Faculty
Mitra Ara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Founding Director, Persian Studies Program
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
College of Arts and Humanities
Related Courses:
Asian Studies, Persian Language and Culture, World's Religions, Religions in Iran, Meditation and Eastern Philosophy
Links:
http://bss.sfsu.edu/meis/Faculty/mara.html
http://wznn.org/?p=1396
http://www.sfsu.edu/~foreign
Mohammad Azadpur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
College of Arts and Humanities
Related Courses:
Philosophy, Mysticism, Political Philosophy
Links:
http://www.sfsu.edu/~phlsphr
http://online.sfsu.edu/~azad
http://bss.sfsu.edu/meis/faculty.html
Maziar Behrooz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
History Department
College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
Related Courses:
Islamic World, Iran and Afghanistan 1500-present
Links:
http://bss.sfsu.edu/history/faculty/defaultfaculty.htm
http://bss.sfsu.edu/behrooz/
http://bss.sfsu.edu/meis/faculty.html
Carel Bertram
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities
College of Arts and Humanities
Related Courses:
Thought and Image - Sacred and Ritual Places and Spaces
Cultural Expression in Islam

Links:
http://www.sfsu.edu/~hum/?q=Carel-Bertram
http://bss.sfsu.edu/meis/Faculty/cbertram.html
Shirin A. Khanmohamadi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative and World Literature
College of Arts and Humanities
Related Courses:
World Literature; Fables and Tales; Multicultural Middle Ages; Medieval Encounters
Links:
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~shirin1/
http://bss.sfsu.edu/meis/Faculty/skhanmohamadi.html
Hafez Modirzadeh, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Music and Dance
World Music and Dance Program
College of Creative Arts
Related Courses:
Music of the World's Peoples, Music of the Middle East and India, Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Links:
http://musicdance.sfsu.edu/faculty/music
http://bss.sfsu.edu/meis/faculty.html
Mahmood Monshipouri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Related Courses:
International relations theory and application, Middle East and North Africa
Links:
http://bss.sfsu.edu/ir/faculty.html
http://bss.sfsu.edu/ir/faculty.html
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