Barbara Wien

Adjunct Instructor
School of International Service

• Since 1981, Barbara Wien has worked to stop human rights abuses, violence and war.  She has protected civilians from death squads in conflict zones, led eight nonprofit organizations, taught alternatives to war and violence at six universities, and delivered peace seminars in 58 countries.  She is the author of 16 articles, study guides and books, including PEACE AND WORLD ORDER STUDIES, a pioneering curriculum guide for university professors, which sold over 10,000 copies and is now in its 7th edition.  She has been awarded four times for her visionary leadership and moral courage by foundations, civic organizations and academic societies.  She is named in Amy Goodman’s book Exceptions to the Rulers, and in The Progressive magazine for speaking truth to power.  Her media appearances include The Washington Post, NBC Nightly News, Australian Public Broadcasting, Nuclear Times magazine, The Harold Saunders Show, and radio interviews in India, Uganda, Zambia, Palestine-Israel, and Australia.  Her areas of expertise are civic engagement, grassroots nonviolent movements, and gender equity. 
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Degrees

  BA, MA