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Speaker Biographies
Dr. Heidi Burgess earned her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Colorado in 1979. She then did postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (where she worked with Larry Susskind and learned about the then very new approach to environmental disputes called "mediation"). She then returned to Colorado and worked for two years at an environmental mediation firm, later forming a public policy consulting firm with her husband, Guy Burgess. In 1988, with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Guy and Heidi helped establish the University of Colorado Conflict Resolution Consortium (now the Conflict Information Consortium), which they continue to co-direct today. Heidi also teaches in the University of Colorado's Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and the University of Denver Conflict Resolution Program. While she has authored and/or edited several books and many articles, her primary interest and focus of her scholarly work has been the development, writing, and editorial direction of the Consortium's online knowledge base systems, particularly CRInfo, the Conflict Resolution Information Source (www.crinfo.org) and Beyond Intractability--the website of the Intractable Conflict Knowledge Base Project (www.beyondintractability.org).
Recording of Dr. Burgess' Speech:
Dr. Craig Zelizer is the Associate Director of the MA in Conflict Resolution within the Department of Government at Georgetown University. His areas of expertise include working with youth from violent conflict regions, civil society development and capacity building in transitional societies, program evaluation and design, conflict sensitivity and conflict mainstreaming, the connection between trauma and conflict, the role of the private sector in peacebuilding, and arts and peacebuilding. He has published several articles, and co-edited the book Building Peace, Practical Reflections from the Field (Kumarian Press, 2009).
Recording of Dr. Zelizer's Speech:
He was one of the co-founders and a senior partner in the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to building peace through innovative research and practice. He has worked for or served as a consultant with many leading development and peacebuilding organizations including the United States Institute of Peace, Rotary International, and USAID. He has received a number of fellowships and awards, including serving as a Fulbright Junior Scholar in Hungary for two years and as a National Security Education Program Fellow in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the African Peace and Conflict Journal, Journal of Conflictology and the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development and is the founder of the Peace and Collaborative Development Network (http://internationalpeaceandconflict.org) an online network connecting 25,000 professionals in the fields of peacebuilding and development. He also serves on the boards/advisory boards of several organizations including: Masterpeace, TechChange, International Peace and Security Institute, and Dance4Peace.
Live stream begins at 2pm EST on May 19, 2012
Recording of Student Convocation Speakers
About Convocation
Convocation is S-CAR's celebration of graduating students. It is separate from the main George Mason graduation ceremony (Commencement).
S-CAR Convocation: Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:00 p.m. in Dewberry Hall of the Johnson Center, GMU Fairfax Campus, following the GMU Commencement.
- Convocation is celebrated by individual schools and colleges
- Individual school, college, and institute graduates only
- All guests are welcome; tickets are not required
- All graduates are individually recognized and photographed on stage
- Caps and gowns are required
This is the S-CAR community’s opportunity to celebrate your accomplishments. This event generally runs 1- 1 1/2 hours. At this ceremony all PhD, M.S. , BA, and B.S. students, graduating from S-CAR get their chance to walk across the stage and have their name read. We also do some S-CAR awards, and generally just have a good time. Graduates are requested to arrive one hour early, check in, and then will be arranged by degree, in alphabetical order. It is essential that you arrive at 1pm for the ceremony to ensure you name is read. The doors open for family members to take a seat at 1:30 p.m.--again, no tickets are required. Individual Photos of each graduate will be taken during the ceremony and you will automatically be contacted by the photographer for the opportunity to purchase copies. Afterward, there will be a reception with light food and drink.
For information particular to undergraduate and graduate students, please follow the links to their respective pages where you will also find the forms required to participate in the ceremony.
Convocation will be broadcast live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/school-for-conflict-analysis-and-resolution