Prof. Nader Saiedi

Prof. Nader Saiedi was born in Tehran, Iran. He holds a master’s degree in economics from Pahlavi University in Shiraz and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin. For over 25 years he was a professor of sociology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 2013, he became the Taslimi Foundation Professor of Bahá’í Studies in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. He is an author well known for his publication Gate of the Heart.