Burgess, Stephen F(ranklin) 1952-

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BURGESS, Stephen F(ranklin) 1952-

PERSONAL: Born July 20, 1952, in Martinsburg, WV; son of Melvin Wesley (in retail sales) and Margaret (Danforth) Burgess; married Janet Claire Beilstein (a professor), May 27, 1983. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Duke University, B.A., 1974; Institute of Social Studies, M.S.S., 1977; Michigan State University, Ph.D., 1992. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Episcopalian.

ADDRESSES: Home—1470 Meriwether Rd., Montgomery, AL 36117. Office—U.S. Air War College, 325 Chennault Cir., Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112; fax: 334-953-6980. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: University of Zambia, Lusaka, lecturer in development studies, 1980-82; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, instructor in political science, 1991-92; Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, assistant professor of political science, 1992-99; U.S. Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, assistant professor of international security studies, beginning 1999, currently professor of strategy and international security and chair of department; associate of U.S. Air Force Counter-Proliferation Center.

AWARDS, HONORS: Fulbright-Hayes fellow, 1988-90; General Charles Horner Award for research in counter-proliferation, 2001.

WRITINGS:

Smallholders and Political Voice in Zimbabwe, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 1997.

The United Nations under Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992-1997, Scarecrow Press (Lanham, MD), 2001.

(With Helen Purkitt) South Africa's Weapons of Mass Destruction, Indiana University Press, in press.

Also author of U.S. Air Force monograph, with Helen Purkitt, The Rollback of the South African Chemical and Biological Warfare Program, 2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on India's role in U.S. missile defense policy and Indian/Pakistani arms control.

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