Cal Poly Experts Directory - Politics
Arms Control • Conflict & Peace • Government & Elections • International Politics & Foreign Policy • Political Communication
Arms Control
David Hafemeister, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
e-mail: dhafemei@nas.edu
Recipient, The American Physical Society's 1996 Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest. Chairman, American Physical Society Panel on Public Affairs (1996). Staff science adviser on the spread of nuclear material, U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (1992-93). Staff technical lead on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I and II, Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, nuclear test-ban treaties, and other arms-control matters, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1990-92).
Expert witness on nuclear arms issues, testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1988). Technical lead on nuclear testing issues, U.S. State Department (1987). Special assistant to the undersecretary of state for security assistance, science and technology, expert consultant to the deputy assistant secretary of state for nuclear nonproliferation policy, U.S. State Department (1977-79). Science adviser to Sen. John Glenn (1975-77).
Areas of expertise:
* the physics of nuclear weapons
* nuclear arms control treaties and compliance
* Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) I and II
* nuclear test bans
* Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty
* electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and public health
Conflict & Peace
Linden L. Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Psychology & Human Development
(805) 756-2320/2033 e-mail: llnelson@calpoly.edu
Editorial board member, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Co-Chair of the Peace and Education Working Group, Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association.
Author of the following articles in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology: Relationships Between Problem-Solving Competencies and Militaristic Attitudes: Implications for Peace Education" (1999), "Curricula for Teaching Adolescents about Peace and Conflict" (1999), "Teaching and Assessing Problem Solving for International Conflict Resolution" (1995), and "Peace in the Psychology Curriculum: From Assimilation to Accommodation" (1995).
Areas of expertise:
* psychology of conflict and peace
* peace education
* peace and conflict resolution programs
* assessment of programs for teaching about conflict and conflict resolution
* interpersonal to international conflict resolution
* psychology of militarism, war and peace
* school violence
Government & Elections
Dianne M. Long, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Political Science
(805) 756-2984 e-mail: dlong@calpoly.edu
Specialist in public policy issues.
Areas of expertise:
* government policy
* the political debate on health-care
* social welfare issues -- employment, immigration, "welfare to work" programs, etc.
* the politics of taxes and the economy
Michael Marlow, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
(805) 756-1764/2783 e-mail: mmarlow@calpoly.edu
Senior financial economist for the U.S. Treasury Dept. 1983-88, responsible for forecasting real output and inflation, conducting research on the economic effects of budget deficits and advising the undersecretary for monetary affairs and the assistant secretary for economic policy.
Economic consultant since 1988.
Areas of expertise:
* the state and future of the economy
* public finance
* monetary theory and policy
* economics of tax policy and federal spending policy
* economics of Social Security
* economics of education reform
Allen Settle, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
(805) 756-2624/2984 e-mail: asettle@calpoly.edu
Co-author of public administration text and contributor to three textbooks on emergency management. Mayor, former council member, and former planning commissioner, city of San Luis Obispo.
Areas of expertise:
* urban affairs
* FEMA and legal issues
* elections and campaigns
* election surveys
* public opinion
* ballot measures
* government policy
* municipal and intergovernmental relations
* land-use planning and litigation
* civil and urban law
* public finance
International Politics and Foreign Policy
Richard Kranzdorf, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
(805) 756-2842/2984 e-mail: rkranzdo@calpoly.edu
Co-author of book chapter on "Africa in The Other World: Issues and Politics in the Third World" (4th ed., 2000). Summer Fulbright awards, Poland & Hungary (1995) and Pakistan (1990).
Areas of expertise:
* national and international environmental politics
* African politics
* globalization
Max Riedlsperger, Ph.D.
Professor of History
(805) 756-5706/2543 e-mail: mriedslp@calinet.com
Author of "Heil Haider! The Revitalization of the Austrian Freedom Party since 1986" (1992) and numerous other papers and articles on the right-radical populist FPO and its leader, Jörg Haider, including the chapter "The FPO: Liberal or Nazi" in Conquering the Past -- Austrian Nazism Yesterday and Today (1989). Author of The Lingering Shadow of Nazism (1978), the standard work on the Austrian party the Verband der Unabhängingen. Author of articles on Austrian national identity. Author of chapter, "Austria and Germany: a Not-so-Foreign Relationship" in The Germans and Their Neighbors (1993).
Areas of expertise:
* political behavior, particularly electoral behavior in Austria
* right-wing radicalism, populism
* Jörg Haider and the Austrian Freedom Party
* integration, immigration problems, and opposition to multiculturalism in the European Union
* a common European currency, the Euro
John Snetsinger, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Director of International Education and Programs
(805) 756-5969/2543 e-mail: jgsnetsi@calpoly.edu|
Author of Truman: The Jewish Vote and the Creation of Israel (1974). Author of articles on U.S.-Israel relations, presidential decision-making in Mideast policy, and other articles and book reviews on recent presidents.
Areas of expertise:
* U.S. foreign policy in the Mideast
* internal process of decision-making in foreign policy
* Truman presidency
* Eisenhower presidency
* Israeli lobbying in U.S. foreign policy
* role of Congress in making foreign policy
* U.S. and Israeli history
Political Communication
Raymond Zeuschner, Ph.D.
Professor of Speech Communication
(805) 756-1231/2553 e-mail: rzeuschn@calpoly.edu
Author of Effective Public Speaking, textbook (1995), and Communicating Today, textbook (1993, 1997). Past president, California Speech Communication Association. Past national president, Cross-Examination Debate Association. Former mayor and city council member, Morro Bay, Calif.
Areas of expertise:
* public speaking and communication
* political communication
* planning
* political debates