Roger Sedarat Associate Professor Office: Department of English EDUCATION
MA English/Creative Writing, 1997. Queens College/City University of New York. BA Sociology, 1993. University of Texas at Austin.
CREATIVE WRITING PUBLICATIONS Books: Ghazal Games (Ohio UP). Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic. Athens: Ohio UP, 2007. (Winner of Hollis Summers Book Prize, David Lehman, judge) The Unsaid: Selected Poems of Nader Naderpour, Trans. Roger Sedarat and Rouhollah Zarei (Under Review). Book Chapters: "Veiling the Hyphenated Identity: Iranian-American Poets' Appropriation of Orientalism." Orient and Orientalisms in American Poetry and Poetics. Sabine Sielke and Christan Kloeckner, Eds. Frankfurt: Lang, 2009. 311-328. "On a Difference Note: Music in the Composition Classroom." From Hip Hop to Hyperlinks: Practical Approaches for Teaching Culture in the Composition Classroom. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008. Chapbooks: From Tehran to Texas. Somerville: Cervena Barva Press, 2008. Anthologies: "Abridged Qasida for Mutannabi Street." Mutannabi Street Anthology. Oakland: PM Press (forthcoming). "Nourouz in New Jersey," Love and Pomegranates. Ed. Meghan Sayres, Utah UP (forthcoming). "Sonnet Ghazal." Literature and Gender. New York: Pearson Longman, 2011. "Section IV: Ethnicities and Identities," 320. “High Q” (A series of haiku with a fictional biographical background based on the poet’s life). Forgotten Borough, a Literary Anthology about Queens, New York. SUNY Press (forthcoming) “Qasida for Mutanabbi Street.” Mutanabbi Street Starts Here. Red Hen Press (forthcoming). “American.” Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Poets Anthology, vol. 2. Red Wheel Barrow Poets, Rutherford, NJ, 2009: 175-176. “Haji as Stick Figure.” Juxtapositions: Ideas for College Writers, 3rd ed. Ed. Marlene Clark. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007: 264-265. "Outing Iranians" and "Bobback Duke." Voices of the City: Newark Reads Poetry 2004. Ed. Rosamond King et al. New York: Hanging Loose Press, 2004: 87-88. "Honeymoon." Touched by Eros. Ed. George Held. Islip: Live Poets Society, 2002: 47. "Obstruction of Construction" qtd. under "Ancient Paths." 2000 Poet's Market. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 2000: 40 Translation: Nader Naderpour’s "The Unsaid", "Glance," "Not Plant or Stone, but Fire," "Geography," "Cigarettes," "The Red Lamp of Anemone," and "Under Western Sky." Co-translated with Dr. Rouhollah Zarei. The Dirty Goat (forthcoming). Nader Naderpour’s “Apostrophe,” “The Last Supper,” “Glance,” “The Capsized Sun,” “Poem as Wine Flagon,” “Narrative,” “Not Plant or Stone, but Fire,” “Under the Shadow of Two Blue Fingers.” Co-translated with Dr. Rouhollah Zarei. Folio Publication: Panhandler (forthcoming). Nader Naderpour’s “An Elegy for Desert and City,” “Geography,” and “From the Train Window,” co-translated with Dr. Rouhollah Zarei, Ezra: An Online Journal of Translation (forthcoming). Nader Naderpour’s “Flood” and “Elegy for Desert and City,” co-translated with Dr. Rouhollah Zarei, Drunken Boat, Issue 10, Summer 2009. Hafez’s Ghazal # “45,” co-translated with Dr. Ali Reza Behnami, The Iranian.com. Poetry Journals: "Ghazal Game #84: Pin the Tail on the Middle-Eastern Donkey," Zoland Poetry, Vol. 4, Spring 2009 (Forthcoming). “Ghazal Game #1” (excerpt with commentary). Pen America: A Journal for Writers and Readers. 11. Winter 2009:14. “Ghazal Game #1.” Taj Mahal Review, Vol. 8, Winter 2009: 128. “Post-Modern Ekphrasis Ghazal,” Foreign Policy in Focus (Poems Against the Regime), Fall 2009. “Protest Ghazal #1” and “(Is) Iran,” IranJustice.com. “The Prophet as Analysand,” “The Prophet as Sufi Tour Guide of the Old Country,” “Haji as Directionless Prophet,” “Gazelle in a Ghazal,” and “Ghazal Game #3 (Matching: Find the Found Poetry).” The Other Voices International Project. Vol. 41, Spring, 2009. “Stone.” The Ghazal Page. Spring, April, 2009: 7. “Inverted Ghazal” and “Sonnet Ghazal,” The Drunken Boat, Issue 10, Summer 2009. “Eating Chelo at Aunt Bejhat’s.” Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Poetry and Arts Magazine. Spring, 2009: 5. “Cold Feet” The Ghazal Page. Spring, March, 2009: 1. “Persian Hamburgers.” Hanging Loose, Spring, 2009: 66-67. “Haji as Prophet.” Two Review. Spring, 2009: 21. “Last of the Avant Gardes.” Paradoxism (Forthcoming) “Speed” and “Persian Carpet.” The Ledge. Spring 2009: 54, 56. “Agha D.” Poet Lore. Fall/Winter 2007: 66. “Ghost Story.” Atlanta Review. Winter 2006: 55. “Time Warner Building, New York City.” Poet Lore. Winter 2006: 53. “La Vache Qui Rit.” St. Botolph Society Bulletin. Winter 2005: 33. “Deer Mittens.” Oberon. Winter 2005: 20. “My Mother’s Gold Bracelets.” Oberon. Winter 2005: 24. “Advertisement Proposal.” Hanging Loose Spring 2006: 51. “Permissible Grapes, Forbidden Wine.” Hanging Loose. Spring 2006: 52 “Crossword.” Forklift, Ohio. Summer 2005: 18. “Morning Wings.” Forklift, Ohio. Summer 2005: 62. "Essential Journey." The New England Review. Summer 2005: 117. "Hajji Interview." The Hat Spring 2005: 150-151. "Picnic." The Hat Spring 2005: 149. "The Red Car." Barrow Street Winter 2003: 68. "Anagnorisis. " St. Botolph Society Bulletin, Winter 2003: 4. "Iranian Darwins. " The Iranian.com, Winter 2003: 5. "Teeth." The Ledge, Winter 2003: 101. "Coronation." Coe Review, Spring 2003: 84. "Chest." The Ledge, Spring 2003: 100. "Thigh." Atlanta Review, Winter 2001 (Contest Issue): 62. "Khomeini's Beard." Hayden's Ferry Review, Winter 2001: 65. "Bobback Duke." Hanging Loose, Fall 2001: 64. "Outing Iranians." Hanging Loose, Fall 2001: 65. "Iranians Never Die." The Iranian.com, Winter 2001: 7. "Tarrofing." The Iranian.com, Summer 2002: 3. "San Antonio, 1979." The Ledge, Winter 2001: 91. "At Aunt Ezat's in Tehran." The Ledge, Winter 2001: 92. "Nose." Parnassus Literary Journal, Spring 2001: 43 "Who's Watching Mr. Magoo?" Green Mountains Review, Spring 2000: 134. "How an Iranian Learns to Make the Best Gormeigh Sabzi." Visions International, Spring 2000: 11-12. "One Week after You're Gone." Plainsongs, Winter 2000: 7. "My Father Returned from Iran with Everything but his Bones' [He said Customs Claimed Them as Government Property]." Plainsongs, Fall, 1999 : 26. "Cousin Farzad Decides to Have his Wedding in the Old Country." Hanging Loose, Fall 2000 : 68. "Persian Haiku." Raw Nervz, Summer 2000 : 38. "Some Reasons Why My Cousin Boback Lost His Job at McDonald's." Hanging Loose, Spring 2000 : 69. "Moon-Skinned." Coe Review, 28 (1998): 120. "Obstruction of Construction." Ancient Paths, Spring 1999: 6. "As We Circle a Smoky Mountain." California Quarterly, 1999: 26. "Prometheus Sticks to the East Coast." The Iconoclast, Spring 1999: 21. "I Watched You Braiding Persian Violets." Atlanta Review, Spring/Summer 1999: 7. "Seed of Faith." Ancient Paths, Spring 1999: 2. "Late at Night When We Were Twelve." Poetry New York, Fall 1999. "The Return of Rip Van Winkle." SPSM&H, 22/23 (1998): 31. "When Snow Sticks to Your Persian Eyelashes." Troubadour, Fall/Winter 1998: 28. "When Window Blinds Strike Your Sleeping Face." The Neovictorian Cochlea, Fall/Winter (1998-1999): 12. Haiku. Raw Nervz, Spring 1998: 21. Haiku. Persimmon, Spring 1998: 38. Haiku. Raw Nervz, Fall 1997: 16, 39. Haiku. Raw Nervz, Winter 1997/1998: 23. "Where Has the Light Gone?" Lilliput Review, Winter 1997: 12. Haiku. Haiku Headlines, Winter 1996: 8. Haiku. Haiku Headlines, Fall 1996: 5. "Desert." South Ash Press, Spring 1995: 4. "Sublimity of Azure." South Ash Press, March 1995: 9. SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Books: Pupils of the Gorgeous Wheel: Lacanian Landscape in Modern New England Poetry. Amherst: Cambria (Forthcoming). Frost in Translation: Robert Frost and the English Repression of Persian Poetry (In process, a psychoanalytic study of the translation process through the poetic theory of Robert Frost). Book Chapters: “Veiling the Hyphenated Identity: Iranian-American Poets’ Appropriation of Orientalism.” Orient and Orientalisms in American Poetry and Poetics. Sabine Sielke and Christan Kloeckner, Eds. Frankfurt: Lang, 2009. 311-328. “On a Difference Note: Music in the Composition Classroom.” From Hip Hop to Hyperlinks: Practical Approaches for Teaching Culture in the Composition Classroom. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008. Journal Articles: “A Victorian Hafez?: (Re)reading the Divan in the 21st Century.” Metamorphoses: A Journal of Literary Translation (forthcoming). “ ‘Across the lines of straighter darker trees’: Robert Frost’s Triangles.” Interdisciplinary Literary Studies (forthcoming). "Farming New England: The Cultivation of Meaning in Robert Frost's Poetry." The “Hafizzz Cola: The Refreshment of Persian Poetry.” Persian Mirror 8 (Fall 2006): 8-10. Book Reviews “Vivian Shipley’s Hardboot.” Valparaiso Poetry Review, (Fall, 2006): 3. "Playing with the Past: Review of One Wish Left, by Tony Gloeggler." Poetz.com. (February 2003): 1. PRESENTATIONS Poetry Readings: Featured Reader with Jayne Anne Phillips, Rutgers-Newark MFA Program, Spring 2010. Featured Reader with Tiphanie Yanique, Voices of the Rainbow Reading Series, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Fall 2009. Featured Reader, Literature of Resistance: An Afternoon of Solidarity with the Iranian People. Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, 2009. Featured Reader, Jackson Heights Poetry Festival, Jackson Heights, New York, Summer 2009. Featured Reader, Poetry Salaam/The Fatoosh Ensemble Present: "We are Gaza.” Montclair State University, Spring 2009. Featured Reader with Joyce Zonana, Recognizing the Other: The Mysteries of Iran, Egypt, and Memory, Benai Keshet Synagogue, Montclair, NJ, Spring 2009. Featured Reader with Subhashini Kaligotla, and Vaimoana Niumeitolu, Roger Sedarat, Verlaine/Kundiman Reading Series, 110 Rivington St.(between Essex & Ludlow) New York, NY, Spring 2009. Featured Reader, “Second Wednesdays”: Williams Carlos Williams’ Society Poetry Cooperative, Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, NJ, Spring 2009. Featured Reader, La Taza Coffee House, San Antonio, TX, Spring 2009. Reader, Friends of the Library, Queens College, Fall 2008. Reader, The Quetzal Quill Series, The Cornelia Street Café, Fall 2008. Reader, Laugh Lines: Humor and the Art of Writing Poetry, The New York Times Knowledge Network (online tutorial in collaboration with CUNY), Fall 2008. Reader, Poetry with Politics, The Asian American Writers Workshop, Fall 2008. Reader, Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Waterloo Village, Stanhope, Festival Reading, Fall 2008. Reader (Poetry and Translation), Hudson Valley Writer’s Center, Fall 2008. Reader, Cervena Barva Publication Reading, KGB Bar, Fall 2008. Reader, Association of Iranian-American Writers, Asian American Writers Workshop?(in collaboration with Arte East)? Fall 2008. Reader, Poetry and Translation Conference; University of Stirling, Scotland, Summer 2008. Featured Reader, Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ, Summer 2008. Featured Reader, Rock Star Poets, Pianos Bar, Bloomfield, NJ, Summer2008. Featured Reader, Undergraduate Poetry Workshop at Sarah Lawrence College; Spring 2008. Featured Reader, Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ, Spring 2008. Featured Reader, Shab-e-She’r Persian Arts Festival, Bowery Poetry Club , New York, NY; January 2008. Reader, with Kimiko Hahan. Pacific Standard Bar, Brooklyn, NY; December 2007. Race and Poetry Symposium at Sarah Lawrence College; Spring 2007. PSC Union Political Reading, PSC Union Hall, New York, NY; November 2006. Featured Reader, Frequency Reading Series in Poetry, The Four Faced Liar, New York, NY; May 2006. Featured Reader, Phoenix Series, Flannery’s Bar, New York, NY; February 2004 and April 2006. Featured Reader, Writers from the Middle East, Teaching Learning Center. Borough of Manhattan Community College, March 2006. Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 2002-2004. Teaching Learning Center at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Fall 2004. Texas Tech University Graduate English Conference, February 2001. Academic Presentations Event Organizer, Moderator, and Presenter, with Niloufar Talebi, Richard Jeffery Newman, Iraj Anvar, and Katayoon Zandvakili. Persian Poetry: Origins, Translations, and Influences. The Philoctetes Center, New York City. Fall 2009. Presenter, with Nahid Rachlin, Kamran Rastegar, Persis Karim, and Manijeh Nasrabadi. “For the Love of Country : Iranian-American Poetry in the 21st Century.” Thirty Years of Iranian American Literature: Reflections and Prospects. Graduate Center, City University of New York, Fall 2009. Presenter, “Memorable Rhyme: Recollecting the Past through Sound.” Jackson Heights Poetry Festival, Summer 2009. Presenter, “Translating Out of the Box: A Case Study of Creative Repression.” Translatable: Creativity and Knowledge Formation Across Cultures; Duke University and University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, Spring 2009. Presenter, “Negotiating Identities in Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic,” Something to Declare? Writers Discuss America ’s Internal Border, (PEN America Panel), Chicago Hilton Associated Writers Programs Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, Spring 2009. Presenter, “Translation in the Writing Classroom: Language as a Carrier of Culture.” Translation Pedagogy Panel. From Ghazal to Zuihitsu:A Conference on Translating Asian Languages and Cultures, Spring 2009. Chair, “Translation of Middle Eastern Languages Panel.” From Ghazal to Zuihitsu:A Conference on Translating Asian Languages and Cultures, Spring 2009. Chair, “MFA Student Translation Presentations.” From Ghazal to Zuihitsu:A Conference on Translating Asian Languages and Cultures, Spring 2009. Presenter, “Looking for Trouble”: The Politics of Persian Poetry.” Activist Poetry / Poetic Activism. Northeastern Modern Language Association, Boston, MA, Spring 2009. Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival;?Waterloo Village, Stanhope, NJ ?Thursday, September 25 Poets on Poetry 11:30 am -12:30 p.m. Roger Sedarat?@ Gristmill, Fall 2008. Chair, Poetry Lecture. Poetry and Translation Conference; University of Stirling, Scotland, Summer 2008 Presenter, “A Victorian Hafez?: Rereading the Divan in the 21st Century.” Poetry and Translation International Conference. University of Stirling, Scotland, Summer, 2008. Presenter, “Too Clever by Half: A ‘Third Space’ in the College Writing Classroom.” Generation 1.5: Writing and Identity. New Jersey College English Association Annual Conference. Seton Hall University, Spring 2008. Moderator, Questioning the Writing ‘Teacher’: Authority, Authenticity, and Voice in the Composition Classroom. New Jersey College English Association Annual Conference. Seton Hall University, Spring 2008. Presenter, “Writing East, Reading West: Translating Persian Poetry.” Poetry in Translation. Queens College/City University of New York. Fall 2007. Presenter, “How ‘Cool’ is the ‘Sound of Sense?’ Robert Frost’s Poetry and Miles Davis’ Music.” American Literature: Music and Text. New Jersey College English Association Annual Spring Conference. Seton Hall University. Spring 2007. Presenter, Race and Poetry Symposium: Writing the American Landscape. Sarah Lawrence College. Spring 2007. Presenter, “Prompting Inclusion: Writing the Same Essay Question for Different Responses.” Teaching Various Discourse Communities in the Freshman Writing Classroom. Teaching, Language, and the CUNY Student. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Spring 2007. Presenter, “Placing your Poems.” Getting Published: Careers in Writing. Fall Career Week. Purchase College/State University of New York, Fall 2006. Presenter, “The Burden of Belonging: Language as a Carrier of Culture in the Writing Classroom.” Rounding Up an Academic Identity in Student Writers. South Central Modern Language Association, Fall 2006. Presenter, “A Question Mark in the Landscape: Robert Lowell’s New England Ancestry.” Teaching Learning Center Presentation of Faculty Development Award Presentations. Borough of Manhattan Community College, Spring 2006. Presenter, “Thwarting Theory: American Poetry in Praxis.” Poetry as Theory/Theory as Poetry. New Jersey College English Association, March 2006. Presenter, “From Tehran to Texas: Creative Nonfiction.” Creative Nonfiction Panel. College English Association Annual Conference, April 2006. Presenter, "Creating Space: Property Rights in Emily Dickinson's New England." Law and Literature. Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, March 2005. Presenter, "Escaping New England: The Rejection of Landscape in Emily Dickinson and Wallace Stevens."Emily Dickinson as Precursor. Emily Dickinson International Society Panel at the American Literature Association, May 2002. Presenter, " 'Before the Mystery of Glass: Walls of Gender in the Poetry of Robert Frost and Ovid's Pyrramus and Thisbe." Robert Frost Society Panel at the American Literature Association, May 2000. Presenter, "Hearing the Babel in the Ivory Tower: Linguistic Racism in the College Writing Classroom." Tufts University Graduate Student Council Symposium, March 2001. Conference Organizer, "From Tufts to Tomorrow: An American Studies Alumni Arts and Media Career Festival, Celebrating 20 years of American Studies and 15 Years of the Ted Shapiro Memorial Awards." Tufts University, September 2000. Panel Moderator, "Working in Film." Tufts University, September 2000. GRANTS New Jersey State Council of the Arts Grant in Creative Writing (Denied) Nathan Cummings Foundation, Applied in Support of MFA Program Event, From Ghazal to Zuihitsu:A Conference on Translating Asian Languages and Cultures, Spring 2009 (Denied) National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Creative Writing, Fall 2008 (Denied) Faculty Development Grant—BMCC President’s Office, Summer 2005 St. Botolph Society Poetry-Grant-in-Aid, 2003 HONORS Winner of Hollis Summers Open Book Competition, Ohio UP, 2007 (David Lehman, judge) Nominated for The Felix Gross Award for Outstanding Research by CUNY Junior Faculty, 2007 International Merit Award, Atlanta Review 2006 Finalist, Bakeless First Book Contest, (Mark Doty, Judge, 2005) Finalist, Bakeless First Book Contest (Yusef Komunyakaa, Judge), 2002 Dissertation Fellowship Award, Tufts University, Fall 2001 Nomination for University Wide Graduate Student of the Year Award, Tufts University, Spring 2001. Nomination for University Wide T.A. of the Year Award, Tufts University, Spring 1998 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Work-Study Scholarship in Poetry, 2001-2004 International Merit Award, Atlanta Review 2001 Ancient Paths Poetry Contest, 3rd Place, 2000 Outstanding French Student Award, University of Texas 1994 ACADEMIC SERVICE Coordinator, From Ghazal to Zuihitsu:A Conference on Translating Asian Languages and Cultures, Fall 2008-Spring 2009. Worked with core MFA faculty to plan a college-wide translation conference in the spring, selecting and inviting participants, creating panels and roundtable discussions, reserving conference space, assisting with publicity, working with MFA graduate students to supervise their service at conference as well as prepare them for special MFA student panel, and securing the distinguished keynote reader Li-Young Lee. Advisor, CUNY Baccalaureate Program student Reese Thompson Advisor, 1st Reader of MFA Thesis student for translation student Yoshi Tomonaga Advisor, 1st Reader of MFA Thesis for poetry and translation student Andriana Rizos Advisor, 1st Reader of MFA Thesis for poetry student Michael Alpiner Advisor, 2nd Reader of MFA Thesis for fiction student Jenna Telesca Advisor, 1st Reader of MA Thesis for student Donna Walter Advisor, 1st Reader of MFA Thesis for poetry student John Rice Advisor, 1st Reader of MFA Thesis for student Brendin Press. Advisor, 2nd Reader of MFA Thesis for student Peter Vanderberg. Director, Honors Project, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Spring 2008. Supervised student Allyson Holder’s Honors Paper, “The Decline of Puritanism in New England Literature.” Chair, Composition Committee of Borough of Manhattan Community College English Department, 2006-Present. Direct committee in development of freshman writing pedagogy, overseeing 150 sections of composition-rhetoric courses. Member, Composition Committee of Borough of Manhattan Community College English Department, 2003-2005. Assisted in planning curricula for introductory composition courses and designing departmental final exam. Organizer, “Teaching Various Discourse Communities in the Freshman Writing Classroom” for Teaching, Language, and the CUNY Student (University Wide Conference). John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Spring 2007. Originator, “Introduction to Middle Eastern Literature” for the English Department. Course accepted by Faculty Council in Spring 2007 and now part of English Department offerings. Organizer, “Teaching Various Discourse Communities in the Freshman Writing Classroom” for Teaching, Language, and the CUNY Student. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Spring 2007. Member, subcommittee for advertisement of CUNY-wide Teaching, Language, and the CUNY Student. 2006-2007. Member, Student-Assessment Committee for Middle States Review. Interviewed several department chairs to gather materials for assessment; developed and implemented rubrics to assess English 201: Introduction to Literature essays, 2006-2007. Chair, Assessment Committee for English Department. Initiated an English Department review of English 201 course for the Middle States Review process, organizing subcommittees of full and part time professors, developing rubrics to assess both writing competency and informational literacy, soliciting and photocopying roughly 200 student essays from professors (to insure random sampling), leading subcommittees in “norming” sessions to apply rubrics, drafting various reports, and assessing data. Implemented suggestions of committee in subsequent semesters to improve the course. Co-Director, Social Committee for 2003 and 2004 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Led a committee in the planning and facilitating of various conference events. Member, Social Committee for 2002 Bread Loaf Writer's Conference. Planned and facilitated various conference events. Coordinator, From Tufts to Tomorrow: An American Studies Alumni Arts and Media Career Festival, Celebrating 20 Years of American Studies and 15 Years of the Ted Shapiro Memorial Awards. 1999-2000. Organized an event for American Studies alumni in support of generous donor to the major. Co-President, Tufts Graduate English Organization (TEGO), Tufts University 1999-2000. Directed meetings and the overall planning of TEGO. Co-Director, Tufts University Annual English Department Reading, 1999 & 2001. Organized and promoted a department wide reading of creative work by professors, lecturers, and graduate students. Member, Subcommittee on the Race Task Force for the Tufts Graduate Student Council, 1999. Assisted in planning programs to promote racial tolerance within the graduate school of Tufts University. Co-Chair, TEGO Sub-Committee for New Graduate Student Relations, 1998. Co-authored a newcomer's packet for English graduate students and assisted new students with their transition into the graduate program. Volunteer Lecturer, Writing Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1998. Conducted grammar workshop. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT Presenter, “Use of Popular Culture in Writing Composition Classes,” Queens College Composition Program, Spring 2009. Author, English 201 Handbook of Guidelines for Professors, 2007. Co-coordinator, Adjunct Orientation for New Freshman Composition Teachers, Borough of Manhattan Community College, 2006. Presenter, “A Question Mark in the Landscape: Robert Lowell’s New England Ancestry.” Faculty Development Grant. Office of the President. Borough of Manhattan Community College, Summer 2005. Participant, “Language and the CUNY Student,” University-wide conference for CUNY professors teaching students from disparate discourse communities. Presenter, “The First Five Minutes,” Intensive Writing Workshops for English 088/095 Professors. Borough of Manhattan Community College, 2005-2006. Participant, Integrating Technology in the Classroom. Borough of Manhattan Community College, 2005-2006. Participant, Planning Day for Mentoring Program. Borough of Manhattan Community College, 2004. Co-Author, Borough of Manhattan College Mentoring Handbook, 2004. LANGUAGES French: Strong reading and speaking knowledge. Persian: Intermediate reading and speaking knowledge. Spanish: Intermediate reading and beginner speaking knowledge. ORGANIZATIONS PEN American Center, 2008-Present American Literary Translators Association, 2008-Present Association of Iranian-American Writers (Founding Member), 2008-Present Associated Writing Programs, 2007-Present College English Association, 2005-Present Modern Language Association, 1998-Present South Central Modern Language Association, 2006 Robert Frost Society, 2000-Present Emily Dickinson International Society, 2002-2004 Graduate Student Council of Tufts University, 1998-2004 Tufts English Graduate Organization, 1998-2004 REFERENCES Jesper Rosenmeier, English Department, Tufts University Elizabeth Ammons, English Department, Tufts University Phil Eggers, English Department, Borough of Manhattan Community College Michael Collier, English Department, University of Maryland “Hafizzz Cola: The Refreshment of Persian Poetry.” Persian Mirror 8 (Fall 2006): 8-10. |