Education

Fulbright Professor (University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000-1999)
Doctor of Sciences (Philosophy), 1999.
Ph.D. (History), Institute of  Ethnology and Anthropology, Leningrad, USSR, 1987.
Postgraduate Student, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Leningrad, USSR, 1979-1982.
MA (Ethnology), University of  Leningrad, USSR, 1975-1979.
BA (History), Karaganda University, Kazakhstan, 1973-1975.

Languages

• Fluent in Russian and English.
• Native: Kazakh
• Conversational level of German and several Turkic languages.

Work Experience

• Director, the National Accreditation Center of the Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Kazakhstan
• Professor, Department  of  Ethnic Studies,  the Eurasian National University, Astana
• Professor, Department  of Philosophy,  the Kazakh National University, Almaty
• Director, Institutional Development Programme, USAID
• National Expert, UNDP ("Gender in Development" Program). The author  of “Women status in Kazakhstan: 2002-1992” Report

September 2002 - 2001, October

• Dean, Undergraduate Program, University of International Business, Almaty, Kazakhstan

 October 1999- August 2000

• Fulbright Scholar
  

  CREECA (Center for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia), University of  Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA. Research topic: Gender in Transition Societies.

  
  

September 1997- October 1999:

• Director, Internet, Curriculum Development Center of the Soros Foundation Kazakhstan – Kazakh State University named after Al-Farabi,  Almaty
  

  Conducting Faculty Development workshops, conferences and round tables on Curriculum Development and Design in Economics, Philosophy, Sociology, Political Sciences, Gender Studies, Cultural Anthropology, History
  
  Conducting Conferences and round tables for Universities Administration (chairs, deans, vice-rectors, rectors) on Management in Higher Education

 September 1995-September 1997

• Chair, Department of History and Culture, National Higher School of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (present Academy of Public Administration, Astana)

• 1999-2000 Fulbright Scholarship (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)

• UNDP  National Expert, "Gender in Development" Program
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) National expert, Project  "Developing the Educational System of Kazakhstan”

 

Contact Details:

National Accreditation Centre of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Imanova Str. 19 Bld.20 010002,
Astana
Kazakhstan

Tel: +7 7172 787 160
Fax: +7 7172 787 162

Email 1: nshakhanova@mail.ru
Email 2: nac.edu@mail.ru
Website: http://www.nac.edu.kz