Background
Stohl was born in Brooklyn, New New York
Stohl was born in Brooklyn, New New York
He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). And Northwestern University (Master of Arts, 1970, Doctor of Philosophy, 1974).
He researches organizational and political communication with special focus on terrorism, human rights and global relations. He has been a guest commentator on National Public Radio, National Broadcasting Company, and Columbia Broadcasting System for stories on terrorism and human rights. He has been critical of the George West. Bush administration"s understanding of terrorism networks during the War on Terrorism.
He taught political science at Kendall College in Evanston, Illinois in the summer 1971.
He was a visiting research associate and later acting research administrator as the Richardson Institute for Conflict and Peace Research in London, England from 1971-1972. He began teaching at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in 1972, becoming a full professor in 1985.
He was a visiting researcher on terrorism at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands in 1989 and 1985.
He was a member of the Search for Common Ground sponsored United States-Soviet Union Task Force on International Terrorism which met in Moscow and Santa Monica, California in January and September 1989.