She received a BA in Sociology from the University of Tehran, followed by a M.A. in Sociology from the same university. She received a PhD in Sociology from Université de Montréal in 1990, with a thesis "La pluralité des rapports sociaux : similarité et différence: le cas des Iraniennes et des Iraniens au Québec" She then engaged in postdoctoral studies at the University of California at Berkeley. Before coming to Berkeley, she was a Professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at San Francisco State University] from 1996 to 2006, during which time she served as Chair of the department from 2001 to 2006.
Publications
Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Cultural Politics of Patriarchy in Iran, University of California Press, 2005, According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1157 libraries
*Review, by Azadeh Kian-Thiebaut The Middle East journal. 60, no. 2, : 383
*Review, by M Derayeh, The American journal of Islamic social sciences. 25, no. 2, : 126-127
*Review, by N C Moruzzi International Journal of Middle East Studies, 39, no. 1, : 128-130
*Review, by N Gerodetti, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 28, Part 2 : 245-246
*Review, by Roksana Bahramitash, Iranian Studies, v39 n4 : 597-600
*Review, by Mitra Rastegar, The Arab Studies Journal, v13/14 n2/1 : 182-185
co-editor of Between Woman and Nation: Nationalisms, Transnational Feminisms and The State], Duke University Press, 1999 According to WorldCat, the book is held in 440 libraries
*Review, by Natalia Gerodetti, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, v28 n2 : 245-247
Krooth, Richard, and Minoo Moallem. The Middle East: A Geopolitical Study of the Region in the New Global Era. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, 1995.
guest editor of a special issue of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East] on Iranian Immigrants, Exiles and Refugees. She is also the author of numerous book chapters and articles.
She has published articles in feminist journals including Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Feminist Studies, Meridians: feminism, race, and transnationalism, Nimeye Digar, Documentation Sur La Recherche Feministe, "The Scholar $ Feminist Online" and Journal of Feminist Studies of Religion. Her digital project, "Nation-on-the Move" was published in Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular'' (Special issue on Difference.
