AYESHA UMAR WAHEDI, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae
October, 2016

Home Address: Mobile: (503)-806-9289

1030 Pine Lane, E-mail : aumar@pdx.edu
Lafayette, CA 94549 Twitter: auwahedi
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/
in/ayesha-wahedi-34b67958

Current Appointments:
Adjunct Professor, Presidio Graduate School, San Francisco (2016 – Present)
Adjunct Professor, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University (2011– Present)
Research Associate, TransResearch Consortium (2006 – Present)

Bio:
I specialize in macroeconomic policy analysis and my research interests span several issues in
international political economy such as: economic development, sustainable development,
multinational corporations and foreign investment, corruption, global capital flows, foreign aid,
and security. I am specifically interested in economic, social and environmental aspects of
development. I also have a keen interest in the role of capital flows on income and gender
inequality. I am also interested in how terrorism relates to development, and sustainable
development especially in post-conflict environments.

I am Adjunct Professor at Presidio Graduate School, a pioneering business program in

sustainable management, where I teach Capitalism in Context: Economics for People and
Planet, with a focus on sustainability. I am also Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Portland
State University where I have taught on-campus, hybrid and fully online courses on
Multinational Corporations in World Politics, Political and Economic Reform in Emerging
Markets, International Political Economy and Political Economy of Terrorism.

I am also a Research Associate at TransResearch Consortium and have broad experience in all
aspects of macroeconomic data handling from data collection, data analysis, time-series
analysis etc.

Education:
! PhD., Portland State University, Public Affairs and Policy (2011)
o Field: International Political Economy
o Dissertation: Capital Flows, Political Performance and Development

! M.S., Economics, Oregon State University (2006)

o Thesis: Impact of Corruption on Foreign Direct Investment at the Industry Level

! B.A., Economics, Eastern Washington University (2003)

! B.S., Mathematics/Statistics and Economics, Kinnaird College for Women, Pakistan

(2001)

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Fields of Research & Teaching Interest:
Economic development, sustainable development, income and gender inequality, multinational
corporations and foreign direct investment, global capital flows, foreign aid, and security

Research Papers and Book Chapters:

! Umar Wahedi, Ayesha and Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, 2012 “Will Foreign Aid Help
Sustain Pakistan” In Performance of Nations edited by Ronald Tammen and Jacek
Kugler, Rowman and Littlefield.


! Tammen, Ronald and Ayesha Umar Wahedi, 2010 “Will China Become the Next
Dominant Power” In Power Transition: Theory and Implications edited by Antonio C.
Hsiang

! Arbetman-Rabinowitz, Marina and Ayesha Umar Wahedi, “Destination conflict? A South

American Voyage” In Regional Politics, edited by Jacek Kugler and Ronald Tammen –
forthcoming

! Tammen, Ronald and Ayesha Umar Wahedi, “Will China Rule the World—Three Views”
– forthcoming

Work in Progress:
! Umar Wahedi, Ayesha “Capital Flows, Domestic Savings and Development” (in
preparation)

! Umar Wahedi, Ayesha “Composition of Capital Flows and Inequality Connection, firm
level evidence” (in preparation)

! Arbetman-Rabinowitz, Marina and Ayesha Umar Wahedi, “Diagnostic toolkit for data
work” (in preparation)

Conference Papers:
! “Capital Flows, Institutions and Economic Development” Prepared for International
Studies Association International Conference in Montreal, March 16-19, 2011. 


! “Why China Will Fail—Or Will It?” (with Ronald L. Tammen) Prepared for International
Studies Association International Conference in Slovenia, July 21-24, 2008.

Academic Appointments
As part of my teaching obligations, I have developed and taught upper division and graduate
level courses noted below. I have also mentored students and have written qualifying exams for
graduate students.

Adjunct Professor, Presidio Graduate School, San Francisco (2016–)

! Capitalism in Context: Economics for People and Planet, (2016)

Adjunct Professor, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University (2011 –

Present):
! International Political Economy, (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
! Role of Multinational Corporations in World Politics, (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

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 ! Politics of Economic Reform in Emerging Markets, (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)

! Political Economy of Terrorism, (2013, 2015, 2016)


Instructor, Department of Economics, Oregon State University (2003-2005)

! Microeconomics 201, (Instructor) 

Department of Economics, Oregon State University (2005)


! Microeconomics 201, (Graduate Teaching Assistant) 


Department of Economics, Oregon State University (2003-2005)

! Macroeconomics 202, (Graduate Teaching Assistant) 


Department of Economics, Oregon State University (2003-2005)

Research Associate,
TransResearch Consortium, 2006-Present:
! I collected and analyzed data for various projects and was involved in all stages of data
work, from data collection, insuring data integrity, data analysis, and building statistical
models.

! I written and maintained code in STATA for combining and analyzing large datasets.

! I also have experience with large datasets at various levels of analysis, especially
financial data at the industry level. I have also worked with local, provincial and national
level public finance and labor force data.


Related Experience:
! Research Assistant, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University (Fall’ 2006
– Spring’2010)


! Intern- Merrill Lynch, Private Client Group, WA (2002)


! Intern- Habib Bank Ltd. Corporate and Institutional Banking Headquarters, Pakistan.
(2001)

Research Skills:

• Econometrics • Panel data Analysis
• Research • Experience with Data Collection
• Data Collection • Expert Knowledge of STATA
• Statistics • Expert in Excel and Office suite
• Policy Analysis • Knowledge of SAS
• Time Series • Knowledge of R

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Languages:
! Urdu- Native Language
! Persian/Dari- Fairly Proficient in Reading, Writing and basic understanding of the
Spoken Language

Professional Associations:
! International Studies Association
! American Political Science Association
! American Economics Association

References:
! Ron Tammen, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Mark O. Hatfield School of
Government, Portland State University.
Email: tammen@pdx.edu

Phone: 503.725.8443

! Birol Yeȿilada, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science and International Studies, and
Director of the Center for Turkish Studies., Portland State University.
Email: yesilada@pdx.edu 

Phone: 503.725.3257

! John Gallup, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics, Portland State University.
Email: jlgallup@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-3929

! David Kinsella, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair of Political Science, and
Director of the Public Affairs and Policy Ph.D. program, Portland State University.
Email: kinsella@pdx.edu

Phone: 503.725.3035

! Mary Kay Chess, Ph.D.

Faculty & Executive Dean, Presidio Graduate School
Email: marykay.chess@pinchot.edu
Phone: 541.690.4178

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