Kuerban Niyazi
Brandywine,MD
Summary
Assistant Professor of Institute of Central Asian Studies, Xinjiang University, China Adjunct Assistant Professor of History Department, Xinjiang University, China Senior member of of Xinjiang University Author of near 30 articles in Central Asian history Library cataloger, translator
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Editor
Radio Free Asia's Uyghur service
01.2015 - 01.2025
Supervising daily news content and develop op-eds
Uyghur Language Instructor
IU and UW-Madison
01.2010 - 01.2014
Uyghur Language Material Developer
Indiana University
01.2006 - 01.2014
Assistant Professor
Xinjiang University
01.1996 - 01.2005
Education
Ph.D. -
Indiana University
Bloomington01.2021
M.A. - undefined
Indiana University
Bloomington01.2008
Ph.D. - undefined
Xinjiang University
Urumqi01.2006
M.A. - Historical Linguistics
Xinjiang University
01.1996
B.A. - History
Xinjiang University
Urumqi01.1993
Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Office
- Adobe Series (Photoshop/Illustrator/ InDesign/Premiere/Soundbooth/Acrobat)
- Sample works: main layout designer and multimedia editor of Uyghur: An Elementary Textbook and Uyghur: An Intermediate Textbook; Uyghur Alphabet app (available on iTunes store)
- Library cataloging and archivist
Languages
Uyghur - native
Arabic – low advanced
Chinese (Classical) - advanced
Chinese (Mandarin) - near native
Persian/Tajiki/Dari - advanced
Russian - advanced
As an ethnic Uyghur trained in linguistics, I am comfortable in all major Turkic dialects such as Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Azeri, and Turkish
Timeline
Senior Editor
Radio Free Asia's Uyghur service
01.2015 - 01.2025
Uyghur Language Instructor
IU and UW-Madison
01.2010 - 01.2014
Uyghur Language Material Developer
Indiana University
01.2006 - 01.2014
Assistant Professor
Xinjiang University
01.1996 - 01.2005
M.A. - undefined
Indiana University
Ph.D. - undefined
Xinjiang University
M.A. - Historical Linguistics
Xinjiang University
B.A. - History
Xinjiang University
Ph.D. -
Indiana University
Grants and Awards
Eoyang Lee Award (IUB) 2015, Graduate Student Assistantship (full scholarship has been provided) 2009-2014, Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP) 2006-2008, Sasakawa Young leadership Grant (Japan) Sasakawa Foundation, Japan 2000, Sasakawa Young Researchers Grant University Best Graduation Grant 1998, Kojima Yasuri Undergraduate Scholarship (Japan) 1989-1992
Research Interests
Historical linguistics, Asian history, Modern Uyghur language, Bilingual translation