Work Experience

                        ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• 2019- Present     Professor, Department of Education & Psychology, Alzahra University, Iran
• 2008- 2019         Associate Professor, Department of Education & Psychology, Alzahra University, Iran
• 2013-2014          Visiting Scholar, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• 1997-2008          Assistant Professor, Department of Education & Psychology, Alzahra University, Iran
• 1995-1997         Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Iran
• 1993-1995          English Instructor, Iranian Language Institute, Iran

 TEACHING

Alzahra University:

Educational Psychology (Graduate classes)

Theories of Development/ Developmental Psychology (Graduate classes)

Learning (Graduate classes)

Theoretical & practical foundations of learning disorders & differences (Graduate classes)

Learning Disorders/Disabilities (Undergraduate & Graduate classes)

Shahid Beheshti University:

Theories of Learning & Instruction (Ph.D, Medical Education)

Islamic Azad University:

English for Special Purposes (Psychological Texts)

Introduction to Psychology

Educational Psychology (Under Graduate classes)

Theories of Development/Developmental Psychology (Under Graduate classes)

Psychology of Learning (Under Graduate classes)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• (2020- Present) Editor, New Thoughts on Education” Quarterly Journal of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University.
• 2015-Present Chair, Graduate Department of Educational Psychology, Alzahra University.
• 2014-15   Director of Research, School of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University.
• 2007-2010 Chair, Graduate Department of Educational Psychology, Alzahra University.
• 2003-2006 Vice Chancellor of Academics and Provost, Alzahra University.
• 2003-2006 Director, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Alzahra University.
• 2001-2003 Dean, Health & Counseling Center, Alzahra University.
• 1999-2002 Associate Dean, School of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University
•  1997-1998 Member, Research Committee, Islamic Azad University, Iran.

                  INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SERVICE

• (2017- Present) Co-founder & Member of Iranian Learning Disorder Association
• (2010- Present) Editorial Board Member, Annals of Dyslexia, International Dyslexia Association, Maryland USA.
• (2003- Present) Editorial Board Member, New Thoughts on Education” Quarterly Journal of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University.
• (2007- Present) Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal of Research on Issues of Education, Iranian Education Society.
• (2016- Present) Ad hoc Reviewing, Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)
• (2003-2013) Associate Editor, New Thoughts on Education, Quarterly Journal of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University

Ad hoc Reviewing, Journals

Journal of Learning and Individual Differences; Annals of Dyslexia; Quarterly Journal of Research on Issues of Education; Journal of Learning Disabilities; New Thoughts on Education; Quarterly Journal of Psychological Studies; Razi Journal of Medical Sciences; Journal of Educational Psychology Studies; Journal of Education Research; Journal of Training and Learning Researches; Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies;

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Iranian Education Society
• Iranian psychological Association
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• International Dyslexia Strengths Network (WHOLE)