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Vaughn Shannon, Wright State University associate political science professor, was elected to the board of directors of the prestigious Middle East Outreach Council.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University associate political science<\/a> professor Vaughn Shannon has been elected to the board of directors of the prestigious Middle East Outreach Council, a national organization of educators who work to further understanding of the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Shannon will serve a term on the five-member board from 2015 to 2017. His election will be confirmed at the council\u2019s annual meeting in Denver on Nov. 21-22.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found that what I\u2019ve been doing in the last 15 years is trying to negotiate how Americans understand the Middle East and everything that goes on there,\u201d said Shannon. \u201cI increasingly see that as a valuable contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Established in 1981, the Middle East Outreach Council is a national nonprofit organization working to increase public knowledge about the peoples, places and cultures of the Middle East, including the Arab world, Israel, Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Affiliated with the Middle East Studies Association, the council is a national network of educators dedicated to disseminating apolitical and nonpartisan information.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make sure that in that educational process we get it right so we avoid stereotypes in the Islamic world,\u201d Shannon said. \u201cMy theoretical training is in political psychology, so I see how prejudice and discrimination go hand in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shannon received his doctorate in international security and Middle East politics from The Ohio State University in 2001 and teaches classes on Middle East politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is faculty adviser of Wright State\u2019s Model Arab League and Model UN programs and is working on a project to promote understanding and empathy of the Middle East through active learning and simulation.<\/p>\n

Shannon\u2019s research interests include international security, Middle East politics and political psychology. He is author of \u201cBalancing Act: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict.\u201d He has published on U.S. policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict (White House Studies), U.S. policy toward Iran (Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis) and on the U.S. image in the Middle East (Harvard International Review and Security Studies).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I am interested in doing is both educating and generating empathy across cultures,\u201d Shannon said.
\nEarlier this month, Shannon traveled to Oman, a rapidly developing Arab country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, to make a site visit through the Center for International Learning. He hopes to develop a study-abroad program in Oman for Wright State students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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