Mitra K. Shavarini

Title

Lecturer in Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies Lecturer in Women's and Gender Studies

Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies
Women's and Gender Studies

Degrees

Harvard University, Ed.D.

Harvard University, Ed.M.

Wheelock College, M.S.

University of Rhode Island, B.S.

Salem State College, Cert.

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Contact

Email:	neemah1@brandeis.edu
Office:	Rabb Graduate Center, 109

Courses Taught

PAX	89a	Internship in Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies
SOC	104a	Sociology of Education
WMGS	105b	Feminist Theories in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective
WMGS	140a	Diversity of Muslim Women's Experience
WMGS	141a	Gender in Iranian Cinema

Scholarship

Shavarini, Mitra K.. Desert Roots: Journey of an Iranian Immigrant Family. LFB Scholarly, 2012.

Shavarini, Mitra K. "The Social (and Economic) Implications of Being an Educated Woman in Iran." Harvard Educational Review 79. 1 (2009).

Shavarini, Mitra K. "Western Procedures, Eastern protocols: Conducting Research in Western-Wary Iran." Innovations in Education. Ed. Jasmine E. Larkley and Viola B. Maynhard. New York: Nova Publishers, 2008

Shavarini, Mitra K. "Admitted to College, Restricted to Work: Young Iranian Women in Two Conflicting Public Realms." Teacher's College Record 108. 9 (2006).

Shavarini, Mitra K. "Higher Education in the Life of a Young Iranian Woman." Women's Studies International Forum 29. 1 (2006): 42-53.

Shavarini, Mitra K. "The Paradox of Higher Education in the Lives of Iranian Women." International Journal of Middle East Studies 38. 2 (2006).

Shavarini, Mitra K. "The Feminization of Iranian Universities: The Increasing Number of Women on College Campuses." International Review of Education 51. 4 (2005): 329-347.

Shavarini, Mitra K. and Robison, Wendy. Women & Education in Iran and Afghanistan: An Annotated Bibliography. Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2005.

Shavarini, Mitra K. Educating Immigrants: Experiences of Second-Generation Iranians. Pennsylvania: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2004.

Shavarini, Mitra K.. "Misconceptions about Islam and Women's Education: Lessons from the Islamic Republic of Iran." International Education (2003).

Shavarini, Mitra K. "Editor's Review." Rev. of Transformations: Immigration, Family Life, and Achievement Motivation among Lation Adolescents; California's Immigrant Children: Theory, Research, and Implications for Educational Policy, Harvard Educational Review vol. 66 668-674.