NAME: Ronald Wixman

RANK AND DEPARTMENT: Professor, Geography, University of Oregon.

DEGREES: A.B., Hunter College (1968); M.A., Columbia University (1972); Ph.D., University of Chicago (1978).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 1975-76 to present, University of Oregon.

GENERAL AREA OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH: Ethnic Geography, Geography of Religion, Cultural Geography, Ethno-Political Geography, USSR, Eastern Europe.

Teacher of the Year, Friars (senior honor’s society), Spring 1997.

Keynote speaker, Golden Key Society, University of Oregon, Spring, 1995.

Teacher of the Month, November 1995, University of Oregon.

Charles E. Johnson Memorial Award, University of Oregon, Spring 1994.

Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Oregon, Spring, 1993.

Negotiator of Inter-University Exchanges between the University of Oregon and three institutes of higher learning in Irkutsk, USSR, Summer 1991.

IREX Grant, Ethnography and Archeology Among Evenk in Irkutsk Oblast (The Evenks of Khanda: changes in way of life during the Soviet Period), Summer 1990.

Keynote Speaker, Golden Key Society, University of Oregon, Spring, 1989.

USIA University Affiliations Grant, Research at Jozsef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary on Ethnographic Groups in Historical Hungarian Kingdom, Spring 1988.

Soviet American Joint Ethnographic Research Trip (Los Angeles) - research on ethnic trends among Armenians in the USSR and the USA.

Soviet-American Joint Ethnographic Research Trip (Moscow, Kiev), Soviet Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnography, Summer 1985.

NDFL, Title VI, University of Chicago, 1974-75.

Yugoslav-American Geographic Field Seminar, Summer, 1974.

Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1973-74.

Fellowship through Soviet Nationalities Studies Program, Columbia University, 1971-73.

President's Fellowship, Columbia University, 1970-71.

Council for Educational Exchange in the USSR, Summer, 1968.

Books:

The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook, New York, M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan, 1984.

Language Aspects of Ethnic Patterns and Processes in the North Caucasus. University of Chicago Geography Research Series no. 191, 1980.

In Progress: The Rise and Fall of the USSR: Cultural and Regional Perspectives. Under contract with John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Approx. 400 pp.

 

Monographs:

Azerbaijan. Minneapolis: Lerner Pub Co., (part of series on former Republics of the USSR for 7-9th graders), 1993.

Silverman, Carol and Wixman, Ronald. Macedonian Bridal Costumes, Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon Museum of Natural History, Museum Notes No. 1., 1983.

In Progress: Russia. Under contract with the Around the World Program, and The American Geographical Society.

Articles:

Frank, Allen and Wixman, Ronald. "The Middle Volga: exploring the limits of sovereignty," in New States, New Politics: Building the Post-Soviet Nations. Eds. Ian Bremmer and Ray Taras, Cambridge, Cambridge U. Press, 1996, pp. 140-189.

"Ethnic and Territorial Conflicts in Eastern Europe," in The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict to National and International Order in the 1990s: Geographic Perspectives. Washington DC, Gov't Printing Office, October, 1995. pp. 25-38.

"The Middle Volga: An Ethnic Archipelago in a Sea of Russians," Nations and Politics in the Soviet Successor States. Eds. Ian Bremmer and Ray Taras, Cambridge, Cambridge U. Press, 1993, pp. 421-447.

Bychkov, Oleg, Dumond, Don, and Wixman, Ronald, "A People Dwindling Under Centralized Rule," Cultural Survival, Winter 1992, pp 57-60.

"Manipulating Territory, Undermining Rights," Cultural Survival, Winter 1992, pp. 21-23.

"Ethnic Nationalism in Eastern Europe," in Eastern Europe: the Impact of Geographic Forces on a Strategic Region, ed. Harvey Heiges (Washington D.C.; US Govt. Printing Office), 1992.

"Ethnic Attitudes and Relations in Contemporary Uzbek Cities," Soviet Central Asia: The Failed Transformation. Edited by William Fierman. Westview Press, 1991, pp. 159-185.

"Applied Soviet Nationality Policy: A Suggested Rationale," Turco-Tatar Past Soviet Present. Edited by Ch. Lemercier-Quelquejay, G. Veinstein and S.E. Wimbush. Paris: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1986, pp. 449-468.

"Demographic Trends Among Soviet Moslems: 1959-1979," Soviet Geography: Review and Translation, vol. XXV, Jan. (1984), pp. 46-60.

"Demographic Russification and Linguistic Russianization of the Ukraine: 1959-1979," Geographical Studies on the Soviet Union. Edited by George Demko, et al. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, Geography Research Series no. 211, (1984), pp. 131-156.

"Ethno-Linguistic Data in Soviet Censuses: Some Problems and Methodologies," Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 17, no. 4, 1983, pp. 545-558.

"The Peoples of the North Caucasus," Folk Dance Scene, vol. XVIII, no. 1 (March 1983), pp. 2-4.

"Ethnic Nationalism in the Caucasus," Nationalities Papers, vol. X, no. 2 (1982), pp. 137-156.

"Territorial Russification and Linguistic Russianization in Some Soviet Republics," Soviet Geography: Review and Translation, vol. XXII, no. 10 (1981) pp. 667-675.

Wixman, Ronald, and Caro, Patricia. "Territorial Differences in Population Growth in the USSR, 1970-79." Soviet Geography: Review and Translation, vol. XXII, no. 3 (1981), pp. 155-161.

Wimbush, Enders, and Wixman, Ronald. "The Meskhetian Turks: A New Voice in Central Asia." Canadian Slavonic Papers, vol. XVII, nos. 2 and 3 (Summer and Fall, 1975), pp. 320-340.

"Recent Assimilation Trends in Soviet Central Asia." The Nationality Question in Soviet Central Asia. Edited by Edward Allworth. New York, Praeger Publishers, 1973, pp. 73-88.

Articles in Reference Books, Popular Journals, and Encyclopedia:

"The Bosnian Dilemma: The Use and Misuse of Maps," Mercator’s World. accepted for pub.

"Daghestani," Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey. Edited by Richard Weekes. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press. 2nd Edition, 1984, pp. 211-219.

"Circassians," Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey. Edited by Richard Weekes. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press. 2nd Edition, 1984, pp. 203-209.

"Adygei," The Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and the Soviet Union, Dec. (1988), pp. 51-55.

"Lak," Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. VI. Edited by Paul Friedrich and Norma Diamond. Boston, Mass., G.K. Hall and Co.. 1994, pp. 232-235.

"Lezgin," Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. VI. Edited by Paul Friedrich and Norma Diamond. Boston, Mass., G.K. Hall and Co.. 1994, pp. 238-241.

"Digor," The Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1988.

Articles in Encyclopedia of Islam, 3rd edition:
"Khemsil"
"Khinalug"
"Khunzal"
"Khvarsi"
"Kriz"
"Kubaci"
"Lak"
"Lezgh"
"Rutul"
"Karakalpak" (Barthold/Wixman)

Articles in Microsoft Encarta (1996):
"Doboj"
"Prijedor"
"Adiyaman"
"Afyonkarahisar"
"Antalya"
"Aydin"
"Balikesir"
"Batman (Iluh)"
"Corum"
"Gebze"
"Isparta"
"Kagithane"
"Gorazde"
"Postojna"
"Zenica"
"Denizli"
"Elazig"

Book Reviews:

Alexander Motyl, ed. The Post Soviet Nations: Perspectives on the Demise of the USSR in CSRN, accepted for publication.

Edward Allworth, ed., Central Asia: 120 Years of Russian Rule. Columbia Univ. Press, Russian History/Historie Russe, accepted for publication.

Sergei P. Poliakov, Everyday Islam: Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia in Slavic Review, Vol.54, No. 3 (Fall, 1995), 822-823.

Boris Z. Rumer, Soviet Central Asia: A tragic experiment in Economic Geography. Vol. 67, (July 1991), Pp. 275-276.

Mordechai Altshuler, Soviet Jewry Since the Second World War: Population and Social Structure, Greenwood Press, 1987 in Shofar, Vol. IX, No. 2, 1991.

Viktor Kozlov, The Peoples of the Soviet Union, Indiana University Press, 1988 in Slavic Review, forthcoming.

Mikhail Agursky, The Third Rome: National Bolshevism in the USSR, Westview Press, 1988 in Geographical Review, Vol. 80, No. 2 (April, 1990). Pp. 186-187.

James Paul Allen and Eugene James Turner, We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988, in Information Bulletin; Western Association of Map Libraries Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 4 (1988).

Peter J. Grandstaff, Interregional Migration in the USSR: Economic Aspects, 1959-1970, Durham, Duke University Press, 1980 in Soviet Geography: Review and Translation, Vol. XXIV, No. 7, pp. 532-534.

Jeremy Azrael (ed.), Soviet Nationality Policies and Practices, New York, Praeger Pub., 1978 in Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, Vol. XIII, No. 1 (1986), pp. 156-158.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS, AND REGIONAL SYMPOSIA:

"The Roots of Ethnic Cleansing: Nation-State Building in the Balkans," a plenary session at the t meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Ft. Worth, Texas, Spring 1997.

"Ethnicity, Territory, and Ethno-Territoriality in the Bosnian Crisis," at meeting of Political Geography and European Specialty Groups of the AAG, Columbia, South Carolina, Spring 1996.

"Ethnicity and the Bosnian Crisis," at symposium on the Bosnian Conflict, Seattle, Fall 1995.

"The Bosnian Conflict," World Affairs Council, Juneau, Alaska, Fall 1995.

"Rising Regionalisms Within Central Asia," Panel on Spatial Parameters and Nationality Issues in Central Asia, Association for the Study of Nationalities meeting, Columbia University, New York, Summer, 1995.

"Islam in the Balkans," at symposium on Islam in the World Today, Sioux Falls, S. Dakota., Spring 1995.

"Regional and Ethnic Identity in Central Asia Today," at meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), Chicago, Fall 1994.

"The Breakup of the USSR," World Affairs Council, Juneau, Alaska, Fall 1994.

"Ethno-Territorial Aspects of the Kosovo and Macedonian Conflicts," panel on Human Rights-European Implications, at the meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, Spring 1994.

"The New States of Central Asia and the Borderlands of the Middle East," at Political Geography Specialty Group meeting on Challenges to the Modern State System: Political Geographic Perspectives, Eugene, Oregon, Spring 1994.

Key Note Speaker and Panelist on "The Struggle for National Independence in the Post-Soviet Empire" and "The Vise of Ethno Politics: the Former Yugoslavia and the World Community," at the Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship International Symposium on Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationalism, Cambridge, Mass., Tufts University, Winter 1994.

"The New States of Central Asia and Geopolitical Implications for the Middle East," at one week symposium Central Asia Meets the middle East, The Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies and The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel, Fall 1993.

"Growing Regionalism in Independent Uzbekistan," Panel on current issues in Central Asia, at meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Honolulu, Fall 1993.

"Ethno-Territorial Issues in Bosnia," World Affairs Council, Juneau, Alaska, Spring, 1993.

"Ethnic conflict in Bosnia-Hercegovina," Symposium on Power, Corruption, and Hatred, New York City, Fall 1992.

"Ethnic Nationalism and Hatred in Eastern Europe," at Borah Symposium on The Hate Matric, U. of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, Winter 1992.

"Ethno-Territorial Problems and Ethnic Geography," 2 hour talk at Academy of Sciences of the Daghestan, A.S.S.R., Makhachkala, Summer 1991.

"Ethno-Territorial Strife in the Caucasus and Soviet Territorial Policy, at meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Toronto, Spring 1990.

"Eastern Europe: Peoples and Places in the Middle," joint program on Eastern Europe, National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Spring 1990.

"Urbanization Among Soviet Moslems: Problems of Urbanization," at meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), Chicago, Fall 1989.

"Nationality Problems in the USSR and Eastern Europe," public lecture at Jozsef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, Spring, 1989.

"Territorial Policies Aimed at Denying, Limiting, or Factionalizing Ethnic Groups," at meeting of American Association of Geographers (AAG), Baltimore, Winter 1989.

"Why Soviet Moslems Do Not Urbanize," at meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), Honolulu, Fall 1988.

"Uzbekistan: Culture and Identity in Soviet Central Asia," joint program on the USSR, National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Fall 1987.

"Urbanization Among Soviet Moslems," American Association of Geographers (AAG) meetings, Portland, Spring 1987.

"Socio-Economic Challenges of Central Asian Manpower," Panel on Manpower and Nationality in the USSR, at meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), New Orleans, Fall 1986.

"Russianized non-Russians in the USSR: A classification," at meeting of the National Council on Geographic Education, Chicago, Fall 1986.

"The Status of Ethnic Territories in the USSR," a 2 hour speech for the geography department, Lhasa University, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Summer, 1986.

"Ethnic Problems in the US and USSR," a 2 hour speech, at the Institute of Minorities, Kunming University, Kunming, China, Summer, 1986.

"Russian Speaking Non-Russians in the USSR: their role in society," at Meeting of the Western Slavic Association, Portland, Spring l986.

"When Ethnicity is Territorial," American Association of Geographers (AAG) meeting, Minneapolis, Spring l986.

"Education and Nationalism," Institute of Ethnography, Kiev - USSR. Soviet-American Symposium on Ethnic Nationalism, Summer, l985.

"Urbanization Among Soviet Central Asians: A dilemma," at meeting of American Association of Geographers (AAG), Denver, Spring, 1984.

Participant at meeting (by invitation only on Soviet Nationality Problems at Hoover Institute, Stanford University, Winter 1983.

Participant at meeting (by invitation only) on Ethnic and Religious Problems in Eastern Europe, U.C. Los Angeles and U.C. Santa Barbara, Fall 1982.

"Demographic Trends Among Soviet Moslems; 1970-1979," at same symposium, panel on Soviet Demography.

"Geographic and Cultural Aspects of Razmezhevanie, panel on Razmezhevanie (Ethnic Division). 1982 meetings of the Western Slavic Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.

"Nationalism in the Caucasus," at meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), panel on Nationalism in the USSR, Sept. 1981.

"Cultural Change Among Soviet Nomads (1920-1979)," at meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), Panel on Nomadism and Communism, Sept. 1981.

"The Changing Ethnic Structure of Central Asian Cities," at the Western Slavic Association Conference, Seattle, Washington, 1980.

"Islam and the USSR," at Symposium on Islam, Politics, and Ethnicity in Eastern Europe and the USSR, University of Oregon, 1980.

Participant at meeting (by invitation only) on Transcaucasia at Kennan Institute for Foreign Policy, Washington, D.C., 1979.

"Ethnic Dissent in the Soviet Union," at Sakharov Symposium, University of Oregon, 1976.

"Recent Assimilation Trends in Soviet Central Asia," at Symposium on the Soviet Nationality Problem in Soviet Central Asia, Columbia University, 1972.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT AND CONSULTATIONS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND ABROAD:

One hour conversation on ethnic problems in Tatarstan, Canadian Refugee Board, Ottowa, Can., Winter 1996.

One hour conversation Russians in Latvia, Canadian Refugee Board, Ottowa, Can. Fall 1996.

One hour conversation as expert witness in a federal immigration case regarding Assyrian refugees from Russia (based on ethnic persecution on North Caucasians), Chicago, Fall 1995.

One hour presentation on Chechnya and the North Caucasus, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA, Spring 1995.

Three hour discussion with a representative from the Pentagon on how the U.S. should respond toe the Balkan crisis (regionally), Washington, D.C., Winter 1995.

"The Bosnian Problem: Implications for the Balkan Regions," two hour presentation, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., Winter 1995.

Two one-hour discussions regarding Ukraine’s nuclear weapons and appropriate U.S. policy toward Ukraine, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA, Spring, 1994.

"The Bosnian Crisis," CIA Symposium on Ethnic and Nationality Problems, McLean, Virginia, Fall 1994.

"Implications of the Bosnian Conflict for the Neighboring States and Regions," two hour talk, Experts Series Talk, Dept. of State, Washington DC, Winter, 1994.

"Ethnic and Territorial Conflicts in Eastern Europe," CIA Symposium on the Challenge of Ethnic Conflict to National Order in the 1990s: Geographical Perspectives, McLean, Virginia, Fall 1993.

"Public Initiatives: Oregon's Anti-Gay Ballot Measure," 1/2 hour interview (in Russian), Voice of America broadcast, Fall 1992.

"Civil War and Democracy," 1/2 hour interview (in Russian), Voice of America broadcast, Fall 1992.

"The Geography and Peoples of Central Asia, Turkey and Iran," a two week long colloquium for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools Teacher Training Program, Wiesbaden, Germany, Summer 1992.

"The Caucasus: The Territorial-Ethnic Dimensions of Politics," Voice of America Symposium on New States - New Destinies, March 1992.

"The Non-Russian Republics of the USSR," a week long colloquium for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools Teacher Training Program, Bad Kissingen, Germany, Summer 1991.

"Ethnicity and Geography in Eastern Europe, presented at Central Intelligence Agency meeting on Eastern Europe: The Impact of Geographic Forces on a Strategic Region, Arlington, VA., Spring 1990.

Two hour meeting with Central Intelligence Agency geographers on Ethnic Nationalism in Eastern Europe, Washington, D.C., Spring 1990.

"Ethnic Conflict in the Caucasus," presented at the U.S. Department of State, April, 1988.

"The Impact of Physical Geography on Soviet Society," presented at Central Intelligence Agency, April 1988.

"Contemporary Soviet Uzbekistan," a paper presented at the U.S. Department of State, November 1985. Based on academic exchange experience in Soviet Central Asia.

"Ethnic Aspects of the Afghan Resistance Movement," a paper presented to the U.S. Department of State, November 1984. Based on personal experience and interviews with Afghan Freedom Fighters in Peshawar, Pakistan, April 1984.

Guest Lectures:

"The US Role in the Bosnian Conflict," Salem City Club, Summer 1996.

Series of talks for "Learning in Retirement Program," Eugene, OR, Spring, 1996:
"Ethno-Territorial Conflict and Human Rights"
"The Ethnic Conflict in Chechnya"
"The Ethnic Conflict in Bosna-Hercegovina"

"Ethno-Nationalism and the Former Yugoslavia," McMinnville, Oregon, Spring, 1996.

"Ethno-Territoriality and Conflict in the North Caucasus," University of Washington, Seattle, Fall 1995.

"The Causes of the Yugoslav Crisis," Ashland, OR, Summer 1995.

"Ethnicity on the Landscape in Uzbekistan," University of Washington, Seattle, Spring 1995.

"Ethno-Territorial Issues in the North Caucasus," University of Wisconsin, Madison, Fall 1994.

"Origins of the Yugoslav Conflict," Guest Lecture, Univ. of Northern Iowa, Fall 1993.

"Cultural Diversity in Yugoslavia," The Fortnightly Club of Eugene, Fall, 1990.

"Cultural and Economic Landscapes," The Northwest Regional China Council Series, (Islands in the Midst of Change: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore), Portland State University, Spring 1990.

"Lecture Series on Soviet Nationalities," Waterloo-Laurier Centre for Soviet Studies, Winter l990.
"Soviet Ethno-Territorial Policy"
"Soviet Language Policy"
"The Demographic Situation in Soviet Central Asia"
"Soviet Central Asia Today"

"Confrontation between the US and the USSR," Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Summer 1987.

"Current Demographic Problems in the USSR in Light of the Gorbachev Era," Rutgers University, Spring 1987.

"Soviet Nationality Problems in the 1980s," Claremont College, 1987.

"Ethnic Problems in the USSR - Gorbachev's Problem,", Portland State University 1985.

"The USSR in the Andropov Era," Portland State University, 1984.

"Soviet Ethno-Demographic Problems," Sonoma State University, 1982.

"Ethnic Geography of the USSR," Sonoma State University, 1981.

"The Afghan Crisis and Russia's Moslems," Portland State University, 1980.

"Problems on Russia's Moslem Borderlands," Portland State University, 1979.

"Economic Aspects of the Soviet Nationality Problem," Portland State University, 1977.

"The Soviet Nationality Situation," Portland State University, 1975.

"The Nationality Question in the USSR," Oregon State University, 1975.

Special Lectures at the University of Oregon:

"Current Ethnic Conflict in Yugoslavia: Geographical Perspectives," 2 hour Public Lecture, University of Oregon, Fall 1992.

"How the USSR is being Reorganized," Guest Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Winter, 1992.

"The Restructuring of the USSR: Why and How," a two hour public presentation, University of Oregon, Winter, 1992.

"Religion, Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Middle East," President's Inaugural day, University of Oregon, Spring 1991.

"How the Middle East Crisis Arose: A Geographical Perspective," Geography Department Public Lecture Series, Winter 1991

"Why Perestroika is not working," President's Inaugural Day, University of Oregon, Spring 1990.

"Geopolitical Aspects of the Armenian-Azerbaidzhani Conflict," Public Lecture, University of Oregon, Winter 1990.

"The Soviet Union Up Close," Slide-lecture series, University of Oregon, Fall 1989.
"Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev"
"Siberia"
"The Caucasus-Soviet Georgia and Azerbaidjan"
"Uzbekistan and Soviet Central Asia"

"Geographical Perspectives on Downtown Eugene, Oregon," National Geography Awareness Week, Lecture Series, University of Oregon, Fall 1988.

"Foreign Activities of KGB Operations," University of Oregon Convocation, Fall 1988.

"Gorbachev: Is He For Real?", University Forum Series, University of Oregon, Spring 1988

"Soviet Uzbekistani Cultural Geographical Perspectives," National Geography Awareness Week Series, University of Oregon, Winter 1987.

"The Cold War and its Geopolitical Consequences," University Forum Series, University of Oregon, Fall 1986.

"The Soviet Union: Is It a Pacific Nation?" International Studies Symposium on the Pacific Rim, University of Oregon, Fall 1986.

"The Role of Soviet Ethnic Minorities in World War II." University of Oregon, Winter 1985.

"Ethnic Aspects of the War in Afghanistan" - A two hour public talk, University of Oregon, Winter 1984.

"Issues, Policies and Viewpoints on Nuclear Arms Controls," University of Oregon, Fall 1984.

Forum on "Alienation of America," University of Oregon, Spring 1982.

Forum debate on "The Polish Crisis," University of Oregon, Winter 1981.

"USSR after Brezhnev," University of Oregon, Winter 1981.

"The Polish Crisis," University of Oregon, Fall 1980.

"Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan," University of Oregon, Spring 1980.

"U.S. and Soviet Foreign Policy in the Middle East," University of Oregon, Winter 1979.

"Iran and the Possibility of U.S. Military Intervention," University of Oregon, Fall 1979.

"The Hostage Problem in the Iranian Revolution," University of Oregon, Spring 1979.

"Crisis in Iran," University of Oregon, Spring 1979.

Panelist at University of Oregon, Public Forums and Symposia (1979-present): [Title of Forum or Panel topic presented in Forums and Symposia.]

In the past 10 years I have given over 200 lecture demonstrations of Ethnic Geography and Culture of Eastern Europe throughout the United States and Canada. These were presentations at various universities (among them University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State, San Francisco State, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Stockton, and University of California at San Diego, University of Washington (Seattle), University of Montana (Missoula); special programs among ethnic (Armenian, Croatian, Macedonian, Hungarian, etc.) Americans to teach the young about their heritage; and Folklore clubs and societies. In all I have made such presentations in 36 states of the United States.

Editorial Board, Journal of Central Asian Studies (formerly Assiciation for the advancement of Central Asian Research Bulletin), 1995-present.

Savage Speaker Committee, University of Oregon, 1995-1996.

Editorial Board, Nationalities Papers, 1995 to present.

Associate Director of the Russian and East European Studies Program, University of Oregon, 1993-1994.

Scholarship Committee, University of Oregon, 1993-1994.

International Research Exchange (IREX), Committee on Central Asia and the Caucasus, Spring 1992 - present.

Oregon State System of Higher Education, Hungary Executive Board, Fall 1987-Present.

Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, Association of American Geographers, Spring 1989 - Present.

Editorial Staff, Soviet Anthropology and Archaeology, Spring 1987 to present.

University Senate, Fall 1991-Spring 1993.

University Senate, Fall 1986 - Spring 1988.

Chairman, Geography Department, Summer 1984, University of Oregon.

Executive Vice-President of the American Organization for the Preservation of Eastern European Dance and Music, San Francisco based (1977-1985).

Associate Director of the Russian and East European Studies Program, University of Oregon 1981-83.

Assistant Director of the Russian and East European Studies Program, University of Oregon 1979-1980.

Active member of International Studies, American Studies, Asian Studies and Russian and East European Studies Programs at the University of Oregon since 1975.

Television Appearances:

KVAL and KMTR, Airport Security Measures in the Aftermath of the Crash of TWA Flight 800, Summer, 1996.

KVAL, The Assassination of Rabin, Nov. 6, 1995.

Irkutsk, Siberia: Half hour interview on the U.S. role in the Bosnian conflict.

KEZI, The Gulf Crisis, Winter 1991

KEZI-ABC, Background to the Current Caucasian Conflict, 1990.

KVAL, Gorbachev-and the Azerbaidzhani Uprising, 1990.

KEZI, Armenian-Azerbaidzhani Conflict, 1990.

KMTR, Geography Awareness Week, 1988.

KEZI, The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1988.

KEZI, The U.S. Bombing of Libya, 1986.

KEZI, U.S. Ships in Libyan Waters: A provocation, 1985.

KMTR, My Talks at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, 1985.

KEZI, Ethnic Problems in the USSR, U.S. Soviet Relations Under Gorbachev, 1985.

KEZI, The USSR Under Gorbachev; some prospects, 1985.

KEZI, Afghanistan: Why the Soviets Can't Get Out, 1985.

KVAL, Ethnic Divisions in the Mujahedeen Movement in Afghanistan, 1984.

KVAL, The USSR in the Era of Andropov, 1984.

OEPBS, The World Press, covering the press of the USSR (Sino-Soviet Relations) 1981.

OEPBS, The World Press, covering the press of the USSR (The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan), 1980.

OEPBS, The World Press, covering the press of the USSR (The Polish Crisis) 1980.

Tapes made for public access TV:

Portland, 1 hour tape on Soviet Nationality Problems.

Eugene, 1 hour tape for the program "Voices" on Sexuality, the Bible, and Right Wing American Politics; Spring 1996.

Eugene, 1 hour tape for the program "Voices" on the Origins of Anti-Homosexuality in Christianity; Spring 1996.

Eugene, 1/2 hour tape on Uzbekistan: A Modern Soviet Republic

Eugene, 1/2 hour tape. Politics, the Radical Right, and Homosexuality.

Eugene, Commentator on display of photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii in the University of Oregon Art Museum, 1988

Radio Appearances:

KBND, Bend, OR; Terrorism and Right Wing Militias in the US, Summer 1996.

KOIN, Portland, OR; 2.5 hour discussion on US options in the Bosnian Situation, Fall 1995

Eugene, OR radio stations: Three interviews on the Bosnian Conflict for a total of 5 hours, 1994-95.

KUGN, 1 hour discussion on US Role in Bosnian Conflict, Spring 1994

KUGN, 1 hour discussion on why US should be involved in Bosnian Crisis, Winter 1994

KUGN, 2 hour discussion on Bosnian conflict with call in questions, Spring 1993

KEZI, Serbian Strategy in Bosnia-Hercegovina

KAVE, 1 hour presentation on Bosnian conflict, Winter 1993.

PBS, 1 hour lecture on Ethnic Nationalism and Identity in Eastern Europe, Winter 1992.

KXL, Other Middle East Issues, Winter 1991.

KXL, The Middle East After the Gulf War, Winter 1991.

KXL, possible aftermaths of the Gulf crisis, Winter 1991.

KUGN, 40 minute interview, aspects of the Middle East crisis, Winter 1991.

KHNN, Iraq and Saddam Hussein, Winter 1991.

KUGN, Persian Gulf crisis, Winter 1991.

KPNW, Iraq and current U.S. policy, Fall 1990.

KHNN, The Iraq-Kuwait crisis, Fall 1990.

KUGN, Recent Nationality Problems in the USSR, 1990

KUGN, Current Political Change in Eastern Europe, 1989.

KLCC, Current Ethnic Nationalism in the Baltic Republics, 1989.

KUGN, The Importance of Geography Awareness Week, 1988

KUGN, The Armenian-Azerbaidzhani Ethnic Conflict, 1988

KWAX, 45 minute interview on the meaning of Perestroika and Glasnost, March, 1988.

KUGN, 1/2 hour interview on Armenian-Azerbaidjani conflict in USSR, March, 1988

KUGN, 1 hour interview on the INF Treaty, February, 1988

KWAX, 1 hour interview, as I was considered most popular public speaker in the Eugene area, 1986.

KUGN, The Election of a Polish Pope and its Impact on Soviet-East European Relations, 1979.

KASH, Ethnic Aspects of the Iranian Crisis, 1981.

KUGN, The Gorbachev-Reagan Summit, 1/2 hour discussion, Fall 1987.

Newspaper Interviews:

Register Guard, interview on the Bosnian Crisis, Fall 1995

Madjlis (Makhach Kala, Dagestan) 2 page interview on Ethnicity and Nationalism in the US and USSR.

Oregon Daily Emerald, interview on Persian Gulf crisis, Winter 1990

Register Guard, interview on Gulf War, Winter 1990

Register Guard, October 1988

Insight: The Washington Times, May 1987

Register Guard, September 1988

Oregonian, March 1987

Oregon Daily Emerald, November 1986

Oregon Commentator, November 1985

Oregon Commentator, Spring 1985

Oregonian, June 1985,

Oregonian, May 1985

Learning in Retirement Program (five lecture series), Eugene, Or. Spring 1997.

Oregon International Council - Program to train High School teachers in teaching about the USSR and Eastern Europe 1987-1993.

Board Member of Soviet-American Sister City Project, Eugene, Spring 1987-Present.

In the past ten years I have given eighty guest lectures to local Rotary and Elks Clubs; Professional organizations (e.g. Oregon Oil Jobbers and Oregon Estate Planners) and church, high school and library (citizen) groups on various aspects of the Iranian crisis, the invasion of Afghanistan, nationality and foreign policy, and Soviet-U.S. relations.

American Association of Geographers

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

Western Slavic Association

Winter 1993 - Field research on Ethnic Groups in New Zealand, 3 week research trip.

Summer 1991 - Field research on Ethnic Problems in Daghestan.

Summer 1990 - Field research in Khanda, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia on changes of mode of living among the Evenks during the Soviet Period.

Spring 1989 - Field research in Szeged, Hungary on the ethnic geography of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Summer 1988 - Field research on the location and morphology of ancient Greek and Roman towns in Western Turkey.

Summer 1987 - Field research in Yugoslavia on modernization in rural areas with specific reference to differences resulting from cultural diversity.

Summer 1986 - Field research in Southern China and Tibet on cultural landscapes and ethnic diversity in China.

Summer 1985 - Field research in Uzbekistan, Soviet Central Asia on why Soviet Moslems do not urbanize.

1983-84 Academic Year - Field research in South and Southeast Asia on ethnic and religious landscapes.

Summer 1979 - Field research on cultural landscapes of Japan with specific reference to the influence of Shinto and Buddhist values and locations of temples.

Summer 1978 - Field research on religious landscapes in Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia and Egypt.

Summer 1975 - Field research on impact of political systems on urban and rural landscapes in Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Thracian Turkey.

Summer 1974 - Yugoslav-American Geography Field Seminar

Summer 1973 - Field research on cultural landscapes in Spain, Portugal, France, and Morocco.

Summer 1971 - Field research on urban and rural landscapes as reflections of ethnic value systems in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Austria.

Summer 1968 - Summer language study program in Leningrad, USSR, with extensive travel through the Soviet Union.

Summer 1967 - Field research on ethnic and religious landscapes in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Greece, (including trip to Ukraine and Moldavia in the USSR).

Summer 1964 - Field research on ethnic diversity and cultural geography in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, and Austria.

Oct. 10 -Oct. 25, 1996, Voyage to Antiquities, American Geographical Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Petra, Amman, Jerash, Bosra, Damascus, southern coast of Turkey, Ephesus).

Sept 21-Oct. 10, 1996, Eurasia Black Sea Passage, American Geographical Society and National Foundation for Historic Preservation (Istanbul, Trabzon, Crimea, Suceava, west and southwest Turkish coasts).

July 5-July 17, 1996, Alumni Association Trip, University of Oregon sponsor, Rhine and Mosel Rivers (Amsterdam to Interlaken).

Summer 1995, Beijing to St. Petersburg on the Nostalgic Orient Express - American Geographical Society Tour.

Summer 1995, Siberia and Beyond - Smithsonian Tour (Khabarovsk to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Express).

Spring 1995, Georgetown University World Affairs Program, (Tokyo-Honolulu-San Francisco).

June 21-July 4, 1994, Norwegian Coast and the Arctic Cruise, Georgetown University World Affairs Program, (Copenhagen, Trondheim, Aalesund, Nordcap, Spitzbergen, Bergen, Oslo).

May 12-24, 1994, Western Mediterranean - American Geographical Society Tour (Genoa, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Balaeric Is., Tetouan, Lisbon).

September 4-21, 1993, Eastern Turkey and the Black Sea - Smithsonian Tour (Ankara-Erzurum-Trabzon-Amasya-Kappadocia-Istanbul).

August 8-August 22, 1993, Trans-Siberia - Smithsonian Tour (Khabarovsk-Baikal-Irkutsk-Vladivostok).

August 16-September 6, 1992, East Siberia and Mongolia, Smithsonian Institution Tour (Trans-Siberian from Khabarovsk-Irkutsk-Baikal-Ulaan Baatar-Gobi-Khujirt-Irkutsk, Magadan).

June 8-21, 1992, Russia's Magnificent Heart, Alumni Associates Tour (Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod by boat, -St. Petersburg, -Berlin).

August 31-September 13, 1991, Voyage to Byzantium, American Geographical Society Tour (Venice-Italian Coast-Greek Islands-Istanbul).

April 14-27, 1991, Central Asia, Smithsonian Institution Tour, (Leningrad-Tashkent-Smarkand-Shahrisabz-Bokhara-Moscow).

September 10-22, 1990, Yugoslavia, Smithsonian Institution Tour (Zagreb-Ljubljana-Plitvice-Sarajevo-Mostar-Dubrovnik).

September 12-24, 1989, Yugoslavia, Smithsonian Institution Tour (Zagreb-Ljubljana-Plitvice-Sarajevo-Mostar-Dubrovnik).

July 28-August 16, 1989, Splendors of Siberia, Smithsonian Institution Tour (Leningrad-Yakutsk-Lena River-Yakutsk-Moscow-Helsinki).

June 7-July 1, 1989, Mongolia and Siberia, California Academy of Sciences Tour (Leningrad-Moscow-Ulaan Baatar-Gobi-Irkutsk-Khabarovsk).

March 12-26, 1989, West Coast of Turkey, Private Tour (Istanbul-Bursa-Efes-Afrodisias-Pamukkale-Bergama-Istanbul).

September 13-23, 1988, Yugoslavia, Smithsonian Institution Tour (Zagreb-Ljubljana-Plitvice-Sarajevo-Mostar-Dubrovnik).

June 13-July 5, 1988, Khans and Carpets Tour, Smithsonian Institution Tour (Leningrad-Baku-Shekhi-Telavi-Tbilisi-Odessa-Istanbul-Helsinki).