Wisconsin Project staff
The Wisconsin Project is directed by Emeritus Professor Gary Milhollin of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Milhollin holds degrees in engineering and law, and was an Administrative Judge, part-time, at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for more than a decade. He has also been a consultant on nuclear arms proliferation to the Department of Defense. He has practiced international corporate law in New York and Paris, and has taught courses on nuclear arms proliferation at Princeton University as well as at Wisconsin. Professor Milhollin has directed the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control for over twenty years. His articles and research reports have been cited and quoted widely in the international press, and he testifies frequently before Congressional committees.
Mr. Arthur Shulman is a senior research associate who serves as general counsel for the Project. He is also the editor and manager of the Project's Risk Report nonproliferation and export control database. He oversees staff research to populate the Risk Report and is responsible for content, production, maintenance, data security and worldwide outreach and training. He also carries out the Project's work on export controls, including policy and media briefings, analysis and drafting of legislation and regulations, and Congressional testimony. Mr. Shulman has a B.A. (summa) from Tulane University, an M.Sc. in international relations from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from George Washington University.
Ms. Valerie Lincy is a senior research associate who serves as the editor and principal investigator for Iran Watch. She bears the main responsibility for building, populating and maintaining the web site, as well as writing articles for publication, organizing and presiding at roundtables, and conducting associated research. She also helps to provide training as part of the Risk Report team that visits foreign countries. Ms. Lincy graduated from Smith College, Cum Laude, and received an M.S. in foreign service from Georgetown University. Before coming to the Project, she worked as a researcher in the Paris bureau of the New York Times for three years and spent one year as a researcher in Washington-based non-profit institutes.
Mr. Matthew Godsey is a research associate who assists in the maintenance and population of the Risk Report database. He helps track companies and countries of proliferation concern, with much of his research focused on China. Mr. Godsey resided in Taiwan for a number of years, and reads and speaks Mandarin Chinese. He graduated from Colby College and received an M.A. in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, with a certificate in Non-Proliferation Studies. Before coming to the Project, he worked as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
Ms. Jennifer Kline is a research associate who assists in the maintenance and population of the Risk Report database. She helps track companies and countries of proliferation concern, with a focus on India and Pakistan. Ms. Kline graduated from the University of Illinois and received an M.A. in international affairs from the George Washington University. Before coming to the Project, she worked as a national security analyst for Computer Sciences Corporation and spent two years working on arms control and nonproliferation issues in Washington-based non-profit institutes.
Ms. Bridget Van Buren is a research associate who assists in the maintenance and population of the Risk Report database and the Iran Watch web site. She helps track companies and countries of proliferation concern, with much of her research focused on Iran. Ms. Van Buren graduated from the University of Southern California, received an M.A. in international politics from American University, and received a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law. Before coming to the Project, she worked as a law clerk at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.