Joyce Kaufman is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Whittier Scholars Program at Whittier College. Prior to joining the faculty at Whittier College in 1985, she served as a Foreign Affairs Specialist in the Office of Nuclear Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) from 1978-1979, and as a National Security Analyst with Pacific Sierra Research Corporation (1979-1982). She also served as a Research Fellow at the Logistics Management Institute in Washington, D.C.