Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Lisa
Metcalf
561-297-3022,
lmetcalf@fau.edu
FAU Experts on Osama Bin Laden and the Middle East
BOCA RATON, FL (May 2, 2011) – With the news
of the death of Osama Bin Laden, Florida Atlantic University
faculty are available to discuss its impact on the Middle East and
the United States.
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Robert
Rabil
is
a professor and director of graduate studies in the department of
political science in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and
Letters at FAU. His areas of expertise include national and
international security, U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-Arab and
U.S.-Muslim relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and politics and
economies of the Arab world, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran,
Turkey, Pakistan and Israel. Rabil can be reached at 561-297-3215
(office), 561-302-0470 (cell) or
rrabil@fau.edu.
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Mehmet
Gurses
is
a professor in the department of political science. His research
interests include democracy and democratization, ethnic and
religious conflicts, post-civil war peace building, post-civil war
democratization, and the emergence and evolution of the Islamist
parties in the Middle East. Gurses is fluent in Turkish and
Kurdish. He can be reached at 561-297-3213 (office) or
gurses@fau.edu.
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Jeffrey
Morton
is
a professor of political science. His areas of specialization
are laws of armed conflict, world politics, international law, war
in the Middle East and Europe, and U.S. foreign policy. He can be
reached at 561-297-3216 (office), 561-313-9106 (cell) or
jmorton@fau.edu.
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Sam
Hawkins
is
an instructor of political science. His areas of expertise include
international law and diplomacy, and military history. He can be
reached at 561-799-8581 (office) or
shawkins@fau.edu.
For FAU experts, contact Lisa Metcalf, associate director of media relations at FAU, at 561-297-3022 or lmetcalf@fau.edu.
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About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. In commemoration of its origin, FAU is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2011. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
