The following Carleton University professors are available to talk about issues related to Barack Obama’s inauguration as U.S. president on January 20.
Simon Dalby
Professor of Geography and Political Economy
W – (613) 520-2600, ext. 8741
H – (613) 733-7698
sdalby@gmail.com
Professor Dalby is co-editor of the international scholarly journal Geopolitics. He teaches courses on geopolitics and environmental security. His next book about security and environmental change is due in June. He is also working on the Bush doctrine, military strategy, the war on terror and international policy responses to this war. He can speak on the current geopolitical situation and the implications it may have for the Obama presidency.
Fred Goodwin
Associate Professor, Department of History
W – (613) 520-2600 ext. 2832
H – (613) 725-2485
fred_goodwin@carleton.ca
Dr. Goodwin is an expert on U.S. politics and has taught courses on African-American history.
Fen Osler Hampson
Chancellors Professor and Director, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
W – (613) 520-2600, ext. 8262
Cell – (613) 850-2506
Fen Osler Hampson is a co-chair of Carleton’s Canada-US Engagement Project. He has written widely on Canadian and U.S. foreign policies. He is the editor of Canada Among Nations, an annual review of Canada and the world. He is also a senior consultant to the United States Institute of Peace, a bipartisan, congressionally-funded think-tank in Washington, DC.
Melissa Haussman
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
W – (613) 520-2600, ext. 2768
H – (613) 321-2856
Cell – 1-781-974-8915
mhaussma@connect.carleton.ca
Last year, Professor Haussman led a group of Carleton students on an excursion to Massachusetts to work on the Hillary Clinton campaign in the final days before Super Tuesday. She also assisted the Clinton campaign during the New Hampshire primary. Dr. Haussman, who is an American, has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on the U.S. presidential election process. She is in charge of Carleton’s internship agreement with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars in Washington, DC.
Robert Jackson
W – 1-909-793-748-8596
H – 1-909-335-8919
Robert_Jackson@redlands.edu
Robert J. Jackson is a Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at Carleton University and the Fletcher Jones Professor of Government and Director of International Relations at the University of Redlands in California. Dr. Jackson served as a senior policy advisor to two former Canadian prime ministers, on the advisory board of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, as well as many other government agencies. His latest book is Temptations of Power: the United States in Global Politics Since 9-11, (co-authored by Dr. Philip Towle of the University of Cambridge). He is currently working on two volumes: North American Security Policy and NATO and Peacekeeping.
Colin Robertson
Director, Canada-US Engagement Project
W – (613)762-3371
robcolin@gmail.com
Canadian diplomat Colin Robertson is on loan to Carleton University from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada to direct the project. Carleton University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law, one of the leading policy research centres at NPSIA, serves as the secretariat for the Canada-US Engagement Project.
Brian Schmidt
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
W – (613) 520-2600, ext. 1062
H – (613) 228-5275
schmidtb@connect.carleton.ca
An American living in Canada for the past five years, Professor Schmidt teaches courses on international relations theory, the causes of war and American foreign policy.
Chris Waddell
Associate Director
Department of Journalism and Communication
W – 613-520-2600 ext. 8495
Cell – 613-850-2313
cwaddell@connect.carleton.ca
Professor Waddell is an expert in political journalism. He’s the former national editor for the Globe and Mail and the parliamentary bureau chief for CBC News. Prof. Waddell can comment on how the media, including social media such as Facebook, blogging and YouTube have portrayed Mr. Obama and what issues he may face regarding future coverage.
Thursday, January 15, 2009 in Experts Available
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