Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Sussan Moinfar as the inaugural Roshan Institute Lecturer in Persian Studies at Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland, College Park.
Ms. Moinfar has been a Lecturer and Associate Director for Cultural Programing and Development at Roshan Institute for Persian Studies since 2013. Prior to joining the University of Maryland, she was a Lecturer in Persian and directed the Persian program at George Mason University’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages (Spring 2011-2013). And, prior to that position, she was a Lecturer in Persian and Program Director at the Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies (Spring 2004-2010). Ms. Moinfar moved from Iran to the US as a teenager, attended high school in Texas, and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
Ms. Moinfar will teach core courses in Persian reading, composition and cultural literacy.
Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute congratulates Ms. Moinfar and wishes her years of success as the inaugural Roshan Institute Lecturer in Persian Studies.