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
C.V. or Resume
Related Credentials
Rutgers University, Subfields: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Women and Politics, Specialization: Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Identity, and Political Ethnography
Research Contributions and Publications
Local Governance At The Periphery: Informal Organizations in Tajik/Afghan Badakhshan
University of Michigan Press (forthcoming)
"Getting Played in the Great Game" in The Age of Disruption: How Power Shifts Create More Conflict
Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Periodic Publication
2019
"Civil Society in an Uncivil State: Tajik/Afghan Badakhshan"
Columbia Journal of International Affairs
2018
"Local Governance in Khatlon, Tajikistan" in Marlene Laruelle (ed.) Tajikistan on the Move: Approaches, Fieldworks, Topics
Rowman and Littlefield
2018
"Warlords and coalition politics in post-Soviet states" by Jennifer Murtazashvili, Anastasia Shesterinina, Suzanne Levi-Sanchez, Timothy Blauvelt & Jesse Driscoll
Caucasus Survey
Spring, 2018
The Afghan-Central Asia Borderlands: The State and Local Leaders, Routledge
2017
"New Social Media and Global Resistance," in Laura Shepard (ed.), Gender Matters: A Feminist Introduction to International Relations, Routledge, pp. 389-401
2015
"Borderlands of Badakhshan: Cooperation and Security" in K. Warikoo and Khojamahmad Umarov(eds.) , Tajikistan in the 21st Century
Pentagon Press, pp. 267-28
2015
"Public Diplomacy in an Interdependent World," in Anna Cornelia Beyer(ed.), International Relations –Students Perspectives, vol. 4
Winter, pp. 73-84
2008
"Veiled Threats: Modifications in Hijab Laws as Indicators of Perceived Imperialism in Iran," WIIS Words, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
August, p. 13
2007
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
The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs
Editorial Board Membership
International Studies Association – Northeast
Governing Board