CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DATA: Name: E-mail: Heshmat Sadat Moinifar hmoinifar@ut.ac.ir EDUCATION: 1987 BA in Sociology, Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran 1989 MA in Psychology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland MA Thesis titled: Family Structure in Islam 1993 MA in Sociology, Manchester University, Manchester, England, MA Thesis titled: Family Structure and Patriarchy within the Family 1999 Ph.D. in Sociology, Durham University, Durham, England, PhD Thesis titled: "Population Growth and Family Policies in the First Five-Year Socio-Economic Development Plan of Iran" JOB EXPERIENCE & EMPLOYMENT: 1999 2000 Assistant Professor, University of Alzahra, Tehran, Iran 2000 Member of Working Committee to establish "Centre for Women Studies", Az-zahra University, Tehran 1998 2000 Board Member and Researcher of "Poyesh Iran Research Association" working on projects related to women s issues Fall 2001 Guest Lecturer, University of Carleton, Ottawa, Canada 2001-2004 Representative of Az-zahra University in Canada for universities co-operation 2005 2007 Assistant Professor, Center for Women's Studies, University of Tehran 2008-2015 Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran 2011-2015 Editor in chief, International Journal of Women's Research, Center for Women's Studies, University of Tehran
2015 Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran 2008 Head of the Indian Studies Department, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran Conferences: - Family Planning Programs in Iran: The Outcomes and Dilemmas, paper presented at the annual CIRA conference on Iran, Coventry, England, 1994 -Lecture on Education and Women s Status: Case of a Muslim Country (Iran), University of Kent, Kent, England, 1995 - Women s Issues in Iran, 10 Radio Talk-Show Programs, Radio Zanjan, Iran, 1996 -"Islamic Revolution in Iran: The Causes and Goals", Paper presented at the National Muslim Youth Conference, Kitchener, Canada, May 2001 - Lecture on "Challenges of Women on Employment in Iran, The Role of the State and Education", University of Carleton, Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 2001 -"Women and the Political Process in Twentieth Century Iran", Paper presented at International Conference: Women in Islam-Beyond Images, Organized by Women Engaging in Bridge Building, Ottawa, Canada, March 14th 2002 - Lecture on the "Status of Women in Iran", University of Carleton, Ottawa, Canada, March 2003 - "Iran: Doors Open", Interview with "Ottawa Citizen" newspaper, Ottawa, Canada, 2003 - "Political Participation of Women in Iran", Paper presented in the International Conference "Suffrage, Gender and Citizenship", Finland, 16-17 October, 2006 - "Women: Legal Reforms in Iran", Paper presented at the International Conference; "Women's Rights Advocacy", Indonesia, Cipasung, Feb. 2007 - Indian Immigrants to the U.S. and Cultural Identity, Paper presented at the Conference; Intercultural Communications in Multicultural Societies, Tehran, 29 th Apr. 2008
-Paper presented at the International and Interdisciplinary Conference: Self, Culture and Identity, Indian Diaspora and Cultural Identity, Kolkata, India, January 2009 (in English) PUBLICATIONS: - "Women and Politics, in Iran: The New Millennium, Ottawa: Tri-Graphic Printing, 2005, PP: 66-72 - "Trends of Women's Studies in Iran" jointly with Sadeghi Fassaie, S, Journal of Asian Women's Studies (JAWS): Japan, 2006, Vol. 15, PP: 111-118 - Jensiyat, To seeh va Shahrvndi, Tehran: Center for National Globalization, 2007, A summary translation of the book: "Gender, Development and Citizenship" edited by Lourdes Beneria", 2006 - "Family and Globalization", in "An Insight to Globalization", Tehran: Center for National Globalization, 2007 - "The Changing Structure and Functions of American Family", Journal of Farhang Andisheh: Tehran, Institute for Research on Human Studies, No. 22, 2007 -" The Role of Religious Leaders on Family Planning in Iran, Journal of Iran and the Caucasus, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, V.11, No. 2, Dec. 2007 A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making System for Spouse Selection, 2007, Journal of Pajohesh Zanan, Vol. 5, No. 2, - Representation of Gender Stereotyping in Accident Page of Hamshahri Newspaper in Iran, Iranian Journal of Cultural Research, Vol. 2, No. 7, PP: 167-197, Autumn 2009 - Gamete Donation and the Role of Religious Leaders in Iran, Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World (HAWWA), Vol. 8, No. 3, 2010
- Participation of Women in Iran s Polity, Journal of Gender Equality and Multicultural Conviviality in the Age of Globalization (GEMC), No. 4, 2011, Japan - Representation of An American Family Consumption Pattern: The Simpsons in Leisure Time, jointly with Najmeh Mohammadkhani, Iranian Journal of Cultural Research, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2011 -" Role and Effect of Wahhabism on Chechnya s Crisis (Text in Persian), 2010, Heshmat Sadat Moinifar, Mehri Kheiri, Central Eurasia Studies, ISSN 2008-0867, No. 7 - Higher Education of Women in Iran, International Journal of Women s Research, No. 1, 2011 -Political Participation of Iranian Women, 2011, Chapter Book titled: Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Khajeh Sarvi, Gh, Tehran: Imam Sadegh University s Publication -" India-Iran relations", 2011, FPRC Journal No.6, Foreign Policy Research Centre NEW DELHI (India) - Role of Education and Its Effects on Development in India, 2012, Chapter Book Titled: Development in India, Editors: Koolaee, E & Tishehyar, M, Tehran: Mizan Publication - Role of Yoga on Improving Family Relations, 2012, Jointly with Janfada, N, University of Tehran, Journal of Sport Management, Vol. 13 -" Investigation of the Roots of the Caste System in India" ( in Persian), 2012, Journal of Subcontinent Researches, No. 10, University of Sistan and Baluchestan - Poverty among Hispanic Women in the United States of America between 2005 and 2010, 2012, Jointly with Hamidi, E, International Journal of Women s Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, PP: 61-89 -"Taj Mahal as a Mirror of Multiculturalism and Architectural Diversity in India, 2013, Heshmat Moinifar & Narges Sadat Mousavi, Journal of Subcontinent Researches, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Vol. 5, No.15, (PP: 123-134)
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Setting the American Dream s Homeownerships Standard of Living And its Costs, 2013, Jointly with Alitavoli, R, International Journal of Women s Research, Vol.3, No. 1, PP: 79-95 - "The Practice of Dowry: A Comparative Study among Indian and Iranian Families, Chapter Book: Iran-India Relationships: Horizons & Challenges, Faculty of World Studies, 2015 Books: - Welfare State and Family Supporting Policies, 2009, Tehran: Mizan Publication - To be published: Social Structure of India, Tehran: University of Tehran Publication, 2016