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Military Issues and Technologies

Geopolitical/Economic Issues

Public Opinion and Media

Legal Issues

Rebuilding Iraq

Terrorism and Homeland Security

Study Abroad and International

Religious and Ethical Issues

Psychological and Family Issues

Military Issues and Technologies

  • Casualty limits

    Chris Gelpi, assistant professor of political science, has done surveys about casualties that American citizens and the military are willing to absorb in a war against terrorism. His primary interests are the sources of international militarized conflict, strategies for international conflict resolution, American civil-military relations and national security issues. (919) 660-4318; gelpi@duke.edu.

  • Civil-military relations

    Peter Feaver, associate professor of political science and co-director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, which examines the gap between the military and American society and the implications for military effectiveness and civil-military cooperation. Other interests: national security policy, especially the proliferation and control of nuclear weapons. In 1993-94, served as Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council at the White House. (919) 660-4331; pfeaver@duke.edu.

    Chris Gelpi, assistant professor of political science, has done surveys about casualties that American citizens and the military are willing to absorb in a war against terrorism. His primary interests are the sources of international militarized conflict, strategies for international conflict resolution, American civil-military relations and national security issues. (919) 660-4318; gelpi@duke.edu.

  • Landmine detection

    Leslie Collins, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Her research interests include physics-based statistical signal processing, subsurface sensing, and pattern recognition. She has been a member of the team formed to transition MURI-developed algorithms and hardware to the Army HSTAMIDS and GSTAMIDS landmine detection systems. (919) 660-5260; lcollins@ee.duke.edu.

  • Military law

    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.

    Scott Silliman, director of the Duke Law School’s Center for Law, Ethics and National Security, is a former colonel in the U.S. Air Force who provided legal support to U.S.A.F. commanders during the Persian Gulf War. Silliman is an expert in national security law, international law principles on use of force and military law. (919) 613-7138; silliman@law.duke.edu.

  • Radar, including ground- and foliage-penetrating

    Larry Carin, is professor of electrical and computer engineering. His research has included work in electromagnetics, microwave and antenna design, radar, materials characterization and signal processing. Specific military applications include ground-penetrating radar, foliage-penetrating radar, and radar for detecting and identifying submerged and airborne objects. Dr. Carin is the team leader of the Multi-University Research Initiative on Demining of the Department of Defense which includes faculty from the Duke electrical and computer engineering department, as well as faculty from computer science and psychology at Duke and researchers from Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, Stanford and Ohio State University. (919) 660-5270; lcarin@ee.duke.edu. Web site

  • Sensor technology

    David Brady is professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems. Optical sensors are used in battlefield applications including night vision systems, missile guidance, installation perimeter security and missile defense. With support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Brady's group develops computational optical sensors and sensor arrays for autonomous target identification and tracking, including "hard" human, vehicle or projectile targets and "soft" chemical and biological targets. (919)660-5394; dbrady@duke.edu

  • Technology shaping war

    Alex Roland, professor of history, studies military history and the history of technology. Has written about chariots in the second millenium B.C., Greek fire in medieval Byzantium and computers and aerospace technology in the 20th century. Also focuses on the ways in which technology has shaped war and war has altered technology. (919) 684-2758; aroland@duke.edu.

  • War and public opinion

    Chris Gelpi, assistant professor of political science, has done surveys about casualties that American citizens and the military are willing to absorb in a war against terrorism. His primary interests are the sources of international militarized conflict, strategies for international conflict resolution, American civil-military relations and national security issues. (919) 660-4318; gelpi@duke.edu.

    Peter Feaver, associate professor of political science and co-director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, which examines the gap between the military and American society and the implications for military effectiveness and civil-military cooperation. Other interests: national security policy, especially the proliferation and control of nuclear weapons. In 1993-94, served as Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council at the White House. (919) 660-4331; pfeaver@duke.edu.

    Alex Roland, professor of history. Expert on military history and the history of technology. A former Marine and graduate of the Naval Academy, he also teaches a course on Vietnam. Believes that Americans will support war if they can be convinced it is necessary. (919) 684-2758; aroland@duke.edu.

  • Weapons of mass destruction

    Peter Feaver, associate professor of political science and co-director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, which examines the gap between the military and American society and the implications for military effectiveness and civil-military cooperation. Other interests: national security policy, especially the proliferation and control of nuclear weapons. In 1993-94, served as Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council at the White House. (919) 660-4331; pfeaver@duke.edu.

  • Women and war

    Kristen Neuschel, associate professor of history, expert on the history of women and war. Research focuses on early modern European history, but can talk generally about the history of women in combat, as providers of logistical support, and women as victims of war. (919) 684-2437; kneusche@duke.edu.

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Geopolitical/Economic Issues

  • Foreign-policy decision making

    Ole Holsti, professor emeritus of political science, specializes in international politics and foreign policy decision-making. Author of Crisis, Escalation, War: Content Analysis for the Social Sciences and Humanities, and Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy. (919) 660-4348; holsti@duke.edu.

  • Human rights

    Evan Charney assistant professor of public policy studies and political science who wrote "Cultural Interpretation and Universal Human Rights" (Political Theory, 1999). He has done research in ethics, modern political theory and constitutional law. (919) 613-9213; echar@duke.edu.

  • International law

    Madeline Morris, law professor who is an expert on the international criminal law and issues relating to U.S. responses to the attacks. Has provided consultation to the U.S. State Department, Office of War Crimes Issues; served as Advisor on Justice to the President of Rwanda; Special Consultant to the Secretary of the U.S. Army; Co-convenor of the Inter-African Cooperation on Truth and Justice program. (919) 613-7049; morris@law.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 dating and the hook-up culture, gender relations, Corporate Social Responsibility and associated international policies, international adoption law and practices, 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

    Scott Silliman, director of the Duke Law School’s Center for Law, Ethics and National Security, is a former colonel in the U.S. Air Force who provided legal support to U.S.A.F. commanders during the Persian Gulf War. Silliman is an expert in national security law, international law principles on use of force and military law. (919) 613-7138; silliman@law.duke.edu.

  • International political economy

    Joseph Grieco, professor of political science, who studies theories of international relations, issues of international political economy and problems of international conflict, especially as they relate to Europe. (919) 660-4315; grieco@duke.edu.

    Martin Uribe, professor of economics, is a specialist in international finance whose research aims at understanding business cycles and financial crises in emerging countries. He can also discuss the design of optimal monetary and fiscal policies. (919) 660-1888; uribe@econ.duke.edu.

  • Middle East relations

    Bruce W. Jentleson, an expert on the Middle East and nation rebuilding. Served as a senior outside foreign policy adviser to former Vice President Al Gore and was involved in Middle East peace process during Clinton administration. Author, editor of seven books, the latest being American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century. (919) 613-9208; bwj7@duke.edu.

    Bruce Kuniholm, professor of history and public policy studies, has worked on the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and Policy Planning Staff, and served as a consultant for the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, United Technologies Corp. and Norwegian Nobel Institute. His research has focused mainly on diplomatic history and U.S. foreign policy in the Near and Middle East. His first book, The Origins of the Cold War in the Near East: Great Power Conflict and Diplomacy in Iran, Turkey and Greece, won the Stuart Bernath Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Has written other books on U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf, and Greek-Turkish relations. (919) 613-7309; bruce.kuniholm@duke.edu.

  • War and economy

    Campbell Harvey, a 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. The co-author of Country Risk in Global Financial Management, Harvey has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, CNBC and ABC Primetime on how different war scenarios could affect the U.S. economy. (919) 660-7768; (919) 271-8156; cam.harvey@duke.edu.

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Public Opinion and Media

  • Media coverage, public opinion abroad

    David Paletz, professor of political science whose specialty is politics and the media. Editor of the journal Political Communication. Author of The Media in American Politics: Contents and Consequences. (919) 660-4321; paletz@duke.edu.

  • U.S. public opinion

    Chris Gelpi, assistant professor of political science, has done surveys about casualties that American citizens and the military are willing to absorb in a war against terrorism. His primary interests are the sources of international militarized conflict, strategies for international conflict resolution, American civil-military relations and national security issues. (919) 660-4318; gelpi@duke.edu.

    Peter Feaver, associate professor of political science and co-director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, which examines the gap between the military and American society and the implications for military effectiveness and civil-military cooperation. Other interests: national security policy, especially the proliferation and control of nuclear weapons. In 1993-94, served as Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council at the White House. (919) 660-4331; pfeaver@duke.edu.

    Alex Roland, professor of history. Expert on military history and the history of technology. A former Marine and graduate of the Naval Academy, he also teaches a course on Vietnam. Believes that Americans will support war if they can be convinced it is necessary. (919) 684-2758; aroland@duke.edu.

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Legal Issues

  • Anti-terrorism law

    Chris Schroeder, professor of law and public policy studies who is an expert on anti-terrorism legislation. Co-chair of the Center for the Study of Congress at Duke, which combines research and educational activities aimed at understanding the relationship between American citizens and Congress. (919) 613-7096, christopher@law.duke.edu.

  • Constitutional law

    Jefferson Powell, a professor of law and divinity, is an expert on the U.S. constitution and can discuss the constitutional challenges that a new Iraqi government will face. (919) 613-7098; powell@law.duke.edu.

    Wayne Norman, Professor of Philosophy. Research based in and including philosophy, political science, management, business ethics, and applied ethics. Can discuss nationalism, constitutional reform, nation building, 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.

  • International law

    Madeline Morris, law professor who is an expert on the international criminal law and issues relating to U.S. responses to the attacks. Has provided consultation to the U.S. State Department, Office of War Crimes Issues; served as Advisor on Justice to the President of Rwanda; Special Consultant to the Secretary of the U.S. Army; Co-convenor of the Inter-African Cooperation on Truth and Justice program. (919) 613-7049, morris@law.duke.edu.

    Donald Horowitz professor of law who has been consulted widely on the problems of divided societies and on policies to reduce ethnic conflict in such locations as Russia, Romania, Nigeria, Tatarstan and Northern Ireland. He is currently working on a project on constitutional design for divided societies. Has published an extensive study of Islamic law and the theory of legal change. (919) 613-7058; dhorowitz@law.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 dating and the hook-up culture, gender relations, Corporate Social Responsibility and associated international policies, international adoption law and practices, 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

  • Military law

    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.

    Scott Silliman, director of the Duke Law School’s Center for Law, Ethics and National Security, is a former colonel in the U.S. Air Force who provided legal support to U.S.A.F. commanders during the Persian Gulf War. Silliman is an expert in national security law, international law principles on use of force and military law. (919) 613-7138; silliman@law.duke.edu.

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Rebuilding Iraq

  • Constitutional development

    Erwin Chemerinsky, Alston and Bird Professor of Law. Author of four books, Federal Jurisdiction (4th ed. 2003), Constituitonal Law: Principles and Policies (2nd ed., 2002), Constitutional Law (2001) and Interpreting the Constitution (1987.) Frequently argues appellate cases, including in the U.S. Supreme Court. While a law professor at USC, he served on the Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, the Governor's Task Force on Diversity and a group that studied the Los Angeles Police Department and the Rampart Scandal. (919) 613-7173; chemerinsky@law.duke.edu

    Donald Horowitz professor of law who has been consulted widely on the problems of divided societies and on policies to reduce ethnic conflict in such locations as Russia, Romania, Nigeria, Tatarstan and Northern Ireland. He is currently working on a project on constitutional design for divided societies. Has published an extensive study of Islamic law and the theory of legal change. (919) 613-7058; dhorowitz@law.duke.edu.

    Wayne Norman, Professor of Philosophy. Research based in and including philosophy, political science, management, business ethics, and applied ethics. Can discuss nationalism, constitutional reform, nation building, 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.

  • Economic development

    Francis Lethem professor of the practice of public policy studies in the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and director of graduate studies for the Duke Center for International Development. He also serves as co-director of the Duke-UNC Rotary Program in Peace and Conflict Resolution. Before coming to Duke, worked for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) for 30 years. (919) 613-7332; flethem@pps.duke.edu

    Frederick W. Mayer, associate professor of public policy studies and political science. His research includes international trade, economic globalization, international negotiation and political analysis. (919) 613-9209; frederick.mayer@duke.edu.

  • Nation building

    Bruce W. Jentleson, an expert on the Middle East and nation rebuilding. Served as a senior outside foreign policy adviser to former Vice President Al Gore and was involved in Middle East peace process during Clinton administration. Author, editor of seven books, the latest being American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century. (919) 613-9208; bwj7@duke.edu.

    James Joseph, the former U.S. ambassador to South Africa, is professor of the practice of public policy studies. Teaches a course on leadership, public values and ethics in public life. He is now helping emerging leaders in southern Africa through a joint appointment at Duke University and the University of Cape Town. Also is developing an independent Center on Leadership and Public Values, to be based in Durham and in Cape Town, to help emerging leaders in southern Africa contribute to the development and reconstruction of their countries and the region. (919) 613-7321; jajoseph@duke.edu.

    Wayne Norman, Professor of Philosophy. Research based in and including philosophy, political science, management, business ethics, and applied ethics. Can discuss nationalism, constitutional reform, nation building, 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.

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Terrorism and Homeland Security

  • Homeland security

    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.

    Erwin Chemerinsky, Alston and Bird Professor of Law. Author of four books, Federal Jurisdiction (4th ed. 2003), Constituitonal Law: Principles and Policies (2nd ed., 2002), Constitutional Law (2001) and Interpreting the Constitution (1987.) Frequently argues appellate cases, including in the U.S. Supreme Court. While a law professor at USC, he served on the Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, the Governor's Task Force on Diversity and a group that studied the Los Angeles Police Department and the Rampart Scandal. (919) 613-7173; chemerinsky@law.duke.edu

    Chris Schroeder, professor of law and public policy studies who is an expert on anti-terrorism legislation. Co-chair of the Center for the Study of Congress at Duke, which combines research and educational activities aimed at understanding the relationship between American citizens and Congress. (919) 613-7096; christopher@law.duke.edu.

    Henk Goemans, assistant professor of political science, works in international relations, specializing in security studies. His research focuses on the nexus between domestic politics and conflict. Author of War and Punishment, the Causes of War Termination and the First World War. Currently working on a research project on territory, international politics and the conceptions of the homeland. (919) 660-4345; hgoemans@duke.edu.

    Wayne T. Thomann, assistant clinical professor of Community and Family Medicine in the division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, can address environmental safety issues. (919) 684-6320; thoma010@mc.duke.edu.

  • International terrorist movements

    Martin A. Miller, history professor, teaches a course titled "Foundations of Modern Terrorism." Other interests include modern Russian history and international terrorist movements. (919) 684-3575; mmiller@acpub.duke.edu.

  • Preparedness

    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.

    Christopher W. Woods, M.D., fellow in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. He was an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer with the Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1997-99. He has performed outbreak investigations in sub-Sahara Africa, the Indian sub-continent, Central Asia and throughout the United States. Was also involved in several bioterrorism preparedness activities carried out while with the CDC. Contact Medical Center News Office, (919) 668-1889 or 684-4148.

    Wayne T. Thomann, assistant clinical professor of Community and Family Medicine in the division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, can address environmental safety issues. (919) 684-6320; thoma010@mc.duke.edu.

  • Protecting water resources during war

    Miguel Medina, professor of civil and environmental engineering, can talk about how to protect water sources during war. Chaired a UN conference on the future of water in South America. (919) 660-5195; miguel.medina@duke.edu.

  • Nuclear, biological and chemical agents

    Terry Dixon, Ph.D., M.D., who specializes in anthrax, smallpox and other biohazardous materials. Senior author of "Anthrax," published in the Sept. 19, 1999 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, which explores the pathogenesis of anthrax. Also explores methods of diagnosis and options for prevention and treatment. Contact Richard Puff, Medical Center News Office, (919) 668-1889 or 684-4148.

    Debra L. Hunt, assistant clinical professor of Community and Family Medicine in the division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine-General, is director of Biological Safety for Duke. (919) 684-8822; hunt0009@mc.duke.edu.

    Randy Jirtle, professor of radiation oncology. Expertise in effects of radiation exposure. (919) 684-2770; jirtle@radonc.duke.edu.

    Keith Kaye, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine. Expertise in anthrax transmission, symptoms and all other matters regarding anthrax. Contact Richard Puff, Medical Center News Office, (919) 668-1889 or 684-4148.

    Jerry Tulis, emeritus professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Expertise in detection and prevention of adverse health effects in occupational and environmental settings as a result of exposure to biohazardous agents and materials. (919) 286-3232; tulis001@mc.duke.edu.

    Christopher W. Woods, M.D., fellow in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. He was an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer with the Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1997-99. He has performed outbreak investigations in sub-Sahara Africa, the Indian sub-continent, Central Asia and throughout the United States. Was also involved in several bioterrorism preparedness activities carried out while with the CDC. Contact Richard Puff, Medical Center News Office, (919) 668-1889 or 684-4148.

  • Sensor technology

    Leslie Collins, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Her research interests include physics-based statistical signal processing, subsurface sensing and pattern recognition. She has been a member of the team formed to transition MURI-developed algorithms and hardware to the Army HSTAMIDS and GSTAMIDS landmine detection systems. (919) 660-5260; lcollins@ee.duke.edu.

    David Brady, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems. Optical sensors are used in battlefield applications including night vision systems, missile guidance, installation perimeter security and missile defense. With support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Brady's group develops computational optical sensors and sensor arrays for autonomous target identification and tracking, including "hard" human, vehicle or projectile targets and "soft" chemical and biological targets. (919)660-5394; dbrady@duke.edu

    Larry Carin, professor of electrical and computer engineering. His research has included work in electromagnetics, microwave and antenna design, radar, materials characterization and signal processing. Specific military applications include ground-penetrating radar, foliage-penetrating radar, and radar for detecting and identifying submerged and airborne objects. Dr. Carin is the Team Leader of the Multi-University Research Initiative on Demining of the Department of Defense which includes faculty from the Duke electrical and computer engineering department, as well as faculty from computer science and psychology at Duke and researchers from Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, Stanford and Ohio State University. (919) 660-5270; lcarin@ee.duke.edu. Web site

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Study Abroad and International

  • Duke's study abroad program

    Margaret Riley, director of the Office of Study Abroad, can discuss how the university has interacted with students studying abroad since the onset of the war and how the war has affected the number of applications for upcoming programs. (919) 684-2174; mriley@asdean.duke.edu.

  • Visas and student tracking

    Catheryn Cotten, a nationally respected authority on foreign student visa and security clearance issues. The director of Duke's International Office, she has played a prominent role in how higher educatrion has administered student visas. She can dicuss how the war has affected this process for foreign students, visiting lecturers and foreign professors. (919) 681-8472; cotte002@mc.duke.edu.

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Religious and Ethical Issues

  • Fundamentalist Islam

    Bruce Lawrence, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Religion 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@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.

  • Islam and violence

    Bruce Lawrence, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Religion 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.

  • Islamic culture

    Miriam Cooke, chair of Asian and Arab Languages and Literature, can discuss Islamic culture; Islamic women and war. (919) 684-2312; mcw@acpub.duke.edu.

    Katherine Ewing, associate professor of cultural anthropology, specializes in ethnicity, gender and the Middle East and can address issues of religion and the state, Muslim women and Muslim notions of legitimate government. (252) 456-3545 through June 11; after June 11, (919) 684-5170 or katherine.ewing@duke.edu.

  • Islamic law and thought

    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; moosa@duke.edu.

  • "Just war" theory

    Reinhard Huetter, professor of Christian theology, has led a forum on church traditions of pacifism and "just war" thinking. (919) 660-3463.

    J. Warren Smith, assistant professor of historical theology in Duke Divinity School and a student of early Christian theology and ethics, can discuss the "just war" theory and place it in the context of its development in the writings of Augustine and Ambrose in the 4th century. (919) 660-3415; wsmith@div.duke.edu.

  • Pacifism and war

    Stanley M. Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics in Duke Divinity School, is a christological pacifist and is strongly critical of the U.S. build-up for war and war on terrorism. He co-edited a 2002 edition of The South Atlantic Quarterly in which 18 theologians, philosophers and literary critics challenged the war on terrorism and America's reaction to Sept. 11. (919) 660-3420.

  • Scripture and war

    Richard Hays, a professor of New Testament in Duke Divinity School, can offer incisive interpretation of scriptural imperatives against war. (919) 660-3411; rhays@div.duke.edu.

  • Theology and war

    Amy Laura Hall, associate professor of theological ethics in Duke Divinity School, can discuss theological arguments against a preemptive war. (919) 660-3403; ahall@div.duke.edu.

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Psychological and Family Issues

  • Anger and stress management

    Dr. Redford B. Williams, director of Duke’s Behavioral Medicine Research Center, professor of psychiatry, professor of psychology, has expertise in anger and stress management issues. His research centers on the effects of stress, anger, etc., on physical health and disease, ways to manage stress and improve health. (919) 684-3863; redfordw@duke.edu.

  • Child and adolescent psychiatry

    Dr. John March, assistant professor of psychiatry, specializes in child and adolescent psychiatry. He has expertise in children an adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders. (919) 971-1341, (919) 684-4950; jsmarch@acpub.duke.edu.

  • Dealing with tragedy

    Tim Strauman, professor of social psychology, can also discuss how to deal with tragedy. (919) 660-5709; tjstraum@duke.edu.

  • Military morale

    Dr. Harold Kudler, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, is an expert in post-traumatic stress disorder and how Sept. 11, 2001, has affected U.S. children and military morale. (919) 286-6933 or 684-5466.

  • Post-traumatic stress

    John Fairbank, associate professor of psychiatry, has expertise in trauma and post-traumatic stress syndrome. (919) 687-4686, ext. 265.

    Susan Roth, of the social psychology department, can talk about post-traumatic stress. (919) 660-5723; src@duke.edu.

  • Talking with children about violence

    Ken Dodge, director of Duke’s Center for Child and Family Policy at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, can discuss how to talk with children about violence, terrorism, being safe. (919) 613-9303; dodge@duke.edu.

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