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Nazanin Najdmofarrah

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Nazanin Najdmofarrah

University Fellow

najdmofarrah.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Art Education and Social Justice
  • Human Rights and Gender Equality in Art Pedagogy
  • Cross-Cultural Art Education
  • Empowerment and Resistance Through Art
  • Art and Education as a Tool for Awareness and Social Change
  • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Visual Arts
  • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Visual Arts
  • Memory and Trauma in Visual Culture
  • Political Repression and Art Practice
  • Materiality and Conceptual Installation
  • Feminist and Resistance Art in the Middle East

Education

  • 2025, MFA, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  • 2015, MFA, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • 2011, BFA University of Al Zahra, Tehran, Iran

Nazanin Najdmofarrah is a student in the Arts Administration, Education and Policy doctoral program. She is a visual artist and art educator interested in themes of memory, loss, and lived experience. Alongside Nazanin's artistic practice, she explore how art education can foster critical thinking, self-expression, and cross-cultural understanding. Her experiences studying and teaching in both Iran and the U.S. have shaped her perspective on creative learning in diverse contexts. Nazanin's research focuses on how art education can support dialogue, empathy, and social awareness. For Nazanin, art is a tool for connection, reflection, and meaningful participation.