DANESH Institute


DANESH Institute
c/o Indiana University School of Social Work
Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis
902 West New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5156
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In Persian (Farsi), "danesh" means "knowledge." [note: in standard transliteration, there should be a tilde over the letter a, but it does not display on most browsers]

The DANESH Institute has been approved by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) independent, nonpolitical, not-for-profit educational organization. The Institute's primary purpose is to promote scholarly studies related to Iranian communities abroad, particularly the United States. Members of the Institute's current Board of Directors are Irene Queiro-Tajalli (President), Indiana University--Indianapolis; Mahvash Hariri (Treasurer), Independent Scholar; Cyrus S. Behroozi (Executive Secretary), Indiana University-- Indianapolis; Ebrahim Fakouri, Indiana State University; Mary Elaine Hegland, Santa Clara University; Patricia J. Higgins, State University of New York--Plattsburgh; Yahya R. Kamalipour, Purdue University--Calumet; Ali Akbar Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University; Kazem Tehrani, Portland State University; and John Walbridge, Indiana University--Bloomington. [May 2006]

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