AbouttheAuthor
ReuelR.Hanksis Professor of Geography at Oklahoma State University and
serves as the editor of theJournal of Central Asian Studies. He received his doc-
toral degree from the University of Kansas and has taught geography at the Uni-
versity of Missouri, the University of Kansas, Kennesaw State University, and
Oklahoma State University. He has been a Visiting Professor at Tashkent State
Economics University, Samarkand State Institute for Foreign Languages, KIMEP
(Almaty, Kazakhstan), and Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan).
Dr. Hanks was a Fulbright Scholar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1995 and has
published more than 20 articles and book chapters on geography and Central Asia.
He is the author of three books:Uzbekistan,an annotated bibliography in the
World Bibliographical Series,Central Asia: A Global Studies Handbook,and
Global Security Watch: Central Asia. He resides in Stillwater, Oklahoma with
his wife, Oydin Uzakova, and daughter Kamila.