Current Fellows
USIP is pleased to present its 2008-2009 class of Senior Fellows. This is the twenty-second class of fellows to be in residence at USIP.
Unless otherwise indicated, fellowship dates are October 2008 through July 2009. Additional fellows may be announced.
![Photo of Tani Adams](images/adams_thumbnail.jpg)
Tani Adams
President of the International Institute of Learning for Social Reconciliation (Guatemala City)
San Martín Jilotepeque: Life and Reconstruction of Community 25 Years after Atrocity
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Charles T. Call
Assistant Professor in the Program on Peace & Conflict Resolution, American University School of International Service
Making Peace ‘Stick’: Civil War Recurrence and How to Prevent It
September 2008 June 2009
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Michael Gordon
Chief Military Correspondent, The New York Times
American Military, Diplomatic and Political Efforts to Stabilize Iraq, 20062009
![Photo of Robert Maguire](images/maguire_thumbnail.jpg)
Robert Maguire
Director of Programs in International Affairs at Trinity College (Washington, D.C.)
Resource Allocation for Stability and Development in Transitional Societies: Strategic Decision-Making in the Case of Haiti
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Asieh Mir
Independent Consultant, Teheran
Mapping the Minds, Charting the Course: A Qualitative Approach to the Democratic Movement in Iran
![Photo of Leonard S. Rubenstein](images/rubenstein_thumbnail.jpg)
Leonard S. Rubenstein
President, Physicians for Human Rights
Toward a New Human Rights/Humanitarian Law Framework on Health in Conflict
![Photo of David Tolbert](images/tolbert_thumbnail.jpg)
David Tolbert
former U.N. assistant secretary-general and special advisor to the U.N. Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT)
A Model for Complementarity: The ICTY and the Bosnian State Court
![Photo of Keith David Watenpaugh](images/watenpaugh_thumbnail.jpg)
Keith David Watenpaugh
Associate Professor of Modern Islam, Human Rights and Peace at the University of California, Davis
The Middle East and Human Rights: Mass Violence, Refugees, and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism
September 2008 June 2009
Other Fellows and Guest Scholars
![Photo of Rend al-Rahim](images/rahim_thumbnail.jpg)
Rend al-Rahim
Founder and Executive Director of the Iraq Foundation
The Iraqi Forum for National Dialogue
Iraq Senior Fellow, September 2008 August 2009
![Photo of Søren Jessen-Petersen](images/jessen-petersen_thumbnail.jpg)
Søren Jessen-Petersen
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (2004–2006)
Multilateralism, Sovereignty, and the Political Consequences of Humanitarian Intervention
Guest Scholar, in residence through June 2009
![Photo of Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, Jr.](images/ricciardone_thumbnail.jpg)
Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, Jr.
Former U.S. ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt (20052008)
Guest Scholar
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Randa Slim
Vice president of the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue and senior program advisor to the Peace and Security Program at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Seeking Reconciliation in the Midst of War: The Iraq Sustained Dialogue Initiative
Guest Scholar
![Photo of Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai](images/stanekzai_thumbnail.jpg)
Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai
Advisor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Vice Chair of the Demobilization and Reintegration Commission
Security, Reconstruction and Reconciliation in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Senior Fellow, May 2008 February 2009
![Photo of Colonel Todd R. Wood](images/wood_thumbnail.jpg)
Colonel Todd R. Wood
Career Army Officer
The Maneuver Enhancement Brigade and its Role in Stability and Peace Support Operations
U.S. Army Peace Fellow, August 2008 June 2009