Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi, Ph D, Michigan State University, is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.  He has authored, coauthored, and edited fourteen books, including Environmental Policies in the Third World, co-edited with O.P. Dwivedi(Greenwood, 1995);  Technology and Development;  Local Government and Politics in the Third World;Indira Gandhi's India;  Water Resource Management;  A Comparative Perspective, ( Praeger, 1998);  Deforestation Environment and Sustainable Development, (Praeger, 2001);  Ethnic and Religious Minority Politics in South Asia, (co-ed.); and Modernizing China; and many articles in academic journals.  Presently he is working on a book manuscript on Ideas and Issues in Human Security .

Dr. (Mrs.) Inakshi Chaturvedi, M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Department of Political Science University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.  Her research publication interests cover Civil Service and freedom of Press in India, and Environmental Policymaking and issues related to Women.  She has published more than a dozen scholarly papers, and has made numerous presentations in India and abroad. 

Valentina U. Smorgunova is Dean, Faculty of Law, and Head of the Department of Civil Legal Education at the Herzen University, St. Petersburg, Russia.  Her first Ph.D. degree (1981), and the second Ph.D. degree (1997) are from Herzen State Pedagogical University.  She has lectured at the University of Birmingham, Alabama, University of Helsinki, and the University of Hong Kong.  Her research interests include Multiculturalism, Law and Civil Society, History of American Political Justice.  She has published 160 artciles and textbooks, and 5 monographs. These monographs include: "The Phenomenon of Political Knowledge" and "Civil Society and Creating of Civic Virtues: Problems of the Theory of Law". She is the secretary of the Committee responsible for the European region. She also participated at the XIX World IPSA Congress in Durban (South Africa, 2003), the XX World IPSA Congress in Fukuoka (Japan, 2006), the International Conference of RC4 and RC35 in Tampa, FL (U.S.A., 2005), and the International Conference of RC4 and RC35 in St. Lous, MO (U.S.A., 2007). Dr. Smorgunova organized the International Conference of RC35 at Herzen State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg (Russia, 2004).

Trudy Eden is an Associate Professor at the University of Nothertn Iowa. She received her B.A., University of Texas-Austin; J.D., Emory University; Ph.D., John Hopkins University. Her research interests are in the history of science, medicine, and writing in the modern period.

Deeptima Shukla,  M.A, M Phil, Ph. D. is a lecturer at the Kanodia Girls College, Jaipur, India.  Her areas of specialization and scholarly research cover Socio-Political issues in Nepal and India.  She has published a book on  "Monarchy in Nepal", and several articles on environmental issues, ethnic politics, and sustainable Tourism and economic development in South Asia.

Dr. Abdelrahman Hadi

Renu Khator is the provost and senior vice president at the University of South Florida. She is also chair of IPSA RC04 .Here research interests are in environmental policy. She has published five books, numerous articles, chapters and journals and international journals. Her areas of specialization include water policy and the impact of globalization on the environment.

O.P. Dwivedi is a Professor of Public and Environmental Administration, Department of Political Studies, University of Guelph, Canada.  He has been policy consultant to the governments of India, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Mauritius, and Canada.  He has authored and edited twenty books, thirteen conference proceedings, and over sixty articles in professional journals.  He was president of the Canadian Political Science Association in 1986-1987 and at present is vice president of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, Brussels, Belgium.