Saeed Fanoodi
Saeed Fanoodi is a Ph.D. candidate and Instructor at the University of Mississippi’s School of Business Administration.
Research Interests
- Strategic factor markets and interfirm rivalry, particularly markets for AI patents and talent
- AI governance and accountability in AI ecosystems
- Digital platforms, gig work, and platform-worker accountability
- NLP- and LLM-enabled construct measurement
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AI implications for higher education and organizational science
Biography
Saeed Fanoodi is a Ph.D. candidate in Management at the University of Mississippi, with a minor in Applied Statistics. His research examines rivalry in strategic factor markets, governance and accountability in AI ecosystems and digital platforms, and the use of NLP and large language models for construct measurement in organizational research. His teaching spans strategic management, principles of management, and applications of generative AI in business, with an emphasis on applying management concepts to real-world decisions. Beyond his research and teaching, he serves as an invited advisor to Google's advisory group, providing feedback to product managers on AI-enabled teaching tools and higher-education applications, and is a member of the University of Mississippi AI Task Force. His broader work focuses on how organizations can strategically and responsibly navigate advances in artificial intelligence.
Courses Taught
- MGMT 371 Principles of Management
- MGMT 493 Management of Strategic Planning
Teaching Assistant, University of Mississippi
- Information Technology in Business — 2024–2026
- Health Systems Management — 2023–2024
- Principles of Management — 2023–2024
- International Business — 2023–2024
Guest Lecturer / AI Instruction
- Applications of Generative AI in Strategic Decision Making — 2024–2026
- Applications of Generative AI in International Business — 2024–2025
- Applications of Generative AI in Corporate Innovation — 2024–2025
- Instructor, Applications of Generative AI in Teaching, Montenegrin Academy of Management — 2026
Recognitions
- Summer Graduate Research Assistantship Program Award, University of Mississippi, 2026
- Technology and Innovation Management Travel Grant, Academy of Management, 2026
- Best Doctoral Student Paper Award, Innovative Teaching and Research Methods Track, Southern Management Association, 2025
- Applied Statistics Student Research Award, University of Mississippi, 2025
- Research Methods Division Travel Grant, Academy of Management, 2025
- Annual Academic Excellence Award, Bilkent University, 2019, 2020, 2021