Darius Rejali (born c. 1959) is an Iranian-born American academic specialized on

torture Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. Some definitions are restricted to acts ...

, who teaches political science at Reed College.

Biography

Rejali obtained a

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in 1981, a master in 1983, and a

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in political science from

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in 1987.Darius Rejali - Curriculum Vitae
Reed College He joined Reed College as assistant professor in 1989, rose to associate professor in 1994, and has held a chair of Political Science since 2003. From 2000, he served at the board of the '' Human Rights Review''. He published ''Torture and Modernity: Self, Society and State in Modern Iran'' in 1994, and ''Torture and Democracy'' in 2007, which won the 2007 Human Rights Book of the Year Award from the American Political Science Association, and also the biennial 2009 Raphael Lemkin Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide .

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Biography
Reed College *

Darius Rejali: Portland-based expert on state-sponsored torture answers some painful questions. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rejali, Darius McGill University alumni Reed College faculty Living people Swarthmore College alumni 1950s births Iranian emigrants to the United States