I am a historian of modern Europe and Iran, focused on exile, diaspora, and transnational student activism. I also work with scholars and educators on course design, research workflows, translation, and editorial clarity.
I am an advanced doctoral candidate in History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I earned my M.A. in History at Michigan (2022) and my B.A. in History at UCLA (2017), with a minor in French. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
My dissertation examines the Union des étudiants iraniens en France (U.E.I.F.) and its role in transnational activism from the postwar period through the 1979 Iranian Revolution. It argues that secular Iranian students in Paris mobilized human rights discourse to contest the authoritarian rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and to situate their struggle within anti-imperialist and decolonial currents.
Alongside this project, I work in modern European intellectual history, especially the postwar intersections of political thought and psychoanalysis. I read figures such as Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Jean-François Lyotard, and Étienne Balibar to think about subject formation and the crises of liberal modernity.
I also write in critical New Testament studies and the history of theology, with attention to the apocalyptic turn in Pauline scholarship. I learn from the work of Martinus C. de Boer, Beverly Roberts Gaventa, and Douglas A. Campbell. I am an ordained deacon in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and serve at First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor.
Services
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Consulting
I work with clients on historical reconstruction and educational design, with a particular focus on knowledge-work systems. Drawing on my experience as a university teacher and pedagogy consultant, I support faculty, graduate instructors, and programs in course and syllabus design, assignment sequencing, assessment practices, and equity-focused teaching. I also help scholars and professionals build sustainable workflows for research, writing, and personal information management that are aligned with their intellectual and vocational goals.
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Translation Work
I provide translation from French, German, and modern Persian into English with sustained attention to conceptual precision and to the interpretive commitments that shape each source. My historical training informs a method of close reading that supports careful handling of texts so that tone and context remain intact in the English version. Clients seek me out for work that requires sensitivity to idiom and genre, as well as an ability to track how meaning shifts across linguistic and cultural settings. My published translations, including work for The New International and other venues listed in my CV, reflect this approach.
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Editing
I support writers who want their work to read with greater clarity and purpose. I examine drafts to locate points where arguments lose direction, where explanations create confusion, or where the structure slows the reader. I then work with clients to develop a more coherent and persuasive manuscript that reflects their goals for the project. My approach suits academic authors as well as professionals preparing reports and other public-facing materials, and it draws on long experience with research-intensive writing and editorial practice.
Featured Writing
Selected essays that reflect my research on exile and diaspora, with reflections on historical method and research practice.
In an era defined by instant gratification, the deliberate, methodical process of zettelkasten stands as a quiet act of resistance. It cultivates cognitive endurance, stretches attention spans, and fosters a richer, more reflective engagement with knowledge. Over time, it transforms the practitioner, nurturing a resilient mind attuned to nuance, complexity, and depth.