Jamileh-Sadat Alamolhoda ( fa, جمیله‌سادات علم‌الهدی; born 1965), commonly known as Jamileh Alamolhoda ( fa, جمیله علم‌الهدی), is an Iranian writer, scholar and lecturer who is the wife of

President of Iran The president of Iran ( fa, رئیس‌جمهور ایران, Rayis Jomhur-e Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The president is the second highest-ranking official of Iran after the Supreme Leader. The president i ...

Ebrahim Raisi Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati ( fa, سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی; born 14 December 1960), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi ( fa, ابراهیم رئیسی ), is an Iranian principlist politician, Muslim jurist, and the eight ...

. She holds a doctorate in education from

Tarbiat Modares University Tarbiat Modares University ( fa, دانشگاه تربیت مدرس: ''Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modares'', lit. "Professor Training University") is an exclusively graduate university with its main campus in Tehran, Iran. It was founded in 1982 a ...

and is an associate professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology of

Shahid Beheshti University Shahid Behesti University ( fa, دانشگاه شهید بهشتی , Dāneshgāh-e Shahid Beheshti) (formerly known as the National University of Iran) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. The university offers many programs at Bache ...

Career

Alamolhoda received her doctorate in the field of philosophy of education from

in 2001. She became a member of the faculty of the Department of Leadership and Educational Development of the School of Educational Sciences and Psychology of

and now is an associate professor. She teaches courses such as philosophy of higher education, anthropology in Islam, teaching methods, theoretical foundations of educational management, philosophical schools and educational views in the doctoral course of Shahid Beheshti University. Alamolhoda was the director of the Humanities Research Institute. She founded the Institute of Fundamental Studies of Science and Technology of Shahid Beheshti University in 2013 and is its director. This research institute has the task of presenting science and technology policy models based on understanding and evaluating the epistemological and social aspects of science and technology. In March 2020, she was appointed as the secretary of the "Council for the Transformation and Renovation of the Educational System of the Country" by the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. The video of Alamolhoda's speech at an international conference in which she tried to speak in English but was not fluent in it was released in the media in 2017.

Personal life

Alamolhoda is the eldest daughter of

Ahmad Alamolhoda Sayyid Ahmad Alamolhoda (also Alam Olhoda or Alam al-Hoda; fa, احمد علم‌الهدی; born September 1, 1944) is an Iranian Shia Islamic cleric who has been described as "senior" and "ultra conservative" and "hardline." His rank has been g ...

, the Friday prayer leader in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

and a member of the

Assembly of Experts The Assembly of Experts ( fa, مجلس خبرگان رهبری, majles-e khobregân-e rahbari), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme ...

. In 1983 at the age of 18, she married

. The couple has two daughters, one of whom has a PhD in sociology from the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

and the other has a BSc in physics from

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering ...

References

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