Dr. Tajmah Assefi Shirazi
tajmah@sas.upenn.eduTitle: Lecturer
Courses:
- AMES 016-680 Intermediate Persian I&II
- AMES 018-680 Persian Reading and Writing I&II
Personal Information
Tajmah was born and educated in Tehran. She received her Ph.D. in her native country and taught Persian literature at secondary and post-secondary levels.
Education
- BA, Persian Language and Literature, Tehran University
- MA, Persian Language and Literature, National University in Tehran
- Ph.D, Persian Language and Literature, Tehran University
Experience
Currently serving as the Community Programs Coordinator at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Has been teaching ASL for over 10 years. He is the first ASL instructor at Penn.
Research interest and Publications
Research interests include Sufi Poetry (Sanai Attar and Rumi) and Persian Modern Fiction.
- “Aseman Va Khak” (the theology in Persian Poetry), published in Tehran in 1997
Other literary articles
Affiliations
Member, Council of Expansion of the Persian language in North America