I am a PhD candidate in Drama at Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama. My scholarly work focuses primarily on modern and contemporary Anglo-American theatres, Global Shakespeares, film studies, and contemporary Persian drama and performance. I am avidly interested in playwriting, stage directing, as well as the theory and practice of dramatic composition. My current research undertakes critical examinations of Shakespeare adaptation and appropriation in twenty-first century drama in Iran in light of artistic and theatrical modes in the context of censorship. It studies how Shakespearean characters and themes have been repositioned in Iran and the local context to not only be reintroduced to new audiences, but more importantly to be a vehicle for pursuing sociopolitical goals and promoting interculturalism and intertextuality. I have also published translations of British plays and critical monographs from English into Persian such as Caryl Churchill's Softcops (1984) and John Brannigan's New Historicism and Cultural Materialism (1998).   

Anglo-American Drama

Shakespeare Studies

Ibsen Studies

Contemporary Persian Theatre

Playwriting and Directing 

Postcolonial Cinema

Censorship Theories

MA in English, 2009-2011

BA in English, 2004-2009

Fully-sponsored by AHRC NWCDTP for doctoral research (2021 - present)

MA Thesis awarded Outstanding (2011)