 | Chris Mitchell Emeritus Professor of Conflict Research at George Mason University Visit Dr. Mitchell's Profile page
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| Christopher Mitchell is an Emeritus Professor of Conflict Research at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. Previously he held research and teaching positions at University College, London; the London School of Economics; the University of Southampton; and the City University, London. He has published widely on mediation and the theory of conflict resolution and worked as researcher, mediator and facilitator on conflicts in Somalia, Northern Ireland, Liberia, Cyprus, Guinea, the Middle East and the Basque Country. A selection of his publications include: Gestures of Conciliation (2000), Negotiation as Problem Solving: Challenging the Dominant Metaphor (1999), Handbook of Conflict Resolution: The Analytical Problem-Solving Approach (1996), and The Structure of International Conflict (1981). Most recently, together with his colleagues at George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Dr. Mitchell has headed the Institute’s “Local Zones of Peace” project, which involves delineating and analyzing local communities’ efforts to establish neutral and secure “zones of peace” in countries suffering from protracted conflicts, such as the Philippines, Colombia and El Salvador. Also, Dr. Mitchell is currently working on a textbook that summarizes the current state of knowledge of the overall field of conflict analysis and resolution. | |
Daniel Rothbart is Professor of Conflict Analysis at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Virginia. Professor Rothbart earned a Ph.D. from Washington University, St. Louis. In addition to his positions at George Mason University, he was Visiting Research Scholar at Linacre College, Oxford (Summer 2000), Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (Summer 1994), and University of Cambridge (Summer 1990). Professor Rothbart specializes in identity-based conflicts, ethics and conflict, conflict theory and philosophy, the causes of protracted violence, and civilians in war. He chairs the Sudan Task Groups which works towards peacebuilding in the Darfur region of Sudan. In addition to his numerous publications in scholarly journals and volumes, he recently published the following books: Identity, Morality, and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict (co-edited), He currently serves as editor of the book series “Ethics, Conflict and War” for Routledge Press. | |
 | Ronald Fisher Director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Division Visit Dr. Fisher's Profile page
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| Ronald Fisher is a Professor of International Relations and Director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Division in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC. He was previously the Founding Coordinator of the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan. His primary interest focuses on interactive conflict resolution, which involves informal third party interventions in protracted and violent ethnopolitical conflict. He has worked on the longstanding dispute in Cyprus and similar conflicts in other parts of the world. Dr. Fisher's publications include Social Psychology: An Applied Approach(1982), The Social Psychology of Intergroup and International Conflict Resolution (1990), Interactive Conflict Resolution (1997), Paving the Way: Contributions of Interactive Conflict Resolution to Peacemaking (2005), and numerous articles in interdisciplinary journals in the field of peace and conflict resolution. Dr. Fisher has 30 years of experience as a trainer and consultant, and at the international level, has provided workshop design and training expertise in conflict resolution to several international institutes which organize workshops for diplomats, nongovernmental staff, military personnel, and citizen peacebuilders from a wide range of countries. In 2003, he received the Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award from the Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, and he has been elected as a Fellow in both the American and Canadian Psychological Associations. | |
 | Alma AbdulHadi - Jadallah Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution Visit Dr. Jadallah's Profile page
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Dr. Abdul-Hadi Jadallah is Adjunct Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Jordon, and her master’s and doctoral degrees from George Mason University. Dr. Jadallah advised and worked on the national and international levels on strategic projects related to: conflict prevention, mitigation, and recovery; leadership and program development and research; gender equality and women’s empowerment; training and education in conflict analysis and resolution; monitoring and evaluation, and capacity building. She holds over 10 years of experience with projects in the US and the Middle East. Clients include academic institutions, Fortune 50 companies, government and non-governmental organizations. She is the recipient of the 2009 Regional Star Business Award, DC Region Top Women Business Enterprise for 2008 and the Top 100 Minority Business Award for 2007. | |
Cleophus (Tres) Thomas, III is a Ph.D. student at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. He holds a M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University in Washington, DC, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Thomas was employed as a legal assistant at a regional corporate law firm in North Carolina, after obtaining his B.A. Following that time, he served as an intern at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC for 18 months. His research covered the areas of international development and security through the Center for Global Prosperity and the Center for Future Security Studies. Portions of his research were published in the Index of Global Philanthropy (2007). Complementary to his studies at American University, he was an active participant in the Dialogue Development Group and took part in other trainings on facilitation, including facilitation for problem-solving workshops. The purpose of this educational foundation is to move towards a professional career in unofficial diplomacy, with an emphasis on dialogue and problem-solving.
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