BLACKSBURG, Va., March 17, 2003 – As the threat of war increases, Virginia Tech has compiled a listing of faculty members available to discuss specific aspects of war and its effect on our economy, our people, and our nation.
PRESIDENTIAL ANALYSIS; LEADERSHIP DURING TIMES OF WAR
Robert E. Denton, Professor, Communications Studies and Director of the Center for Leader Development. Denton is the author of 14 books on political communications, with particular emphasis on the Presidency. He was an invited speaker for a discussion on presidential communications at the George Bush Library at Texas A&M.
Office: (540) 231-9825, rdenton@vt.edu
PR Contact: Annette Calhoun, (540) 231-2611, vtnews@vt.edu
THREATS POSED BY CHEMICAL and BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
Marion Ehrich professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathbiology and 2003-2004 president of the National Society of Toxicology.
Office: (540) 231-4938, marion@vt.edu
PR Contact: Jeff Douglas, (540) 231-7911, jdouglas@vt.edu
Gerhardt Schurig, associate dean for research and graduate studies and Nathan Sriranganathan and Stephen Boyle, the research team that led the RB-51 research effort. Shurig is an immunologist, and Boyle and Nathan are bacteriologists.
Schurig, Office: (540) 231-4992, gschurig@vt.edu
Sriranganathan, Office: (540) 231-7171, nathans@vt.edu
Boyle, Office: (540) 231-4641, smboyle@vt.edu
PR Contact: Jeff Douglas, (540) 231-7911, jdouglas@vt.edu
Bruno Sobral, director of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI)
Office: (540) 231-2100, sobral@vt.edu
PR Contact: Neysa Call, (540) 231-1259, necall@vt.edu
FAMILY ISSUES • PERSONAL FEARS AND ANXIETIES • COPING WITH STRESS
Anna Beth Benningfield, Visiting Assistant Professor, Human Development; Clinical Training Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic.
Couple relationships
War/terrorism trauma
Coping with family stress and depression
Office: (540) 231-6807, abenning@vt.edu
PR Contact: Annette Calhoun, (540) 231-2611, vtnews@vt.edu
Scott Johnson, Associate Professor, Human Development; Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Doctoral Program.
How to talk with children about war
Ways to deal with children's fears and anxieties regarding war.
Office: (540) 231-3311, swj@vt.edu
PR Contact: Annette Calhoun, (540) 231-2611, vtnews@vt.edu
Karen Rosen, Associate Professor, Human Development, Clinical Supervisor at Virginia Tech's Center for Family Services in Northern Virginia.
Office: (703) 538-8461, krosen@vt.edu
PR Contact: Annette Calhoun, (540) 231-2611, vtnews@vt.edu
Russell Jones, Professor of psychology.
Office: (540) 231-5934
PR Contact: Sally Harris, (540) 231-7911, slharris@vt.edu
MILITARY
Col. Ed Schwabe, Deputy Commandant of the Corps of Cadets.
Office: (540) 231-8595, (540) 552-8319, fschwabe@vt.edu
Col. Chuck Payne, Deputy Commandant of the Corps of Cadets.
Office: (540) 231-3488, (540) 961-0204, chpayne1@vt.edu
Don Chance, First Union Professor of Financial Risk Management.
• Impact of war on financial markets and investing
Office: (540) 231-5061, dmc@vt.edu
PR Contact: Sookhan Ho, (540) 231-5071, sookhan@vt.edu
Celia Ray Hayhoe, Assistant Professor and Certified Financial Planner"
• Financial planning and spending during
• Necessary documents and storage tips
• Contingency planning
Office: (540) 231-3497
PR Contact: Annette Calhoun, (540) 231-2611, vtnews@vt.edu
Charles Bostian, Clayton Ayer professor of electrical and computer engineering.
• Disaster communication technology
• Increased interest in homeland security technologies
• Disaster response
Office: (540) 231-5096, bostian@vt.edu
PR Contact: Liz Crumbley at (540) 231-9772, lcrumb@vt.edu or Judy Hood at (540) 231-5096, jhood@vt.edu
France Belanger, director of the Center for Global Electronic Commerce and associate professor of accounting and information systems.
• Telework/telecommuting phenomenon and how war could change the perspective of organizations and individuals in this matter
• Security awareness
Office: (540) 231-6720, (540) 961-2862, belanger@vt.edu
PR Contact: Sookhan Ho, (540) 231-5071, sookhan@vt.edu
Doug Borer, associate professor of political science and scholar of international relations.
• U.S. policy in the Middle East
• Questions related to Afghanistan
Office: (540) 231-5342, (540) 552-5487, dborer@vt.edu
PR Contact: Sally Harris, (540) 231-6759, slharris@vt.edu
Gerard Toal, professor of geography & international affairs (Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Center).
• Political geography, world political map, global-conflict issues, Kurds, U.S. geopolitical thinking, Russia and Europe-US divide
Office: (202) 554-7406, toalg@vt.edu
Frederick Krimgold, co-director of the World Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Virginia Tech outreach administrator in Northern Virginia, can address topics of preparedness, response, and recovery for "extreme events."
Krimgold has several projects underway that relate to protection of civilian populations from attack:
(funded by US Citizens Research and Development Foundation)
Office: (703) 535-3444, krimgold@vt.edu
PR Contact: Sarah Newbill, (540) 231-2108, vtnews@vt.edu
MIDDLE EAST HISTORY • ISLAMIC RADICALISM • U.S. RELATIONS
William Ochsenwald, professor of history and author of The Middle East: A History.
PR Contact Sally Harris, (540) 231-6759, slharris@vt.edu
William W. "Wat" Hopkins, Associate Professor, Communication Studies; Editor, Communication and the Law; U.S. Supreme Court scholar; member of Virginia's FOIC Council.
• First Amendment
• Freedom of the press and freedom of speech
• News organizations and the threat of libel
• US Supreme Court and free speech issues
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIC)
• Mass media ethics
Office: (540) 231-9833, whopkins@vt.edu
PR Contact: Annette Calhoun, (540) 231-2611, vtnews@vt.edu
MEDIA & WAR
Matthew P. McAllister, Associate Professor, Communication Studies; research on the commercialization of American culture; advertising during the Gulf war.
• mass media and a democratic society
• impact of war-time advertising
• war-time PSAs
• ideological messages in mass media
Office: (540) 231-9830, mattm@vt.edu
PR Contact: Annette Calhoun, (540) 231-2611, vtnews@vt.edu