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	Peter J. Kuznick Associate Professor PhD, Rutgers University Battelle 145 kuznick@american.edu 202-885-2408 Office Hours: On Leave Curriculum Vitae Nuclear Studies Institute Course Syllabi Spring 2007 HIS 300 Honors Blowin' in the Wind: Society, Culture, and Politics in 1960s America HIS 728 Colloquium in U.S. History II Fields of Interest U.S. cultural and nuclear history, the Cold War, recent American history, history of science The author of Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America and coeditor of Rethinking Cold War Culture, Professor Kuznick is currently writing a book about scientists’ opposition to the Vietnam War. As director of American University’s award winning Nuclear Studies Institute, he takes students on an annual study abroad trip to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He spearheaded the Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy in response to the Smithsonian’s Enola Gay exhibit and co-founded the Nuclear Education Project. He writes often and lectures frequently about nuclear issues in general and the atomic bombings in particular. He has recently completed a historically based Hollywood screenplay and teaches the path-breaking course Oliver Stone’s America. He regularly provides commentary to the media on a broad range of subject and was selected Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, 2004-2007.

Peter J. Kuznick