Acknowledgements
Ancient Iran Day took months of combined effort from professors, graduate and undergraduate students, community artists, and dozens of kind-hearted volunteers. They invested time, energy, and creativity, and in short, brought the project to life:
Organizing Committee:
- Kiana Ehsani
- Aegron Ethen
- Patrick Gibbs
- Jeff Haines
- Jennifer Hunter
- Ryan Robinson
- Stephanie Selover
- Shahrzad Shams
- Joel Walker
University of Washington undergraduate student volunteers:
Jordyn Anable
Anika Chadha
Piper Coyner
Dutton Crowley
Andrea Gonzales
Eric Gripp
Noah Gruenert
Amanda Karimi
Arwa Mokdad
Anusha Nasrulai
Elizabeth Peterson
Ava Sharifi
Kayla van Kooten
Jasper Winters
University of Washington graduate student volunteers:
- Skyler Brown (Foster School of Business)
- Shakeah Callucie (Comparative Religion)
- Afsaneh Haddadian (Jackson School)
- Spencer Pennington (South Asia)
- Yung Hsin Shee (Education)
- Jingwen Zhou (Biostatistics)
University of Washington faculty:
- Mika Ahuvia (Jackson School)
- Mira Green (History)
- Selim Kuru (NELC)
- Sarah Levin-Richardson (Classics)
- Talant Mawkanuli (NELC)
- Conor Mayo-Wilson (Philosophy)
- Stephanie Selover (NELC)
- Joel Walker (History)
- Hamza Zafer (NELC)
Alumni and other friends:
- Amir Asgari
- Trevor Layman
- Jila Misaghi
- Imaan Ramezanzadeh
- Nusha Sepehri
- Mitra Shemirani
- Andrea Toomey
Donation of Material:
- Dr. Farshad Alamdari
- Yalda Daneshfarnia
- Tom and Virginia Stave
- Dr. Daniel Waugh (History, Emeritus)
Filming and Photography:
- Baabak Nassirian, Anastasia Hornal, and Follow Your Feet Production
- Emma Hinchcliffe, Maluhia Shaw, and Maluhia Creative
- Sam Jamali
Design and Decoration:
- Shirin Barekatein
Graphic Design:
- Rick Aguilar
- Mahshid Gharibi
- Niloofar Hashemian
Exhibit Design:
- Shirin Barekatein
- Khodadad (Khodi) Kaviani
- Morad Kaviani
- Saman Shojaei
- Sohail Shams
Interactive Exhibits:
- Sima Abbaszadeh
- Setareh Mardan
Guest Lecturers:
- Scott McDonough
- Mehdi and Monir Ghanbeigi
- Khodi Kaviani
Community Partners:
- Aria Bakery
- Iraj Khademi and the Persian Poetry and Music Workshop of Seattle
- Professional Copy 'n' Print
- Seattle-Isfahan Sister City Advocacy
Director of Persian and Iranian Studies:
- Selim Kuru (Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, chair)