Zaman Stanizai is a Professor of Political Science at California State University,Dominguez Hills, and Professor of Mythological Studies at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara,California. Dr. Stanizai has earned an MA degree in linguistics at the University of Washington in Seattle as a Fulbright scholar and he has earned a Ph.D. and MA degrees in political science at the University of Southern California. His recent research in political theory focuses on national and sub-national identities and the viability of third world nation-states encountering globalization. He has lectured widely on Islamic contributions to world civilization.