Pardis Madhavi, PhD

Pardis Mahdavi, PhD is Professor of Anthropology at the University of La Verne. Prior to this role, she served as President at the University of La Verne, Provost and Executive Vice President at the University of Montana, as well as Dean at Arizona State University and the University of Denver after serving in multiple roles at Pomona College. Her research interests include gendered labor, human trafficking, migration, human rights, and public
health in the context of changing global and political structures.

She has published seven single authored books and two edited volumes in addition to numerous journal and news
articles. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Young President’s
Organization, and has been a fellow at the Social Sciences Research Council, the American
Council on Learned Societies, Google Ideas, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars. She serves as a board member for the Lumina Foundation and the Human
Trafficking Legal Center. For more information, please visit www.pardismahdavi.com