ORKIDEH MOHAJERI
- Professor
- B.A., Carleton College
- M.A., University of Minnesota
- M.Ed., University of Minnesota
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota
- Email Orkideh Mohajeri
Biography
Orkideh Mohajeri, Ph.D., is a Professor of Higher Education & Student Affairs. She holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership, Policy & Development from the University of Minnesota. She also has a background in international development and human resource development. Dr. Mohajeri's scholarship focuses on racialization and racial contestation, qualitative methods of inquiry, and the future of higher education.
Areas of Instruction
Dr. Mohajeri teaches graduate courses in Educational Leadership and Higher Education Administration, particularly courses affiliated with the Doctorate of Education. She currently advises doctoral student research.
Dr. Mohajeri's principal specializations are in:
- Higher Education & Student Affairs
- Critical Whiteness Studies
- Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Narrative Analysis
- Critical Participatory Action Research
She primarily teaches courses in:
- Qualitative Research Methodologies
- Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Higher Education
- Leadership and Administration in Higher Education
- College Student Identity Development
Publications and Professional Activities
Dr. Mohajeri’s most recent publications and presentations include:
Margolis Brown, P. B., Davis, J., & Mohajeri, O. (2026). Call & response: How endarkened feminism creates sense of belonging up and down the academic hierarchy. In K. Huisman & C. M. Renzetti (Eds.)., Fostering belonging and equity in the classroom and on campus. Cognella.
Mohajeri, O., Breeden, R. L., & Ocean, M. (Eds.) (2026). Critical participatory action research in higher education: For us, by us. Routledge.
Mohajeri, O., & Guerrero, M. P. (2025). Racial literacy, George Floyd, and the Twin Cities: Seeing race through the longitudinal perspectives of mixed heritage alums. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000660
Mohajeri, O., & Malaney-Brown, V. (2025). Artful approaches for the study of multiracial student experiences: Not artifact, but aperture. AERA Open, 104. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584251321450
Mohajeri, O. (2024). “Hot hoes” and “dirty whites”: Racial contestation and fetishization of multiracial and contested white women. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2024.2318268