Experts on Wartime | University of Miami

* Spanish speaker

Middle East and Iraq

Ira Sheskin, Ph.D., Project Director 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

*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

Medical Aspects

To speak to medical experts on bioterrorism, poison control, toxicology or any other medical aspect, contact Media Relations at the UM Miller School of Medicine at (305) 243-5654.

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