" Shades of Green: From Democratic to Militant Islamism in the Middle East "

Dr. Curt Ryan, 2008

    Dr. Curtis R. Ryan is Associate Professor of Political Science at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Dr. Ryan specializes in international and Middle East politics, with particular interests in inter-Arab relations, Islam and politics, alliances, democratization, security, and international terrorism. He has previously taught for Mary Washington College, Old Dominion University, and the United States Naval War College. He holds a B.A. from Drew University and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1992 and 1993 Dr. Ryan served as a Fulbright Scholar and guest researcher at the Institute for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan, in the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan. He was also twice named a Peace Scholar by the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. His book, Jordan in Transition: From Hussein to Abdullah, was published in 2002 by Lynne Rienner Press. Dr. Ryan’s articles have been published in the Middle East Journal, Middle East Insight, Arab Studies Quarterly, Israel Affairs, Southeastern Political Review, Journal of Third World Studies, Middle East Policy, and Middle East Report. His current book project, Inter-Arab Alliances, will be published in late 2008.

Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7:00 p.m.
Nessmith-Lane Assembly Hall