University of Miami Wartime Experts

(as of 8/10/06) 

Terrorism, Mideast history

Brad McGuinn, assistant professor of political science at the School of Business, is a U.S. military consultant and an expert on terrorism. He teaches classes on international terrorism, the history of the Middle East and Israel.
Cell:  786- 543-9510
Email: mcguinnbr@yahoo.com  

Middle East and Iraq 

Ranen Omer-Sherman, assistant professor of English and Jewish Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, teaches courses on the Arab-Israeli conflict as represented in literature.  He served for three years in the Israeli army in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including some time in Lebanon.  Omer-Sherman is fluent in Hebrew. 
Office:  305-284-4072
Email:  rosherman@miami.edu

Ira Sheskin, Ph.D., associate professor of geography and regional studies, specializes in the geopolitics of the Middle Eastern region. He also serves as director of the Jewish Demography Project at the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies.
Office: 305-284-6693            
Home: 954-435-7070
Cell:  954-558-2933
E-mail:isheskin@miami.edu 

Haim Shaked, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Middle East Studies Institute, incumbent of the Dr. M. Lee Pearce Chair in Middle East Peace Studies, and founding director of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies. Since 1995, Shaked has been involved in the establishment of the first private university in Israel, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliyya.
Office:             (305) 284-6882
E-mail:            hshaked@miami.edu 

U.S.Image in Europe and the EU

Louise K. Davidson-Schmich, assistant professor of political science, specializes in western European politics. She is an expert in German politics, speaking fluent German, having lived in the country, and having published on the subject of German politics. Davidson-Schmich also teaches western European politics and the European Union and can comment on EU member states' reactions to the war.
Office:  305-284-2143
Email:  davidson@miami.edu

*Joaquin Roy, professor of International Studies and director of the European Union Center. Roy is an expert in the European Union, role of Spain in the crisis and in the Security Council, France and Germany.
Office:  305-284-3266
Email:  jroy@miami.edu
China and the UN Security Council

June Teufel Dreyer, professor of political science, is an expert on the Chinese military and was Congressionally appointed to the U.S. – China Security Review Commission.
Office:  305-284-2403
Email:  Jdreyer@miami.edu

Russian Foreign Policy/Ethnic Issues

Elise Giuliano, assistant professor of political science, specializes in Russian foreign policy in general, toward Iraq, the U.S. and Europe.  Giuliano also specializes in ethnic conflict, ethnic politics and nationalism in Afghanistan, Central Asia and the conflict in Chechnya.
Office:   305-284-8052
Email:   egiulian@exchange.sba.miami.edu

World Wars and Military History

Edward Dreyer, professor of history, is an expert in Asian history, Chinese military history, World War I, World War II and the American military history.  He recently published a book on Chinese military history.
Office:  305-284-4120
Email:  e.dreyer@miami.edu

Medical Aspects

To speak to medical experts on bioterrorism, poison control, toxicology or any other medical aspect, contact Omar Montejo at the UM Miller School of Medicine at 305-243-5654 or call his cell at 305-812-6667.

Alan Delamater, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and psychology, can provide comments and information on how to help children deal with stress.
Office: 305-243-6857

Pamela Deroian, clinical psychologist, has counseled individuals, families, businesses and employees.  Deroian is an expert in the treatment of post-traumatic stress reactions.
Office: 305-284-5511                      

*Dr. Lora E Fleming, associate professor of epidemiology and public health at the Miller School of Medicine.  Fleming can discuss human health effects of many occupational and environmental toxins.
Office:  305-243-5912
Email: lfleming@med.miami.edu

Dr. Kim Fuller, director, UM Psychological Services Center, can address any aspect of psychological trauma, including Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, how to talk to children about war, and how to reduce stress and anxiety.
Office: 305.284.4265 ext. 2
Email:  kfuller@miami.edu

Dr. Ivette Motola, assistant director of the Prehospital and Emergency Healthcare Division of the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education. The center has developed a 16-hour Emergency Response to Terrorism training course for EMS, hospital personnel, public health and law enforcement officers.
Email:  imotola@med.miami.edu

Legal experts

Bernard Oxman, professor of law, is an expert in international law and law of the sea, and is distinguished by having served as Assistant Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State.
Office:   305-284-2293
Home:  305-443-9550

*Edgardo Rotman, foreign and international Law Librarian and Assistant Professor at the UM School of Law.  Rotman can discuss the history and significance of the International Criminal Court.  He was appointed to represent the United States at the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation, where he has been a voting member of the Council since 1996. He is the author of four books and numerous articles published in leading American, European and Latin American journals on international and comparative criminal law, legal translation, and other subjects.
Office:  305.284.3735
Email:  erotman@law.miami.edu

Richard L. Williamson Jr., professor of law and acting chair of the International Studies Department at UM, teaches international law, including a seminar on arms control. He can discuss export controls and laws concerning weapons of mass destruction. Williamson spent six years in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, working on efforts to control the spread of nuclear weapons, including anti-terrorist aspects.
Office:  305-284-4815
Home: 305-232-4004

Entertainment During War, Objectivity of Journalists Covering War

*Rafael Lima, lecturer in the School of Communication, is a former CNN journalist who covered the war in El Salvador and wrote an award-winning play based on the objectivity of journalists covering war called Salvador. He can discuss what themes Hollywood and TV studios historically have produced during wartime and the objectivity of journalists covering war.
Office:   305-284-3908
Cell:  305-401-3506

Media coverage of the war

Sigman L. Splichal, PhD., associate professor and director of Journalism and Photography, UM School of Communication, can discuss issues related to news media access to information and military activities during times of war.
Office:  305-284-1783
Email:   sig@miami.edu

* Spanish speaker