Negar
Mottahedeh

Negar Mottahedeh is a cultural critic and film theorist specializing in interdisciplinary and feminist contributions to the fields of Middle Eastern Studies and Film Studies. She is known for her work on Iranian Cinema, but has also published on the history of reform and revolution, on`Abdu'l-Bahá's vision of human solidarity and peace in the 20th Century, visual theory, and the role of social media in the 2009-2010 Iranian election protests. She teaches at Duke University, where she is Associate Professor in the Program in Literature and in the Women's Studies Program. She divides her time between Durham, NC and New York City and teaches MA students in Media Studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn every spring semester.