Ohio State faculty offer expertise on issues related to Sept. 11 attacks

In less than a month, the United States will commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Members of Ohio State’s faculty are available for media interviews to discuss various aspects of this issue. They include:

Richard Herrmann, professor of political science, Mershon Center. Phone: (614) 292-9843; E-mail: herrmann.1@osu.edu

· Herrmann is an expert on U.S. foreign policy and Middle East politics. He has done work on relations in the Persian Gulf area, the role of Islam in politics, and relations between Arabs and Persians and between Pakistan and India.

Todd Stewart, director of Ohio State’s Program for International and Homeland Security. Phone: (614) 688-3276; E-mail: stewart.598@osu.edu

· Stewart, a recently retired Air Force Major General, can discuss the United States’ Department of Homeland Security and the FBI’s reorganization since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Greg Travalio, professor of law, Moritz College of Law. Phone: (614) 292-2689; E-mail: travalio.1@osu.edu

· Travalio is an expert in international law and the use of military force in response to terrorists. He served in the United States Army and is currently a colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army Reserve.

John Mueller, professor and Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Mershon Center. Phone: (614) 247-6007; E-mail: bbbb@osu.edu

· Mueller is and expert in international relations, public opinion, national security policy, and diplomatic and military history. Among his books are “War, Presidents, and Public Opinion,” “Retreat From Doomsday: The Obsolescence of Major War” and “Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War.”

Mary Ellen O’Connell, professor of law, Moritz College of Law. Phone: (614) 292-8759;
E-mail: oconnell.44@osu.edu

· O’Connell can discuss international law on response to terrorism. She has written several books and articles about enforcement of international law, security issues and the use of force.

Alam Payind, director of the Middle East Studies Center at Ohio State, Phone: (614) 688-4321; E-mail: payind.1@osu.edu

· Payind is familiar with the culture, politics and religions of the Middle East and Afghanistan in particular. An Afghan native, Payind can discuss personal security issues for people of Arab descent living or studying in the United States.

Marsha Hamilton, associate professor and librarian at the Ohio State University Libraries. Phone: (614) 292-6314; E-mail: hamilton.8@osu.edu

· Hamilton has studied American popular cultural images of Arabs, the Middle East, and Islam for 25 years. Hamilton, an Arab American of Lebanese ancestry, can discuss how Arabs are portrayed in U.S. popular culture and common stereotypes of Muslims, Arabs and the Middle East.

Daniel Christie, professor of psychology at Marion. Phone: (740) 389-6786; E-mail: christie.1@osu.edu

· Christie is past president of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence. He can discuss the trauma and mental health problems that may face some victims and neighbors of the violence. He can also discuss the anger and desire for retaliation that many Americans may have in the wake of the violence.