Persian as a Diasporic Language in the United States: A Survey of Heritage Persian Learners at College level, 10th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Aug 21-25, 2023.
Creating Learner-Centered Web-Based Material for Persian at Advanced/Superior Levels, the 13th Biennial Conference of Association for Iranian Studies, University of Salamanca, Spain, Aug 30-Sept 2, 2022.
"The Acquisition of Persian by Heritage Learners vs Second Language Learners” at the Second North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics held at the University of Arizona, April 19-21, 2019.
"Teaching Persian to Speakers of Other Languages", the 11th Biennial Conference of Association for Iranian Studies, University of Irvine, August 14-17, 2018.
"Language Maintenance and Loss in Immigrant Communities: The Case of Persian Language", Migration Cluster Lightning Conference, Portland State University, June 9th, 2018.
“Creating Web-based Material for Persian at Advanced and Superior Levels: Opportunities and Challenges”. The 20th annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Chicago, April 21-23, 2017.
“Persian as a Heritage Language”, the 10th Biennial Conference of International Society for Iranian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, August 2-5, 2016.
“Creating Online Content-based Material for Persian: Lessons Learned”. The 19th Annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), Atlanta, April 24-26, 2016.
"Content-Based Instruction of Persian through Web-based Modules", Annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Denver, Nov. 21-24, 2015.
" Writing a Language & Culture Textbook in the Twenty First Century", The 21st Annual Conference of the North American Association of Celtic Language Teachers , Portland, Oregon, June 5-6 2015.
“Persian in Use: An elementary Textbook of Language and Culture”, The 18th Annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), Washington D.C., April 22-24, 2015.
“How much do we know about Persian as a heritage language?”, The 2nd International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, the National Heritage Languages Resource Center (NHLRC), UCLA, March 17-20, 2014.
“L2 Persian Learners vs. Heritage Persian Learners in the Classroom”, The 16th Annual conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), Chicago,
April 2013.
“Exploring LinguisticCharacteristics of Heritage Persian Speakers”, The 6th Research Institute of the National Heritage Languages Resource Center (NHLRC): From Overhearers to High Proficiency Speakers: Advancing Heritage Learners’ Skills, UCLA. June 18-22, 2012.
“Fee-like Constructions and Intentionality in Persian”. The 3rd International Conference on Iranian Linguistics (ICIL). Sorbonne University, Paris III. Sept 11-13, 2009.
“Do Heritage Persian Students Belong to the Advanced Level?” Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference. Panel organized by the American Association of Teachers of Persian Washington D.C. Nov. 22-24, 2008.
“Teaching Persian to Persian Speakers”. The 7th Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies. University of Toronto, Canada. July 31-Aug 3, 2008.
“Super High and Low Applicatives in Persian”, The 2nd International Conference on Iranian Linguistics. University of Hamburg, Germany. Aug 17-19, 2007.
“A Survey of Animacy in Persian Grammar Books”. Traditions in Persian Linguistics and Literature, Leiden University, Netherlands. July 5-6, 2007.
“Parlez Ustéd Urdu? Heritage Languages at Portland State University”. Co-presented at Cultures and Languages across the Curriculum (CLAC). Portland State University. Oct. 11-13 2006.
“Impersonal Constructions in Persian: How impersonal are they?” 6th Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, England. Aug 2-5 2006.
“Complex predicates and Psychological verbs in Persian” Poster session at the 11th Biennial Linguistics Symposium: Inter-theoretical Approaches to Complex Verb Constructions. Rice University, Houston. May 17-19, 2006.
“Subjecthood and Agenthood in Persian”. First International Conference on Aspects of Iranian Linguistics. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. June 17-19, 2005.
“Double Subject Constructions in Persian”. Canadian Linguistics Association Conference. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. May 29-June 1, 2005.
“Subject-Predicate Restrictions in Persian”. Pioneer Workshop on Differential Subject Marking, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. July 8-9 2004.
Animacy: The Overlooked Feature in Persian. Canadian Linguistics Association Conference. Winnipeg, Canada, May 29-June 1, 2004.
“Subject-verb Agreement in Persian”. 5th Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies. Bethesda, Maryland, May 28- 30, 2004.
“Morphological Representation of Animacy in Persian”. Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto Phonology Workshop. University of Ottawa, Canada. Feb 6-8 2004.
Chair at Conferences
Using Culture and Technology in Persian Language Instruction, the 11th biennial Conference of Association for Iranian Studies, University of Irvine, August 2018.
Persian and Iranian Linguistics, the 11th biennial Conference of Association for Iranian Studies, University of Irvine, August 2018.
The Oxford Handbook of Persian Linguistics, the 11th biennial Conference of Association for Iranian Studies, University of Irvine, August 2018.
Research on Persian Language Pedagogy, the 10th biennial Conference of International Society for Iranian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, August 2016.
The Current State of Persian Instruction at Colleges and Universities, the 10th biennial Conference of International Society for Iranian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, August 2016.
The Oxford Handbook of Persian Linguistics, the 10th biennial Conference of International Society for Iranian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, August 2016.
Teaching Culture through Film in the LCTL’s Classroom, the 19th annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Atlanta, April 2016.
Online Reading/Listening Learning Modules in Seven LCTLs: Integration of Regional Content for Advanced and Superior Levels, the 19th annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Atlanta, April 2016.
The Study of Methods of Persian Language Teaching in the US Universities, the 19th annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Atlanta, April 2016.
Learning a Foreign Language as “Strategy”: Learners’ Motivation and Attitudes toward the “Strategic” Language Persian, the 18th annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Washington D.C, April, 2015.
Enabling Acquisition and Sustainment of Student Heritage Language through Adequate Teacher Training, the 18th Annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Washington D.C, April, 2015.