* TERRORISM *
International Terrorism and Politics
- Stephen Cimbala
- Professor of Political Science, Penn State (Delaware County)
- 610-892-1467 (office)
- 610-853-1955 (home)
Terrorist Groups
- Stuart Bremer
- Professor of Political Science, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-865-1890 (office)
Terrorism
- James Ruiz
- Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State (Harrisburg)
- 717-948-6292 (home)
- 717-944-8191 (office)
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- Maria Dupont-Morales
- Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State (Harrisburg)
- 717-948-6319 (office)
- 717-566-2137 (home)
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* AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, TALIBAN*
- Robert LaPorte Jr.
- Professor of Public Administration and Political Science, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-0816 (office)
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* MIDDLE EAST*
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Middle East History, Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Arthur Goldschmidt
- Professor of Middle East History, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-0086 (office)
- axg2@psu.edu
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* RELIGION *
Islamic Religion
- Timothy Gianotti
- Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-4945 (office)
* STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING *
Structures
- Richard Behr
- Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-865-6395 (office)
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- Structural Blasts - Concrete
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- Alex Aswad
- Professor of Engineering, Penn State (Harrisburg)
- 717-948-6132 (office)
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- Structural Blasts - Steel
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- Yohchia Chen
- Professor of Civil Engineering, Penn State (Harrisburg)
- 717-948-6146 (office)
Structural Blasts, Explosions on Structures
- Ted Krauthammer
- Director of the Protective Technology Center, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-865-3102 (office)
- 814-863-2932 (office)
Structural Dynamics and Stress Analysis / Building Failure
- Kevin Parfitt
- Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-3244 (office)
- 814-880-7698 (cellular)
- 814-865-6394 (department phone)
* AIRLINE SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION *
Airline Safety
- Barnes McCormick
- Boeing Professor Emeritus, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-0602 (office)
Transportation
- Jeremy Plant
- Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State (Harrisburg)
- 717-948-6045 (office)
- 717-533-3578 (home)
* NATIONAL SECURITY *
Privacy Interests vs. National Security
- Clay Calvert
- Associate Professor of Communications and Law, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-5654 (office)
- 814-867-1784 (home)
- cxc45@psu.edu
* DISASTERS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT *
Crisis Management/Grief Counseling
- Alan Roper
- Assistant Director of the Psychological Clinic, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-2680 (office)
Disasters and Technological Hazards
- Stephen Couch
- Professor of Sociology, Penn State (Schuylkill)
- 570-385-6071 (office)
- 570-366-1695 (home)
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- Emergency Medical Workers Stress
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- Lee Groff
- Head of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Critical Incident Stress Management Team
- 717-533-3132 (office)
- lgroff@psu.edu
Search and Rescue Medical Issues / Health Effects of Crisis on the Public
- Chris DeFlitch
- Director of Emergency Services, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- 717-531-8955
- cdeflitch@hmc.psu.edu
* HISTORICAL COMPARISONS *
Comparison to Pearl Harbor
- Stanley Weintraub
- Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-466-6057 (home)
- sqw4@psu.edu
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- Federal Emergency Management Agency
David Cottrell
Assistant Professor of Engineering, Penn State (Harrisburg)
717-948-6122 (office)
**former Chief of Opertaions for U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
* ECONOMIC IMPACT *
Economic Impact
- Fariborz Ghadar
- Director of the Center for Global Business Studies, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-865-0544 (office)
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- Jacob DeRooy
- Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Statistics, Penn State (Harrisburg)
- 717-948-6155 (office)
- 717-534-1485 (home)
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- Mukund Kulkarni
- Director of the School of Business Administration, Penn State (Harrisburg)
- 717-948-6141 (office)
- 717-732-8127 (home)
* POLITICAL IMPACT *
Pentagon
- Steve Manuel
- Senior Lecturer in Communications, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-865-3071 (office)
- 814-863-6418 (office)
- **worked in Pentagon public affairs office
Political Impact
- Steven Peterson
- Director of the School of Public Affairs, Penn State (Harrisburg)
- 717-948-6154 (office)
* CHILD PSYCHOLOGY *
Emotional Development of Children
- Mark Greenberg
- Director of the Prevention Research Center, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-0112 (office)
- 814-235-3053 (home)
- mxg47@psu.edu
Psychology of Suicide
- Juris Draguns
- Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Penn State (University Park)
- 814-863-1735 (office)
- jgd1@psu.edu
