June 2021- Present Social Media Coordinator, Social Theory Research Cluster, Canadian Sociological Association 2019-2021 Member of the Field Research Activities Committee (FRAC), Field Research Office, University of Alberta 2020-2021 Graduate Student Representative at the Communications and Events Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta Since Dec 2020 Member of the executive committee for the Aftaab […]

I am among the first generation of university graduates in my whole (extended) family and the first person who attended the most prestigious university in Iran, University of Tehran. After 14 years, I still remember how I was humiliated on the same day the test results were out: I was successful and ranked 50th among […]

My teaching philosophy is to empower and encourage students to voice and challenge their personal trajectories, community stories and trans-generational experiences as starting points for their sociological imagination and critical reflection.My approach in this course is to create a journey with my students in which each and every one of us can co-explore our personal […]