Firuzeh Shokooh Valle – Investigative Journalist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Franklin and Marshall College

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle is an investigative journalist and researcher whose work and philosophy are shaped by her identity as a proud Puerto Rican.

An Assistant Professor of Sociology at Franklin & Marshall College, Firuzeh’s research examines how development policy frames the relationships between gender, technology, and science, and the ways in which feminist activists mobilize around these issues in Latin America and other regions of the Global South. Her work is located within a southern political geography that is in contention with the legacy, and persistence, of colonialism. Firuzeh has authored and co-authored academic articles published in the peer-reviewed journals Sociology of Development, Social Movement Studies, and the Cuban academic journal Temas. As a journalist, she has covered violence against women and gender politics, racism, poverty and socioeconomic development, and migration in Puerto Rico. She has earned numerous national awards for her journalistic investigative work. Firuzeh will facilitate “Your Voice, Your Choice: A mindful media engagement workshop.”