As a visiting assistant professor in the department of sociology at New York University, from 1985 to 1988, Moghadam taught several courses about sociology, women, and development. In the following year, under the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University, Moghadam completed research as a postdoctoral fellow. In the fall of 1989 she also taught as a visiting assistant professor in the Program in Middle East Studies at Rutgers University.
As an academic visitor in the sociology department at New York University from 1985 to 1988, Moghadam delivered lectures on sociology, women's studies, and development. The following year, under the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University, she conducted research as a postdoctoral fellow. In the fall of 1989 she also taught in the Middle East Studies program at Rutgers University.