 Professor Keshavarz taught at Washington University 1990 until 2012.She served as Director of the Graduate Program in Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Islamic Societies and Civilizations, President of the Association of Women Faculty, and Chair of the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures.In 2012, she became the Director and Chair of Roshan Institute Center for Persian Studies at University of Maryland.