Assistant Professor of Law and Society

Year Joined RCNJ: 2023

Contact Information

• Phone: 201-684-7060
• Email: ababakha@ramapo.edu
• Office: G228
• Office Hours: Monday & Thursday, 4pm-6pm, by appointment

Education:

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Delaware
• L.L.M., American Legal Practice, Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law
• M.A., International Law, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
• B.A., Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
• Atieh Babakhani-CV

Convening Groups:

• Law and Society
• Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (minor)

Courses Offered:

• Introduction to Law and Society
• Law and Gender
• Social Science Inquiry

Teaching Interests:

• Law & Gender
• Law and Race
• Civil Disobedience
• Law and Society

Research Interests:

• Law & Society
• Law & Gender
• Gender- Based Violence
• Social Movements

Scholarship:

• Peer-reviewed Publication
• Leon, C., Lowman, J., Schultz, L., Perez, G., Babakhani, A., & Addison, D. (2024). The More Connection The Better”: Bounded Relationships and Uneasy Alignments in Prison Education. Journal of Health Care Law, (27) 1.
• Babakhani, A. (2022). Control Over Muslim Women’s Bodies, A Critical Review. Sociological Inquiry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12529
• Babakhani, A. & Miller, S. L. (2022). Domestic Violence, Victims’ Experiences in Iran’s Criminal Courts and Police Departments, Journal of Violence Against Women. DOI: 10.1177/10778012211032703.
• Babakhani, A. (2008). The International Criminal Court and its Efforts to Confront Humanitarian Law Violations in Darfur (Sudan). Legal Information Quarterly, 13 (1). (In Farsi)
• Babakhani, A. (2008). International Community’s Response to the Violations of Humanitarian Law in Darfur Crisis (Sudan). Law Review Journal of Presidential Center for International Legal Affairs, 38 (1-2). (In Farsi)

• In Progress
• Babakhani, A. (R & R) “I Won’t Give Up on My Rights Even If I Don’t Get What I Deserve”: From Victimization to Resistance. Social & Legal Studies
• Babakhani, A. Everyday Legal Mobilization: Semi-bystander And Incrementalist Lawyers’ Perspectives (Draft completed)