Dr. Michael M. Gunter, Professor of Political Science at Tennessee Technological University
Michael M. Gunter is an authority on Kurds and has written seven books on the Kurdish struggle. Gunter has written more than 75 articles in scholarly journals and books including Middle East Journal,
American Journal of International Law and World Affairs. He has also written nine books about the Kurdish people, two of which were among the first analyses in English of the Kurdish unrest in the Middle East. He received Human Rights Watch’s “Service to the Kurds Award” in 1998.