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               War in Iraq - Pace University Experts Guide

Contacts: 

Mary E. Horgan

 (914) 923-2798, mhorgan@pace.edu 
Cell: (914) 424-3845

William Caldwell

 (212) 346-1597, wcaldwell@pace.edu 

Law School, Jennifer Riekert

 (914)422-4128, jriekert@law.pace.edu 

HISTORY

Human Rights and Islamic Politics

Name

Reza Afshari

Title

Professor

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

Pleasantville

Terminal degree

Ph.D., Temple University

Broad subject

History and human rights

Topical areas

Human rights in Iran and Islamic cultural relativism

Most recent publication

Human Rights in Iran: Islamist Politics and the Abuse of Cultural  
Relativism, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Human rights and  Islamic politics

Professional affiliations

Middle East Studies Association of America, Committee for  Academic Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa

Work

914-773-3523

Home

914-276-0146

Preferred email

rafshari@pace.edu 


Ethnic and Social Issues Pertaining to Deployment

Name

Michael Izady

Title

Adjunct

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D., Columbia University

Broad subject

Middle Eastern and Western history

Topical areas

Ethnic and social issues

Most recent publication

"Ethnic and Social Issues in the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean," 2002

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Training of the U.S. Special Forces on issues pertaining to societies and cultures they will be exposed to in overseas deployment.

Home

212-362-6188

Preferred email

IzadyM@yahoo.com 

Jewish History

Name

Joan Roland

Title

Professor and Chair, History

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D., Columbia University

Broad subject

History

Topical areas

Middle Eastern and Jewish history

Major publications

The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Jews of India

Professional affiliations

Association of Asian Studies, Middle East Studies Association, Middle East Institute, Columbia Seminar on the Middle East

Work

212-346-1458

Home

212-242-1452

Preferred email

jroland@pace.edu 

ANTHROPOLOGY

Effects of War on Women and Civilians; Reconstruction

Name

Aseel Sawalha

Title

Assistant Professor

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D., CUNY Graduate School

Broad subject

Anthropology

Topical areas

Impact of war on women as civilians; The Middle East, urban anthropology, and urban reconstruction and postwar recovery.

Most recent publications

 "Healing the Wounds of the War: Placing the War-Displaced in Postwar Beirut," Wounded Cities: Destruction and Reconstruction in a Globalized World, Jane Schneider and Ida Susser, (eds.) London: Berg. (2003)

"Post-War Beirut

Place Attachment and Interest Groups in Ayn Al-Mreisi," Capital Cities: Ethnographies of Urban Governance in the Middle East. Seteney Shami, (ed.), Toronto: University of Toronto. (2002)

Professional affiliations

 American Anthropological Association, Middle East Studies Association of America

Work

 212-346-1389

Home

 718-773-8515

Preferred email

  asawalha@pace.edu 

ECONOMICS

Name

Ghassan Karam

Title

Lecturer in Economics

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

Pleasantville

Terminal degree

M. A., New School for Social Research

Broad subject

Economics

Topical areas

 International economy, economies of the Middle East and Israeli-Palestinian problem.

Major publications

The Arab Middle East: What’s Next?

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Environmental economics, sustainability issues; political economy of the Arab world; regional (Westchester) socio-economic issues.

Work

914-773-3528

Home

914-683-1339

Cell

gkaram@pace.edu 

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Government Policy and International Affairs

Name

Greg Julian

Title

Professor

Pace School

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

Pleasantville

Terminal degree

Ph.D.

Broad subject

Political Science

Topical areas

United Nations, government policy and international affairs

Major current scholarly interests and activities

government and international affairs.

Professional affiliations

New York State Democratic Committeeperson, 94th Assembly District

Home

845-942-2199

Cell

914-525-5798

Preferred email

gjulian@pace.edu 

Political Rhetoric, Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

Name

 Brian Nickerson

Title

Associate Professor and Director, Edwin G. Michaelian Institute for Public Policy and Management

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

White Plains, Graduate School

Terminal degree

J.D., Pace Law School; Ph.D., Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, SUNY Albany

Broad subject

Political science and public policy

Topical areas

Analyzing political rhetoric/domestic impact of foreign policy

Most recent publication

Emergency Preparedness and Response in American Government (Japan Intercultural Academy of Municipalities)

Professional affiliations

WFAS Radio, on-air political analyst, American Political Science Association, NYS Municipal Managers Association, American Bar Association

Work

914-422-4303

Cell

914-672-1903

Preferred email

bnickerson@pace.edu 

 

CHEMICAL WARFARE/ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEMS

Physics

Name

Melvyn J. Oremland

Title

Professor of Physics and Director, Forensic Science Program

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D.

Broad subject

Missiles

Topical areas

Anti-missile systems

Major publication

Internal publications at Bell Telephone Laboratories

Current Scholarly interests

Forensic Science

Professional affiliations

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Work

212-346-1762

Home

646-505-0733

Cell

917-848-4333

Preferred email

moremland@pace.edu    

        

Toxicology

Name

Richard B. Schlesinger

Title

Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

Pleasantville and New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D.

Broad subject

Toxicology

Topical areas

Respiratory toxicology

Most recent publication

Environmental Health Science: Recognition, Evaluations and Control of Chemical and Physical Health Hazards, co-authors M. Lippman and B. S. Cohen. Oxford University Press, NY (2003)

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Member of a number of National Academy of Science committees, including Gulf War and Health.

Professional affiliations

Society of Toxicology

Work

914-773-3707

Cell

914-584-8827

Preferred email

rschlesinger@pace.edu 

 

BUSINESS

Financial and Economic Effects of War

Name

Robert H. Parks

Title

Professor

Pace school

Lubin School of Business

Pace campus

New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D.

Broad subject

Finance and economics

Topical areas

Economic and investment research

Major current scholarly interests and activities

 Impact of war on investing and the economy

Professional affiliations

Robert H. Parks & Associates, Inc. (economic and investment research for institutional investors)

Work

212-346-1952

Home

914-923-6117

Preferred email

rparks@pace.edu 

Travel and Tourism

Name

Claudia Green

Title

Associate Professor

Pace school

Lubin School of Business

Pace campus

New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Broad subject

Hospitality and tourism management

Topical areas

Hotel management, ecotourism, restaurant and club management, e-commerce and tourism.

Major publications

 "New York Restaurant Industry: Strategic Responses to Business Slowdown Due to 9-11 Terrorist Attack," Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing.

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Travel, terrorism and war

Work

212-346-1983

Home

212-353-3676

Preferred email

cgreen@pace.edu 

International Affairs

Name

Stephen Blank

Title

Professor, International Business and Director, Center for International Business Development

Pace school

Lubin School of Business

Pace campus

New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D., Harvard University

Broad subject

Political science, comparative politics

Topical areas

Comparative politics, Western Europe, government-business relations

Most recent publication

Making NAFTA Work, 2000

Major current scholarly interests and activities

North American developments, political risk analysis.

Professional affiliations

Council on Foreign Relations, Mid-Atlantic Club of New York City, president

Work

212-346-1932

Home

212-832-1656

Preferred email

sblank5642@aol.com

Alternative email

Sblank@pace.edu  

 

PSYCHOLOGY

Behavior, Parenting and Dealing with Children’s Reactions to War

Name

K. Mark Sossin

Title

Associate Professor

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

New York City

Terminal degree

Ph.D.

Broad subject

Psychology

Topical areas

Effects of war on children. Parent-infant/toddler relations and the evaluation of risk factors in family contexts during early childhood.

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Infant development; psychoanalytic theory, especially as related to early childhood experience; and matching and mismatching in parent-style and child-style nonverbal behavior.

Professional affiliations

New York Association of Early Childhood and Infant Psychologists, president

Work

212-346-1727

Preferred email

ksossin@pace.edu 

MEDIA

Name

Michelle M. Pulaski

Title

Assistant Professor of Communications

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

Pleasantville

Terminal degree

Ph.D.

Broad subject

Communications

Topical areas

Media studies, news media, speech

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Emotion and news, pedagogy, TV ratings.

Professional affiliations

National Communication Association, International Communication Association, Eastern Communication Association and New York Chapter of Women in Communications.

Work phone

914-773-3529

Home

914-242-2015

Cell

914-643-1302

Preferred email

mpulaski@pace.edu 

Alternate email

mmpulaski@hotmail.edu 

TERRORISM

Policing and Security

Name

Joseph Ryan

Title

Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice

Pace school

Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Pace campus

Westchester

Terminal degree

Ph.D.

Broad subject

Criminal justice and sociology

Topical areas

Community policing and police management-related issues. Can discuss how the Community Oriented Policing Services Program can be used to help fight terrorism.

Major current scholarly interests and activities

 Research and involvement in the area of family violence, and is also involved with local police departments in encouraging and establishing proactive policies to address family violence and child abuse.

Professional affiliations

 Member of the American Society of Criminology

Work

 914-773-3814

Home

 914-741-5839

Preferred email

  jryan@pace.edu 

LAW

Prisoners Rights and Civil Rights

Name

Michael Mushlin

Title

Professor

Pace school

Pace Law School

Pace campus

White Plains

Terminal degree

J.D., Northwestern University

Broad subject

Civil procedure, civil rights and federal courts

Topical areas

Prison issues 

Major publications

Rights of Prisoners (2d Ed) (Westgroup 2000); "Dying Twice: Conditions on New York’s Death Row." co-authored with David Hammer, Art Cody, Risa Gerson, Norman Green, and Richard Wolf, forthcoming in Pace Law Review, "Unsafe Havens: The Case for the Constitutional Protection of Foster Children from Abuse and Neglect," 23 Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review 199 (1988). Adapted and published as Chapter Eleven of Child, Parent, and State: Law and Policy Reader, ed. by S. Randall Humm et. al. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, 1994.; "Foreword. Gideon v. Wainwright Revisited: What Does the Right to Counsel Guarantee Today?" 10 Pace Law Review 327 (1990); "History Comes Calling: Dean Griswold Offers New Evidence About the Jurisdictional Debate Surrounding the Enactment of the Declaratory Judgment Act". With Donald L. Doernberg. 37 UCLA Law Review 139 (1989); "The Trojan Horse: How the Declaratory Judgment Act Created a Course of Action and Expanded Federal Jurisdiction While the Supreme Court Wasn't Looking." With Donald Doernberg. 36 University California Los Angeles Law Review 529 (1989)

Most recent publication

"Legal Rights of Prisoners," Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice Joshua Dressler ed., 2d ed. 2002

Professional affiliations

Committee on Corrections of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, chair, and board member of John Jay Legal Services, Inc. and the Board of Children’s Rights

Work phone

914-422-4258

Preferred email

mmushlin@law.pace.edu 

Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights and the War Effort

Name

Randolph McLaughlin

Title

Professor

Pace school

Pace Law School

Pace campus

White Plains

Terminal degree

J.D., Harvard University

Broad subject

Civil rights/civil liberties; voting rights litigation

Topical areas

Civil and/or constitutional rights issues involved in the war effort

Major publications

Racially Motivated Violence: Litigation Strategies. Edited by Randolph M. Scott-McLaughlin. New York: Center for Constitutional Rights, 1984; "A New Day in South Africa." New York Law Journal, August 23, 1994; "Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic: The Supreme Court's Next Opportunity to Unsettle Civil Rights Law". 66 Tulane Law Review 1357 (1992); "Chisom v. Roemer: Where Do We Go From Here?" 24 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 1 (1992)

Most recent publication

 "The Voting Rights Act and the New and Improved Intent Test: Old Wine in New Bottles", 16 Touro Law Review 943 (2000).

Work

914-422-4340

Cell

914-953-5156

Preferred email

rmclaughlin@law.pace.edu 

Environmental Law and Damages Caused by War

Name

Jeffrey G. Miller

Title

Professor

Pace school

Pace Law School

Pace campus

White Plains

Terminal degree

LL.B., Harvard University

Broad subject

Environmental law

Topical areas

Legal liabilities for environmental damages caused by war

Major publications

The Law of Hazardous Waste Disposal and Remediation: Cases, Legislation, Regulations, Policies. With Craig N. Johnston. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1996; Fundamentals of Negotiation: A Guide For Environmental Professionals. With Thomas R. Colosi. Washington, D.C., Environmental Law Institute, 1989; Citizen Suits: Private Enforcement of Federal Pollution Control Laws. New York: Wiley Law Publications, 1987

Most recent publication

 "A Generational History of Environmental Law and Its Grand Themes: A Near Decade of Garrison Lectures," 19 Pace Environmental Law Review 501 (2002).

Professional affiliations

Has served on the board of directors of the Environmental Law Institute and Envirosafe Services, Inc., and is presently on the board of Enviro-Source.

Work

914-422-4014

Preferred email

jmiller@law.pace.edu

 

Prisoners of War, Constitutional Law, Military Law, and Geneva Convention:

Name

Ralph Stein

Title

Professor

Pace school

Pace Law School

Pace campus

White Plains

Terminal degree

J.D., Hofstra University

Broad subject

Constitutional law, legal history, criminal law and torts

Topical areas

Constitutional law dealing with war powers, military law, Geneva Convention

Most recent publication

"Artillery Lends Dignity to What Otherwise Would Be a Common Brawl: An Essay on Post-Modern Warfare and the Classification of Captured Adversaries", 14 Pace International Law Review (2002).

Major publications

"Justice Brennan and the First Amendment Minefield: In Respectful Appreciation." (Justice Brennan Foundation for the Future). 11 Pace Law Review 523 (1991); "Torts." (1989 Survey of New York Law). 41 Syracuse Law Review 567 (1990); "SLAPP Suits: A Slap at the First Amendment." 7 Pace Environmental Law Review 45 (1989); "Buildings that Go Crash in the Night: A Special Problem in Historic Preservation Law." 16 Real Estate Law Journal 242 (1988)

Major current scholarly interests and activities

Recent developments in state constitutional law and first amendment law, the latter particularly with reference to separation of church and state.

Professional affiliations

Legal committee of the Anti-Defamation League, involved in various civil liberties activities in both New York and Westchester. Frequently speaks to and aids citizen and community groups.

Work

914-422-4242

Cell

914-649-6613

Preferred email

  rstein@law.pace.edu 

Civil and Criminal Trials

Name

Louis Fasulo

Title

Adjunct Professor

Pace school

Pace Law School

Pace campus

White Plains

Terminal degree

J.D., Pace University School of Law

Broad subject

Trial advocacy

Topical areas

Civil and Criminal Trial Cases

Work

914-422-4227

Preferred email

lfasulo@law.pace.edu 

Alternative phone numbers

917-887-8895 or 212-566-6212

 

   

 


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