This dissertation research is the primary sociological study of Iranian Baha’í refugees in the United States and lies at the intersection of trauma, immigration, religion, and gender. Using data from fifty in-depth qualitative interviews with first generation Iranian Baha’ís in …
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This dissertation reevaluates early Shi'ite nationalism in Pahlavi Iran (1925–79). It asks why it is that the Shi'ite ulama were among the Shah's most loyal supporters during the 1953 coup that restored him to power, yet a decade later clerical activists had largely abandoned ro…
How do the simultaneously cognitive and emotional tasks of mothering and the creation of meaning shape the host-country adaptation of immigrants? How does migration affect mothering? Through in-depth interviewing of ten 1.5-generation, Baha'i and Muslim Iranian-American immigran…
This dissertation takes the reader on a journey through the inner corridors of the conceptual and experiential integration of Lakota ancestral knowledge and Bahá'í teachings in the music and dance of National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow Tokaheya Inajin (Kevin Locke)—t…
Through an examination of the phenomenon of food choice and in particular the relationship between food and justice, this thesis demonstrates the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach in providing a more nuanced understanding of food. Rejecting a dichotomised view of food as…