Dr. John Ghazvinian (Persian: جان قزوینیان, b. 1974) is an Iranian-American historian, and former journalist. His book, "America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present," was among the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021. He is also author of Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil (2007) and co-edited American and Muslim Worlds Before 1900 (2020). He has written for Newsweek, The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, and Politico. Ghazvinian is Executive Director of the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania.