• University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Doctor of Philosophy in Global Studies Sep 2016 – Jun 2023

Dissertation Title: The New Wave of MENA Academic Migration: Roots and Routes

Ph.D. Emphasis in Feminist Studies

• Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Sep 2014 – May 2016

• University of Tehran, Iran

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature Sep 2009 – May 2013

• The Imperial Draw: MENA Labor Migrations in the 21st Century - Manuscript in Preparation

• “The SecondWave of MENA Academic Migration: Migration of Academics from Iran, Egypt, and Turkey in the 21st Century” - Peer-Reviewed Article in Progress in International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

• ”Review of Temporary Marriage in Iran by Claudia Yaghoobi” - Peer-Reviewed Book Review Mar 2021 in Journal of Middle Eastern Women’s Studies

• ”Intergenerational Conflicts: Experiences of Discrimination & Racialization in Iranian Diasporic Novels” - Chapter in a Peer-Reviewed Edited Volume forthcoming in Routledge Handbook of Persian Literature, edited by Kamran Talattof

• ”The War on Terror Paradigm and Intersecting Contemporary Civil Uprisings” - Article Sep 2020 in 21st Century Global Dynamics Electronic Journal

• “MENA Technocrats: How 1970s Return Migrants Became Agents of Neoliberal Restructuring”

• “From Dissent to Migration: Youth and the Winter of Democracy”

• “The Origins of MENA ”Brain Drain”: Youth and Student Movements of the 1990s and 2000s”

• University of California President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship May 2022 – Aug 2023

• Politics of the Middle East Seminar Series - Series Fellow Feb 2022 – Dec 2022

• Center for Middle Eastern Studies 2021-22 Fellows Program, UCSB Santa Barbara, CA - Research Fellow Jun 2021 – Apr 2022

• Mellichamp 21st Century Global Dynamics Graduate Research Fellowship, UCSB Santa Barbara, CA - Research Fellow Sep 2020 – Dec 2020

• Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, UCSB Santa Barbara, CA - Research Fellow Jun 2020 – Jun 2021

• 5 Global Studies Departmental Grants, UCSB Aug 2022

• Center for Middle Eastern Studies Summer Scholarly Project Award, UCSB Aug 2020

• Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant, UCSB May 2020

• 2 Mellichamp Chair in Iranian Studies Travel Awards, UCSB Apr 2018 – Nov 2019

• 3 Graduate Student Association Conference Travel Grants, UCSB Mar 2018 – Nov 2019

• 3 Center for Middle Eastern Studies Conference Travel Grants, UCSB Nov 2018 – Nov 2019

• Academic Senate Conference Travel Fund, UCSB Oct 2019

• Middle Eastern Studies Association Graduate Conference Travel Fund Oct 2019

• 2022 Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting Denver, CO

Panel Organizer and Presenter: MENA Migrations: State-Diaspora Relations Dec 2022

• The Thirteenth Biennial Association for Iranian Studies Conference Salamanca, Spain

Presenter: A Patriarchal Bargain Gone Awry: IranianWomen ”Troubling” Systems of Oppression Sep 2022

• Revisiting Discourses of Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Iran and Diaspora: A Symposium Chapel Hill, NC

Presenter: Integration in Diaspora: A Study of Interracial Partnerships in Iranian Diasporic Literature Sep 2020

• 2019 Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA

Presenter: Diasporization of the Intelligentsia: Case of Iran and Turkey Nov 2019

• International Conference on Iranian Diaspora Studies San Francisco, CA

Presenter: More than Meets the Eye: Multiple Points of View in Iranian Diasporic Literature Mar 2019

• 2018 Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting San Antonio, TX

Presenter: Girls of Enghelab (Revolution) Street: Performing Dissidence Nov 2018

• The Twelfth Biennial Association for Iranian Studies Conference, UC Irvine Irvine, CA

Presenter: Literature of ”Limbo”: the Significant Shift in the Post-9/11 Iranian Diasporic Literature Aug 2018

• First International Biennial Conference and Graduate Workshop on The Persianate World and Central Eurasia, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK

Presenter: Belonging in a World of Divisions: Prison Narratives in Iranian Diasporic Literature Feb 2018

• Queer Hemispheres: America Cuir Conference, UCSB Santa Barbara, CA

Presenter: Queering the Nation: Diaspora and Its Destabilizing Potential Feb 2018

• Iranian Studies Initiative Conference: The Changing Nature of Family and Marriage in Contemporary Iran, UCSB Santa Barbara, CA

Presenter: Sexual Education in Modern-Day Iran Nov 2017

• Global Studies Association, North America Conference, UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA

Panel Chair and Presenter: Identity in the Age of Globalization Jun 2017

Instructor of Record

Histories and Literatures of Middle Eastern Migration, UCSB Sep 2019 – Dec 2019

Persian as a Second Language, UCSB Sep 2017 – Jun 2018

Creative Writing Workshop at Allegheny County Jail, Chatham University Jan 2016 – May 2016

Teaching Assistant

Education Abroad as Global Research: Two-Part Seminar Series on Research Design, UCSB Jan 2021 – Jun 2021

Global History, Culture, and Ideology, UCSB Apr 2019 – Jun 2019

Global Environmental Politics, UCSB Jan 2019 – Mar 2019

Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes, UCSB Sep 2018 – Dec 2018

Global Socioeconomic and Political Processes, UCSB Apr 2017 – Jun 2017

Global Ideologies and World Order, UCSB Jan 2017 – Mar 2017

Ethnographies of Globalization, UCSB Sep 2016 – Dec 2016

Women and Gender Studies, Chatham University Jan 2016 – May 2016

America on Film: Representation of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, Chatham University Sep 2015 – Dec 2015

African American Writers, Chatham University Jan 2015 – May 2015

Introduction to Creative Writing, Chatham University Sep 2014 – Dec 2014

Egypt Migrations - Editor and Outreach Specialist Jun 2021 – Present

Iranian Students of California, ISC - Co-founder and Board Member Mar 2020 – Present

Association for Iranian Studies, AIS - Council Member Nov 2019 – Dec 2021

Society for Global Scholars, UCSB Santa Barbara, CA - President Apr 2017 – Jun 2018

Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification, Coursera Jul 2022

2017 STARTALK/National Heritage Language Resource Center Teacher Workshop, UCLA Jun 2017

Certificate in College and University Teaching, UCSB Apr 2017 – Present

Concentration in the Teaching of Writing, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA May 2016

University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Iowa City, Iowa Apr 2015

Diplome d´etudes en Langue Francaise (DELF) - A2, Tehran, Iran Dec 2013

Languages

Farsi: native language

English: speak fluently and read/write proficiently

Turkish: upper-intermediate competence

Arabic: upper-intermediate competence

Azeri: upper-intermediate competence

French: intermediate competence

Computer Skills

Web Developing: Squarespace, Wordpress, GoDaddy, Wix Web Builder, Elementor

Digital Graphic Design: Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Administrative Tools: NVivo, MailChimp, LATEX, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Microsoft Office