I hold a Ph.D. in English from the University of Canterbury. I’m currently an
Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of
Tehran, a translator, and a researcher. 

My main areas of interest are wide and varied and include Postcolonialism,
Orientalism, Diaspora Studies, Subaltern Studies, Middle Eastern Memoirs, 
Literary Criticism, Post-9/11 Literature,  Iranian Studies, American Studies, 
Travel Studies, Critical Literacy, Critical Discourse Analysis, Persian/English 
Translation, Digital Humanities,  and Poetry!