Advisory Board

Abbas Benmamoun

Professor

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Department: Linguistics
Phone: (217) 333-7129

Dr. Abbas Benmamoun is Department Head and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, Dr. Benmamoun is Coordiantor of Arabic Programs.

 

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Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld

Dean and Professor

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Department: School of Labor and Employment Relations
Phone: (217) 333-1480
Fax: (217) 244-9290

Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld is a Dean and Professor in the School of Labor & Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

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Paul Diehl

Professor

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Department: Political Science
Phone: (217) 333-9356

Dr. Paul Diehl is Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Diehl is also affiliated with Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), a unit within the International Programs and Studies at UIUC.

 

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Hadi Esfahani

Professor

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Department: Economics
Phone: (217) 333-2681

Hadi Salehi Esfahani is a Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, he currently serves as the Editor of the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, the President of Middle East Economic Association, and the Director of Global Studies Initiative at the University of Illinois. He has also worked for the World Bank as a visiting staff economist and a consultant. He has received his B.Sc. in engineering from Tehran University and Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. His theoretical and empirical research is in the field of political economy of development, focusing in particular on the Middle East and North Africa region. He has published numerous articles on the role of politics and governance in fiscal, trade, and regulatory policy formation. His articles have appeared in journals The Economic Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Economics, International Economic Review, Oxford Economic Review, and World Development, among others.

 

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Paula Kaufman

University Librarian, Dean of Libraries, and Professor

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Department: Library Adminstration
Phone: (217) 333-0790

Paula Kaufman is University Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also Professor of Library Administration at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

 

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Edward A. Kolodziej

Director, Center for Global Studies

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Department: International Program & Studies
Phone: (217) 265-5186

Edward Kolodziej, Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science, is the Director of the Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois. He has written or edited fourteen books on security, foreign policy, and global politics; contributed more than 120 articles to professional journals; and lectured in over 40 countries around the world. His latest publications include From Superpower to Besieged Global Power (University of Georgia Press, 2008) and articles on "Security" and "Global Governance" for Sage Encyclopedias in Power and Global Studies (2011). He is currently working on a volume on the theory and practice of global governance.

 

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Charlotte Ku

Assistant Dean

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Department: Law
Phone: (217) 244-0701

Charlotte Ku is the Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Legal Studies and the College of Law International Programs Director at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

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Frederick Lamb

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Department: Physics
Phone: (217) 333-6363

Dr. Frederick Lamb is Fortner Endowed Chair in Theoretical Astrophysics, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, Dr. Lamb is Director of the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics.

 

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Stephen Marshak

Professor and Department Head

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Department: Geology
Phone: (217) 333-7705

Stephen Marshak is a Professor of Geology, and the Director of the School of Earth, Society, and Environment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

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Robert Rich

Director of Institute of Government and Public Affairs

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Department: Institute of Government and Public Affairs
Phone: (217) 244-8550

Dr. Robert Rich is Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, Dr. Rich is Professor in the College of Law.

 

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Lynne Rudasill

Global Studies Librarian and Associate Professor

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Department: Center for Global Studies
Phone: (217) 265-6879
Fax: (217) 333-6270

Lynne Rudasill is Associate Professor of Library Administration and the Center for Global Studies Librarian. Her research is focused on national and supra-national information policy, and she has also published in the areas of library user instruction and web page development. Lynne has presented papers at conferences in Ireland, Poland, South Africa, and Greece. Professor Rudasill serves on the Faculty Senate, the Military Education Committee, and is a member of the Library's Executive Committee.

 

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D. Fairchild Ruggles

Professor

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Department: Landscape Architecture
Phone: (217) 333-0176

Dr. D. Fairchild Ruggles is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, Dr. Ruggles co-directs the Collaborative for Cultural Heritage and Museum Practices (CHAMP) at Illinois.

 

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