COURSES TAUGHT
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2016-present
Exploring Gender, Sexuality, and Femininity in Iranian Culture
Transnational Feminisms of the Middle East and South Asia
Postcolonial Literature of the Middle East
Iranian Prison Literature
Wars and Veterans: Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature
Love in Persian Classical Poetry
Middle East Women Writers
Iranian Women Writers
Literary Diasporas of the Middle East
Iranian Post-1979 Cinema
Critical Genealogies in Middle East Studies
Minorities in the Middle East
Georgia College and State University, 2013-2016
Gender and Sexuality in Islamic Literature
Post-colonial Theory and Literature
Sufism: ‘Attar, Rumi and Eraqi
Literature of the Islamic World: Literary Diasporas
Persian Medieval Love Poetry
Middle Eastern Women Writers
Iranian Post-1979 Cinema
World Literature
Various U.S. and Iranian Colleges & Universities, 1999-2013
Introduction to the Intersection of Gender, Sex, and Class
Unconventional Love Narratives in Persian Medieval Literature
Middle Eastern Women’s Writings
Modern English Short Story
20th Century English Drama
Victorian Novel
Literary Criticism and Theory
17th Century English Poetry
Shakespeare
Engaged Scholarship, Leadership, and Pedagogy
Workshops Attended
2025 “The Current Moment,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 23.
2025 “Storytelling with Data.” Documenting the Impact of Humanities in Higher Education. National Humanities Alliance, April 11.
2025 “Analyzing Data.” Documenting the Impact of Humanities in Higher Education. National Humanities Alliance, April 4.
2025 “Methodologies for documenting the impact of humanities.” Documenting the Impact of Humanities in Higher Education. National Humanities Alliance, March 28.
2025 “Introduction to documenting the impact of the humanities.” Documenting the Impact of Humanities in Higher Education. National Humanities Alliance, March 18.
2024 “Leading Curricular Change,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 21.
2024 “Imagining the Humanities Curriculum of the Future,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 21.
2024 “Reimagining General Education,” Modern Language Association Academic
Program Services Leadership Institute, June 21.
2024 “Meeting Enrollment Challenges in Languages and Literatures,” Modern
Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 24.
2024 “Building on Our Strengths, Looking Ahead: Humanities General Education as the Foundation for the Future,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 24.
2024 “Getting to Yes When Your Faculty Says No: Making Intentional Curricular Change,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 24.
2024 “How to Be a Dean: Careers in Higher Administration,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 25.
2024 “Pathways to the Future: Sharing the Language of Values in Humanities Career Preparation,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 25.
2024 “Difficult Colleagues, Difficult Conversations,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 25.
2024 “How University Budgets Work—and What to Do When They’re Not Working for You,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 26.
2024 “Before the Robots Take Over: Envisioning a Future with and for the Humanities,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 26.
2024 “Advocating for the Humanities in an AI Future,” Modern Language Association
Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 26.
2024 “Data and Advocacy,” Modern Language Association Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 27.
2024 “Groundwater Approach to DEI,” Racial Equity Institute, January 19.
2023 “Public Humanities Podcasting Institute,” National Humanities Center in
collaboration with San Diego State University, Virtual, June 12-16.
2021 “Equity in Teaching,” Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC-Chapel Hill, Fall.
2021 “Social Justice Summit,” Virtual Summit/Workshop, January 23-26.
2020-21 “Women ADVANC Leadership,” Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC-Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
2019-20 “Research Related Skills,” Faculty Learning Community, Office of Undergraduate Research, UNC-Chapel Hill
2019-20 “QEP Integration of Making into Courses,” Faculty Learning Community, BeAM
MakerSpace Program, UNC-Chapel Hill
Workshops Facilitated
2025 “Leading a Comparative or Multidisciplinary Program.” Association of Language Departments, Modern Language Association, June 16-17.
2023 “Equity in Syllabi Design.” Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, UNC Chapel Hill, April.
2015 “Class Discussions” and “Interactive Activities”, workshops for new faculty, Georgia College and State University
2012 “Conducting Discussion on Sensitive Topics,” Campus-wide Teaching Assistant Training Workshop, UC Santa Barbara
2012 “Promoting Diversity,” “Disability Students,” “Fair Assessment,” workshops for new TAs, Comparative Literature Program, UC Santa Barbara
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