Grant Farr is a Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Portland State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Professor Farr has written extensively on Iran and Afghanistan. He has live in both countries for extended periods and was a Professor of National Development and Sociology at Pahlavi University, in the Iranian city of Shiraz. He originally went to Afghanistan as a Peace Corps volunteer. More recently he has been working in Central Asia where he was the head of a two year project in Kyrgyzstan. He has received numerous grants and honors for his work in these countries and has been a consultant to the United Nations and the US Department of State on Middle East and Islamic affairs.
