Omid Ghaemmaghami has a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from the University of Toronto and is Professor of Middle East Studies and affiliate of the Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP) at Binghamton University, the State University of New York (SUNY). His research interests includes themes and topics in Islamic intellectual history and the literature and history of the Bahá’í religion. His recent publications include a co-edited special issue of Hawwa: Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World (Brill Academic Publishers, 2023), dedicated to the life, writings, and legacy of Ṭáhirih (d. 1852), and the monograph Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá’í Faith (I.B. Tauris, 2025), co-authored with Shahin Vafai. Read about the latter at www.ExploringtheBook.com.