Biography:

Dr. Beshkardana is an Assistant Professor at Morgan State University. She is an expert in the law of the World Trade Organization, international business transactions, foreign investment law, international commercial arbitration, and investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS). She teaches legal and ethical environment of business, and business negotiations.

Prior to joining Morgan State University Dr. Beshkardana worked as a consultant with the World Bank Legal Vice Presidency. She has also worked as an in-house legal counsel for the private sector carrying foreign investment negotiations and international business transactions for multiple years.

Research Interests:

Blockchain regulatory landscape
Data protection and Privacy law
Technology Law
Sustainable development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Trade facilitation
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Articles

Non-State Actors for Profit: Revisiting Transnational Corporations’ Personhood and Responsibility under International Law, Northwestern J. Int’l L. & Bus. (Forthcoming, April 2024)

Reversing the Irreversible: Mitigating Legal Risks of Blockchain-Based Data Breach through Corporate Governance, 14 Hastings Sci. & Tech L. J. 175 (2023), https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1124&context=hastings_science_technology_law_journal

Book Chapter

Padideh Ala'i & Katayoon Beshkardana, Limits of Transparency: China, United States, and the World Trade Organization in Cultures of Transparency : Between Promise and Peril (Routledge, 2021)

Conference Proceedings

Blockchain and Tokenization of Good Governance, Proceedings from the 26th International Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (RAIS) Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, February 27-28, 2022, https://rais.education/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/0162.pdf

Conference Presentation

AI, Trade, and National Security Exception, 4th National Annual HBCU Blockchain and Fintech Conference, Baltimore, MD (Oct. 2023)

Advanced Technologies and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System, Academy of legal Studies in Business Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (Jul. 2023)

Artificial Intelligence: Promises and perils and the Regulatory Framework, Symposium on AI, Ethics, and Health Disparities, Morgan State University school of Behavioral and Social Science, Baltimore, MD (May 2023).

Blockchain and the Right to Erasure: Striking a Balance Between Technological Innovation and Data Protection,3rd National Annual HBCU Blockchain and Fintech Conference, Orlando, FL (Nov. 2022)

Blockchain, AI, and the Right to Explanation: A Global Governance Framework, Eastern academy of Management, Portland. ME (May 2022)

Deference to National Governments’ Determinations of Facts and Laws: A Closer Look at Article 17.6 of the WTO Anti- Dumping Agreement, Appellate Body Standard of Review and the U.S. Arguments, Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) Biennial Conference, Washington, D.C. (July 2018)