Shahrokh M. Saudagaran, professor and head of the School of Accounting at Oklahoma State University, has been selected as the new head of the Milgard School of Business at the University of Washington Tacoma.
Pending formal confirmation by the UW Board of Regents, Saudagaran will become head of the Milgard School of Business on July 1. He will replace Dr. Patricia Fandt, the founding director of the business school, who is retiring at the end of June.
Saudagaran has been an associate professor of accounting at Santa Clara University and a lecturer at Iranzamin Business College in Tehran. Currently, he is head of the School of Accounting at Oklahoma State University.
In addition, Saudagaran has been a management consultant with Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) in Tehran,Iran; a research associate with the Iran Center for Management Studies; the controller for Van Leeuwen Buizenhandel BV in the United Arab Emirates; and has a decade of experience providing consultation and executive training for organizations in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Saudagaran, who earned his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Washington, has broad expertise in international accounting.
The Milgard School of Business now serves nearly 400 undergraduate students and more than 50 graduate students.