Dr. Shima Ebarhimi is an Associate professor of Persian Language Teaching at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, who specializes in educational psychology. She has published more than 45 articles and 4 books in such areas as Persian language education, educational psychology, sociology of language teaching and cultural aspects of language teaching and has presented papers in 30 national and international conferences. Shima won the 2019 Best University Book Reward at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities and was chosen as top faculty member at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. She also won the Outstanding Teacher Award in 2020 and 2021 at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Besides these, Shima was recognized as the top 5% of outstanding teachers at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. She is a member of the Policy Council for the Application of Technology in Teaching Persian Language and Literature (Iranian Persian Language and Literature Association), a member of Committee on International Relations at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities, the managing editor of the Journal of Language and Translation Studies, a member of Working Group for General Persian Language Courses, a member of Working Group for English Courses at the department of Persian Language and Literature and a member of research and development (R&D) section at Testing and Language Aptitude Measurement Center.