Political science, public policy issues:
Albert Eldridge, associate professor of political
science. Expert on terrorism. Also specializes in international politics,
American foreign policy, and political violence. Believes the Sept. 11 attacks
are not the kind of attacks that would be stopped by President Bush’s proposed
missile defense shield, and stresses the nation’s resources should be focused
against the most clear and present dangers ‑‑ terrorism. He can be
reached for additional comment at (919) 660‑4312; afe@acpub.duke.edu.
Peter Feaver, associate professor of political
science and co-director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, which
examines the growing gap between the military and American society and the
implications that has for military effectiveness and civil‑military
cooperation. Other interests: national security policy, especially the proliferation
and control of nuclear weapons. In 1993-94, served as Director for Defense
Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council at the White House. (919)
660-4331; pfeaver@acpub.duke.edu.
Kirk Felsman, senior research scholar at Terry
Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Research includes children affected by
armed conflict, displacement and refugee policy. Served many years as
adviser to the Save The Children Foundation in Rwanda, elsewhere. (919)
660-3620; felsman@pps.duke.edu.
Chris Gelpi, assistant professor of political
science, has done surveys about casualties that American citizens and the
military are willing to absorb in a war against terrorism. His primary
interests are the sources of international militarized conflict; strategies for
international conflict resolution; American civil-military relations and
national security issues. (919) 660‑4318; gelpi@duke.edu.
Ole Holsti, professor of political science,
specializes in international politics and foreign policy decision-making.
Author of Crisis, Escalation, War, Content Analysis for the Social Sciences
and Humanities, and Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy. (919)
660‑4348; holsti@duke.edu.
Bruce W. Jentleson, director of Terry Sanford
Institute of Public Policy and an expert on the Middle East.
Served as a senior outside foreign policy adviser to former Vice President Al
Gore and was involved in the Middle East peace process during the Clinton
administration. Author and editor of seven books, the latest being American
Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century (W.W. Norton
& Co.) (919) 613-7309; bwj@pps.duke.edu.
Robert O. Keohane, political science professor and a
leading international relations scholar. Specializes in global economic
policy. Author of After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World
Political Economy, for which he was awarded the second annual Grawemeyer
Award in 1989 for Ideas Improving World Order. Past president of the American
Political Science Association. (919) 660-4322; rkeohane@acpub.duke.edu.
David Paletz, professor of political science whose
specialty is politics and the media. Editor of the journal Political
Communication, whose latest edition was devoted to examining and better
understanding the role of the media in the Muslim world. Author of The
Media in American Politics: Contents and Consequences. (919) 660-4321;
paletz@duke.edu.
William H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the
Environment and Earth Sciences and professor of biogeochemistry. Can discuss environmental
issues and their impacts on national security. From 1992-01, he was a
member of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Environmental Task Force (MEDEA),
which examined how national security intersected with the environmental
sciences. (919) 613-8004; schlesin@duke.edu.
Scott Silliman, director of the Duke Law School’s
Center for Law, Ethics and National Security, is a former colonel in
the U.S. Air Force who provided legal support to U.S.A.F.
commanders during the Persian Gulf War. Can talk about national security
issues, including the prosecution of suspected terrorists in the American
court system. silliman@law.duke.edu.
Richard Stubbing, professor of the practice emeritus
of public policy studies. From 1974-81, as deputy chief of the federal Office
of Management and Budget, was responsible for defense and intelligence
budgets. Says 9/11 represents a colossal failure of U.S. intelligence
community, and Bush proposals do little to fight terrorism. Author of The
Defense Game. (919) 613-7369; richard.stubbing@duke.edu.
Ted Triebel, visiting
lecturer in public policy studies. Teaching interests focus on U.S. national
security policy and its effects on international security and strategic
issues. Was a career naval officer (rising to rank of captain) and a designated
Department of Defense political-military specialist. Teaches course on the role
of seapower in national and foreign policy. (919) 613-7369;
triebel@pps.duke.edu.
Religion/Islam/Church issues:
Miriam Cooke, chair of Asian and Arab Languages and
Literature, can discuss Islamic culture; Islamic women and war. (919)
684‑2312; mcw@acpub.duke.edu.
Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics in the Duke Divinity School, is one of America's foremost theologians and a pacifist who says that being nonviolent "is at the very heart of what it means to be a Christian." Co-editor, with Duke literature professor Frank Lentricchia, of "Dissent from the Homeland: Essays after
September 11." This special issue of the journal South Atlantic Quarterly, published by Duke Press, is a collection of essays critical of the war on terrorism and the resurgence of American patriotism and nationalism. Hauerwas: (919) 660‑3420. Lentricchia: (919) 684‑6172, frll@duke.edu.
Reinhard Huetter, associate professor at the Divinity
School, has led a forum on church traditions of pacifism and “just war”
thinking. (919) 660-3400.
Bruce Lawrence, religion department chairman and a scholar
of Islam, including fundamentalism and its link to violence. His 1998 book,
“Shattering the Myth: Islam Beyond Violence,” looks directly at the links
between Islamic fundamentalism and violence. (919) 660‑3506;
bbl@acpub.duke.edu.
Richard Lischer, a professor of preaching at Duke’s Divinity
School, who has prepared “Ten Suggestions for Preaching after a Catastrophe.”
(919) 660-3421; rlischer@duke.edu.
Dr. Keith Meador, director of the Institute on Care
at the End of Life, can also share insights for pastoral care in a time of
loss. (919) 660-3488; kmeador@div.duke.edu.
Ebrahim Moosa, religion professor whose South African
home was bombed by suspected Islamic militarists in July 1998. Areas of study
include Islamic law and thought, human rights, gender justice, medical
ethics and religious thought. (919) 660-3520; emoosa@duke.edu.
James Boyle is a law professor who is an expert on
cyberspace law, and can address possible civil liberty infringements of
the new anti-terrorism bills. boyle@law.duke.edu.
Michael Byers, director of Duke Law School’s Program
in Comparative and International Law. He teaches international law, international
economic law, international dispute settlement. Served as an adviser to
a coalition of human rights organizations, including Amnesty International,
which intervened before the House of Lords in the Pinochet case.
byers@law.duke.edu
Jerome Culp, a law professor and expert on racial
profiling who can speak about the questions of profiling people of Middle
East origin. culp@law.duke.edu.
Walter Dellinger, law professor and former Solicitor
General who says Americans would have to be willing to give up some civil
liberties if they want greater security. wed@faculty.law.duke.edu.
Robinson Everett, law professor who knows wiretapping
law and can address the changes brought on by the anti-terrorism bills.
Also teaches a course on National Security law. From 1980-90, served as chief
judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals. everett@law.duke.edu.
Madeline Morris, law professor who is an expert on the
international criminal law and issues relating to U.S. responses
to the attacks. Has provided consultation to the U.S. State Department, Office
of War Crimes Issues; served as Advisor on Justice to the President of Rwanda;
Special Consultant to the Secretary of the U.S. Army; Co-convenor of the
Inter-African Cooperation on Truth and Justice program. morris@law.duke.edu.
Chris Schroeder, professor of law and public policy
studies who is an expert on anti-terrorism legislation. Co‑chair
of the Center for the Study of Congress at Duke, which combines research and
educational activities aimed at understanding the present unhealthy
relationship between American citizens and Congress, and at improving that
relationship. schroeder@faculty.law.duke.edu.
William Van Alstyne, law professor who is pre-eminent
constitutional law and civil liberties expert. (He can speak on
virtually anything related to the law).
Economic effects of terrorism:
Douglas Breeden, dean of the Fuqua School of
Business, can discuss the effects of terrorism on the world economy. (919)
660-7725; doug.breeden@duke.edu.
Frederick Mayer, associate professor of public policy
studies and an expert on international trade policy and anti‑globalization
activists/terrorists. As an aide to former Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., Mayer
chaired a group of legislative staffers who devised a strategy to get NAFTA
passed. Author of 1998 book, Interpreting NAFTA: The Science and Art of
Political Science. (919) 613‑7338; frederick.mayer@duke.edu.
Engineering buildings:
Henry Petroski, civil engineering professor who has
written books and articles about the structural failure of bridges and
buildings. Doubts future of new towers. (919) 489‑9416;
petroski@duke.edu.
Foreign students/student visas:
Catheryn Cotton, director of Duke’s International
Office, who can talk about the impact of the attacks on foreign students,
including student visas, and a leading expert
on the implementation of the SEVIS tracking system. (919) 681-8472;
cotte002@mc.duke.edu.
Historical issues:
Elizabeth A. Fenn, assistant professor of history. Author of "Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82," which details the use of smallpox by the British as a biological weapon during the Revolutionary War. (919) 668-7842;
John French, associate professor of history and an
expert on police behavior and ideology, recommends treating domestic
terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem. (919) 684-2536;
jdfrench@acpub.duke.edu.
Martin A. Miller, history professor, teaches a course
titled “Foundations of Modern Terrorism.” Other interests include modern
Russian history, the history of psychoanalysis in Russia, and international
terrorist movements. (919) 684‑3575; mmiller@acpub.duke.edu.
John Richards, professor of history and expert
on South Asia, including Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Says honor and Islam in Afghanistan have
defined moral orders that have been incompatible with the rule of the nation-state.
(919) 688-8828; richards@duke.edu.
Chemical and biological agents:
Debra L. Hunt, assistant clinical professor of
Community and Family Medicine in the division of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine‑General, is director of Biological Safety for Duke. (919)
684‑8822; hunt0009@mc.duke.edu.
Michael Pirrung, a chemistry professor who can talk
about biological and chemical weapons. (919) 681-3482; pirrung@chem.duke.edu.
Dr. Woodhall “Sandy” Stopford, assistant clinical
professor of occupational and environmental medicine, is a specialist in
occupational health and toxicology, especially workplace exposure to hazardous
chemicals. (919) 286‑5744; stopf001@mc.duke.edu.
Wayne T. Thomann, assistant clinical professor of
Community and Family Medicine in the division of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, can address environmental safety issues. (919) 684‑6320;
thoma010@mc.duke.edu.
Preventing terrorism:
David J. Brady, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, is an expert in information-retrieval devices using technology such as optical imaging, sensors, signal processing and photonic systems. Brady believes such devices can help society prevent attacks, increase awareness and increase the efficiency of governmental and societal responses to attacks. (919) 660‑5394;
dbrady@ee.duke.edu
Kristina M. Johnson, professor of electrical and computer engineering and dean of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, can discuss homeland security and the role of engineers in protecting the nation. She believes engineers can assist in the war on terror by creating devices that can help protect emergency service technicians as well as civilians during an attack. Such devices would ideally allow first responders to gather better information about potential hazards and risks. Device ideas include incorporating sensors into large buildings to measure the stress upon structures and predict the amount of time buildings have until they collapse. (919) 660‑5389;
kristina.johnson@duke.edu
Trauma/Stress/Talking to children:
Jonathan Davidson, director of the Anxiety and Traumatic Stress program at Duke Medical Center, professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, is a leader in post-traumatic stress disorder research, including treatment of PTSD and depressive disorder. (919) 684‑2880;
tolme@acpub.duke.edu
Ken Dodge, director of Duke’s Center for Child and
Family Policy at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, can discuss how
to talk with children about violence, terrorism, being safe. (919) 613‑7319;
dodge@pps.duke.edu
John Fairbank, associate professor of psychiatry and co-director of the UCLA-Duke University National Center for Childhood Traumatic Stess, has expertise in traumatic stress in both adults and kids, and post‑traumatic stress syndrome, (919) 687‑4686,
ext. 265.
Dr. Harold Kudler, assistant clinical professor of
psychiatry and behavioral science, is an expert in post‑traumatic
stress disorder and how 9/11 has affected U.S. children, (919) 286‑6933
or 684‑5466.
Dr. John March, assistant professor of psychiatry,
specializes in child and adolescent psychiatry. He has expertise in
children an adolescents with post‑traumatic stress disorder, obsessive‑compulsive
disorder and other anxiety disorders; (919) 971‑1341, (919) 684‑4950;
jsmarch@acpub.duke.edu.
Susan Roth, chair of the Psychology: Social and
Health Sciences Department, can talk about post-traumatic stress. (919)
660-5723; src@duke.edu.
Tim Strauman, professor of Psychology: Social and
Health Sciences, can also discuss how to deal with tragedy. (919)
660-5709; tjstraum@duke.edu.
Dr. Redford B. Williams, director of Duke’s Behavioral
Medicine Research Center, professor of psychiatry, professor of psychology,
has expertise in anger and stress management issues. His research
centers on the effects of stress, anger, etc. on physical health and disease,
ways to manage stress and improve health; (919) 684‑3863;
redfordw@duke.edu.
Other:
Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Page research professor for Literature and Latin American studies, recently wrote a prose poem for the Nation called "Love Letter to America" about the aftermath of the disaster. He has written pieces on 9/11 for the LA Times, El Pais and other newspapers, relating it to the Chilean coup of September 11, 1973 and presents views from the perspective of a Latin American who has seen the United States as both the victim and victimizer. (919) 684‑6432;
adorfman@acpub.duke.edu
