Saba Soomekh

Saba T. Soomekh^[1] (Persian: صبا سومخ) is an American professor and author.

Early life and education

Soomekh was born in

She attended Beverly Hills High School^[3] and received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998, her Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School in 2001, and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[2]

Teaching career

Saba Soomekh is the associate director of research at UCLA's Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies.^[6] She was previously a theological studies professor in the Religious Studies Department at California State University, Northridge and at Loyola Marymount University, where she also served as Interim Director of the Jewish Studies program.^[7]

Soomekh also teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles^[8] and previously taught at California State University, Fullerton, American Jewish University and Santa Monica College.

Writing career

Soomekh is the author of "From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture" published by State University of New York Press. The book won the 2013

External links

• Cal State Northridge biography