Education
Ph.D., Rutgers University, Political Science
M.A., San Francisco State University, International Relations, Honors: Summa Cum Laude
B.A., New York University, Theatre
Related Credentials
Rutgers University, Subfields: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Women and Politics, Specialization: Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Identity, and Political Ethnography
Awards and Decorations
IREX Individual Advanced Research Projects Fellowship
2013-2014
Richards Fellow, American Institute for Afghan Studies, Boston University
2013-2014
IREX Award for Workshop on Transnational Crime in Eurasia at the Woodrow Wilson Center
2012
Rutgers Special Studies Award for ECPR Methodologies Workshop in Vienna
2012
Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Alumni Grant for Farsi, Dari, and Tajik
2012
Rutgers Hybrid-Teaching Award
2011
Rutgers Research Award, Dissertation Fieldwork, Department of Political Science
2011
University of Delaware Title VIII Award
2010-2011
University of California Los Angeles Research Grant
2009-2011
Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship for Intermediate Persian Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2009
Mina Houtan Foundation Scholarship in Iranian Studies
2008 & 2009
Rutgers University Graduate Fellowship
2008-2011
Distinguished Student Award, SFSU
2008
San Francisco State University Dean’s Award
2008
Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship. Only student in program awarded a full scholarship at the top program for theatre in the US at the time.
Lillian Gish Award. Selected by a committee of theatre professionals for an award funding studies at NYU. Highly competitive with only one award granted.
External Memberships and Associations
International Society for Iranian Studies
American Political Science Association
Women in International Security
International Studies Association
Journeyman Stage Electrician, Intl Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local 16