June 27 to July 2
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia

This faculty workshop is designed to help instructors prepare or update course material related to weapons of mass destruction and nonproliferation. Experts on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons will present current information on issues facing the United States and the world community as a result of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The final day of the conference will be devoted to course development and the exchange of curricular materials related to these subjects. Particular attention will be given to the development of interdisciplinary courses that integrate science and social science perspectives.

Selected participants will be provided with food and housing at Washington and Lee University plus a modest grant of $250 to help cover some of the costs associated with travel to Lexington, Virginia.

Sponsored by

U. S. Institute of Peace
Washington and Lee University
The Ploughshares Fund
National Science Foundation
 

Program Coordinators

Professor Frank Settle, Chemistry
Professor Robert Strong, Politics

The program for this workshop has been adapted from two earlier summer institutes organized by Professor Dot Sulock, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Asheville in the summers of 2003 & 2004 and supported by the Ploughshares Fund.

For further details about applying for this institute contact Lynda Bassett-de Maria
and consult the information posted at http://wmd.wlu.edu/

Joseph Cirincione (keynote)
Senior Associate & Director of the Nonproliferation Project
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Avner Cohen
Senior Research Scholar
Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland
James Doyle
Nonproliferation and International Security Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Charles Ferguson
Science and Technology Fellow
Council on Foreign Relations
Randall Forsberg
Executive Director
Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies
Charles Loeber
Design Engineer and Program Manager (retired)
U.S. Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories
James Clay Moltz
Deputy Director and Research Professor
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Arjun Makhijani
President and Senior Engineer
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Robert Norris
Senior Research Associate
Natural Resources Defense Council
Stephen Schwartz
Former Publisher/Executive Director Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
author of Atomic Audit
Anna Johnson-Winegar
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
For Chemical and Biological Defense Programs

June 27 to July 2
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia

Application Procedures For The

2005 Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute
Integrating Science & Politics in the Study of
Weapons of Mass Destruction

Funding is available from the U.S. Institute of Peace for approximately thirty instructors to attend the 2005 Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute. We anticipate that the participants in this program will come from a variety of disciplines and have different levels of experience in teaching issues related to nonproliferation and weapons of mass destruction. Applications from individuals who already teach courses in this area are welcome. We are also interested in introducing nonproliferation issues to instructors who do not currently include these subjects in their courses.

All participants are expected to attend institute sessions beginning on the morning of Tuesday, June 28 (a Monday afternoon or evening arrival is available for those traveling some distance) through the afternoon of Friday, July 1, 2005. Room and board at Washington and Lee University will be provided along with a modest stipend of $250.00 to help defray costs associated with travel to and from Lexington, Virginia.

The application process is simple. If you are interested in attending the institute, please send us a vitae or resume together with a few paragraphs (no more than a page) briefly describing how this program will enhance your teaching.

We would prefer to receive these materials as word attachments to an email addressed to
Lynda Bassett-de Maria at:

bassett-demarial@wlu.edu

If there are problems with email submission, paper copies of application materials may be mailed to:

Lynda Bassett-de Maria
Williams School of Commerce, Economics & Politics
Huntley Hall
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450

Applications received before April 1, 2005 will be guaranteed full consideration. Responses to applications will be sent via email in mid-April. If you need an earlier decision about whether or not your application has been accepted, please note that in your email or mail submission.