Amir Barati

Amir Barati is a Lecturer in the Department of English at Texas Tech University. He holds a Ph.D. in English and Humanities from the University of Missouri in Kansas City and specializes in contemporary American literature, diasporic culture, and Middle Eastern literature and cinema.

• Education: Ph.D. in English and Humanities, University of Missouri–Kansas City

His research focuses on manifestations of trauma in diasporic literature and culture, utilizing frameworks from neuropsychoanalysis, body politics, and postcolonial theory. His work spans topics from Shakespearean psychoanalysis to Iranian cinema and feminist science fiction.

Amir's publications explore intersections of trauma, modernity, and cultural identity across literary and cinematic texts. His recent work analyzes Iranian diasporic narratives and the psychological implications of postcolonial and apocalyptic themes in global literature.

He has taught courses in discourse and rhetoric, contemporary British/American literature, American fiction, and literature in translation.