• Contemporary Persian literature and press
• Contemporary History of Iran
• Metaphor theories
• Reception theory and reader response studies
   

Education:

• PhD, Persian Language and Literature, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran (2008–2014)
  Thesis: Metaphor in Islamic Rhetorics compared to Metaphor by David Punter (Translation and Commentary)

• MA, Persian Language and Literature, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran (2006–2008)
  Dissertation: The Study of Narrative Structures of Marzban NamehBA, Persian Language and Literature, Allameh Tabatabayi University, Tehran, Iran (2000–2004)

• BA, Persian Language and Literature, Allameh Tabatabayi University, Tehran, Iran (2000–2004)

Professional Experience:

• Faculty Member, Head of the Branch for Contemporary Persian Literature, Foundation for Encyclopedia of the World of Islam (2015–2023)
• Co-Editor in Chief, Encyclopedia of Iranian Press (2014–2023)
• Editorial Board Member, Matbou’at-e Iran (Iranian Press) (2014–present)
• Lecturer, Persian Literature, Sharif University of Technology and Allameh Tabatabayi University, Tehran (2013–2014)
• Researcher, Persian Academy, Tehran (2008–2012)
   

Selected Publications:
Books:

• The Idea of Iranshahr (آرمان ایرانشهر), Introduction and edition, Jahan-e Ketab Publishing Co., Tehran, 2022
• Reception Theory and Reader Response (نظریه دریافت و واکنش خواننده), Translation and Edition, Siahroud Publication, Tehran, 2021
• Metaphor in the Islamic Poetics (استعاره در بوطیقای اسلامی), Tahoura Publication, Tehran, 2015
• Metaphor (استعاره), Translation from English to Persian (D. Punter), Elm Publication, Tehran, 2015

Part of Books:

• IranShahr, Magazine (ایرانشهر) in The Evolution of Journalistic Literature in Persian Language (سیر تحول ادبیات ژورنالیستی در زبان فارسی), Ed. A. Samiee, Academy of Persian Language and Literature
• Encyclopedia of Narratology (ترجمه دانشنامه روایت‌شناسی), Co-Translation from English to Persian, Tehran, 2012
• Selected Articles:
• “Conceptual Metaphors in the Domain of Shame, with proofs from classical Persian Poetry” (استعاره‌های مفهومی در حوزه شرم), Co-authored with A. Afrashi, Zaban Shenakht, No. 10, Fall and Winter 2014
• “A Survey of the Bibliography of Literary Criticism in Iran” (نگاهی به کتابشناسی نقد ادبی در ایران), Ketab Mah Adabiat, No. 147, January 2009
• Selected Encyclopedia Entries:
• Encyclopedia of the World of Islam: Ahmad Shamlu (احمد شاملو), Simin Behbahani (سیمین بهبهانی), Lotfali Souratgar (لطفعلی صورتگر), Homayoun San’atizadeh (همایون صنعتی‌زاده), Ferdowsi (Magazine) (فردوسی), Kaveh (Magazine) (کاوه), Kazemzadeh Iranshahr (کاظم‌زاده ایرانشهر), Ketāb-e Hafte (کتاب‌هفته)
• Encyclopedia of Iranian Press: Baba Shamal (باباشمل), Bi-Taraf (بی‌طرف), Bidari (بیداری), Bohlul (بهلول), Pendar (پندار), Pand (پند), Iran-e Azad (ایران آزاد), Iran-e Emrouz (ایران امروز), Eqtesad-e Iran (اقتصاد ایران), Eqtesad-e Puya (اقتصاد پویا)
• Conference Lectures:
• “An overview on American Ghazal and its resemblances with Persian Ghazal,” European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS9), 2023, Leiden
• “Political Metaphors in Contemporary Iranian Press of the Constitution Era,” ECIS9, 2019, Berlin