Yasaman (Yasi) Naraghi received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (Theory and Criticism) from the University of Washington in 2018. Her dissertation, A Natural History of Genius: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Totalitarianism, thought through the political implications of genius. Prior to joining Bellevue College, she taught multi-ethnic and world literature as well as multimodal composition in the English Department at Gonzaga University.