Professor Hoda Mahmoudi is the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, College Park. She collaborates with a wide range of scholars, researchers, and practitioners to advance interdisciplinary examination and discourse on global peace. Her writings have appeared in leading publications, including Organizational Studies, International Review of Modern Sociology, and The Journal of Bahá’í Studies. Professor Mahmoudi serves as an advisory board member of the Iran 1400 Project.