What is Mehrsa Baradaran?
[[File:Picture Mehrsa Baradaran.jpg|right|200px]] '''Mehrsa Baradaran''' (born April 3, 1978) is an Iranian-American [[law professor]]. She was born in [[Orumieh]], Iran. She works in [[banking law]] at the [[University of Georgia]]. Her book ''How the Other Half Banks'' has received national and international media coverage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baradaran, Mehrsa, 1978-|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/n2015013070|website=Library of Congress Authorities|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> In 2017, Baradaran publicly criticized President [[Donald Trump]] and his [[Executive Order 13769|executive order that allowed an immigration ban]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/01/i_was_a_refugee_from_a_terrorist_country_america_trusted_me_anyway.html|title=I Was a 'Terrorist Country' Refugee Who'd Grown Up Shouting 'Death to America.' America Trusted Me Anyway.|last=Baradaran|first=Mehrsa|date=2017-01-27|newspaper=Slate|language=en-US|issn=1091-2339|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baradaran, Mehrsa}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Iranian writers]] [[Category:Lawyers from Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[Category:Academics from Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] {{US-bio-stub}}