Dr. John R. Oneal

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Dr. John R. Oneal, professor of political science at The University of Alabama, has been named the 2006 recipient of the Buford Peace Award.

Housed in the UA School of Social Work, the Lahoma Adams Buford Endowed Support Fund provides the Buford Peace Award, a universitywide endowed award established to recognize and encourage faculty members to become both professionally and personally active in causes that promote justice and peace.

Oneal joined the UA faculty in 1998. He is highly acclaimed as an international expert on the subjects of democracy, foreign policy and peace. The author of numerous articles and two books, Oneal has also been a Fulbright Scholar. One of his books received the Edgar S. Ferniss Jr. Award in recognition of its contributions to the study of national security affairs.