People
Fathali Moghaddam, Ph.D., Director
Dr. Moghaddam is director of the Conflict Resolution Program and Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at CIPERT: the Center for Interdisciplinary Policy, Education and Research on Terrorism. Born in Iran, Dr. Moghaddam received most of his formal education in the United Kingdom, but returned home in 1979 at the height of the Iranian revolution. There he conducted research on the hostage crisis and early years of the Iran-Iraq war. Dr. Moghaddam worked for the United Nations and for McGill University before coming to Georgetown in 1990. He has conducted experimental and field research on intergroup relations in numerous cultural contexts and published extensively on conflict, justice, radicalization, and terrorism. Recent titles include How Globalization Spurs Terrorism (2008, Praeger), Global Conflict Resolution through Positioning Analysis (2008, Springer), Multiculturalism and Intergroup Relations (2008, American Psychological Association Press), and From the Terrorists’ Point of View (2006, Praeger).
The American Psychological Association (APA) Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence awarded Dr. Moghaddam its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
Craig Zelizer, Ph.D., Associate Director
Dr. Zelizer is the Associate Director of Conflict Resolution Program. 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 recently co-edited the book Building Peace, Practical Reflections from the Field (Kumarian Press, 2009).
Dr. Zelizer is one of the co-founders of the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to building peace through innovative research and practice. He has worked for or served as a consultant with the United States Institute of Peace, USAID, International Research & Exchange Board, Catholic Relief Services, and Rotary International. Professor Zelizer 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. To date he has worked in over 18 countries.
Dr. Zelizer currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the African Peace and Conflict Journal the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, and the Journal of Conflictology. He is the founder of the Peace and Collaborative Development Network, an online network connecting 16,000 professionals in the fields of peacebuilding and development.
Ayse Kadayifci, Ph.D
Dr. Kadayifci, a native of Turkey, joined the Conflict Resolution program in the summer of 2011 after teaching at American University since 2005.
Dr. Kadayifci has published extensively on how religion and identity affects conflict resolution, nonviolence in Islam, and the Israel-Palestine conflict. She has previously worked for USIP and currently serves as Associate Director of the Salam Institute for Peace and Justice in addition to her teaching duties at Georgetown.
She received her B.A. from the University of Ankara, Turkey, her M.A. from the University of Kent, U.K. , and her PhD from American University.
Dr. Banchoff is Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and an Associate Professor in the Government Department and the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He is editor of Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2007); Religious Pluralism, Globalization, and World Politics (forthcoming, Oxford University Press); and Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights, co-edited with Robert Wuthnow (forthcoming, Oxford University Press).
Dr. Hillyer is the HRH King Abdullah of Jordan, Generations For Peace, Sport and Peacebuilding Fellow for the Conflict Resolution Program. Her research and teaching interests include the intersection of sport and peacebuilding, the role/value of sports and recreation for girls and women living in conflict regions, and the intersection of sport and technology to promote dialogue among youth from various regions of the world.
Since 1993, Dr. Hillyer has worked for Global Sports Partners, where she formed Sports 4 Peace. She has led various sport and peacebuilding projects in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey, and China.
Dr. Howard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. She was previously the founding director of the Master of Arts Program in Conflict Resolution at Georgetown.
Dr. Howard's research and teaching interests span the fields of international relations, comparative politics, and conflict resolution, focusing on peacekeeping, civil wars, U.S. foreign policy, and area studies of the Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa. She has published several articles and book chapters on these topics. Her book, UN Peacekeeping in Civil Wars (Cambridge University Press, 2008) won the 2010 Best Book award from the Academic Council on the UN System.
In 2011-2012, Dr. Howard will serve as a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Qamar Huda, PhD.
Qamar Huda s the scholar of Islam and Senior Program Officer in the Religion and Peacemaking Center at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Dr. Huda’s area of interest is Islamic intellectual history, ethics, comparative religion, the language of violence, conflict resolution and non-violence in contemporary Islam. His edited book, The Crescent and Dove: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam provides a critical analysis of models of nonviolent strategies, peace building efforts, and conflict resolution methods in Muslim communities. His current research is on Christian-Muslim relationships in conflict zones and on comparative Sunni-Shi’ite interpretations of social justice, ethics, and post-conflict reconciliation. Dr. Huda has examined the production of religious knowledge, the diversity of religious practices and religious thought, and peacemaking in Islam. His earlier book, Striving for Divine Union: Spiritual Exercises for Suhrawardi Sufis examined the theological, political, and social dimensions of the celebrated Suhrawardi Sufis from Iraq to South Asia. He served as the guest editor to The Journal of Peacebuilding and Development for the Special Issue on “Islam and Peacebuilding" and as the guest editor to The Muslim World Journal for the Special Issue on “Qawwali: Politics, Poetry and Performance.” He has published articles on comparative ethics, inter-faith dialogue, religious peace building, rituals, and conflict resolution in several journals. He earned his doctorate from UCLA in Islamic intellectual history, earned his B.A. from Colgate University, and studied in Islamic seminaries overseas.
Brian Kritz teaches courses in the rule of law and conflict resolution, international law, and mass atrocity law for the Georgetown University M.A. Program in Conflict Resolution and the Department of Government. Previously, he was a legal advisor to the Prosecutor General’s Office for the Republic of Rwanda, and a criminal prosecutor in the State of California, specializing in gang violence and sex crimes prosecutions. Mr. Kritz’s most recent publication is entitled International Legal Protections for Women and Female Children: Rwanda – A Case Study. He received his J.D. from The Georgetown University Law School and his B.S. in Foreign Service from The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Jessica Raper is Special Assistant for Policy Planning in the Office of the President at Georgetown University. Her interests include dispute resolution in transitional justice settings and the integration of customary dispute resolution mechanisms into developing legal systems. Ms. Raper was previously an attorney in private practice, with specialty areas including international and complex business litigation. She also worked as a staff attorney at NASD Dispute Resolution, Inc.
Dr. George E. Shambaugh, IV is Associate Professor of International Affairs and Government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Chairman of the Department of Government. His research and teaching focus on topics of international politics, foreign policy, international political economy, and the environment.
Dr. J. P. Singh is Associate Professor at the graduate program in Communication, Culture and Technology at Georgetown University. He specializes in global governance and development, specifically covering issues in multilateral deliberations and conflict resolution, cultural identities and creative industries, and the global services economy. Dr. Singh is the author of Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity (Columbia 2010/forthcoming), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Creating Norms in a Complex World (Routledge/forthcoming, 2010), International Cultural Policies and Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), Negotiation and the Global Information Economy (Cambridge 2008), Information Technologies and Global Politics (with James N. Rosenau, 2002), Leapfrogging Development? The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring (1999). He has authored over three-dozen scholarly articles and has been a visiting scholar at the World Trade Organization in Geneva and at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC. He was Editor of the Wiley-Blackwell journal Review of Policy Research, the politics and policy of science and technology, from 2006-09.
Dr. Taylor is an Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service and Director of African Studies at Georgetown. His research and teaching interests lie in the areas of African politics and political economy, with a particular emphasis on business-state relations, anti-corruption programs, warlords, and economic reform. He recently published his third book, Business and the State in Southern Africa: The Politics of Economic Reform.
Alan C. Tidwell, Ph.D.
Professor Tidwell is the Director of the Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies in the School of Foreign Service. He specializes in conflict resolution and education, conflict in the Australasian region, and organizational conflict management. He was formerly a program officer with the United States Institute of Peace and is the author of Conflict Resolved? A Critical Assessment of Conflict Resolution.
Dr. Tinsley is an Associate Professor of Business in the McDonough School of Business. She specializes in international negotiations, the effects of diversity on group performance, and the roles of gender, culture, perceptions of fairness, and reputation in the management of conflict. She has conducted negotiation and dispute resolution workshops in various countries including Germany, Japan, Korea, Slovenia, Hong Kong, and Mexico. Dr. Tinsley has consulted and provided negotiations training to various organizations including: the Staff of the U.S. Senate, Nextel, Verizon Avenue, the World Bank, and DPT Laboratories.
Dr. Charles Villa-Vicencio is a Visiting Scholar in the Conflict Resolution Program. Dr. Villa-Vicencio is also executive director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, based in Cape Town, South Africa. He was formerly the National Research Director in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He has published widely in the area of South African affairs. His most recent book is entitled Looking Back – Reaching Forward: Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa (Cape Town: David Phillip, 2000).
Elizabeth Waetzig is a Research Instructor with the Center for Child and Human Development at the Georgetown University Medical Center. An attorney by training, she specializes in mediation, negotiation, and systems change in health care and child serving systems.
Kevin Welber is a senior legal advisor for World Fuel Services Corporation, the world's largest reseller of marine and aviation fuels. He negotiates contracts and resolves disputes with oil companies, ocean shipping fleets, and government agencies. He is a specialist in the arrest of ships in foreign ports. Mr. Welber is also adjunct professor of negotiations at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. He has taught negotiations and mediation at George Washington University Law Center, Erasmus University in The Netherlands and Tec de Monterrey in Mexico. Prior to joining World Fuel, he was assistant counsel at the Defense Energy Support Center, the central procuring agency for the petroleum needs of the United States military.
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