William I. Brustein is Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University,[1] having recently[when?] stepped down as Vice President for Global Strategies and International Affairs and Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of History. Previously, he was the Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs at The Ohio State University, as well as the Associate Provost for International Affairs and Director of International Programs and Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[2] Brustein has spent much of his administrative career focused on international education.[3] He has published widely in the areas of political extremism and ethnic/religious/racial prejudice.