On this site, I’ve collected my published writing. Some of these publications were written for scholarly journals (Academic Articles), while others were written for online media sites (Journalistic Essays). I invite you to read and to contact me with any questions.
The banner image is from my painting “Forest Meditation.”
Most recent publications:
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Shoghi Effendi’s Call for Racial Justice
In The Advent of Divine Justice, Shoghi Effendi laid out a path for the U.S. and Canadian Baha’i communities to contribute to the transformation of their societies, as summarized in introduction to the Advent of Divine Justice. Addressing the United States in… Read more
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The Advent of Divine Justice: An Introduction
Baha’u’llah proclaimed to humanity that “these great oppressions that have befallen the world are preparing it for the advent of the Most Great Justice.”1 His teachings lay out a blueprint for establishing a just world civilization founded on international cooperation, and… Read more
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No Reclaimed Homeland: Thi Bui’s Postcolonial Historiography in The Best We Could Do
Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring 2020, pp. 44–65. Abstract: Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do, a graphic memoir centering on her family’s experience with war in Vietnam and with resettlement in the United… Read more
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Dissertation Video
In January 2020, I defended my doctoral dissertation, “Reframing Immigration through Religious Advocacy: Rhetoric, Cosmopolitanism, and the Divine.” I produced this video to explain the project to a general audience:
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A Persian Preacher’s Westward Migration: Táhirih’s Transnational Rhetoric, 1817–2015
Journal of Communication and Religion, vol. 42, no. 4, 2019, pp. 5–27. Abstract: During her brief life in the early nineteenth century, the Persian poet and theologian Táhirih advocated for a spiritual revolution. Authorities executed her for heresy in 1852.… Read more
