Education

• 2007-2012: PhD in Applied Linguistics, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
  PhD Dissertation: On the Role of L1 Markedness and L2 Input Robustness in Determining Potentially Fossilizable Language Forms in Iranian EFL Learners’ Writings
• 2001-2003: M.A. in TEFL, The University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  MA Thesis: Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution: A Case L2 Learners
• 1998-2003: B.A. in Translation Studies, Ghaemshahr Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran

Professional Experience

• 2015-Now    Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
  Assistant Professor
• 2013-2015    Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
  Visiting Lecturer                                             
• 2012-2015    SAMT, Tehran, Iran
  Assistant Professor                                
• 2005-2006  Portland State University, Oregon, The United States of America
  Visiting Scholar