EDUCATION

Ph.D.   Comparative Literature Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013

M.A.    English Department, California State University, Los Angeles, 2008                                  

M.A.    English Department, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 1999                                      

B.A.    English Department, Islamic Azad University, Rudehen, Iran, 1996

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Asian and Middle East Studies, UNC Chapel Hill

2024-               Roshan Distinguished Professor, Persian Studies

2023-2024       Professor, Persian Studies

2020-2023       Roshan Associate Professor, Persian Studies            

2016-2020       Roshan Assistant Professor, Persian Studies

Women’s and Gender Studies, UNC Chapel Hill

2023-2026       Adjunct Professor

2021-2023       Adjunct Associate Professor

Georgia College State University   

2013-2016       Assistant Professor, English and Rhetoric

2013- 2016      Affiliated Faculty, Women’s and Gender Studies

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

UNC-Chapel Hill

2022-2026       Director, Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies,    

2023-2026       Director, North Carolina Consortium for Middle Eastern    

2022-2024       Chair, Persian Studies Advisory Committee                                                 

2021-2022       Inaugural Director, Persian Studies Program                                    

2016-2024       Coordinator, Persian Program/Study Abroad