Contact Information
702 S.Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Sociology. While in Iran pursuing a master's degree in Gender Studies, I worked as the senior assistant with the Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran project ( http://www.qajarwomen.org/en/ ), a digital archive hosted at Harvard University. Before arriving in the US, I did some graduate studies in Turkey at Middle East Technical University (METU) and Ankara University. There, my research was centered around transnational feminist solidarities. In Turkey, I also collaborated with the United Nations (UN) on their projects related to LGBTQI refugees in Turkey. I earned a Master’s in Sociology from Maxwell School and advanced certification in Gender Studies from Syracuse University. While there, I had the opportunity to work with the Feminist Freedom Warriors (FFW) project ( http://feministfreedomwarriors.org/ ), which is a digital project hosted at Syracuse University, Department of Women and Gender Studies.
Research Interests
My research examines the intersection of feminist movements, digital technologies, and social movements, with a particular focus on the Middle East. I investigate the genealogy of women’s rights movements in Iran and the broader region, leveraging digital humanities methodologies to analyze diverse archives. Drawing on extensive experience studying social movements in Iran and Turkey, my current work critically engages with the roles of youth and women in shaping contemporary social mobilizations.
Awards and Honors
The Strive Awards series’ Pat Morey Legacy Award, Women’s Resource Center at the University of Illinois, 2025
Pat Morey Legacy award "is given annually to one student whose work in gender equity will have a lasting impact on campus."
The Evelyne Accad and Paul Vieille International Award, the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity, UIUC, 2025
Rita and Arnold Goodman Fellow, the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity, UIUC, 2024-2025
Awardee of the Clark McPhail Collaborative Research Award, Department of Sociology, UIUC, 2024-2025
Summer Writing Fellowship, Department of Sociology, UIUC, 2024
Courses Taught
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Introduction to Sociology (leading sections)- Spring 2022-23
Ranked as outstanding by the students
Introduction to Sociology (leading sections)- Fall 2022-23
Ranked as excellent by the students
Syracuse University- Maxwell School
Sociological Theories- Spring 2020-21
Ranked as excellent by the students