U.S. UNDER FIRE: EXPERTS AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

TERRORISM and the MIDDLE EAST

Robert R. Friedmann, Ph.D.Chair, Department of Criminal JusticePhone: 404-651-3515 (o)Expertise: Global perspectives on crime; social control; crime analysis.

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Ph.D.Assistant professor of sociologyPhone: 404-463-9358 (o)404-525-2538 (h)

Expertise: Conflict and globalization; Islamic and Muslim social movements; Middle Eastern policies and conflict negotiation.

Lynn Hogue, Ph.D.Professor of lawPhone: 404-651-2055 (o)404-876-6067 (h)[email protected]

Expertise: National security law; options for and legal constraints on the U.S. government in responding to terrorist attacks.

John IskanderAssistant professor of religious studiesPhone: 404-463-9666 (o)404-378-7936 (h)[email protected]

Expertise: Islam and the contemporary Middle East; speaks Arabic.

Timothy Renick, Ph.D.Director, Program of Religious StudiesAssociate professor of philosophyPhone: 404-651-0723 (o)404-377-0959 (h)[email protected]

Expertise: Principles of violence; Western perspective on religion/ethics and their relationship to violence and warfare.

Dona Stewart, Ph.D.Associate director, Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and DevelopmentAssistant professor of geographyPhone: 404-651-1829 (o)404-371-8985 (h)404-408-0086 (cell)

Expertise: Middle Eastern culture and society.

William L. Waugh Jr., Ph.D.Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies/Political SciencePhone: 404-651-4592 (o)404-377-8173 (h)[email protected]

Expertise: International and domestic terrorism; managing natural and technological disasters; reducing the risk of workplace violence; emergency/disaster preparedness.

Christopher Wellman, Ph.D.Director, Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for EthicsAssistant professor of philosophy Phone: 404-651-0718 (o)404-874-6580 (h)

Expertise: Political philosophy; moral questions of terrorism.

AIRLINE & AIRPORT SECURITY

Rick Charles, Ph.D.Associate professor of public administration and urban studiesPhone: 404-651-1099 (o)404-234-6086 (cell)[email protected]

Expertise: Aviation policy; airline and airport safety/security.

ECONOMIC AFTERMATH

Jim Alm, Ph.D.Professor of economicsPhone: 404-651-0420 (o)[email protected]

Expertise: Global economics; public policy.

Roy Bahl, Ph.D.Dean, Andrew Young School of Policy StudiesProfessor of economics and public administrationPhone: 404-651-3961 or 404-651-3993 (o)[email protected]

Expertise: Public policy; political economy; global economics; the economics of developing countries; urban/regional economics.

Rajeev Dhawan, Ph.D.Director, Economic Forecasting CenterPhone: 404-651-3291 (o)404-840-3728 (cell)[email protected]

Expertise: Impact of terrorism on U.S. economy and the stock market; impact of federal interest rate cuts.

Jason Greene, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of FinancePhone: 404-651-2655 (o)404-303-9496 (h)

Expertise: Impact of disaster on financial markets.

RESCUE EFFORTS

Alice Demi, D.N.SC.Associate dean, College of Health and Human SciencesPhone: 404-651-4151 or 404-651-2050 (o)404-259-7787 (cell)

Expertise: How health-care workers deal with disasters; role of nurses following disasters; protocol for health-care professionals following disasters.

COPING WITH TRAGEDY

Greg Brack, Ph.D.Associate professor of counseling & psychological servicesPhone: 404-651-2211 or 404-651-2550 (o)678-230-4794 (cell)

Expertise: Understanding and coping with crisis and trauma.

Cecelia Cantrell, Ph.D.Associate professor of sociologyPhone: 404-651-1837 (o)404-876-5677 (h)

Expertise: Dealing with death and loss; how people grieve.

Dana L. Edwards, Ph.D.Assistant professor of counseling and psychological servicesPhone: 404-651-3402 (o)[email protected]

Expertise: Helping kids cope with tragedy; school counseling; belonging and social interest; family systems.

Joanna White, Ph.D.Chair, Department of Counseling and Psychological ServicesPhone: 404-651-3427 (o)770-843-1535 (cell)

Expertise: Talking to kids about tragedy.

MEDIA COVERAGE

Leonard Teel, Ph.D.Director, Center for International Media EducationAssociate professor of communicationPhone: 404-651-2697 (o)[email protected]

Expertise: International media; media history.

POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS

Dan Franklin, Ph.D.Associate professor of political sciencePhone: 404-651-4849 (o)404-233-8511 or 404-892-4757 (h)

Expertise: U.S. President's emergency powers; presidential performance/politics.

Jennifer McCoy, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Political SciencePhone: 404-651-4847 (o)[email protected]

Expertise: International relations; world politics.

Carol Winkler, Ph.D.Chair, Department of CommunicationPhone: 404-651-2592 (o)[email protected]

Expertise: Presidential rhetoric in terrorism crises.

MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS:

Betsy Robertson404-651-3572 (o)404-655-3456 (pgr)

Beth Flannigan404-651-3574 (o)

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