TEACHINGS AND INVITED TALKS (SELECTED)
Spring 2021
2021
SPEAKER, PBS
PBS Editorial Standards Webinar: Fairness, Not False Equivalence
2021
CONVERSATION MODERATOR WITH PROF. KATHARINE HAYHOE, JFK LIBRARY FORUM
2021
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR & MENTOR, JACKSON WILD MEDIA LAB
How to build trust with our audience in media. based on examples of shows and films in science doc.
2021
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, SCIENCE TALK
2020
PANEL CO-PRODUCER/MODERATOR, WCSFP
2020
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, HUBBARD BROOK RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Empathy in science communication especially as it relates to controversial science topics for the Young Voices of Science program.
2020
PANEL PRODUCER/MODERATOR, JACKSON WILD SUMMIT
2020
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, SOCIAL IMPACT WRITERS LAB
Social Impact Writers Lab is a weekend that connects creators with experts to develop powerful pitches of social impact narratives. This workshop was focused on empathy in SciComm and writing characters as warm and trustworthy scientists.
2020
PANELIST, MIT COMM
2020
PANELIST, MEDIA IMPACT FUNDERS
2020
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, UNC-CHAPEL HILL
Facilitating an interactive workshop in developing empathy skills as scientists.
2019 - 20
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, COMSCICON NATIONAL
Facilitating an interactive workshop in developing empathy skills as scientists.
2019
TEACHING ASSISTANT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
TA for the Media, Communication, and environment course, undergraduate level.
2019
TEACHING ASSISTANT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
TA for video editing course as a part of the Research Communication Training.
2019
INSTRUCTOR, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
A Compassionate Scientist’s Toolkit: A research credit course for an undergraduate student.
2019
STORYTELLER, THE STORY COLLIDER PODCAST
A story about a new planet, an immigrant, and breaking a car with one’s knee.
2018
TEACHING ASSISTANT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
TA for the Health Communication course, undergraduate level.
2016 - 2019
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, ADLER PLANETARIUM
Quarterly workshops, teaching science communication and storytelling to speakers of the Adler Planetarium's Space Visualization Lab.
2016
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, BRAVE INITIATIVES
Public Speaking Skills for young girls interested in social impact.
2012 - 2015
WOKSHOP FACILITATOR, SEPAS NGO
Ongoing workshops for volunteers and professionals in field of cancer advocacy and health communication, located in Tehran, Iran.
2012 - 2015
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR, IMAM ALI NGO
Workshops for volunteers working with children experiencing chronic illness, located in Tehran, Iran.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND LEADERSHIP (SELECTED)
2021 - Present
ADVISORY Committee, AAAS - DoSER
Advisory member offering guidance on strategies to connect with diverse religious communities for science outreach.
2021 - Present
ADVISORY COUNCIL, JACKSON WILD
Advisory member offering feedback on initiatives to increase diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility of the Jackson Wild programs.
2020 - Present
DEI CO-CHAIR, COMSCICON
Developing and organizing a support team for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
2019 - Present
PRODUCER, THE STORY COLLIDER
“Story Collider is a non-profit dedicated to true, personal stories about science.”
2016 - 2020
CHAIR AND ORGANIZER, COMSCICON
A workshop series for graduate students, focused on science communication skills. I have been involved with the Chicago flagship as chair and organizer and with the national workshop as organizer.
2018 - 2020
FOUNDER AND FACILITATOR, TEA AND TALK
Mental health support group for grad students at the school of communication.
2012 - 2015
PROJECT MANAGER, SEPAS NGO
Managed and proposed the cancer prevention and palliative care campaign, renewal of Fars hospice’s meditation room, and medical-info translation team.
2012 - 2015
PROJECT MANAGER, IMAM ALI NGO
Managing new volunteers for the play/art therapy sessions at children hospitals.
SKILLS
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADOBE PREMIERE
ADOBE AFTER EFFECT
AUDITION AUDITION
ADOBE FRESCO MOTION
HTML
CSS
FARSI (NATIVE)
ENGLISH (FLUENT)
GERMAN (INTERMEDIATE)
ARABIC (ELEMENTARY)
SPSS
R
ATLAS.TI
OTHER EXPERIENCES
Summer 2017
COPY WRITER, SCIENCE NINJA BOARDGAME
2013 - 2015
GRIEF FACILITATOR, FARS HOSPICE
2013 - 2016
COPY WRITER, WORLD WRITERS
2012 - 2013
COPY WRITER, CREATIVE PRODUCER, MAGNOLIA ADVERTISING AGENCY
2008 - 2014
FARSI INTERPRETER/ASSISTANT, NYT, WSJ, SPIEGEL, STERN, ARTE
2006 - 2007