Beheshteh Mikaniki, a joint Psychology/WGS Ph.D. student, has been awarded the 2026 Global Feminisms Project (GFP) Graduate Student Grant for her work interviewing women in Iran. The Global Feminisms Project focuses on the documentation and archival of oral history interviews with people who are working on behalf of women and gender issues in various national contexts. 


The award will fund Mikaniki’s efforts to interview Iranian feminists, who are currently living abroad for fear of persecution in Iran, working toward the improvement of women's positionality within Iran. Given the diversity within the Iranian feminist movement, Mikaniki’s interviews will explore the internal debates within the movement as well as shed light on a feminist movement that is a central part of the contemporary Iranian revolution. 


Once complete, these oral history interviews will be added to the Global Feminisms Project online archive. WGS congratulates Beheshteh on this accomplishment!