Robert Asaadi, Ph.D.
Full-time faculty, Political Science
Internationalization Steering Committee, Chair
West Coast Model European Union, Faculty Adviser
Education
Ph.D. Political Science, University of Minnesota (2016)
M.A. Political Science, University of Minnesota (2012)
B.S. Political Science, University of Iowa (2008)
Selected Work
Book. Postrevolutionary Iran: The Leader, the People, and the Three Powers. Joseph C. Parry, Ed. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. April 2021. Reissued in paperback, August 2022.
Book review. Hidden Liberalism: Burdened Visions of Progress in Modern Iran. Hussein Banai. Cambridge University Press: 2020. Political Science Quarterly, Summer 2022.
Public lecture. “Iran at a Crossroads,” World Oregon, Great Decisions 2023 Lecture Series, Portland, OR. March 2023.
Research presentation. Postrevolutionary Iran: The Leader, the People, and the Three Powers, Iran1400Project, Spotlighting an Author Series session. January 2023.
Research paper and presentation. Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha Graduate Institute, International Winter School 2023, “Political Culture, Crisis, and Attitudinal Change in Contemporary Iran,” Doha, Qatar. January 2023.
Research paper and presentation. “Russia’s Relations with Iran and Syria After the Invasion of Ukraine: Bilateral and Regional Consequences,” International Studies Association – West Annual Conference 2022, Pasadena, CA. September 2022.
Print interview. “Perspective in Context: World order is fundamentally defined by the principle of international anarchy” Iran Daily (Tehran), Mohammad Memarian, Editor-in-Chief. July 2022.
Print interview. “Canceled wrestling bout highlights Iran-US issues” Asia Times (Hong Kong), Article by Kourosh Ziabari. February 2022.
Television interview. “Scope with Waqar Rizvi” Indus News (English language broadcaster in Pakistan), Segment Producer Zeshan Khalid. July 2021.
Podcast interview. “Postrevolutionary Iran,” Dispatch 7. Global Affairs podcast. Hosted by Professor Shawn Smallman, Portland State University. May 2021.
Television interview. “Scope with Waqar Rizvi” Indus News (English language broadcaster in Pakistan), Segment Producer Mahnoor Feroz. May 2021.
Public lecture. “Persian Gulf Security” World Oregon, Great Decisions 2021 Lecture Series, Portland, OR. February 2021.
Public lecture. “Social Movements in Iran: Lessons for Activism” TEDxPortlandStateUniversity, Invited Speaker, 2020 theme: Our Time Is Now. September 2020.
Research paper and presentation. “Iranian Domestic Politics after the U.S. Withdrawal from the Nuclear Deal,” International Studies Association – West Annual Conference 2019, Pasadena, CA, Winner of Best Faculty Paper Award. September 2019.
Research paper and presentation. “Reading the Iran Nuclear Deal alongside the U.S.-Cuba Thaw of 2015: Making, Taking, and Contesting Norms of Appropriateness,” Global South Caucus (GSCIS) of the International Studies Association, Havana Workshop, ‘Exploring the Local in International Relations’ Havana, Cuba. July 2017.
Television interview. “U.S. Foreign Policy toward Iran,” Ofogh channel (Iran state television), Segment Producer Mohammad Memarian. April 2017.
Research paper and presentation. “Rogue States and the Production of Order in Global Politics,”Decolonizing Epistemologies, Methodologies and Ethics: Postcolonial-Feminist Interventions, Frankfurt Research Center for Postcolonial Studies (FRCPS), Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. July 2015.
Research paper and presentation. “Rethinking Rogue Statehood: Iran and the Arab Spring,”Provost’s Global Forum 2015: The Arab Spring in a Global Context University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. May 2015.
Program Student, summer 2007, Russian Politics and Foreign Policy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Московского государственного института), Moscow, Russia.
Program Student, summer 2005, The History of World War II and the Holocaust, Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagielloński), Krakow, Poland.