Zamira Abman

Office: SH 222B  | Email: [email protected]

Zamira Abman is an assistant professor in European Studies and history at San Diego State University, specializing in Eurasia, the Soviet Union, and Russia. She earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on state feminism in Soviet Central Asia. Abman also holds an M.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a B.A. from the American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan. She is the author of the book, “Coerced Liberation: Muslim Women in Soviet Tajikistan” published by the University of Toronto Press in 2024. Beyond academia, Abman has held positions as a research specialist and community organizer at the University of Minnesota, worked for Counterpart International in Washington, D.C., and served as an election observer with The Carter Center in Monrovia, Liberia.