[1] Over the years, she has published several notable books including Reading Mystical Lyric: the Case of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1998), Recite in the Name of the Red Rose (2006) and Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran (2007).
She served as Director of the Graduate Program in Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Islamic Societies and Civilizations, President of the Association of Women Faculty, and Chair of the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures.
In 2012, she became the Director and Chair of the Roshan Institute Center for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland.
[6][7] The Peabody Award is considered electronic media's most coveted trophy in the United States.
That same year, Keshavarz also addressed the United Nations General Assembly on "the significance of cultural education for world peace."