Dr mehrdad mashayekhi biography

Mehrdad Mashayekhi was the eldest child of Morteżā Mašāyeḵi and Āriandoḵt Āriānpur.
Mashayekhi, who was born in Iran in 1953, had been teaching in the department of sociology and anthropology since 1989.
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Mehrdad Mashayekhi is Mr. Mash. We also call him Mr. Secular!

Born into a notable and learned family (Aryanpour from his mother’s side and Mashayakhi from the father’s side), Mehrdad came to the United States in 1972 and received his PhD from American University in Washington, D.C. at a very young age. Mehrdad has been teaching sociology at different institutions in the Washington area, (among them at Georgetown University) for nearly three decades and has been a mentor to many students, Iranian Americans as well as Americans.

Mehrdad has also been politically active for as long as we know him. He joined the student movement prior to the Revolution and is a founding member of the Jomhorukhahan Party (Iranians for a Secular Democracy).

His written work combines scholarship with activism. In 1992, he co-edited a book with the late Samih Farsoun called, Political Culture in the Islamic Republic, published by Routledge. He has written dozens of articles for various Iranian journals, inside and outside Iran. In the past two years, he has published two books on democracy, re

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Honoring Dr. Mehrdad Mashayekhi

Honoring Dr. Mehrdad Mashayekhi: Social, cultural and political researcher on Iran

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Mehrdad Mashayekhi was born in Tehran, Iran and has resided in the U.S. since 1972. He received a. B.A. and M.A. in economics (Case Western Reserve University, 1976, Cleveland, and The American University, 1979, Washington D.C.), and a Ph.D. in Sociology from The American University, in 1986.

Mashayekhi is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. He joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in 1989 and has alternately taught as adjunct and visiting positions.

His courses include: Introduction to Sociology, Political Sociology, Globalization and Social Change in Developing Countries, Social Inequality, Social Movements, Politics and Culture in Postrevolutionary Iran, and Sociology of Democratization and Authoritarianism.

Dr. Mashayekhi’s research focus is postrevolutionary Iran, on specific subjects such as; student movement, Islamic reformism, civil society and democrat

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It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the passing of our distinguished friend and colleague, the Iranian-American sociologist Dr. Mehrdad Mashayekhi. A prominent political analyst and public intellectual, Mehrdad Mashayekhi died Wednesday October 5, 2011, at his home in Vienna, Virginia.

Dr. Mashayekhi was born in 1953 in Tehran and had lived in the U.S. since 1972. He received his B.A in economics from Case Western Reserve University (1976) and Ph.D in sociology from the American University (1979).

Dr. Mashayekhi was a visiting assistant professor of sociology at Georgetown University and University of Maryland, teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses on political sociology, globalization, social change and development, social inequality, social movements, and the process of democratization in the Middle East. In the past, he also taught at George Mason University and St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Dr. Mashayekhi's research was focused on student movements, Islamic reformism, civil society and democratization, political culture, and current political af