Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Amir Hedayati is an educational researcher and evaluator whose motivation stems from his lifelong desire to improve learning and development practices. In broad terms, his research focuses on talent and professional development. His work seeks to answer how we can enhance ethical decision-making among professionals by designing evidence-based learning experiences to create change.

Hedayati has received a Ph.D. degree in Human Resource Development from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his BSc in Computer Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology and his MBA from the University of Tehran. 

In addition to his publications in journals such as Human Resource Development Quarterly and Human Resource Development Review, he has presented his research at multiple conferences, including the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Evaluation Association, the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the Academy of Human Resource Development.

His research has received awards from various conferences, including the Ethics Division of theAmerican Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the Distance Learning Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), and the Academy of Human Resource Development.

He is the Director of Assessment for theNM INSPIRES Environmental Health Sciences Core Center. In addition, as an evaluator, he supports several other NIH-funded grants, including theAcademic Science Education & Research Training (ASERT) and theInitiative to Maximize Student Development (IMSD) at UNM Health Sciences Center.

Selected Publications

Hedayati Mehdiabadi, A., Tkachenko, O., & White, L. (2024). Ethics and Human Resource Development: There are two sides to the coin. In Ethics and Human Resource Development. Springer.

Moore, S., Hedayati Mehdiabadi, A., Kang, P., & Law, V. (2024). The change we work: Professional agency and ethics in emerging AI technologies. Tech Trends, 68.

Hedayati Mehdiabadi, A., & Gunawardena, C. N. (2022). Culture, ethics of care, community, and language in online learning environments: Supporting adult educators in a digital era. In Handbook of open, distance and digital education. Springer. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-981-19-2080-6_19.pdf

Hedayati Mehdiabadi, A. (2022). How do computer science students make decisions in ethical situations? Evidence from a grounded theory study. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 22(3), 1-24.

Tkachenko, O., & Hedayati Mehdiabadi, A. (2022). Employee ethics training: Literature review and integrative perspective. Academy of Management Meeting Proceedings.

Hedayati Mehdiabadi, A., Moschella, E., & Htun, Mala. (2022). Defining harassment in academic engineering: A study of student, faculty, and staff perceptions. Proceedings of the 129th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.

Hedayati Mehdiabadi, A. (2019). Facing computer ethics dilemmas: Comparing ethical decision-making processes of students in computer science with non-computer science majors. Proceedings of the 126th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Hedayati Mehdiabadi, A., & Li, J. (2016). Understanding talent development and implications for Human Resource Development. Human Resource Development Review, 15(3), 263-294.