Roxanne Rahnama
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IDEAL fellow @stanford . phd @nyupolitics . previously @tppmit & @ucberkeley . زن، زندگى، آزادى | jin - jiyan - azadi | women, life, freedom
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It will take a while to process the reality that I defended my dissertation
@NYUpolitics
yesterday. I am filled with endless gratitude to the best committee I could have asked for
@GManMac
Pat Egan
@cdsamii
@KimberleyNYC
&
@_amengel
- and thank you for entertaining this photo😆🧵
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one of my fav things to do when I’m home is explore the boxes of my mom’s photography of 70’s Iran; lots of her work focused on doc. poverty & workers rights in the poorer parts of Tehran & rural outskirts; really want to digitize her work & make a book, deserves to be shared 🎞
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Like many other Iranians, I have been glued to the news coming from the streets all around the country. And feeling to my core the sentiment of so many women that "this could have been me." The opening lines of my personal statement to NYU was exactly on this.
I have not lived
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One of my former students & RAs just emailed me a draft of her undergraduate honors thesis and in her email said "I'm sure that if you read it you'll be able to see some inspiration from your own work in it, so thank you for that as well :)" - and that just gives me so much joy
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Feels fitting to have my application to be a poll worker approved on
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay
, woot woot here we go
#votesaveamerica
civic duty priorities taking a front seat in how I’ll carve my limited free time in the coming month+
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It’s race day and I decided my shirt needed enhancement.
#زن_زندگی_آزادی For the brave sheerzan women and men putting their lives and bodies on the line day in and day out to fight for collective liberation
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I've started to take MIT's open-course documentary photography and photojournalism class in the evenings to try to keep building up this side passion and escape a bit from my research after the workday...and it seems I cannot escape
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Annnnnnd that’s an official wrap to PhD semester 3/pandemic PhD semester 2 🎉 going to go sit, do nothing, and enjoy staring at the beautiful bay 🌁
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🙌🏼 to a summer of morning runs and inching closer and closer from the bay bridge to the golden gate, missed you CA 🌁
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Global day of action, from Boston to Iran ✊🏼 #زن_زندگی_ازادی
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Wow someone actually contacted me asking if I could provide prints of my photography -- I never thought anyone would actually ask and I could cry a little of happiness :') What good motivational timing too, trying very hard to not let this creative side passion fade
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That first bite of one’s first bagel upon return to New York is truly so glorious
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Thank you so much to
@JawsPoliSci
for the opportunity to present my work yesterday and to
@JakeMGrumbach
for a very helpful discussion!!
We hope to see you in just 3 short hours for Race and Elite Rhetoric with
@RoxanneRahnama
and
@_thaWRIGHTway
!!
(We can all hear this gif, right?)
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I've gotta say, it is uplifting to receive an email like this - especially when I needed a little extra motivational push
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Here’s to hoping that next year’s
#ChaharShanbehSoori
will involve jumping over something bigger than a candle in my living room, but nonetheless here’s to some much needed spring-is-coming renewal, زردى من از تو ,سرخى تو از من 🔥
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Incredibly excited to be a part of this group!
The Identities & Ideologies (I&I) Project is a new group of social scientists at
@NYUniversity
who research identities, ideologies and their intersection. Check out our website!
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closing my eyes and transporting to another place with this
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omg
ChatGPT can convert Stata code into R code, and vice versa 🤯
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Papa bear snuck in on the left in the last one, ❤️ my parents, aspire to their coolness & amped to keep working on my own photography (obvi inspired by my mama)
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Was so grateful to have this incredibly helpful discussion with a brilliant group of scholars!
Our 2nd I&I graduate workshop is a wrap! Thx to
@MelissaVVega
@RoxanneRahnama
@giacomolem
for presenting research on the future of Latinos’ policy attitudes, Reconstruction-era mobilization to change education content, and legacies of WWII civilian violence in Italy, respectively
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incredibly proud of and always so inspired by
@nejlaasimovic
<3
From running around Sarajevo, mobilizing family to compensate participants in time (receipts of which I’m holding) and store owners who still look at me suspiciously, to receiving the Best Article award by
@apsa_itp
(alongside amazing
@j_a_tucker
@Jonathan_Nagler
@RichBonneauNYU
)
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Back home in California and of course the first thing awaiting me in my quarantine space is a nice big bowl of انار :’) tis the best season, Persian pomegranate obsession season
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Narges Mohammadi, 2023.
Shirin Ebadi, 2003.
20 years. The same problems.
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023
#NobelPeacePrize
to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.
#NobelPrize
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Mmm no better way to acclimate straight back into New York after almost 3 months away than to trudge through the chaos of Penn station with two heavy suitcases in 84 degree heat 🤪 Hello again east coast
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goodness I can’t wait to go sit in a coffee shop all day
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I love having a next door neighbor who is so talented at playing the piano, like having a free concert through the wall everyday
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goodness how I will strive in life to have the courage and sheerzani of 14 year old Iranian teenage girls
A girls' school in Iran brought a member of the IRGC-run Basij paramilitary to speak to students. The girls welcomed the speaker by taking off their headscarves & chanting "get lost, Basiji".
Teenage girls have been at the forefront of protests for days.
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it's so beautiful, waiting 4 years for this
AP calls it on a Saturday and everyone gets to enjoy this day with open streets.
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The optimistic side of me hopes all of this is creating a *lasting* global shock in altruism, compassion, and empathy
#StayHomeSaveLives
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Maybe it’s because I don’t want to work, but wow spring cleaning is giving me so much satisfaction and joy right now 🌷
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(Thread) The new Chetty et al paper in Nature is fascinating. It also raises several important follow-up questions. Specifically, in these zip-codes with high economic-connectedness between high and low-SES people and greater upward income mobility (as compared to those with
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(1/2) September is childhood cancer awareness month and I'm joining my sister - a pediatric physician at Johns Hopkins whose research focuses on acute myeloid leukemia - in running & fundraising for childhood cancer research. If you are interested in donating or joining my team
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Really NYT? This is chosen headline & article title? Rather than reporting *at all* on the mass mobilization of the Iranian diaspora in over 150 cities on Saturday or the brutal abduction & attack on university students yesterday - which is referenced, but is not front & center?!
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday accused the U.S. and Israel of stirring up the unrest in his country and voiced support for the crackdown on protesters, suggesting authorities are prepared to double down.
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This 1+ hour concert by Sofiane Pamart
is one of the most beautiful things I have stumbled upon this week, in case anyone else can use this boost too
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Home sweet California, where I will eat my weight in pomegranate ❤️ Happy yalda/winter solstice ❄️
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Such an interesting talk and exciting research agenda!!
I had a fantastic time presenting my work to the
@identities_nyu
group. A huge thanks to
@GManMac
, Pat Egan,
@RoxanneRahnama
, and attendees for creating such a generative and constructive experience.
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is there a word for the annual (or evermore frequent) anxiety of being away from home & watching your state & counties in your area go up in flames & smoke & wondering if this is the year it may inch yet a little closer to your house?
#CaliforniaFires
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this was actually a very meaningful move from NYU to send a more personal outreach email to students specifically from affected states, struck a really sincerely caring chord. just can't even anymore with the 2020 anxiety
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Magritte is one of my favorites and this mask is amazing and clever and I want it; truly carries some extra meaning these days 😷
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Applied Econometrics and Public Policy was one of the best, hardest, and most rewarding classes I took as an undergrad in Berkeley, and what an amazing privilege it was to be taught it by Professor Card. It's a great day for the discipline (and
#gobears
) :)
Congratulations to David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens on the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics!
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oof good article.
“My budget was almost a billion dollars. But the money comes with such confined requirements that it’s almost impossible to spend. If you give me a billion dollars and the ability to spend it, it would be a different story.”
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okay wow so much to process but just finished watching
@MichaelaCoel
's I May Destroy You and it is probably one of the best shows of this year - thank you
@caro_whitetower
for putting it on my radar, a deeply painful but profoundly important show along numerous dimensions
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Okay this is some nice levity
The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out.
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Useful resource for American students asking what to do to help our international classmates
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just walked past this on the TV in our department lobby...wow.
a good moment to highlight this important and ever increasingly timely work forthcoming in the
@The_JOP
by
@a_rozenas
and
@anastvlasenko
, showing the reverse of this:
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ok cannot stop laughing/crying
A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter
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this tragedy hits close to home - the Palestinian family massacred by Israeli airstrikes was the extended family of my very close friends' friend. Hurting for them, for the diaspora & for Palestinians living under fear of targeted strikes & constant state-backed settler violence
In a matter of hours, the IDF killed four generations of one Palestinian family in Gaza — the oldest was 90, the youngest was 6 months.
The outright massacre in Palestine is a human right catastrophe, one that we must immediately stop funding.
@POTUS
, the world is watching.
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meeting a hero. I still have saved a Google chat with my sister after I met him recounting the experience - one which remains so vivid in my memory. Thank you, Dr. Farmer for everything you have done in your lifetime - one that has been cut too short. May you rest in peace.
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The biggest congratulations to Dr. Motolinia!!!!!
@LuciaMotoliniaC
🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations
@LuciaMotoliniaC
of
@NYUpolitics
for defending an outstanding dissertation: “Trading Pork for Unity: How Parties Respond to Electoral Reforms in Party-Centered Systems”. We’re so proud & can’t wait for the book!
@pquerubo
@GManMac
@stasavage
@arthur_spirling
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In all seriousness, I could not have asked for a better set of mentors to guide and advise me throughout this journey and it has been an immense privilege to absorb their knowledge, expertise, and wisdom over the years. I just hope to emulate them & pay it forward in the future.
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oh me oh my....I guess classroom camping is a fun way to set it up?
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@hakeemjefferson
Will the recording be posted somewhere? I had to leave after 1 hour and am so keen to listen to the remaining 30 minutes! Thank you so much for organizing such an important and fantastic panel
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Will be interesting to see how this develops…lots of research questions embedded in this
California Tries to Close the Gap in Math, but Sets Off a Backlash
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<3 anyone who hasn't already really should watch the first season of Ted Lasso, truly one of the best shows of this year
Jason Sudeikis actually being like Ted Lasso is refreshing.
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زن، زندگی، آزادی.
Women, life, freedom. May these words continue to echo loudly throughout cities, across borders, no matter the censorship and suppression of internet freedom and access. And may those of us in and outside of the diaspora who can keep elevating news of the
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amazing
@massimo_pulejo
!!
Today has been a special day for me. As someone who believes in the importance of connecting research to policymaking, it was a honor to present my work w/
@pquerubo
on politicians' salaries, procurement, and mafia violence to the Antimafia Commission of the Italian Parliament.
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this rendition of Bella Ciao by sisters Behin and Samin Bolouri has been circulating widely & I haven't been able to find translations of it online. So I made a best (unprofessional) attempt to translate the true poetry that is their lyrics & message (s/o to
@HejirK
for help).
Persian version of the 19th century Italian protest folk song, Bella Ciao.
#MahsaAmini
#IranProtests
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Goodness, German is so rich: Herrschaftswissen - "knowledge that gives one power over others"
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I can't stop going down this deep rabbit hole of reading Pierre Bourdieu
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Yeahhhh keep the UC Berkeley representation in the Biden admin coming,
#gobears
once again and especially
#goberkeleywomen
Just so pleased!
@UCBerkeley
's
@JenGranholm
is
@Biden
pick for
@Energy
, signaling shift to green policies
"She is incredibly inspirational, and that will be needed"
@joegarofoli
@sfchronicle
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Even *younger* students, in high schools, are further mobilizing - this is a level we haven't seen. These schools girls in Karaj are chasing this principal / education official out of the building
School girls in Karaj, Iran chasing their principal out of the building.
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goodness how I love the feeling of reading a book that 🤯 one’s mind
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“The repression today, especially against women, is at an all-time high because the state is terrified of young women and their demands for change.”
#مهسا_امینی
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It is hard to fathom that Paul Farmer has passed away. I first learned about Dr. Farmer when I visited my sister for the first time at Mount Sinai, where she was studying medicine. One of her friends, who pivoted into medicine a bit later than most told me that reading the book
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the chaotic rhythm and pulse of weirdness and joy of strangers and friends in Washington square park on a sunny day never gots old to watch
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@Venmo
also freezes payments & sometimes accounts for at least 48 hours if you say anything with the words Persian / Iranian - like “Persian food” or “Iran earthquake relief.” This, below, is just next level ridiculous....
I heard Venmo was blocking transactions for Palestinian causes. So I tested it out. Tried to send a friend $80 for “Palestinian relief funds.” A pop-up said connection with my bank was lost. I changed it to “phone”: $ went ok. Tried it again with $20: blocked!
#deletevenmo
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I'm so appreciative of the brilliant community at Wilf & to have been surrounded by incredible companions and scholars within and across PhD cohorts & to learn from amazing faculty. I'm so excited for the next step in my journey, but I'm truly going to miss them and NYC dearly!!
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Are the protests in Iran just doomed to flare and then be crushed?
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This photo 💔
A user from
#Iran
(
@odmilov1
) shares a picture of his uncle's funeral. He lost his life to the
#CoronaVirus
. The relatives are performing the last prayer (نماز م��ّت) in front of the ambulance carrying the body. Socially distant, they stood under the rain "crying on their own."
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and I hope more (really, all) cities follow NYC's footsteps and ban the term "alien" from official documents.
New paper by economist
@MNDjourel
showing with rigorous evidence how language can matter:
When the Associated Press stopped using the term "illegal immigrant", there was a causal effect on readers' views on immigration policy.
ht
@ellliottt
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wow, rest in peace to Shajarian, one of the most legendary Iranian singers. I always love to revisit this video of his rendition of Morghe Sahar performed in Iran, one of the most famous political songs that always gives me goosebumps. In his honor:
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It’s time to start taking the immense mental health crisis - among graduate students, professors, and society at large - very seriously and talk about it openly. Rest In Peace to a giant. This is so devastating.
Devastated to hear that Alan Krueger’s death was a suicide. What a sad and powerful reminder that mental ill-health can affect anyone and objective measures of success often have little to do with subjective perceptions and mental health.
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Wanted to take a few days to turn my brain off from thinking about my MA paper (relating to monuments/symbolic politics) and enjoy some of the novels I’ve been reading for fun before heading back to NY.....and I still can’t get away from monuments 🤷🏻♀️ 💆🏻♀️
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:')
Italian father says he wants to to a cafe despite the family’s warning and then... 😄 ☕️ 🇮🇹
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@aliaelkattan
ahhh thank you so much
@aliaelkattan
! a sample of my photos are on my website but I'm trying to also start posting a bit more often on my IG too
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Totally in tears listening to this. The start of the song is the audio of Nika Shakarami, a 16yr-old girl who was brutally battered & killed by govt security forces, singing a famous love song, and this artist rewrote the lyrics to reflect this moment
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Timely and interesting read - lot of the content discussing the role of pensions in postwar memory construction in particular was quite fascinating
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go bears foreva
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In the spirit of national poetry month - and all of the challenging months of this past year - , the poetry of Farsi as a language:
When a Persian speaker persists through intense emotional pain, they say, 'sūkhtam o sākhtam,' literally meaning: 'I burned and built.' 'To build' means surviving and moving on.
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