Dr. Nina Bagdasarova is an Associate Professor in the Psychology department at the American University of Central Asia. She graduated from the No. 61 Kurchatov Secondary School, from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute (now University) named after V.I. Lenin in 1987, specializing as a research teacher in psychology and pedagogy. In 1997, she defended her PhD thesis in psychology at the Institute of Personality Development of the Russian Academy of Education, devoted to the role of different types of logic in the understanding of educational material by schoolchildren. In 1988 she started her teaching career. She taught at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University and continues her education as a psychotherapist in the scope of existential and phenomenological psychotherapy. 

Dr. Bagdasarova joined AUCA in 1998. She is actively involved in social projects in the areas of ethnic diversity management, gender equality, and empowerment of people from vulnerable communities. Author of articles and papers published in Russian and English in scientific journals and collections. Author of methodological manuals for university teachers on diversity issues in education, public administration and law enforcement. In addition, Nina Bagdasarova is one of the authors of the Methodology of Expert Review of Educational Materials on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion which is mandatory by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science KR.