Eric Reeves is Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
He has spent the past eight years working full-time as a Sudan researcher and analyst, publishing extensively both in the US and internationally.
He has testified several times before the Congress, has lectured widely in academic settings, and has served as a consultant to a number of human rights and humanitarian organizations operating in Sudan.
Working independently, he has written on all aspects of Sudan's recent history.
His book about Darfur "A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide" was published in May 2007.
He is also at work on a longer-range project surveying the international response to ongoing war and human destruction in Sudan over the past 18 years "Sudan — Suffering a Long Way Off".
Join us in a live dialogue on Darfur's crisis on Sunday 28 Oct. from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.