Ia Iashvili
Associate Professor of Geography
Faculty Development Program Fellow by Open Society Institute (OSI) at
The University of Montana,
from Akaki Tsereteli State University (ATSU) Kutaisi,
Republic of Georgia
Office: Old Journalism Building 204
Office Phone: (406) 243-4784
E-mail: ia.iashvili@hotmail.com
Education:
Ph.D., Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia), 1998
Human Geography
M.A.,/Aspirantura: Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia), 1991
Political and Social-Economic Geography
B.A. Kutaisi State Pedagogical Institute (Kutaisi, Georgia), 1987
Geography-Biology with honors
Current Course Offerings (at ATSU):
Geog 300 - Geography of World regions
Geog 400 - Geography of Georgia
Geog 200 - Tourism Geography
Geog 501 - Tourism Marketing
Geog 450 - Urban Geography
Hist 300 - Political Geography of World regions
Problems of Families in the History of American Society (M.A. class for American Studies Program)
Previous Course Offerings (at ATSU):
Geog 101 – Introduction in Economic Geography
Geog 301 - Geopolitics
Biol 101 - Introduction in Earth Sciences
Econ 101- Geography of World Regions
Geog 201 – Geography of Natural Resources
Areas of Specialization:
Human Geography
World Regions
Geography of Georgia
Tourism and Recreation
Urban Geography
Gender Studies
Family Studies
American Studies
Professional Background Information:
Dr. Iashvili 's teaching and research interests span several broad and diverse areas including: gender and social-geographic aspects of Georgian population in transition period (since 1990s after break up of the Soviet Union); ethnic minorities; elderly people; women’s problems; family issue; tourism in Georgia; American Studies focused on American families. Her interest in gender and family issues started with her dissertation entitled “Social-Geographic Aspects of Kutaisi Population Formation”. After defense, in 1999 she founded gender problems research initiative group at the Department of Geography at ATSU. Since that she studies social-geographic changes among urban female population of Kutaisi. Every summer she supervises students field work in tourism for Geography class.
Selected Recent and Ongoing Research Projects:
2008 – Grantee of Faculty Development Fellowship Program by Open Society Institute in American Studies (host institution The University of Montana)
2004 – Project “For Establishing of Gender Studies Centers at the Georgian Universities” by “Open Society -- Georgia Foundation”, project director.
2004 - Grantee of Faculty Development Exchange Program by The University of Montana in American Studies
2003 - Project to develop new classes at Georgian Universities in “Conflict, Gender and Peace Building” by UNIFEM; Volunteering in teaching a new course “Conflict, Gender and Peace Building” at ATSU for History, Journalism and Law school students.
2002 - One of the author of CEDAW report with collaboration of American Bar Association (ABA) by USAID.
2002 – One of the supervisor of the National Census in Kutaisi, Georgia
Selected Publications:
Selected Articles
Iashvili, I. 2006. “The Urban Structure of American and Georgian Cities”, American Literature and Georgian-American Relations. Conference proceedings of the III international scientific conference on American Studies, p. 251-257.
Iashvili, I. 2005. “Georgian-American parallels of the National Censuses”, Journal of American Studies, (III): 123-128.
Iashvili, I. 2005. “Analyses of Demographic Situation in Kutaisi City (1996-2004), Geography of Georgia, (4): 65-70.
Iashvili, I., and Davituliani,Ts. 2005. “For Researching of Tourist-Recreation Potential of Suburban Area of Kutaisi City Region”, Geography of Georgia, (4):56-61.
Iashvili, I., and Gvenetadze, T. 2003. “Changes of Men’s Working Structure and the Level of Adaptation in the Transition Period”, Geographic Journal of Caucasus, (3): 112-116
Iashvili, I., and Gvenetadze, T. 2000. “Some Results of the Reform: Women’s Labor Structure Changes in Market Economy Conditions (case of c. Kutaisi),Human Development Report. Georgia – 1999, 16-19.
Iashvili, I. 1998. “Contemporary Tendencies of Demographic Processes Development in Kutaisi City (1985-1995), Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Sciences, 157(3): 71-75.
