About: Pardis Mahdavi

Pardis Mahdavi is an American scholar and the Provost and Executive Vice President of the University of Montana. Previously, she served as Dean of Social Sciences at Arizona State University. Previously she was Acting Dean of Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. Prior to that, she served as Dean of Women, and Chair and professor of anthropology at Pomona College. Mahdavi received her BA in diplomacy and world affairs from Occidental College; an MA in anthropology from Columbia University; an MIA (Master of International Affairs) from Columbia University; and a PhD in sociomedical sciences and anthropology from Columbia University. She has been a fellow at the American Council of Learned Societies, the Social Science Research Council, the Woodrow Wilson