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Carolyn Kissane, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
clinical associate professor of Global Affairs, NYU Center for Global Affairs

Carolyn Kissane received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in Comparative and International Education with areas of specialization in: Post-Soviet Transformation, History Education in Transitional Societies and NGOs.  She was awarded a scholar-in-residence grant from the Kennan Institute in Washington, DC, an International Research and Exchange Board Grant for field study in the Republic of Kazakhstan and a two-year fellowship from the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs. She is author of numerous published journal articles and is currently examining educational policy and finance in petroleum rich countries. Prior to joining NYU-SCPS, Kissane taught at Colgate University.

Areas of Expertise: 

• Energy Issues Involving Central Asia and Russia
• Social Movements
• NGO's and Civil Society
• Public-private Partnerships
• Societies in Transition
• International Educational Development
• Education
• Public Policy 

Recent Publications and Research:

• “Education: the untapped resource in oil rich countries" Globalization, Societies and Education, Volume 5, Number 2 July 2007, Routeledge Taylor and Francis Group
• “Central Asia,” Great Decisions 2007, Foreign Policy Association, January 2007.
• “History Education in Transit: Where to for Kazakhstan?” Comparative Education, England: Carfax Publishing Vol. 41, No. 1, Feb. 2005.
• “History Education Reform in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Process of Hybridization and Accommodation.” Chapter prepared for Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs History Education and Reconciliation Project to be published by Princeton University Press (2005).
• “Kazakhstan,” in Countries at the Crossroads:  New York, Washington, DC:  Freedom House (2004).