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About Babak Elahi

Babak Elahi holds a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Rochester. He writes about American realism, Iranian diasporic culture, and Iranian literature and film. His work has appeared in Iranian Studies, Simploke, Iran Namag, MELUS, International Journal of Fashion Studies, and Cultural Studies. His book, The Fabric of American Realism, was published by McFarland Press in 2009. Babak’s essays “Iranian Conditions: Metaphors of Illness in Iranian Fiction and Film,” and “At the Threshold of Iranian Studies” appeared in the journal Iran Namag, and the book Middle East Studies, respectively.

Positions

Present Dean of the College of Sciences and Liberal Arts, Kettering University ‐ Department of Liberal Arts
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May 2010 - December 2016 Associate Dean, Rochester Institute of Technology ‐ College of Liberal Arts
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September 2007 - July 2012 Associate Professor of English, Rochester Institute of Technology ‐ College of Liberal Arts
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Education

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BA, San Diego State University
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PhD, University of Rochester ‐ American Literature
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MA, University of California at San Diego
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Contact Information

(810) 762-7827