Nazila Safavi


nazilas@earthlink.net


 Education

  • PhD, Information Technology management, Capella University, MN. (2010)
  • MS. Telecommunications, May 2000, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. (2002)
  • BS. Computer Science, August 1993, Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, England. (1998)

 Academic Appointments

  • Program Chair & Assistant Professor, Forbes School of Business & Technology, Ashford University. (2016 - Present)
  • Associate Faculty, University of La Verne, La Verne, California. (2013 - 2016)
  • Adjunct Faculty & member of advisory committee, University of California, Irvine. (2002 - 2016)
  • Core Adjunct Faculty, National University, La Jolla, CA. (2003 - 2016)

 Practical Experience

  • (2003 - Present) CEO and Founder of Global Technologies, Voice and Data Communication operations
  • (1996-2003) Nortel Networks, CDMA Software development and support
  • (1994-1996) Ericson Inc. Intelligent Network and ISDN Software design and development
  • (`993-1994) DSC communications corp. Design-Test of SS7 messages for STP Megahub

 Thesis, Publications, Presentations, Workshop

 

Safavi, N. (2016) The Relationship Between Locus Of Control, Technology Usage, and Grades among Graduate Students. Capella University, Minnesota, MN.

Safavi, N. (2010). Best practice in usage of Podcasting for Education. Paper presented at FTLC Educational Technology Conference, San Diego, CA.

Safavi, N. (2010). A study on Adverse Impacts of RF radiation on human tissue, and the possibilities to eliminate or erduce those impacts. Paper presented at Research and Scholarship Conference, San Diego, CA.

Safavi, N. (2009). A study on possibilities to use LTE for FM Radio Broadcast
purposes. Paper presented at Research and Scholarship Conference, San Diego, CA.

Safavi, N. (2008). A study on how educational organizations can help improve academic writing skills of ESL graduate students in engineering and technical fields. Paper presented at 2nd Faculty Research and Scholarship Conference, San Diego, CA.

Safavi, N. (2008). A study on limitations of research methodologies used to study the retention of online students in the past five years. Capella University, MN.

Safavi, N. (2008.) A study on importance of transformational and servant leadership theories as key ingredients for organizational leaders to understand, and potential they might contribute to successful leadership development. Capella University, MN.

Safavi, N. (2008).  A study on the role that information technology plays in helping colleges achieve student’s learning outcomes, and whether information technology can possibly ever be an obstacle to achieving these outcomes. Capella University, MN.

Safavi, N. (2006). Analyzes of librarianship in developing countries, as far as strategy perspectives, how librarianship in developing countries can benefit from Information Technology and Telecommunications advances. The 4th International Conference on Computer Science and its Applications, Capella University, MN.

Safavi, N. (2005). How to make TNC, Transitional Corporations, in developing countries more socially responsible? Paper presented at seminar of Corporate Social Responsibility, Copenhagen.

Safavi, N. (1993). Design of Pilot and Control Tower communication language. Unpublished Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, UK.

Additional details available on request.