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1 From the SelectedWorks of Shadi Mokhtari Spring 2011 Mokhtari_CV Shadi Mokhtari Available at:

2 (May 2011) CURRICULUM VITAE SHADI MOKHTARI 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC Ph: (202) , F: (202) EDUCATION: Ph.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada (2008) Dissertation: Between Hegemony and Emancipation: Mapping Human Rights After September 11 th through Interwoven American and Middle Eastern Trajectories Recipient of York University s Outstanding Dissertation Award (June 2009) Visiting Researcher, Georgetown Law Center (Spring 2006) LL.M., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada (2005) Thesis: A Constructivist Analysis of the Impact of International Human Rights Norms: the Case of Women s Rights under Islamic Law in Iran Received Outstanding rating and nomination for university thesis award by examining committee M.I.A., Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs (2005) J.D., University of Texas School of Law (2002) BA. American University School of international Service (1998) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: TEACHING: American University School of International Service Fall 2010-Present, Assistant Professor.

3 American University School of International Serivice Spring 2010, Adjunct Professor. Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Fall 2003, Adjunct Professor. Division of Social Science, York University (Toronto) September May 2003, Teaching Assistant for Human Rights and Canadian Minorities course. Conducted two-hour weekly tutorial and discussion sessions. PROFESSIONAL: Family Crisis Center of Prince George s County Feb Feb 2010, Managing Attorney for bilingual domestic violence advocacy program. Muslim Communities in New York City Project, Middle East Institute, Columbia University (New York) Sept May 1999, Field Researcher. PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS AUTHORED: After Abu Ghraib: Exploring Human Rights in American and the Middle East, (New York; Cambridge University Press, 2009; paperback, 2010) Co-Recipient of the 2010 American Political Science Association Human Rights Section Best Book Award. BOOKS EDITED: Islam and Human Rights: Advocacy for Social Change in Local Contexts, (Edited with Mashood Baderin, Mahmood Monshipouri, and Lynn Welchman and in conjunction with Abdullahi An-Naim), (New Delhi: Global Media Publications, 2006). CHAPTERS IN BOOKS: Counterterrorism, Nation-building, and Human Rights in the Middle East: Complementary or Competing Interests? with Mahmood Monshipouri in Human Rights in the Middle East: Frameworks, Goals, and Strategies, Mahmood Monshipouri, Ed. (Palgrave McMillan, Forthcoming). 2

4 Migrant Women s Interests and the Case of Shari a Tribunals in Ontario (Co-authored with Annie Bunting) in Vijay Agnew ed,, Racialized Migrant Women in Canada. (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 2009) Towards a New Agenda for Islamic Feminism: Clearing the Human Rights Minefield in Qudsia Mirza ed., Islamic Feminism and the Law (London; Cavendish, 2008) The Search for Human Rights within an Islamic Framework in Iran in Mashood Baderin ed. Islamic Law and International Law (Ashgate, 2008). ARTICLES: Human Rights in the Post-September 11 th Era: Between Hegemony and Emancipation 3:1 Muslim World Journal of Human Rights (2006) The Iranian Search for Human Rights within an Islamic Framework" 94:4 The Muslim World 469 (2004) Islamism, Cultural Relativism, and Universal Rights (Co-Authored with Mahmood Monshipouri) 16:1 Journal of Iranian Studies and Analysis 37 (Spring 2000). BOOK REVIEWS: Book Review: Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights by Abdulaziz Sachedina forthcoming in the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. Book Review: The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, by Noah Feldman 18:11 Law & Politics Book Review (November 2008). OTHER PUBLICATIONS: George Bush and the Turn to Human Rights in the Middle East OpenDemocracy (February 25, 2005) One Year On, Green Movement Shows Progress on Human Rights InsideIran (June 10, 2010) The New American Encounter with International Human Rights Norms: The Road After Abu Ghraib in ASIL 100th Annual Meeting Proceedings, (2006) Editors Note to Inaugural issue of the Muslim World Journal of Human Rights (Co-Authored with Mashood Baderin, Mahmood Monshipouri, and Lynn Welchman) 1 Muslim World Journal of Human Rights (2004) 3

5 Capital Punishment in John L. Esposito ed., Islamic World, Past and Present. (New York; Oxford University Press, 2004) WORKS IN PROGRESS: The Green Movement and the Evolution of Human Rights Discourses in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Transformations and Potential Openings for Change for Government-Opposition Dynamics in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Prospects for Peaceful Political Accommodation, A United States Institute of Peace-Center for Conflict Management Learning Project. The Human Rights Idea Amid Revolution and Change in the Middle East Study charting the way the Middle East s human rights landscape and the prevailing assumptions of the human rights in the Middle East literature have been transformed. Comment on Islam and the Inter(National) by Lama Abu Odeh For Symposium on Religion and International Law of the Santa Clara Journal of International Law (to be published Fall 2011). SCHOLARLY AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES: JOURNAL EDITORSHIP: 2003 Present, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights Editor in Chief of interdisciplinary journal (since August 2010). PEER REVIEWS: 2007, 2008 Muslim World Journal of Human Rights 2006, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 2005, Politics and Gender ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS: Invited Panelist, Human Rights in the Changing Middle East, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Conference on The Obama Administration and Human Rights, Washington College of Law, American University (April 2011). Comment on Islam and the (Inter)national by Lama Abu Odeh, Santa Clara Symposium on Religion and International Law (February 2011). 4

6 Placing the Green Movement Within the Islamic Republic s Human Rights Trajectory -American Law and Society Association, May 2010 US-Based Human Rights NGOs Treatment of American Militarism in the Post- September 11 th Era- A Critique -American Political Science Association, September 2008 The Emergence of Human Rights as an Emancipatory/ Hegemonic Discourse in the Post-September 11 th Era -American Law and Society Association, July 2006 The New American Encounter with International Human Rights Norms: The Road After Abu Ghraib -New Voices Panel, American Society of International Law, March 30, 2006 The Challenges of Invoking Women s Human Rights After September 11 th -Middle Eastern Studies Association. Roundtable on Middle Eastern Women s Studies Post-9/11, Nov. 22, 2005 The Complexities of Promoting Muslim Women s Rights: The case of Shari a Tribunals in Ontario (Joint presentation with Annie Bunting) -Center for Feminist Research, York University, Nov. 12, 2004 Shari a Tribunals in Ontario: A Human Rights Analysis and Beyond -University of Toronto at Mississauga Seminar: Shari a Tribunals in Ontario, Nov. 4, 2004 International Human Rights Norms and Women s Rights in Post-Revolutionary Iran -American Political Science Association Sept. 4, 2004 Human Rights before and After Abu Ghraib: A Comparison of American and Arab World Discourses -Osgoode Hall Law School Summer Faculty Seminar, August 11, 2004 Ijtihad on Women s Rights Under Islamic law and the Impact of international Norms: A Case Study of Shi I Jurisprudence in Post-Revolutionary Iran American Law and Society Association, May 27, 2004 SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Human Rights Section Best Book Award American Political Science Association, 2010 Outstanding Dissertation Award, York University, June

7 Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Grant provided funding of $35,000 CAD annually for three years, May April 2007 John Peter Humphreys Fellowship, (Honorable Mention) Canadian Council on International Law, March 2006 Hon. Willard Z. Estay Graduate Fellowship, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Fall 2003 Harley D. Hallett Scholarship, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Fall Spring 2003 Dean s Recognition for Highest Achievement in Immigration Law, University of Texas School of Law, Spring 2001 John McCamy Patterson Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law, University of Texas School of Law, Fall 1999-Spring 2000 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award, Campus Compact, July 1997 Petra Kelly Memorial Prize, School of International Service, American University, May 1997 Patrick Stewart Human Rights Scholarship, Amnesty International, May 1996 PUBLIC SPEAKING OCCASSIONS AND INTERVIEWS: Interview with Voice of Russia Radio on developments in Syria and broader trends in the Arab Spring (May 2011). Lecture and discussion on US Foreign Policy, Lybia and the Arab Spring for the American University Graduate Foreign Policy Association (April 2011). Moderator, Combating Islamophobia: A Forum Highlighting Effective DC-Based Strategies Panel, Part of the American University Islamic Lecture Series (February 2011). Invited panelist for American Human Rights Film Festival s Screening of The Oath (October 28, 2010). Invited panelist presenting on the Human Rights Dimensions of Iran s Green Movement, Evergreen College, Olympia Washington (February 25, 2010). 6

8 Invited panelist presenting on The Evolution of Human Rights Discourses in Iran: From the 2 nd of Khordad Reform Movement to the Present, at a Seminar on Challenges to Republicanism in Iran sponsored by the Movement for Republicanism in Iran, Washington, DC (August 26, 2006) Invited speaker on Shari a Tribunals in Ontario at Neighborhood Legal Services of Toronto (June 9, 2005) Interview with Ghasedak Online Magazine on women s rights in Iran (Nov. 15, 2004) Participant in Micheal Coren Show debate on women s rights and Shari a Tribunals (Sept. 28, 2004) Lecture on the situation of Children s Rights to Iranian community gathering on International Children s Day, Toronto (June 2004) Invited Guest Speaker on women s rights under Islamic law before the Access to Justice Committee of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto (April 28, 2004) Invited to present two-part lecture on Constructivism and the impact of international human rights norms in Iran for Negah Iranian-Canadian Discussion Group, Toronto (February 20, 2004 and February 27, 2004) Interview with Nancy Wilson on CBC News Today on the Occasion of the Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Shirin Ebadi (October 10, 2003) TEACHING: COURSES TAUGHT (American University): Human Rights Islam and Human Rights Islam and Democracy Islam and International Relations World Politics New Course for Fall 2011: Protest and Change in the Middle East COURSE TAUGHT AT OSGOOD HALL LAW SCHOOL Islamic Law 7

9 ACADEMIC SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Independent Study: Islamic Democratic Discourse Honors Capstone: US Foreign Policy and Iran s Revolution Substantial Research Paper: Women s Rights in Iran Internships: US State Department Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Human Rights in Kenya; Transitional Governments in the Middle East Additional Requirement for Honors Credit Courses: US Foreign Policy Towards Iran; the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine and State Sovereignty SHORT-TERM PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES Global Exchange (Tehran, Iran) Citizen Diplomacy Trip Leader, June 2006 Women s Human Rights Resources, University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada), Researcher, December 2001-August 2002 Capital Punishment Clinic, University of Texas (Austin, Texas) Fall 2000 United Nations Development Program (Tehran, Iran) Summer 2000, Law Fellow: Strengthening Capacities for Human Rights Research and Training Program. Examined provisions of criminal due process protections in Iranian law and practice, and assisted in organizing a workshop on the legal and social barriers to the eradication of violence against women for Iranian judges. Nonviolence International (Jerusalem) Summer 1996, Intern. Amigos de las Americas (Cotopaxi, Ecuador) Summer 1995, Field Supervisor: Supervised environmental project involving ten volunteers in four rural communities. Served as liaison between volunteers, government promoters, local leaders, and organization headquarters. BAR MEMEBERSHIP: State of New York, Certified by the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, June 2003 State of Maryland, Special Authorization to Practice as an Out of State Attorney, May May

10 LANGUAGES: Farsi (Persian): Speak and read fluently, write at advanced level Spanish: Advanced Arabic: Advanced 9