| JAHANGIR
AMUZEGAR Former ambassador Economic consultant jahan4u@aol.com |
7219 Loch Lomond
Dr. Bethesda, MD 20817 (t) 301-229-7668 (f) 301-229-2148 |
| Economics, Iran,
Oil Dr. Amuzegar has taught at UCLA, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Maryland, the American University and SAIS. He served the pre-revolution government of Iran as Minister of Commerce, Minister of Finance, and Ambassador-at-Large. He has been on the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund, representing Iran and several other member countries. He has written more than 50 journal articles and is the author of seven books on Iran, oil and economic development, the latest of which is Managing the Oil Wealth. Dr. Amuzegar has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles. |
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| BAHMAN BAKTIARI Director, International Affairs Program, Associate Professor of Political Science bahman.baktiari@umit.maine.edu |
University of Maine
Department of Political Science 5754 N. Stevens Hall, Room 229 Orono, ME 04469-5754 (t) 207 581-1869 (f) 207 581-4856 |
| JAMES A. BILL Professor of government College of William and Mary jabill@wm.edu |
P.O. Box 8795 Williamsburg, VA 23187 (t) 757-220-2627 (f) 757-221-0494 |
| Iran, Pakistan Dr. Bill is professor of government and director emeritus of the Reves Center for International Studies at The College of William and Mary. He is the author of the award winning study entitled The Eagle and the Lion: The Tragedy of American-Iranian Relations. He has also authored Politics in the Middle East and most recently Roman Catholics and Shi'i Muslims: Prayer, Passion and Politics. His views on Middle Eastern affairs have appeared in Time, Newsweek, Fortune, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and Science. |
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| STEPHEN C.
FAIRBANKS Department of State Analyst Iranian internal politics and foreign affairs Acsfairb@us-state.osis.gov |
INR/NESA - Room
4634 U.S. Department of State Washington, DC 20520-6510 (t) 202-647-8413 (f) 202-736-4606 |
| Iran Dr. Fairbanks was director at the American Institute of Iranian Studies and taught at the Iranzamin International School, both in Tehran. His most recent publication is Theocracy versus Democracy: Iran Considers Political Parties (1998). He received his Ph.D. in Iranian history from the University of Michigan. |
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| HARALD D.
FREDERIKSEN Consultant Water Resources Management haralddf@comcast.net |
3967 Shasta View
Street Eugene, OR 97405 (t) 541 345-2130 |
| Water, Palestine,
Israel, Iran, Jordan Mr. Frederiksen's assignments in the Middle East region have included Khuzestan regional development, Dez River watershed protection, advice on privatization of water, sewage and electrical services in two major industrial cities for the Royal Commission of Saudi Arabia, and rehabilitation of irrigation systems and agricultural support services on the East Bank for USAID and the government of Afghanistan. He is currently the consultant on policy, institutional and technical aspects of water-resources management for governments, the World Bank and bilateral agencies in the Middle East, Asia and South America. |
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| MARK GASIOROWSKI Department of Political Science Louisianna State University pogasi@lsu.edu |
Baton Rouge, LA
70803 (t) 225-578-2550 (f) 225-578-2540 |
| Iran, U.S.
Policy Dr. Gasiorowski is the author of U.S. Foreign Policy and the Shah (Cornell University Press, 1991) and many articles on Iranian politics and U.S.-Iran relations. His article, "The Power Struggle in Iran," appeared in the Volume VII, Number 4, October 2000 issue of Middle East Policy. He was a visiting fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford University from 2001-2002. Prior to that, Dr. Gasiorowski was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Tehran University, in the summers of 1994 and 1996, and the winter of 1998. He is a member of the editorial board of Political Research Quarterly. |
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| AHMAD GHOREISHI Adjunct professor of national security affairs Naval Postgraduate School |
868 Stonehaven
Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 (t) 831-656-3167 (f) 831-656-2949 |
| Iran Dr. Ghoreishi's teaching experience includes a broad list of universities: National University of Iran, University of Colorado-Boulder, San Francisco State University, and St. Mary's College. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. |
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| KENNETH KATZMAN Senior Analyst with Persian Gulf Affairs Congressional Research Service kkatzman@crs.loc.gov |
Senior Analyst Congressional Research Service Madison Building Library of Congress (t) 202-707-7612 (f) 202-707-3304 |
| Iran, Iraq, The
Gulf, Saudi Arabia, US Policy, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrin Dr. Katzman served on the staff of the House International Relations Committee during 1996 and 2001-2002, and served at the CIA during 1985-89. He authored two major Atlantic Council studies on U.S. sanctions against Iran and Libya; a major report for Congress on Near Eastern terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda; and the book The Warriors of Islam about Iran's Revolutionary Guard. |
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| CHARLES KURZMAN Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Norht Carolina at Chapel Hill |
1University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 (t) 919-962-1241 (f) 919-962-7568 |
| Iran, Islam,
Liberal and Democratic Movements in Islam Dr. Kurzman is assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the editor of the anthologies Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook and Modernist Islam and 1840-1940: A Sourcebook (Oxford University Press, 1998 and 2002), and author of The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran (Harvard University Press, 2004). |
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| MEHDI NOORBAKSH Research scholar Harvard University |
Institute for
Research and Islamic Studies P.O. Box 35602 Houston, TX 77235 (t) 713-721-1980 (f) 713-723-6099 |
| Democratization,
Iran, Peace Process Dr. Noorbaksh is a research scholar at Harvard University. He has taught at various universities and initiated the Muslim World Democracy Project. Dr. Noorbaksh is the founder of the Institute for Research and Islamic Studies, Houston. He holds a Ph.D. in government from the University of Texas. |
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| R.K. RAMAZANI Professor Emeritus Department of Politics University of Virginia rkr@virgina.edu |
1140 Mountain Road Charlottesville, VA 22901 (t) 804-295-6788 (f) 804-295-2025 |
| The Gulf, Iran,
Islam and Politics, U.S.-Iran Relations Dr. Ramazani has specialized in the Middle East since 1952 when he immigrated to the United States. He is widely acknowledged as "The Dean of Iranian Foreign Policy Studies in the United States." His many books include several volumes on the history of Iran's foreign policy since 1500, and others on the GCC and Iran's role in the Persian Gulf. Dr. Ramazani has also published over 100 articles and book chapters. A former vice president of the American Institute of Iranian Studies, he has served on numerous governing boards, including those of the Middle East Institute and the Iranian-American Council. He has been consulted by the White House, the Congress, the Departments of State, Defense and the Treasury, as well as by the United Nations Secretariat General. |
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| GARY G. SICK Executive Director, The Gulf/2000 Project, Senior research scholar and Adjunct professor of international affairs Columbia University ggs2@columbia.edu |
395 Riverside
Drive, #10-B New York, NY 10025 (t) 212-222-9614 (f) 212-222-9318 |
| Iran Dr. Sick has served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan. He is a retired captain who served in the U.S. Navy. Dr. Sick has also served as deputy director for international affairs at the Ford Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. |
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| PAUL SULLIVAN Professor of Economics National Defense University sullivanpj@ndu.edu |
4th and P Streets,
SW Washington, DC 20319 (t) 202-685-4237 (f) 202-685-4175 |
| Algeria,
Economics of the Peace Process, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon,
Mauritania, U.S.-Islam relations, U.S.-Iranian relations, Political Economy,
U.S.-Arab Relations Dr. Sullivan has been a professor of economics at the National Defense University since July 1999. For six years previous, he taught and researched at the American University in Cairo. He has traveled widely in the Middle East and North Africa. Dr. Sullivan has published articles on the political economy and economic diplomacy of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, the political economy of Iraq, the economic effects of the Gulf War of 1991, the economics of oil in the Middle East, the economics of the Palestinian territories, economic reforms in Egypt, and other issues. He had a column, "Cairo to Calcutta," in The Middle East Times. Dr. Sullivan received his B.A. from Brandeis University and his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Yale University. |
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| THOMAS R.
STAUFFER International oil and finance consultant trstauff@bellatlantic.net |
1640 35th Street,
NW Washington, DC 20007 (t) 202-342-2029 (f) 202-625-1062 |
| Energy and Oil,
Iran Dr. Stauffer has taught economics of the Middle East, energy economics and Middle East economic geography at Harvard University, the Diplomatische Akademie in Vienna, and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Dr. Stauffer has been a consultant in the executive office of the president, the anti-trust unit of the Federal Trade Commission, the International Energy Agency (Paris), the UNDP and UNIDO. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. |
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