Galina Gorborukova

PhD in Sociology

Head and Associate Professor

Department of Sociology, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Research interests:

• Minorities study, the everyday ethnicity and cultural interaction of ethnic groups
• Migrational study
• Stratification analysis – deprivation studies, poverty and survival strategies
• Social change, memory and individual and collective trauma
• Political research – participation or non-participation of the population in voting

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Ilker Corut

PhD in Sociology and Social Anthropology

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Research interests:

• Contemporary and Classical Social Theories
• Sociology of Culture
• Nationalism Studies
• Medical Anthropology
• Anthropology of the State
• Post-colonial Theory and Subaltern School
• Social and Political History of Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey

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Mehrigiul Ablezova

MA in Sociology

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Research interests:

• Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility
• Civic and Environmental Engagement
• Market Society

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Aisuluu Namasbek kyzy

MA in Gender Studies

Instructor

Department of Sociology, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Research interests:

• Gender
• Women’s Movement
• Soviet Union and Gender

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Shirin Tumenbaeva

MA in Political Science

Instructor

Department of Sociology, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Research interests

• Political Sociology – State and Society, Voting behavior
• Democratization and youth political participation
• Labor migration trends in Central Asia

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Reina Artur Kyzy

MA in Politics and Security of Central Asia

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Research interests: 

Central Asia civil society, democratization, international assistance and gender issues.

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Gulzat Ibraeva

MA in Linguistics

Office-manager

Department of Sociology, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan