Post-Conflict State-building and Public Health Recovery: What Does the Ebola Pandemic in Liberia Teach

The Brown Bag Lectures Showcase current projects or trends in the conflict analysis and resolution field and are presented by practitioners, faculty or students. Bring your lunch and join us!

Guest Speaker: Samuel Johnson

Post-Conflict State-building and Public Health Recovery:
What Does the Ebola Pandemic in Liberia Teach

Biography:
A native of Liberia, Samuel Wai Johnson, Jr. is a Graduate Lecturer at George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution undergraduate program. Last semester, he served as a Visiting Scholar at Eastern Mennonite University Department of Applied Social Sciences and Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Before leaving Liberia in 2006 for studies in the US, Sam worked with UNICEF as a Policy Communications Officer and a development consultant for local NGOs on issues of poverty reduction and sustainable development. He is a visiting faculty at the University of Liberia Department of Economics. Sam holds MAs in International Development and Economics from Ohio University and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Liberia. He is a PHD candidate at George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. His research focuses broadly on conflict-sensitive development and the economic dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding, with a specific focus on the relationship between post-conflict development finance and peacebuilding. He spent last summer in Liberia conducting field research for his dissertation where he saw firsthand the horrific impact of the Ebola pandemic on the country.