Education
                              PhD., Metropolitan Planning, Policy and Design, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
                                 2023
															
									MA, Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2019
															
									MA, Reconstruction after Disaster, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran,
                                 Iran, 2013
															
									BA, Architecture, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran, 2011
                           
                           
                              Areas of Expertise
                              Affordable housing 
									
									Resilient community 
									
									Disaster recovery
                           
                         
                      
                     Publications
                     
                     Khajehei, S., Hamideh, S. (2023). Post-Disaster Recovery Challenges of Public Housing Residents:
                           Lumberton, North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew. Urban Affairs Review, 0(0). 
                     
                     Chandrasekhar, D., Garc铆a, I., & Khajehei, S. (2021). Recovery Capacity of Small Nonprofits in Post-2017 Hurricane Puerto Rico. Journal of the American Planning Association, 88(2), 206-219
                     
                     Grants
                     
                     2024 Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Fellowship, Towson University, ($2000)
                     
                     2023: 鈥淧ublic Sector Planning for Post-disaster public housing recovery in 'near experience'
                        communities鈥, Quick Response Research Grant: FEMA Region 8 Call, Natural Hazards Center,
                        University of Colorado-Boulder with the support of the National Science Foundation
                        and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
                     
                     2021: 鈥淩ole of Community-Based Organizations in Public Housing Resident Recovery after
                        Concurrent Disasters鈥. Public Health Disaster Research Award Grant Supported by the
                        Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder with the support of the
                        National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
                     
                     2019: 鈥淧re-disaster Recovery Planning for Public Housing in Salt Lake County, Utah鈥, Mitigation
                        Matters Research Grant, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Boulder with
                        the support of the National Science Foundation and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
                     
                     Awards
                     
                     2023: Teaching Assistant Fellowship, University of Utah
                     
                     2021: Climate Justice UC3 (Climate Change Coalition) Fellowship, University of Utah
                     
                     2019: Global Change and Sustainability Center (GCSC) Fellowship, University of Utah
                     
                     2019: ACSP, The Planners of Color Interest Group (POCIG) Student Award
                     
                     2019: Property Rights Research Scholarship, College of Design, Iowa State University