Liora Hendelman-Baavur is the Director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies (ACIS) and a lecturer at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History, both at Tel Aviv University. Dr. Hendelman-Baavur has written and edited a various books and essays on matters concerning Iranian modern history and politics, popular culture, gender and women studies, and cultural aspects of immigration. One book she has written is Creating the Modern Iranian Woman: Popular Culture between Two Revolution, published by Cambridge University Press, 2019. She is also the editor of the journal ACIS Iran Pulse: Insights on Iranian Affairs.