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Foreign Language Learning Attitudes and Practices in the Republic of Moldova (Research Brief) March 19, 2012 This project is focused on the roles of widely studied foreign languages within the contentiously multilingual Republic of Moldova. Higher Education Development, Education, Research Support	Competing Narratives of Islam in Post-Soviet Ukraine Against the Background of Global Islamic Movements (Research Brief) February 24, 2012 My research, which is based on numerous interviews with the majority of the Muftiyats (Islamic Administrative Directorates) as well as the leaders/members of other independent fundamentalist... Education, Research Support
The Social Process of Cultural Globalization (Research Brief) January 24, 2012 My research explored the dynamics of cultural globalization, by analyzing the attitudes and behaviors of young migrants who return from the US to Kazakhstan. Education, Research Support	Women's Small-Scale Entrepreneurship in Food Processing: Tajikistan (Research Brief) December 13, 2011 My research focused on small-scale women entrepreneurs in several regions of Tajikistan with the objectives of analyzing the impact of their businesses on themselves, their households, and their... Education, Research Support
Is the Party Over? Limits and Opportunities of Civil Society in Armenia and Georgia (Research Brief) December 12, 2011 The goal of this research project was to examine the phenomenon of “color revolutions” and their correlations with civil society movements in Georgia and Armenia. Education, Research Support	Perceptions of Economic Inequality in Contemporary Central Asia (Research Brief) December 8, 2011 This Short-Term Travel Grant allowed me to travel to Kyrgyzstan in August of 2011 in order to lay the groundwork for the surveys that will be conducted in the summer of 2012 regarding inequality... Education, Research Support
Kazakhstan's Primary Health Care: Where do the Reforms Lead Us? (Research Brief) November 22, 2011 The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of introduced health care reforms/programs on the population’s health and health services utilization throughout the years of... Education, Research Support	Western and Central Asian Perspectives on Democracy and Democratization (Research Brief) November 8, 2011 This study purports to understand the success and failure of international democratization. Education, Research Support
Issues of Restitution in Post-Communist Romania (Research Brief) November 1, 2011 My research focused on legal, political and sociological controversies regarding the implementation of Law 221/2009 concerning Politically Motivated Court Sentences and Their Related... Education, Research Support	National Narratives and Ethnic Relations in Georgia (Research Brief) November 1, 2011 My research project takes place in Georgia, a democratizing multiethnic society with a recent history of ethnic nationalism, and exlores the factors that explain the nature of interethnic... Education, Research Support