Teaching

Instructor of Record

CourseTerm
LIN 524 — SociolinguisticsSummer 2026, 2025
LIN 541 — Bilingualism (co-taught)Summer 2024
LIN 200 — Language in the United States (co-taught)Winter 2026, 2024, 2023
PER 101 — Intensive Elementary PersianSummer 2022


Teaching Assistant (Stony Brook University)

*Led lab or recitation sections

Graduate & Advanced Courses

CourseTerm
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 — SociolinguisticsFall 2022
LIN 431 — Structure of an Uncommonly Taught Language: Tati*Spring 2022

Undergraduate Courses

CourseTerm
LIN 200 — Language in the United StatesSpring 2026, Fall 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 LanguageFall 2023
LIN 340 — Historical LinguisticsSpring 2023
LIN 270 — Language and PoliticsFall 2021


Teaching Assistant (NYI Global Institute)

The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies

CourseTerm
Phonology Seminar: Strict CV Metrics or How to Live without MorasSummer 2024
Introduction to SyntaxWinter 2024, Summer 2023
Introduction to Syllable StructureWinter 2024
Experimental LinguisticsWinter 2022
Semantics Seminar: Missing Words and Missing WorldsWinter 2022
Linguistics Field MethodsSummer 2021
Semantics Seminar: Three or Four Puzzles about NumeralsSummer 2021


Previous Instruction

Role & InstitutionTerm
English Language and Literature Instructor
Tavana High School (Behbahan, Iran)
2019–2021
ESL Instructor
Mardani Language Academy
2012–2021