Saturday, December 28, 2019

Curriculum Vitae


Curriculum Vitae

Kamran Nayeri
1755 Darby Road
Sebastopol, California 95472


Formal Education

1968 High School Diploma, Haddaf High School, Tehran, Iran, June.
1973 B.A. Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin, December.
1987 M.A. Political Economy, New School for Social Research, En Passant.
1991 Ph.D. Economics, New School for Social Research, December.

Professional Employment History

1975 

Research Assistant. Saugus General Hospital and the American 
Federation of Hospitals, Saugus, Massachusetts
  • Assisted in the development of a questionnaire for quality control in hospitals. 

1977-78 

Research Assistant. Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, State University of New York—Health Science Center at Brooklyn 
  • Designed, developed, and analyzed a large-scale database for statistical research. 

1979 

Instructor, Department of Computer Science of the College of Planning and Computer Applications, Tehran, Iran.  Taught an undergraduate senior course in artificial intelligence.

1982-87 

Technical Specialist 
  • Designed, developed, and analyzed large-scale epidemiological databases for statistical analysis for cancer research using SAS, SPSS, or BMDP statistical packages.

1984-87

Instructor
  • Taught a course in computers in medicine to first-year medical students.
  • Taught a seminar on computers in medicine to first-year medical students.

1987-1991 

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, State University of New York—Health Science Center at Brooklyn 
  • Taught a course in microcomputer use in medicine for first-year medical students and a seminar in the political economy of health care for first-year and second-year medical students.

1992-97 

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, State University of New York—Health Science Center at Brooklyn 
  • Taught seminars for first and second-year medical students in the political economy of health care with a focus of comparative health care systems and health care reform policies

1995-97 

Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. Vincent’s College, Division of Administration and Economics, St. John’s University, Queens, New York
  • Taught courses in microeconomics, macro-economics and economic history

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York. 
  • Taught courses in microeconomics, macro-economics, and history of economic thought

1997-2006 

Research Economist and Project Director, Survey Research Center/UC DATA, University of California, Berkeley
  • Executive Committee member of UC DATA (1997-2006)
  • Principle Investigator
  • Project Director

2002-2003 

Fellow, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley

2002-06 

Member, Center for Health Research, University of California, Berkeley

2003-06 

Steering Committee, University of California Cuba Academic Initiative

2005-07 

Fellow, Institute for Food and Development Policy, Oakland, California

2006-09 

Senior Graduate Policy Analyst, University of California Office of the President
  • Main responsibilities: a Retrospective comparative analysis of the University of California graduate and professional programs of its campuses across years within the university and in comparison with four public and four private top research universities in the United States for graduate Deans of the ten UC campuses.
  • Data-driven research to support policy decisions of President of the President’s programs and UC graduate school deans. 
2009-Present



Publications/Research Papers/Reports

1986

Second Year Medical Students’ Opinions about Public Health and a Second Year Course in Preventative Medicine and Community Health.” Journal of Community Health, vol. 11, no. 4, Winter. (Co-authors P. J. Imperato, J.G. Feldman).

Cancer Occurrence in Brooklyn, 1978-82.” Published by the Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn. (Co-authors J.G. Feldman, J.M. Fleisher, R.G. Fruchter).

1988 

Medical Students Attitude Towards Caring for Patients with AIDS in a High Incidence Area.” International Medical News, June. (Co-authors P.J. Imperato, J.G. Feldman, J.A. DeHovitz.)

Medical Students Attitude Towards Caring for Patients with AIDS in a High Incidence Area.” New York State Journal of Medicine, vol. 88, May. (Co-authors P.J. Imperato, J.G. Feldman, J.A. DeHovitz.)

“Gynecological Cancer in Brooklyn.” New York State Journal of Medicine. vol. 88, September. (Co-authors Rachel. G. Fruchter, J. Boyce, W.S. Burnett).

Trends in Students Views of the Community Served by an Inner-City Medical Center.” New York State Journal of Medicine, vol. 88, March. (Co-authors P.J. Imperato, J.G. Feldman).

1989

Gynecological Cancer in Brooklyn: A Report from the Pelvic Malignancy Committee to the Medical Society of the County of Kings and the Division of Gynecological Oncology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn.  (Co-authors Rachel G. Fruchter, J.G. Boyce, et. al.)

1990 

Immunocytochemical Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Assays in Breast Cancer with Monoclonal Antibodies Histopathologic and Biochemical Correlations and Relationship to Endocrine Response to Survival.” Cancer, vol. 66, pp. 1663-70. (Co-authors L.P. Pertuchuk, O.S. Kim, J. G. Feldman, et. al.).

Cervix and Breast Cancer incidence in Immigrant Caribbean Women.” American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 80, no. 6, June.  (Co-authors Rachel G. Fruchter, J.C. Remy, C. Wright, J.G. Feldman, J. Boyce, W.S. Burnett).

1991 

Sources of Encouragement or Discouragement to Students as They Decided Whether to Enter Medical School.” Academic Medicine, vol. 66, no. 8, p. 495, August. (Co-author P.J. Imperato._

First-Year Medical Student Experiences with Being Discouraged from Entering Medical School.” New York State Journal of Medicine, vol. 91, June. (Co-author P.J. Imperato).

The Role of Competition in Theories of Late Capitalist Development.” Ph.D. Dissertation, New School for Social Research, December.

1992 

Marital Status and Stage at Diagnosis in Cancer.” New York State Journal of Medicine, vol. 92, no. 1, January. With Greg Pitario and Joseph G. Feldman. 

1993 

Steroid Hormone Receptor Immunohistochemistry and Amplification of C-myc Protooncogene relationship to Disease-Free Survival in Breast Cancer.”Cancer, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 162-171, January 1. (Co-authors E.P. Pertschuk, J.G. Feldman, D.S. Kim, K.B. Eisenberg, A.C. Carter).

1995 

Economic Boundaries of Health Care: Factors Influencing 1993-94 Reform Proposals.” Review of Radical Political Economics. vol. 27, no. 4, December. 

Cuban Health Care System and Factors Currently Undermining It.” Journal of Community Health, vol. 20, no. 4, August. 

1996 

Economic Boundaries of Health Policy: Factors Influencing 1993-94 Reform Proposals.” International Journal of Health Services. vol, 26, no. 4, December.

Problems and Progress of the Cuban Revolution: An Assessment.” Arash, Paris, no. 56, pp. 36-41. in Farsi.

Health care Reform in the OECD Countries,” Journal of Community Health, vol. 21, no. 1, February.

1998 

The World Economic and Social Situation: A Review Essay.” Review of Political Economy. vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 233-44.

1999

Student Protests in Iran.” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings, December 1. (First appeared in Socialist Action)


2000 

Student Protests Resume in Iran.” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings. January 1. (First appeared in Socialist Action)

Workers and Students in Iran Resist Attacks on Their Rights.” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings. June. (First appeared in Socialist Action)

La Revolución Cubana en la perspectiva histórica: una invetigación metodológica,” Boletin ‘Problemas Filosoficos, año 4, no. 16, Sociedad Cubana de invetigaciones filosoficas, Havana, Cuba, October. In Spanish.

The Labor Movement and Democratic Rights.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 6, pp. 88-93,  in Farsi.

Cuban Economy in Historical Perspective: A Methodological Inquiry.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 5, pp. 25-36, May. In Farsi.


Health Status, Health Insurance, and Worker Mobility: A Study of Job Lock in California.” UC DATA Working Papers Series. December.  (Co-authors M.J. Brunetti, H.E. Brady, C.E. Dobkin).

2001 

The National Question and Class Struggle in Palestine.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 7, pp. 37-42, January. In Farsi. 

Using Survey Data to Adjust Estimates from Administrative Data in Policy Evaluations.” Association of Policy Analysis and Management, November 2-4. (Co-authors Jane G. Mauldon, Jon Stiles).

Transitional Medi-Cal for Families Leaving Welfare Is Underused.” California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) Briefs. vol. 14, no. 5. August. (Co-authors Jane Mauldon and Carlos Dobkin).

Workers and Trade Unions in Cuba: A Report from the 18th Congress of Central Organization of Cuban Workers.” Andisheh Jamehe (Social Thought), Tehran, Iran, no. 20, pp. 56-61. Tehran, Iran, Summer. 

Social Classes and the Development Problematic.” Negah. Stockholm, Sweden, In Farsi.

Cuban Workers Shape Their Future,” Update, Newsletter of the United Professional & Technical Employees, CWA Local 9119, AFL-CIO, vol. 7, no. 3, Summer.

A Note on Theories of Structural Capitalist Crisis,” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 8, pp. 51-55. in Farsi.

2002 

“The Last Empire: War and Peace at the End of the American Century.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 11, pp. 82-90.

An Introduction to Documents of the International Workingmen’s Association,” Pajouhesh-e Kargari (Labor Research), no. 6.

Ayn Rand’s Objectivism: A Philosophy of Liberation or a Philosophy of Greed?” Andishe Jamehe (Social Thought) no. 22, pp. 87-89. 


The Iranian Workers Movement Today.” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings. January. (C0-author Yadullah Khosroshahi; First published in Labor Links)

California’s Immigrant Households and Public Assistance in the 1990s.” Brief, Welfare Policy Research Project, vol. 14, no. 2, January.(Co-authors H. E. Brady, M.S. Clune, L. Elms, A.K. Mathur, J. Stiles, J.W. Weinstein).

California’s Immigrant Households and Public Assistance in the 1990s.” Report to California Program on Access to Care (CPAC). (Co-authors H. E. Brady, M.S. Clune, L. Elms, A.K. Mathur, J. Stiles, J.W. Weinstein).

2003 

Tracking and Improving the Immunization of Preschool Children on Welfare in California.” Report for California Program on Access to Care (CPAC). (Co-authors Jane G. Mauldon, Jeffrey Weinstein).

Ernesto Che Guevara: An Outline of His Economic and Political Thought.” Karmozd (Wages). no. 6, pp. 98-103, March. In Farsi.

Socialism and the Market: Methodological Issues from the Economic Calculations Debate.” Presented to I Conferencia Internacional La Obra de Carlos Marx y Los desafíos del Siglo XXI (The First Conference on the Work of Karl Marx and the Challenges of the 21st Century) in Havana, Cuba, May.

Socialism and the Market: Methodological Issues from the Economic Calculations Debate.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, July. In Farsi.

Assessing the Impact of Proposition 54 on Health Care Policy Research: Preliminary Findings.” California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) Briefing Papers, September. (co-authors Jane Mauldon, A. Powell, and C. King).

Hospital Registered Nurses’ Perception of Union Efforts in the Era of Managed Care.” Institute for Labor and Employment of the University of California. October. (co-author Ramón Castellblanch).

Welfare Leavers’ Use of Medicaid Transitional Medical Assistance in California 1993-1997.”Inquiry, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 372-87. Winter. (Co-authors Jane Mauldon and Carlos Dobkin).

2004 

Rationalization of the Sugar Industry in Cuba.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, June. in Farsi.

Assessing Screening Needs and Strategies for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: A Report to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Branch, California Department of Health Services.” October.  (Co-author, J. Hayes).

Socialism and the Market: Methodological Issues in Economic Calculations Debate,” Critique, December. 

Trade Unions and Labor Relations in Cuba—Part 2.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, December. In Farsi.-

The Cuban Revolution and Revolutionary Continuity: A Preface to Cecilia Hart’s Article.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, December. In Farsi.

2005

Economic Crisis and Access to Care: The Cuban Health Care System Since the Collapse of the Soviet Union.” International Journal of Health Services, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 797-816. (co-author,  C. Lopez Pardo). 

“A Note on a State Capitalist Interpretation of the Cuban Revolution.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 16, pp. 104-05, Stockholm, Sweden, [in Farsi]

“Assessing the Impact of SB 87 on the Medi-Cal Enrollment of SSI Leavers and Welfare Leavers.” Report to California Program on Access to Care, California Policy Research Center. (Co-authors: Jane Mauldon and Sungman Cho).

2006 

Tehran Bus Drivers Strike Marks Revival of Iranian Labor Movement.” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings, February. (First appeared in Socialist Action)

“Imperialism and Human Rights.” Union for Radical Political Economics Newsletter.

Critical Theories of the Soviet Union: A Marxian Review.” Presented to III Conferencia Internacional La Obra de Carlos Marx y Los desafíos del Siglo XXI (The Third Conference on the Work of Karl Marx and the Challenges of the 21st Century) in Havana, Cuba, May. Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. 

The Rise and Fall of the 1979 Iranian Revolution: Its Lessons for Today.” Presented to III Conferencia Internacional La Obra de Carlos Marx y Los desafíos del Siglo XXI (The Third Conference on the Work of Karl Marx and the Challenges of the 21st Century) in Havana, Cuba, May. (Co-author Alireza Nassab). Also, in March 2006. 

Perspectives on the Cuban Revolution: A Review Essay.” Review of Radical Political Economics. 

2009

Farewell to George.”  Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. Spring.

Ecocentrism vs. Anthropocentrism: A Historical Sketch.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  June 12. 

The Eight Points of Deep Ecology.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  June 12. 

Darwin's Ecocentrism.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  August 7. 
"The Gaia Hypothesis." Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  August 18. 

Biodiversity.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. September 3. 

Thinking Outside the Box: Potentials and Limits of Human Mind.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. September 21.

Control of Nature and Invasive Species: The Case of the Asian Carp.Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. December 24. 

2010

What If the Tea Party Was Black?Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. April 26. 

The Yadullah I Knew: A Tribute to an Iranian Working Class Leader.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 7. 

Artificial Nature: The Case of Exotic Pet Industry.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  March 25. 

The Crisis of the U.S. Empire: Fascist Groups Find a Foothold.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  March 30. 

2011

From Nasser to Mubarak: Part 1. The Rise and Fall of Arab Nationalism.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 10. 

From Nasser to Mubarak: Part 2. Imperialism and the Arab Revolution.Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 17. 

From Nasser to Mubarak: Part 3. What Is To Be Done?Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. April 8. 

On the Value of the Great Hamster of Alsace's Life.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. June 15. 

2012

Man's Dominion: The Case of Thompsons' Private Wildlife Reserve.”Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. February 5. 


"Essay: The Feral Cat Colony on Darby Road: Part 1." Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. November 19. 

Can the Vanguard Party Emancipate Humanity?: A Review of The Party: Socialist Workers Party: 1960-1988.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. August 19. 


2013

Economics, Socialism and Ecology: A Critical Outline--Part 1.Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 16. (Originally appeared in Philosophers for Change) 

Economics, Socialism and Ecology: A Critical Outline, Part 2.Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. October 29. (Originally appeared in Philosophers for Change).

My Mother, Nezhat.” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings. August 26. 

2014

Gardening, Ground Squirrels and Crisis of Civilization.” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings, February 2. 


Did Natural Limits to Growth Cause the Great Recession?Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. April 7.


"Are Paradigms, Theories, Methods Value Neutral?"Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. April 23.

"On the Population Question: Malthus, Marx and Beyond."Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. May 18.

"How Veganism Can Help Save the World." Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  June 12.

Film Review: My Life as a Turkey.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 21. 

Frankenstein in the Promised Land.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. August 1. 

Join the March for Climate Justice on September 21.” ur Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. August 12.

People’s Climate March Was a Huge Success; What to Do Next?Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. October 1. 


The Feral Cat Colony on Darby Road, Part 2: Lulu, Calico, Smokey, and Sunny.”   Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. October 14.


2015


The Cuban Revolution and the Decline of the American Empire: Opportunities and Challenges, Part 1.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. January 16. 

The Cuban Revolution and the Decline of the American Empire: Opportunities and Challenges, Part 2.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. February 27. 

On Bestiality (Zoophilia).” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. April 22. 

Pachamama Esta de Fiesta.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. May 31. 

On Michael Löwy’s Ecosocialism.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. June 6.

The Exterminator: The Case of the Dutch and the Graylag Geese.Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. June 16. 


Emissions Tax, The Climate Movement, and Radical Social Change.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 3. 

Greece: The Road Forward As If the Planet and People Matter.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 24. 



An Ecological Socialist's Reflection on Edward O. Wilson's Sociobiology.”Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. October 16. 


2016

After Paris: To Succeed the Climate Justice Movement Must Lead.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of EcosocialismOctober 16.

A Biographical Sketch of the Iranian Socialist Labor Leader Yadullah Khosroshahi.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. February 27.

Why You Cannot Learn about the Iranian Labor History from Wikipedia.Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 6.

On Jason W. Moore's ‘Capitalism in the Web of Life.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 18.

Making Progress: A Critical Assessment of Climate Action Plans by Bill McKibben and The Climate Mobilization.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. September 3. 

Farewell to My Mooshi.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. November 23. 

Professors Watchlist: Attacking Academic Freedom and Free Speech.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. December 11.

2017

"Social Class and History: The Case of Eulogies for Ayatollah Rafsanjani" Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. January 15.

The Historic Women's Marches of January 21, 2017.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. February 2.

Neighborhood Committees in the Iranian Revolution of 1979: A Case Study.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. February 20.

Is Palestinian Right to Self-Determination Compatible with the Israel's ‘Right to Exist?’” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 1. 

Vida Hadjebi Tabrizi: Her Life and Times.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 25. 


How to Stop the Sixth Extinction: A Critical Assessment of E. O. Wilson’s Half-Earth.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. May 14. 

Short Story: The Two Times Zaadi Cried.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. June 6.

Who Can Stop the Climate Crisis?” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. June 27.

To Be or Not to Be: Ecocentric Ecological Socialism as the Solution to the World Social and Planetary Crisis.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  July 26. 

Reformism or Radicalism: Which Strategy for the Climate Justice Movement?Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  October 6. 

The Idea of Progress and the Cuban Revolution.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. November 5. (First appeared in Havana Times)

Farewell to My Beloved Sunny.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. November 29. 

On China Miéville’s ‘October.’” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. December 13.

2018

The Islamic Republic's Endgame: On the Recent Protests in Iran.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. January 12.

Can Divestment from Fossil Fuels Stop the Climate Crisis and Save the World?Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 12. 

Means of Production or Means of Destruction?Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. April 14.

Capitalism, Automation, and Socialism: Karl Marx on the Labor Process.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. June 14.

Madness in the Iranian Socialist Movement.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 27. 

On Dependency School and Monopoly Capitalism Theory.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  August 19. 

The Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It: An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  October 15. 

Culture and Nature in The Epic of Gilgamesh.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  November 22. 

2019

Opportunities and Challenges Posed by the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) Protests and the Sunrise Movement.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  January 1. 


Income Inequality: Why Social Class Matters.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  January 22. 

A Future for American Capitalism or The Future of Life on Earth?: An Ecosocialist Critique of the ‘Green New Deal’.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  March 25. 

Short Story: The Proposing (Khāstgari).” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings.  April 19.

Short Story: Thelma, Louise, and Ginger.Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. May 17.

Short Story: Between Dream and Reality: My First Visit to Cuba.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. May 21.

Mahmoud Sayrafizadeh: The Father of Iranian Trotskyism.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. August 8.

My Father, Asghar (August 18, 1923 - June 15, 2019).Kamran Nayeri’s Writings. October 9.

How I Became an Atheist.” Kamran Nayeri’s Writings. November 19.

The Last Days of the Cat Man of Darby Road.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. August 8.

2020
"The Road to Peace: Reflections on the Occasion of the 41st Anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution." Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. February 21.

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"The Road to Peace: Reflections on the Occasion of the 41st Anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution." Our Place in the World: A Journal of EcosocialismFebruary 21. 

"The Coronavirus Pandemic as the Crisis of Civilization." Our Place in the World: A Journal of EcosocialismMarch 19. 

"A Note on the Controversy About "Planet of the HumansOur Place in the World: A Journal of EcosocialismMay 3. 
"To Do Away With the Police, We Must Do Away With Locks.Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. June 13. 

"The China-Islamic Republic of Iran's Negotiations and the Crisis of Capitalist Civilization." Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 19.  


"My Working Life as a Socialist." Kamran Nayeri's Writings, July 31. 


"The Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It: An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism," (Farsi Edition), Kamran Nayeri's Writings, August 14. 

2021

"The Case for Ecocentric Socialism," Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 4. 

"On Degrowth," Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 22.  

"The Case for Ecocentric Socialism" (Farsi Edition) Naghd-e Eghtesad-e Siasi, October 21. 

"How Veganism Can Help Save the World" (Farsi Edition) Translated by the Telegram channel "We Animals," November 26, 2021, published in Naghd-e Eghtesad-e Siasi, November 26.


"On David Kubrin’s Marxism & Witchcraft," Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. December 23.


2022

"On Degrowth," ) (Farsi Edition) Naghdeh Eghtesad-e Siasi. April 19. 

Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. May 1.



Books

2022
The Cat Man of Darby Road (creative non-fiction)


Book and Film Reviews

1992 

Review of W. W. Rostow’s Theories of Economic Growth from David Hume to the Present: With a Perspective on the Next Century.” Review of Radical Political Economics. vol. 26, no. 3, September. 

1996 

Vaccination and World Health,” by Cutts, T. Felicity, Smith, G. Peter.  Journal of Community Health, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 151. April.

The Reform of Health Care Systems—A Review of Seventeen OECD Countries.” Journal of Community Health, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 71-5. February.

Global Comparative Assessment in the Health Sector—Disease Burden Expenditures and Intervention Packages,” by C.J. Murray and A. D. Lopez, Journal of Community Health, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 153-54. April.

HIV Infection in Women,” by Minkoff, Howard, Dehovitz, Jack, and Duerr, Anne. Journal of Community Health, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 153-54, April.

Sahel Visions: Planned Settlement and River Blindness Control in Burkina Faso,” by McMillan E. Della. Journal of Community Health, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 151. April.


2003 

Review of Market Socialism: The Debate Among Socialists.” Review of Radical Political Economics. vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 362-5.  Also, in Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 11, pp. 96-8. In Farsi.

2006


The Rise and Fall of the 1979 Iranian Revolution: Its Lessons for Today.” Kamran Nayeri’ Writings, March. (Co-author Alireza Nassab)


2005 

Review of Class Theory and History: Capitalism and Communism in the U.S.S.R.” Review of Radical Political Economics. vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 413-17.  

Review of Class Theory and History: Capitalism and Communism in the U.S.S.R.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 16, pp. 85-7, June. In Farsi. 

2007
2009

Book Review: Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. November.

2010


Film Review: Avatar.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. January 22. January 10.

2011

The Last Iranian Trotskyist: Alireza Ismaeli Nassab (1954-2011).” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. May 16.

Book Review: Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. June 6.

Book Review: Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 3.

2012

Film Review: Forks Over Knives.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. January 22.

Book Review: Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution.Journal of History of Economic Thought. March.

Book Review: Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture Design.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 15.

2014

Book Review: A Short History of Progress.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. January 14. 

2015

Film Review: The Battle of Algiers.” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. March 24. 

Film Review: The Salt of the Earth (On Life and Work of Sebastião Salgado).” ur Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. July 26.

2017

Film Review: Les Saisons (Seasons).Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism.  August 20. 

Film Review: Merchants of Doubt (On Politics of Climate Change).” Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. August 8.



Translations and Edited Work

2001 

Two Essays by Karl Marx: ‘On the Jewish Question’ and ‘Contribution to Hegel’s Philosophy of Right: Introduction.” translated by Morteza Mohit. Hamburg: Sonboleh Publishers. June. In Farsi.

Trade Unions: Their Past, Present, and Future.” by Karl Marx, Pajoheshe Kargari, no. 5. In Farsi. 

What Is Economics?” Rosa Luxemburg. Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 8, pp. 40-50. 

The Rate of Profit and Economic Stagnation in the United States.” by Fred Moseley. Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 8, pp. 56-61.

Marxism and the National Question.” by Michael Löwy, translated by Khashayar Dayhimi. Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 7, pp. 19-28.

2002 

General Rules of the International Workingmen Association.”Pajouheshe Karagari (Labor Research), Vienna, Austria, no. 6, Spring, In Farsi. 

2020
"The 1979 Iranian Revolution: Chronology of the Abadan Refinery Strikes in 1978." Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism. April 4, 2020. 


Interviews

2002 

The Cuban Revolution on the Anniversary of Che Guevara’s Death,”  Radio Sharareh, Stockholm, Sweden. October

2003 

The Legacy of Ernesto Che Guevara Today.” Radio Bistochaharsaate, Toronto, Canada, October 19. 

The U.S. War Drive and Its Implication for the Labor Movement.” Radio Sharareh, Stockholm, Sweden, March 15, In Farsi.

The Cuban Revolution and the Imperialist World Order: A Report from a Recent Visit.” Iran Goftman (Iran Discourse), U. S. June 22. 

The U.S.-Led War against Iraq and the Anti-War Movement: A Conversation with Jeff Mackler,” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 12, pp. 65-8. In Farsi.


2004 

Lessons of the Russian Revolutions of 1917.” Etehade Sosialistha, October 22. In Farsi. 


The 1979 Iranian Revolution in Retrospect.” Radio Sharareh, Stockholm, Sweden, February 11 (Anniversary of the 1979 revolution) In Farsi.

2005 

U.S. Threats against Iran,” interviewed by Radio Hamseda (Denmark), Friday, February 18, In Farsi. 

Cuba: Past, Present, and Future.” Interviewed by Apadana TV, January 30. In Farsi.

2020

"The Coronavirus Pandemic as the Crisis of Civilization: An Interview" Barbari TV, in Farsi, July 3.


Presentations

1988 

Cancer Occurrence in Brooklyn 1978-82.” The Cancer Committee of the Health Science Center at Brooklyn, December 14.

1992 

Relative Decline of Britain and Nicholas Kaldor’s Theory of Capitalist Development.” Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, March 27-29.
Relative Decline of Britain and Nicholas Kaldor’s Theory of Capitalist Development.”Institute for Research in Planning and Development, Tehran, Iran, July 1.

Health Care Reform Proposals: A Critical Assessment.” Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations, Anaheim, California, January 4-7. 

1993 

From Che Guevara to Marx and Back: The Cuban Revolution and the Problem of Transition to Socialism.” 6th Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists. University of Havana, Cuba, June 13-17.

Forging a National Health Care Policy: Managed Care and Other Options.” HIV Clinical Scholars and S.T.A.R. Program, Health Science Center at Brooklyn. State University of New York. May 21.

1994 

Issues in the Political Economy of Development.” Discussant, Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations, Boston, January 3-5. 

Late Industrialization as Cumulative Causation: A Theoretical Framework.” Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations, Boston, January 3-5. 

The Cuban Health Care System at a Time of Crisis.” HIV Clinical Scholars and S.T.A.R. Program, Health Science Center at Brooklyn. State University of New York. September 22.

Understanding Late Capitalist Development: The Contribution of Nicholas Kaldor and Stephen Hymer.” Social Concept, Conference on Understanding Economic Transformations, University of Vermont, August 13-15. 

1995 

Productivity Slowdown, Unproductive Labor, and the Theory of Falling Average Rate of Profit.” Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations, Washington D.C. January 5-8. 

On causes and Consequences of Internationalization of Capital: The Contribution of Stephen Hymer.” Union for Radical Political Economics/Eastern Economic Association, New York City, March 15-17. 

1996 

The South East Asian Experience in the Global Market Place.” Discussant, Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations, January 5-7. 

Human and Environmental Effects of Globalization and the Policy Response.” Chair, Union for Radical Political Economics. San Francisco, January 5-7.

The World Political and Social Situation on the Eve of the 21st Century. Society of Iranian Immigrants and Refugees of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, September 1.

1997 

The U.S. Health Care System in Comparative Perspective” Lecture to Second Year Medical Students, Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, Health Science Center at Brooklyn. April 24. 

Health Care Policy at a Time of Austerity.” Brecht Forum. New York City, April 25.

1998 

Was Marx an Economist?” Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations. San Fransico, January 5-8. 

The Rate of Profit in the Periphery.” Chair, Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations, January 5-8.

1999 

Methodology of the Marxian Theory of Socialism.” 11th Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists. University of Havana, June 9-14.

Socialism and the Market: A Critical Assessment of the Current Debate.” Andishe va Sokhan Society. Berkeley, California, February 14. 

2000 

The Cuban Revolution in Historical Perspective.” 12th Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists. University of Havana, June 9-14. 

“Health Status, Health Insurance, and Worker Mobility: A Study of Job Lock in California.” California Work and Health Survey Conference, University of California at SanSan Francisco, December 8. 

2001 

Emerging and Withering Away of Religion, Civil Society, and the State in Marx.” Coordinating Council of Iranians in Hamburg, Germany, September 9.
Cuban Workers and Trade Unions Today: A Report from the XVIII Congress of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba.” University Professional and Technical Employees, July 26.

Transitional Medi-Cal: A Study of the Participation Rate and Its Determinants.” 4th Health Policy Briefing, Senate Office of Research, (with Jane G. Mauldon), February 1.

Labor Value Analysis of Changing Relations of Production in Medicine.” Discussant, Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations, New Orleans, January 5-7.

Socialism and the Market: The Economic Calculations Debate Revisited.” Union for Radical Political Economics/Allied Social Science Associations, New Orleans, January 5-7.

2002 

Some Observations about the World Political Situation.” Negah, Stockholm, Sweden, August 24.

The Labor Movement and Karl Marx.” Khaneh Kargar-e Aza (Free Workers’ House), May 25.

Health Insurance Coverage of Families Leaving Welfare for Work: The Case of California, 1993-97.” Brownbag seminars, UC DATA/Survey Research Center, UC Berkeley,March 21.

2003 

Proposition 54: Race and Health Care Policy Research.” UC DATA brown bag seminar, September 25.

Assessing the Impact of Proposition 54 on Health Care Policy Research,” California Program on Access to Care, Policy Briefing, September 22, (with Jane G. Mauldon)

Economic Crises and Access to Care: The Cuban Health Care System Since the Collapse of the Soviet Union.” UC DATA brown bag seminar, UC Berkeley, June 26.

“Cuban Health Care System Since the Collapse of the Soviet Union: Is a Two-Tiered System Emerging?” Center for Health Research, UC Berkeley, May 27.

Socialism and the Market: Lessons from the Economic Calculations Debate.” Presented to I Conferencia Internacional La Obra de Carlos Marx y Los desafíos del Siglo XXI (The First Conference on the Work of Karl Marx and the Challenges of the 21st Century) in Havana, Cuba, May.

2018

"The Coronavirus Pandemic as the Crisis of Civilization." New York, The Didar group via Skype. In Farsi. April 5.


Cuba Workshops

Developing Data Archives and Research Databases: A Cuba-U.S. Institutional Partnership. Funded by the Social Science Research Council. (Co-Principle Investigator, Nicholas Garriga Mendez, Instituto de Información Cientifica y Tecnológica (IDICT). 

2002 

Nicholas Garriga Mendez and Caridad Lleana Escalona visited as fellows of UC DATA/Survey Research Center for a week of lectures, meetings, and site visits with UC Berkeley professors, researchers, and technologists. 

2003 

Workshops on “Digital Libraries” by Ilona Einoski and Jon Stiles and “Uses of Administrative Date for Research” by Kamran Nayeri and Jon Stiles at IDICT-organized workshop in Havana, Cuba. November.


Newsletters
2002-03

Five quaterly issues of the Labor Links newsletter co-edited with Yadullah Khosroshahi to foster an international campaign in defense of the Iranian labor movement.


Photography

2019

"Last Night, I Fell in Love With the MoonKamran Nayeri’s Writings. September 14.

Professional Service

1992-97 Peer Reviewer for Journal of Community Health
1992-97 Peer Reviewer for New York State Journal of Medicine
1996-2005 Editorial Board member for Review of Radical Political Economics
2003-2005 Fellow, Institute for Food and Development Policy, Oakland, California 
2001-2006 Member, Center for Health Research, UC Berkeley
1998-2006 Member, Executive Committee, UC DATA Survey Research Center, UC Berkeley

Professional Associations

1987-2006 American Economic Association
1987-2009 Union for Radical Political Economics

Courses developed and taught

1979 

Senior Undergraduate course in artificial intelligence, School of Computer Programming and Applications. Tehran, Iran.

1983-87 

Introduction to Computers in Medicine. Available to first year medical students in lieu of biostatistics. Introduced students to fundamental concepts in hardware and software, algorithm analysis, and the BASIC language. Students wrote a program in BASIC to conduct life-table analysis. A final written examination was also required. 

1985-89 

Applied Research Seminars: Introduced medical students to the design, development, and analysis of small-scale epidemiological databases using statistical packages available for microcomputers. Available to first and second-year medical students.

1989-97 

The Transformation of the U.S. Health Care System: This course explored the evolution of the U.S. health care system and its current transformations in light of the post-World War II development of the national and international economies. In particular, structural changes, productivity slowdown and crisis of profitability, rising health care costs and corporatization of medicine, including the rise of managed care were discussed. 

1992-97 

Comparative Health Care Systems: Examination of the problems of the U.S. health care system in light of experiences of other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries with an emphasis on the role of the market and government. Implications for costs, access, efficiency, equity, and quality were explored.

1992-97 

Health Care Reform Proposals for the 1990s. This course examined various health care proposals including tax credit for purchase of private health insurance,  Compulsory purchase of private insurance through employers and compulsory purchase of insurance by self-employed, with government providing insurance for the poor and aged, pay-or-play proposals, managed competition, and single-payer insurance plan. A political economy framework for the analysis of costs, access, efficiency, equity, and quality sensitive to historical and institutional context was developed through which competing proposals were evaluated. Other health care system, including Canada, Britain, Germany, and Cuba were examined for comparative purposes. 

1995-97 

A Survey of History of Economic Thought. A critical survey of the Classical, Marxian, Neoclassical, Keynesian, and institutionalist, post-Keynesian/Sraffian schools of economic thought were examined with a view to their central tenants and methodologies. Taught for the senior economics student class at St. Francis College.

1995-97 

Introduction to Economic History.  Evolution of the organization of economic life in selected Western societies since the decline of the Roman Empire: the rise and disintegration of feudalism, transition to the capitalist economies, industrial revolutions and the maturity of advanced capitalist economies.

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