Selected research and outreach work
Publications
叠辞辞办.听. Joseph C. Parry, Ed. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. April 2021. Reissued in paperback, August 2022.
Book review.听Hidden Liberalism: Burdened Visions of Progress in Modern Iran. Hussein Banai. Cambridge University Press: 2020.听Political Science Quarterly, Summer 2022.
Journal Article. Tanaomi, Mohammad Mehdi, and Asaadi, Robert.听鈥淎 Comparative Study of Faculty Members鈥 Career Advancement (Promotion) Systems in the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran: Case Analysis of the University of Tehran and Portland State University,鈥澛International Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 6, No. 4, 111-121. (2017)
Book review,听The Iran-Iraq War. Pierre Razoux (trans. Nicholas Elliott). Harvard University Press: 2015.听H-Net Reviews. August 2016.
Academic presentations
鈥淭he Hormuz Peace Endeavor (HOPE) and the Axis of Resistance: Competing Visions for Regional Security Architecture in the Persian Gulf,鈥 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference. November 2024
鈥淧olitical Culture, Crisis, and Attitudinal Change in Contemporary Iran,鈥 Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha Graduate Institute,听International Winter School 2023, Doha, Qatar. January 2023.
鈥淩ussia鈥檚 Relations with Iran and Syria After the Invasion of Ukraine: Bilateral and Regional Consequences,鈥澛營nternational Studies Association (ISA) 鈥 West Annual Conference 2022, Pasadena, CA. September 2022.
鈥淓xecutive Power in the Islamic Republic of Iran in Theory and Practice,鈥澛燤idwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference. April 2021.
鈥淚nstitutional Power Sharing in the Islamic Republic of Iran: The Potential for Change in Theory and Practice,鈥澛燱estern Political Science Association (WPSA) Conference. April 2021.
鈥淎nalyzing Iranian Media and Domestic Politics in the Trump Era,鈥澛燱illamette University, Salem, OR. October 2019.
鈥淚ranian Domestic Politics after the U.S. Withdrawal from the Nuclear Deal,鈥澛營nternational Studies Association (ISA) 鈥 West Annual Conference 2019, Pasadena, CA,听Winner of Best Faculty Paper Award. September 2019.
鈥淩eading the Iran Nuclear Deal alongside the U.S.-Cuba Thaw of 2015: Making, Taking, and Contesting Norms of Appropriateness,鈥澛燝lobal South Caucus (GSCIS) of the International Studies Association (ISA), Havana Workshop, 鈥楨xploring the Local in International Relations鈥 Havana, Cuba. July 2017.
鈥淯nderstanding the Rogue State Concept: the Iranian Case,鈥澛燛ighth Annual Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) Annual Conference,听Washington, D.C. October 2015.
鈥淩ogue States and the Production of Order in Global Politics,鈥滵ecolonizing Epistemologies, Methodologies and Ethics: Postcolonial-Feminist聽Interventions, Frankfurt Research Center for Postcolonial Studies (FRCPS),听Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. July 2015.
鈥淩ethinking Rogue Statehood: Iran and the Arab Spring,鈥漃rovost鈥檚 Global Forum 2015:聽The Arab Spring in a Global Context聽University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. May 2015.
Public lectures
鈥淚ran鈥檚 Next Chapter: What does Raisi鈥檚 death mean for the region?鈥 World Oregon. June 2024
鈥淚ran at a Crossroads,鈥澛燱orld Oregon, Great Decisions聽Lecture Series, Portland, OR. March 2023.
鈥淚ran and the U.S.,鈥 Council on Foreign Affairs, Great Decisions Lecture Series, Tyler, Texas branch of the Foreign Policy Association. February 2023.
Book talk,听Postrevolutionary聽Iran: The Leader, the People, and the Three Powers,听Iran1400Project, Spotlighting an Author Series session. January 2023.
鈥淭he Situation in Iran,鈥 presentation and Q&A session following screening of film聽A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Cinema 21 Theater, sponsored by the Middle East Studies Center, Portland State University. November 2022.
鈥淧ostrevolutionary Iran,鈥澛營owa City Foreign Relations Council, Iowa City, IA. September 2022.
鈥淧ersian Gulf Security鈥澛燱orld Oregon,听Great Decisions Lecture Series, Portland, OR. February 2021.
鈥淪ocial Movements in Iran: Lessons for Activism鈥澛燭EDxPortlandStateUniversity, Invited Speaker, 2020 theme:聽Our Time Is Now.听September 2020.
Media appearances
Radio interview. Segment topic: “Politics in Iran” KSRV 91.7 Skagit Talks. Hosted by Dr. Farhana Loonat, Skagit Valley College. October 2024.
Print interview. 鈥淧erspective in Context: World order is fundamentally defined by the principle of international anarchy鈥澛Iran Daily聽(Tehran), Mohammad Memarian, Editor-in-Chief. July 2022.
Print Interview. 鈥淧erspective in Context: Global normative consensus around liberal values has seen significant erosion鈥澛Iran Daily聽(Tehran), Mohammad Memarian, Editor-in-Chief. July 2022.
Print interview. 鈥淐anceled wrestling bout highlights Iran-US issues鈥澛Asia Times聽(Hong Kong), Article by Kourosh Ziabari. February 2022.
Television interview. 鈥淪cope with Waqar Rizvi鈥澛Indus News聽(English language broadcaster in Pakistan), Segment Producer Zeshan Khalid. July 2021.
Podcast interview. 鈥淧ostrevolutionary Iran,鈥澛Dispatch 7. Global Affairs podcast. Hosted by Professor Shawn Smallman, Portland State University. May 2021.
Television interview. 鈥淪cope with Waqar Rizvi鈥澛Indus News聽(English language broadcaster in Pakistan), Segment Producer Mahnoor Feroz. May 2021.
Television interview. 鈥淯.S. Foreign Policy toward Iran,鈥澛Ofogh聽channel聽(Iran state television), Segment Producer Mohammad Memarian. April 2017.
Study Abroad
Program Student, summer 2007, Russian Politics and Foreign Policy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (袦芯褋泻芯胁褋泻芯谐芯 谐芯褋褍写邪褉褋褌胁械薪薪芯谐芯 懈薪褋褌懈褌褍褌邪), Moscow, Russia.
Program Student, summer 2005, The History of World War II and the Holocaust, Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagiello艅ski), Krakow, Poland.