ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan faculty are available to discuss the implications of the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. forces nearly a decade after orchestrating terror attacks on the United States.

They include:

Terrorism, the modern Middle East, politics and culture

• Juan Cole, history professor, specializes in Modern Middle East and terrorism. He is available at: (734) 747-8211 or jrcole@umich.edu. More information about Cole: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/facstaff/facultydetail.asp?ID=49

Life for Arabs in America

• Ann Lin, associate professor of public policy and political science, serves as a co-principal investigator on the Detroit Arab American Study, a landmark public opinion survey of Arab Americans in Detroit. She can be reached at: (734) 764-7507 or annlin@umich.edu. More information about Lin can be found at: http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/Ann_Lin
• Ronald Stockton, political science professor at U-M Dearborn, has written extensively on Arabs in America and the Middle East conflict. He can be contacted at: (313) 581-5284, (734) 223-1885 or rstock@umd.umich.edu. More on Stockton: http://ns.umich.edu/Experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=767

Political ramifications and public attitudes, behaviors since 9/11

• Michael Traugott, communication studies professor and senior research scientist for the Institute for Social Research, studied public attitudes and behavior since Sept. 11 through the Americans Respond Survey. He can also discuss how this latest development will affect President Obama’s approval ratings. He can be reached at: (734) 647-0421 or mtrau@umich.edu. For additional information on Traugott, visit: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/polisci/people/faculty/ci.traugottmichael_ci.detail

Middle East

• Mark Tessler, the Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor and Vice Provost for International Affairs, has examined the nature, determinants, and political implications of attitudes and values held by ordinary citizens in the Middle East. He can be reached at: (734) 615-7657 or tessler@umich.edu. For more about Tessler, visit: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/polisci/people/faculty/ci.tesslermark_ci.detail.

International policy issues related to human rights

• Susan Waltz, professor of public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, is a specialist in human rights and international affairs. She can be reached at: (734) 615-8683 or swaltz@umich.edu. For additional information about Waltz, visit: http://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/Susan_Waltz

International security

• Robert Axelrod, the Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding and professor of political science and public policy, looks at how patterns of social behavior emerge and draws on the current research in a wide range of disciplines, including biology, psychology and computer science. Axelrod can be reached at:(734) 763-0099 or axe@umich.edu. Additional information on Axelrod can be found at: http://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/Robert_Axelrod