Roshanak Keyghobadi (artist/educator/researcher) holds a doctoral degree in Art and Art Education from Columbia University, New York and her MFA and BFA are both in Graphic Design. She has taught visual communication at State University of New York for several years. Roshanak writes about Iranian contemporary art and artists and her essays have appeared in a number of publications including AIGA’s VOICE as well as Design Observer and her artworks have been exhibited internationally. In addition you can read more of her wittings on the artCircle blog.