3/21/03

** AT WAR WITH IRAQ **

AUBURN UNIVERSITY SOURCE LIST FOR NEWS MEDIA

Here are Auburn University sources who are qualified to speak on various issues related to the war in Iraq. This is not meant to be a complete list, and reporters are encouraged to contact AU's Office of Communications and Marketing at 334/844-9999 for assistance in seeking sources of expertise not covered here.

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** Ron Barrett, Alumni Professor of aerospace engineering, can speak about smart bombs and the use of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) -- the Predator is the most well known -- for surveillance and weapon delivery. Barrett has done extensive research and development of uninhabited aerial vehicles at Auburn; work phone: 334/844-6825, home phone: 334/821-8775, email: barrerm@auburn.edu.

** James R. Barth, Lowder Eminent Scholar in Finance, is well versed on the national economy and can speak on the potential effects of war on oil supply and prices as well as the war economy in general. Barth's professional experience includes time as chief economist at both the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. He has also been a visiting scholar at the U.S. Congressional budget office and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. He has testified on many occasions before both the House Banking Committee and the Senate Banking Committee on various financial institution and deposit insurance issues. He has been quoted in such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, American Banker, Time, Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report, and has appeared on news shows such as Nightline, McNeil/Lehrer Newshour, Good Morning America, Today Show, Money Line, and National Public Radio; work phone: 334/844-2469, home phone: 334/826-8608, email: barthjr@auburn.edu.

** John Cochran, head of AU's Department of Aerospace Engineering; can speak about AWACS surveillance technology and Patriot anti-missile systems as well as many of the various aircraft used in the war (F-117, B-1B, B-2, A-10 and F-14). Cochran's research concentration is flight dynamics and control; work phone: 334/844-6800, home phone: 334/821-0216, email: cochrjo@auburn.edu.

** Jill Crystal, AU associate professor of political science, can speak on the concentrations of her research, the culture and politics of the Middle East, especially the Persian Gulf region and the international political economy; work phone: 334/844-6212, home phone: 334/826-0131, email: crystja@auburn.edu.

** Peter Harzem, AU Hudson Professor of Psychology, can speak to the psychology of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Harzem has done research comparing Hussein to both Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, using political psychology to develop a framework for his comparisons. He presented his comparison of Hussein and Hitler to the International Society of Political Psychology in Germany last fall. He was recently on Voice of America radio comparing Hussein to the Russian tyrant Stalin; work phone: 334/844-4412, email: harzepe@auburn.edu.

** Stephen L. McFarland, acting associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, can speak about Middle East history, culture and politics and how any or all of these relate to the current war with Iraq. McFarland's research includes a concentration on the history and historical politics of the Middle East; work phone: 334/844-4700, home phone: 334/821-8789, email: mcfarsl@auburn.edu.

** Marshall Michell, AU graduate student in history who can speak to the tactical and planning aspects of war, particularly air war. A former F-15 pilot, Michell has served as a Middle East analyst for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as a NATO air planner during the Gulf War; home phone: 334/501-1652, email: micheml@auburn.edu.

** Tim Moore, director of research and development at the College of Veterinary Medicine, is an excellent one-stop source on biological and chemical agents and so-called dirty bombs. Moore spent seven years with the Army as a chemical officer responsible for nuclear, biological and chemical protection of military forces. His last assignment was as division chief of the Army's largest and most modern chemical agent laboratory at Dugway Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah; work phone: 334/844-3734, email: moorete@auburn.edu.

** Stewart Schneller, dean of College of Sciences and Mathematics, can speak about the use of biological agents such as smallpox and anthrax as weapons of mass destruction. He is among the country's foremost researchers on smallpox; work phone: 334/844-5737, home phone: 334/821-9374; email: schnest@auburn.edu.

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