Faculty
Belle Cheves
Roshan Institute Assistant Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies
Assistant Professor, Department of History
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Persian and Iranian History
Ryan Kashanipour
Assistant Professor, Department of History
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interdisciplinary scholar of medicine and science
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health, disease, and environmental change
Scott Lucas
Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Mohsen Mahdavi Mazdeh
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professorship in Iranian Linguistics
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
Yaseen Noorani
Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Kamran Talattof
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair in Persian and Iranian Studies
Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
Founding Chair/DGS, Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian and Iranian Studies
Amirreza Vakilifard
Assistant Professor of Practice, Persian Language
Director
Kamran Talattof
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair in Persian and Iranian Studies
Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
Founding Chair/DGS, Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian and Iranian Studies
Affiliate Faculty
Leila Hudson
Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Emeritus Faculty
Anne Betteridge
President, American Institute of Iranian Studies
Chair, Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Professor Emerita, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Julia Clancy-Smith
Regent's Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Simin Karimi
Professor Emerita, Department of Linguistics
First Endowed Professor of the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professorship in Iranian Linguistics (2022-2025)
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Iranian Linguistics
Parviz E. Nikravesh
Emeritus Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies
Kamran Talattof
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Chair in Persian and Iranian Studies
Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
Founding Chair/DGS, Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian and Iranian Studies