Reuel Hanks

author of Encyclopedia of Geography Terms, Themes and Concepts and Global Security Watch: Central Asia

February 4, 2012

Reuel Hanks is Professor of Geography at Oklahoma State University, and serves as the editor of the Journal of Central Asian Studies. Dr. Hanks was a Fulbright Scholar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1995 and has published more than a dozen articles and book chapters on Central Asia on Islam, nationalism and identity, foreign policy and political geography. He is the author of Uzbekistan (1999), an annotated bibliography in the World Bibliographical Series published by ABC-CLIO, Ltd; Central Asia: A Global Studies Handbook (2005, ABC-CLIO, Ltd); Global Security Watch:Central Asia (2010,Praeger International) and the Encyclopedia of Geography Terms, Themes, and Concepts. He has given over twenty public lectures in Central Asia, and has taught at Tashkent State Economics University, Samarkand State Institute for Foreign Languages, KIMEP (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan). He resides in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife Oydin Uzakova and daughter Kamila.

The Encyclopedia of Geography Terms, Themes and Concepts offers a broad coverage of terminology and concepts, serving as both an encyclopedic dictionary of geography terms and an approachable overview to the human and physical aspects of world geography. Approximately 150 geographic terms and concepts are defined and discussed, providing an accessible reference for anyone who requires a deeper knowledge of the language and ideas that are important to geography as a discipline. Helpful sidebars are provided to shed light on unusual or controversial theories and concepts.

Global Security Watch: Central Asia is the first authoritative examination of the security issues affecting, and affected by, the region where Russia, South Asia, China and the Middle East meet. It provides a comprehensive account of the strategic importance and challenges facing Central Asia for policymakers, students, researchers, and interested general readers alike.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2012-honorees/reuel-hanks

Last Updated: 12 January 2022