USC Terrorism Experts Available

THE RECENT TERROR PLOT IN LONDON

MICHAEL BARR, director of USC Aviation Safety Programs, can
address aviation safety and airport security. Contact him at (310)
342-1349 or barr@usc.edu.

ROBERT BEAUDET, professor emeritus of chemistry, is an
expert on chemical and biological weapons and military
explosives. Contact him at (626) 795-4537 or beaudet@usc.edu.

RANDOLPH HALL, co-director of the USC Center for Risk and
Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), can speak
about aviation security and risk assessment. Contact him at (818)
415-6208.

TERRENCE O’SULLIVAN, a researcher with the USC Center
on Homeland Security, has studied the shoulder-fired missile
scenario and other potential plots on airlines, and can comment on
explosive detection issues, security measures to reduce the threat,
and the potential impact on the airline industry. Contact him at
(626) 644-2729 or osulliv@usc.edu.

THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: HOW DID 9/11 CHANGE THE
COUNTRY?

SECURITY, PRIVACY AND DISASTER PLANNING

DETLOF VON WINTERFELDT, co-director of CREATE, can
compare risk management before and after 9/11. He can also
discuss the impact of anti-terrorism efforts on domestic crime,
money laundering and international commerce. Contact him at
detlof@aol.com or (213) 740-0898, or arrange interviews through
Kelly Gribben at (213) 740-5514 or (310) 927-9508.

JEAN ROSENBLUTH, USC law professor and former federal
prosecutor, can discuss how the federal government’s law
enforcement resources have been redirected to fighting terrorism
since 9/11, and how that has impacted the prosecution of other
crimes. She can also discuss the trend towards monitoring of
public spaces via security cameras since 9/11. Contact her at (213)
740-3199 or (818) 406-9986.

IAN MITROFF, Harold Quinton Distinguished Professor of
Business Policy and president of a crisis management consulting
firm, can explain how crisis planning and management has
changed at U.S. companies since the attacks. Contact him at (310)
372-3418 or ianmitroff@earthlink.net.

JENNIFER URBAN, USC law professor and director of USC’s
Intellectual Property Clinic, can discuss how post 9/11 policies and
legislative measures have affected privacy and surveillance.
Contact her at (213) 740-1538.

POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY

SHERRY BEBITCH JEFFE, political analyst and senior scholar at
the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development, can discuss
9/11’s impact on American politics, government and the voting
public. Contact her at (310) 641-7472 or sbjcgs@aol.com.

JOSHUA FOUTS, director of the USC Center on Public
Diplomacy, can discuss the long-term diplomatic efforts needed to
strengthen the country’s image, from traditional exchange
programs to the use of technology to promote public diplomacy.
He can also connect media to CPD faculty. Limited availability
after Sept. 1. Contact him at (213) 740-1786 or fouts@usc.edu.

JEFFREY COLE, director of the USC Center for the Digital
Future, can discuss changes in Internet and wireless usage since
9/11, including the diminished role of television as a breaking news
source and the Internet’s importance as a vehicle for American
users to communicate with foreigners. Cole directs the center’s
Internet Project, a major annual study of Internet usage in 25
countries. Contact him at cole@digitalcenter.org, (213) 437-4433,
or (310) 210-6190.

THE ECONOMY

STUART GABRIEL, director of the USC Lusk Center for Real
Estate, can address real estate issues related to 9/11, including
major trends and the recovery of the Manhattan market. He can
also discuss the national real estate market, interest rate policy
since 9/11, and inflation. Contact him at (213) 740-5000, or after
hours through USC Media Relations at (213) 740-2215.

TOM GILLIGAN, dean of the USC Marshall School of Business,
can discuss the global economy’s response to 9/11, the wars in the
Middle East and the rise in oil prices. Contact him through his
assistant Mary Olson at (213) 740-6422 or after hours through
USC Media Relations at (213) 740-2215.

ED LAWLER, Distinguished Professor of Management and
Organizations at the USC Marshall School of Business, can
address 9/11’s impact on immigration and the supply of skilled
foreign workers. Contact him at (213) 740-9814 or
elawler@marshall.usc.edu.

9/11 VICTIMS

GILLIAN HADFIELD, USC law professor, has interviewed more
than 30 family members on their legal travails with the 9/11
Victim’s Compensation Fund. Hadfield can talk about the
controversial issue of “money for justice” and charges that the
victims’ families are “greedy.” Contact her at (213) 821-6793.

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