Director of the Auezov Institute of Literature and Art of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Doctor of Philology, Honorary Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Academician of the International Academy of Informatization
Author of books «Family-Rite Folklore of Kazakhs» (2007), «Kazakh Children’s Folklore» (1995), «Golden Storage Chest» (1996, co-authored), «From Lullaby to Wail. On family ritual folklore of Kazakhs» (1996), «Samples of Kazakh folklore in the collection of V.V. Radlova» (1997, co-authored), «Game Elements in Kazakh Folklore» (1997), etc.