Pardis Mahdavi

Pardis Mahdavi, PhD, is the president of the University of La Verne in La Verne, California, USA. She is a nonfiction writer with more than 20 years of experience as an anthropologist, public health researcher, and expert in sexual politics across the globe. She is the author of six books, including, most recently, Hyphen, as well as the first book on sexual politics of modern Iran, Passionate Uprisings: Iran's Sexual Revolution.