Ziba Rashidian, M.F.A., Ph.D.

Dr. Ziba Rashidian is a Professor of English, specializing in 20th and 21st Century World Literature, Animal Studies, and Environmental Humanities. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University at Buffalo in New York and an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus on poetry from The American University in Washington, D.C. She has published book chapters on critical animal studies and petrofiction.

Area of Expertise

20th and 21st Century Comparative Literature, with sub-specializations in European, African and South Asian literature. Her recent work focuses on the Environmental Humanities, with an emphasis on the Anthropocene.