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FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES – Anthony Wanis-St. John

Anthony Wanis-St. John
Assistant Professor
International Peace & Conflict Resolution

Phone
202-885-1544

Fax
202-885-2494

E-Mail
wanis@american.edu

Location
Clark, Room 206

Web site
www.aupeace.org/faculty/wanis

Biography
Anthony Wanis-St. John joined the faculty of American University's School of International Service as Assistant Professor in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution program in September 2006. Prior to this post, he was a Research Associate at the Center on International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University.

He earned his Ph.D. (2001) and M.A.L.D. (1996) from the Fletcher School, Tufts University and was awarded a Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation. He has previously taught at the Université de Bordeaux Ecole de Management; University of Massachusetts' Dispute Resolution Program; Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies; Tufts University's Fletcher School; Notre Dame University (Beirut, Lebanon) and Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy.

Dr. Wanis-St. John is completing a book with Lynne Rienner Publishers entitled Back Channels: Two Edged Sword of Peacemaking. He has consulted with the World Bank, the World Health Organization, USAID, the Department of State and numerous civil society organizations on peacebuilding work. He also conducts advanced negotiation trainings and consulting in diverse organizational contexts and sectors.

Education
M.A.L.D., PhD, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
BS, St. John's University (Magna Cum Laude)

Publications
(Selected)

• "Back Channel Negotiation: International Bargaining in the Shadows," Negotiation Journal, vol. 22, no. 2 (2006)
• "Civil Society and Peace Negotiations: Why, Whether and How They Could Be Involved" (with Thania Pfaffenholz and Darren Kew), Paper prepared for Oslo Forum: Global Forum for Senior Conflict Mediators, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 26-28, 2006.
• "Cultural Pathways in Conflict Resolution," in Moffitt and Bordone, eds., Handbook of Dispute Resolution (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
• "Implementing ADR in Transitioning States," Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Vol. 5 (2000)
• "The National Security Council: Tool of Presidential Crisis Management," Journal of Public and International Affairs, vol. 9, no. 1 (1998)
• "Thinking Globally and Acting Locally," Review Essay of Negotiating Globally, by J. Brett and Reaching for Higher Ground in Conflict Resolution, by F. Dukes, M. Piscolish and J. Stephens Negotiation Journal, vol. 19, no. 3 (2003)
• "Third Party Mediation Between India and Pakistan," International Peacekeeping, vol. 4, no. 4 (1997).

Research Interests

• Civil society and peace processes
• Complex adaptive systems and negotiation
• Complexity sciences
• Culture and negotiation
• Implementation problems in peace processes
• International Negotiation
• Middle East Peace Process

Recent Courses Taught

• Comparative Peace Processes
• Culture, Peace and Conflict Resolution
• International Negotiation
• Negotiation Analysis and Skills

Selected Awards

• Palestinian-American Research Council, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2005-2006
• National Security Education Foundation Language Study Fellowship, 1998
• Arthur Vining Davis Foundation PhD Fellowship, 1996-1997
• W. H. Donner Foundation Fellowship for research into Middle East peace process, 1995-1996
• Gibran Kahlil Gibran Scholarship, 1995

Professional Practice (Selected)

• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), Washington, DC
• Project design and post-implementation evaluation for judicial modernization loan projects financed by the World Bank in Latin America and Asia (1997 to present):
• Mexico: Advisory Group for design of Mexicos state court reform program, work on project appraisal loan document for Board approval; participation in negotiations with Mexican government client agency BANOBRAS
• Venezuela: initial field research for project design; participation in negotiation of Aide-Memoire for project terms of reference
• Guatemala: monitoring and evaluation missions for court-annexed mediation programs for Guatemalas Mayan indigenous and other populations; monitor and report on progress of entire judicial modernization project
• El Salvador: facilitator and analyst at strategic planning workshop for El Salvadors Supreme Court judicial reform program
• Honduras: development of project concepts and strategies for upcoming loan
• World Health Organization, United Nations
• Promotion and analysis of Health as a Bridge for Peace: public health projects sponsored jointly by warring parties in armed conflicts, participation at February 2005 conference at United Nations; planning and facilitation of September 2005 workshop in Finland
• Israel Palestine Negotiation Partners & Vienna CM Partners, Vienna
• Track II conflict resolution for Palestinian and Israeli negotiation staff, civil society leaders and government officials (2003-2004)
• University of San Diego, Department of Political Science and International Relations
  Conduct external review of two bachelors and two masters programs, assess curricular design, faculty lines, program viability and future directions (2003)
• Conflict Management Group, Cambridge
• Conduct research on Latin American ADR practices and program impact, conduct field research in Bolivia on USAID-funded ADR programs, contribute annex to USAIDs project management guide for ADR; conduct training for Inter-American Development Bank in Dominican Republic; USAID proposal development; Israel-Palestine Negotiations workshop (1997-2002)

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