Mitchell
Aboulafia
Department of Philosophy
University of Colorado
Denver, CO. 80217
Tel. 303-556-8558 |
Chair,
Department of Philosophy, director of the Humanities and Social Science
Graduate Programs; professional interests include American philosophy,
pragmatism, social theory; author of several books on continental
and American philosophy. |
Constance
L. Akridge
Wadhams & Akridge
1120 Shadow Lane, Suite D
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Tel. 702-880-4528 |
President, Clark
County Bar Association; partner, Wadhams & Akridge; expert in
insurance litigation and regulation, health care, commercial litigation;
organizer of the "Dialogue on Freedom," program pioneered
by Justice Anthony Kennedy. |
Robert
J. Antonio
Department of Sociology
University of Kansas
716 Fraser Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045 |
Professor of
Sociology; research interests are in the area of sociological theory,
history of social theory, American economy and society; published
extensively on modernity and radical social theory; recipient of numerous
awards for excellence in teaching. |
Thomas
Burkholder
Hank Greenspan School of Communications
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-4376 |
Professor and
Basic Course Director in public speaking and inter-personal communication;
student of rhetorical theory and rhetorical criticism; publications
include works on 19th century US public addresses, the rhetoric of
woman suffrage, and presidential rhetoric. |
Donald
E. Carns
Department of Sociology
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-0256 |
Professor of
sociology; founding director, UNLV Center for Health Information Analysis;
conducted a pioneering survey of Nevada judges in 1992; research interests
include gambling behavior, religion and magic, and sociology of medicine. |
Marietta
O. Chudakova
Moscow Literary Institute
Miklukho-Maklaia 39,
Kor.2, kv. 380
Moscow 18485, Russia
Tel. 095-375-7803 |
Professor of
literature; member, European Academy; former member of Boris Yeltsin
Presidential Council and State Clemency Commission; asisstant to the
head of Russian government; expert on Soviet literature and literary
archives; international authority on Mikhail Bulgakov. |
Boris Z. Doktorov
100 Village Ln., 228
Foster City, CA 94404
Tel.
650-571-5593
|
Independent scholar and consultant; a leading Russian sociologist who conducted pioneering research on public opnion in Russia and the United States; author of books and articles about methodology of social research, opinoin polling, and history of sociology; co-director of the CDC International Biographical Initiative project. |
David
R. Dickens
Department of Sociology
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-0262 |
Professor of
sociology; areas of expertise include sociological theory, urban sociology,
postmodernist ethnography; an author of several books and studies
on Las Vegas culture, social structure, economic trends, race relations,
and regional politics. |
Mikhail
N. Epstein
Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures
1707 N. Decatur Rd. Emory
University, Atlanta GA 30322
Tel. 404-727-2594 |
Samuel Candler
Dobbs Professor of Cultural Theory and Russian Literature; former
director of the Laboratory of Modern Culture (Moscow); author of several
monographs on Russian literature, Russian philosophy, religious movements,
and transcultural developments. |
Boris
M. Firsov
European University at
St. Petersburg, 3 Gagarinskaia
St. Petersburg 191187, Russia
Tel. 0-812-275-5137 |
Rector, European
University at St. Petersburg; former director of St. Petersburg TV
Station; published several books and numerous studies on popular culture,
mass media, Russian intelligentsia, political sociology, and social
science methods. |
James
H. Frey
College of Liberal Arts
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-3401 |
Dean, UNLV College
of Liberal Arts; cofounder of the UNLV Survey Center; published extensively
on sociology of sports and social psychology; member of the Las Vegas
Rotary Club; spearheaded the UNLV College of Liberal Arts Foundation. |
Jeffrey
C. Goldfarb
Department of Sociology,
New School University
65 5th Avenue,
New York, NY 10003
Tel. 212-229-5779 |
Michael E. Gellert
professor of sociology; co-founder with Adam Michnick of Democracy
Seminar and the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies; published
numerous studies in the area of civic culture, civic education, and
democratic reforms in Eastern Europe. |
Eugene
W. Halton
Department of Sociology
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Tel. 219-239-6463 |
Professor of
sociology and American Studies; research interests and publications
focus on American culture, modernity, pragmatism, human body, and
artistic experience; writes public interest columns for various newspapers;
founder of the "Off the Wall Blues Band." |
Ruth
Horowitz
Department of Sociology
New York University
296 Mercer Str.
New York, NY 10003
Tel. 212-998-8383 |
Professor of
sociology; Secretary-Treasurer, the Citizens Advocacy Center which
trains public representatives of Medical Licensing and Disciplinary
Boards; did research and published several studies on youth gangs,
welfare and teen mothers, professional associations. |
Natalia
B. Ivanova
Znamia
Moscow Bolshaia Sadovaia,
d. 2/46, 103001 Mocow, Russia
Tel. 095-2549515 |
Editor, Znamia,
a leading Russian literary and political magazine; expert on Russian
culture, socialist realism, literature in the Stalinist era; published
numerous works on the Russian intelligentsia, literary criticism,
and contemporary Russian art. |
Ted
G. Jelen
Department of Political Science
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-3355 |
Chair, Department
of Political Science; editor, Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion; student of comparative religion, author of numerous studies
on religious practices and institutions in the US and Europe; commentator
on the Las Vegas political scene. |
Hans
Joas
University of Erfurt &
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel. 0049-361-737-2631 |
Director, Max
Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies in Erfurt (Germany)
and Professor of Sociology and Social Thought at the University of
Chicago; authored several books on social theory, pragmatism, values,
and creativity. |
Seymour
Khalilov
US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce,
1212 Potomac St. N.W.
Washington DC 20007
Tel. 202-333-8702 |
Executive Director,
US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce; conducted market research and published
various studies on business opportunities in Azerbaijan and the Caspian
region; facilitates commercial and cultural exchange between the US
and Azerbaijan. |
Igor
S. Kon
Institute of Ethnology & Anthropology, Leninsky Pr. 32a
117334 Moskow, Russia
Tel. 095-137-5576 |
Member, Russian
Academy of Education; recipient of several national and international
scholarship awards; author of numerous books on comparative childhood,
youth culture, social psychology, human body, sexuality, and Russian
culture. |
Kathryn
E. Landreth
Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department,
400 Stewart
Av.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Tel. 702-229-3304 |
Chief, Office
of Policy and Planning, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department;
former US Attorney for the State of Nevada; chair, Nevada Center for
Law-Related Education; member, Clark County Public Education Foundation. |
Bruce
Mazlish
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology,
History Faculty, BLD E5,
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel. 617-253-4456 |
Professor of
history; founder of the New Global History Initiative, an international
group uniting historians focused on the problems of globalization;
former editor of History & Theory; author of books on psychohistory,
social theory, and the history of technology. |
John
Murtagh
Longford Homes
3077 East Warm Springs Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89120
Tel. 702-376-5287 |
President, Longford
Group, builder and developer of residential and commercial properties
in Nevada and other states; past president, Nevada Homebuilders Association;
volunteer, Citizen Democracy Corps; co-sponsor, Nevada Conference
on Russian Culture. |
Philip
M. Pro
US District Court,
United States Courthouse,
333 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Tel. 702-464-5510 |
US District
Court Judge, District Nevada; actively involved with national and
state civic education programs; judge for "We the People"
state contests; participant in the US government and ABA sponsored
Central and East European Law Initiative programs. |
Hal
K. Rothman
Department of History
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-1012 |
Chair, Department
of History; editor of the Environmental History; author of numerous
books and studies on US West, environmental history, public history,
Southern Neada trends; commentator on Las Vegas culture, politics,
and history. |
Stephen
M. Rowland
Department of Geoscience
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-3625 |
Professor of
geology; member, Board of Directors, Death Valley Natural History
Association and Citizens for Active Management of the Frenchman-Sunrise
Mountain Area; student of environmental policy and land use in the
US, China, and the Russian Federation. |
Dmitri
N. Shalin
Department of Sociology
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-0259 |
Professor of
sociology; director, UNLV Center for Democratic Culture; organized
several international conferences on Russian society, culture, and
art; research interests and publications are in the area of social
theory, pragmatism, democratic culture, and emotional intelligence. |
Richard
Shusterman
Department of Philosophy
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Tel. 215-204-0109 |
Chair, Department
of Philosophy; director, UNESCO program on urbanism and popular music;
student of Anglo-American philosophy, aesthetics, and democratic theory;
authored books on pragmatism, aesthetics, popular culture, and philosophy
as a way of life. |
John
L. Smith
Las Vegas Review-Journal
1111 West Bonanza Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89106-3545
Tel. 702-383-0295 |
Newspaper columnist;
student of Nevada history, observer of the Las Vegas cultural and
political scene; winner of several awards for excellence in journalism;
author of several books on Las Vegas politics, economics, and social
life. |
Robert
W. Solomon
American Nevada Corporation
901 N. Green Valley Pkwy
Henderson, NV 89012
Tel. 702-990-2160 |
General Counsel,
American Nevada Corporation; actively involved with the UNLV Foundation;
member of the Board of Directors of the International Festival of
Russian Art and Culture. |
Frederick
Starr
Johns Hopkins University
Cental Asia Institute
1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington DC 20036-2213 |
Chair, Central
Asia Institute at Nietze School of Advanced Studies, Johns Hopkins
University; expert on Russian-American relations, student of Russian
popular culture, author of a monograph on the history of Russian jazz
and other studies. |
Jeffrey
W. Stempel
William S. Boyd School of Law
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-3671 |
Professor of
Law, cofounder of the Yale Law and Policy Review; research interests
are in the areas of professional responsibility, insurance law, evidence,
and alternative dispute resolution; author of numerous books, special
journal issues, and articles. |
Marcia
Stribling
State of Bar of Nevada
600 East Charleston Blwd.
Las Vegas, NV 89104
Tel. 702-382-2200 |
Coordinator,
Law Related Education, State Bar of Nevada; develops civic education
programs in the state; former executive director, Northern New Jersey
Girl Scout Council; oversaw strategic planning, membership development,
and fund raising. |
Dina
Titus
Department of Political Science,
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-3756 |
Professor of
political science; student of American and Nevada politics; published
on nuclear weapons, waste disposal, women politics; Senate Minority
Leader, Nevada State Legislature; helped secure funding for the Nevada
Humanities Committee. |
Robert
H. Tracy
College of Fine Arts
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-4210 |
Associate Dean,
College of Fine Arts; organized innovative art programs and exhibitions
at the UNLV Barrick Museum, including "At the Edge of Time: Painting,
Installations, Drawings by Clayton Campbell" and "Contemporary
Irish Art." |
Paul
Werth
Department of History
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-3344 |
Professor of
history, student of Russian history and culture, with special interest
in the issues of religious freedom and non-mainstream religious currents
in the former Soviet Union; published several studies on confessional
politics in the Russian empire. |
Thomas
C. Wright
Department of History
University of Nevada LV
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Tel. 702-895-3316 |
Professor of
history, editor of Halcyon; research is in the area of Latin American
and Central American studies, with the focus on the history and politics
of Chile; published several volumes on land ownership, land reform,
and food politics in Latin America. |