Duke University Experts on the 2008 Presidential Election (updated 7/30/08)

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Duke University Experts on the 2008 Presidential Election (updated 7/30/08)

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CATEGORIES:

U.S. politics
Foreign policy
National security and terrorism
Economic issues
Domestic and social policy/issues

U.S. POLITICS

Campaign finance
Candidate strategies
Congress
Gender and politics
Internet and politics
Media coverage and political ads
Political ethics
Political parties
Political rhetoric, political oratory
Polling
Race and politics
Southern politics
Supreme Court and the Constitution

FOREIGN POLICY

American foreign policy
Africa
Asia
Europe
Global health
Humanitarian intervention
International cooperation
Middle East and Islam
Russian-American relations
U.S. - Western Hemisphere relations
United Nations

NATIONAL SECURITY and TERRORISM

Arms control
Bioterrorism
Military conflict, national security
Military law
Terrorism and civil liberties

ECONOMIC ISSUES

Business law, ethics and accountability
City fiscal problems
Financial volatility and crises
Global economic policy, including trade issues and NAFTA
Salary gaps in the U.S.
Taxes
U.S. economy

DOMESTIC and SOCIAL POLICY/ISSUES

Advertising
Affirmative action
Capital punishment
Childhood and school violence
Crime
Environmental law and policy
Genomics, gene therapy, stem cell and cloning policy
Gun control
Health care issues, including Medicare, managed care and pharmaceuticals
Health risks
Higher education costs
Housing and urban affairs
Immigration
Intellectual property
Lotteries
NASA and space exploration policy
Poverty
Public school segregation
Race and equality
Religion
Research funding
School policy
School vouchers
Television violence
Telecommunications law

U.S. POLITICS

Campaign finance
John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science. Author of Why Parties? (University of Chicago Press, 1995) and teaches a number of courses on American politics, political parties and elections. (919) 660-4346; aldrich@duke.edu.

Michael Munger, professor and chair of political science. Has published many articles and a book on campaign contributions and elections. Testified before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee in hearings on McCain-Feingold. (919) 660-4301; munger@duke.edu.

David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. Author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House and co-author of a series of books on national elections since 1980. Teaches courses on various aspects of American national politics. (919) 660-7053; rohde@duke.edu.

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Candidate strategies
John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science. Author of Why Parties? (University of Chicago Press, 1995) and teaches courses on American politics, political parties and elections. (919) 660-4346; aldrich@duke.edu.

Mark T. Brown, director of the Management Communication Center at the Fuqua School of Business. Has taught and consulted about persuasion; advocacy; audience analysis; use of different media to extend, reinforce or diversify a message; and cross-cultural communication. Can discuss candidates' messages and their ability to present those messages to the voters and to the media. (919) 660-7868; mtb2@duke.edu.

William Chafe has written widely on issues of civil rights. He is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History and the former president of the Organization of American Historians. He is also the author of Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America. (919) 684-5436; william.chafe@duke.edu.

Scott de Marchi, associate professor of political science. Expert on the presidency and voting behavior. Has taught courses on electoral behavior and campaigns and elections. (919) 660-4342; demarchi@duke.edu.

Michael Munger, professor and chair of political science. Currently researching how and why candidates choose platform issues. Also specializes in Congressional-presidential relations. (919) 660-4301; munger@duke.edu.

David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. Author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House and co-author of a series of books on national elections since 1980. Teaches courses on various aspects of American national politics. (919) 660-7053; rohde@duke.edu.

Kenneth Rogerson, lecturer in public policy studies at Duke’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Research has focused on media, Internet communications and international relations. Can comment on use of Internet and electronic voting in campaigns, as well as internet politics and policy. (919) 613-7387; rogerson@duke.edu.

Jacob L. Vigdor, associate professor of public policy studies and economics. Has done research on voting behavior and economic self-interest. (919) 613-9226; jacob.vigdor@duke.edu.

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Congress
John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science. Author of Why Parties? (University of Chicago Press, 1995) and teaches courses on American politics, political parties and elections. (919) 660-4346; aldrich@duke.edu.

Michael Munger, professor and chair of political science. Specializes in Congressional-presidential relations. (919) 660-4301; munger@duke.edu.

David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. Author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House and co-author of a series of books on national elections since 1980. Teaches courses on various aspects of American national politics. (919) 660-7053; rohde@duke.edu.
Christopher Schroeder, Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law and Professor of Public Policy Studies and director of the Program in Public Law. Schroeder has served as Acting Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, where he was responsible for legal advice to the Attorney General, the Executive Office of the President and other executive branch agencies on a broad range of issues, including separation of powers, other constitutional issues and matters of statutory interpretation and administrative law. He has also served as Chief Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has written extensively on the USA PATRIOT Act and the commander-in-chief power as well as other topics related to presidential and congressional powers and the war on terrorism. (919) 613-7096; schroeder@law.duke.edu.
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Gender and politics
Kristin A. Goss, assistant professor of public policy studies. Current research focuses on how the agendas of women’s voluntary associations have changed over the past two centuries and how those changes have affected important policy issues, as well as citizen participation in the democratic process. (919) 613-7331; kgoss@duke.edu.

Kerry L. Haynie, associate professor of political science. Has researched African-American legislators, the effects of gender and race in state legislatures, and campaign finance reform and minority group representation, among other topics. Has taught courses in race relations, the politics of race and representation, and state politics, and has served as an associate editor of The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics. (919) 660-4366; klhaynie@duke.edu.

Martha Reeves, visiting professor of women's studies and markets and management studies. Author of Suppressed, Forced Out and Fired: How Successful Women Lose Their Jobs (Greenwood Press) and journal articles on women in leadership positions. Teaches courses on women and work, focusing on gender issues in corporate America. (919) 660-5696; mreeves@duke.edu.

Rachel F. Seidman, associate director of the Duke University Program on History, Public Policy and Social Change. Teaches “Women as Leaders” in the Hart Leadership Program and specializes in U.S. women’s history and the role of historical analysis in public policy debates. (919) 613-7305; rachel.f.seidman@duke.edu.

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Internet and politics
James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law and faculty co-director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School. A leader in the field of information technology law. Author of Shamans, Software and Spleens: Law and Construction of the Information Society (Harvard UP, 1996). Also has written about intellectual property policy, digital commerce and internet governance. (919) 613-7287; boyle@law.duke.edu.

Kenneth Rogerson, lecturer at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Research has focused on international relations, international communications and media policy issues, as well as internet politics and policy. (919) 613-7387; rogerson@duke.edu.

Zephyr Teachout, visiting assistant professor of law, served as director of online organizing in Howard Dean's bid for the 2004 Democratic nomination. She is the author of Mousepads, Shoe Leather and Hope, a book about the Dean campaign, the internet and the role of media. (919) 613-8529; teachout@law.duke.edu.

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Media coverage and political ads
Kristin A. Goss, assistant professor of public policy, has taught courses on the media’s role in politics and was a Washington, D.C., journalist for six years for The Chronicle of Philanthropy. (919) 613-7331; kgoss@duke.edu.

James T. Hamilton, Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of Public Policy Studies, with expertise in media policy. Author of the forthcoming book, All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News (Princeton Press). (919) 613-7358; jayth@pps.duke.edu.

David Paletz, professor of political science. Specialty is American politics and the media, especially the media and elections (news coverage, political ads, related items). Author of The Media in American Politics: Contents and Consequences (Longman, 1999). Also teaches a course "Politics and the Libido." (919) 660-4321; paletz@duke.edu.

David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. Author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House and co-author of a series of books on national elections since 1980. Teaches courses on various aspects of American national politics. (919) 660-7053; rohde@duke.edu.

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Political ethics
Ruth Grant, professor of political science whose expertise is in early modern philosophy and political ethics. She is working on an edited volume, Speak No Evil: Moral Judgment in the Modern Age. Her latest book project is The Ethics of Incentives. (919) 549-0688; grant@duke.edu.

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Political parties
John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science. Author of Why Parties? (University of Chicago Press, 1995) and teaches a number of courses on American politics and political parties. (919) 660-4346; aldrich@duke.edu.

David Brady is an associate professor of sociology and the director of European Studies. He studies politics, poverty and inequality, social policy, globalization, and labor. He has a forthcoming book comparing poverty, politics and policies in the U.S. and other advanced democracies. He has published articles on topics ranging from white working class voters, globalization and manufacturing jobs, welfare, and democratization.(919) 660-5760; (919) 599-3730; brady@soc.duke.edu.

David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. Author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House and co-author of a series of books on national elections since 1980. Teaches courses on various aspects of American national politics. (919) 660-7053; rohde@duke.edu.

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Political rhetoric, political oratory
Stephen Chapman, assistant professor of Old Testament in Duke Divinity School and an ordained Baptist minister. Studies scriptural references in current and historical political rhetoric. (919) 660-3408; schapman@div.duke.edu.

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Polling
Gavan Fitzsimons, professor of marketing and psychology. Research focuses on unconscious influences of polls on respondents. Has conducted many studies of the effect of asking questions on respondents, and finds that asking hypothetical questions can often change the actual behavior of the respondent, a technique referred to as “push polling” in political contexts. (919) 660-7793; gavan@duke.edu.

Ole Holsti, George V. Allen Emeritus Professor of Political Science. Specialties are international politics and foreign policy decision-making. Special interests in polling on foreign affairs, both in the United States and many countries abroad. Focus of a recent book is on how publics abroad have viewed the U.S., its institutions and its policies since the 9/11 terrorist attack. (919) 660-4348; holsti@duke.edu.

David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. Author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House and co-author of a series of books on national elections since 1980. Teaches courses on various aspects of American national politics. (919) 660-7053; rohde@duke.edu.

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Race and politics
David Brady is an associate professor of sociology and the director of European Studies. He studies politics, poverty and inequality, social policy, globalization, and labor. He has a forthcoming book comparing poverty, politics and policies in the U.S. and other advanced democracies. He has published articles on topics ranging from white working class voters, globalization and manufacturing jobs, welfare, and democratization.(919) 660-5760; (919) 599-3730; brady@soc.duke.edu.

William Chafe has written widely on issues of civil rights. He is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University and the former president of the Organization of American Historians. He is also the author of Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America. (919) 684-5436; william.chafe@duke.edu.

Kerry L. Haynie, associate professor of political science. Has researched African-American legislators, the effects of gender and race in state legislatures, and campaign finance reform and minority group representation. Has taught courses in race relations, the politics of race and representation, and state politics, and has served as an associate editor of The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics. (919) 660-4366; klhaynie@duke.edu.

Paula McClain, professor of political science and law. Focuses on racial minority group politics, particularly inter-minority political and social competition, and urban politics. Most recent book is Can We All Get Along?: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics. (919) 660-4303; pmcclain@duke.edu.

Timothy Tyson studies race, politics and religion in the modern American South. He is author of Blood Done Sign My Name, a memoir about a 1970 lynching in his hometown of Oxford, N.C., and Radio Free Dixie. He is a visiting professor of American Christianity and Southern culture at Duke’s Divinity School and a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies. (919) 660-3663; timothy.tyson@duke.edu.

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Southern politics
John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science. Currently working on a paper about the emergence of the Republican Party in the South. Also did comparison of state political parties and determined that parties in the South were as well-prepared and professional as in the North. (919) 660-4346; aldrich@duke.edu.

William Chafe has written widely on issues of civil rights. He is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University, and the former president of the Organization of American Historians. He is also the author of Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America. (919) 684-5436; william.chafe@duke.edu.

Kerry L. Haynie, associate professor of political science, has researched African-American legislators, the effects of gender and race in state legislatures, and campaign finance reform and minority group representation. Has taught courses in race relations, the politics of race and representation, and state politics. (919) 660-4366; klhaynie@duke.edu.

Robert Korstad, Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and History; co-director of the Duke Program on History, Public Policy and Social Change. Author of Civil Rights Unionism: Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-Twentieth Century South and co-editor of Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Talk About Life in the Jim Crow South. (919) 613-7335; rkorstad@duke.edu.

David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. Author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House and co-author of a series of books on national elections since 1980. Teaches courses on various aspects of American national politics. (919) 660-7053; rohde@duke.edu.
Timothy Tyson studies race, politics and religion in the modern American South. He is author of Blood Done Sign My Name, a memoir about a 1970 lynching in his hometown of Oxford, N.C., and Radio Free Dixie. He is a visiting professor of American Christianity and Southern culture at Duke’s Divinity School and a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies. (919) 660-3663; timothy.tyson@duke.edu.
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Supreme Court and the Constitution
Erwin Chemerinsky, Alston and Bird Professor of Law and professor of political science, is an expert on constitutional law and federal courts. He frequently argues appellate cases, including in the United States Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeals. He is representing a detainee being held at Guantanamo Bay. (919) 613-7173; chemerinsky@law.duke.edu.

Walter Dellinger, Douglas B. Maggs Emeritus Professor of Law. Served as acting Solicitor General for the 1996-97 term of the Supreme Court and argued nine cases before the Court, including cases dealing with physician-assisted suicide, the line-item veto, the cable television act, the Brady Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the constitutionality of remedial services for parochial school children. While head of the Office of Legal Counsel (1993-96), issued opinions on such issues as the president’s authority to deploy U.S. forces in Haiti and Bosnia; whether the president may decline to enforce statutes he believes are unconstitutional; affirmative action; and religious activity in public schools. (919) 613-7089; WDellinger@law.duke.edu.

Neil Siegel, associate professor of law and political science, whose expertise is in constitutional law, federal courts, public law and economics, and criminal law, came to Duke in 2004 after completing a clerkship with Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court of the United States. (919) 613-7157; nsiegel@law.duke.edu.

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FOREIGN POLICY

American foreign policy
Curtis Bradley, Richard and Marcy Horvitz Professor of Law. In 2004, Bradley served as Counselor on International Law in the Legal Adviser's Office of the U.S. State Department. His expertise includes international law and U.S. foreign policy law. He has recently written on presidential signing statements and is currently working on a book on international law in the U.S. legal system. (919) 613-7000; cbradley@law.duke.edu.

Alexander Downes, assistant professor of political science. Primary area of expertise is civilian casualties in warfare. Author of Targeting Civilians in War, a book on the causes of civilian victimization in modern armed conflict, including cases of strategic bombing, blockade/sanctions, counterinsurgency and ethnic cleansing. Can also talk about foreign-imposed regime change, military effectiveness, ethnic conflict/civil war and nuclear proliferation. (919) 672-3367; downes@duke.edu.

Peter Feaver, Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Political Science and Public Policy. Author of several books on civil-military relations. Served as Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform on the National Security Council from 2005-2007 and Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the NSC from 1993-1994. Special topics include military and veterans' roles in domestic politics; relationship between domestic politics (including campaigns) and foreign policy; relationship between war, presidential rhetoric and public opinion; President as Commander-in-Chief. (919) 660-4331; pfeaver@duke.edu.

Joseph Grieco, professor of political science. Areas of expertise include international relations, international political economy and problems of international conflict. Author of Cooperation Among Nations: Europe, America, and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade and co-author of State Power and World Markets: The International Political Economy. (919) 660-4315; grieco@duke.edu.

Ole Holsti, George V. Allen Emeritus Professor of Political Science. Specialties are international politics and foreign policy decision-making. Special interest in the nature and impact of public opinion on foreign policy, including wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Author of three books and numerous articles on public opinion. (919) 660-4348; holsti@duke.edu.

Bruce Jentleson, professor of public policy studies and political science, with particular expertise in Middle Eastern affairs, international security, and issues of force and diplomacy. Served as a foreign policy adviser to the Clinton-Gore administration and the Gore-Lieberman campaign. Author and editor of seven books, including American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century (3^rd. edition, 2007). (919) 613-9208; bwj7@duke.edu.

Bruce Kuniholm, director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and professor of public policy studies and history. Areas of expertise include diplomatic history and U.S. foreign policy in the Near and Middle East. Has worked on the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and Policy Planning Staff and served as a consultant for the Army, Marine Corps, the United Technologies Corporation and the Norwegian Nobel Institute. (919) 613-7309; bruce.kuniholm@duke.edu.

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Africa
Sheridan Johns, professor of political science. An Africanist scholar who teaches comparative and international resource politics. Has studied in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Is co-editor of Mining for Development in the Third World, and has written about the historical roots of the Communist and radical anti-apartheid movements in South Africa. (919) 660-4341; johns@duke.edu.

James A. Joseph, professor of the practice of public policy studies; director, U.S.-Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public Values; and former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa. (919) 613-7321; clpv@pps.duke.edu [In Cape Town, South Africa, during Spring 2008 semester.]

Stephen Smith, visiting lecturer of African studies, cultural anthropology and public policy. Former Africa editor of "Le Monde" and co-author of books on Morocco, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia and South Africa, as well as of country reports (Nigeria, CAR) published by the International Crisis Group (ICG). (919) 681-6111 or 308-5195; ssmith9@duke.edu.

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Asia
Gary Gereffi has published extensively on globalization and development. He has been interviewed by numerious news media about trade relations between the U.S. and China. He is a professor of sociology and director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, and Competitiveness at Duke University. (919) 660-5611; ggere@soc.duke.edu.

Bai Gao, professor of sociology. Major areas of research are economic sociology, organizational analysis, Japanese society, Chinese society and East Asian capitalism. (919) 660-5620; bagao@soc.duke.edu.

Nan Lin, professor of sociology. Research interests include Chinese societies. (919) 660-5610; nanlin@duke.edu.

Tianjian Shi, associate professor of political science. Area of expertise is comparative politics, with emphasis on China, foreign policy, communism. (919) 660-4306; tshi@duke.edu.

Margaret McKean, associate professor of political science. Expertise includes Japanese politics and environmental and resource politics. (919) 660-4340; mamckean@duke.edu.

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Europe
Tim Buthe, assistant professor of political science and associate director of the Center for European Studies. Buthe is an expert on the European Union (EU) and U.S.-EU relations. His EU-related research focuses on standards and regulation, competition policy (antitrust, merger review) and public opinion about the EU. (919) 660-4365; buthe@duke.edu.

David Brady is an associate professor of sociology and the director of European Studies. He studies politics, poverty and inequality, social policy, globalization, and labor. He has a forthcoming book comparing poverty, politics and policies in the U.S. and other advanced democracies. He has published articles on topics ranging from white working class voters, globalization and manufacturing jobs, welfare, and democratization.(919) 660-5760; (919) 599-3730; brady@soc.duke.edu.

Joseph Grieco, professor of political science. Expertise includes problems of an international political economy, especially as it relates to Europe. (919) 660-4315; grieco@duke.edu.

Judith Kelley, assistant professor of public policy. Research interests include the European Union, international relations in general, international organization and ethnic issues. Author of Ethnic Politics in Europe. (919) 613-7343; Kelley@pps.duke.edu.

Herbert Kitschelt, professor of political science. An expert on comparative political parties and elections in established and new democracies. Has written several books on the European left, the Western European far right, and logics of party formation in Europe. Current research examines how Europe has reacted to the post-Cold War era and postcommunist politics. In 2002, was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (919) 660-4343; h3738@duke.edu.

Gianni Toniolo, research professor of economics. Research has focused on the economic development of Italy, Europe and Japan during the 19th and 20th centuries. Other research is related to financial institutions, particularly the history of central banking and large commercial banks. Giannit@econ.duke.edu.

Jonathan B. Wiener is Perkins Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy. He is also president of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA, www.sra.org ). At Duke, he teaches courses on environmental law, risk regulation and international environmental law. He has written extensively on global climate change policy, risk-risk tradeoffs, economic incentives such as cap-and-trade systems, benefit-cost analysis in regulation, comparing risk regulation in the U.S. and Europe, and related topics. Before coming to Duke in 1994, he served in the White House and the Justice Department during the first Bush and Clinton administrations; there, he helped formulate the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions that is now embodied in many U.S., European and global policies, and he helped draft the presidential executive order requiring benefit-cost review of regulations. (919) 613-7054; wiener@law.duke.edu.

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Global health
Michael H. Merson, M.D., is the founding director of the Duke Global Health Institute and professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and public policy. Prior to this position, he served for 10 years as the first dean of public health at Yale University School of Medicine and seven years as director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale. Previously he worked for 17 years with the World Health Organization (WHO), serving first as director of the Diarrheal Diseases Control and Acute Respiratory Control Programs and subsequently as executive director of the WHO Global Program on AIDS. (919) 681-7760; michael.merson@duke.edu.

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Humanitarian intervention
Allen Buchanan, professor of philosophy. Author of Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination: Moral Foundations for International Law (Oxford University Press), which offers proposals for how international law should respond to some of today’s most urgent problems, including the justification of humanitarian intervention and secessionist conflicts. (919) 613-7409; allenb@duke.edu.

Bruce Jentleson, professor of public policy studies and political science. In 2008, he is serving in an advisory capacity to a Genocide Prevention Task Force organized by the U.S. Institute of Peace, the American Academy of Diplomacy and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Served as a foreign policy adviser to the Clinton-Gore administration.and the Gore-Lieberman campaign. (919) 613-9208; bwj7@duke.edu.

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International cooperation
Tim Buthe, assistant professor of political science. Buthe is an expert on international negotiations over economic issues, including international financial standards, non-tariff barriers to trade, foreign direct investment and international market regulation, as well as foreign aid. (919) 660-4365; buthe@duke.edu.

Madeline Morris, professor of law, is an expert on international criminal law, public international law and international human rights. She serves as chief counsel to the Office of the Chief Defense Counsel for the Guantanamo detainees in their proceedings before military commissions and directs Duke Law School's Guantanamo Defense Clinic. Morris has provided consultation to the U.S. State Department, Office of War Crimes Issues and served as Advisor on Justice to the President of Rwanda; Special Consultant to the Secretary of the U.S. Army; and co-convenor of the Inter-African Cooperation on Truth and Justice program. (919) 613-7049; morris@law.duke.edu.

Jonathan B. Wiener is Perkins Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy. He is also president of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA, www.sra.org ). At Duke, he teaches courses on environmental law, risk regulation and international environmental law. He has written extensively on global climate change policy, risk-risk tradeoffs, economic incentives such as cap-and-trade systems, benefit-cost analysis in regulation, comparing risk regulation in the U.S. and Europe, and related topics. Before coming to Duke in 1994, he served in the White House and the Justice Department during the first Bush and Clinton administrations; there, he helped formulate the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions that is now embodied in many US, European and global policies, and he helped draft the presidential executive order requiring benefit-cost review of regulations. (919) 613-7054; wiener@law.duke.edu.

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Middle East and Islam
Bruce Jentleson, professor of public policy studies and political science. Served as a foreign policy adviser to the Clinton-Gore administration and the Gore-Lieberman campaign. Was involved in Middle East arms control and regional security negotiations in the mid-1990s while serving on the U.S. State Department policy planning staff. Author of With Friends Like These: Reagan, Bush and Saddam, 1982-1990 (WW Norton, 1994). (919) 613-9208; bwj7@duke.edu.

Bruce Kuniholm, director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and professor of public policy studies and history. Areas of expertise include diplomatic history, Turkey and U.S. foreign policy in the Near and Middle East. Has worked on the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and Policy Planning Staff. Author of The Persian Gulf and United States Policy (Claremont, CA: Regina Books, 1984) and The Palestine Problem and United States Policy (Claremont, CA: Regina Books, 1986). (919) 613-7309; bruce.kuniholm@duke.edu.

Timur Kuran is professor of economics and political science and Gorter Family Professor of Islam and the Social Sciences. His publications include Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification, Islam and Mammon: the Social Predicaments of Islamism and articles on links between Islamic law and economic underdevelopment in the Middle East. (919) 660-1872; t.kuran@duke.edu.

Bruce Lawrence, religion professor 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.

Ebrahim Moosa, religion professor and director of Duke’s Center for the Study of Muslim Networks 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.

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Russian-American relations
Edna Andrews, professor and chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, directs Duke’s Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. Teaches a course that explores Russian culture and Russian contributions to cognitive science and linguistics. (919) 660-3142; eda@duke.edu.

Jerry Hough, James B. Duke Professor of Political Science. Specialties are the government and politics of Russia and Russian-American relations. (919) 660-4347; jhough@duke.edu.

Warren Lerner, professor emeritus of history. Specializes in the history of socialism and in Soviet history. Author of Karl Radek: The Last Internationalist; A History of Socialism and Communism in Modern Times, and other works in Soviet history and the history of socialism. (919) 684-2060; wlerner@acpub.duke.edu.

Ellen Mickiewicz, director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy Studies, professor of political science. Area of expertise is Russian media and its impact on elections. Is co-author of Television and Elections (The Aspen Institute and The Carter Center of Emory University, 1992), which has been translated into several different languages, and many other publications dealing with media and its influence in Eastern Europe. (919) 613-7340; epm@duke.edu.

U.S. - Western Hemisphere relations
Gilbert Merkx, professor of the practice of sociology and vice provost for international affairs. Has conducted field research in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Spain and Sweden. Research has focused on the sociology of public policy formation with an emphasis on economic policy, education policy and military policy. (919) 684-5830; gilbert.merkx@duke.edu.

Karen Remmer, professor of political science. Specializes in comparative politics; in particular, public policy and economic performance in Latin America. Research interests include the impact of military rule, stabilization and adjustment, democratization and interstate commerce. (919) 660-4309; remmer@duke.edu.

John Thompson, professor of history, studies 19th and 20th century North American history, teaches a seminar in Canadian history and comparative courses on the relationships among Canada, Mexico and the United States. Also director of Duke’s North American Studies program. Author of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies (3rd edition, 2002). (919) 684-2343; jthompso@duke.edu.

Erik Wibbels is an associate professor of political science. His research focuses on development, international markets, federalism and decentralization, and other areas of comparative and international political economy. (919) 660-4322; e.wibbels@duke.edu.

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NATIONAL SECURITY and TERRORISM

Arms control
Peter Feaver, Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Political Science and Public Policy. Author of several books on civil-military relations. Served as Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform on the National Security Council from 2005-2007 and Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the NSC from 1993-1994. Special topics include military and veterans roles in domestic politics; relationship between domestic politics (including campaigns) and foreign policy; relationship between war, presidential rhetoric and public opinion; President as Commander-in-Chief. (919) 660-4331; pfeaver@duke.edu.

Ole Holsti, George V. Allen Emeritus Professor of Political Science. Specialties are international politics and foreign policy decision-making. Special interests in alliance politics; post-Cold War wars, including Afghanistan and Iraq; and the role of public opinion on national security policy. (919) 660-4348; holsti@duke.edu.

Bruce Jentleson, professor of public policy studies and political science. A foreign policy adviser to the Clinton-Gore administration. Was involved in Middle East arms control and regional security negotiations in the mid-1990s while serving on the U.S. State Department policy planning staff. (919) 613-9208; bwj7@duke.edu.

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Bioterrorism
Elizabeth Fenn, assistant professor of history. Expert on smallpox. Also specializes in early American history. Author of Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82, which looks at the smallpox epidemic that swept North America in the years of the American Revolution. It includes evidence that the British used the virus as a biological weapon. (919) 684-2192; efenn@duke.edu.

Military conflict, national security
Curtis Bradley, Richard and Marcy Horvitz Professor of Law. In 2004, Bradley served as Counselor on International Law in the Legal Adviser's Office of the U.S. State Department. His expertise includes international law and U.S. foreign policy law. Recent publications have focused on presidential signing statements and the Military Commissions Act, habeas corpus and the Geneva Conventions. (919) 613-7000; cbradley@law.duke.edu.

Alexander Downes, assistant professor of political science. Primary area of expertise is civilian casualties in warfare. Author of Targeting Civilians in War, a book on the causes of civilian victimization in modern armed conflict, including cases of strategic bombing, blockade/sanctions, counterinsurgency and ethnic cleansing. Can also talk about foreign-imposed regime change, military effectiveness, ethnic conflict/civil war and nuclear proliferation. (919) 672-3367; downes@duke.edu.

Peter Feaver, Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Political Science and Public Policy. Author of several books on civil-military relations. Served as Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform on the National Security Council from 2005-2007 and Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the NSC from 1993-1994. Special topics include military and veterans roles in domestic politics; relationship between domestic politics (including campaigns) and foreign policy; relationship between war, presidential rhetoric and public opinion; President as Commander-in-Chief. (919) 660-4331; pfeaver@duke.edu.

Christopher Gelpi, assistant professor of political science. Primary interests are the sources of international militarized conflict and strategies for international conflict resolution. Involved in research projects that focus on the American civil-military relations and the use of force, the role of norms in crisis bargaining and the influence of democracy on the use of force. Has published works on alliances as instruments of control, diversionary wars, deterrence theory and the influence of the international system on the outbreak of violence. (919) 660-4318; gelpi@duke.edu.

Madeline Morris, professor of law, is an expert on international criminal law, public international law and international human rights. She serves as chief counsel to the Office of the Chief Defense Counsel for the Guantanamo detainees in their proceedings before military commissions, and directs Duke Law School's Guantanamo Defense Clinic. Morris has provided consultation to the U.S. State Department, Office of War Crimes Issues andserved as Advisor on Justice to the President of Rwanda; Special Consultant to the Secretary of the U.S. Army; and co-convenor of the Inter-African Cooperation on Truth and Justice program. (919) 613-7049; morris@law.duke.edu.

David. H. Schanzer is director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, headquartered at Duke. Schanzer, a lawyer, served since 2003 as the Democratic staff director of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security. He previously served as legislative director for U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo., and special counsel in the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense, where he handled special projects such as the investigation into the department’s role in the 1993 Branch Davidian incident. (919) 613-9279; schanzer@duke.edu.

Scott Silliman, executive director of Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security and professor of the practice of law. A former judge advocate and colonel in the United States Air Force who provided legal support to USAF commanders during the Persian Gulf War. Silliman's teaching and research interests focus on national security law, international humanitarian law, military law and the law of armed conflict. He can also address issues relating to private military contractors. Silliman has testified before Senate and House committees on the use of military commissions to try suspected terrorists. (919) 613-7138; silliman@law.duke.edu.

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Military law
Scott Silliman, executive director of Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security and professor of the practice of law. A former judge advocate and colonel in the United States Air Force who provided legal support to USAF commanders during the Persian Gulf War. Silliman's teaching and research interests focus on national security law, international humanitarian law, military law and the law of armed conflict. He can also address issues relating to private military contractors. Silliman has testified before Senate and House committees on the use of military commissions to try suspected terrorists. (919) 613-7138; silliman@law.duke.edu.

Robinson Everett, law professor who teaches a course on national security law. From 1980-90, served as chief judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals. (919) 613-7047; everett@law.duke.edu.

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ECONOMIC ISSUES

Business law, ethics and accountability
James Cox, Brainerd Currie Professor of Law. Specializes in corporate and securities law. Has published extensively in the areas of market regulation and corporate governance and has testified before the U.S. House and Senate on inside trading and market reform issues. Widely quoted after Enron bankruptcy and other corporate accounting scandals. Has written texts on Financial Information and Accounting and the Law and co-written Securities Regulations Cases and Materials. (919) 613-7056; cox@law.duke.edu.
Wayne Norman, professor of philosophy with a joint appointment in the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Can discuss nationalism, constitutional reform and citizenship in diverse societies, as well as business ethics topics such as corporate social responsibility, corporate scandals, codes of ethics, transparency, privacy issues, corporate culture, and crisis and reputation management. (919) 660-3033; wayne.norman@duke.edu.
Suzanne Shanahan, associate director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Sociology. Can discuss corporate social responsibility and associated international policies, racial violence and riots, and the effect of immigration policies on national movements (focus on Europe) as well as how immigration affects racial tension within populations. (919) 660-3033; suzanne.shanahan@duke.edu.

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City fiscal problems
Helen Ladd, professor of public policy studies and economics. Has written extensively on property tax, education finance, tax and expenditure limitations, intergovernmental aid, state economic development and the fiscal problems of U.S. cities. Has co-authored books on discrimination in mortgage lending and the capitalization of property taxes. Also co-author of America’s Ailing Cities: Fiscal Health and the Design of Urban Policy (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989; updated edition, 1991) and primary author of Local Government Tax and Land Use Policies in the United States: Understanding the Links (Elgar Publishers, 1998). (919) 613-7352; helen.ladd@duke.edu.

Financial volatility and crises
Kent Kimbrough, professor of economics. Research includes international economics and the role of the inflation tax, the implications of tariffs and optimal taxation. Recently completed an undergraduate textbook on international economics. (919) 660-1811; kent@econ.duke.edu.

Erik Wibbels is an associate professor of political science. His research focuses on development, international markets, federalism and decentralization, and other areas of comparative and international political economy. (919) 660-4322; e.wibbels@duke.edu.

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Global economic policy, including trade issues and NAFTA
David Brady is an associate professor of sociology and the director of European Studies. He studies politics, poverty and inequality, social policy, globalization, and labor. He has a forthcoming book comparing poverty, politics and policies in the U.S. and other advanced democracies. He has published articles on topics ranging from white working class voters, globalization and manufacturing jobs, welfare, and democratization.(919) 660-5760; (919) 599-3730; brady@soc.duke.edu.

Tim Buthe, assistant professor of political science. Buthe is an expert on international negotiations over economic issues, including international financial standards, non-tariff barriers to trade, foreign direct investment and international market regulation, as well as foreign aid. (919) 660-4365; buthe@duke.edu.

Gary Gereffi has published extensively on globalization and development. He has been interviewed by numerious news media about trade relations between the U.S. and China. He is a professor of sociology and director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, and Competitiveness at Duke University. (919) 660-5611; ggere@soc.duke.edu.

Salary gaps in the U.S.
David Brady is an associate professor of sociology and the director of European Studies. He studies politics, poverty and inequality, social policy, globalization, and labor. He has a forthcoming book comparing poverty, politics and policies in the U.S. and other advanced democracies. He has published articles on topics ranging from white working class voters, globalization and manufacturing jobs, welfare, and democratization.(919) 660-5760; (919) 599-3730; brady@soc.duke.edu.

Philip Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, professor of economics and professor of sociology. Co-author of The Winner Take-All Society (The Free Press, New York, 1995; Penguin Books, 1996 paperback edition), which discusses income inequalities and the societal impact of top salaries in entertainment and sports. It was named a “Notable Book of the Year for 1995” by The New York Times Book Review. (919) 613-7360; p cook@duke.edu.

Taxes
Richard Schmalbeck, professor of law. Briefly served as special assistant to the associate director of the Office of Management and Budget, then practiced law with a Washington, D.C., firm specializing in federal tax law. Focuses on federal taxation and law and economics. (919) 613-7078; schmalbeck@law.duke.edu.

U.S. economy
David Brady is an associate professor of sociology and the director of European Studies. He studies politics, poverty and inequality, social policy, globalization, and labor. He has a forthcoming book comparing poverty, politics and policies in the U.S. and other advanced democracies. He has published articles on topics ranging from white working class voters, globalization and manufacturing jobs, welfare, and democratization.(919) 660-5760; (919) 599-3730; brady@soc.duke.edu.

Michael Bradley, F.M. Kirby Professor of Investment Banking at the Fuqua School of Business and professor of law. Areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, takeover defenses and tactics, government regulation of the Securities Market, insider trading and corporate bankruptcy. (919) 660-8006; bradley@duke.edu.

Gary Gereffi has published extensively on globalization and development. He has been interviewed by numerious news media about trade relations between the U.S. and China. He is a professor of sociology and director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, and Competitiveness at Duke University. (919) 660-5611; ggere@soc.duke.edu.

Craufurd Goodwin , James B. Duke Professor of Economics. Editor of the journal History of Political Economy and the book series Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics. Books co-authored since 1991 include Economics and National Security: A History of Their Interaction; Missing the Boat: The Failure to Internationalize American Higher Education; and Academic Mobility in a Changing World: Regional and Global Trends. (919) 684-3936; goodwin@econ.duke.edu.

Campbell Harvey, professor of international finance at the Fuqua School of Business. Has been analyzing, teaching and consulting on global risk management for more than a decade. Co-author of Country Risk in Global Financial Management. (919) 660-7768; (919) 271-8156; cam.harvey@duke.edu.

Tracy R. Lewis, professor of business administration at the Fuqua School of Business, professor of law and director of the Duke Innovation Center. Areas of expertise include business and competition policy, the economics of innovation and intellectual property, and environmental protection policy. (919) 660-7983 ; tracyl@duke.edu.

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DOMESTIC and SOCIAL POLICY/ISSUES

Advertising
Julie Edell Britton, associate professor of marketing at the Fuqua School of Business. An expert on marketing data analysis, advertising effectiveness and research design. She can also talk about CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and voters’/consumers’ reactions to advertising. (919) 660-7826; jae6@mail.duke.edu.

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Affirmative action
William Chafe has written widely on issues of civil rights. He is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History and the former president of the Organization of American Historians. He is also the author of Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America. (919) 684-5436; william.chafe@duke.edu.

Timothy Tyson studies race, politics and religion in the modern American South. He is author of Blood Done Sign My Name, a memoir about a 1970 lynching in his hometown of Oxford, N.C., and Radio Free Dixie. He is a visiting professor of American Christianity and Southern culture at Duke’s Divinity School and a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies. (919) 660-3663; timothy.tyson@duke.edu.

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Capital punishment
James Coleman, professor of law. Teaches courses in criminal law, legal ethics, negotiation and mediation, capital punishment and wrongful convictions. Co-director of the law school's new center on criminal justice and professional responsibility. When in private practice, Coleman represented criminal defendants in capital collateral proceedings. He chaired the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project (2001-2006). (919) 613-7057; JColeman@law.duke.edu.

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Childhood and school violence
Doriane Lambelet Coleman, professor of law, focuses her research on the ways in which culture, domestic and foreign, affects women and children as they are treated in the law. Her first book, Fixing Columbine: The Challenge to American Liberalism (Carolina Academic Press 2002) explores the largely silent epidemic of childhood dysfunction that plagues the U.S. as the basis to examine those liberal doctrines -- primarily of free speech and parental autonomy -- that most negatively affect children's successful emotional development. (919) 613-7075; DColeman@law.duke.edu.

Kenneth Dodge, director of the Duke Center for Children and Family Policy. Research focuses on predicting what makes kids turn violent and ways to prevent it. Can also talk about programs/policies dealing with kids in “alternative” settings; what government/schools/communities should do with errant or at-risk children and youth; and the social cost of budget cuts to various programs and character education. (919) 613-9303; dodge@duke.edu.

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Crime
Kenneth Land, John Franklin Crowell Professor of Sociology and a senior fellow at Duke’s Center for Demographic Studies. Main research interests are contemporary social trends and social problems, demography, criminology, organizations, and social statistics. Current research looks at the causes of crime and delinquent/criminal careers. (919) 660-5615; kland@soc.duke.edu.

Joel Rosch, senior research scholar at the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy. Former director of research and planning for the N.C. Bureau of Investigation; also worked on the development of North Carolina's graduated driver's license system and North Carolina's system to assess and provide substance abuse treatment to juvenile offenders. (919) 613 9291; jbrrosch@duke.edu.

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Environmental law and policy
Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, is an expert on the causes and effects of global, regional and urban-scale environmental change, and policy options to address these changes. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and former chief scientist at Environmental Defense, he has published more than 130 papers and six books on the chemical, physical and biological processes that shape our environment. He blogs on issues such as sustainability, “green” consumerism and environmental stewardship. (919) 613-8004; bill.chameides@duke.edu.

Michael Lenox, associate professor of strategy at the Fuqua School of Business. His research is at the interface of business strategy and public policy and explores novel public policies and business strategies that have the potential to create sustainable businesses. In particular, he has examined the prospects for industry self-regulation of environmental impacts -- both the incentives firms have to self-regulate and the institutions created by firms and other stakeholders to facilitate self-regulation. (919) 660-8025; mlenox@duke.edu.

Gunther Peck, associate professor of public policy studies and history. Specializes in 19th and 20th century American social and cultural history; comparative immigration and labor studies; and environmental history. (919) 668-5297, (919) 613-7399; peckgw@duke.edu.

Alex Pfaff, associate professor of public policy studies; former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. Expertise in environmental and natural resource economics with research in the areas of deforestation (Central and South America); water and climate, drought in Brazil and water quality in Southeast Asia. (919) 613-9240; alex.pfaff@duke.edu.

Tim Profeta came to Duke in 2005 as founding director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. Prior to his arrival, he served as counsel for the environment to Senator Joseph Lieberman and was a principal architect of the Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act of 2003. He also represented Lieberman in legislative negotiations pertaining to environmental and energy issues, as well as coordinating the senator's energy and environmental portfolio during his runs for national office. Profeta has served as a visiting lecturer at Duke Law School, where he taught a weekly seminar on the evolution of environmental law and the Endangered Species Act. (919) 613-8709; tim.profeta@duke.edu.

Christopher Schroeder, Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law and professor of public policy studies and director of the Program in Public Law. Schroeder has served as acting assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, where he was responsible for legal advice to the attorney general, the Executive Office of the President and other executive branch agencies on a broad range of issues. He has written on the philosophical foundations of risk regulation and liability, the regulation of toxic substances, the performance of American environmental policy, and on a variety of topics in public law and theory. His publications include a leading environmental law casebook, Environmental Regulation: Law, Science and Policy (5th Edition, 2006), published by Aspen Publishing, and A New Progressive Agenda for Public Health and the Environment (2005), a project of the Center for Progressive Reform(CPR), co-edited with Rena Steinzor. (919) 613-7096; schroeder@law.duke.edu.

Christopher Timmins is an environmental economist whose speciality is non-market valuation, the value people place on commodities such as clean air and clean water. Recent research has involved EPA rules on mercury emissions. He also looks at the value of clean air, and how that affects where people live and work. (919) 660-1809; timmins@econ.duke.edu.

Jonathan B. Wiener is Perkins Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy. He is also president of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA, www.sra.org ). At Duke, he teaches courses on environmental law, risk regulation and international environmental law. He has written extensively on global climate change policy, risk-risk tradeoffs, economic incentives such as cap-and-trade systems, benefit-cost analysis in regulation, comparing risk regulation in the U.S. and Europe and related topics. Before coming to Duke in 1994, he served in the White House and the Justice Department during the first Bush and Clinton administrations; there, he helped formulate the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions that is now embodied in many US, European and global policies, and he helped draft the presidential executive order requiring benefit-cost review of regulations. (919) 613-7054; wiener@law.duke.edu.

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Genomics, gene therapy, stem cell and cloning policy
Robert Cook-Deegan, director of the Duke Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy. An expert on health research and health research policy, the Office of Technology Assessment, S&T policy, biodefense policy, genomics, gene patents, Bayh-Dole and technology transfer. (919) 668-0793; bob.cd@duke.edu.

Allen Buchanan, professor of philosophy. Research interests include bioethics and political philosophy, ethical issues in genetics and how genetics impacts international law. (919) 383-0049; allenb@duke.edu.

Amy Laura Hall, assistant professor of theological ethics at Duke Divinity School. Research interests include parenting studies and bioethics. Currently working on Conceiving Parenthood, a book on the rise of medical-technological consumerism over the last century. Also serves on the United Methodist Church’s Bioethics Task Force. (919) 660-3403; divalh@duke.edu.

Seymour Mauskopf, professor of history. Specializes in the history of science, including the history of chemistry and allied sciences; the history of munitions and explosives; and the history of parapsychology and marginal science. Editor of The Reception of Unconventional Science and Chemical Sciences in the Modern World. (919) 684-2581; shmaus@acpub.duke.edu.

Priscilla Wald, associate professor of English. Specializes in the representation of science, especially genetics and contagion, in pop culture. Also analyzes popular movies books and news coverage, and has studied the representation of disease and contagion (including typhoid, SARS and AIDS) and its interaction with culture. (919) 684-6869; pwald@duke.edu.

Gun control
Philip Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, professor of economics and professor of sociology. Research focuses on the regulation of unhealthy and unsafe behavior, including guns and youth violence, gun ownership, medical costs of gunshot wounds, as well as the economics of gun ownership. Recent publications included the journal article “Underground Gun Markets.” (919) 613-7360; pcook@duke.edu.

Kristin A. Goss, assistant professor of public policy studies. Author of the book, Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America. (Princeton University Press, 2006) (919) 613-7331; kgoss@duke.edu.

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Health care issues, including access, Medicare, managed care and pharmaceuticals
Chris Conover, assistant research professor, Center for Health Policy. Expertise includes medical malpractice and cost-effectiveness analyses of medical regulation. (919) 613-9369; conoverc@hpolicy.duke.edu.

Sherman A. James, Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy Studies. An epidemiologist, James’ research focuses on the social determinants of racial and ethnic health inequalities and community-based and public policy interventions designed to minimize, and ultimately eliminate, these inequalities. He is the president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research. (919) 613-7338; sjames@duke.edu.

Will Mitchell, professor of strategy at the Fuqua School of Business. An expert on corporate strategy, with particular expertise in international management and the pharmaceutical industry. He can talk about the impact of policy choices on business strategy. (919) 660-7994; will.mitchell@duke.edu.

Barak Richman, associate professor of law. Richman's research interests include the economics of contracting, new institutional economics and health care policy. Recently published articles focus on antitrust and nonprofit hospital mergers, insurance expansions and distributive injustice in American health care. (919) 613-7244; richman@law.duke.edu.

Joel Rosch, senior research scholar at the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy. Former director of research and planning for the N.C. Bureau of Investigation; also worked on the development of the state's graduated driver's license system and system to assess and provide substance abuse treatment to juvenile offenders. (919) 613-9291; jbrrosch@duke.edu.

Kevin A. Schulman, M.D., director of the health sector management program at the Fuqua School of Business. Also on the faculty of the Duke University School of Medicine. Expertise includes health policy, business and health issues, health economics, pharmaceutical issues, health care information technology and innovation in health care. (919) 660-7861; schul012@mail.duke.edu.

Frank Sloan, J. Alex McMahon Professor of Health Policy and Management, who has studied such topics as alcohol use prevention, long-term care, medical malpractice and the U.S. vaccine delivery system. (919) 613-9358; fsloan@duke.edu.

Kathryn Whetten, director of the Duke Center for Health Policy. Research focuses on health inequalities, the impact of AIDS, health-related issues for the poor, disenfranchised and chronically ill, and other social impact issues related to health and disease. (919) 613-9366; kwhetten@duke.edu.

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Health risks
Philip Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, professor of economics and professor of sociology. Research focuses on the regulation of unhealthy and unsafe behavior, including alcohol abuse. His 2007 book, Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control, makes the case for higher taxes as a method for curbing alcohol abuse. (919) 613-7360; cook@pps.duke.edu.

Peter English, professor of history and M.D., Department of Pediatrics. Specializes in medical history. He has written on the history of pneumonia, diptheria and rheumatic fever. His newest book, Old Paint: A Medical History of Childhood Lead-Paint Poisoning in the United States to 1980 deals with lead poisoning. Past research centered on unwanted children and the evolution of the foster care system and on the history of surgery. (919) 684-8206, (919) 620-5374; penglish@acpub.duke.edu.

Sherman A. James, Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy Studies. An epidemiologist, James’ research focuses on the social determinants of racial and ethnic health inequalities and community-based and public policy interventions designed to minimize, and ultimately eliminate, these inequalities. He is the president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research. (919) 613-7338; sjames@duke.edu.

Frank Sloan, J. Alex McMahon Professor of Health Policy and Management; professor of economics Books include Medical Malpractice (MIT Press, 2008); The Smoking Puzzle: Information, Risk Perceptions and Choice (Harvard University Press, 2003), which looks at why adults in their 50s and 60s continue to smoke cigarettes, despite decades of warnings that it is dangerous to their health. (919) 613-9358; fsloan@duke.edu.

Don Taylor, assistant professor of public policy studies, community and family medicine; and nursing. Research interests in hospice care, aging, especially dementia/Alzheimer’s, preventive services and impact of lifestyle factors on health costs, as well as comparative health policy. (919) 613-9357; detaylor@duke.edu.

Jonathan B. Wiener is Perkins Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy. He is also president of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA, www.sra.org ). At Duke, he teaches courses on environmental law, risk regulation and international environmental law. He has written extensively on global climate change policy, risk-risk tradeoffs, economic incentives such as cap-and-trade systems, benefit-cost analysis in regulation, comparing risk regulation in the U.S. and Europe, and related topics. Before coming to Duke in 1994, he served in the White House and the Justice Department during the first Bush and Clinton administrations; there, he helped formulate the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions that is now embodied in many U.S., European and global policies, and he helped draft the presidential executive order requiring benefit-cost review of regulations. (919) 613-7054; wiener@law.duke.edu.

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Higher education costs
Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies; professor of economics and law; director of the Center for the Study of Philanthropy & Voluntarism. Author of Buying the Best: Cost Escalation in Elite Higher Education (Princeton University Press, 1996), which looks at cost increases at elite private research universities. (919) 613-7361; charles.clotfelter@duke.edu.

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Housing and urban affairs

Jacob L. Vigdor, associate professor of public policy studies and economics. Teaches urban policy courses and has conducted research on American ghettos, immigrant segregation in housing, urban decay and housing affordability. (919) 613-9226; jacob.vigdor@duke.edu.

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Immigration
Gunther Peck, associate professor of public policy studies and history. Specializes in 19th and 20th century American social and cultural history; comparative immigration and labor studies; and environmental history. (919) 668-5297, (919) 613-7399; peckgw@duke.edu.

Noah Pickus, associate research professor of public policy and director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Expert on the politics of immigration, citizenship and national identity, who has advised the Department of Homeland Security, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Smith-Richardson Foundation, and other public and private organizations. (919) 660-3033; pickus@duke.edu.

Suzanne Shanahan, associate director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Sociology. Can discuss corporate social responsibility and associated international policies, racial violence and riots, and the effect of immigration policies on national movements (focus on Europe) as well as how immigration affects racial tension within populations. (919) 660-3033; suzanne.shanahan@duke.edu.

Jacob L. Vigdor, associate professor of public policy studies and economics. Has conducted research on immigrant segregation in housing and has broad knowledge of immigration, the labor market and the economy. (919) 613-9226; jacob.vigdor@duke.edu.

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Intellectual property

Arti Rai, professor of law, is an expert in patent law, law and the biopharmaceutical industry, and health care regulation. Her current research, funded by the National Institutes of Health, focuses issues raised by collaborative research and development in areas ranging from synthetic biology to drug development. She has testified before Congress on issues relating to patent reform. (919) 613-7276; rai@law.duke.edu.

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Lotteries
Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies, professor of economics and law, and director of the Center for the Study of Philanthropy & Voluntarism. Coauthor of Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America (Harvard University Press, 1989; paperback edition, 1991). (919) 613-7361; charles.clotfelter@duke.edu.

Philip Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, professor of economics and professor of sociology. Coauthor of Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America (Harvard University Press, 1989; paperback edition, 1991). (919) 613-7360; pcook@duke.edu.

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NASA and space exploration policy
Alex Roland, professor of history. Served as a historian for NASA from 1973 to 1981 and has written extensively on the topic. Also an expert on military history in the Western experience and the history of technology. (919) 684-2758; aroland@duke.edu.

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Poverty
David Brady is an associate professor of sociology and the director of European Studies. He studies politics, poverty and inequality, social policy, globalization, and labor. He has a forthcoming book comparing poverty, politics and policies in the U.S. and other advanced democracies. He has published articles on topics ranging from white working class voters, globalization and manufacturing jobs, welfare, and democratization.(919) 660-5760; (919) 599-3730; brady@soc.duke.edu.

Anna Gassman-Pines, assistant professor of public policy studies. Research focuses on low-wage work, and the effects of welfare policy on child and maternal well-being in low-income families. (919) 613-7301; agassman.pines@duke.edu.

Christina Gibson-Davis, assistant professor of public policy studies and psychology. Interested in evaluating the effects of anti-poverty programs on the health and well-being of families and children. (919) 613-7364; cgibson@duke.edu.

Anirudh Krishna, associate professor of public policy, researches poverty dynamics at the household level, and has tracked movements into and out of poverty in communities of India, Kenya, Uganda, Peru and North Carolina, USA. (919) 613-7337; ak30@duke.edu. [Available after July 1, 2008]

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Public school segregation
Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies; professor of economics and law. Author of After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation (Princeton Press, 2004), a comprehensive examination of the national trend toward increasing school segregation. (919) 613-7361; charles.clotfelter@duke.edu.

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Race and equality
William Chafe has written widely on issues of civil rights. He is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University and the former president of the Organization of American Historians. He is also the author of Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America. (919) 684-5436; william.chafe@duke.edu.

William Darity, professor of public policy studies, African and African American studies, and economics. Research focuses on racial and economic inequality in the United States and internationally. Recent research includes study of skin-tone variances in wages, and black/white differences in employment. Co-author of Persistent Disparity: Race and Economic Inequality in the United States Since 1945. (919) 613-7336; william.darity@duke.edu.

Kerry L. Haynie, associate professor of political science. Has researched African-American legislators, the effects of gender and race in state legislatures, and campaign finance reform and minority group representation. Has taught courses in race relations, the politics of race and representation, and state politics. Has served as an associate editor of The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics. (919) 660-4366; klhaynie@duke.edu.

Paula McClain, professor of political science and law, focuses on racial minority group politics, particularly inter-minority political and social competition, and urban politics. Most recent book is Can We All Get Along?: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics. Her recent research focuses on the effect of Latino immigration into the South has on the black-white dynamic, the nature of Southern politics, and intergroup relations. (919) 660-4303; pmcclain@duke.edu.

Suzanne Shanahan, associate director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Sociology. Can discuss corporate social responsibility and associated international policies, racial violence and riots, and the effect of immigration policies on national movements (focus on Europe) as well as how immigration affects racial tension within populations. (919) 660-3033; suzanne.shanahan@duke.edu.

Timothy Tyson studies race, politics and religion in the modern American South. He is author of Blood Done Sign My Name, a memoir about a 1970 lynching in his hometown of Oxford, N.C., and Radio Free Dixie. He is a visiting professor of American Christianity and Southern culture at Duke’s Divinity School and a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies. (919) 660-3663; timothy.tyson@duke.edu.

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Religion
Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics. Was named “America’s Best Theologian” by Time in 2001. Research interests cut across disciplinary lines and include political theory as well as philosophical theology and ethics. Author of A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic, which was selected as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the 20th century. (919) 660-3420; stanley.hauerwas@duke.edu.

David Steinmetz, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of the History of Christianity at the Divinity School, has written dozens of commentaries for newspapers and magazines on major church issues, such as tension in the Anglican Communion. (919) 660-3438 or (919) 945-0698; david.steinmetz@duke.edu.
Timothy Tyson studies race, politics and religion in the modern American South. He is author of Blood Done Sign My Name, a memoir about a 1970 lynching in his hometown of Oxford, N.C., and Radio Free Dixie. He is a visiting professor of American Christianity and Southern culture at Duke’s Divinity School and a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies. (919) 660-3663; timothy.tyson@duke.edu.
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Research funding
James Siedow, vice provost for research. Also a professor and plant biology researcher. Oversees Duke’s research initiatives, including exploring potential new areas for research; facilitating the transfer of technologies from Duke laboratories to the commercial sector; fostering collaboration among research units; and overseeing and administering the university’s research policies. Also directs expansion of partnerships between Duke and other North Carolina research universities and with industry, with a special focus on the Research Triangle Park. (919) 681-6438; jim.siedow@duke.edu.

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School policy
Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies; professor of economics and law. Recent research focuses on the effects of the federal No Child Left Behind Legislation, including effects of teacher credentials and teacher absences on student achievement, the distribution of experienced teachers among high-poverty schools, and race and achievement. (919) 613-7361; charles.clotfelter@duke.edu.

Helen Ladd, Edgar T. Thompson Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies and professor of economics. Recent research focuses on charter schools, school-based accountability, market-based reforms in education, parental choice and competition, teacher quality and student achievement. Co-author of Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Brookings Institution, 2004 ; paperback, 2005). (919) 613-7352; helen.ladd@duke.edu.

Jacob L. Vigdor, associate professor of public policy studies and economics. Areas of expertise include student achievement; racial and ethnic segregation. (919) 613-9226; jacob.vigdor@duke.edu.

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School vouchers
Thomas Nechyba, professor and chair of economics. Has examined the potential effect of vouchers on schools and the balance between cities and suburbs, and concludes that urban vouchers may create substantial changes in property values that adversely impact higher income suburbs and positively impact lower income suburbs and inner cities. Also finds that vouchers could potentially improve public schools but may harm some public schools, particularly those in suburbs. (919) 660-1815; nechyba@econ.duke.edu.

Television violence
James Hamilton, Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy Studies; professor of political science and economics. Author of All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News (2006) and Channeling Violence: The Economic Market for Violent Television Programming, the winner of the 1998 Goldsmith Book Prize. (919) 613-7358, jayth@duke.edu. [Available after July 1, 2008.]

Telecommunications law

Stuart Benjamin, professor of law, is an expert on administrative law and the First Amendment, and the author of Telecommunications Law and Policy. He served as a law clerk to Associate Supreme Court Justice David Souter. (919) 613-7275; Benjamin@law.duke.edu.