I am a multilingual Iranian immigrant woman living in the United States. I currently work as an associate professor of Bilingual Education at the Mary Lou Fulton  College for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University. I specialize in sociolinguistics and language use in bi/multilingual homes, classrooms, and societies. My research focuses on structural forms of power that shape language policies in schools and bi/multilingual (im)migrant families. My work has been published in leading journals such as the American Educational Research Jouurnal, Equity & Excellence in Education, Language Policy, Bilingual Research Journal, and TESOL Quarterly. 

My early days in the United States nearly two decades ago drew me to the intergenerational language use patterns in the (im)migrant families with whom I interacted. I focused my graduate studies on language policy making in bi/multilingual families. I received my Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Language, Literacy, and Culture from Boston College. My current work has broguht me closer to 'home' by studying intergenerational language use in Iranian immigrant families raising bi/multilingual children in the United States. 

In addition to research, I currently serve on the editorial board of the Linguistics and Education Journal and the review boards for Racial Justice in Multilingual Education journal and the Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology. I am also a member of the English Learner Advisory Council at the Arizona Department of Education. Additionally, I collaborate with a community-based Persian language program as a small-group teacher and curriculum consultant.