Marjan Moosavi is the Roshan Lecturer in Persian Studies and Performing Arts and the Associate Director of the Roshan Initiative in Persian Digital Humanities at the University of Maryland, USA. An educator, digital curator and dramaturg, her digital and curatorial collaborations include two pioneering and transnational digital projects: Digital Guide to Theater of the Middle East and the Digital Photo Exhibit on the Middle Eastern Theatre. Her work, whether academic or artistic, examines the dynamics of theatre-making in Middle Eastern countries, and theatre’s intersection with gender, history, and politics. Her research has been published in venues including The Drama Review (TDR), New Theatre Quarterly, The Routledge Handbook of Persian Literary Translation, and The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy. She is a longstanding Regional Managing Editor for TheTheatreTimes.com.