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Faculty Profiles

The study of International Peace and Conflict Resolution draws on a variety of academic disciplines. Our faculty members are trained in political science, cross-cultural communication, sociology, international relations, social psychology, anthropology, international law, and counseling. They are deeply engaged in some of the most pressing issues of our times, promoting dialogue in the Middle East and Africa, improving the participation of women in peacebuilding in the Balkans and Northern Ireland, transforming post-conflict societies in Latin America, and conducting hostage negotiations both in the United States and internationally.

In their research and teaching of conflict and violence, IPCR Faculty examine alternative paradigms and analyses of how domestic and international policies and systems work in relation to peace and conflict. Thus, IPCR can integrate the study of cultural and psychological factors contributing to violent conflicts; social, economic, and political factors; and systemic forces that drive social systems toward violence. A constructive approach is also offered in studying the processes that can lead to nonviolent conflict resolution and transformation.

Ronald Fisher

Ronald Fisher

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Professor

Dr. Ronald Fisher is a professor of International Relations in the division of International Peace and Conflict Resolution. He was the founding coordinator of the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, a... [More]

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202-885-1547
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Mohammed Abu-Nimer

Mohammed Abu-Nimer

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Professor

Mohammed Abu-Nimer, of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution program, serves as Director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute. He has conducted interreligious conflict resolution training and interfaith dialogue workshops in confl... [More]

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202-885-1656
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Mubarak Awad

Mubarak Awad

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Mubarak Awad is the Founder and national President of the Youth Advocate Program, which provides alternative foster care and counseling to "at risk" youth and their families. He is also the Founder of the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonvi... [More]



Charles Call

Charles Call

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Associate Professor

Dr. Charles “Chuck” Call, an associate professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, focuses on post-war peacebuilding, democratization, human rights and policing and justice reform. He has conducted field research in all of Central Ameri... [More]

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Joseph Groves

Joseph Groves

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Adjunct Professor

Dr. Joseph Groves formerly served as a professor of religious studies and the director of peace and conflict studies at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, for 20 years and is a founding member of and continues to work with the Beloved Community Cent... [More]



Mark Habeeb

Mark Habeeb

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Adjunct Professor



Mirsad Jacevic

Mirsad Jacevic

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Adjunct Instructor



Alma Jadallah

Alma Jadallah

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Abdul-Hadi Jadallah advised and worked on the national and international levels on strategic projects related to: conflict prevention, mitigation, and recovery; leadership and program development and research; gender equality and women’s empowerm... [More]



Tarek Maassarani

Tarek Maassarani

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Adjunct Assistant Professor

At American University, Tarek Farouk Maassarani is a lecturer in the field of peacebuilding and an adviser to the Dialogue Development Group. He also provides dispute resolution services, including mediation, dialogue facilitation, training, peace ed... [More]



Ahmed Mahmud

Ahmed Mahmud

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer



Colman McCarthy

Colman McCarthy

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Adjunct Professor



Julie Mertus

Julie Mertus

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Professor

Professor Julie Mertus is the co-director of Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs. She has written widely on human rights and gender, conflict, the Balkans, U.S. foreign policy and U.N. institutions. She is the author or editor of ten books, including Ba... [More]

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Shadi Mokhtari

Shadi Mokhtari

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Assistant Professor

Shadi Mokhtari specializes in human rights, Middle East Politics and Political Islam. She has an extensive background in human rights and women’s rights issues in the Middle East and Muslim World. She is the Editor in Chief of the Muslim World Journa... [More]

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202-885-6570
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Abdul Aziz Said

Abdul Aziz Said

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Professor

Dr. Said is the senior ranking professor at American University and the first occupant of the endowed Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace. He founded the university-wide Center for Global Peace, which undertakes a range of activities, both on ... [More]

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202-885-1632
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Susan Shepler

Susan Shepler

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Shepler's research interests include youth and conflict, reintegration of former child soldiers, post-conflict reconstruction, refugees, education and economic development, NGOs and globalization, transitional justice, and childhood studies. In a... [More]

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202-885-2454
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Fereshteh Simone

Fereshteh Simone

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Scholar in Residence

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Anthony Wanis-St. John

Anthony Wanis-St. John

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Anthony Wanis-St. John researches  international negotiation, military negotiations, ceasefires, humanitarian negotiations and peace processes. He has created several advanced courses on negotiation for SIS, ranging from interpersonal skills and ... [More]

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Barbara Wien

Barbara Wien

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Adjunct Instructor

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 d... [More]



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