Abdy Javadzadeh SW 28 st phone: (305) Miramar, FL 33027

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1 Abdy Javadzadeh mailing address: SW 28 st phone: (305) Miramar, FL EDUCATION Florida International University, Ph.D. in Sociology (2007) Florida Atlantic University, MA in sociology (1999) Florida Atlantic University, BA in sociology (1994) Miami Dade College, AA in Architecture (1987) RESEARCH INTERESTS Comparative criminal justice, Sharia Law and civil law; Sharia law and Islamic Criminal Justice, Middle East and the Western influence in the region; Middle Eastern cultures in relation to deviant behavior, and social deviancy issues in relation to Sharia Law. Academic advising and counseling at the graduate level in the fields of criminal justice and sociology. Helping students find their areas of specialization in their academic studies at the Masters and Ph.D. level. Research Experience Longitudinal Interview with a life-long criminal in Iran and his punishment under Sharia law ( ) The Culture of Suicide Bombing (2007), Interviews with registered martyrs in Tehran Society, Religion, and Terrorism ( ), research and study on secular and religious terrorism Shanty Towns in Tehran ( ), Interview with 127 families in outskirts of Tehran. Marxists becoming Muslims ( ), on Marxists converting to Islam during the 1979 Revolution in Iran Human Trafficking: A Study on Labor Human Trafficking in South Florida Global Minimum Wage: Globalization and an International Living Wage ACADEMICS: Fellow, at Honors College, Florida International Univ. (Miami) Academic Advisor of Board of Directors, Miami Workers Center (Miami) Abdy Javadzadeh 1

2 Board of Directors, American International University (Miami) President, Iranian Cultural Society Research Adviser, PACT TEACHING EXPERIENCE January, 2000 to 2013 Graduate Courses Issues and Problems in Criminal Justice (St. Thomas Univ.) Comparative Criminal Justice (St. Thomas Univ.) Social Justice and the City (Florida Int l Univ.) Society, Religion, and Terrorism: Honors College, Florida International University Sociological Theory, classical and contemporary sociological theory (Florida Int. U) Undergraduate Courses since Jan Criminology Crime in South Florida Race, Class, and Crime Victimology Introduction to Criminal Justice Theories of Criminal Justice Basic Ideas in Criminal Justice Drugs and Alcohol and Social Problems Crime in South Florida Conflict Resolution; a study of social and legal conflict Criminology, Race, Gender and Class in criminal justice Sociology of Terrorism Terrorism, Religion, and Society Social Conflict; a structural conflict between labor and capital Labor Studies: History of Workers in the US Political Sociology, the social construction of political power and its consequences Social Inequality; Inequality in class, race, and gender Social Deviancy, theories and approaches to social deviancy Sociological Theories, study of social theory from Comte to Baudrillard Ethnic Minorities, a study of race and ethnicity in America Social Inequality, a study of inequality in gender, class and race and international politics Comparative Sociology, the social construction of production, labor and consumerism in five distinct countries Sociology of Sexuality, discourse on American sexual crisis, from abstinence to pluralism Abdy Javadzadeh 2

3 Basic Ideas in Sociology, a reader course on modern, postmodern, and prominent views in sociology Sociology of Family and Relationships, contemporary and traditional family relationships Self-Designed Courses in Specialty Areas -Race and Crime -Race, Class, and Gender in the American Criminal Justice System -Criminology in the Middle East under Sharia Law -Sociology of Terrorism: Social causes, theories and history of terrorism -Transition of Chinese Society: From Socialism to Capitalism -Sociology of Abrahamic Religions: origins, similarities and differences of Abrahamic religions -Globalization and Inequality: a thorough look at globalization related to class, gender, and racial inequality in the developing world -Terrorism Through Film: A study of terrorism and state terrorism through independent documentaries and Hollywood -Criminology through Film -Crime and Inequality TEACHING INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE Criminal Justice and Sharia Law The Function of Hybrid Sharia and Civil Law Application of Critical Constructionism to Crime and Criminal Justice Criminal Justice and Poverty International Criminal Justice Sociology of Terrorism Sociology of Sexuality, through Abrahamic religions Sharia Law and Islamic Justice Sociology of the Middle East, the Opposing Forces of Modernity and Islam PUBLICATIONS, Books The Life of a Criminal Under Sharia Law Iranian and Egyptian Revolutions: A Comparative Study Pyrrhic Defeat and American Foreign Policy in the Middle East Feb Arab Spring: A secular Beginning with an Islamist End Terrorism in the Age of Postmodernism June, 2011 Iranian Irony: Marxists becoming Muslims, Dorrance Publishing. Jan Abdy Javadzadeh 3

4 Publications- Articles Secular Movements in the Middle East: Green Movement to Arab Spring Law and Social Change in South Africa Pyrrhic Defeat and American Foreign Policy in the Middle East Feb The Return of Grand Theory: Postmodernism and Suicide Bombing July 2011 Pyrrhic Defeat Theory: American Foreign Policy in the Middle East Sep Globalization and Inequality Peoples Journal, Florida Nov International Univ. Dept. of Sociology, vol. 3, pp Safer to be Transsexual than Homosexual: Interview with an Iranian Sept Filmmaker Social Tides, vol. 1, pp PRESENTATIONS- CONFERENCE PAPERS Global Minimum Wage: Is it a Possibility? Sep The New Era for Iran through Rowhani s Presidency Feb Secularism in the Middle East: From Iranian Green Movement to Arab Spring Mar Iranian and Egyptian Revolutions: A Comparative Study Mar Neoliberalism in Iran Apr Law and Social Change in South Africa Nov Islam and the Arab Spring June 2012 War Making and State Making: The State of Israel and Its Dependence on War Aug The Sociopolitical Roots of Terrorism Sep Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. after Obama s Election Sep Postmodernism and Suicide Bombing Apr Pyrrhic Defeat: The Failure of American Foreign Policy in the Middle East Nov Abdy Javadzadeh 4

5 Suicide Bombers: The Social Construct of Religion and Culture Apr of Suicide Bombing, Annual Meeting of MPSA(Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. Marxists becoming Muslims During the 1979 Revolution in Iran, Aug ASA Annual Meeting, Chicago Iranian Revolution: Back to the Islamic State, Annual Meeting of Nov Unban Sociology Conference, Manchester, England PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS Labor Laws and the State in Iran Feb Crime in Iran Under Sharia Law Dec Global Economic Crisis and the Middle East June, 2012 Arab Spring and Islamist Leadership Mar Iran and Democracy During the Pahlavi Dynasty Feb Egypt and Revolution Sep Current Situation between Palestine and Israel Feb Egypt and Its Future Feb American Foreign Policy in the Middle East Mar Haiti after the Earth Quake: The Problem of Reconstruction Jan Iran after the June elections Nov Women and Sharia Law in Iran Oct The Importance of Social and Political Activism, Panel Discussion Apr and Workshops, Florida International Univ., Miami U.S. Foreign Policy and the War in Iraq, Panel Discussion by Apr The Culture and History of Suicide Bombing since Sicarii, Thugs Feb and Assassins, Florida International Univ., Miami Human Rights in the Middle East and the War in Iraq, United Nations Mar Human Rights Panel, Miami Abdy Javadzadeh 5

6 A History of Islam since Mohammad, Panel by the Miami Workers Feb Center, Miami PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP American Sociological Association American Anthropological Association ACLU Amnesty International Midwestern Political Science Association International Studies Association American Society of Criminology LANGUAGE ABILITIES Advanced reading, writing, and speaking skills in English and Persian Reading and speaking abilities in Arabic and Spanish REFERENCES Dr. Gary Feinberg, Chair of Social Science College and Professor of Sociology/Criminal Justice St. Thomas University (305) Joanette Brookes, Dept. Director, Global and Sociocultural Studies Florida International University (305) Dr. George Primov, Asst. Chair, Dept. of Sociology University of Miami (305) Dr. Barry Levine, Founding Professor Emeritus of Sociology/Anthropology Florida International University (305) Abdy Javadzadeh 6