Kamiar Kouzekanani, Prof. Emeritus and runner of 101 marathons, will share an insider view of life in Iran, its history, and his story as a young student from Tehran.

Kamiar Kouzekanani, Ph.D., a native of Tehran, Iran, is a Professor Emeritus of Education and Quantitative Methods at TAMU-CC. He has doctoral degrees from both Ohio State University and the University of Miami. His areas of expertise are applied statistics and quantitative research methods. He has authored numerous works on a wide variety of topics related to education, health and teaching, as well as worked on research at prestigious federal institutions.  In addition, he has taught in Miami, Houston, and Austin before coming to Corpus Christi.  He then retired in 2021.  All 50 states have seen his running shoes, as he is an avid long-distance runner, and has run marathons in each of them!