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Zahra Takhshid is an Assistant Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She holds dual LL.M. degrees (Summa Cum Laude from University of Tehran and Thomas Buergenthal Scholarship recipient from George Washington University) and an S.J.D. from Fordham Law School. Her research focuses on intersections of technology law, privacy, Islamic legal frameworks, and comparative law.
- Positions: Assistant Professor (University of Denver), Faculty Associate (Berkman Klein Center), Affiliate (Harvard Islamic Law Program)
Her scholarship explores legal tools for resolving tech challenges, including wearable AI governance, privacy tort reform, and AI's impact on religious authority structures in Shia Islam. She has been recognized as a 2021 Quantum Fellow and has published in leading law journals including Georgetown Law Journal and Texas Law Review.
- Awards: Quantum Fellowship, Thomas Buergenthal Scholarship
Zahra teaches courses on torts, contracts, and privacy law while maintaining affiliations with the Center for Quantum Networks and Yale's Information Society Project. She is licensed to practice law in New York and Iran, and speaks Farsi, French, and Arabic fluently with programming skills in Swift/Python.
