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JMU PROFESSOR TO PROVIDE EXPERT TESTIMONY AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING
From: Media Relations
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| Pham testifies on Somalia June 29, 2006 |
HARRISONBURG — Dr. J. Peter Pham, director of the Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs at James Madison University, is scheduled to testify today, May 10, at a joint subcommittee hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The eight-member Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, chaired by Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, and the 11-member Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, chaired by Rep. Donald M. Payne of New Jersey, are holding an open joint hearing on "Is There a Human Rights Double Standard? U.S. Policy Toward Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia." The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Pham will speak on "Responsible U.S. Policy Toward Ethiopia: Context, Challenges, and Opportunities of a Strategically Vital Relationship." Also appearing as witnesses will be Dr. Sulayman S. Nyang, a professor of African Studies at Howard University, and Lynn Fredriksson, advocacy director for Africa at Amnesty International U.S.A.
In addition to directing the Nelson Institute, Pham is an assistant professor of justice studies at JMU and holds affiliate appointments in political science, Africana studies and Asian studies. Among his research interests are international relations, international law, political theory and ethics with particular concentrations on implications for U.S. foreign policy and African states.
Pham has provided expert testimony on Somalia and international terrorism in Northeast Africa to congressional subcommittees in June 2006 and July 2005, respectively.
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