# Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi: Expanding Civil Discourse at Winston-Salem State University

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Published: 2025-04-15T16:31:00+00:00
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## Resource

This episode features Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi , professor of economics at Winston-Salem State University. Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi has more than 30 years of teaching and economic consulting experience and was formerly the chief economist of the city and county of San Francisco . His work has been cited in the Congressional Record and led to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act. This past year, Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi served as the Lee Barnes Campus Debate Faculty Fellow for ACTA's College Debates and Discourse (CD&D) Alliance program at Winston-Salem State University. ACTA's Kayla Johnston, who serves as program manager for CD&D Alliance initiatives in North Carolina, also joins this conversation, exploring Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi's efforts to introduce civil debates and dialogues in his classroom and on campus.

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