Roksana Alavi, Ph.D., is an associate professor of integrative studies for the OU College of Professional and Continuing Studies, as well as an affiliate faculty member of the OU philosophy and women and gender studies departments. Before teaching at OU, she was an assistant professor of philosophy at South Texas College.
She received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Kansas and a graduate certificate in women’s studies. Her research focuses on identity formation, race, gender, rights, stereotyping, and oppression in the field of social and political philosophy, as well as issues of human trafficking, both locally and globally. Read about her work in human trafficking. Her most recent work focuses on Iranian American identity.
She has taught online and on-campus courses for the college since 2011. She has developed and taught courses on ethics of leadership, women of the Middle East, and human trafficking.
Email Roksana - alavi@ou.edu
