Rivanne Sandler. A graduate of the Middle Eastern Studies program at the University of Toronto. Visits to Iran in the 1970s followed the completion of her doctorate. She taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Toronto on twentieth century Iranian culture and society, and modern Persian literature in the original and in translation. The writers and poets of the 1950s –1970s are of special interest as are women writers and poets. Her scholarly works deal with the interplay of environment and literature in Iran and in the Diaspora and have featured the works of Sepehri, E’tesami, Daneshvar, Farrokhzad and Behbehani. She has served as literary editor for the works in English of Mehri Yalfani. Presently a Professor Emerita in the Department of Near & Middle East Civilizations, University of Toronto. Teaches graduate courses on twentieth century Iranian literature, and women’s writing.