Online Classes and Professors
Areas of Study
Please click the title above for information on our Fall 2024 classes. Registration can be found on the "For Students" page.
Meet Some of Our Volunteer Professors
Our professors hail from 22 different universities and 25 different academic fields on four continents. They are all devoted to the education and empowerment of Afghan university women. Please click the title above for more details on our accomplished and dedicated teaching team.
Past AFSO Seminars
Descriptive Portraits with Professor Sonya Huber
Exploring Afghan Music with Professor Sara Feili
Musicology with Professor Arshia Rahmati
Middle Eastern Cinema with Professor Persheng Vaziri
Architecture, Cities and the Environment with Professors Rahman Azari and Rana Habibi
Culture, Religion, and Women's Rights with Professor Shazia Sadaf
Introduction to Colonization with Professor Biazar Bahar
History of the Middle East and Afghanistan with Professor Nelida Fuccaro
Global Public Health with Professor Judy Lewis
Statistics and Data Science with Professors Naomi Altman and Sarah Rajtmajer
Calculus with Professors Elisa Francini and Elena Berretta
Physics 1 with Professor Gary Felder
How do Cell Live and Communicate? with Professors Anna Mondina, Anna Rubartelli, and Valeria Poli
Women Write with Professor Adriana Paramo
Introduction to Physics with Professor Francesco Arneodo
Research Methods for Architects and Urban Designers with Professor Alexandra Staub
Colloquium with Professor Lucy Ferriss
1000 Splendid Suns & and the Contemporary Afghan Woman's Story: A Seminar in Reading and Writing Fiction with Professor Lucy Ferriss
Introduction to Human Rights with Professor Shazia Sadaf.
Thinking like an Anthropologist with Professor Janet Bauer
Chemistry with Professor Janet Morrison
Public Health as Health Promotion with Professor Marianne Bengtsson Agostino.
English and Critical Thinking with Professor J. Donald Moon
English Writing and Conversation with Professor Erin Frymire
Introduction to Engineering Science & Design, led by Prof. John Mertens
Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics, led by Prof. Saleh Keshawarz
Introduction to Western Ethics, led by Prof. Shane Ewegen
Chemistry, led by Prof. Michelle Kovarik and Prof. Janet Morrison
Language Arts, led by Prof. Erin Frymire
Mathematics, led by Prof. Deborah Zanella
Political Science, led by Prof. J. Donald Moon
English Fundamentals, led by Prof. Lucy Ferriss
English for STEM learners, led by Prof. Lucy Ferriss