Farzaneh Haratyan is currently an Associate Professor at the Vellore Institute of Technology in India. Before taking up this role, she taught as an associate professor for four years in China. She earned her first PhD in English Literature from the University Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and received her second MA in General Psychology from the Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran. Her interest lies in the way psychological theories can be applied in the analyses of literary works or the way literature can be employed in therapies like poetry therapy. She pursues her interests in the practices of positive psychology, REBT, emotion regulation (ER), and poetry therapy.