I Critically Think, Therefore I Am: A Note on My Bittersweet Teaching Experience

Mehdi Davari-Torshizi has taught English as foreign language (TEFL) in several private language institutes in Iran and research and assessment courses to undergraduates in an Iranian state university. He is now an independent scholar and a member of the International Academic Network on Therapeutic Cultures. His areas of interest are neoliberalization of (higher) education and anthropology/sociology of (non)religion with a focus on therapeutic culture and self-help. He has served as a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals such as System, Language Teaching Research, and Studies in Higher Education.