Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University. I am a first-generation Iranian woman who moved to Texas to start her Ph.D. in political science at Texas Tech University in 2021.

In my dissertation, I examine the role of female leaders in states' conflict behavior, focusing on humanitarian military interventions, military alliances, and foreign policy decisions. My dissertation has been generously supported by the IHS Humane Studies Fellowship, IHS Survey Expense, the Institute for Peace and Conflict Fellowship, APSA Experimental Research Section Early Career Fellowship, APSA Centennial Center Research Grant and Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University. 

Across my research, I use causal inference, original survey experiments, and formal models. My broader research agenda focuses on foreign policy & economic statecraft, gender & politics, international political economy, institutions and representation, U.S.-Iran relations, human security, and applied methods.