Occupation
Visiting Professor
Contact
ABOUT
Having had training in cultural anthropology, film-ethnography, folkloristics and Middle East studies, my academic endeavor has been focused on the cross-disciplinary study of interactions between macro-dynamics of contemporary political, ideological and economic relations and the micro vernacular processes of everyday life in Middle Eastern societies and their diasporas, particularly Iranian diaspora in the US. My research offers theoretical frameworks to formulate the ways Middle Easterners, including those living in diasporas, interact with multiple technologies of domination through trivialized practices and genres of everyday life such as food consumption, clothing, body adornments, home décor, and music, dance, public heritage events and parties.
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Iranian Studies
Folklore/Folklife
Cultural Studies
Media
Pop Culture
Theory
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Cinema/Film
19th-21st Centuries
Current Events
Ethnography
Middle East/Near East Studies
Nationalism
Political Economy
Anti-Racism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Islamic World
Specialties
Cultural Anthropology Of The Middle East
Migration Studies
Event Studies
Languages
Persian (native)
Arabic (advanced)
Tajik (advanced)
Hebrew (intermediate)
Education
PhD
| 2020
| Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
| Ohio State University
MA
| 2012
| Folk Studies and Anthropology
| Western Kentucky University
MA
| 2010
| Anthropology
| Dalarna University
BA
| 2009
| Dramatic Arts
| University of Tehran
Abstracts
Rethinking Talal Asad’s Discursive Tradition: Muslim-Iranians’ Re-contextualization of Shia Traditions in Los Angeles
Talking to America: How Iranian Public Events in Los Angeles Respond to American Political and Media Discourses
Aryan Muslims: Iranian Angelinos Conformation to the American Politics of Race
Discourses of Association and Differentiation: How Muslim Iranian Angelinos Talk Back to America Through Islamic Discourses
