Teaches: Classics of Persian Poetry; Persian Art Past and Present; Iranian Culture; Persian Prose Fiction, 1921-1978; Classics of World Poetry; and The American Experience as Told through Autobiographies. Next two books: The Blind Owl–The Love Song of M. Sadegh Hedayat and Classics of Persian Poetry–A Primer for Students

Persian Listening (2008), Persian Reading and Writing (2010), Persian Grammar and Verbs (2012)

Persian literature, 1941-1978; Persian language instructional materials development; lyric poetry; autobiography; Iranian art as culture