S-CAR Activity Recap – March 2019

S-CAR's monthly Activity Recaps highlight the ongoing contributions being made by S-CAR students, faculty, and alumni to the field of conflict analysis and resolution. Each Activity Recap includes publications, presentations, and awards from the previous month.

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Summary

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Charles L. Chavis, Jr. will be joining the S-CAR faculty as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2019. Read a profile of him by Audrey Williams (Storyteller / News Editor). 

In March, 35 members of the S-CAR community—including students, faculty members, and alumni—participated in the annual convention of the International Studies Association in Toronto, Canada. At the convention, S-CAR professor Marc Gopin received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the PEACE Studies Section. Read a summary of S-CAR’s participation written by Associate Dean Juliette Shedd.

Beyond ISA, March was a busy month for the S-CAR community. Four members of the community received awards and recognitions. One book, five journal articles, and one report were published. Members of the S-CAR community authored or were featured in twenty-four media appearances, and nine events organized by S-CAR or featuring members of the S-CAR community took place.

Awards & Accolades

Juliette Shedd & Samantha Borders-Shoemaker (PhD Student) received The Gordon M. Conable Award from the American Library Association. The award recognizes public library staff members, library trustees, or public libraries that have demonstrated a commitment to intellectual freedom and the Library Bill of Rights. 

Mara Schoeny was recognized as a 2018-2019 leader in the Alternative Dispute Resolution field by Fairfax County. The honor recognizes individuals who significantly contribute to efforts in improving ADR accessibility within the Fairfax County Judicial System.  

Al Fuertes received the 2019 Global Peacebuilder award from The Daniel Fissell Music Foundation in recognition for his global humanitarian efforts.

Marc Gopin received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Peace Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA) at the 2019 ISA Annual Convention in Toronto from March 27–30, 2019.

Academic Publications

Books

Daniel Rothbart, State Domination and the Psycho-Politics of Conflict. Routledge. March 2019.

Journal Articles

Ziad Al-Achkar (PhD student), “Melting Arctic: Implications for the 21st Century.” Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations. March 22, 2019.

Daniel Rothbart and Susan H. Allen, “Building Peace Through Systemic Compassion.” Conflict Resolution Quarterly. March 15, 2019.

Landon E. Hancock (PhD ’02), “Narratives of Commemoration: Identity, Memory, and Conflict in Northern Ireland 1916–2016.” Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research. March 4, 2019.

Oded Adomi Leshem (PhD ‘18), Ismail Nooraddini, and James C. Witte, “Surveying Societies Mired in Conflict: Evidence of Social Desirability Bias in Palestine.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research. March 1, 2019.

Landon Hancock (PhD ’02), “Deliberative peacebuilding: agency and development in post-conflict practice.” Peacebuilding. Published March 18, 2019.

Papers & Reports

Thomas Flores, Jennifer R. Dresden, and Irfan Nooruddin. "Theories of Democratic Change, Phase III: Transitions from Conflict." USAID DRG (Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance) Center Working Paper. March 2019.

S-CAR in the News

Patricia Maulden was interviewed on a Voice of America television broadcast and featured in a New Delhi Times news article, both titled “Climate Protest: The Latest Youth Action for Social Change,” and both published on March 19, 2019. Both media publications feature Dr. Maulden discussing the growing occurrence of youth activism regarding climate change, as well as the potential impact young activists can have on public policy.

Sixte Vigny Nimuraba (PhD ‘18) was featured in an Agence Burundaise de Presse (ABP) news article titled “Sixte Vigny Nimuraba Has Been Elected to Replace Jean Baptiste Baribonekeza at the Charimanship of the CNIDH,” published on March 5, 2019. The article discusses Mr. Nimuraba’s recent election as Chairman of Burundi’s National Independent Commission on Human Rights (CNIDH).  

Mohammed Abu-Nimer (PhD ’93) was featured in an article by the KAICIID Dialgoue Centre titled “Religious Leaders Key in Promoting Human Rights and Protecting the Rights of Children” on March 7, 2019. 

Mohammed Cherkaoui (Adjunct Professor, PhD ’12, M.S. ‘07) was interviewed on an Al Jazeera television broadcast titled “U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem Closed, Downgrading Diplomatic Representation for Palestinians,” which aired on March 3, 2019. Dr. Cherkaoui assesses the impact of the closure of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem.

Laura Villanueva (PhD candidate) was featured in an article by PUM: Netherlands Senior Experts titled “Specialty Coffee from Colombia Made Available in Dutch Stores,” published on March 8, 2019. The article discusses Villanueva’s role as the co-founder of Tejipaz, an organization that contributes to the sustainable development of rural Colombian communities.

Adina Friedman (Adjunct Professor, PhD ‘06) wrote an article titled “Lessons from Tunisia on the Jewish Bridge to the Arab World” for The Jerusalem Post, published March 15, 2019. The article discusses the opposition among Tunisians towards normalizing relations with Israel, as well as the impact of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on Israeli foreign relations.

Yerevan Saeed (PhD student) appeared in several media publications, including an interview by Irfaasawtak titled “شهادة ناجٍ من مجزرة حلبجة يرفض أن يروي قصته لأطفاله [Testimony of a Survivor of the Halabja Massacre Refuses to Tell His Story to His Children]” (March 14, 2019); an interview by Voice of America Kurdish titled “دیمانە لەگەڵ یەریڤان سەعید سەبارەت بە کاریگەریـیەکانی کیمیابارانی هەڵەبجە بەسەر دانیشتوانەکەی.” (March 15, 2019); and a feature on a Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis (MECRA) article titled “Can Iraq and Kurdistan Rebuild and Stabilize Sinjar?” (March 15, 2019).

Roland B. Wilson was featured in an article by Mason News Korea titled “Dr. Roland B. Wilson, Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Visits Korean Armed Forces,” published on March 7, 2019. The article discusses Dr. Wilson’s guest lecture to 500 service members of the Korean Armed Forces, titled “Life and Serving Your Country: Unlimited Opportunities for You.”

Richard Rubenstein was interviewed by Carlos Xavier of Restoration Fellowship in a televised livestream titled “Interview with Richard Rubenstein: When Jesus Became God,” published March 20, 2019.  The interview features Dr. Rubenstein discussing his book When Jesus Became God and the historical literature that inspired him to write it.

Sara Cobb was interviewed by Rosemary Pennington on a podcast episode of Stats + Stories titled “Understanding Conflict Resolution” on March 28, 2019.

Talha Kose (PhD ’10) wrote four articles for The Daily Sabah, titled “How Sunday's vote may reshape Turkish politics” (March 29); “Turkey, EU should cooperate more, not less” (March 15); “In eastern Syria, the disagreements never cease” (March 8); and “Modern crises in the era of disunity” (March 1). He also published an article in Sabah titled “ABD’nin Türkiye’yi sopa ile tedip etme yaklaşımı geri tepiyor” [The U.S. approach of keeping Turkey in line with a stick is backfiring] on March 9, 2019.

Ibrahim Fraihat (PhD ’06) wrote an article titled “When Hamas is surrounded by itself” for Alaraby on March 21, 2019. He was also featured in an article by Al Jazeera titled “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold talks in Qatar” on March 4, 2019.

Tanja Thompson, Jordan Mrvos, Bethany Holland, and Audrey Williams (master’s students) organized a March 14 community dialogue that was covered in multiple news articles, including “Forum Seeks Input from Community on Lynching Memorials” (by Renss Greene for Loudoun Now, March 15, 2019), “Loudoun community questions need for lynching memorials, others become advocates” (by Nathaniel Cline for Loudoun Times-Mirror, March 16, 2019); and “Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring attends meeting on Leesburg lynching memorials” (by Josh Rosenthal for Fox 5 DC, March 14, 2019). 

Jalen Sherald (B.S. '15) wrote an article for The Inclusion Solution titled “GenY on D&I: Apologies Aren’t Cutting It," published on March 21, 2019. The article discusses controversies surrounding public figures using racial slurs, and the lack of social accountability against systemic racism.

S-CAR Events, Presentations, and Public Lectures

Leslie Durham organized the 6th annual Hyperbole Poetry Slam, which took place on Saturday, March 2, 2019. This is the largest individual youth poetry slam and festival in Virginia, where college students participate either by facilitation of poem workshops, reading their own poems at open mic, and/or being an audience member for the grand slam high-school competition.

The Douglass School, Loudoun Freedom Center, Leesburg Black History Committee, and Loudoun Chapter of the NAACP partnered with S-CAR to organize the Loudoun Lynching Memorial Community Discussion on March 14, 2019. The event was a dialogue on the historical memorial markers that will be placed at the sites of three lynchings that took place in Loudoun County between 1880 and 1902. The dialogue involved a panel discussion, followed by a facilitated open conversation in which members of the community discussed their perspectives on the historical markers. The event was organized by S-CAR master’s students Tanja Thompson, Jordan Mrvos, Bethany Holland, and Audrey Williams as part of Sara Cobb’s Spring 2019 Facilitation Skills (CONF 657) course.

On March 18, 2019, Karina V. Korostelina was joined by Dr. Toyomi Asano and Dr. Naoyuki Umemori for an interesting discussion on the “Challenges of Reconciliation Studies in East Asia: Nationalism and Transitional Justice After a Decolonization.”

A Dialogue & Difference event on “Sustainable Development” took place on March 19, 2019. The Dialogue and Difference Project aims to promote cultural, political, and social understanding through the process of community dialogue participation. The event included a panel discussion followed by interactive group discussions. Panelists for this event included: Eric Maribojoc (Executive Director, Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship), Chris Kennedy (Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University), and Sam Salem (Professor and Department Chair, Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University).

Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah (PhD ’06) participated in the National Science Foundation’s 2019 Women’s History month event on March 21, 2019, where she gave a presentation titled “The Untapped Potential of Women in Peacebuilding.” 

Sudha G. Rajput (PhD ’12) launched her book: Internal Displacement and Conflict: The Kashmiri Pandits in Comparative Perspective on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The book focused primarily on the displaced Hindu Pandits (Kashmiri Pandits), forced out by rising anti-Pandit violence in the Kashmir Valley in 1989. The analysis includes case studies of IDPs in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Serbia, and Sudan (Darfur). This effort helps position the displacement of the KPs in the context of global displacement.

Herman Wainggai (Visiting Scholar) launched the West Papua Human Rights Center at S-CAR on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Herman Wainggai is a West Papuan leader and former political prisoner who, after being persecuted, imprisoned, and tortured, led 42 people to safety across the open ocean to Australia in a traditional canoe. Herman leads a nonviolent global movement to bring awareness and an end to the religious persecution and human rights violations in his country. He speaks regularly at the United Nations and was nominated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

The South Sudan National Democratic Alliance USA partnered with S-CAR to organize the conference “Towards a Just and Sustainable Peace in South Sudan” on Saturday, March 23, 2019. The all-South Sudanese diaspora conference discussed the pros and cons of the Revitalized Agreement on Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS), which was signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 12, 2018. The conference brought together the Troika, IGAD, the African Union, the government of the Republic of South Sudan, the SPLM-IO, the SPLM, SSOA, the South Sudan National Democratic Alliance, religious leaders, civil society, and the public to deliberate on the above-mentioned concerns. Thus, the aim of the conference was to achieve a consensus on how to reach a durable peace in which South Sudan's 64 tribes can live together in peace and harmony.

Sahar Namazikhah defended her dissertation, Reflective Digital Dialogue: A Case Study on Iran-Israel Conflict on March 25, 2019. The dissertation was chaired by Susan H. Allen, with committee members Patricia Maulden and Carl H. Botan (Professor of Communication, George Mason University).

ISA Annual Convention (March 27–30, 2019, in Toronto) – S-CAR Participants

Agnieszka Paczynska gave a presentation titled “Land, Concessionary Agreements, and Conflict: The Challenge of Peacebuilding in Liberia” on March 27, 2019, on a panel discussing “Political Economy Perspectives on Peacebuilding.” She also served as a discussant on “Human Rights in Africa” (March 28) and “Resistance, Protests and State Responses” (March 28).

Marc Gopin was honored alongside Carolyn Nordstrom and Oliver Richmond at a roundtable on March 27, 2019, for receiving the PEACE Studies Section’s Distinguished Scholar Award.

Pamina Firchow presented a paper titled “We Don’t See Any Female Vaccinators’: Identifying Violent Extremism Using Locally Generated Indicators in Afghanistan” on the “Changing Norms of Gender, Power, and Representation” panel on March 29, 2019. She also served as a discussant on the “Critical and Comparative Approaches to Peacebuilding in (Post) Accord Landscapes” panel on March 29, 2019, as well as a roundtable participant discussing “Participatory Numbers – Methodological Innovation in Concept Formation” on March 27, 2019. 

Susan Allen served as the chair of two panels titled “Complexity-Informed Theories, Approaches and Methods for Peacebuilding: What Is the Added Value?” (March 28) and “African-Led Efforts in Preventative Diplomacy, Violent Extremism, and Conflict Resolution: Critical Analysis and Diversifying Knowledge and Practice in International Studies and Peace Studies” (March 29), and as a discussant on a panel on “The Ethics and Dilemmas of Peacemaking Practice, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights Advocacy” on March 29, 2019. She also presented a paper titled “Types of Conflict Resolution Engaged Scholarship” on a panel discussing “Opportunities and Challenges for Conflict Resolution Engaged Scholarship” on March 27, 2019.

Douglas Irvin-Erickson presented a paper titled “The United Nations Genocide Convention: The Anti-Colonial and Post‐Colonial Origins of the UN Treaty” on a panel discussing “The Non-Western Origins of the Genocide Convention, the ICC, and R2P: Re-Envisioning Progress and Innovation in Global Studies and Human Rights” on March 28, 2019. He also served as the chair of a panel on “The Ethics and Dilemmas of Peacemaking Practice, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights Advocacy” on March 29, 2019.

Christopher Mitchell served as a discussant on a panel on “Assessing Prospects for Peace in Colombia” on March 29, 2019.

Patricia Maulden presented a paper titled “Post‐Conflict Reconciliation Praxis: Localized Actions for Justice & Inclusion” on a panel discussing “Reconciliation as Interethnic Activity: Contact, Socialization and Positive Outcomes” on March 29, 2019. She also served as a chair of a panel titled “Methods for Engaging Interdisciplinary Integration: Innovative Contributions from the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Field” on March 30, 2019.

Juliette Shedd presented a paper titled “Is the Islamic State Really a Special Case: A Complexity Theory Analysis of Patterns of IS Attacks” for a panel titled “New Approaches to Studying Terrorism and Counterterrorism” on March 29, 2019. She also served as a chair for two panels titled “Evolving Discourses of Terrorism” (March 30) and “Methods for Engaging Interdisciplinary Integration: Innovative Contributions from the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Field” (March 30). 

Solon J. Simmons served as a discussant on a panel titled “Methods for Engaging Interdisciplinary Integration: Innovative Contributions from the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Field” on March 30, 2019. He also participated in a roundtable discussion titled “Participatory Numbers – Methodological Innovation in Concept Formation” on March 27, 2019.

Margarita Tadevosyan (PhD candidate) presented a paper titled “Ethics in Decision-Marking in Reconciliation Dialogues” for a panel on “The Ethics and Dilemmas of Peacemaking Practice, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights Advocacy” on March 29, 2019. She also presented her paper, “Synergy of Practice and Academia: Engaged Scholarship in Peacebuilding – South Caucasus Case Study” for a panel titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Conflict Resolution Engaged Scholarship” on March 27, 2019.

Fatma Jabbari (PhD student) presented a paper titled “Arab Uprisings, Transitional Societies, and Religious Discrimination: The Case of Tunisia” for the panel “Examining the Role of Religion and Religious Actors in Peacebuilding” on March 28, 2019. She also served as a discussant for the flash talk session “Revisioning Ethnicity, Race, and State: Conflicts and Possibilities” for which she presented a paper titled “Race and International Relations” on March 28, 2019. 

Shelly Clay-Robison (PhD student) presented a paper titled “Why Peacebuilding Needs the Visual Arts” on the panel “New Perspectives on Peacekeeping and Peace Operations” on March 28, 2019.

Alexander Cromwell (PhD candidate) served as the chair and discussant for a panel titled “The Role of Peace Education in Conflict Zones” for which he also presented a paper “Peace Education and Building a Culture of Peace with Pakistani Youth” on March 28, 2019.

Nawal Rajeh (PhD candidate) presented a paper titled “Creating Safe Spaces for Youth in Violent Communities” for the panel “The Role of Peace Education in Conflict Zones” on March 28, 2019.

Oluwagbemiga Dasylva (PhD student) served as a discussant for the flash talk session “Revisioning Ethnicity, Race and State: Conflicts and Possibilities” for which he also presented a paper titled “Expectation‐Experience Gap: Deciphering Models of Effective Peacebuilding Processes Using Structural Root Narrative” on March 28, 2019. He also presented the latter paper on the panel “Methods for Engaging Interdisciplinary Integration: Innovative Contributions from the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Field” on March 30, 2019.

Sandra Tombe (PhD candidate) presented a paper titled “The African Beginnings and Ends of the Responsibility to Protect Norm” for the panel “The Non-Western Origins of the Genocide Convention, the ICC, and R2P: Re-Envisioning Progress and Innovation in Global Studies and Human Rights” on March 28, 2019.

Lauren Kinney (PhD candidate) presented two papers: “Re‐Thinking U.S. Initiatves for Preventing Violent Extremism: Linking Discursive Patterns to Conflict Dynamics” for the “Religion, Terrorism and Extremism” panel on March 29, 2019, and “Reframing Terrorism: Exploring Discursive Strategies for Transforming Violent Conflict” for the panel titled “Methods for Engaging Interdisciplinary Integration: Innovative Contributions from the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Field” on March 30, 2019. 

Jessica M. Smith (PhD candidate) presented a paper titled “Picturing Power: Using Photovoice to Capture Women’s Wisdom and Resilience in the Aftermath of War” for the panel “Changing Norms of Gender, Power, and Representation” on March 29, 2019. 

Cesar Estrada Perez (PhD candidate) presented a paper titled “Narratives of Mass Violence: Widespread Killings, Militarization, and Social Fear in Mexico” for the panel “Beyond the Drug War: Re-Approaching Violence and Social Responses in Contemporary Mexico” on March 29, 2019.

Lisa McLean (PhD candidate) presented a paper titled “A Question That Has No End: The Politics of Life and Death in the Search for Missing Migrants in Mexico” for the panel “Beyond the Drug War: Re-Approaching Violence and Social Responses in Contemporary Mexico” on March 29, 2019.

Charles Davidson (PhD candidate) presented a paper titled “Dynamic Insurgency: Does Target Audience Proximity to a Conflict Affect the Collective Action Framework of a Transnational Insurgent Group?” for a panel discussing “Insurgency” on March 30, 2019.

Angelina Mendes (PhD student) presented a paper titled “Trauma Healing: An Arts‐Based Narrative Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Refugee Women in Indonesia” for the panel “Historical Memory and Trauma: Issues and Responses” on March 30, 2019. She also presented a paper titled “Re‐Envisioning Trauma Healing and Conflict Transformation: A Narrative Approach” for the panel “Methods for Engaging Interdisciplinary Integration: Innovative Contributions from the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Field” on March 30, 2019.

Claire Downing (PhD student) presented a paper titled “Centering Participants’ Experiences with Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Using Phenomenology: Making the Case for a Human Approach to Analyzing and Understanding CVE Programs” for the panel “Methods for Engaging Interdisciplinary Integration: Innovative Contributions from the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Field” on March 30, 2019.

Carol Daniel Kasbari (PhD candidate) presented a paper titled “The Visible Effects of ‘Invisible Politics’: ‘Infrapolitics’ or ‘Everyday Forms of Resistance’ and Possible Outcomes” for the panel “Peace Theory, Everyday Peace and Peacebuilding” on March 30, 2019.

Simona Sharoni (PhD ’93) was honored as a distinguished scholar on the FGTS Section Eminent Scholar Roundtable I (March 27). She also served as the chair and discussant for a roundtable discussion titled “Confronting Political Backlash: Creative Feminist Responses” (March 27). On March 28, she participated in a Structuring Inclusion “Inclusion Café,” and she served as the chair for a Structuring Inclusion discussion titled “Feminist Responses to Backlash: Creative Resistance and Solidarity” on March 29. Finally, she served as a discussant for a roundtable discussion titled “Leveraging Innovative Scholarship for Progressive Social Transformation II: From the World to Academia” on March 29, 2019.

Philip Gamaghelyan (PhD ’17) presented a paper titled “Inclusive Approaches for Track Two Initiatives” for the panel “Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Inclusion in Peace Processes” on March 27, 2019.

Larissa Fast (PhD ’02) served as the chair for a roundtable discussion titled “The Praxis-Scholarship Nexus in Peacebuilding and Statebuilding” on March 27, 2019. She also presented a paper titled “Localising Aid: The Meaning and Implementation of the ‘Local’ in Humanitarian Response” for the panel “Aid, Intervention, and Agency” on March 28, 2019.

Tetsushi Ogata (PhD ’14) presented a paper titled “Spectrum of Apology and Denial: How Japan Deals with the Past of Wartime Sexual Violence” for the panel “Sexual Violence: Dominance and Control of Women” on March 27, 2019. He also served as the discussant for the panel “African-Led Efforts in Preventative Diplomacy, Violent Extremism, and Conflict Resolution: Critical Analysis and Diversifying Knowledge and Practice in International Studies and Peace Studies” on March 29, 2019.

Jeremy A. Rinker (PhD ’09) presented a paper titled “Cities Transforming Trauma” for the panel “Cities and Urban Politics in International Studies” on March 27, 2019.

Sixte Vigny Nimuraba (PhD ’18) presented a paper titled “Toward a Better Collaboration Between Security Forces and Communities in Burundi?” for the panel “Military Personnel Policy” on March 27, 2019. On March 29, he presented a paper titled “National and International Dialogue in Burundi: The Local, Regional, Transnational, and Global Dynamics of Violence and Peace” for the panel “African-Led Efforts in Preventative Diplomacy, Violent Extremism, and Conflict Resolution: Critical Analysis and Diversifying Knowledge and Practice in International Studies and Peace Studies.”

Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod (PhD ’18) presented a paper titled “Social and Political Innovators – Diaspora Communities’ Sense of Activism” for the panel “Diasporas and the Formation of Foreign Policy” on March 29, 2019. She also presented a paper titled “The Contributions and Limitations of Multidisciplinary Fields: A Reflection of the Field of Conflict Resolution” for the panel “Methods for Engaging Interdisciplinary Integration: Innovative Contributions from the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Field” on March 30, 2019.

Mery Rodriguez (MS ’06) served as a participant in a roundtable discussion titled “Assessing Prospects for Peace in Colombia” on March 29, 2019. She also presented a paper titled “Positioning Gender Ideology Narrative as a Contributing Factor for the NO Vote on Colombia´s Peace Process: Is There Room for Dialogue?” for the panel “Gendered Violence in a Global Context” on March 29, 2019. Finally, she served as a discussant for the panel “Critical and Comparative Approaches to Peacebuilding in (Post) Accord Landscapes” on March 29, 2019.

Ami Carpenter (PhD ’08) served as the chair and discussant for a panel titled “Beyond the Drug War: Re-Approaching Violence and Social Responses in Contemporary Mexico” on March 29, 2019.

Siyabulela Mandela (former Visiting Scholar) presented a paper titled “Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Provention in Africa: The Basic Human Needs Perspective” for the panel “African-Led Efforts in Preventative Diplomacy, Violent Extremism, and Conflict Resolution: Critical Analysis and Diversifying Knowledge and Practice in International Studies and Peace Studies” on March 29, 2019.

Cheryl L. Duckworth (PhD ’08) presented a paper titled “Intercultural Dialogues in the Classroom: The Role of Youth Leadership” for the panel “Re-Visioning the Role of Education in International Relations” on March 29, 2019.