Hajar Yazdiha (born 1983) is an American sociologist focusing on the politics of inclusion and exclusion with regard to ethno-racial identities. She is the author of the 2023 book, The Struggle for the People's King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement. Yazdiha was born in Berlin to refugees from Iran; she grew up in Northern Virginia and is on faculty at University of Southern California.