Mara Schoeny

Mara Schoeny is an associate professor at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University and the Director of Undergraduate Programs. She teaches courses in research and evaluation methods, practice skills and the integration of inter-disciplinary approaches to conflict analysis and resolution. She was a 1998 USIA Visiting Fellow in the Curriculum Development Exchange Program, in residence at Yerevan State University, Armenia. As part of the grant she developed and taught simulation courses for undergraduate and master’s level sociology and social work students in family, organizational, political and community conflict. She is a former youth camp director with experience in traditional camp settings as well as dialogue and co-existence camps for youth from conflict areas. Her research and practice interests include nonviolence, education and training and dialogue processes.

Honors and Awards

• Teaching Excellence Award, George Mason University

Affiliations

• Northern Virgina Mediation Service

  She is Member of Board of Directors of Northern Virgina Mediation Service (NVMS).
  Northern Virgina Mediation Service

Media Appearances

• Washington Post Arlington Puts Diversity Among Its Top Priorities
  February 18, 2009
• Al Jazeera Virginia Votes 2008
  December 2, 2008

Presentations and Performances

• Webinar: Forging Alliances for Peace: Insights from a Conflict Resolution Scholar-Practitioner
  May 6 2013 | Arlington Campus
• Dissertation Proposal Defense - Soolmaz Abooali
  Jan 23 2017 | Metropolitan Building
• The Sixth Annual Graduate Education Symposium in Peace and Conflict Resolution
  May 27 2016 | Arlington Campus, Founders Hall

Degrees

• PhD, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
• MS, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University