Research that listens.
Design that responds.

I hold a PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Florida, where I currently teach undergraduate courses in world music. My dissertation examined feminist embodiment and sonic agency in the Iranian Woman, Life, Freedom movement, which is a research that required deep listening across cultural difference, and at the intersection of politics, identity, and sound.

Before ethnomusicology, I studied Industrial Engineering which gave me a systems-thinking foundation I draw on every day. Learning is genuinely my favorite thing; I move between disciplines because each new field sharpens how I approach people and the world. That restlessness is what brought me to UX research, and what makes me good at it.

I transitioned into UX because the core skills are the same as what I already practice like close observation, pattern recognition, and translating what people say into what they actually need. I bring a PhD-level research to every study and a designer's eye to every solution.

I am committed to accessible design and product. In my teaching, my research, and my design, I try to create conditions where people with different abilities, different linguistic backgrounds, different relationships to technology can participate fully. I'm fluent in English and Farsi, and I design for the full range of human experience.