My colleague Vincent Calvetti and I are semi-finalists for the Husky Seed Fund! We will be presenting our project “UW’s Unwritten Rules: A Husky Roadmap to Academic Life” on May 4th. The project seeks to bridge the institutional knowledge and access gap for all students at the UW. To accomplish this task, we aim to …
I am excited to announce that I am among 6 PhD Candidates, junior scholars, and practitioners accepted to the Digital Forays lightning talk held by the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University. The presenters will speak for 6-8 minutes each about their digital scholarship. The themes that we will touch on …
Accepted to Digital Forays 2020-2021 Series – LIGHTNING TALKS with Honorarium Read More »
On 9th March 2021, I delightfully moderated the webinar “In Conversation with Mana Kia.” Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization (NELC) and the Persian and Iranian Studies Program, Mana Kia discussed her book Persianate Selves: Memories of Place and Origin Before Nationalism (2020). In Persianate Selves, Kia touches on the larger …
Moderated “In Conversation with Mana Kia” Webinar Read More »
I am excited to inform you all that I have been nominated by several University of Washington (UW) faculty and directors for the Husky 100. This prestigious and competitive award recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who contribute to the wellbeing of the UW community. Specifically, it honors those who have contributed inside and …
On November 22nd, I streamed Super Mario 64 using Switch and Elgato game capture to raise funds on for the Epilepsy Foundation, and raise awareness. I greatly enjoyed this experience!
Kate Stringer from the UW Graduate School wrote an article about my experience in acquiring fellowships, and advice for graduate students. You may click on the hyperlink to read the article. The article also gained traction on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
I had the tremendous opportunity to reflect on the virtual panel for the Middle East Studies Association conference in a short article. Click here to read more!
A colleague of mine wrote a wonderful article for the Near and Middle Eastern Studies blog at the University of Washington. To read the article, please click this hyperlink.
On 13th October 2020, I presented the Digital Iran project at “Hacking the Academy: Simpson Center Digital Humanities Summer Fellows Showcase.” I discussed the project’s multifaceted approach including mentorship as praxis, the blog, curated video essays, and streaming online on twitch.tv/digital_iran. Follow the press releases from NELC and the Simpson Center.
I received the Maurice and Lois Schwartz Fellowship from the Near Eastern Languages & Civilization department to travel to Yerevan, Armenia. I had planned on researching Iranian gamers in gaming cafes in Yerevan, as it is known for its large gaming community. Due to the nature of COVID and current events in Armenia, this research …
In Fall 2019, I began working on a website about Iranian video games entitled “The Digital Borderlands: Glocalizing Iranian Video Games.” I used the plugin Neatline to geotemporally locate the games. The project is ongoing, and will eventually contain more games’ information. I will also be adding explanations on the metadata schema and theoretical framework …
On 7 October 2020, I presented on the Digital Iran project for the University of Washington’s Society of Scholars. The Digital Iran project is a multiplatform and collaborative summer project., funded by the Simpson Center’s Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship. Follow the links to learn more about the projects in this post!
On 2020 October 6th, I presented a paper entitled “The Affective Entanglement: Iranian Women Gamers Online” for the MESA conference as part of the panel “Ethnographies of the Everyday: Negotiating Iranian Subjectivities through Gender Performance, Music, and Video Games.”
I am proud to share that I am the recipient of the Social Data Research and Dissertation Fellowship, funded by the Omidyar Network, for the 2020-2021 academic year. The funds will assist my field research entitled “The 2020 US Elections Post-GamerGate: Political Discourse among Iranian and Iranian-American Gamers on Social Media.” Learn more about my …
Awarded the SSRC Social Data Research and Dissertation Fellowship Read More »
On 29 June 2020, I co-published a blog post with Victoria Rahbar (MA student at Stanford University’s Center for East Asian Studies) for the Near Eastern Languages & Civilization News page. We discussed our experiences at the Right to Left Workshop held by the Digital Humanities Summer Institute in Victoria, B.C., Canada. Follow the hyperlink …
On 17 June 2020, I was awarded the Roshan Institute Excellence in Persian Studies Fellowship from the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization at the University of Washington. Follow the hyperlinks in this post for more information!
In Fall 2019, I interviewed Barbara Slavin about Iran, and Trump’s maximum pressure policy against Iran. For more details, click the hyperlink!
Over the course of a six-week Persian program through ASPIRANTUM in Yerevan, Armenia, I explored, learned, and built a network of colleagues that made my stay intellectually intriguing. During the welcome dinner for the program, I recall that Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan, director of ASPIRANTUM, stated: “This summer program is not just about learning a foreign …
