American University of Central Asia - AUCA

Mehrigiul Ablezova

Assistant Professor

Master of Arts in Talent Management and Human Potential Development in Organizations

Division of Social Sciences

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Room: 315

Assistant Professor

Sociology Department

Division of Social Sciences

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Phone: +996 (312) 915000 ext. 447

Room: 315

Mehrigiul Ablezova is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology department at the American
University of Central Asia. She holds a Master of Arts in Sociology from Ball State University

(2002, USA) and a Bachelor of Arts in Management from the American University of Central
Asia (1998, Kyrgyzstan).
In 2000, Mehrigiul was selected for the Faculty Development Program, which financed her
graduate studies at Ball State University, where she earned a master’s degree in Sociology. The
program was a collaboration between the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) and the
Indiana Universities Consortium, sponsored by the US State Department.
Mehrigiul joined AUCA in 2002 and was the “Best Teacher of AUCA” awardee of the Dr. Dryer
Teaching Excellence Special Award in 2012. She was a returning scholar of the Open Society
Institute Academic Fellowship Program (2004-2009).

Fall 2011-Spring 2012

“Best Teacher of AUCA”, Teaching excellence special award named for Dr. Dryer

2004-2009

Academic Fellowship Program, Returning Scholar, OSI

2000-2002

Faculty Development Program, U.S. State Department

June – August 2001

Washington Summer Semester Program in Business Administration, U.S. State Department

● Civic and Environmental Engagement: Exploring the role of civic participation and
environmental advocacy in shaping sustainable communities and promoting social
responsibility.
● Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility: Investigating the structural factors contributing to
economic disparities, the persistence of poverty, and the mechanisms that influence
social and economic mobility.
● Market Society: Analyzing the impact of market dynamics on social relations, cultural
practices, and the organization of economic life within capitalist societies.

● Ibraeva, G., Elias, M., Ablezova, M., and A. Danshina. 2016. Enabling Gender Equality
in Agricultural and Environmental Innovation in Southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Bioversity
International, Rome.
● Ibraeva G. and M. Ablezova. 2016. “Extended migration profile of Kyrgyz Republic
2010-2015» Bishkek 2016
● Ibraeva G., A. Moldosheva, and M. Ablezova. 2015. “We will kill you, and we will be
acquitted!” – Critical Discourse Analysis of a Media Case of Violence against Female
Migrants from Kyrgyzstan. Gender in Modern Central Asia. Volume 26.
● Ablezova M. et. al. 2014. Analysis of the NGO Development Enabling Environment. Tian
Shan Policy Center.
● Ibraeva G., M. Ablezova, & A. Isaev. 2014. SRH Landscape: What is to be done? Who is
to blame?
● Ibraeva G., M. Ablezova, & A. Danshina. 2013. Access to governmental and municipal
services in Kyrgyz Republic: Gender assessment. December 2013
● Sanghera B., M. Ablezova, & A. Botoeva. 2012. Attachment, emotions and kinship
caregiving: an investigation into separation distress and family relatedness in post-Soviet
Kyrgyzstani households. Families, Relationships and Societies, Volume 1, Number 3,
November, pp. 379-396(18)
● Ibraeva G., G. Gorborukova, M. Ablezova and Ch. Jumagaziev. 2012. Poverty and
Environment in Kyrgyzstan: UNDP’s impact. Bishkek
● Sanghera B., M. Ablezova, & A. Botoeva. 2011. Everyday Morality in Families and a
Critique of Social Capital: An Investigation into Moral Judgments, Responsibilities and
Sentiments in Kyrgyzstani Households, Theory and Society
● Nasritdinov E., M. Ablezova, J. Abarikova et A. Abdoubaetova. 2010. Kirghizistan : Un
scénario où ceux qui partent perdent autant que ceux qui restent, Hommes & Migrations,
n 1284
● Nasritdinov E., M. Ablezova, J. Abarikova et A. Abdoubaetova. 2010. EACH FOR case
study in Kyrgyzstan, Environmental Change and Forced Migration Scenarios
● Ablezova M et.al. 2008. Teachers’ Manual on Civic Education, Bishkek 2009 (second
edition)
● Ablezova M et.al. 2008. Teachers’ Manual on Civic Education, Bishkek
● Ablezova M et.al. 2007. Tracking Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives and Their Impact on the
Health System: The Experience of the Kyrgyz Republic Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic,
Bishkek 2007
● Ablezova M. & S. Batalova. 2006. Electronic Information in the Academic Process: How
to Increase its Effectiveness, Academic Review, 4, 189-198
● Kleinbach R., M. Ablezova & M. Aitieva, 2005. Kidnapping for Marriage (Ala Kachuu) in a
Kyrgyz Village, Central Asian Survey, June, 24(2), 191-202
● Ablezova M. et. al. G. 2004. A Generation at Risk? Childhood Poverty in Kyrgyzstan,
CHIP Report No.15, Bishkek

● Ibraeva G., Ablezova M., Danshina A., (PIL LLC), Elias, M. (Alliance Biodiversity). 2023.
Gender analysis to inform the development of gender transformative approaches to
enhance women’s land rights in Kyrgyzstan. Securing Women’s Resource Rights
Through Gender Transformative Approaches. PIL LLC and Biodiversity International,
Bishkek and Rome
● Muratalieva E, Ablezova M, Djamangulova T, Hoffarth T, Kissimova-Skarbek K, Graeser
S, Nendaz M, Beran D. 2023. Addressing Non-Communicable Diseases in Primary
Healthcare in Kyrgyzstan: A Study on Population' Knowledge and Behavioral Changes.
Int J Public Health
● Ablezova M. 2021. Childcare, Women’s Employment and the COVID-19 Impact and
Response: The Case of the Kyrgyz Republic (UNECE, UNWOMEN)
● Buxton, C., Ablezova, M., and A. Moldosheva, 2019. ‘Development tool or civil society
actor? Understanding social enterprise in Kyrgyzstan’, Praxis Series Paper No. 8.
Oxford: INTRAC.

Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
Applied Social Statistics and SPSS
Market and Society
Sociology of Religion
Globalization and Social Sciences
State and society
Work, Organization, and Society
Individuals, Organizations and Society

August 2000 – May 2002

Master of Arts in Sociology

Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA

August 1994 – June 1998

Bachelor of Arts in Management

American University in Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

July 2017

CITI Program courses: Social & Behavioral Research – Basic/Refresher (Curriculum Group)

Social & Behavioral Research – Basic/Refresher (Course Learner Group)

September 2012

World Bank, “Measuring Equity and Financial Protection in Health Using AdePT”, seminar

May – June 2004

Ford Foundation, “Quantitative Analysis of Data Using SPSS,” Specialized course, Kazan State University

13-15 December, 2004

Gender Statistics Capacity in Kyrgyz Republic

World Bank Institute, Gender Secretariat under President of Kyrgyz Republic

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan