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In Conflict and Peace studies our specialized knowledge is understanding conflict as both a process and phenomena that is the result of human experience.
Embedded within this is an understanding of human development and interaction, especially the biological, psychological, social, and contextual sources, causes, and patterns of conflict. Of equal importance to the discipline are an ability to understand and apply the skills, processes, tools, and techniques available to analyze, prevent, contain, manage, resolve, or transform negative conflict to create positive peace.
- Much of my own scholarship has focused on Family conflict resolution professionals, policy, and practice including: mediators, parenting coordinators, parent educators, and family law and policy.
- Community engaged or community based scholarship and for me this includes both dispute resolution program development and evaluation, research into community engaged scholars, and community engaged pedagogy
- The (ever evolving) 5Ps/Ps & Qs Model of conflict and dispute resolution
- Some of my earlier work focused on children's development in cultural context and connections between theory and research.For a full listing of my research, teaching, and service please download my CV at the bottom of this page.
For me, the defining feature of conflict and peace studies is the ability of scholars to translate similarities and complexities of conflict and peace processes into practices which can be applied at both the local and global levels to problems from family, workplace, and community disputes to international human rights issues, border disputes, and international peace treaties. No matter the focus of a scholar's work, the scholarly methods should encourage the co-creation of solutions that value the knowledge and experience of those most directly impacted by the conflict, as well as, integrating disciplinary best practices as the optimal method of addressing the needs of all involved. In other words, scholars are concerned about the individuals, issues, the process, and the outcomes.
Photo: Sherrill with Johan Galtung at TRANSCEND-USA meeting. May 2010. Photo by Chuck Egerton.
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