Experts Directory: International Affairs and Culture: U.S. Foreign Policy
Jennifer De Maio
Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-4744
email: jdemaio@csun.edu
Also speaks: Italian
- African politics
- Conflict studies
- U.S. foreign policy
- International relations
- Ethnic politics
- Civil wars in Africa (Darfur, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)
- Author: “Confronting Ethnic Conflict: The Role of Third Parties in Managing Africa’s Civil Wars”
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Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens
Department of History
work: (818) 677-3566
email: susan.fitzpatrick@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- History of Peru
- History of Guatemala
- U.S. relations in Central America
- Religion (Catholicism) in Latin America
- Indigenous communities
Keiko Hirata
Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-7233
email: keiko.hirata@csun.edu
Also speaks: Japanese
- Asian politics
- International relations
- U.S./Japanese relations
- Civil society
- Comparative politics
- Foreign policy analysis
- Author: “Civil Society in Japan: The Growing Role of NGOs in Tokyo’s Aid and Development Policy”
- Co-editor: “Norms, Interests and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy”
James A. Mitchell
Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-2673
email: james.mitchell@csun.edu
- United States foreign policy
- International organizations; World Bank, IMF, UN, etc.
- Central and Eastern European affairs
- American government, particularly presidential elections
- Author: “Studies in American Foreign Policy,” “Readings in American Government,” “Understanding American Government,” fourth edition, and “American Government and Politics in Focus,” second edition
Nayereh Tohidi
Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
work: (818) 677-7218
email: nayereh.tohidi@csun.edu
Also speaks: Farsi, Persian, Tajik, Turkic
- Middle Eastern culture
- Middle Eastern politics
- Gender and women’s issues in the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucus and Caspian regions, Iran and Azerbaijan Republic
- Human rights and democracy
- Islam and Islamist extremism
- Women, religion and politics
- Islam and ethnic issues in Iran
- U.S. policy in Iran and the greater Middle East
- Co-author: “Globalization, Gender and Religion: The Politics of Women’s Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts”
- Co-editor: “Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity”
- Author: “Feminism, Demokrasy ve Islamgarayi dar Iran” (in Persian)
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