Conflict Resolution and the Scholarship of Engagement: Partnerships Transforming Conflict
Editat de Cheryl Lynn Duckworth, Consuelo Doria Kelley, Cheryl Duckworthen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 apr 2012
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ISBN-13: 9781443837668
ISBN-10: 1443837660
Pagini: 230
Dimensiuni: 150 x 208 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN-10: 1443837660
Pagini: 230
Dimensiuni: 150 x 208 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Notă biografică
Dr. Elena Bastidas has both a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Food & Resource Economics, and an M.S. in Agricultural Education & Communication from the University of Florida. She became part of DCAR's faculty in August of 2007. Elena has been in charge of the Quantitative Research Methodology courses and also teaches electives in the area of Conflict and International Development, Environmental Conflict, Conflict between Conservation and Development, and Gender and Conflict Analysis for Development. Since 2010 she has developed Global Courses (DCAR courses that include an overseas component) and has taken students to Ecuador and Suriname. Elena's current projects include developing a Conflict Resolution capacity building strategy for Indigenous and Maroons groups in Suriname. She is also advisor to the government of Suriname in the Land Rights process. In Colombia she is collaborating with a network of organizations in community-based conservation efforts of Afro-Colombian communities. In Ecuador she is involved in a research project on Conflict between Tourism and Sustainable community development. Dr. Dustin Berna graduated from the University of New Orleans with his Ph.D. in 2008. His two major fields of study were Middle Eastern politics and international relations. American political institutions was a third and minor field. His dissertation was a quantitative study that evaluated the causes and electoral success of Islamic fundamentalist movements. He has collected and coded every Islamic fundamentalist group that is or has been in operation in the Islamic world since 1970. Dr. Berna has two Masters Degrees: an M.A. in political science and a M.S. in history education. Dr. Berna also has two baccalaureate degrees: a B.A. in political science and a B.A. in English literature. Dr. Berna's research specializations include Middle Eastern politics, Islamic fundamentalism, religious extremism, social movements, terrorism, and political institutions. He has taught classes on the Iraq War, Islamic politics, Middle Eastern politics, terrorism, political violence, international relations, U.S. foreign policy, politics of developing states, revolutions, international negotiation, and violence prevention. Dr. Berna has written numerous articles on topics that range from terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism to Iranian political institutions and Islamic democracy. Dr. Tommie V. Boyd is Chair of the Family Therapy Department and Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University. She has published and presented widely in the areas of family systems healthcare, community engagement, training and supervision. Her recent research includes grant funded projects on Parkinson's patients and their caregivers, returning veterans, and children with autism spectrum disorders and their families. She served on the Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy focusing on parity, larger systems issues at the state and national levels and as past president of the FAMFT, and a recipient of the AAMFT Leadership Award. Dr. Jason J. Campbell is currently an Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution and Philosophy at Nova Southeastern University. His research specializations include genocide and international terrorism. He is the founder and Executive Director for the Institute for Genocide Awareness and Applied Research (IGAAR) and the Journal for Genocide Awareness and Applied Research (JGAAR). IGAAR is a member of the International Alliance to End Genocide, which is chaired by Genocide Watch. Cheryl Lynn Duckworth is a professor of Conflict Resolution at Nova Southeastern University. A peace-building program leader and conflict resolution policy analyst, she has served such organizations as the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy and the Center for International Education. She has lived in Zimbabwe and Paraguay, and published and presented globally on her two passions, peace education and peace economics, exploring ways to transform the economic, political, social and psychological root causes of war and violence. Her more recent publications include her book which explores the role of dignity in social movements, Land and Dignity in Paraguay, and an article on her implementation of critical peace education curriculum in a juvenile detention home. Cheryl has trained hundreds of students, teachers and community leaders in peace education and conflict resolution both in the US and internationally. Currently she serves as the faculty advisor of NSU's Peace Education Working Group and on the Advisory Board of the Hope Development Organization, a women's rights and peace building organization in Pakistan. Cheryl has taught qualitative research methods, foundations of conflict resolution and peace education. She is active in the Alliance for International Education, the Comparative and International Education Society and the International Peace Research Association. She blogs at Teach for Peace. Alexia Georgakopoulos, Ph.D., is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) at Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Also, she is the Director and Primary Trainer at the Institute of Conflict Resolution and Communication (ICRC). She is a world class expert in conflict resolution and communication with two decades of work in the field as a trainer, researcher and practitioner. She has recently been interviewed and appeared on NBC's Today Show and discussed the topic of "Is World Peace Possible?" Alexia also has extensive experience as an educator, trainer, researcher, and practitioner. Her work has been published in leading conferences and journals both domestically and internationally. Her areas of expertise are in Conflict Resolution, Organizational Communication, Intercultural Communication, Effective Pedagogy, Nonverbal Communication, and Relational Communication. Along with being an educator, Alexia works as a professional and motivational speaker and consultant for multinational organizations, school systems, healthcare organizations, family systems, governmental agencies, religious organizations, community-based organizations, and international organizations. She delivers mediation, facilitation, communication, diversity, and conflict management trainings. She is committed to offering quality educational programs. Toran Hansen earned his Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Minnesota in 2010. During his time there, he worked as a Research Associate for the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, as well as the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. His dissertation research examined facilitation within the Minnesota peace movement. In 2004, he graduated with a Master's degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University, where he also worked as a Research Associate for the Institute for Child Health Policy. Prior to that, Toran was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea, West Africa, and a Program Director for the Fraser Youth Supervision Program in British Columbia, Canada, where he grew up. Toran has mediated disputes for the Palm Beach County Courthouse, Nova Southeastern University, and the Minnesota Department of Corrections. His scholarly interests include: restorative justice, social justice, social movements, social networks, and social capital. He and his partner are the parents of three wonderful children. Steven Hawkins holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University. He is the Founder and director of Dramatic Problem Solving (DPS). Steven works with communities and groups to help them transform their conflicts. Recent projects include facilitation workshops and play making with youth groups in Ecuador and Colombia, a women's group in La Carpio, an urban squatters community in San Jose, workshops with Patch Adams and his traveling clown trips to Costa Rica, Clowning and Theatre at SOS villages in Nicaragua, workshops with the BriBri indigenous people in Costa Rica, and short courses with public schools in rural Costa Rica through the Costa Rican Health Ministry. Steven is always working to expand and creatively improve the DPS model and its applications. A workbook on the process and applications of DPS is pending. Dr. James Hibel is Associate Professor of Family Therapy in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Senior Associate Dean for Institutional Enhancement for the Division of Applied Interdisciplinary Studies at Nova Southeastern University. He has published and presented widely on narrative therapy practices, on assessing outcomes in clinical training programs and on supervision issues. Neil H. Katz, Ph.D. is completing his fortieth year as a faculty member and sometimes administrator. He has held positions at Colgate University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, McMaster University in Canada, thirty-six years at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, and most recently, at Nova Southeastern University as a Chair and Professor. During his career, Neil has developed and led several community engagements programs such as the Campus Mediation Program, The Conflict Resolution Consulting Group, the Program in Nonviolent Conflict and Change, the Summer Institute on Creative Conflict Resolution and the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict. In addition to publishing numerous books, book chapters, and articles on nonviolent action, communication skills, conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation, Neil also is a nationally recognized consultant and trainer for his consulting firm, Dr. Neil Katz and Associates. Consuelo Doria Kelley is a doctoral student in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) currently completing her dissertation on academic integrity. She is a graduate of Yale College (B.A. 1976) and Yale Law School (J.D. 1980) and a member of the District of Columbia Bar. During her graduate studies at NSU she has served as a teaching and graduate assistant to DCAR faculty and as editor of numerous faculty publications and student dissertations. She received the Kathleen Harmon DCAR Scholarship in 2009, was elected DCAR Representative to NSU's Student Government Association for the academic year 2010-2011, named 2012 Student of the Year by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), and nominated by SHSS for the NSU 2012 Student Life Achievement Award as Student of the Year. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Consuelo is passionate about her remarkable two sons, inspired daily by her piano and oil paints, and deeply committed to strategic enhancement of the teaching and learning experience. Judith McKay is an Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Community Studies, the Chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) and the Director of Community Resolution Services (CRS). CRS provides services to the NSU and local communities including community and family mediation and training, facilitation, training, and consulting for communities and organizations, and conflict coaching for individuals and families. CRS also coordinates Peace Place, a collaborative project with the Broward County Library System. Judith has been professionally involved in conflict resolution for over 30 years. She has been interviewed on radio and television regarding conflicts in neighborhoods, families, and organizations. Judith presents each year at conferences and seminars and as an invited speaker at professional association meetings. She has provided training to attorneys, therapists, law enforcement officers, health care and social service providers, clergy, educators and others in subjects such as strategic community planning, mediation, family and domestic violence, conflict and crisis communication, diversity and culture, workplace conflict and bullying, and community development. She is currently engaged in several research projects including: the perceptions of experienced conflict coaches; the role of interdisciplinarity in the design of collaborative community projects; and the perceptions of elders regarding social change and conflict. While at NSU Judith has been involved as principle investigator in two major grants from the US Department of Justice and as a coordinator in a major grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services. She launched a new graduate program in National Security Affairs in 2011. Ismael Muvingi is an Associate Professor in Conflict Resolution at Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA. Ismael is a native of Zimbabwe and during Zimbabwe's war for liberation from colonial rule, he worked for the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace going into war zones and recording the stories of the unarmed civilians. After Zimbabwe's independence, Muvingi practiced law both in the private and the public sectors for close to twenty years and also lectured in law on a part time basis at the University of Zimbabwe. In North America, Ismael has worked for a US-based NGO as a legislative advocacy campaign manager on conflict resolution and HIV/ AIDS issues in Africa. Thereafter, Ismael taught conflict resolution at Menno Simons College, University of Winnipeg, for seven years before joining Nova Southeastern University. His research interests include transitional justice, human rights, extractive industries and social movements with an area focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Claire Michele Rice, Ph.D., is faculty member at the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR). Rice served as a consultant for over 15 years in poverty alleviation, diversity training, and conflict management to businesses, civic organizations, and institutions from primary to higher education in the Caribbean and in the U.S. Some of her consulting career's highlights include her work with Margaret McDonald Policy Management & Administration Center (MMPMAC) in Nassau, Bahamas, for a number of years in training and program development; and her training work with the Florida Agency for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas (FAVACA), assisting the Women in Democracy organization in Haiti; and her training of members of The Turks and Caicos Islands government and civic community in developing poverty alleviation programs and in enhancing their conflict management strategies. Rice received a Ph.D. at Florida International University (FIU) in Comparative Sociology with concentrations in race and ethnicity, sociolinguistics and cultural analysis. She also earned a Master of Arts degree in Linguistics and Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish, with a minor in French at FIU. Rice's teaching and research interests include poverty alleviation and economic empowerment, diversity research and training, collaborative problem-solving, conflict management and mentoring for human resource development. Rice is a board member at the Health Foundation of South Florida. She has received the Humanitarian of the Year Award at Florida Memorial University and outstanding service awards from DCAR, the Florida Education Fund, Florida International University, and the MMPMAC. Larry Rice, Ed.D., serves as Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs at Johnson & Wales University's North Miami Campus. He has spent more than seventeen years in the culinary, hospitality and business education field. Prior to joining Johnson & Wales University, Rice owned A Chef for Hire, a training and consulting firm for the hospitality industry. He continues to serve as a consultant for government, nonprofit and educational institutions. He is a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Education Committee of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Trust; was appointed to the Miami-Dade County Mayor's Miami International Airport Consumer Advisory Task Force; a member of the Tourist Development Council Nominations Committee; member at large and past Chair of the Board of the Visitor Industry Council of Greater Miami; and member of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor's Bureau. He has donated his time to a variety of community service initiatives, providing training and mentoring on conflict resolution, diversity and strategic management planning to the local community and abroad. Dr. Rice was the recipient of the South Florida Business Journal's 2007 "Up & Comers Award", a 2006 Finalist for the March of Dimes "Building Our Community Award", an honoree of the Legacy Magazine and was listed in the Miami Herald as one of the "50 Most Powerful Black Professionals in South Florida" in 2010. Rice received his B.S. and M.S. from Florida International University and his Ed.D. from Nova Southeastern University. Honggang Yang joined NSU in 1998. He has been serving as Dean for SHSS since 1999. In the early 1990s Honggang worked for the Carter Presidential Center of Emory University, as research associate and internship coordinator. He taught and chaired the Antioch program in conflict resolution in Ohio. He has also served on several boards in the fields of conflict resolution, community outreach, peace research, and anthropology.