Teaching
My teaching spans syntax, sociolinguistics, and language documentation, ranging from large undergraduate lectures to graduate seminars and one-on-one fieldwork consultation. Alongside canonical courses like historical linguistics and the structure of English, I've designed and taught seminars built around my own research, including two on the grammar of understudied Iranian languages.
Instructor of Record
| Course | Term |
|---|---|
| LIN 524 - Sociolinguistics | Summer 2026Summer 2025 |
| LIN 541 - Bilingualism (co-taught) | Summer 2024 |
| LIN 200 - Language in the United States (co-taught) | Winter 2026Winter 2024Winter 2023 |
| PER 101 - Intensive Elementary Persian | Summer 2022 |
Teaching Assistant (Stony Brook University)
*Led lab or recitation sections
Graduate & Advanced Courses
| Course | Term |
|---|---|
| LIN 431 - Structure of an Uncommonly Taught Language: Behbahani* Guest Lecturer & Consultant: Delivered introductory lecture on sociolinguistic background and typological features; provided ongoing linguistic consultancy for fieldwork. | Spring 2024 |
| LIN 524 - Sociolinguistics | Fall 2022 |
| LIN 431 - Structure of an Uncommonly Taught Language: Tati* | Spring 2022 |
Undergraduate Courses
| Course | Term |
|---|---|
| LIN 200 - Language in the United States | Spring 2026Fall 2024 |
| LIN 345 - Writing Systems of the World Guest Lecturer: Delivered two specialized sessions on "Middle Eastern Writing Systems," focusing on Persian and Kurdish orthographies. | Fall 2025 |
| LIN 320 - Structure of English Language | Fall 2023 |
| LIN 340 - Historical Linguistics | Spring 2023 |
| LIN 270 - Language and Politics | Fall 2021 |
Outreach & Instruction
| Role | Organization | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Instructor | Summer Youth Camp for Computational Linguistics (SYCCL) | 2026 |
| Instructor | North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition (NACLO) | 2026 |
Teaching Assistant (NYI Global Institute)
The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies
| Course | Term |
|---|---|
| Phonology Seminar: Strict CV Metrics or How to Live without Moras | Summer 2024 |
| Introduction to Syntax | Winter 2024Summer 2023 |
| Introduction to Syllable Structure | Winter 2024 |
| Experimental Linguistics | Winter 2022 |
| Semantics Seminar: Missing Words and Missing Worlds | Winter 2022 |
| Linguistics Field Methods | Summer 2021 |
| Semantics Seminar: Three or Four Puzzles about Numerals | Summer 2021 |
Previous Instruction
| Role & Institution | Term |
|---|---|
| English Language and Literature Instructor Tavana High School (Behbahan, Iran) | 2019-2021 |
| ESL Instructor Mardani Language Academy | 2012-2021 |