Ferdos Heidari

Ferdos Heidari serves as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of English at Texas Christian University, where she teaches composition and creative writing while pursuing her PhD in English.

Her educational background includes:

• MFA in Creative Writing with playwriting emphasis from San Francisco State University
• MA in English Composition from San Francisco State University
• Certificates in Teaching English Composition, Teaching Post-Secondary Reading, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Her research centers on linguistic justice, digital rhetoric, and culturally sustaining pedagogies in writing classrooms. She develops innovative teaching strategies like digital gardening to empower diverse student voices through reflective inquiry and inclusive curriculum design that challenges traditional linguistic hierarchies.

She has received significant recognition for her creative work:

• Multiple awards for her play 'Saffron Stain'

Her teaching practice bridges academic scholarship and creative expression, emphasizing student agency in composition through culturally responsive frameworks that validate multilingual and multicultural perspectives.