Karen Joy Greenberg

Karen J. Greenberg

Born 1955 (age 56–57)
Citizenship USA
Fields History
Alma mater Cornell, Yale
Known for Her work on the "war on terror"

Karen J. Greenberg (born 9 June 1955) is an American professor and author.[1][2][3]

Education

Greenberg's undergraduate degree in history is from Cornell University.[1] Her PhD, also in history, is from Yale University.

Academic career

Greenberg is currently Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School.[4] Previously, Greenberg was Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security at New York University.[3] Previously she taught at Bard College.

Greenberg is the coauthor, with Joshua L. Dratel, of two books on the George W. Bush Presidency's policy on captives apprehended in the "global war on terror". In 2005 they published The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib.[5] In 2008 they published The Enemy Combatant Papers: American Justice, the Courts, and the War on Terror.[6] In 2009 Greenberg published The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days.[7][8] [9]

References

  1. ^ a b Chris Hedges (2004-11-23). "Between Novels her Motto is Safety First". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/nyregion/23profile.html?pagewanted=print&position=. Retrieved 2009-03-18. 
  2. ^ Karen J. Greenberg (2009-03-05). "Obama's Guantanamo?". Middle East Online. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/opinion/?id=30795. Retrieved 2009-03-15.  mirror
  3. ^ a b Karen J. Greenberg (2008-02-23). "The Age of Barbarism Lite". Asia Times. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JB23Aa01.html. Retrieved 2009-03-18.  mirror
  4. ^ "Karen Greenberg to Direct New Center on National Security". Fordham Law School Web Site. http://law.fordham.edu/23617.htm. Retrieved September 12, 2011.  mirror
  5. ^ Karen J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel, ed (January 2005). The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521853249. 
  6. ^ Karen J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel, ed (April 2008). The Enemy Combatant Papers: American Justice, the Courts, and the War on Terror. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521886475. http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521886475#contributors. Retrieved 2009-03-18. 
  7. ^ Karen J. Greenberg (2009-01-25). "When Gitmo Was (Relatively) Good". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012302313.html. Retrieved 2009-03-18.  mirror
  8. ^ Karen J. Greenberg (2009-01-26). "Outlook: When Gitmo Was (Relatively) Good". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/01/23/DI2009012302995.html. Retrieved 2009-03-18.  mirror
  9. ^ Karen J. Greenberg (March 2009). The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195371888. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/AmericanPolitics/ForeignDefensePolicy/?view=usa&ci=9780195371888. Retrieved 2009-03-18.