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HAMMED SHAHIDIAN is Honorary Research Fellow at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow (2001-2002). He teaches Sociology at the University of Illinois at Springfield, where he was honored with the University Scholar Award. He is also a research associate at the UIS Institute for Public Affairs. Focusing mainly on gender and political activism and Iranians in exile, Shahidian has published in Qualitative Sociology, Current Sociology, Sexualities, Sociological Inquiry, Feminist Studies, and elsewhere. He serves on the Editorial Board of Sexualities.

Blends social scientific theories about feminism, social movements, and culture with the specifics of the Iranian situation.