Education

• A.A. Santa Monica College | Santa Monica, California | Social Science and Humanities
  A.A. in General Science and, A.A. in Liberal Arts in Social and Behavioral Science.
• B.A.  The University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California | Iranian Studies
• M.A. The University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
  M.A. Thesis: “Analysis, Annotation, and Translation of Fużūlī’s Beng ü Bāde”

Research

• Medieval Persian poetry