Mehrsa Baradaran,An  Iranian-American law professor & author

Mehrsa Baradaran (born April 3, 1978) is an Iranian-American law professor specializing in banking law at the University of California, Irvine. Baradaran is a noted proponent of postal banking to expand financial services to underserved communities Baradaran has also stated that postal banking will not be enough to close the racial wealth gap and more recently, has proposed the necessity…

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Asef Bayat ,An Iranian-American scholar

Asef Bayat (Persian: آصف بیات) is an Iranian-American scholar. He is currently the Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies, Sociology, and Middle Eastern studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was previously a Professor of Sociology and Middle Eastern studies and held the Chair of Society and Culture of…

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