Saudi Arabia

Weidman was educated at Princeton University and the University of Chicago. He has written extensively on higher-education reform in countries undergoing the transition from command to market economies. He has worked as a consultant on higher-education reform in Saudi Arabia, focusing on access and equity, and was an invited participant in a conference on future trends in higher education in Saudi Arabia. In June 2009, he worked with two University of Pittsburgh colleagues to present a weeklong professional development program in higher-education quality assurance for 22 faculty and administrators from Taibah University.

Background

Donald Goldstein is one of the nation's foremost experts on military history, particularly World War II and the Korean conflict. He also can discuss public administration, political science, arms control, and national interest and national security with regard to the Middle East.

Goldstein is a leading expert on Pearl Harbor and is the author or coauthor of 25 books, including two best sellers, At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor (McGraw-Hill, 1981) and Miracle at Midway (McGraw-Hill, 1983), as well as D-Day Normandy: The Story and the Photographs (Potomac Books, 1999). He is regularly cited in national publications and has appeared in television documentaries about military history and warfare, most often in regard to Pearl Harbor. Goldstein also was integral in writing and directing the History Channel's specials on Amelia Earhart, the Korean War, and World War II.