Central Asian Studies in California

A listing of faculty at University of California and California State University campuses, and at private colleges and universities in the state, whose research includes work on Central Asia.  The state university campuses, along with UC Berkeley, that offer instruction in Central Asian languages are listed below also (updated as of January 2021).

University of California System

UC Davis

Geoffrey Schadlow, Geology (Lake Baikal)

UC Irvine

Carrie L. Hempel, Law (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan)

UCLA

S. Peter Cowe, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (Armenia)

UC Merced

Andrew Shaver, Political Science (Afghanistan)

UC Riverside

Matthew King, Religious Studies (Mongolia)

UC San Diego

Bobbi Hansen, Education (Kazakhstan)

UC Santa Cruz

Maya K. Peterson, History (Aral Sea Basin)

Tanya Merchant,  Music (Uzbekistan)

UC Santa Barbara

Adrienne Edgar, History

Vesna Wallace, Religious Studies (Mongolia)

Cynthia Kaplan, Political Science (Kazakhstan, Tatarstan)

Francis Macdonald, Geology (Mongolia)

California State University System

CSU East Bay

Peter Marsh, Music (Mongolia)

CSU Long Beach

Ali Igmen, History (Kyrgyzstan)

CSU Los Angeles

Christine Lee, Anthropology (Mongolia, China)

Private Colleges and Universities

Chapman University

Boyan Petrovic, Peace Studies (Afghanistan)

Ponoma College

Dru Gladney (Anthropology, Kazakhs, Uyghurs, China)

Stanford University

Jeremy Caves, Geology

Robert Crews,  History (Afghanistan)

Li Liu, Archaeology (Upper Yellow River Valley)

James Fishkin, International Communication (Mongolia)

University of Southern California

Azade-Ayse Rorlich, History (Kazakhstan)

University of the Pacific

Daniel O’Niell, Political Science (Kazakhstan)

Languages

UCLA

Kazakh (Dept. of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures)

UC Irvine

Persian

UC San Diego

Persian (Linguistics)