• Spring 2007   

An individualized training program in Political Psychology under the mentorship of Dr. Jerrold M. Post. George Washington University, U.S.A. 

• 1999   

Candidate of Psychological Sciences (Specialization in Medical Psychology)

Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia.

• 1994- 1997   

Post-graduate student in Clinical Psychology

Kyrgyz – Russian (Slavic) University, Medical Faculty. Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

• 1988-1994 

Diploma in Psychology

Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. Psychology Faculty. Department of Medical Psychology.

2019-2021

Erasmus Plus KA-2 project on development Master’s degree program in Human Recourse Management (TALENT) team member.

02/2020   

“HR practices” course development stage of “TALENT” Master degree program development at the Vrije University Brussels, Belgium.

12/2019

Erasmus Plus visiting professor at the Peace and Conflict Studies of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany.

01/2016; 05/2017; 06/2018; 05/2019

Erasmus Plus visiting professor at the Department of Family, Youth and Education at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.

12/2018-01/2019

Research scholar at the School of Social Sciences of Indiana University Southeast. U.S.A.

05/19/2017

Guest Lecturer for the Fliedner University of Applied Sciences, Dusseldorf, Germany. The topic of lecture: "Social Welfare System and Social Work in Kyrgyzstan."

2012-2016

Chair of AUCA Faculty Senate.

08/2011-01/2012

Research scholar at the School of Social Sciences of Indiana University Southeast, U.S.A.

10/2010   

Visiting scholar at Bard College, U.S.A.

03/2010   

Visiting scholar at European College of Liberal Arts (ECLA) in Berlin, Germany.

05/2009   

Visiting scholar at European College of Liberal Arts (ECLA) in Berlin, Germany.

Visiting scholar at Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (BISLA), Slovakia.

2008-2011

AUCA-Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Project Coordinator.

2006-2011

AUCA Summer School Director.

2002 - 2008

Head of AUCA Psychology Department.

Spring 2002   

Visiting Scholar at Indiana University Southeast, U.S.A.

Fellowships and Grants

2018-2020    

Erasmus Plus KA-2 Action grant for course development in the framework of the “Talent” project

2018-2019

Indiana University-AUCA Foundation for faculty development, research grant

2018   

USAID “Building the Future” Project, research grant

2016-2019

“Erasmus Plus” mobility grants for teaching

2015-2018

AUCA travel grants for conferences and professional meetings

2011-2012  

USAID research grant;

Indiana University Southeast research grant;

Princeton University travel grant

2011-2008      

Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation grant for course development AUCA

2009

AUCA travel grant for conference

2007   

Junior Faculty Development Program fellowship by U.S. Department of State

2005-2006    

OSI Academic Fellowship program

2002   

USAID grant for faculty development; Indiana University Southeast research grant

Certificates of Appreciation

2018   

AUCA Presidential certificate of appreciation for the commitment to excellence and active participation in University life.

2010   

AUCA Presidential certificate of appreciation for the commitment to excellence in teaching and contribution to the university development

• A cross-cultural study of emotional intelligence in late adolescents
• Political psychology

• Mamatova, M., Wille, D. (2021). Study of attitudes towards freedom and responsibility among older adolescents from Kyrgyzstan and the United States. Psychology Research, 11 (7), 11-14.
• Ismailov, A., Mamatova, M. (2019). Psychometric study of political engagement in the Kyrgyz Republic: an analysis of electoral participation. Psychology Research, 9 (9), 345-352.
• Mamatova, M., Wille, D. (2019). Cross-cultural study of historical effects on emotional intelligence among young adults. Psychology Research, 9 (6), 235-242.
• Mamatova, M., Wille, D. (2012). Cross-cultural study of emotional expression: the problem of alexithymia. Psychology Research, 2 (3), 196-200.
• Mamatova M., Wille, D. (2010). Pedagogical changes in curricula in higher education in Central Asia: A case study in psychology. Journal of US-China Public Administration, 7 (8), 86-90.

• International Exchange Alumna of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State
• Society for Research in Adolescence (SRA), U.S.A.