Arash Davari is assistant professor of political theory in the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His research interests lie at the intersection of political theory, comparative politics, and race, ethnicity, and politics, with cognate training and interests in history, rhetoric, and comparative literature.
Prior to joining the faculty in 2022, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Politics at Whitman College. He has also held residential fellowships at Brandeis University (2019) and Princeton University (2020).
He is currently completing a book manuscript on the idea of a collective revolutionary subject, as seen through a history of the 1979 revolution in Iran. He is also co-editing a volume of Ali Shariati's writings and speeches in translation.