Kathleen Kuehnast
Associate Vice President, Grant Program
Europe: East | Asia: Central | Civil Society | Economies and Conflict |
Education | Ethnic Conflict | Political Islam | Post-Conflict Reconstruction | Religion, Religious
Conflict | Women and Conflict | Culture and Islam | Gender | Youth | International Development |
Poverty | Migration | Disabilities | Community Driven Development in Post-Conflict States
Phone: (202) 429-4714
E-mail: kkuehnast@usip.org
Languages: Student of
Russian, German, Kyrgyz
Kathleen Kuehnast joined USIP in 2008 following a 15-year career in international development,
where she worked extensively with the World Bank managing international research projects and
advising policymakers (government and non-government) on social development concerns. She has
worked in a similar capacity with the Asian Development Bank, the German Technical Cooperation
Agency and the U.N. Development Program. Her ongoing work continues to be focused on the increasing
socio-economic disparities in Central Asia and the impact on local level conflicts.
As a
recipient of the Mellon Foreign Fellowship at the Library of Congress (2000) and the Kennan
Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Fellowship (1999) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars, she has studied and written extensively on the impact of post-Soviet transition on
Muslim women of Central Asia.
Kuehnast holds a Ph.D. in socio-cultural anthropology,
focused on Central Asia from the University of Minnesota. Her master’s degree in education is from
the University of St. Thomas. She is a member of the American Association of Anthropology.
Publications:
- "Whose Rules Rule? Everyday Border and Water Conflicts in Central Asia,” (co-author) Social
Development Series (The World Bank, 2008).
- "Community Driven Development in the Context of Conflict-Affected Countries: Challenges and
Opportunities," (co-author) Social Development Series (The World Bank (2006).
- Post-Soviet Women Encountering Change: Nation Building, Economic Survival, and Civic
Activism, co-edited with C. Nechemias (Johns Hopkins Press and Woodrow Wilson Press 2004).
- Better a Hundred Friends than a Hundred Rubles? Social Networks in Transition ?The Kyrgyz
Republic, co-author with N. Dudwick (The World Bank, 2004).
- "Does the future for Central Asian Women lie in the Past? An Overview of Current Gender Trends
in the Region," in Middle Eastern Women on the Move. Edited by A. Bertone and H. Esfiandiari
(Woodrow Wilson International Center Press, 2003).
- "Poverty Shock: The Impact of Rapid Economic Change on the Women of the Kyrgyz Republic," in
When Things Fall Apart: The Study of Poverty in the Former Soviet Union, 1993?1999. Edited
by N. Dudwick, E. Gomart, A. Marc, and K. Kuehnast (The World Bank, 2002).
- "Building Cooperation in Post-Conflict Areas: Rwanda Community Reintegration and Development
Project" Social Development Notes, No. 59 (The World Bank, 2001).
- A Generation at Risk: Children in the Central Asia Republics of Kazakhstan and
Kyrgyzstan, co-author with A. Bauer, N. Boschmann, and D. Green (The Asian Development Bank,
1998).
- Women and Gender Relations: The Kyrgyz Republic in Transition, co-author with A. Bauer
and D. Green (The Asian Development Bank, 1997).
- Analyzing Social Capital in Context: A Guide to Using Qualitative Methods and Data,
co-author with N. Dudwick, V. Nyhan Jones, and M. Woolcock (The World Bank, 2006).
- Community Driven Development in the Context of Conflict-Affected Countries: Challenges and
Opportunities, co-author with N. Ahmed, J. De Berry and D. Owen (The World Bank, 2006).
- "Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Dilemmas and Challenges Facing Youth and Children,"
Demokratizatsiya (Vol. 8, 2000).
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