लेखक: Jim Skelly

James Skelly is the founding director of the Centre on Critical Thinking, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies Köszeg, in Hungary. He served as Director of the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College in Pennsylvania, and has held teaching and research posts at the University of California, San Diego, the European Peace University in Austria, Universitat Jaume I in Spain, and the Universities of Limerick and Ulster in Ireland. He holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Minnesota, and an MA and Ph D in Sociology from UC San Diego. As a young U.S. military officer, his refusal to serve in the Vietnam War led to his federal lawsuit, Skelly v. Laird. Following his honorable discharge, he worked with Jane Fonda, and other entertainers, as the advance man and political coordinator for the “Free the Army” show. Prior to returning to academia, he also worked as a bartender in San Francisco, a dock worker in Boston, and subsequently as a staff member in the United State Senate.