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Reuel
Hanks
Associate
Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1993.
Editor:
The Journal of
Central Asian Studies
Address:
Oklahoma State University
Department of Geography
Stillwater, OK 74078-4073
Office: 211 Scott Hall
Phone: 405/744-9148 or 405/744-6250
Fax: 405/744-5620
Email: reuel.hanks@okstate.edu
AREAS
OF INTEREST
Political
Ethnic
Central Asia
Russia
EDUCATION
Ph.D.,
Geography, The
University of Kansas, 1993
M.A., Soviet and East European Studies, University
of Kansas, 1988
M.A., Geography, University
of Missouri, 1984
B.A., Geography and Biology, University of
Missouri , 1981
PROFESSIONAL
AND ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate
Professor; Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 2001 - Present
Assistant
Professor; Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1997 - 2001
Assistant Director, Office of International Programs, Kennesaw State College,
1992-1995.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
"Muslims at the Crossroads: An Introductory
Survey of Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Islam in Central Asia,"
forthcoming in Education about Asia, Fall 2005.
“The
Academy Amid Authoritarianism: Challenges in the Democratization of Higher
Education in Uzbekistan," Proceedings of the Conference on Democracy and
Education, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2002, pp. 72-76.
“Repression
as Reform: Islam in Uzbekistan during the Early Glasnost Era.” Religion, State and Society.
Vol. 29, No. 3, 2001, pp. 227-239.
"Emerging
Spatial Patterns of the Demographics, Labor Force and FDI in Uzbekistan."
Central Asian Survey. Vol. 19, Nos. 3-4 pp.
351-366.
"The
'Fundamentalist' threat to Uzbekistan: Crisis or Chimera?" Analyst (web
journal), Bi-Weekly Briefing. August 30, 2000.
“A
Separate Space? Karakalpak Nationalism and Devolution in post-Soviet
Uzbekistan.” Europe-Asia
Studies, vol. 52, No. 5, 2000, pp. 939-953.
“Islam,
Politics and Identity in Uzbekistan: Political and Cultural Landscapes in
Central Asia’s Lynchpin State.” Arab
World Geographer 2 (3): pp. 220-233.
"Directions
in the Ethnic Politics of Kazakhstan: Concession, Compromise, or
Catastrophe?" Journal of Third World Studies, Vol. XV, No. 1
(Spring 1998), pp. 143-162.
"The
Uzbeks," in An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet
Empires, James S. Olson, Ed., (Greenwood Press, 1994), pp. 706-717.
"The
Islamic Factor in Nationalism and Nation-Building in Uzbekistan: Causative
Agent or Inhibitor?", Nationalities Papers, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall,
1994), pp. 309-324.
Books
Central Asia: A Global Studies Handbook, ABC-CLIO, Ltd., 2005
Uzbekistan:
World Bibliographical Series, ABC-CLIO, Ltd. 1999.
Geographic
Perspectives: Culture, Environment & the Global Economy, coauthored
with Eric Fournier, (Kendall Hunt, 1995).
Contemporary
Issues in Geography (A reader for introductory human geography),
(Kendall Hunt, 1993).
Book
Chapters
"Religion and Law in Uzbekistan: Renaissance and Repression in an Authoritarian
Context," in
Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe, edited by
James Richardson, Kluwer, 2004, pp. 319-330.
"Civil
Society and Identity in Uzbekistan: The Emergent Role of Islam," in Civil
Society in Central Asia, edited by M. Holt Ruffin and Daniel Waugh,
University of Washington Press, 1999, pp. 158-179.
GRANTS
RECEIVED
2005 Fellowship, Policy Seminar on conflicts in Central Asia, George Mason
University.
2005 National Council for Eurasian and
East European Research Travel Grant, $3000.
1999-2002
University Partnerships Grant, USIA. Amount: $406,959.
1996-1997, Program Director Fulbright-Hayes
Faculty Development Project, funded by U.S. Department of Education. Amount:
$51,700.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Association
of American Geographers
American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies
Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research (member of Executive
Council)
Association for the Study of Nationalities
Association of Third World Studies
Middle East Studies Association
Political Geography
Speciality Group (AAG Affiliate)
Soviet & East European Speciality Group (AAG Affiliate)
Last Modified: 26 October 2005
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2000, Department of Geography
Oklahoma
State University
Stillwater,
Oklahoma