UCLA faculty experts advisory: 11th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
This year marks the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. UCLA has faculty members who specialize in related topics, including terrorism, global security, U.S. intelligence agencies, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, Islamic law, human rights, the psychological fall-out of the Sept. 11 attacks, and the memorializing of the World Trade Center site.
FOREIGN POLICY & MIDDLE EAST
James Gelvin, professor of history, is an expert on the social and cultural history of the modern Middle East.
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Steven Spiegel, associate director of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations, is a leading expert on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Leonard Binder, professor of political science and past director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, is an internationally known specialist on Middle East politics and Islamic political thought.
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Gen. Wesley K. Clark (retired), former supreme allied commander of NATO forces in Europe, is a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. He writes and comments frequently on issues involving U.S. foreign policy and national security.
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & SECURITY
Jeffrey Simon, a political science lecturer, is a security consultant who researches and teaches courses on terrorism and security
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Michael Intriligator, professor emeritus of political science, public policy and economics, is an expert on international relations, global security and arms proliferation.
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
TERRORISM & INTERNATIONAL LAW
Khaled Abou El Fadl, professor of law, is one of the leading authorities on Islamic law in the United States and Europe and teaches courses related to human rights and terrorism.
Media contacts:
Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Sara Rouche | 310-206-2221 | rouche@law.ucla.edu
Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, is an expert on international law and international relations. The author of "Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? The Evolution of Territoriality in American Law," he has written frequently on territoriality and U.S. detention facilities for terror suspects.
Media contacts:
Media contacts:
Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Sara Rouche | 310-206-2221 | rouche@law.ucla.edu
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Asli Bali, professor of law, is an expert on international law, international relations, humanitarian law and human rights, particularly in the Middle East.
Media contacts:
Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu
Sara Rouche | 310-206-2221 | rouche@law.ucla.edu
PSYCHOLOGY OF SURVIVORS & CHILDREN OF VICTIMS
Melissa Brymer, director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA–Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, focuses on the ways in which children deal with stress following disasters.
Media contact:
Mark Wheeler | 310-794-2265 | mwheeler@mednet.ucla.edu
Emanuel Maidenberg, a psychologist at the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, is an expert on the stress and anxiety caused by man-made and natural disasters.
Media contact:
Mark Wheeler | 310-794-2265 | mwheeler@mednet.ucla.edu
Vickie Mays, professor of psychology, is a clinical psychologist with expertise on the impact of disasters. She has been leading a research project on disaster preparedness and recovery in New Orleans since 2006 and is a trained member of the Los Angeles Community Emergency Response Team.
Contact:
mays@ucla.edu or 310-206-5159
MEMORIALIZING THE WTC SITE
David Halle, professor of sociology and founding director of UCLA's LeRoy Neiman Center for the Study of American Society and Culture, teaches courses that address the memorializing of Ground Zero and rebuilding on the World Trade Center site.
Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Greg Lynn, professor of architecture and urban design, headed one of seven teams of architects that submitted proposals for rebuilding on the site of the World Trade Center.
Media contact:
Shilo Munk | 310-825-4140 | smunk@arts.ucla.edu