She is a core faculty member of the Culture and Theory PhD program and the working group in African and Middle Eastern studies. She is an affiliated faculty member of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, Religious Studies, and the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies. She is also on the editorial board of the Journal for Media Sociology. Her film, Plastic Flowers Never Die, was an official selection of over half a dozen film festivals. Her current projects include a book about artistic production by Iranians inside and outside of Iran since the revolution and a sound installation regarding the power of war images.