Researcher and educator in the field of Middle Eastern Studies and International Relations. She has taught as a Doctoral Tutor at the University of Sussex in the UK and is a committee member of The Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex (MENACS). She is a funded Ph.D. candidate in International Relations at the University of Sussex and holds an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Lund, Sweden, and a BA in Law from the University of Tehran.