Svetlana Peshkova

SvetLana Peshkova is a sociocultural anthropologist and a scholar of Islam and Gender. She is a Professor of Anthropology and a core Faculty in the Women’s and Gender(s) Studies Department. Her research interests include Imperskost' and Imperialism; Gender and Islam; feminism in post-Socialist space; Decolonialism; Muslim women leaders; Islamic education; Transnational Islamic Movements; Gender in Central Asia, and the Indigenous History of New Hampshire. Svetlana holds BA and MA (1995, 1996, Linguistics) from Pyatigorsk State University in Russia; MA (1999, Theological Studies) from Candler School of Theology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA); MA (2001, Television, Radio, and Film) from Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY); and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies and Ph.D. (2006, Anthropology) from Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY). Svetlana published a book, Women, Islam, and Identity: Public Life in Private Spaces in Uzbekistan, and several theoretical and ethnographic articles and book chapters about Muslim women leaders, Islamic education, identity, social movements, and reproductive health. SvetLana public educator actively learning and writing about Muslim women leaders, gender, Islam in post-Socialist space, decolonialism, and the Indigenous Heritage of New England (USA).