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Nonproliferation education in the United States part I: Undergraduate education

A nonproliferation review surveyFootnote1 of teaching at leading U.S. colleges and universities on weapons of mass destruction and means to combat their proliferation and use a two‐part series

Pages 9-30 | Published online: 05 Feb 2008

  • Kotkin , Stephen . 2002 . “A World War Among Professors” . New York Times , September 7 : 9 Section B
  • The survey and the analysis of results presented here were conducted by a team of specialists led by Leonard S. Spector, Director of the Washington, DC, Office of the Monterey Institute Center for Nonproliferation Studies. An initial study, involving programs at 20 undergraduate and graduate schools, which became the basis for the more extensive review presented here, was prepared for the Nuclear Threat Initiative by Theodore M. Hirsch, who continued to serve as special advisor to the project At the time, Mr. Hirsch was Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School. He currently serves as Attorney‐Advisor, Office of the Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State. Nicole Lawhorn, Research Assistant, CNS Washington, DC, contributed significantly to the survey design, prepared the survey questionnaire used for this study, and constructed the web presentation of survey results. Eduardo Fujii, Programmer‐Analyst, CNS Monterey, created the web‐based version of the questionnaire and supported electronic data collation. Alexia Treble, Research Assistant, CNS Washington, DC, provided extensive support in data collection, the web presentation of survey results, and in drafting the final survey report CNS Washington interns Mark Hilpert, Colin Sterling, and Aubrie Ohlde also contributed significantly to collecting data for the project Lawrence Scheinman, Distinguished Professor of International Relations, Monterey Institute of International Studies, served as senior advisor to the project Dr. George Quester, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, and Dc Brad Roberts, Member; Research Stafl; Institute for Defense Analysis, and Adjunct Professor, George Washington University, served as advisors to the project. The team is also indebted to many colleagues at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies for their suggestions, including, CNS Director William C. Potter; Deputy Director Amy Sands, and Coordinator of Education Programs, Fred Wehling. This article was prepared by Leonard S. Spector with Alexia Treble.

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