Dr. Roya Akhavan is a Professor of Mass Communication at St. Cloud State University, with a record of award-winning leadership in academic and corporate settings and widely cited research published in top national and international journals. She is a frequent speaker on world peace, social justice, gender equality, and spirituality in the 21st century and her recent work includes two books, entitled Peace for Our Planet: A New Approach (2017) and The Trumpet Blast: Removing the Veil from the Advent of the Promised One (2022).
Dr. Akhavan has lived and worked in four different cultures: Persian, American, Japanese, and Chinese. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.