Behjat Henderson
Lecturer
(716) 878-6116
Campus Address: Classroom Building B 218
politicalscience@buffalostate.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in American Studies, University at Buffalo, SUNY
M.A. in American Studies, University at Buffalo, SUNY
B.A. in Psychology, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Research Interests:
Analysis of media imaging of the Middle East, particularly in areas where politics and religion intersect; analysis of Iranian-directed films depicting cultural and political roles of urban and village women. Feminism in the non-western world.
Publications:
- "Iranian Women Filmmakers," (review article) Off Our Backs: the Feminist NewsJournal,
Vol. XXXV, April-March 2005. - "I Weep for My Sisters": Off Our Backs: the Feminist NewsJournal, Vol. XXIA, April 1991.
- "The Gulf War: America Wake Up": Common Ground Women's News Journal, March 19, 1991.
- "First Person Singular": Article co-authored with Patricia Donovan. Research, University at Buffalo,
Vol. 10:3, May-June 1990. - "The Effects of Modernization on the Roles of Iranian Women: Sex Roles in Changing Cultures, (based on paper delivered at American Anthropological Association Meeting, San Francisco, California)
Occasional Papers in Anthropology, University at Buffalo. April 1979. - "Modernization, Sexual Equality and Iranian Women": Imprint, Vol. II, No.3 Winter 1977-1978.
