1968 |
Born |
1987-1990 |
Studied Political Science and Russian and East European studies at Indiana University, Bloomington (USA) |
1990-1997 |
Studied Byzantine, Caucasian, Near Eastern, and medieval Eurasian history at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA) |
1997 |
PhD in History |
1998 |
PhD dissertation “Imagining History at the Crossroads: Persia, Byzantium, and the Architects of the Written Georgian Past” wins one of six University of Michigan Distinguished Dissertation Awards |
1998-2008 |
Taught Eurasian and world history at Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA) |
1999-2008 |
Director of Georgia State University’s Program in World History and Cultures |
2006 |
Co-founder of and participant in the joint American-Azerbaijani Şərur Rayon Archaeological Project in Naxçıvan (Nakhichevan), Azerbaijan, whose focus was Early Bronze Age/Kura-Araxes Culture sites at Kültəpə II and Maxta I. |
2008-2009 |
Taught world history and academic English at the Russian State Humanities University, Moscow |
since 2009 |
Adjunct Assistant Professor for the University of Oklahoma, Norman (USA) |
since 2009 |
Fellow of the Center for the Exploration of Georgian Antiquities, University of St. Andrew the First-Called, Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia) |
since 2010 |
Associated Researcher, Historisches Institut, University of Bern |
2010–2011 |
Recipient, National Council of Eurasian and East European Research fellowship (USA) |
since 2012 |
Associate Professor of History, Sam Houston State University |
since 2014 |
President, American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) |