Ryan Nazari is a researcher focusing on language and culture in the Middle East. He plans to begin his PhD this autumn, building on his MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford, where he specialized in modern Persian literary history. Previously, he taught university-level English in Yerevan, Armenia, as a U.S. Fulbright scholar. He is passionate about fostering cross-cultural understandings through teaching, research, and writing.