Ohio State experts can discuss various aspects of war with Iraq
COLUMBUS – Faculty members at The Ohio State University are available for media interviews to discuss various aspects of the U.S.-led war against Iraq. The experts can discuss issues related to the Middle East, Homeland Security and the American public.
Ohio State students begin spring break following winter quarter commencement exercises on Friday (3/21) morning.
A panel discussion with Ohio State experts is being planned from noon to 1 p.m. on April 1, the first week of spring quarter. Details about the event will be released as soon as possible.
Below is the list of Ohio State experts.
IRAQ/ MIDDLE EAST
Richard Herrmann, professor of political science and Director of the Mershon Center, (614) 292-9843.
• Herrmann is an expert on the Middle East and, for four years, was the principal investigator of a government project called “Conflict Resolution, Arms Control, and Regional Security in the Middle East and South Asia.” Herrmann was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow at the U.S. Department of State on the Policy Planning staff and is a frequent commentator on issues in the Middle East.
Stanley Laughlin, professor of law in the Moritz College of Law and adjunct professor of anthropology, (614) 292-2448.
• Laughlin can discuss Congress and President Bush’s authority to declare a war against Iraq. He teaches foreign-relations law and constitutional law.
Mary Ellen O’Connell, professor of law in the Moritz College of Law and research fellow at the Mershon Center, (614) 292-8759.
• O’Connell has written several books and articles about enforcement of international law, the United Nations, security issues and the use of force.
John Quigley, President’s Club Professor of Law in the Moritz College of Law and professor of political science, (614) 292-1764.
• Quigley is an expert in international law, and has taught numerous courses and published countless articles in the field. He also can discuss the United Nations.
Nancy Ryan-Wenger, professor and director of Pediatric and School Nurse Practitioner Programs, (614) 292-4078.
• Ryan-Wenger can discuss research indicating that one in four military women will not seek medical treatment for symptoms of feminine infections when they are deployed to a field duty station or multi-week ship duty. She helped develop a self-diagnosis and treatment kit for use while deployed.
Greg Travalio, associate dean for professional relations and the Lawrence D. Stanley Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, (614) 292-2689.
• Travalio can discuss the use of lawful force against Iraq under the United Nations charter and under U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Mike Boehm, professor of plant pathology, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, (614) 292-6807.
• Boehm recently returned from a year-long stint with the U.S. Navy, helping prepare for biological warfare such as anthrax attacks. He can discuss his expertise in the detection and testing for biological weapons of mass destruction or terrorism.
Todd Stewart, director of the Program for International and Homeland Security, (614) 688-3420 or (614) 688-3276.
• Stewart can discuss issues affecting Homeland Security as a result of the United States entering a war with Iraq. He is a recently retired Air Force Major General and was formerly director of plans and programs for the Air Force Materiel Command Headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. Stewart has a 34-year career in the military.
Peter Swire, professor of law at the Moritz College of Law, (240) 994-4142.
• Swire can discuss homeland and cyber security as well as privacy issues. He helped coordinate the Clinton Administration’s 2000 proposal to update the nation’s foreign intelligence and electronic surveillance laws.
PUBLIC OPINION/DIPLOMACY
Daniel Christie, professor of psychology at Marion, (740) 389-6786.
• Christie is past president of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence in the American Psychological Association and has co-edited a book on peace psychology. Among his areas of expertise are child psychology, stereotypes and prejudice and cross-cultural psychology.
William Eveland, assistant professor School of Journalism and Communication, (614) 247-6004.
• Eveland can discuss how people learn from media. He has done research on how the media influenced public opinion during the first Gulf War.
Peter Hahn, professor of history, College of Humanities, (614) 292-7200.
• Hahn specializes in United States diplomatic history in the Middle East since 1940. He also serves as the executive director of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Nancy Ryan-Wenger, professor and director of Pediatric and School Nurse Practitioner Programs, (614) 292-4078.
• Ryan-Wenger, professor and director of Pediatric and School Nurse Practitioner Programs, can discuss the impact of the threat of war on military children. Her research has focused the effect of stress on school-aged children. Ryan-Wenger also serves as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves.
