B.A. in English Literature from Mashhad University
M.A. in American Literature from Shiraz University
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate editor of Comparative Literature Journal (The Academy of Persian Language and Literature)

Conversation with Modern Persian Poets (G. Tikku with A. Anushiravani). Mazda Publishers, 2004. "The Necessity of Comparative Literature in Iran." Comparative Literature, 1:1 (Spring 2010). "The Pathology of Comparative Literature in Iran." Comparative Literature, 1:2 (Fall 2010). "The Necessity of Introducing Comparative Literature Theories in Iran." Comparative Literature, 2:1 (Spring 2011). "World Literature: From Idea to Theory." Comparative Literature, 2:1 (Spring 2011).

Comparative literature: theory and practice, translation studies, post-colonial literature, contemporary literary criticism, modern Persian literature