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James A. Paul

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( General )

(updated September, 2000)

Born: June 10, 1941 in New York City
Married to Susanne Schilling (1969), has two sons: Timothy Schilling Paul (b.1972) & Jonathan Summers Paul (b.1977)

Employment:

1993-present  
Executive Director, Global Policy Forum

1995-1999
UN Headquarters Representative, International Federation of Human Rights

1989-1993
Consultant and Writer

1986-1989
Executive Director, Middle East Research & Information Project

1982-1989
Publisher, Middle East Report

1976-1982
Editorial Staff, Middle East Report

1975-1976
Asst. Professor, Empire State College, State University of New York

1972-1975
Instructor, Empire State College, State University of New York

Education

  • Ph.D. Politics - New York University, 1975
    Dissertation: "Professionals and Politics in Morocco"
  • M.A. Politics,Philosophy and Economics - Oxford University, 1967
  • B.A. English Literature (cum laude) - Harvard College 1963

    also:

    Inter-University Consortium for Political Research, University of Michigan, 1968
    Internationale Hochschule für Ausländer, University of Vienna, 1964

    Honors and Awards:

    Peace Ambassador, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (1997)
    World Hunger Media Award (1987)
    National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1970-71)
    New York University Dissertation Fellowship (1970-71)
    National Science Foundation Institutional Research Grant (1969-70)
    National Science Foundation Traineeship (1968-69)
    Associate Fellowship, Center for International Studies, New York University (1968-69)
    Junior Fellowship, Center for International Studies, New York University (1967-68)
    Book Prize, Christ Church College, Oxford University (1965)

    Publications:

    Author:

  • Humanity Comes of Age [with Susanne S. Paul] (Geneva: Risk Press, 1994)
  • Asalto a los jubilaciones (Montevideo: Instituto del Tercer Mundo, 1994)
  • Syria Unmasked [a Human Rights Watch report] (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991)

    Editor:

  • Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993; revised edition forthcoming 2001)

    Also:
    author of more than one hundred and fifty articles in journals, edited volumes, magazines and other publications, including:

    International Journal of Middle East Studies, International Journal of Health Services, International Studies Journal, American Political Science Review, The Nation, In These Times, Monthly Review, Middle East Report, Lamalif.

    Boards and Committees

  • Member, Roster of Experts (1998-), Institute for Public Accuracy
  • Chair (1995-), NGO Working Group on the Security Council (New York)
  • Member (1995-1999), International Bureau, International Federation of Human Rights (Paris)
  • Consulting Editor (1989-92), Editor (1998-2000) Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
  • Member (1993-95), Chair (1995) Board of Trustees, World Fellowship Center (New Hampshire)
  • Member, Editorial Committee (1976-1989);
  • Member (1989-1999), Board of Contributing Editors, Middle East Report (DC)
  • Member (1979-85), Editorial Committee, Peuples Méditerranéens (Paris)
  • Member, Committee of Patronage (1991- ), Committees for the Defense of Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms in Syria (Paris)
  • Member (1986-89), Board of Directors, Middle East Research & Information Project (DC)
  • Member and Chair (1987–91), Board of Directors, Brecht Forum (New York)
  • Vice-Chair (1986- ), Trinity House Tenants' Association (New York)
  • Member (1981-85), Board of Directors, Computer Mailworks (Philadelphia)
  • Convener and Member (1979-83), Political Publications Group (New York)
  • Member (1968), Committee for an Exploratory Study of Graduate Education in Political Science, American Political Science Association (DC)

    Professional Associations

    Current:
    Academic Council on the UN System

    Former:
    Middle East Studies Association, Middle East Institute, Maghreb Studies Association, American Political Science Association, International Studies Association

    Consultancies (partial)

  • UN Population Fund (New York)
  • Physicians for Human Rights (Boston)
  • World Federalist Movement (New York)
  • Public Services International (Ferney-Voltaire, France)
  • Hill & Wang Publishers (New York)
  • United Methodist Communications (New York)
  • Oxford University Press (New York)
  • Radius Press (London)
  • Human Rights Watch (New York)
  • Tindall & Foster Attorneys (Houston, Texas)
  • Cella & Goldstein Attorneys (Totowa, New Jersey)
  • American University, Dept. of Economics (Washington, DC)
  • John Hay Whitney Foundation (New York)
  • Global Action on Aging (New York)

    Conferences, Speaking

    Delivered numerous papers and lectures at professional associations, conferences, and meetings including the American Political Science Association, the Middle East Studies Association, the International Studies Association, the UN Economic and Social Council, the Development and Peace Foundation (Bonn), the Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development, the United Nations Association-USA, Columbia University Center for Human Rights, Smith College, Oxford University Energy Institute & St. Catherine's College, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School, the NGO Forum of the United Nations World Summit for Social Development, Millennium NGO Forum, etc.

    Media Interviews

    Interviewed by many newspapers, magazines, radio and television shows from many countries.

    Recent interviews include - German television, Canadian Broadcasting Company, "Good Morning America" (ABC-TV), "The Adam Smith Hour" (PBS-TV), Fox Network News, The Baltimore Sun, The Christian Science Monitor (Boston), the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal (Canada), Deutschlandradio Berlin, Netherlands Radio, NHK Japan TV, South Africa TV, World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (ABC-TV).

    Biographical Reference Listings

  • Dictionary of International Biography
  • Who's Who in America

    Languages

    English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic

    Countries Visited

    Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Senegal, Spain, Syria, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela.

    Miscellaneous

    Secondary school: Phillips Exeter Academy ('59)
    Other employment: boatyard worker, whitewater river guide, sailing instructor, librarian, bookstore worker, waiter, cowboy in Venezuela.

    Interests

    Deepwater sailing exploits: Bermuda-New York; Seward-Kodiak, Alaska.
    Choral Singing experience with the Harvard Glee Club, the Harvard Krokodiloes and the Oxford University Choral Society.
    Sports and Hobbies: swimming, sailing, walking, carpentry, singing, reading, stargazing.

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