Gladney focused his research on ethnic and cultural nationalism in
Asia, specializing in the peoples, politics, and cultures of the
Silk Road and Muslim Chinese (or
Hui). A two-time Fulbright Research Scholar to
China and
Turkey, he conducted long-term field research in
Western China,
Central Asia, and Turkey.
Voice of America,
National Public Radio,
al-Jazeerah, and in
Newsweek,
Time,
The Washington Post,
International Herald Tribune,
Los Angeles Times and
The New York Times. Gladney's 2004 book,
Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects was published by the University of Chicago Press. His 1991 Harvard East Asian Monographs 149 book was ''Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic
. He authored (1998) Ethnic Identity in China: The Making of a Muslim Minority Nationality
; and was editor of Making Majorities: Constituting the Nation in Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the U.S.'' Gladney joined the
Pomona College faculty in 2006 as a professor of anthropology. He was president of the Pacific Basin Institute and chair of the anthropology department for a time. He served on the advisory board of the
East Turkistan National Awakening Movement. == Death ==