UD faculty and staff share insights

A list of UD faculty and staff members who are experts on a variety of topics related to the attack on America was compiled by the Office of Public Relations and provided to area and national media. 

Charles Beale, John Bishop and Jonathan Lewis, counseling and student development, effect of tragedy on college students

Ralph J. Begleiter, Goodman Professor of Communication and Distinguished Journalist in Residence, world affairs

Helen Bowers, finance, financial institutions, corporate finance, capital markets and institutions and how the markets in the U.S. and Europe are reacting

James L. Butkiewicz, economics, economic ramifications of the crisis

Kenneth J. Campbell, political science and international relations, U.S. defense and foreign policy and the possibility of reinstating the draft

Michael Chajes, civil and environmental engineering, structural dynamics, analysis and design

Joan Del Fattore, English, First Amendment rights and the balance between personal freedom and civil liberties

Disaster Research Center staff, five of whom were in New York City to conduct a study on the organization of emergency response and recovery activities after the bombing

Russell Dynes, Disaster Research Center, emergency response

Ardeshir Faghri, civil and environmental engineering and Delaware Center for Transportation Studies, airline and airport operations, including transportation systems engineering, systems design and operation

John Hurt, history, the possibility of reinstating the draft

Rudee Matthee, history, Islamic history and the history of the Middle East

Mark J. Miller, political science and international relations, Arab/Israeli politics and political terrorism

Kathleen Minke, education, how schools and parents should talk to children about events and their fears

Jeff Rosen, psychology, the effects of fear and anxiety

Richard Sylves, political science and international relations, emergency management in New York City and the emergency response during the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, as well as disaster policy and emergency management

Leland Ware, Louis L. Redding Chair of Law and Public Policy, the balance between personal freedom and civil liberties

Danilo Yanich, community development and family policy, television news content and the media's coverage of crime