Hashem Dezhbakhsh is a professor of economics at Emory University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Ohio State University with expertise in applied econometrics, economic forecasting, the economics of crime, financial economics, applied microeconomics, and the oil industry. He has taught at Emory University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, University of Cape Town, and American University of Sharja in the U.A.E.