Education
- PhD (TEFL), Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
- M.A. (TEFL), Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
- B.A. (English Literature), University of Isfahan, Iran
Areas of InterestÂ
- Language, Culture and Identity
- Sociolinguistics
- Discourse Analysis
- Minority Languages
- Second Language WritingÂ
Visiting Posts
- Sept-Nov 2021: Visiting Fellow, Department of Language and Communication Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
- July 2012-Feb 2013:Â Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Professional ExperienceÂ
- ۲۰۱۹-Now        Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Associate Professor - Sept-Nov 2021    University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Visiting Fellow - ۲۰۱۴-۲۰۱۹        Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Assistant Professor - Û²Û°Û°Û¹-Û²Û°Û±Û´ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Lecturer                                  - Jul 2012-Feb 2013  Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Visiting Scholar
Academic and Administrative ResponsibilitiesÂ
- Û²Û°Û²Ûµ- Now, Director of Human Capital, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Û²Û°Û²Û³-Û²Û°Û²Ûµ, Deputy of Research & Graduate Studies, Languages and Linguistics Center, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Û²Û°Û²Û°-Û²Û°Û²Ûµ, Director of Language Center, Sharif University of Technology, International Campus, Kish Island
- Û²Û°Û±Û·-Û²Û°Û²Û±, Deputy of Education, Languages and Linguistics Center, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Û²Û°Û±Ûµ- Û²Û°Û±Û·, Coordinator of Biweekly Seminars, Languages and Linguistics Center, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Û²Û°Û±Ûµ-Û²Û°Û±Û·, Head of English Language Minor Program, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Current International Collaboration
“Documenting Zargari. A missing link in understanding Romani” in collaboration with Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ioana Aminian Jazi, Prof. Thede Kahl, Prof. Florian Schwarz and Prof. Yaron Matras.Â
Workshops by me
- Intercultural Issues for Teaching Persian to the Speakers of Other Languages, January 2020, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, International College
- Anti-Plagiarism Pedagogy in Academic Writing. Workshop held at Sharif University of Technology for TEFL students, June 2016
- Academic Writing for Graduate students of TESOL, Khatam University
- Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in Language Research. Workshop held at Sharif University of Technology for TEFL students, February 2015
- Statistics and SPSS in Language Research. Workshop held at Sharif University of Technology for TEFL students, October 2014
- Proposal Writing in TEFL and Linguistics. Workshop held at Sharif University of Technology for TEFL students, December 2014
Conference Organizer/ChairÂ
- Executive Chair: Sharif ELT Conference 2015 (selt.sharif.ir)
Editorial Board
- Member of the Editorial Board: Intercultural Communication Education (2020-now)
Reviewer in Scholarly JournalsÂ
- Reviewer: Urban Education (SAGE)
- Reviewer: Language Teaching Research (SAGE)
- Reviewer: Sociological Perspectives (SAGE)
- Reviewer: International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Wiley-Blackwell)
- Reviewer: Journal of Intercultural Communication Research (Routledge)
- Reviewer: Written Communication (SAGE)
- Reviewer: Social Semiotics (Routledge)
- Reviewer: Interdisciplinary Studies in ELT (ISELT) (Uni of Mazandaran)
- Reviewer: Language Horizon (Alzahra University)
- Reviewer: Applied Linguistics Review (Mouton de Gruyter)
- Reviewer: Discourse, Context and Media (Elsevier)
- Reviewer: International Social Science Journal(Wiley-Blackwell)
- Reviewer: Anthropological Notebook (Slovenian Anthropological Society)
- Reviewer: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies (Routledge)
- Reviewer: Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: Studies of Migration, Integration, Equity, and Cultural Survival (DIME) (Routledge)
- Reviewer: Journal of Further and Higher Education (Routledge)
- Reviewer: International Journal of Multilingualism (Routledge)
- Reviewer: TESOL Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell)
- Reviewer: Journal of Beliefs and Values (Routledge)
- Reviewer: Revista Española de LingüÃstica Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics (John Benjamins)
- Reviewer: Open Linguistics (Mouton de Gruyter)
- Reviewer: Social Identities: Journal for the study of race, nation and culture (Taylor & Francis)
- Reviewer: Iranian Studies (Taylor & Francis)
- Reviewer: Lingua (Elsevier)
- Reviewer: Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning (Taylor & Francis)
- Reviewer: Educational Research for Policy and Practice (Springer)
- Reviewer: Journal of Cognitive Science (Seoul National University)
- Reviewer: Issues in Language Teaching (Allameh Tabataba’i University)
- Reviewer: Language, Culture & Curriculum (Taylor & Francis)
- Reviewer: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (Adam Mickiewicz University Press, Poland)
- Reviewer: Linguistic Landscape: An International Journal (John Benjamins Publishing House)
- Reviewer: Language Policy (Springer)
- Reviewer: Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée (Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics)
- Reviewer: Journal of Education, Citizenship and Justice (SAGE)
- Reviewer: Journal of Language, Identity & Education (Taylor & Francis)
- Reviewer: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (Taylor & Francis)
- Reviewer: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication (Mouton de Gruyter)
- Reviewer: Journal of Academic Ethics (Springer)
- Reviewer: Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research (Urmia University, Iran