I am passionate about working with students who are interested in exploring the intersection between the environment, technology, and politics in any context, as well as various topics related to the global south, especially the Middle East. My MA and Ph.D. students are currently working on the following themes: politics of water scarcity in Khuzestan, the impact of heating technology on domesticity in nineteenth-century Middle East, gaming technology and youth protest movements in Iran, a comparative study of environmental policies in southern Iraq and Iran, animal-human relations in Afghanistan and Iran, and relations between the physicality of Tehran and what is politically thinkable there.
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to teach seven different courses organized for undergraduate and graduate levels. These courses cut across environmental, cultural, political, and historical sociology. They include Materiality and Difference, an advanced undergraduate-level course that explores various approaches to difference, with a particular emphasis on post-colonial, feminist, and new materialist modes of thought. I also teach Politics of Nature(s) and Media, Culture, and Society; both are graduate-level courses that explore complex relations between politics and ecology as well as the media and social life, respectively. Additionally, I have taught Qualitative Social Analysis, which introduces undergraduate and graduate students to qualitative research methods. And, not least, I have taught two different undergraduate courses on the political histories of the Middle East and Iran, with a focus on revolution, war, and militarism.
I have been honored to consistently receive the top score in course evaluations in the Faculty of Social Sciences based on feedback from over 800 undergraduate students. I am grateful for the opportunity to work with such a high caliber of students at the University of Tehran and look forward to continuing to support their growth and development.