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War in Iraq - Pace University Experts Guide
Contacts:
HISTORY
Human Rights and Islamic Politics
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Name
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Reza Afshari
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Title
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Professor
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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Pleasantville
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D., Temple University
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Broad subject
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History and human rights
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Topical areas
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Human rights in Iran and Islamic cultural relativism
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Most recent publication
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Human Rights in Iran: Islamist Politics and the Abuse of Cultural
Relativism, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Human rights and Islamic politics
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Professional affiliations
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Middle East Studies Association of America,
Committee for Academic Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa
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Work
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914-773-3523
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Home
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914-276-0146
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Preferred email
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rafshari@pace.edu
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Ethnic and Social Issues Pertaining to Deployment
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Name
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Michael Izady
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Title
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Adjunct
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D., Columbia University
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Broad subject
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Middle Eastern and Western history
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Topical areas
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Ethnic and social issues
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Most recent publication
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"Ethnic and Social Issues in the
Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean," 2002
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Training of the
U.S. Special Forces on issues pertaining to societies and cultures
they will be exposed to in overseas deployment.
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Home
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212-362-6188
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Preferred email
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IzadyM@yahoo.com
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Jewish History
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Name
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Joan Roland
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Title
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Professor and Chair, History
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D., Columbia University
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Broad subject
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History
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Topical areas
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Middle Eastern and Jewish history
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Major publications
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The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Jews of India
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Professional affiliations
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Association of Asian Studies, Middle East Studies Association,
Middle East Institute, Columbia Seminar on the Middle East
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Work
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212-346-1458
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Home
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212-242-1452
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Preferred email
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jroland@pace.edu
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Effects of War on Women and Civilians; Reconstruction
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Name
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Aseel Sawalha
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Title
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Assistant Professor
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D., CUNY Graduate School
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Broad subject
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Anthropology
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Topical areas
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Impact of war on women as civilians; The Middle East, urban
anthropology, and urban reconstruction and postwar recovery.
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Most recent publications
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"Healing the Wounds of the War: Placing the
War-Displaced in Postwar Beirut," Wounded Cities: Destruction and
Reconstruction in a Globalized World, Jane Schneider and Ida Susser,
(eds.) London: Berg. (2003)
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"Post-War Beirut
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Place Attachment and Interest Groups in Ayn Al-Mreisi,"
Capital Cities: Ethnographies of Urban Governance in the Middle East.
Seteney Shami, (ed.), Toronto: University of Toronto. (2002)
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Professional affiliations
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American Anthropological Association, Middle East Studies
Association of America
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Work
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212-346-1389
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Home
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718-773-8515
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Preferred email
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asawalha@pace.edu
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ECONOMICS
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Name
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Ghassan Karam
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Title
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Lecturer in Economics
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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Pleasantville
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Terminal degree
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M. A., New School for Social Research
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Broad subject
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Economics
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Topical areas
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International economy, economies of the Middle East and
Israeli-Palestinian problem.
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Major publications
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The Arab Middle East: What’s Next?
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Environmental economics, sustainability issues; political economy
of the Arab world; regional (Westchester) socio-economic issues.
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Work
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914-773-3528
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Home
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914-683-1339
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Cell
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gkaram@pace.edu
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
Government Policy and International Affairs
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Name
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Greg Julian
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Title
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Professor
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Pace School
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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Pleasantville
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D.
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Broad subject
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Political Science
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Topical areas
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United Nations, government policy and international
affairs
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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government and
international affairs.
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Professional affiliations
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New York State Democratic
Committeeperson, 94th Assembly District
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Home
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845-942-2199
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Cell
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914-525-5798
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Preferred email
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gjulian@pace.edu
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Political Rhetoric, Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
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Name
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Brian Nickerson
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Title
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Associate Professor and Director, Edwin G. Michaelian
Institute for Public Policy and Management
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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White Plains, Graduate School
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Terminal degree
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J.D., Pace Law School; Ph.D., Rockefeller College of Public
Affairs and Policy, SUNY Albany
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Broad subject
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Political science and public policy
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Topical areas
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Analyzing political rhetoric/domestic impact of foreign
policy
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Most recent publication
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Emergency Preparedness and Response in American Government
(Japan Intercultural Academy of Municipalities)
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Professional affiliations
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WFAS Radio, on-air political analyst, American Political
Science Association, NYS Municipal Managers Association, American Bar
Association
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Work
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914-422-4303
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Cell
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914-672-1903
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Preferred email
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bnickerson@pace.edu
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CHEMICAL WARFARE/ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEMS
Physics
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Name
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Melvyn J. Oremland
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Title
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Professor of Physics and Director, Forensic Science Program
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D.
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Broad subject
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Missiles
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Topical areas
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Anti-missile systems
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Major publication
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Internal publications at Bell Telephone
Laboratories
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Current Scholarly interests
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Forensic Science
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Professional affiliations
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American Academy of Forensic Sciences
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Work
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212-346-1762
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Home
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646-505-0733
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Cell
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917-848-4333
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Preferred email
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moremland@pace.edu
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Toxicology
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Name
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Richard B. Schlesinger
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Title
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Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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Pleasantville and New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D.
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Broad subject
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Toxicology
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Topical areas
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Respiratory toxicology
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Most recent publication
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Environmental Health Science: Recognition, Evaluations and Control
of Chemical and Physical Health Hazards, co-authors M. Lippman and B.
S. Cohen. Oxford University Press, NY (2003)
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Member of a number of National Academy of Science committees,
including Gulf War and Health.
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Professional affiliations
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Society of Toxicology
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Work
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914-773-3707
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Cell
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914-584-8827
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Preferred email
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rschlesinger@pace.edu
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BUSINESS
Financial and Economic Effects of War
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Name
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Robert H. Parks
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Title
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Professor
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Pace school
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Lubin School of Business
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Pace campus
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New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D.
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Broad subject
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Finance and economics
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Topical areas
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Economic and investment research
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Impact of war on
investing and the economy
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Professional affiliations
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Robert H. Parks & Associates, Inc.
(economic and investment research for institutional investors)
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Work
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212-346-1952
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Home
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914-923-6117
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Preferred email
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rparks@pace.edu
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Travel and Tourism
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Name
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Claudia Green
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Title
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Associate Professor
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Pace school
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Lubin School of Business
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Pace campus
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New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D., Virginia Tech
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Broad subject
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Hospitality and tourism management
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Topical areas
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Hotel management, ecotourism, restaurant and club
management, e-commerce and tourism.
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Major publications
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"New York Restaurant Industry: Strategic
Responses to Business Slowdown Due to 9-11 Terrorist Attack," Journal
of Travel and Tourism Marketing.
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Travel, terrorism
and war
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Work
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212-346-1983
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Home
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212-353-3676
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Preferred email
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cgreen@pace.edu
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International Affairs
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Name
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Stephen Blank
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Title
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Professor, International Business and Director, Center for
International Business Development
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Pace school
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Lubin School of Business
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Pace campus
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New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D., Harvard University
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Broad subject
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Political science, comparative politics
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Topical areas
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Comparative politics, Western Europe, government-business
relations
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Most recent publication
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Making NAFTA Work, 2000
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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North American developments, political risk analysis.
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Professional affiliations
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Council on Foreign Relations, Mid-Atlantic Club of New York
City, president
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Work
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212-346-1932
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Home
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212-832-1656
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Preferred email
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sblank5642@aol.com
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Alternative email
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Sblank@pace.edu
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PSYCHOLOGY
Behavior, Parenting and Dealing with Children’s Reactions to War
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Name
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K. Mark Sossin
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Title
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Associate Professor
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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New York City
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D.
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Broad subject
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Psychology
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Topical areas
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Effects of war on children. Parent-infant/toddler
relations and the evaluation of risk factors in family contexts during
early childhood.
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Infant
development; psychoanalytic theory, especially as related to early
childhood experience; and matching and mismatching in parent-style and
child-style nonverbal behavior.
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Professional affiliations
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New York Association of Early Childhood
and Infant Psychologists, president
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Work
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212-346-1727
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Preferred email
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ksossin@pace.edu
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MEDIA
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Name
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Michelle M. Pulaski
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Title
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Assistant Professor of Communications
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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Pleasantville
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D.
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Broad subject
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Communications
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Topical areas
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Media studies, news media,
speech
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Emotion and news,
pedagogy, TV ratings.
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Professional affiliations
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National Communication Association,
International Communication Association, Eastern Communication
Association and New York Chapter of Women in Communications.
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Work phone
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914-773-3529
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Home
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914-242-2015
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Cell
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914-643-1302
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Preferred email
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mpulaski@pace.edu
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Alternate email
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mmpulaski@hotmail.edu
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TERRORISM
Policing and Security
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Name
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Joseph Ryan
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Title
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Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice
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Pace school
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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
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Pace campus
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Westchester
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Terminal degree
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Ph.D.
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Broad subject
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Criminal justice and sociology
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Topical areas
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Community policing and police management-related
issues. Can discuss how the Community Oriented Policing Services
Program can be used to help fight terrorism.
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Research and
involvement in the area of family violence, and is also involved with
local police departments in encouraging and establishing proactive
policies to address family violence and child abuse.
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Professional affiliations
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Member of the American Society of
Criminology
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Work
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914-773-3814
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Home
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914-741-5839
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Preferred email
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jryan@pace.edu
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LAW
Prisoners Rights and Civil Rights
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Name
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Michael Mushlin
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Title
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Professor
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Pace school
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Pace Law School
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Pace campus
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White Plains
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Terminal degree
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J.D., Northwestern University
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Broad subject
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Civil procedure, civil rights and federal courts
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Topical areas
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Prison issues
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Major publications
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Rights of Prisoners (2d Ed) (Westgroup 2000); "Dying Twice:
Conditions on New York’s Death Row." co-authored with David
Hammer, Art Cody, Risa Gerson, Norman Green, and Richard Wolf,
forthcoming in Pace Law Review, "Unsafe Havens: The Case for the
Constitutional Protection of Foster Children from Abuse and
Neglect," 23 Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review
199 (1988). Adapted and published as Chapter Eleven of Child, Parent,
and State: Law and Policy Reader, ed. by S. Randall Humm et. al.
Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, 1994.; "Foreword. Gideon v.
Wainwright Revisited: What Does the Right to Counsel Guarantee
Today?" 10 Pace Law Review 327 (1990); "History Comes
Calling: Dean Griswold Offers New Evidence About the Jurisdictional
Debate Surrounding the Enactment of the Declaratory Judgment
Act". With Donald L. Doernberg. 37 UCLA Law Review 139 (1989);
"The Trojan Horse: How the Declaratory Judgment Act Created a
Course of Action and Expanded Federal Jurisdiction While the Supreme
Court Wasn't Looking." With Donald Doernberg. 36 University
California Los Angeles Law Review 529 (1989)
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Most recent publication
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"Legal Rights of Prisoners," Encyclopedia of Crime
and Justice Joshua Dressler ed., 2d ed. 2002
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Professional affiliations
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Committee on Corrections of the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York, chair, and board member of John Jay Legal Services,
Inc. and the Board of Children’s Rights
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Work phone
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914-422-4258
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Preferred email
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mmushlin@law.pace.edu
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Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights and the War Effort
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Name
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Randolph McLaughlin
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Title
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Professor
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Pace school
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Pace Law School
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Pace campus
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White Plains
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Terminal degree
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J.D., Harvard University
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Broad subject
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Civil rights/civil liberties; voting rights litigation
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Topical areas
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Civil and/or constitutional rights issues involved in the war
effort
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Major publications
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Racially Motivated Violence:
Litigation Strategies. Edited by Randolph M. Scott-McLaughlin.
New York: Center for Constitutional Rights, 1984; "A New
Day in South Africa." New York Law Journal, August 23,
1994; "Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic: The
Supreme Court's Next Opportunity to Unsettle Civil Rights
Law". 66 Tulane Law Review 1357 (1992); "Chisom v.
Roemer: Where Do We Go From Here?" 24 Columbia Human Rights
Law Review 1 (1992)
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Most recent publication
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"The Voting Rights Act and the New and Improved Intent
Test: Old Wine in New Bottles", 16 Touro Law Review 943 (2000).
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Work
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914-422-4340
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Cell
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914-953-5156
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Preferred email
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rmclaughlin@law.pace.edu
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Environmental Law and Damages Caused by War
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Name
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Jeffrey G. Miller
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Title
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Professor
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Pace school
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Pace Law School
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Pace campus
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White Plains
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Terminal degree
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LL.B., Harvard University
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Broad subject
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Environmental law
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Topical areas
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Legal liabilities for environmental damages caused by war
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Major publications
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The Law of Hazardous Waste Disposal and Remediation:
Cases, Legislation, Regulations, Policies. With Craig N. Johnston. St.
Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1996; Fundamentals of Negotiation: A
Guide For Environmental Professionals. With Thomas R. Colosi.
Washington, D.C., Environmental Law Institute, 1989; Citizen Suits:
Private Enforcement of Federal Pollution Control Laws. New York: Wiley
Law Publications, 1987
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Most recent publication
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"A Generational History of Environmental Law and Its
Grand Themes: A Near Decade of Garrison Lectures," 19 Pace
Environmental Law Review 501 (2002).
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Professional affiliations
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Has served on the board of directors of the Environmental Law
Institute and Envirosafe Services, Inc., and is presently on the board
of Enviro-Source.
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Work
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914-422-4014
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Preferred email
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jmiller@law.pace.edu
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Prisoners of War, Constitutional Law, Military Law, and Geneva
Convention:
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Name
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Ralph Stein
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Title
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Professor
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Pace school
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Pace Law School
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Pace campus
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White Plains
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Terminal degree
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J.D., Hofstra University
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Broad subject
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Constitutional law, legal history, criminal law and torts
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Topical areas
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Constitutional law dealing with war powers, military law,
Geneva Convention
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Most recent publication
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"Artillery Lends Dignity to What Otherwise Would Be a
Common Brawl: An Essay on Post-Modern Warfare and the
Classification of Captured Adversaries", 14 Pace International
Law Review (2002).
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Major publications
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"Justice Brennan and the First Amendment Minefield:
In Respectful Appreciation." (Justice Brennan Foundation for the
Future). 11 Pace Law Review 523 (1991); "Torts." (1989
Survey of New York Law). 41 Syracuse Law Review 567 (1990); "SLAPP
Suits: A Slap at the First Amendment." 7 Pace Environmental
Law Review 45 (1989); "Buildings that Go Crash in the Night:
A Special Problem in Historic Preservation Law." 16 Real Estate
Law Journal 242 (1988)
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Major current scholarly interests and activities
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Recent developments in state constitutional law and first
amendment law, the latter particularly with reference to separation of
church and state.
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Professional affiliations
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Legal committee of the Anti-Defamation League, involved in
various civil liberties activities in both New York and Westchester.
Frequently speaks to and aids citizen and community groups.
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Work
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914-422-4242
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Cell
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914-649-6613
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Preferred email
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rstein@law.pace.edu
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Civil and Criminal Trials
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Name
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Louis Fasulo
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Title
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Adjunct Professor
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Pace school
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Pace Law School
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Pace campus
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White Plains
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Terminal degree
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J.D., Pace University School of Law
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Broad subject
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Trial advocacy
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Topical areas
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Civil and Criminal Trial Cases
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Work
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914-422-4227
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Preferred email
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lfasulo@law.pace.edu
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Alternative phone numbers
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917-887-8895 or 212-566-6212
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