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Solaiman Fazel

CURRICULUM VITAE

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Bloomington, IN 47401 Cell: 812-***-****

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Anthropology (Sociocultural). Indiana University, Bloomington May 5, 2017 Minor: Department of Central Eurasian Studies (Iranian Studies) M.A. History. California State University, Fullerton B.A. (Double) Middle Eastern & Environmental Studies. University of California, Santa Barbara LANGUAGES

Farsi/Dari (fluent), Classical Persian (fluent), Tajiki (spoken), and Arabic (reading)

Native language capability in speaking, reading, and writing Dari and Farsi.

Five years of experience in teaching foreign language with focus on translation, grammar, comprehension, and intonation.

Five years of experience in using films, songs, news articles, broadcasts, short stories, and social media to support language-teaching objectives.

Experience in creating rubrics to assess student performance.

Experience in using appropriate language fonts, keyboards, and training software

Assist individual students in development of conversational proficiency, listening comprehension, analyzing, and understanding Farsi.

Experience is using blended methodologies and flipped classroom

Conducting fieldwork and archival research in Farsi and Dari TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Sole Instructor: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 Globalization, Development, Conflict Spring 2017

Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East Fall 2016

(cross-listed, Modern History of the Middle East, 1798-Present) Modern Iran and Afghanistan Spring 2016

Persian Language Summer 2010-Summer 2015

Associate Instructor: Language and Society Spring 2013 & Fall 2015 Ecology and Society Fall 2012

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TEACHING TRAINING

“Preparing Future Faculty Conference,” 22nd Annual Conference, Indiana University Feb 2017

“Joy of Teaching” Indiana University South Bend Dec 2016

“New Faculty Orientation” Indiana University South Bend Aug 2016 Learner Centered Syllabus, Backward Design of Courses, Better Grading with Rubrics, Active Learning and Student Engagement, Expectations and Evaluations

“Innovative Technologies for Advanced Language and Cultural Learning” Flagship Teacher Training, University of Arizona May 2015

Vocabulary and phonology acquisition in the student-centered class Reading comprehension lesson plan

Quizlet and Scribe Zone (Transcription Tool)

“Bridging Traditional Divides: Reimagining your Role in Academic Life” Annual Future Faculty Teaching Conference, Indiana University Jan 2015

“How Hip is your Teaching?” Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), Indiana University Sept 2014

“The OPI Assessment Workshop” American Council Teaching Foreign Languages Arizona State University. Apr 2014

Course documentation

Foreign language classroom assessment

“Internship: Teaching Anthropology” Department of Anthropology Fall 2012 AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship Indiana University 2016-2017 Associate Instructor (AI) Finalist, Dept. of Anthropology 2015, 2017 Stanford University Honorarium Payment, Afghanistan in the Modern World 2016 Islamic Studies Program Travel Grant 2015

Indiana University Summer Language Newsletter, The Polyglot 2014 David C. Skomp Dissertation Research Fellowship 2013 Social Science Research Council Dissertation Development 2012 History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta (Theta Pi Chapter) 2008 MANUSCRIPTS

Journal Articles

“The Tenor of Soviet-Afghanistan Relations, 1919-1953,” Central Asian Survey Summer 2017 3

“Foundations of Conservatism in Afghanistan, 1929-1933,” Iranian Studies Summer 2017

“Who are the Qizilbash of Kabul?,” Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies Summer 2017 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Book Reviews

“A Practical Guide to Oral History” Anthropology Book Forum May 2017

“Globalization and the Hajj Pilgrimage” Anthropology Book Forum Nov 2015

“A Global Middle East: Mobility, Materiality, and Culture in the Modern Age, 1880-1940” British Society for Middle Eastern Studies May 2015 Elected Position

Vice President of Communication, Anthropology Graduate Student Association 2014-2015 Graduate Assistant

Islamic Studies Program 2014-2015

Center on American & Global Securities 2010-2011

Department of Central Eurasian Studies 2009-2010

Community Engagement

“Thinking about Graduate School in the Field of Anthropology” Undergraduate Roundtable, Indiana University South Bend Oct 2016

“The War in Yemen is Political and Ecological: Forget Sunnism and Shiism” Informed Comments: Thoughts on the Middle East History and Religion (Op-ed) Apr 2015

“Lynching Farkhunda” Rebirth of Gender Equality and Accountability in Afghanistan Informed Comments: Thoughts on the Middle East History and Religion (Op-ed) Mar 2015

“Brief History of U.S. – Iran Relations” Lawrence North High School, Bloomington Dec 2011

“Social Problem in Post-Taliban Kabul” Ariana International Television, Irvine CA Apr 2010

“Brief Survey of Afghanistan: History, Politics, and Culture” International Studies Center, Indiana University Mar 2010

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