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Solomon—Tenenbaum Lecture 2006

Scott Straus is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at UW-Madison. Scott teaches classes on genocide, violence, human rights, and African politics. His book on the Rwandan genocide, The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda, is forthcoming from Cornell University Press. Another book on Rwanda was published by Zone Books in March 2006. The book, Intimate Enemy, includes transcripts of interviews Scott conducted with jailed Rwandan perpetrators and photographs taken by Robert Lyons. Scott also co-authored Africa's Stalled Development (Lynne Rienner), translated The Great Lakes of Africa (Zone Books), and has published several academic articles, including a recent piece on Sudan in Foreign Affairs. Before starting in academia, Scott was a freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Scott organized a symposium on humanitarian intervention March 31, 2006


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