GMU Instructor
Lisa E. Shaw is the Director of Field Experience and an administrative faculty member the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR) at George Mason University. She has been instrumental in the institution and growth of S-CAR Undergraduate Program as well as the Mason’s Peer Mediation Partners, a partnership between Mason students and peer mediators at local area middle schools and high schools focusing on the development of conflict resolution skills. She also co-developed and co-facilitates the Post Conflict Peace Building Field Experience in Liberia.
Ms. Shaw has seventeen years of experience in community-based youth programs. She was the program coordinator and lead teacher for Nature’s Classroom, created curriculum and traveling nature trunks for the Chattahoochee Nature Center, and has strong interest and experience in environmental issues. She taught for High Touch-High Tech, a hands-on learning program focused in strengthening national science standards, and directed primary after-school and summer programs for the City of Decatur Recreation Department. Ms. Shaw’s completed a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Philosophy, and Environmental Science at Regis University in Denver, Colorado and received a Master of Science degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution in Arlington, Virginia.
Amani Institute Instructors and Facilitators
Roshan Paul
Prior to The Amani Institute, Roshan has worked at Ashoka Innovators for the Public for more than seven years, helping create five new programs and managing two other global projects. Among these are Ashoka’s Peace Initiative (supporting social entrepreneurs in conflict zones) and Globalizer program (helping social entrepreneurs scale up their innovations). Originally from Bangalore, Roshan has a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, a Bachelor’s in International Relations from Davidson College, and is one of the founding participants of The Amsterdam School for Creative Leadership. He has guest-lectured at over a dozen universities in the United States and Europe, including Harvard University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins SAIS and HEC Business School Paris, and served on the Advisory Boards of several organizations working in peacebuilding and education. His writing has been published in, among others, Forbes, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, MIT's Innovations Journal, India Today, as well as a co-written chapter in the recent book, Dream of a Nation.
Ilaina Rabbat
Since the age of 15, Ilaina has been working actively towards social change. In Argentina she worked at the Argentine Youth Organization for the United Nations (OAJNU), serving on the Cordoba Region’s Executive Committee as well as on the National Board. To understand government better, she worked for the Córdoba Government’s International Cooperation Science and Education Secretary. In Spain, she worked in the International Cooperation Department of the Youth Council of Galicia-Spain, working on relations with the European Union. Then, seeking to help youth make a positive change in their communities she joined Ashoka’s Southern Cone office as Director of the Youth Venture Program. She then launched Ashoka’s El Salvador office, where she built and managed a youth violence prevention program through social entrepreneurship and the construction of social capital. She has also worked in community-based projects in Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia and Haiti. Ilaina studied International Affairs, Social Communication, Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Córdoba, Buenos Aires and Washington DC.