Biography
According to Mahmoudi,she was born in Iran,and moved to Utah in the United States when she was ten years old. [4] She attended the University of Utah,where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a Masters in Educational Psychology. She then completed a PhD in sociology,also at the University of Utah. [5]
Early in her academic career,she served as vice-president and dean at Mount Olivet College. [1] She then taught sociology and served as dean at the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern Illinois University. [1] In 2001,she began working at the Research Department at the Bahá’íWorld Centre in Haifa,Israel. She remained in this role until 2012,when she joined the faculty at the University of Maryland. [6] She was appointed to the Baha'i Chair for World Peace,an endowed chair established in 1993. [5] [2]
One significant focus of her research has been systemic racism. She co-edited a volume entitled Systemic Racism in America:Sociological Theory,Educational Inequality and Social Change,which was published in 2022. [7] Among other topics,she has written on the movement for women's rights in Iran. [8]
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