Background
Mr. Der Derian was born in the United States on January 12, 1955. He was a son of Arthur Rebel and Betty Ann (Moyer) Der Derian.
Mr. Der Derian was born in the United States on January 12, 1955. He was a son of Arthur Rebel and Betty Ann (Moyer) Der Derian.
James Der Derian graduated from McGill University with Bachelor of Arts (with first class honors) in 1978. In 1981 he obtained Master of Philosophy degree and in 1983 Doctor of Philosophy from Balliol College, Oxford.
Mr. Der Derian served at University of Massachusetts at Amherst as a professor of political science since 1984. From 1982 to 1983 he held the post of a lecturer at Oxford University, and in 1995 he became a visiting fellow of St. Antony’s College. In 1984 he was appointed lecturer at Columbia University.
During 1986-1991 James Der Derian worked as a teacher at Gardner and Lancaster State Prisons. In 1988 he joined University of Southern California as a senior research fellow at Center for International Studies. Between 1991 and 1992 Mr. Der Derian acted as a visiting scholar at Center for International Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Later he was a guest lecturer at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad, including University of Wales, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of the Andes, Dalhousie University, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, University of Toronto, Princeton University, and University of California, Santa Cruz.
During the period of 1985-1990 James Der Derian acted as a producer and moderator of a radio and television series Great Decisions, broadcast by college and community networks. He was a consultant to 60 Minutes, guest on television and radio programs in the United States and Australia. Starting from 1992 he has been a member of editorial board University of Massachusetts Press. In 1990 he became a member of Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee.
He was a contributor to books, including Reimagining the Natton, Espionage: Past, Present, Future?, Cultures on the Brink: Ideologies of Technologies. Member of editorial board, "Culture and Power in a Globalized World" (a book series), Westview (Boulder, CO), 1995. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Wired, intelligence and National Security Journal, Columbia ilm Review, Newsday, Radical America, International Studies Quarterly, and Social Text.
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