HIGHLIGHTS
Professional Achievements
AWARDS
The National Humanities Center Graduate Student Summer Residency Winner-Representing Bass School UTD, 2024
MOZAIK Philanthropy & The Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University Future Art Writers Award: WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM, 2024
Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas Adolph and Mala Einspruch Fellowship, 2023-2024
Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas Max and Florence Wolens Research Fund / Travel Award (Fully sponsored travel to London to Present The Trees We Carry at University College, London, UK), Spring 2023
The Robert S. Nelsen Scholarship in Creative Writing, The University of Texas at Dallas The graphic novel, The Trees We Carry, Spring 2023
Latinex Pop Lab, The University of Texas at Austin Outstanding Emerging BIPOC Creator Award, March 2023
Art, Humanities, and Technology Graduate Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas Bremer Travel Award, 2022-2023
NOMINATIONS
2024 Three-Minute Thesis Competition, The University of Texas at Dallas, Finalist, 2024
President's Teaching Excellence Award for Teaching Assistant of the Year, The University of Texas at Dallas Nominated, 2023-2024
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards, The University of Texas at Dallas Nominated, 2023-2024
President's Teaching Excellence Award for Teaching Assistant of the Year, The University of Texas at Dallas, Honorable Mention, 2022-2023
CERTIFICATES
Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificate Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Texas at Dallas, In-progress
Graduate Teaching Certificate, Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2024
Graduate Creative Writing Certificate Literature Program, Bass School, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2024
Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment, The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), 2024
Fostering a Culture of Belonging Program The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), 2024
Level 1 of the Online Teaching Certification Program, Educational Technology Services, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2024
Academic Contributions
TEACHING
Teaching Associate, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX
Rhetoric- Hybrid
Teaching Associate, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX
Introduction to World Literature-(Theme of the course: Empathy )
Teaching Associate, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX
Introduction to Creative Writing
Teaching Associate, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX
Rhetoric
Teaching Associate, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX
Introduction to World Literature
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX
Introduction to Literature (Assisting Dr. Peter Ingrao)
CREATIVE WORKSHOP FACILITATION
“The Graphic Novel Experience: From Concept to Creation”, Dallas, TX, Lyceum Series, Writer’s Garret, June 2024
“Visual Voices: Telling Diverse Stories through Comics,” Austin, TX, BIPOC POP Symposium 2024-University of Texas Austin, March 2024
“Developing Your Voice; Building Character”, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, BIPOC POP, March 2023
Abbas Maroufi’s Fiction Writing Workshop, Gardoon Academy, Online Teacher Assistant, 2016- 2020
Dr. Mahmoud Farjami’s Humor and Standup Comedy Workshop, Online Organizer and Teacher Assistant, 2017- 2020
Mohammad Aghebati’s Play Writing Workshop Instructed, Plano, TX, Organizer and Teacher Assistant, 2018
Moniro Ravanipour, Henderson, NV, Personal Assistant, Editor, and Publishing Manager, Henderson, NV, 2015-2017
Moniro Ravanipour’s The Gypsies Fiction Writing Workshops, Online, Teacher Assistant, 2015-2017
PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS
Salam/Shalom: An Exploration of Humanity in Coexistence, Dallas, TX, Spoken Words Writer, Co-organizer, (Upcoming), September 2024
Lyceum Series, Writer’s Garret, Dallas, TX, Panelist- Brown Bag Round Table, May 2024
“Resilience and Rebellion: Artistic Expressions of Identity and Democracy in The Trees We Carry” The University of California at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, Presenter- 58th Annual Comparative Literature Conference_Writers of Extreme Situation Multidisciplinary Perspective April 202
Fireside Chat: Creators Speak with Critics, Austin, TX, BIPOC POP Symposium 2024-University of Texas Austin March 2024
Conserving Memory Through Graphic Novels-Online, Presentation, 7th Memory, Forgetting and Creating International Interdisciplinary Conference, January 2024
Cultural and Linguistic Hybridity: The Dynamic Craft of Translation, Tucson, AZ, Presentation and Panel Discussion, 46th The American Literary Translators Association Conference, November 2023
Protest through Art and Narratives, University College, London, UK, Presenter, 2023 Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference, July 2023
Developing Your Voice; Building Character, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, Workshop Instructor, BIPOC POP, March 2023
I-as-We Comics, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, Presenter, BIPOC POP, March 2023
Woman, Life, Freedom, DFW Exhibition, Irving Art Center, TX, Poetry Reading, Artist Talk Moderator, and Co-Curator, January 2023
Transcoding Transculturated Worldbuilding, Texas A & M, College Station, TX, Presentation and Panel Discussion, LatinX Critical Creative Consortium, Oct 2022
