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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Why Do the English Translations of the Baha’i Writings Use Elevated Language?
A few years ago, I was having a conversation with a renowned professor of communication arts. He posed this question to me: “Why do the English translations of Baha’i Writings use such elevated language? Does it pose an obstacle to… Read more
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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:
