Seeking answers in America
McGill experts available for insight on U.S. terrorist attacks
In light of the shocking terrorist attacks on the United States, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ has rounded up a list of experts available to speak on different issues to the media. Additional commentators can be found through our Media Guide to McGill Experts, available or by calling the University Relations Office at 514-398-6748.
abela [at] ego.psych.mcgill.ca (John Abela), psychologist, 514-398-6109. Prof Abela is an expert in depression in children or adolescents and can comment on how terrorist attacks can affect young people.
frances.aboud [at] mcgill.ca (Frances Aboud), psychologist, 514-398-6099. Prof Aboud is an expert in racial prejudice and the development of racial prejudice in children.
mbrawl [at] po-box.mcgill.ca (Mark Brawley), political scientist, 514-398-5064. Prof Brawley is an expert in international political economy, international relations theory, major wars, international factors in domestic institutional change and foreign economic politics.
msbrech [at] mscc.huji.ac.il (Michael Brecher), political scientist, can be reached through sylvaind [at] uro.mcgill.ca (S-J Desjardins), 514-398-6752. Prof Brecher is an expert in international crisis theory, conflict and war in the 20th century, foreign policy theory, international systems, Middle East international politics, especially the Arab-Israel conflict and the peace process.
brunal [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (Alain Brunet), psychiatrist, 514-761-6131, ext. 4348 . A researcher at the McGill-affiliated Douglas Hospital Centre, Dr Brunet is an expert in post-traumatic stress disorder and can comment on how terrorist attacks can affect general populations.
rex [at] brynen.net (Rex Brynen), political scientist. Prof Brynen is an expert in the Arab-Israeli peace process, security and development in the Middle East, Palestinian politics, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction.
crepeau [at] cs.mcgill.ca (Claude Crepeau), computer scientist, 514-398-4716. Professor Crepeau is an expert in computer security, cryptographic protocols, and techniques for processing confidential data by several users that do not trust each other.
grey [at] falaw.lan.mcgill.ca (Julius Grey), lawyer, 514-288-6180. Prof Grey is an authority in CanadaÂ’s immigration law.
clu6 [at] po-box.mcgill.ca (Catherine Lu), political scientist, 514-398-4817. Prof Lu is an expert in global justice, political theory, international relations, justice and reconciliation and contemporary political theory.
naylor [at] leacock.lan.mcgill.ca (Tom Naylor), economist, 514-398-4828. Prof Naylor is an expert in international black markets, smuggling, money laundering and is critical of NATO sanctions against Iraq.
plpn [at] musica.mcgill.ca (Paul Noble), political scientist, 514-398-8960/4800. Prof Noble is an expert in international systems, particularly regional systems, security and development in the Developing World, international politics and foreign policy in the Middle East.
tpaul2 [at] po-box.mcgill.ca (T.V. Paul), political scientist, 514-398-4820. Prof Paul is an expert in international security, regional security, war and conflict and international relations theory.
peddun [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (Duncan Pederson), psychiatrist, 514-761-6131, ext. 4347. Dr Pederson is director of the Psychosocial Research Unit at the Douglas Hospital Centre. A McGill Psychiatry professor, he is an expert on the long-term health and social consequences of terrorism and political violence.
somerville [at] falaw.lan.mcgill.ca (Margaret Somerville), ethicist, 514-398-7401. Prof Somerville is director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law and an expert on the larger ethical and legal aspects of science and society.
tetley [at] falaw.lan.mcgill.ca (William Tetley), lawyer, 514-398-6619. Prof Tetley is an expert in international maritime law, international arbitration and conflicts of law.
gil.troy [at] mcgill.ca (Gil Troy), historian, 514-398-3898. Prof Troy is an expert in modern United States political history, U.S. presidents and American politicians.
hwalle [at] po-box.mcgill.ca (Harold M. Waller), political scientist, 514-398-4806. Prof Waller is an expert in U.S. budgetary process, American politics, Jewish political studies and Israeli politics.
