Persis Karim

Biography

Neda Nobari Chair, Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin, 1998.

M.A. Middle East Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1993.

Research Interests

• Iranian diaspora studies
• U.S. ethnic literature
• Global and comparative literature
• Literature and film of migration, exile, and diaspora
• Middle East Studies