Azamat Junisbai
Professor of 社会学
With Pitzer Since: 2009
字段组: 社会学
Campus Address: 斯科特·霍尔222
电话: 607.3767
电子邮件: azamat_junisbai
办公时间: See 教师 Directory
Educational Background
PhD, MA, Indiana University
BA, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
Research Interests
Social Stratification and Inequality, Political 社会学, Post-Soviet Transitions, Survey Research
最近的课程
Model Minority and Perpetual Foreigner: Asians in America
Contemporary Central Asia
Social Inequality
Quantitative Research Methods
社会学 and Its View of the World
Selected Publications
“The Limits of Authoritarian Learning: Deconstructing Kazakhstan’s 2022 Coup Attempt.” PONARS 欧亚大陆 政策备忘录编号. 775 (2022).
“Authoritarian Learning: Making Sense Of Kazakhstan’s Political Transition.” PONARS欧亚大陆 政策备忘录编号. 660 (2020).
“Institutional Trust in Kazakhstan Vs. Kyrgyzstan: How Divergent Trajectories Matter.” PONARS欧亚大陆 政策备忘录编号. 573 (2019). With Barbara Junisbai.
“Regime Type versus Patronal Politics: A Comparison of ‘Ardent Democrats’ in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.” Post-Soviet Affairs, (2019). With Barbara Junisbai.
“Are Youth Different? The Nazarbayev Generation and Public Opinion in Kazakhstan.” Problems of Post-Communism, (2018). With Barbara Junisbai.
“两个国家, Five Years: Islam in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through the Lens of Public Opinion Surveys.” Central Asian Affairs, (2017). With Barbara Junisbai and Baurzhan Zhussupov.
“Mass Media Consumption in Post-Soviet Kyrgyztan and Kazakhstan: The View from Below,” Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, (2015). With Barbara Junisbai and Nicola Ying Fry.
“Determinants of Economic System Legitimacy in Kazakhstan,” Europe-Asia Studies, (2014).
“Understanding Economic Justice Attitudes in 两个国家: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,” 社会力量, (2010).
Selected Grants, Awards, and Honors
Core Fulbright Scholar Program Award. Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. August 2018 – June 2019.
Professor Junisbai gave an invited talk titled “Political Values in Kazakhstan: Insights into the 2019 Transition” at the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at US Department of State in Washington, DC on October 11, 2019.
National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to organize and oversee 国家ly representative public opinion surveys about social and economic inequality and the proper role of government in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. $100,000. August 2012-August 2014.
National Council for 欧亚大陆n and East European Research (NCEEER) National Research Competition grant. This program supports policy relevant field research in the countries of Eastern Europe and 欧亚大陆 and is funded by the U.S. Department of State. $40,000. 2012-2014.
Inter国家 Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) Research Fellowship for the project “Norms of Social Justice and Welfare State Attitudes in Post-Soviet Central Asia.” This program is funded by the U.S. Department of State. $16,000 (Declined).
