Background

Mehrabi was born on March 15, 1952 in Kabul, Afghanistan; the son of Gul Mohammad Mehrabi and Mahru Mehrabi. He arrived in the United States in 1967.

Education

Mehrabi received a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University in 1974. A year later he earned his Master of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1978 from the University of Cincinnati.

Career

Mehrabi began his career as an assistant professor at School of Economics at the University of Maine in 1978. Two years later he took the same position at St. Francis University. Then in 1982, Shah was appointed an associate professor of economics at Mary Washington College (nowadays University of Mary Washington). In 1992, he became a professor of economics at Montgomery College. Since 2003 Mehrabi has been a professor and chairman of Business and Economic department at the same college.

Membership

Mehrabi is a member of Middle East Economic Association, North America Economics and Finance Association, Virginia Association of Economists, Global Awareness Society International, Delta Tau Kappa and Kappa Delta Pi.

Interests

• walking

• Sport & Clubs

  soccer, running

Connections

In August 1982 Shah Mehrabi married Martha Mary Mehrabi, with whom he divorced in December 1999. They have three children.

Father:

Gul Mohammad

Mother:

Mahru Mehrabi

Spouse:

Martha Mary Mehrabi

child:

Emma Ariana Mehrabi

child:

Joseph Adam Mehrabi

child:

Christopher Abrahim Mehrabi