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Recent SIP Events Missed our last event? New to this site and wnat to learn more what an SIP event is like? No problem, take a look at the kinds of exciting and informative events we have held in the recent past. SIP Monthly Meeting: August 11, 2006 Mysticism and Tragedy, Dr. Arash Naraghi With Special Musical Guest Hamed Jafari, Santoor Dr. Arash Naraghi Society of Iranian Professionals is proud to present Dr. Arash Naraghi In the subject of Mysticism and Tragedy (Hekmat Va Tragedy), a study of humanity from Omar Khayam and Molavi point of view. Dr. Naraghi has received his doctorate in Pharmacology from Tehran University of Medical Science, however his passion for studying philosophy and mysticism has made him one of best regarded authorities in the subject. Dr. Naraghi is currently a PhD candidate of philosophy at University of California Santa Barbara. Dr. Naraghi is the author of “A Treatise Concerning the Understanding of Religion: An Introduction to the Analysis of Abrahamidae Faith” as well numerous articles in the subject of mysticism and philosophy. Hamed Jafari First started taking Santoor classes under music master Ostad Shirani a colleagueof F. Payvar in 1994 at the age of 8. Continued taking classes under musicmasters Ostad Mobki, Ostad E. Safari, and Ostad Arefi until 2003. After thatstarted moved to US and have been teaching santoor since 2003. Currently Working with Dekhoda Farsi school as a Music instructor and aiming to expand my musiccareer and introduce the world to Persian music and santoor. Have a greatpassion for music and also play classical guitar and piano. There are no limits when it comes to music for me and I can pick up any instrument and play. SIP July 9th Picnic Report By Christopher Rand (SIP Member) SIP held its members' appreciation
picnic last July 9. It was in a marvelous setting, the warm foothill
area ofStevens Creek Park, in the shade of tangled oaks just beyond
an enormous cottonwood tree with nine welltrimmed trunks. In the
course of the afternoon a broad turnout of about fifty SIP members
and guests commingled in the pungent aroma of the chicken and hamburger
barbecue and feasted on various types of salad, grilled corn, pickles,
fruit and soft drinks as a range of the most popular recent Iranian
songs and dances played softly in the background. Though the picnic
was scheduled to begin around 1:30 most of those who came arrived
substantially later, having chosen first to watch the finals of
the World Cup (Italy defeated France in a penalty shootout, as
everyone will remember). Near the conclusion SIP's president Manijeh
Hosseini gave a welcoming address and renewed her call for enhanced
member participation in SIP's broad range of events, and several
of those in attendance offered additional comments, among other
things hoping that SIP would make greater efforts in the future
to bring in younger members of the local community. Meanwhile one
looks forward to more of these pleasant gatherings, perhaps as
pot-lucks with broad contributions from all those in attendance.
Freedom and Security Speakers Bio:
The Society of Iranian Professionals Presents: Causes and Effects of Global Warming in the 21st Century
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Dr. Farhang Holakouee has three Master Degrees in Economics, Psychology and Marriage, Family and Child Counseling and a Ph.D. in Sociology and is a former professor of several universities. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and the founder of Beverly Hills Center for Well-being. Dr. Holakouee has placed years of effort to awaken consciousness of the expatriate community to the importance of mental health and educate and remove the stigma attached to discussion of psychological and social problems in the Iranian community. His work began with his seminars, conferences, and various courses on child development, social and psychological problems, and issues regarding relationships, marriage and family. 
Dr.Azadeh Tabazadeh ’s outstanding research and discoveries have made significant contributions to the field of atmospheric science and have made her a highly recognized member of the international science community. She immigrated to the United States in 1982.As a young girl she was fascinated by the wonders of chemical science and pursued her education in this field. She first came to the science community ’s attention through her graduate work in atmospheric science at UCLA under the supervision of Howard Reiss and Rich Turco where she explored the role of volcanic eruptions in injecting chlorine compounds into the stratosphere. The results of her research ended twenty years of debate about this subject. Dr. Tabazadeh earned her Ph.D. in physical science from UCLA in 1994 and began to work at the NASA Ames Research Center as a post-doctoral fellow. In 1997, she joined NASA as a Physical Scientist in the Atmospheric Physics Branch. Currently, she is an Associate Professor jointly with Geophysics and the Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments at Stanford University. 
Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis is professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and is the Director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT) and the Director of Manufacturing Engineering Program at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. He is active in CAD/CAM, robotics, and mechatronics related research and development projects that include the development of two novel Solid Free Form (Rapid Prototyping) processes called Contour Crafting and SIS, a technology for automated construction of housing structures, development of mechatronics systems for biomedical applications (e.g., restorative dentistry, rehabilitation engineering, and tactile sensing devices), autonomous mobile and modular robots for assembly applications on earth and in space, and automated equipment for oil (petroleum) and gas industries. He has several major inventions which have been either commercialized or are in the commercialization process. He has also been closely involved in several product development processes. His educational activity at USC includes the teaching of a graduate course on Invention and Technology Development and he routinely conducts lectures and seminars on the subject of invention. He is a senior member of the Society for Computer Simulation and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and is a Fellow member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Dr. Khoshnevis’ inventions have received extensive worldwide publicity in acclaimed media such as New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Business Week, Der Spiegel, New Scientist, The Age and national and international television and radio networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, and Discovery channels of US, Canada, Germany and BBC World News.
Dr. Mariam Ghazvini is the President of Zarrina Consulting, a career development and organization consulting firm. Her specialty is organizational leadership. She coaches individuals and teams on achieving their business and personal goals. In her last position as a Senior Consultant at a Fortune 500 company, she focused on Consulting Skills Development for technical field consultants. Mariam is on the MBA advisory board for Notre Dame de Namur University and is Careers Director for HP Alumni Association.
Kathy Lindblom is a Career Counselor and Consultant with extensive experience in a wide variety of industries including education, high-tech, and non-profit. Her own career background includes sales, staffing, project management, counseling, coaching, training, and corporate career development. Kathy’s private practice offers one-on-one counseling and coaching, career-oriented support groups, and workshop facilitation. In addition to her practice, she is also a career counselor at the San Jose State University Career Center and a consultant for a career and organizational consulting firm. Kathy holds both a B.S. in Psychology and an M.A. in Counseling with an Emphasis in Career Development from Santa Clara University. Kathy’s office is located in Campbell, CA.
DR. MANSOUR
FARHANG has a PH. D. in political science from Claremont
Graduate School. In 1970s he taught at California State University
at Sacramento. Following the 1979 revolution in Iran he served
as an advisor to the Iranian foreign ministry and as ambassador
to the United Nations. He resigned his ambassadorship in protest
when his efforts to negotiate the release of the American
hostages In Tehran failed. In the early months of the
Iran-Iraq war he worked with international mediators to settle
the war. During this period he wrote and spoke about the threat
of religious extremists who had come to dominate the course of the
Iranian revolution. In June 1981, following the violent suppression
of political dissidents, he was forced to leave Iran. In the fall of 1981
he returned to the United States and became a research fellow and
lecturer at Princeton University. Since 1983 he has been teaching
international relations and Middle Eastern politics at Bennington
College in Vermont. He is the author of two books and dozens of
articles, in English and Persian, published in both academic journals
and popular periodicals. His opinion pieces have appeared in a
variety of newspapers, including the New York Times, the Los
Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the Christian
Science Monitor. His third book, ATheology in
Power: Reflections on the Iranian Revolution is near completion.
He has been a human rights activist since his undergraduate days
in California. Currently, he serves on the advisory board of Human
Rights Watch/Middle East and is a designated speaker for the Vermont
Council on the Humanities. He has lectured at many universities
and colleges across the country and is a member of the Columbia
University Middle Eastern Seminar. He has also been a participant
in the seminars of Council on Foreign Relations and Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace. He has appeared as a guest on numerous
radio and television programs, including PBS News Hour, ABC’s Night
Line, Bill Moyer’s Journal, 60-Minutes, CBS’s Face the Nation and
CNN. He is a regular commentator on the Persian broadcasting of
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Friday,
October 7th, Sunday, October 9th, Workshop Explore Your Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Skills: A Human Relations Training Workshop Speaker Bios:
Dr. Farnoody has earned her degrees from Iran and the United States. After receiving her Ph.D. in 1975 from USIU in San Diego, she received an invitation from Tehran University and returned to Iran. She taught at Jondi Shapoor University from 1975 to 1980, and served as an Associate Professor, Chair of Psychology Department, Director of Clinical Counseling Center and was an active member of the University Assembly. She has over 30 years of clinical experience, and has worked with Iranian families living in Iran and United States as well as other parts of the world. Dr. Farnoody is the author of “ABCs of Parenting”, and she has translated books such as “Man's Search for Meaning”, “Todd”, “and Crisis”. She presents at seminars and hosts a TV and Radio program on psychological topics related to the need of her community, which broadcasts worldwide via satellite.
Her clinical and research interests are in the area of childhood disorders such, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Attachment disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD), addiction, bi-cultural identity, academic engagement of immigrant children, cross-cultural competency, and systems/community need assessment and empowerment. She specializes in the area of family and couple’s therapy and filial interventions with children and families with abuse, trauma, and attachment-related problems. Dr. Niloofar Farnoody-Zahiri has presented workshops and training programs at conferences such as the Cultural Competency and Mental Health Summit, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), and other centers on topics such as the impact of trauma on identity and self-construal, the role of culture and attachment related to identity achievement, parent training, occupational gender-role stereotyping and leadership, and the analysis of bi-cultural identity among Iranian Americans. Dr. Farnoody-Zahiri is a member of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association and has earned degrees from the University of California in San Diego, Stanford University & Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. She has completed the American Psychological Association doctoral internship at Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center in child and family psychology, and has been providing psychological services for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and West Coast Psychological Institute, in West Los Angeles. |
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 Abbas
Milani is a research fellow and co-director of the Iran
Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution. In addition,
Dr. Milani is Director of the Iranian Studies Program at
Stanford University and a visiting professor in the department
of political science. His expertise is U.S./Iran relations,
Iranian cultural, political, and security issues. Abbas
was a professor of history and political science and chair of
the department at Notre Dame de Namur University and a research
fellow at the Institute of International Studies at the University
of California at Berkeley. Milani was an assistant professor
in the faculty of law and political science at Tehran University
and a member of the board of directors of Tehran University's
Center for International Studies from 1979 to 1987. He was a
research fellow at the Iranian Center for Social Research from
1977 to 1978 and an assistant professor at the National University
of Iran from 1975 to 1977. |
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Dr. Sonia Gaemi |
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| A Nutritionists Journey Through Self-Healing | ||||||||||||||||||
 Sonia
Gaemi Ed. D, CMQG, R.D. is
an international speaker, media personality, and
television host/producer, and a pioneer in the field
of integrated nutritional medicine. Dr. Sonia
is a Registered Dietitian with a doctorate in International
Education and Psychology with an internship from the
University of California Berkeley and a doctorate from
San Francisco University. Her program, “The Art
of Self Healing with Dr. Sonia”, seen weekly on Appadana
International Television. Dr. Sonia is also a Certified
Medical Chinese Qigong health and energy healing instructor
and has produced Qigong instructional DVD videos in both
Farsi and English. |
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Technology of the Next Decade |
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 Dr.
Mostafa Ronaghi, Ph.D. Mostafa Ronaghi, Ph.D.Co-founder
of Pyrosequencing, ParAllele Bioscience,and NextBio Mostafa
Ronaghi is internationally known for his work in DNA-based
technologies and he is a frequent speaker at academic and
industry conferences. He has published more than 50 peer
reviewed scientific articles, and holds several international
patents. (click for program) |
Dr.
Niloofar Farnoody-Zahiri has been a faculty member
of the Psychology Department at Santa Monica Community
College since 2001. Trained as a clinical and developmental
psychologist. Dr. Farnoody-Zahiri has a strong interest
in the supporting resilience in youth, especially in educational
settings.
Dr.
Hong-Tai Chou, founder
and Chairman of Tech Venture Business Network,
has a successful track record of building high-tech
startups. He founded Omniscience as its President
and CEO. Its board members included Silicon Valley
celebrities such as Lawrence J. Ellison (of Oracle),
and Leonard Y. Liu (former COO of Cadence, former
Chairman and CEO of Acer). (April 1, 2005 (click for program) |
| Annual SIP Election |
| and New Year's Eid Deedani Entertainment Program |
Nejad's World Music Center Mohammed Saeed Abadi Nejad (known to Western audiences simply as "Nejad") is a renowned Persian master musician, who effectively uses Persian musical instruments to add the influence of Persian music to such Western musical styles as classical, jazz, blues, new age, and flamenco. Mehrdad Zangeneh is a very talented musician who was born in Tehran and started taking lessons in playing the Accordion at the age of seven. He regularly featured in "Barnaameye Koodakan" on "Television Iran", and also "Barnaameh Koodak" on "Radio Iran". |
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