Biography

I am a political theorist at Georgetown University’s Dept of Government, with minors in Philosophy and International Relations.

I was born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Tehran, Iran, before moving to the United States. The experience of being exposed to different worldviews and diverse ways of life on three different continents has been formative in my approach to political thought in particular and the practice of politics more generally. 

Before commencing my doctoral program at Georgetown, I completed a Masters of Arts degree in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) right here in Washington D.C., and consulted on various projects involving political risk and Middle Eastern politics.

I hold a B.A. (with distinction) in Political Science as well as Near Eastern Studies (specializing in Iranian literature and philology) from UC Berkeley.