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Unrest in Iran

The recent election results in Iran have brought charges of corruption and deadly demonstrations in the streets. The University of Maryland has the experts who can provide insight and analysis for your stories. Experts are listed in alphabetical order.


Number of experts found: 9

 
Suheil B. Bushrui

Affiliate Prof, Res Prof; Director, Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace Project

College of Behavioral & Social Sciences

Expertise Key Words:
W.B. Yeats; international authority on the works of Kahlil Gibran; author of numerous scholarly articles on topics such as Arabic and English literature, interreligious understanding, intercultural communication, conflict resolution, and global issues.

Contact Information:

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E-mail(s)    

301 405 6391

sbushrui@umd.edu

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Charles E. Butterworth

Prof. Government and Politics

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
professor of government and politics, University of Maryland specializing in Islamic culture; medieval Arabic and Islamic political philosophy

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4110

cebworth@gvpt.umd.edu

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Sahar M. Khamis

Assistant Prof. of Communication/Affiliate Prof. of Women's Studies

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
-Arab and Muslim media -New media and social change in the Arab/Muslim world -Public awareness campaigns in the Middle East -Images and representations of gender in Arab media -Mass media and gendered identities -Mass media and national development -Health communication

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0864

skhamis@umd.edu

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Michael H. Long

Professor and Director

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Expertise Key Words:
Second language acquisition (SLA); foreign language learning and teaching in schools and universities; English as a second language (ESL); US foreign language needs; advanced L2 proficiency; Critical Period Hypothesis; theory and research on language learning; Task-Based Language Teaching

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6464

301-680-0001

240-432-8851

mlong5@umd.edu

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Susan Moeller

Associate Professor

Philip Merrill College of Journalism and School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Media coverage of international affairs; media coverage of war, violence, conflict and disasters; media coverage of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD); how photographic images shape attitudes toward war; compassion fatigue; human/civil rights and the media.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2419

301 565 9510

240 472 4166

smoeller@jmail.umd.edu

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Manouchehr Mokhtari

Associate Professor

School of Public Health

Expertise Key Words:
Economic development, Tax policy, Tax Administration, Health Policy Research, Survey design and analysis, Former Soviet Union

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405-4014

mokhtari@umd.edu

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William T. Stuart

Assistant Professor

Anthropology

Expertise Key Words:
Origins and effects of fundamentalism, including Islamic movements; comparative religion, especially new religious movements; cults; history of Kwanza.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1435

(240) 899-7212

wmstuart@umd.edu

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Shibley Telhami

Professor, Sadat Chair

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
Middle East foreign policy; Middle East politics; Arab-Israeli dispute; impact of Middle East media; psychology of peace

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6734

stelhami@gvpt.umd.edu
sadat@gvpt.umd.edu

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Madeline C. Zilfi

Affiliated Associate Professor, Associate Professor

History

Expertise Key Words:
The history of Islam and the Middle East; 20th century Middle East history; gender issues - women and society in the Middle East. Lebanon.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8403

mzilfi@umd.edu

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