Pedram Aghaalikhani’s Ph.D. work is in Slavic Languages and Linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington, and an M.A. in Russian Studies from the University of Arizona. A native speaker of Persian and fluent in Russian, he joined the University of Oklahoma in Fall 2026 as an Instructor of Persian. Before joining OU, he taught Russian at Indiana University and Persian at Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
At OU, Pedram teaches beginning Persian language courses. He also supports Persian-language and cultural programming through the weekly Persian Circle, tutoring coordination, student outreach, and academic and cultural events associated with the Farzaneh Family Center.
1) Ph.D. work in Slavic Languages and Linguistics. Indiana University Bloomington;
2) M.A. in Russian Studies. University of Arizona. 2017;
3) B.A. in Russian Language and Literature. University of Tehran. 2014.
