International Religious Freedom and the Case of Uzbekistan: Trading the Hammer-and-Sickle for the Moon and Star

The future Dr. Ashlyn Hand dialogues with Matt about the super fun topic of religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy and the specific case of post-USSR Uzbekistan. And she says nobody wants her at the dinner table... About the Guest: Ashlyn Hand is a fourth-year doctoral student at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Ashlyn’s research interests involve the intersection of women’s political representation and issues of religious liberty. Ashlyn received her Master’s in Public Affairs from the LBJ School in May 2015. Before graduate school, Ashlyn worked in public relations, serving as the Director of Communication for the Research Valley Partnership. BOOK MENTIONED THE WHITE NIGHTS: PAGES FROM A RUSSIAN DOCTOR'S HANDBOOK (A MEMOIR) by Boris Sokoloff (1956) https://www.amazon.com/White-Nights-Russian-doctors-notebook/dp/B002JS8KAI/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1555514758&refinements=p_27%3ABoris+Sokoloff&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Boris+Sokoloff CREDITS Co-Producer: Tom Rehnquist (Connect: facebook.com/thomas.rehnquist) Associate Producer: Matthew Orr (Connect: facebook.com/orrmatthew) Associate Producer: Lauren Nyquist (Connect: facebook.com/lenyquist Instagram: @nyquabbit) Associate Producer: Milena D-K (Connect: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939368892 Instagram: @thedistantsea and @milena.d.k) Music/Sound Design: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic www.charlieharpermusic.com) Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) Follow The Slavic Connexion on Instagram: @slavxradio, Twitter: @SlavXRadio, and on Facebook: facebook.com/slavxradio . Check out our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqMRKmAtJRxBVxFTI82pgg Thanks for listening and please don't forget to subscribe!!Special Guest: Ashlyn Hand.