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US professor to head Azeri university

23 September 2010 09:48 (UTC+04:00)

BAKU – A US professor has been appointed principal of Azerbaijan’s Khazar University.

An announcement for the job was posted on the university’s website in January. Besides Azerbaijan, applications were filed from the United States, Turkey, Canada, Germany, Norway, India, and other countries. John Ryder, a professor of American State University was subsequently selected for the job.

Khazar University was established in 1991 by Hamlet Isakhanly, who acted as its rector.

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