Roozbeh Shirazi

Roozbeh Shirazi is a postdoctoral fellow in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include the cultural production of schooling, the pedagogy of citizenship and national belonging, narratives of identity in the Iranian diaspora, and the politics of representations of youth in the Middle East. His work on education reform, youth citizenship, and masculinities in Jordan has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Comparative Education and the Journal of Peace Education. He has also coauthored manuscripts on issues of culture, language, and identity within the Iranian-American community. His current research examines how immigrant and transnational youth are positioned and participate in the construction of knowledge regarding national belonging and citizenship in the United States.