaysia. Dr. Aram researches in the area of corporate finance with an emphasis on corporate liquidity management, corporate governance, and climate change finance, while also constantly refining his teaching methods. Dr. Aram is an avid golfer and enjoys movies and comedy shows.

“Corporate Cash Holdings, Agency Problems, and Economic Policy Uncertainty” (with Siamak Javadi, Ali Nejadmalayeri, and Saud Althaqeb), International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 77, October 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101859.

 

"Country-Level Corporate Governance and Lines of Credit" (with Ramesh Rao), Finance Research Letters, May 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.102159.

 

“Debt Market Illiquidity and Correlated Default Risk" (with Siamak Javadi), Finance Research Letters, Volume 26, September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2018.02.002.