Research

Peer Reviewed & Other Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

  • Book cover of 'Multilingual La La Land' edited by Claire Hitchins Chik, displaying a busy street scene in Los Angeles with diverse signage.

    Persian Language Use and Vitality in Tehrangeles

    Multilingual LaLa Land: Language Use in Sixteen Greater Los Angeles Communities (Routledge 2021).

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  • A woman in a vintage swimsuit leans against the front of a classic car on a beach, with another person and the ocean in the background.

    ​Clickbait Orientalism and Vintage Iranian Snapshots

    International Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2021): 266-289.

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  • Two passports on a striped fabric surface, one from Iran and one from the United States.

    Paradoxes of Dual Nationality: Geopolitical Constraints on Multiple Citizenship in the Iranian Diaspora

    Middle East Journal, Vol. 73, No. 4 (Winter 2019): 531-554.

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  • A video frame with a blurred image of a person, overlaid text "time in their lives," with a "My family before me" caption below.

    Subjunctive Nostalgia of Postmemorial Art: Remediated Family Archives in the Iranian Diaspora

    Memory Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2 (2021): 140-158.

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  • Two men wearing green T-shirts, holding papers, standing outdoors.

    Claiming Space: Documenting Second-Generation Iranian Americans in Los Angeles

    Anthropology of the Middle East, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2015, pp. 16-45.

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  • People in traditional costumes celebrating Nowruz with a man dressed as Haji Firuz holding spring decorations and wheatgrass.

    Public Performances of Identity Negotiation in the Iranian Diaspora: The New York Persian Day Parade

    Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2011, pp. 388-410.

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  • Still from the 1925 film "Grass" shows people on a traditional raft with canopy on a wide river, desert background.

    ​“If you're going to educate 'em, you've got to entertain 'em too”: An Examination of Representation and Ethnography in Grass and People of the Wind

    ​Iranian Studies, Vol. 44, No. 3, May 2011.

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  • Cover of the graphic novel "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi, featuring a stylized drawing of a woman with family members in the background, next to a comic strip titled "The Trip" illustrating a family conversation in black and white.

    ​Memoir as Iranian exile cultural production: A case study of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis series

    Iranian Studies, Vol. 39, No. 3, September 2006, pp. 353- 380. 

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Essays & Other Publications

  • Cover of the book 'This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States' by Manijeh Moradian, featuring red tulips and barbed wire imagery.

    Reperiodizing, Reclassifying, and Reframing the Iranian American Diaspora in This Flame Within

    Book review of This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States by Manijeh Moradian 

    Comparative Studies of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East vol.  44, no. 1 (2024): 178-182.

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  • Article titled "What the Latest Census Results Reveal about Iranian Americans" by Dr. Neda Maghbouleh and Dr. Amy Malek discusses the US Census Bureau's 2020 data release.

    What the Latest Census Results Reveal about Iranian Americans

    Co-authored with Neda Maghbouleh for With a Trace: Documenting and Sharing the Experiences of the Iranian Diaspora, Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, October 2023.

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  • Society for Cultural Anthropology logo with white text on a red background.

    On Unity and Fragmentation in the Iranian Diaspora

    Society for Cultural Anthropology HotSpots - Woman, Life, Freedom Series, Fieldsights, June 29, 2023. 

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  • A book cover titled "Tehrangeles Dreaming" by Farzaneh Hemmasi. The design features a geometric grid background with skyscrapers in Los Angeles, and text regarding Iranian pop music in Southern California. The title is in both English and Persian.

    Book Review: Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California's Iranian Pop Music by Farzaneh Hemmasi

    International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 53, No. 1 (2021), pp. 165-168.

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  • Book cover titled 'My Shadow is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora' with abstract design elements, including geometric patterns, eyes, and lips, edited by Katherine Whitney and Leila Emery.

    Negotiating Memories

    My Shadow is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora
    ​eds. Katherine Whitney & Leila Emery
    University of Texas Press, 2020.

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  • Poster of "A Discussion Guide to Darius the Great is Not Okay" featuring a cityscape with two people overlooking the scene, and an inset image of the book. Published by Penguin.

    A Discussion Guide to Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

    Penguin Teen / Penguin Classroom, 2019.

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  • Book cover titled 'Identität und Exil' with a photo of people, one wearing sunglasses, in a crowd outdoors. The cover is orange and white with a vertical text strip indicating 'Heinrich Böll Stiftung.' The book discusses the Iranian diaspora and identity.

    ​Displaced, Re-rooted, Transnational: Considerations in Theory and Practice of Being an Iranian outside Iran

    Identity and Exile: The Iranian Diaspora between Solidarity and Difference, Heinrich Böll Foundation (2016).

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  • Persian calligraphy artwork reading "Diaspora"

    Key Words: The Iranian Diaspora

    Tirgan Media (2014)

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