Experts Directory: Politics and Government: Foreign

Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-4744
别尘补颈濒:听jdemaio@csun.edu
Also speaks: Italian

African politics
Conflict studies
U.S. foreign policy
International relations
Ethnic politics
Civil wars in Africa (Darfur, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)
Author: 鈥淐onfronting Ethnic Conflict: The Role of Third Parties in Managing Africa鈥檚 Civil Wars鈥�

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Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens

Department of History
work: (818) 677-3566
email:听susan.fitzpatrick@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish

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Department of Political Science
work: (818) 677-7233
email:听keiko.hirata@csun.edu
Also speaks: Japanese

Asian politics
International relations
U.S./Japanese relations
Civil society
Comparative politics
Foreign policy analysis
Author: 鈥淐ivil Society in Japan: The Growing Role of NGOs in Tokyo鈥檚 Aid and Development Policy鈥�
Co-editor: 鈥淣orms, Interests and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy鈥�

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Department of History
work: (818) 677-2755
email:听rthowes@csun.edu
Also speaks: Arabic, French

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Department of Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies
work: (818) 677-7218
email:听nayereh.tohidi@csun.edu
Also speaks: Farsi, Persian, Tajik, Turkic

Middle Eastern culture
Middle Eastern politics
Gender and women鈥檚 issues in the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucus and Caspian regions, Iran and Azerbaijan Republic
Human rights and democracy
Islam and Islamist extremism
Women, religion and politics
Islam and ethnic issues in Iran
U.S. policy in Iran and the greater Middle East
Co-author: 鈥淕lobalization, Gender and Religion: The Politics of Women鈥檚 Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts鈥�
Co-editor: 鈥淲omen in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity鈥�
Author: 鈥淔eminism, Demokrasy ve Islamgarayi dar Iran鈥� (in Persian)

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Department of Central American Studies听
work: (818) 677-6502
email:听joseph.wiltberger@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish