University Courses

  • Winter 2023: University of California, Los Angeles
    • Western Islamic Art, 119A
    • Undergraduate seminar, AH 185: Islamic Art in Global Museums / Local Museums in the Islamic World
  • Fall 2022: University of California, Los Angeles
    • Eastern Islamic Art, 119B
    • Special Topics, C120, Iranian Architecture
  • Spring 2022: University of California, Santa Barbara, Persian Architecture Unglazed, ARTHI 186SR (seminar)
  • Spring 2022: Pomona College, Persian Architecture Unglazed, ARHI 186 O (seminar)
  • Spring 2021: Pomona College, Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture, ARHI 120 (Zoom)
  • Fall 2017: Pomona College, History Department, Mughal Worlds, HIST 147 (seminar)
  • Summer 2017: UCSB, Islamic Art and Architecture, ARTHI 6K (6-week summer intensive)  
  • Winter 2017: UCLA, Eastern Islamic Art, AH 119B
  • Fall 2016 (100% time with UC)
    • UCSB, Architecture and Environment of the Islamic World, ARTHI 5A (large lecture, ~140 students, 3 TAs)
    • UCLA, special topics, “Architecture of Iran: The Canon and Beyond, c. 900-1650,” AH 185 (seminar)
    • UCLA, Western Islamic Art, AH 119A
  • Winter 2016: UCLA, Western Islamic Art, AH 119A
  • Fall 2015
    • UCLA, Eastern Islamic Art, AH 119B
    • Occidental College, Islamic Art and Architecture, Arth 278
  • Fall 2013: Portland State University, Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture, AH 450
  • Summer 2013: Portland State University, Introduction to Asian Art, AH 208 (online)

Cultural Tours

I have served as the Lecturer/Study Leader on the following museum tours:

  • “Armenia and Georgia,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, May–June 2023
  • “Private Morocco,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, October 2018 
  • “Through the Pishtaq: Art, Architecture and Culture of Persia,” The Society for Asian Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, April–May 2018 
  • “Iran: Arts of Ancient Persia,” The Society for Asian Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, April–May 2016 
  • “Iran: The Ancient Land of Persia,” Distant Horizons, primarily members of The Society for Asian Art, San Francisco, April–May 2014