Governance and Politics
Hooshang Amirahmadi
Distinguished Service Professor
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Key topics: Politics in Iran, U.S.-Iran relations, Middle Eastern affairs
Hooshang Amirahmadi is director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the founder and president of the American-Iranian Council, a research and policy think tank devoted to improving understanding between the peoples of Iran and the United…
... read moreCharlotte Bunch
Board of Governor's Distinguished Professor
Department of Women's Gender Studies, Center for Women's Global Leadership
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Women's Human Rights Globally, Human Rights, Violence Against Women, Sexual Rights, Gender and Diversity, Women and Leadership, Women Peace and Security, United Nations Policies on Gender and Women, UN Secretary General Selection and Women candidates
Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the Center for Women's Global Leadership and Board of Governor's Distinguished Professor in Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University, has been an activist, writer and organizer in the…
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Mary Hawkesworth
Professor and Chair
Department of Women's and Gender Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Feminist theory, women and politics, contemporary political philosophy, and social policy
Mary E. Hawkesworth, Ph.D., is professor of women's and gender studies and a member of the graduate faculty in political science at Rutgers. Her most recent books include War and Terror: Feminist Perspectives (University of…
... read moreMilton Heumann
Professor
Department of Political Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: The Supreme Court, civil liberties and democracy, the Patriot Act, crime and punishment, criminal justice
Milton Heumann, Ph.D., is former visiting lecturer and Guggenheim Fellow at Yale Law School. His research areas include legal processes, criminal justice, and civil liberties.
He wrote "A Note on Plea Bargaining and Case Pressure" and co…
Richard Keevey
Practitioner in Residence
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Key topics: State and Local Finance and Budget Policy; Federal Budget and Finance; Management of Public Organizations
Rich was appointed by two New Jersey governors -- from each political party -- as the Budget Director and Comptroller. He also held two presidential appointments as the Deputy…
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Joanna Kempner
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
School of Arts and Sciences - New Brunswick Campus
Key topics: Politics and science, medicine, and inequality, with a focus on pain; migraine and stigma; psychedelic medicine and citizen science.
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Roy Licklider
Professor
Department of Political Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: American foreign policy, terrorism, homeland security, civil wars, international organizations
Roy Licklider has taught courses in international relations, foreign and military policy, terrorism, research design, international political economy, and the comparative politics of higher education. His early research was concerned with nuclear…
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Marc Pfeiffer
Assistant Director
Bloustein Local Government Research Center
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Key topics: New Jersey state and local government fiscal and administrative issues; public finance; public procurement; technology in government; government transparency; open data; informatics; NJ local government structure; property tax issues
With more than 40 years of government service to New Jersey municipal and state government under his belt, Marc is on his third career. His work at Rutgers follows ten years as a municipal administrator, and 26 years with the New Jersey Division…
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Deborah Walsh
Director, Center for American Women and Politics
Eagleton Institute of Politics
Key topics: Women and American Politics, Women's Leadership, Women Voters, Women Candidates, and Recruitment
Debbie Walsh is director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics' Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). She joined the CAWP staff in 1981. As director of the Center, she oversees CAWP's research, education and public service programs.…
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