Imran obtained his graduate degree from Portland State University in 2008. Immediately after that, he began his college teaching career. He taught Persuasion and Leadership at the University of Portland and later Interpersonal Communication courses at Oregon State University for eight years. Imran has worked as a college educator for more than 16 years and he also worked on a small business venture for five years as the director of operations. From that experience, he is able to bring real life anecdotes into class discussion and material for workplace related discourse.
Haider joined the Murrow College in 2020, teaching Public Speaking in the Digital Age. For that course, he co-authored, “Speaking with Influence in the Digital Age.” In the past, he has presented research on the misperception of terrorism in mainstream news and after traveling to Karachi in 2016, how the culture of (individualism and uncertainty avoidance) in Karachi, Pakistan is misconceived. Imran has also built the course Culture and Communication in the Workplace, the first class of its kind for the Murrow College.
Outside of teaching, he is the chair of the District Attorney Community Panel where he lives. He facilitates professional development for different types of company training, including employee wellness, public speaking, and business optimization. Haider enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids. Imran was born and raised in Oregon. Growing up, sports were his passion, he played basketball his whole life at every opportunity and eventually played semi-pro basketball for one season during graduate school.