Aaron Belkin is a political scientist, researcher, author, and activist. Currently, he is professor of political science at San Francisco State University, where he teaches on delusion and paranoia in American politics. Belkin's most recent book, "Bring Me Men" Military Masculinity and the Benign Facade of American Empire," was in 2012.Since 1999, Belkin has served as founding director of the gay rights organization Palm Center, which was successful in lobbying to reverse the military's ban on gay and transgender personnel.Previously, Belkin was an associate professor of political science at University of California, Santa Barbara and an associate professor of psychology at City University of New York.Belkin received his B.A. in International Relations from Brown University and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.