Dru C. Gladney

Dru Curtis Gladney (November 3, 1956 – March 17, 2022) was an American anthropologist who was president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College and a professor of anthropology there. Gladney authored four books and more than 100 academic articles and book chapters on topics spanning the Asian continent.

Early life Gladney was born and raised in Pomona, California, and attended Westmont College. 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 Gladney died on March 17, 2022, aged 65.