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Current Position:
Research Professor of Political Science, Boston College
Research Fellow, Center for International Studies, M.I.T.
Educational Background:
Ph.D., 1968, Yale University
M.A., 1965, New School for Social Research, New York
B.S., 1963, University of Michigan
Current Research Interests:
Intellectuals and politics in contemporary Iran and the Middle East; socioeconomic inequality, class, and social mobility; cultural identity, nationalism, and religion; U.S.-Iran relations.
Positions Held in Professional Associations & Editorships
2013-16 Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
2004-05 President, Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA)
1998-99 President, Association for Iranian Studies
1994-15 Member, Editorial Board, Iran-Nameh
1983-87 Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Middle East Studies
1968-82 Founding Editor, Journal of Iranian Studies
2022. Editor-in-chief of the Freedom of Thought Journal
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