AMERICAN UNIVERSITY College of Arts and Science Curriculum Vitae, CY 2004
PETER JEFFREY KUZNICK
Home: 7910 Maryknoll Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (301) 320-6961 (H) (202) 885-2408 (W)
EDUCATION:
1984 Ph.D. Rutgers University, "Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930's America" Advisor: Professor Warren Susman
1975 M.A. Rutgers University, History Graduate School
1970 B.A. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. History Major, Summa Cum Laude
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
1/72 - 9/72 COPE (Career-Oriented Preparation for Employment) Federally-funded High School Program in Newark, N.J. Courses Taught: College Preparation in E.S.L. Program
9/72 - 6/75 Rutgers University Teaching Assistant: Recent U.S. History History of American Women Courses Personally Taught: Development of the U.S. American Labor History Radicalism in America (Newark Campus)
6/76 - 12/76 Arapahoe Community College (Littleton, Colorado) Courses Taught: U.S. History (Taught at Federal Correctional Institute, Englewood, Colorado)
3/77 - 12/77 Community College of Denver Courses Taught: U.S. History World History History of Democratic Thought Colorado History
1/78 - 5/78 Aims Community College (Greeley, Colorado) Courses Taught: U.S. History Recent U.S. History
8/78 - 6/82 Prince George's Community College Courses Taught: U.S. History Modern European History
8/78 - 6/83 University of Maryland College Park and University College Courses Taught: History of Ideas in America Culture and Thought in 20th Century America Recent American History U.S. History I & II History of Law and Order History of Violence in America America Between the Wars, 1919-1941
9/84 - 7/85 Smithsonian Institution-George Mason University Joint Postdoctoral Fellow Smithsonian Research Project: "Science and the Common Man in 1930's America" Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Mason University Courses Taught: 1930's American Culture Science, Technology, and Mass Culture in America, 1945-1985
9/85 - 6/86 University of Maryland Baltimore County Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies Courses Taught: Ideas and Images in American Culture Critical Decades: The 1930s Science, Technology, and Mass Culture in Twentieth Century America 9/86 - American University Assistant and Associate Professor of History Courses Taught: History of the U.S. I History of the U.S. II America's Quest for the Good Society, 1607-1865 America's Quest for the Good Society Since 1865 Social Forces that Shaped America Oliver Stone s America Ideology, Culture, and American Politics Twentieth Century America The Depression Decade: 1930's America Science, Technology, and Mass Culture in 20th Century America America Between the Wars, 1919-1941 Living with the Bomb: America in the Nuclear Age American Decades: The 1930s (American Studies Course) American Culture in the Nuclear Age Contemporary Culture: Nuclear Culture Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1920 Historical Interpretations: U.S. Cold War Culture U.S. Since 1945 Major Seminar Science, Politics, and Society in 20th Century America Explorations in the History of American Sexuality Colloquium in U.S. History II Graduate Readings in the History of Science Graduate Readings in the History of American Peace Movements Graduate Readings in the History of American Sexuality Graduate Research Seminar Graduate Readings in Marxist and Neo-Marxist Theory
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1970 Phi Beta Kappa Woodrow Wilson Fellow
1984 Smithsonian Institution-George Mason University Postdoctoral Fellow
1991 The American University Research Award
1992 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Award
1996 Nuclear Studies Institute awarded the Most Creative and Innovative Summer Program in North America by North American Association of Summer Sessions
2004-08 Organization of American Historians, Distinguished Lecturer
PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America (University of Chicago Press, 1987; paperback edition, 1989).
Rethinking Cold War Culture, co-edited with James Gilbert (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001)
Book Chapters:
"Science and the Left, 1920-1950," in Paul Buhle, ed., The Encyclopedia of the American Left (Garland Press, 1990).
U.S. Culture and the Cold War, co-authored with James Gilbert in Rethinking Cold War Culture (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001) pp.1-13.
James B. Conant, in Paul S. Boyer, ed., Oxford Companion to United States History (Oxford University Press, 2001)
Preface to Joseph Walwik, The Peekskill, New York, Anti-Communist Riots of 1949 (Edwin Mellen Press, 2002)
“Political conversion was the greatest aphrodisiac,” Interview on Antiwar Organizing at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Christian G. Appy, ed., The Vietnam War: An Oral History (Viking Press, 2003)
The Decision to Risk the Future: Harry Truman and the Apocalyptic Narrative Forthcoming in Michael Flynn, ed., The Second Nuclear Age (Roman & Littlefield, 2005)
Refereed Articles:
"Losing the World of Tomorrow: The Battle Over the Presentation of Science at the 1939 New York World's Fair," American Quarterly, 46(September 1994).
Unpublished Articles Submitted to Refereed Journals:
Averting a disaster incomprehensible in its magnitude : The Roots of Scientists Anti-Vietnam War Activism, submitted to Configurations.
“Healing More Than Just the Well-Heeled,” submitted to the Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Invited Articles:
He Never Lost Any Sleep : Coping With Truman s Nightmarish Nuclear Legacy, Radical History Review 75(1999), 131-147.
"The Birth of Scientific Activism," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, (December, 1988).
"We Can Hold an Atomic Bomb Exhibit That Faces Our Histories," Asahi Shimbun, (February 21, 1995), coauthored with Uday Mohan and Akihiko Kimijima.
"Smithsonian Row is About Reconciling the Past," Asahi Evening News, (March 1, 1995), coauthored with Uday Mohan and Akihiko Kimijima.
Syllabus for my course "Living with the Bomb: American Culture in the Nuclear Age," Radical History Review, 63(1995), 167-170.
"Facing Our Histories," Economic and Political Weekly, (April 15, 1995), coauthored with Uday Mohan and Akihiko Kimijima.
"The Painful Task of Confronting Our Nations' Histories," Yomiuri Shimbun, (August 9. 1995).
American Students Responses to Visiting Hiroshima, Ritsumeikan University Peace Studies Magazine, (Spring 1998).
American and Japanese Students Respond to visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Michi (The Road), Kyoto, Japan (1999), 94-100.
Truman and the Bomb, Asahi Shimbun (August 5, 2000)
“We Can Learn a Lot from Truman the Bigot,” Los Angeles Times (July 18, 2003) (My title was “Still Wild About Harry?”)
“The 1945 Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Similarities and Differences,” Nagasaki Peace Studies Journal 16(November 2003), 86-92.
“Whitewashing History: The Smithsonian’s New Enola Gay Exhibit,” Nagasaki Peace Studies Journal 19 (October 2004), 84-89.
“Scientists on the Stump,” (Originally titled, “Unacceptable Risk: The Scientists’ Mobilization to Defeat Goldwater in 1964”), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 60(November-December 1964, 28-35.
Book Reviews:
Review of Joseph J. Corn, ed., Imagining Tomorrow: History, Technology, and the American Future appeared in Science, (October 10, 1986).
Review of David P. Peeler, Hope Among Us Yet: Social Criticism and Social Solace in Depression America, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, (January,
1989).
Review of Greta Jones, Science, Politics, and the Cold War, ISIS (1990).
Review of Marshall Hyatt, Franz Boas, Social Activist, Science and Society (1992).
Review of Jack S. Goldstein, A Different Sort of Time: The Life of Jerrold R. Zacharias,
Scientist, Engineer, Educator, Journal of American History (June, 1993).
Review of Mark Pittenger, American Socialists and Evolutionary Theory, ISIS, (1994).
Review of Stuart Leslie, The Cold War and American Science, Science and Society, (Summer, 1995).
Review of Steven Neuse, David E. Lilienthal, ISIS, (1999)
Review of Patrick J. McGrath, Scientists, Business, & the State, 1890-1960, Journal of American History, (March 2003)
Review of Kenneth D. Rose, One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture, The Historian, (2003)
Review of J. Samuel Walker, Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective, History: Reviews of New Books, (Fall 2004)
Unpublished Research:
Lost Cause, Screenplay on the Cold War written for Oliver Stone.
"Healing the Well-Heeled: The Committee of Physicians and the Fight for a National Health Program in 1930s America," will be submitted to the Bulletin of the History of Medicine.
Preliminary work on forthcoming book on Science, Scientists, and the War in Vietnam.
LECTURES:
Professional Meetings:
12/84 History of Science Society "Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930's America"
4/85 Organization of American Historians "The Mystification and Commodification of Science at the 1939 New York World's Fair"
4/86 Organization of American Historians "Warren Susman, Teacher"
2/91 American Association for the Advancement of Science "The AAAS and the `Science and Society' Movement in 1930s America"
3/94 Third International Meeting on the Public Communication of Science and Technology (Montreal) "Public Communication of Science in the Vietnam War
10/94 History of Science Society "The Ethical and Political Crisis of Science: The AAAS Confronts the War in Vietnam"
2/98 American Association for the Advancement of Science Opting for Life? The AAAS and the War in Vietnam
11/01 Society for the Social Studies of Science Averting a disaster incomprehensible in its magnitude : The Roots of Scientists Anti-Vietnam War Activism
11/03 History of Science Society “Creating a ‘Science of Survival: The Early Years of the Scientists’ Antiwar Movement”
Invited:
3/82 Purdue University Symposium on Labor and Technology "The 1939 New York World's Fair and the Obstacles to Scientific and Technological Popularization in 1930's America"
5/85 Smithsonian Institution Colloquium Series "Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930's America"
5/85 American University Colloquium "Cosmology, Thermodynamics, Freudian Theory, and the Existential Crisis of 1929-1930"
4/87 National Capital Area Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers "The Social Responsibility of Scientists and Engineers"
7/87 Arts Club of Washington "Intellectuals and the Cosmos"
1/88 Penn State History Department Colloquium "Science and the Search for Meaning in 1920s America"
12/88 History of Science Society Commentator, "Science and the Disillusionment with Progress during the Interwar Years"
1/89 Washington Seminar on American History and Culture "The Science Popularizers' Struggle: The Battle over the Presentation of Science at the 1939 New York World's Fair"
4/89 Smithsonian Institution Exhibit Planning Colloquium "Life Sciences or Death Sciences?: The Militarization of Science in Twentieth Century America and the Scientists' Social Responsibility"
5/89 Mellon Faculty Colloquium at American University "Science and Society: A Historical Overview"
10/89 North Carolina Seminar on History and Politics (Chapel Hill) "Healing the Well-Heeled: The Committee of Physicians and the Defeat of the National Health Program in 1930's America
1/91 American University Faculty Development Seminar "History and Film"
4/91 M.I.T. Faculty Colloquium, Program in Science, Technology, and Society "Beyond the Laboratory But Short of the Barricades: Scientists as Radical Activists in 1930s America"
2/92 AU Faculty Development Conference on "Empowering Teachers and Learners" Presentation on "How Do We Teach Responsibly About Gender, Race, Class, and Ethnicity"
3/92 Smithsonian Conference on "World's Fairs and the Modern World" Moderator, Session on "Popularizing Science and Technology"
3/94 American University CAS Student Research Conference Chair, Session on "Anaylses of Literature and Film"
4/94 Landmarks Conference on The Cold War and American Culture Chair, Session on the Militarization of American Culture
10/94 American University Dormitory Council Lecture "Great Moments in the History of American Sexuality"
11/94 Garrett Community College NEH-Sponsored Series on World War II "Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered: The Ethical, Political, and Military Considerations"
3/95 Organization of American Historians Chair, Session on "The Cold War and American Science"
5/95 Garrett Community College "The Historical Legacy of WWII"
5/95 American University, Mellon Faculty Colloquium Chair, Session on Race and Politics
8/95 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto "The Impact of the Bomb on American Culture"
10/95 Keynote Speaker at special luncheon for Japanese trade union delegation from Hiroshima and Nagasaki visiting U.S.
8/96 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Living with the Bomb: American Culture in the Nuclear Age
11/96 American University The Legacy of Vietnam Lecture-discussion accompanying Department of Performing Arts production of Lanford Wilson s 5th of July
3/98 American University Forum Nuclear Weapons and Humanity Learning from Hibakusha from Nagasaki and the Marshall Islands
3/98 Harry Truman, Jimmy Byrnes, Leslie Groves, and the Atomic Bombing of Japan Presented to visiting faculty and student group from Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan
8/98 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Living with the Bomb: American Culture in the Nuclear Age
8/98 American University Freshman Service Experience Panel for Incoming Freshman Class What Are You Fighting For: The Power of the College Generation My talk was on The Lessons of the 1960s for Today s Concerned Students 9/98 Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Association Forum Nuclear Proliferation and the Threat of Nuclear War in the World Today
10/98 American University, Family Weekend Lecture to Students and their Families Harry Truman and the Decision to Drop the Bomb: Its Military, Political, and Ethical Dimensions
8/99 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Living with the Bomb: American Culture in the Nuclear Age
8/99 Public Lecture in Hiroshima Sponsored by Ritsumeikan University Peace Studies Program Was the Atomic Bombing a Crime Against the People of Hiroshima or a Crime Against Humanity?
8/99 American University Freshman Service Experience Panel for Incoming Freshman Class on The Current Nuclear Crisis with Admiral Stansfield Turner (former director CIA) and others I chaired the panel and spoke on The Current Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective
9/99 Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Association Forum Nuclear Proliferation and the Current Threat of Nuclear War
10/99 American University Family Weekend Lecture to Students and their Families The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: A Military Necessity, A Crime Against the People of Hiroshima, or A Crime Against Humanity?
3/00 Henry L. Stimson Center Roundtable on Promoting Awareness of Post-Cold War Nuclear Dangers Nuclear Disarmament in Historical Perspective
8/00 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto The Victims Perspective: Portrayal of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese Films
10/00 American University Family Weekend Panel Discussion with Jack Anderson Television Talk Shows of the 1950s
3/01 Public Lecture and Book Signing at Politics and Prose Bookstore, March 2001 Rethinking Cold War Culture
3/01 Lecture to Honors Student Assembly at Montgomery Blair High School in Wheaton, MD, March 2001 Deterrence or Insanity?: Warfare and Culture in the Nuclear Age
5/01 University of Delaware, Department of History Lecture Series, May 2001 A Widespread and Understandable Revulsion : Scientists and the War in Vietnam
8/01 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, August 2001 The Japanese Film Industry and Japanese Nuclear Culture
9/01 History Department Luncheon Forum presentation on historical perspectives on the current terrorism crisis
10/01 American University Teach-In on the War on Terrorism The End of the American Century : Applying Some Lessons of History to the Current War
12/01 Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History Participant with Helen Thomas and Charles Guggenheim on Panel on America in Mourning
4/02 American University, CAS Mellon Faculty Colloquium on How Has September 11 Changed Our World Heightening the Nuclear Threat: The Bush Administration s Strategic Nuclear Posture Review
5/02 American University Forum on Nuclear Wars: Past and Future? Moderator and Commentator
8/02 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto The Heightened Risk of Nuclear War in the Post 9/11 World
10/02 American University Forum on The Growing Nuclear Threat: Applying the Lessons of History to Today s International Crises Moderator and Commentator
3/03 American University Teach-In The Invasion of Iraq: Historical Lessons
3/03 National Teach-In on the War with Iraq at American University Moderator and Commentator
4/03 Palestine Center Forum The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Democracy and Disarmament or a New American Empire?
7/03 Boston University Summer School Class “Harry Truman and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
8/03 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto “Nuclear Proliferation and the Threat of Nuclear Anarchy in the Post-Cold War World”
8/03 Nagasaki, Japan Sponsored by Nagasaki Peace Research Institute and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Association “The 1945 Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Similarities and Differences”
12/03 American University Conference “Hiroshima in the 21st Century: Will We Repeat the Past?” sponsored by the Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy and the Nuclear Studies Institute “Living with the Bomb: 58 Years of Madness”
4/04 American University Panel discussion on Academic Freedom at AU, sponsored by Students for Academic Freedom
6/04 Institute for Energy and Environmental Research “Nuclear History You Never Learned in School”
8/04 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto “Why the U.S. Used Atomic Bombs in WW II”
8/04 Hiroshima, Japan—World Congress Against A&H Bombs (Gensuikyo) “American Intellectuals and the Anti-Nuclear Movement in the U.S.”
8/04 Nagasaki, Japan—Nagasaki Peace Research Institute “The Enola Gay Protest Movement of 2003”
10/04 Washington, DC Address to group of Albanian journalists and election officials on State Department-sponsored U.S. tour “Understanding the 2004 U.S. Presidential Elections Within the Context of American Political and Cultural History”
10/04 Address to group of Iraqi journalists and election officials on State Department-sponsored U.S. tour “Understanding the 2004 U.S. Presidential Elections Within the Context of American Political and Cultural History”
12/04 City University of New York--Second Nuclear Age Conference Opening Plenary Address, “Hiroshima, Nuclear Proliferation, and the Culture of Fear”
MEDIA APPEARANCES:
4-6/88 Guest on Washington-area radio and television talk shows and interviewee on "Science and Politics, 1930s and 1980s" on Mike Cuthbert Show (WAMU), Dorothy Healy Show (WPFW), WTOP, WGMS, and Mike Baker's Green Room (Channel 56-TV).
8/89 Guest on radio talk shows and interviewee on the 50th anniversary of Albert Einstein's letter to President Roosevelt urging the United States to begin research into the possibility of building an atomic bomb and on the subsequent atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Peter Meade Show (WBZ in Boston), Dorothy Healy Show (WPFW), WGMS (Washington, D.C.), and WTOP.
8/90 Guest on radio talk shows and interviewee on the 45th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Tom Snyder Show (ABC national network), Black Radio Network, Mike Cuthbert Show (WAMU in Washington, D.C.), Theresa Blythe Show (KNSP in Tucson), Dred Scott Keyes Show (WBAI in New York City), M. L. Williams Show (WRC in Washington, D.C.), and Howard University Radio (WHUR).
2/91 Interviewed by CNN on the potential use of nuclear weapons in the Gulf War.
6/91 Interviewed (along with Prof. Robert Beisner) by students and faculty from the University of Palermo on the decline of the American Empire on the USIA's Worldnet TV station.
7/91 Interviewed by French TV about the history of American and European sexuality in response to Prime Minister Cresson's disparaging remarks about British and American homosexuals.
10/91 Interviewed by Knight-Ridder newspaper chain on the significance of American and Soviet nuclear arms reductions and the current international strategic situation.
10/91 Interviewed by Entertainment Tonight on the life and legacy of Christopher Columbus.
10/92 Interviewed by Entertainment Tonight on recent films about Christopher Columbus.
6/94 Interviewed by CNN on the 50th anniversary of the GI Bill.
8/94 Interviewed by King Radio in Seattle on Woodstock 1969 and Woodstock 1994.
1/95-3/95 Interviewed by WTOP Radio, Kyoto News Agency, Tokyo Broadcasting on the cancellation of the Smithsonian's Enola Gay exhibit.
2/95 Guest on WRC's Joel Spivack call-in show on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Enola Gay controversy.
2/95 Interviewed by the Kyoto News Agency on the AU Summer Institute on Nuclear History.
3/95 Guest on WMAL's Rita Foley call-in show on the criticisms by the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki of the U.S. atomic bombings of those cities.
3/95 Interviewed by Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel on conservative trends in U.S. politics, culture, and society.
3/95-4/95 Interviewed by Museum News, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, WMAL radio, the Asahi Shimbun, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the American Magazine, and Stars and Stripes about the AU Summer Institute on Nuclear History and the joint exhibit with the city of Hiroshima.
4/95 Guest on Rita Foley call-in show on WMAL on the AU summer exhibit and the Enola Gay controversy.
4/95 Interviewed by Agence France Press Service on the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the impact of the Vietnam War on American culture and politics.
6/95 AU Press Conference on the Nuclear History Institute and Exhibit
6/95 Interviewed by Denver Post on the history of U.S. nuclear culture and the psychological aspects of living with the bomb.
5/95-8/95 Interviewed by dozens of media outlets on the exhibit "Constructing a Peaceful World: Beyond Hiroshima and Nagasaki," the controversy over the Smithsonian's Enola Gay exhibit, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including CBS Sunday Morning, New York Times, Washington Post, local CBS and Fox TV news, National Public Radio, USA Today, Knight-Ridder newspapers, the Times of London, British TV, German TV, French TV, Canadian Broadcasting, New Haven Register, Dallas CBS TV, TV Asahi (3 separate shows), Pagina Doce (Buenos Aires), Akahata, Chigoku Shimbun, RCC TV (Hiroshima), Newhouse newspapers, Associated Press, AP TV, Reuters TV, Charlotte News and Observer, Japanese Broadcasting Corporation, Japanese Cable TV, Kyodo News Service, and Asahi Shimbun.
8/96 Interviewed by Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan Times, and RCC TV on the study abroad trip to Japan.
10/96 Guest on Rita Foley call-in show on WMAL on the controversy over the construction of the Japanese museum to commemorate the Second World War.
10/96 Issued national press release about film and history and the work of Oliver Stone. Quoted in the Washington Post and numerous other papers around the U.S.
11/96 Interviewed by Jim Clark Channel 7 TV (ABC) on the Kennedy Administration and its Legacy
1/97 Interviewed by Washington Jewish Week about the ethical issues raised by historical filmmaking in Hollywood.
4/97 Quoted in Eagle article about the Nuclear Studies Institute s study abroad trip to Japan.
8/97 Quoted in Washington Times article about the Mayor of Boston displaying a statue of Sacco and Vanzetti.
9/97 Interviewed by Australian Broadcasting about WWII atomic espionage.
9/97 Quoted in Eagle article about Oliver Stone speaking appearance at AU.
9/97 Cited personally and class discussed in New York Times Sunday Magazine feature about Oliver Stone. (Class also cited in Charlie Rose s introduction of Stone on his PBS show.)
11/97 Quoted in Eagle article about the addition of Nagasaki to this year s study abroad trip to Japan.
12/97 Interviewed in Japanese newspaper Akahata about the anti-nuclear student movement in the U.S. 1/98 Interviewed by Akahata on Japanese students peace movement in the U.S.
1/98 Interviewed by Die Presse the history of American sexual attitudes in regard to the Clinton- Lewinsky scandal.
1/98 Interviewed by Ottowa Citizen on what the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal tells us about U.S. attitudes toward sexuality.
2/98 Interviewed by Danish TV on the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.
3/98 Interviewed by Voice of America on 1968 30 years later
3/98 Interviewed by Kyoto News Service on Nuclear Studies Institute and 1998study abroad course in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
3/98 Interviewed by NBC Radio on 1968 in America.
4/98 Interviewed by the Eagle about atomic bomb survivors visit to A.U.
5/98 Interviewed by News Channel 8 on Oliver Stone s America course.
6/98 Interviewed by Akahata on anti-nuclear movement in the U.S.
6/98 Interviewed by Italian magazine Tempi on dangers of terrorists building an atomic bomb
6/98 Interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education on the Nuclear Studies Institute establishing an affiliated Nuclear Institute at the College of the Marshall Islands
6/98 Interviewed by Newhouse Religious News Service on anti-nuclear movement in the U.S.
6/98 Interviewed by News Channel 8 on 1968 and the Counterculture.
8/98 Interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun, Kyoto News Service, and NHK-TV about A.U. students visit to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
8/98 Interviewed by Contra Costa Times on veterans response to criticism of U.S. WWII bombing policy.
9/98 Interviewed by Scripps Howard on comparison of Johnson and Clinton impeachments.
2/99 Interviewed for SOC graduate student film on WWI chemical warfare research at AU.
2/99 Interviewed for VOA show on America and the World in the 1960s.
2/99 Appeared on VOA TV/Radio Asia Bureau American Issues call-in show on the History of Human Rights in the U.S. (Broadcast in English and Mandarin)
3/99 Appeared again on VOA TV/Radio Asia Bureau American Issues call-in show on the History of Human Rights in the U.S. (Broadcast in English and Mandarin)
7/99 Appeared on Fox National TV News on JFK Jr. Death and the Kennedy family legacy.
8/99 Interviewed by Asahi Shimbun on the Nuclear Studies Institute Trip to Japan and Anti- Nuclear Activism in the U.S.
9/99 Interviewed for VOA series on America and the World in the 1960s.
10/99 Interviewed by Clarion (Argentina s main newspaper) on the defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
10/99 Interviewed by LA Times on Japanese public reaction to the nuclear accident.
10/99 Interviewed by the Chicago Tribune on the legacy of the Clinton Scandal
10/99 Appeared on the Chip Franklin radio call-in show on WBAL (Baltimore) on Christopher Columbus: The Man and the Myth
10/99 Interviewed by the Eagle on Robert McNamara visit to my Oliver Stone s America class.
11/99 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the 20th Century as the American Century --its significance and consequences
4/00 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War
4/00 Interviewed by French TV1 on the end of the Vietnam War
4/00 Interviewed by CNN on comparisons between the IMF-World Bank protests and the protests of the 1960s
4/00 Interviewed by De Volkskrant (Holland) on the legacy of the Vietnam War and the U.S. role in the world today
4/00 Interviewed by Fox National TV News on the legacy of the Vietnam War
4/00 Interviewed by Canadian Broadcasting Company (TV) on the history and legacy of the Vietnam War and Senator John McCain s controversial remarks
8/00 Interviewed by RCC-TV Hiroshima on the 55th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 8/00 Interviewed by Nagasaki Times on 55th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
10/00 Interviewed for article in The Eagle titled Cinema, history, radical perspectives: Kuznick speaks on Oliver Stone, social change and his screenplay
11/00 Interviewed for American Weekly article on how three AU faculty members first became politically active
1/01 Interviewed by Washington Post on WWI poison gas research at AU
1/01 Interviewed by and quoted in Washington Post article about protests during the Bush inauguration
1/01 Interviewed by and quoted in Akahata on the anti-nuclear movement in the U.S.
5/01 Interviewed by American Magazine for summer 2001 article about the Nuclear Studies Institute s Study Abroad Trip to Hiroshima and Nagasaki 9/01 Interviewed by CNN on comparisons between the treatment of Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor and the treatment of Muslim-Americans after the terrorist attacks
9/01 Interviewed by and quoted in USA Today on antiwar sentiment on campus in the wake of President Bush s call for war against terrorism
9/01 Interviewed by and quoted in the Washington Times on the how the terrorist attacks may change the U.S. in the foreseeable future
9/01 Interviewed by Fox News on the hostile response likely to be directed against antiwar protesters
9/01 Interviewed by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on the anticipated attack on civil liberties in the U.S.
10/01 Interviewed by Indianapolis Star on the student response to the bombing of Afghanistan and reluctance to enlist in the fight
10/01 Quoted (inaccurately) in Accuracy in Academia article Terrorists Find Allies on Campus
11/01 Interviewed by Agence France Press (AFP) on the national mood in response to the Afghanistan War
11/01 Interviewed by historian Christian Appy on my activities at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago for publication as a chapter in his forthcoming oral history book on the Vietnam War
12/01 Interviewed by and quoted in Washington Post article about how and if the war against terrorism will end
12/01-1/02 Repeated CSPAN broadcasts of Smithsonian Panel on America in Mourning
1/02 Interviewed by TV 2 Denmark on the changing U.S. public response to the threat of anthrax
1/02 Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN about 1970s terrorism and the conviction and sentencing of former SLA member Sarah Jane Olson
2/02 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the roots in American culture of Attorney General Aschroft s extremist views on Islam
2/02 Interviewed by Akron Beacon Journal on the significance of the recent spate of war films
4/02 Interviewed by French TV Arte on Americans response to Le Pen s strong showing in the first round of the French elections
4/02 CSPAN coverage of American University forum Nuclear Wars: Past and Future?
4/02 Interviewed by NHK TV (Japan), the Asahi Shimbun, and the Yomiuri Shimbun in conjunction with the American University forum Nuclear Wars: Past and Future ?
5/02 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the Bush Administration s recent push for same-sex public schools
5/02 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the threat to civil liberties posed by Ashcroft s announced expansion of FBI powers and the history of past FBI abuses
8/02 AU students discussion with Jonathan Schell was covered by the Yomiuri Shimbun
8/02 AU students and I were interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun on being in Nagasaki for the 57th anniversary of the atomic bombing
8/02 Interviewed by the Agence France Press about the enduring effects of the Bush Administration s assault on civil liberties
8/02 Interviewed by the Agence France Press about the cultural implications of America s choice of heroes in the aftermath of September 11
9/02 Interviewed by the Associated Press on the significance of a new report by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni showing that the number of colleges and universities requiring courses in American History has dropped
9/02 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the ramifications of Bush s push for war against Iraq and the growing antiwar sentiment in the US
1/03 Interviewed by Agence France Press on recent antiwar demonstrations in the US and Europe
1/03 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the growing antiwar sentiment in the U.S.
2/03 Interviewed on CNBC's Closing Bell political significance of this weekend's global antiwar protests
2/03 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the seeming contradiction between the American public's simultaneous support for both military action and ongoing inspections
3/03 Teach-In I moderated and commented at aired live for 5.5 hours by C-SPAN and covered by NBC News, ABC News, Fox 5 WTTG Washington, Dutch TV, Swiss TV, Nation Magazine, Washington Post, Akahata, Washington Times, Indy media, WBAI Radio, OneWorld.net, and Peoples Video Network
3/03 Interviewed by the Eagle about the National AU Teach-In on the War with Iraq
3/03 Interviewed by Washingtonian Magazine about my course Oliver Stone s America for article about the most interesting courses taught at Washington-area universities
3/03 Interviewed by Agence France Press about U.S. campus antiwar protests
3/03 Interviewed by the Eagle for article about AU faculty opposition to the war
3/03 Quoted in Washington Post article on area campus antiwar protests
3/03 Interviewed by Akahata on the war in Iraq and neocons vision of a new American empire
4/03 Interviewed by New York Times on AU campus response to the invasion of Iraq
4/03 Interviewed by the American Journalism Review about U.S. network TV coverage of the Iraq war
4/03 Quoted in front page Hartford Courant story comparing the current state of academic freedom on campuses with previous wartime repression in light of recent incidents at Yale and other universities
4/03 Interviewed by Newhouse newspapers on how the Iraq War might be commemorated and memorialized in the future
5/03 Quoted by Mainichi Shimbun about the historical significance of the war with Iraq and the reaction of the U.S. public. My comments were counterposed to Bush's remarks in his major public address declaring the war over
6/03 Quoted and profiled in Washington Post Sunday Magazine cover story about the reactions to the invasion of Iraq at American University
7/03 Interviewed by Agence France Press about Harry Truman's antisemitic statements in his recently discovered 1947 diary.
8/03 Interviews and extensive media coverage of study abroad trip to Japan, including the Asahi Shimbun, Kyoto Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nagasaki Shimbun, Nishi Nihon (West Japan) Shimbun, and Al Jazeera
10/03 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the state of the American peace movement in light of this weekend's planned demonstration against Bush foreign policy and the U.S.occupation of Iraq
11/03 Interviewed and quoted by numerous media outlets about the controversy surrounding the new National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the Enola Gay, including (often more than once) New York Times, Washington Post, Akahata, Fox News, National Public Radio, UPI, American Spectator has named my committee its Enemy of the Week!,, Tokyo Broadcasting System, WRKO (Boston--right-wing talk radio), Columbus Dispatch editorial, Laura I Ingraham, radio show (goes to 250 outlets), Pat Whittley (WRKO, Boston, which they claim is the largest talk radio show in New England), Mainichi Shimbun, Kyodo News Service, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, BBC World News, Smithsonian Magazine, History News Network, Washington Times, Japan Times, Free Republic.com, American University Eagle, The Age.com (Australia), Salt Lake Tribune, National Coalition for History Gazette (partial list)
11/03 Tokyo Broadcasting System (Japan’s largest) sent a camera crew to film my American Culture in the Nuclear Age class.
11/03 Interviewed by Radio Free Europe about John F. Kennedy’s legacy and theories surrounding his assassination in light of the 40th anniversary of his death and Agence France Press just about his legacy. Also quoted in El Tiempo (Colombia), Listin Diario (Santo Domingo),
11/03 Interviewed by UPI about the cultural and social significance of the fact that there are 100 women in the District of Columbia for every 80 men
12/03 Interviewed and quoted by numerous media outlets about the controversy surrounding the new National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the Enola Gay, including (often more than once) New York Times, Asahi Shimbun, Miami Herald (editorial), Kyodo News Service, Tokyo Broadcasting Company, Yomiuri Shimbun, Chogoku Shimbun, West Japan Times, Mainichi Shimbun, SBS National Radio in Australia, Kyodo News Service, Yomiuri Shimbun, Omaha World Herald, Pravda, Grand Forks Herald, Hartford Courant, Fox News (national), , Spanish TV (3?), Knight Ridder, U.S. Newswire, Mainichi Shimbun, Institute for Public Accuracy, Air Force Association Magazine, American University Eagle, Mississippi Sun Herald, Fort Worth Dallas Star Telegram, Japan Press Weekly, Wichita Eagle, Channel News Asia (Singapore) (partial list)
12/03 Quoted in Indianapolis Star article about the social changes attributable to WWII
12/03 Quoted in Contra Costa Times and Mercury News (San Francisco) based on my comments in an AP article about the legacy of the WWII generation
12/03 Interviewed by Yomiuri Shimbun on its discovery of documents showing that the Truman administration covered up the fact that some 20 American POWs were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
1/04 Interview in Arete, publication of the American University Center for Teaching Excellence, "Creating Space for Controversy in the Classroom." Interview with USA Today about the Enola Gay exhibit
2/04 Interviewed by Agence France Press on the reemergence of Vietnam as an issue in the 2004 presidential elections
3/04 Quoted in USA Today and 94 other outlets on Eisenhower’s Emergency Plans to set up an alternative government in the event of nuclear war
4/04 Interviewed by Radio Free Europe on the military and political significance of the insurgency in Iraq
4/04 Interviewed by Radio Free Europe on the historical precedents and ramifications of the increasing U.S. reliance on private security personnel in Iraq.
4/04 Le Figaro on CPA use of private military contractors in Iraq.
4/04 Al Arabia TV (Saudi Arabia) on Hollywood and U.S. foreign policy for series on US politics.
5/05 Interviewed by the Washington Times for feature on the legacy of World War II and whether the WWII memorial deserves such a prominent location.
5/05 Interviewed by Radio Free Europe of the fallout from the Rumsfeld testimony and whether or not he should resign
5/05 Interviewed by Radio Free Europe on how the demonization and dehumanization of enemies, in this and previous wars, increases the possibility of prisoner abuse.
5/05 Interviewed by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a feature comparing WWII with the war in Iraq.
6/05 Interview La Reforma (Mexico’s largest paper) on Bush's comparison of the invasion of Iraq with WWII versus some Democrats' comparing it with Vietnam.
7/04 Interview with Dallas Morning News about the confluence of events—Woodstock, Manson murders, Chappaquiddick, moon walk—in the summer of 1969. (quoted 7/17)
7/04 Lengthy interview today with popular Japanese magazine Sapio the ongoing Enola Gay controversy, the Nuclear Studies Institute, this summer's study abroad trip to Japan, and the Bush administration's current nuclear policies. (published with photos in August issue)
8/04 During study abroad trip to Japan, students and I were interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun, Kyoto Shimbun, Japan Times, Kyodo News Service, NHK (TV), RCC (TV), and Nagasaki TV, among others.
8/04 Interviewed by Radio Free Europe about the legal challenges to the military "stop-loss" measures and the history of the draft.
8/04 Interviewed by the LA Times about the controversy over Kerry's Vietnam record and why Vietnam still resonates so deeply with the American people (quote on p.1 8/25)
8/04 Quoted in St. Petersburg Times article on the likely political fallout from the demonstrations at the Republican Convention.
9/04 Interviewed by the St. Petersburg Times comparing the protesters' and the Republicans' effectiveness in getting out their respective messages.
9/04 Interviewed by La Reforma about the origins and meaning of the Star Spangled Banner and how it became the national anthem.
9/04 Chaired Whistleblowers' Symposium, which was filmed and recorded by Democracy Now, German public television, Greek TV, WPFW, and a film crew from documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald. 9/04 Participated in CBC (Canadian Broadcasting) TV News panel along with a conservative Canadian journalist on the upcoming presidential debates
10/04 Interviewed by Popular Science for article comparing scientists' heightened political activism in 2004 with scientists' activism at previous times in the 20th century.
10/04 Intervieweded by New York Times for article about the history of scientists’ involvement in political campaigns, past and present.
10/04 Interviewed by New York Times about approaches to warfare and violence in Oliver Stone's movies for an article about a major battle scene in the film Alexander
11/04 Provided post-election commentary for Radio Free Europe
11/04 Provided post-election analysis for St. Petersburg Times. (quoted 11/7/04)
11/04 Interviewed by O Estado de S. Paulo, one of Brazil's major papers, on the significance of conservative trends in American society and politics.
111/04 Interviewed by Radio Free Europe comparing U.S. wartime mistreatment of prisoners with wartime mistreatment of prisoners by other nations.
12/04 Interviewed by AP Radio about the Rape of Nanking.
CONSULTANT ACTIVITIES:
1984 - 6 Consultant to planning committee for exhibit on the Manhattan Project and the Arms Race at the National Museum of American History.
1988 Consultant to the Office of Technology Assessment Project on "Science, Technology, and the Constitution in the Information Age."
1989 - 91 Consultant to planning committee for National Museum of American History core exhibit on Twentieth Century Science.
1993 - 95 Historical consultant for documentary film being produced by Durrin Associates on the history of chemical warfare and the controversy surrounding the disposal of chemical wastes in Spring Valley.
2002 - 03 Consultant to documentary film on the Federal Writers Project. “American Voices, from the Writers’ Project”
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
1986 - Director, History Department Colloquium Series Member, American Studies Faculty
1987 - 1989 Freshman Advisor, History Department
1988 - 1991 Member, Peace Studies Faculty
1990 - 1994 Faculty Mentor
1990 - 1993 Member, Search Committee for Distinguished Professor of Women's History
1991 Member, Search Committee for Director of Women's Studies Chair, Search Committee for Landmarks Assistant Professor
1991 - 5 History Department Liaison with AU Library Participant, CAS Phonathon to Prospective Incoming Students
1991 - 1992 Member, Graduate Studies Committee of University Education Policy Committee Member, History Department Merit Pay Committee Member, History Department Chair Evaluation Committee Member, History Department Grievance Committee Participant, Special CAS Faculty Meeting to Assess the Effectiveness of General Education Area 2 CAS Representative, University Committee to Select Special Opportunity Award Recipients for AY 1992-93
1991 - 1993 Member, Women's Studies Faculty
1993 - Member, CAS Mellon Committee
1993 - 1994 Planning Committee for History Department Landmarks Conference on "The Cold War and American Culture"
1994 - Chair, History Department Personnel Committee
1994 - Helped design summer institute on nuclear history "Hiroshima, Nagaskai, and Beyond," including courses, public forums, and the joint exhibit with the city of Hiroshima
1995 Chair, Search Committee for One-Year Replacement Position in Post-Reconstruction U.S. History Director, Nuclear History Institute
1996 University Faculty Grievance Committee Invited to meet with outside reviewers as part of accreditation review process for the School of Communications. CAS Director, Nuclear Studies Institute Faculty Mentor Member, Education Policy Committee Member, EPC Community Relations Subcommittee Faculty Member, American Studies Program Department Deputy Chair Chair, History Department Colloquium Series
1997 University Director, American University Nuclear Studies Institute Institute concluded agreement of understanding with the University of the Marshall Islands to assist in establishment of an affiliated Institute in the Marshall Islands and has begun collaboration. Faculty Grievance Committee Member, Faculty/Staff Coalition for Diversity Adviser to Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Association Student Group CAS Faculty Mentor Member, Education Policy Committee Member, EPC Community Relations Subcommittee Faculty Member, American Studies Program Faculty Member, CAS Academic Integrity Code Panel Faculty Member, Phi Beta Kappa Department Chair, History Department Colloquium Series
1998 University Director, American University Nuclear Studies Institute Institute helped establish an affiliated Nuclear Institute at the College of the Marshall Islands Member, Faculty Grievance Committee Member, Faculty/Staff Coalition for Diversity Faculty Advisor to Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Association Student Group CAS Faculty Mentor Member, Education Policy Committee Member, EPC Community Relations Subcommittee Faculty Member, American Studies Program Faculty Member, CAS Academic Integrity Code Panel Faculty Member, Phi Beta Kappa Member, Phi Beta Kappa Committee on Members in Course Chaired Session at Annual Student Research Conference Department Chair, History Department Colloquium Series Member, Public History Committee Member, Graduate Committee
1999 University Director, American University Nuclear Studies Institute Member, Faculty Grievance Committee Member, Faculty/Staff Coalition for Diversity Faculty Advisor to Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Association Student Group
CAS Faculty Member, American Studies Program Faculty Member, Phi Beta Kappa Department Chair, History Department Colloquium Series Member, Public History Committee Member, Graduate Committee Chair, U.S. History Search Committee
2000 Faculty Grievance Committee Education Policy Committee History Department Colloquium Series Undergraduate Committee Public History Committee Personnel Committee U.S. History Search Committee Phi Beta Kappa Committee on Members in Course Phi Beta Kappa History Department Summer Chair Director, Nuclear Studies Institute
2001 Nuclear Studies Institute Director University Faculty Grievance Committee Member University Education Policy Committee Member College History Department Colloquium Series Chair Department Graduate Committee Member Department Personnel Committee Member Department History Department Colloquium Series Chair Department
2002 Nuclear Studies Institute Director University Faculty Grievance Committee Member University Budget and Benefits Committee Member University Education Policy Committee Member College Budget Advisory Committee Member College Phi Beta Kappa Officer Selection Ctte Member College Area 2 General Education Review Ctte Member College Graduate Committee Chair Department African American History Search Ctte Chair Department History Department Colloquium Series Chair Department Personnel Committee Member Department
2003 Nuclear Studies Institute Director University Faculty Grievance Committee Member University Budget and Benefits Committee Member University Budget Advisory Committee Member College Phi Beta Kappa Members-in-Course Ctte Member College Academic Integrity Panel Member College Graduate Committee Chair Department History Department Colloquium Committee Chair Department Personnel Committee Member Department
2004 Nuclear Studies Institute Director University Faculty Grievance Committee Member University Budget and Benefits Committee Member University McNair Scholars Selection Committee Member University CAS Student Research Conference Chair College Phi Beta Kappa Nominating Committee Member College Academic Integrity Panel Member College Graduate Committee Member Department History Department Colloquium Committee Chair Department Personnel Committee Member Department Freshman Day Representative Department
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1990 - 99 Refereed articles for ISIS, Journal of American History, American Quarterly, Journal of the History of Ideas and grant proposals for the NEH.
Outside reader of book manuscripts for University of North Carolina Press and Greenwood Press.
1995 Reviewed article for National Geographic.
1996 Member of the Advisory Board to National Policy Conference Decoding Hollywood: Film, Ideology, and the Cold War, sponsored by the Richard Nixon Library and the Center for the Study of the Presidency. (cancelled)
1997 Appointed member of the Graduate Faculty at the University on Maryland and served as a member of Tobin Conley s Thesis Committee.
2000 Planning Committee on Documenting Post-War Activist Science--Meeting held at AAAS 2/19/2000 with support from the NSF s Science and Technology Studies Program
2001 Member Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program Grant Review Committee Outside Examiner for George Washington University Enosinian Scholars Program Honors Thesis, May 2001
Participant in Conference on the Second Nuclear Age and the Academy at CUNY in June 2001
2002 Member Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program Grant Review Committee
2003 Member Advisory Committee for Student Pugwash USA annual Educational Seminar “Nuclear Weapons: Science and Policy” Member, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program Grant Review Committee Consultant to documentary film “American Voices, From the Writers Project” Member, National Organizing Committee, Historians Against the War Founder, Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy
2004 Consultant to documentary film “American Voices, From the Writers Project” Consultant to documentary film on John Hersey’s Hiroshima Co-Founder, Nuclear Education Project Organizing Committee Member for May 2005 NYC Conference: “From Ground Zero to Safe Ground: The Growing Nuclear Threat and Its Abolition” Reader, Stanford University Press
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Historical Association Organization of American Historians Federation of American Scientists Scholars, Artists, and Writers for Social Justice Society for the Social Studies of Science Historians Against the War (Member, National Organizing Committee) Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy (Founder) Nuclear Education Project (Co-Founder)
COMMUNITY:
1990 - 97 Baseball Coach, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Baseball League
1997 Guest Lecturer on Scopes Trial at Walt Whitman High School
2001 Lecture to Honors Student Assembly at Montgomery Blair High School in Wheaton, MD, March 2001 Deterrence or Insanity?: Warfare and Culture in the Nuclear Age
2003 Videotaped interview on the history of McCarthyism with students from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, MD.
Judge for contest to award a youth scholarship to attend the Conference Against A & H Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki sponsored by the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area
MISCELLANEOUS:
1986 - 95 Member of Washington Area Seminar on History and Culture. (Originally the Twentieth Century Colloquium of Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars).
1989 - 92 Participant in Institute for Policy Studies Colloquium on the History of the Cold War.