{"id":39051,"date":"2025-10-15T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/?page_id=39051"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:53:57","slug":"farhang-rouhani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/farhang-rouhani\/","title":{"rendered":"Farhang Rouhani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Geography Faculty<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Dr. Farhang Rouhani<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-intro-text alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content__copy\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-intro-text umw-intro-text\"><div class=\"umw-intro-text__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"3a94a5f5ac99f0c5642cb0af3ba9a028\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Professor of Geography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D., Geography, University of Arizona<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., Geography, University of Arizona<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A., Geography and English Literature, University of California, Berkeley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Rouhani earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona and joined UMW immediately thereafter in 2001. His courses include Introduction to Human Geography, Geography of the Middle East, Geopolitics, Global Migration Politics, Qualitative Research Methods, and Queer Space. His areas of scholarly research include the cultural and political dimensions of global migration; nationalism, transnationalism, and state formation in the Middle East; and queer Iranian and Middle Eastern diasporic politics and identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Courses Taught<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>FSEM 100:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Politics, Culture, and the Global Media; Queer Space: Geographies of Sexualities<br>IDIS 205:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perspectives in Sexualities (team-taught)<br>GEOG 102:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction to Human Geography (in person and virtual asynchronous)<br>GEOG 200:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Geographies of Beer, Wine, and Spririts<br>GEOG 299:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Geographic Research Methods<br>GEOG 304:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Geography of the Middle East<br>GEOG 332:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Migration Politics in a Globalizing World<br>GEOG 338:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Geopolitics<br>GEOG 339:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Geography and Development<br>GEOG 360:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Study Abroad: Australia and New Zealand, Morocco<br>GEOG 363:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Qualitative Methods in Geography<br>GEOG 410:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Islam and the West<br>GEOG 490:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Geography and Social Justice; Politics of Public Space; Globalization; Global Protest&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Movements<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Publications<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Seitz, D., McKeithen, W. &amp; Rouhani, F. (2023). Radical Geographies and the Neoliberal University: Contradictions and Possibilities. <em>Society and Space. <\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.societyandspace.org\/forums\/radical-geographies-and-the-neoliberal-university-contradictions-and-possibilities\">https:\/\/www.societyandspace.org\/forums\/radical-geographies-and-the-neoliberal-university-contradictions-and-possibilities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdelhady, D., &amp; Aly, R. (Eds.). (2022). Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas (1st ed.). Routledge. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780429266102\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780429266102<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rouhani, F. (2019). Belonging, desire, and queer Iranian diasporic politics. <em>Emotion, Space and Society.<\/em> <em>31<\/em>, 126-132.  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.emospa.2018.07.003\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.emospa.2018.07.003<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rouhani, F. (2015). Queering the \u2018Iranian\u2019 and the \u2018Diaspora\u2019 of the Iranian Diaspora.&nbsp;<em>Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Cultures<\/em>, Routledge, 2015, pp. 371\u201386, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/chapters\/edit\/10.4324\/9781315583945-27\/queering-iranian-diaspora-iranian-diaspora-farhang-rouhani\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781315583945-27.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haworth, R., &amp; Elmore, J. (Eds.). (2017). Out of the Ruins: The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces. <em>PM Press.<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pmpress.org\/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=815\">https:\/\/pmpress.org\/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=815<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown, G., &amp; Browne, K. (Eds.). (2016). The Routledge Research Companion to Geographies of Sex and Sexualities (1st ed.). <em>Routledge<\/em>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781315613000\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781315613000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Wanna know more?<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Check out Dr. Rouhani&#8217;s CV <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/01\/CURRICULUM-VITAE-Rouhani-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"39053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/dr_rouhani-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dr_Rouhani\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.Rouhani\" class=\"wp-image-39053\" style=\"width:229px;height:auto\" srcset=\"\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited.jpg 720w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Monroe 323<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:frouhani@umw.edu\">frouhani@umw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rouhani earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona and joined UMW immediately thereafter in 2001. 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