FORA.tv Speaker - Pardis Mahdavi

Pardis Mahdavi has recently joined Pomona College as assistant professor of anthropology. Her research interest include sexuality, human rights, transnational feminism and public health in the context of changing global and political structures. Mahdavi has received outstanding research awards from the American Public Health Association, the Society for Medical Anthropology and the Society for Applied Anthropology. She is currently an editor for Rahavard Quarterly, a journal devoted to contemporary social issues in Iran and amongst the Iranian diaspora.