Education
2021-Present
Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology
University of Florida – Gainesville, Florida
Graduate Certificate: Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
2016-2019
Masters in Ethnomusicology
Tehran Art University – Tehran, Iran
2008-2012
Bachelor in Industrial Engineering
Azad University, Tehran North Branch – Tehran, Iran
Lake Alice, Gainesville, Florida
Conference Papers
SEM (Society for Ethnomusicology) 2024 (forthcoming)
Say Their Names: Sonic Bridges and Transnational Solidarity in Iranian Diasporic Protests
AMS (American Musicological Society) 2024 (forthcoming)
Say Her Name, Hear Our Voice: Exploring Intersectional Soundscapes in Iranian Diasporic Protests in the United States
SAM (Society for American Music) 2024
The Performance of Power Through Music and Sound in the Iranian Diaspora
SEM (Society for Ethnomusicology) 2023
Sounding Unity:
The Woman, Life, Freedom Movement and Protest Music in the Iranian Diaspora
AMS (American Musicological Society) 2023
Sounding Freedom at the Capital:
Persian Protest Music in the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement
AMS/SMT Joint Conference, 2023, Denver, Colorado
Work Experiences
2024 - Present
Graduate Representative at School of Music’s Student Council of Representatives (SCoR)
University of Florida
Vice President of the Student Society for Musicology
University of Florida
2023 - 2024
President of the Student Society for Musicology
University of Florida
2022 - Present
Research Assistant
University of Florida
2021 - Present
Teaching Assistant
University of Florida
2016 - 2018
Researcher and Editor
Music Museum of Iran – Tehran
2017- Present
Santour Instructor (private class)
2009 - 2017
Santour Instructor
Lashgari Music Institute – Tehran
Bo Diddly Plaza, UF AfroPop Ensemble