Abdol Soofi received his doctoral degree from the Economics Department at the University of California, Riverside. He has taught undergraduate courses at University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and courses for MBA programs at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, and Golden Gate University in California, and Upper Iowa University. In addition to publishing over 50 scholarly papers in various learned journals, Dr. Soofi has published a book on international business and co-edited other successful books.