I try to inspire each student to be a stakeholder in the success of the entire class, motivated to excel as an individual and a community of critical researchers.
Kamran Afary is a dedicated teacher who brings a breadth of interdisciplinary knowledge and years of experience in journalism, community activism and drama therapy to his students. He has taught more than 20 different courses in rhetoric, cultural studies and performance theory during the past decade.
He is the author of the book, Performance and Activism: Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992. His research documents the emergence of grassroots social justice movements and development of intersectional identities in the context of a changing political economy.
Afary received an Associated Press award for “Best Radio Documentary Feature” and served for many years as a public affairs reporter for Pacifica Radio, KPFK.