PhD student in Communication studeis, Carleton Univeristy, Ottawa, Canada
Research interests: Religion Online, Shiite identity, digital rituals
Masters in Sociology (Thesis: Manifestation of Religious Authority on the Internet: Presentation of Shiite Authority in the Persian Blogosphere) and Masters in Globalization (Major Research Project: “Media News Coverage as an Anti-peace Making Tool in Globalization Context.”). Publications: Book Chapter
• ‘Media as an anti-peace making tool in the context of Globalization’ in Engaging Terror: a critical and interdisciplinary approach, edited by Marianne Vardalos, Guy Kirby Letts, et al. Brown Walker Press, Florida, 2009.
Conference Presentations:
• “The Internet and Religious Fundamentalism: analyzing four dimensions of tension and symbiotic relations between the Internet and Iranian society”, presented in annual meeting of Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, June. 2012.
• “How Is Religion Being Pictured in the News Media”, presented in annual meeting of Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, June. 2011.
• “Manifestation of Religious Authority in the Blogosphere”, presented in Graduate Student Research Conference, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, May. 2011.
• “Representation of Religious beliefs in Western Media”, presented in the International Conference, Representing Islam: Comparative Perspectives, University of Manchester with the University of Surrey, Manchester, UK, September. 2008.
• “The role of News Coverage in Analyzing Globalization”, presented in the 2nd Annual International Multidisciplinary Conference, The Human Condition Series, Laurentian University, Barrie, May. 2008.
Selected Other Presentation:
• The driving factors of Internet usage for Business purposes, University of Waterloo, Mar. 2010.
• Analyzing visual culture in news media during the time of crises, University of Waterloo, Dec. 2009.
• Urban life and the impact of technology in defining the concept of City, University of Waterloo, Nov. 2008.
• Canadian attitude toward Muslim women’s dress code. University of Waterloo, Des. 2008
• Encoding, Decoding in the thought of Stuart Hall, McMaster University, Jul. 2007.
• Democracy and Global Governance; new issues in the Middle East, McMaster University, Apr. 2007.
• Winning “Hearts and Minds” in the Third World, McMaster University, Mar. 2007.
• Deglobalization and the Great Depression, McMaster University, Feb. 2006.
• Modernity and the Problem of Attention, McMaster University, Nov. 2006.
• Global Connections in the thought of Anna Tsing, McMaster University, Oct. 2006.
• “Anthropology of the Gender on women’s jobs in the 17th century in Tehran”, University of Tehran Dec. 2002.