Faegheh Shirazi earned her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio in the field of Textiles and Clothing with a minor in Near Eastern/Middle Eastern Art History. One of her primary areas of interests is the subject of Material Culture and its influence on Gender identity and discourse in Muslim societies. Clothing, particularly the Islamic Veil (hijab) is the main focus of her research. She also studies issues of women, rituals and rites of passage as they relate to material culture. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles in diverse journals such as "Critique, Journal of the Critical Studies in The Middle East", "Journal of the International Association of Costume", "Ars Textrina", and "Material History Review Journal National Museum of Science and Technology". Her most recent scholarly work includes a recently published manuscript The Veil Unveiled: Hijab in Modern Culture. She is also a contributing author to "Religious Expression in Dress: Commitment and Conversion from A Cross-Cultural Perspective," Berg Publishers, Oxford: United Kingdom. Currently, she is the undergraduate advisor (since 1998) for the Dept. of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. She is a regular book review contributor for The Association for Middle East Women¹s Studies (AWMES) where she serves as an editorial member.