Conference Proceedings

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Introduction

            These papers are by graduate students from around the world all studying conflict. Though it is common in a preface to identify themes or common approaches in conference papers, what is striking here is the absence of such commonality. What one finds instead are continuous bursts of imagination, originality, and intellectual energy. These papers do not help us predict where the field is going, but they do give us optimism about the high quality of intelligence, the passionate commitment to solve many of the world’s great problems, and the willingness to push the boundaries of academic inquiry. That drive suggests that the “next generation” of scholars is already on its way to making major contributions.

David Matz

Director of the Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution at UMass Boston

Table of Contents

Session I:  Panel A

Conflict in International Settings...9

“The Role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Documenting War Atrocities for Post-Conflict Decomcratisation in Sierra Leone”

Proscovia Svärd, The Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden...10 

“A Blind Spot in Security Council Practice”

Cora True-Frost, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts...15

“HIV/AIDS Grass-root NGO’s in China”

Hitomi Sato, Waseda University, Japan...21

"The Mellon-MIT Inter-University Program on Non-Governmental Organizations and Forced Migration"                                                                                                        

Olajide Olagunju, Brandeis University, Massachusetts ...29

Session I:   Panel B

Organizational Conflict...34

“Labor Conflict Resolution – Do We Need Labor Courts?”

Yaron Catane, Hebrew University, Israel...35

“Is and Outcome Fair Because It was Calculated?”                                                          

Jim Gallagher, UMass Boston, Massachusetts...40

“A Dynamic Approach to Exploring Power in Interpersonal Conflict at Work”

Rae Yunzi Tan, Columbia University, New York...48

“Conflict and Dispute Resolution in a Cohousing Community”

Helen Barrington, UMass Boston, Massachusetts...55

Session I:  Panel C

Approaches to ADR Practice...60

“Mediation and Mental Illness: Difficult Decisions in Practice”

Nicholas Diehl, University of North Carolina...61

“Creative Conflict: Theatre and the Art of Conflict”

Daniel Horsey, Antioch University, Ohio...68

“Choosing Words: Communication Strategy in Legal Negotiations”

Paul Taylor, University of Manitoba, Canada...74

Session I:  Panel D

International and Political Conflict...79

“The Impact of Political Structures on 3rd Party Intervention”

Alexandru Balas, University of Illinois, Illinois...80

“Non-Violence during “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine, 2004”

Oleksiy Burchevskyy, UMass Boston, Massachusetts...85

“The Right to Life and State Violence in Northern Ireland”

Christopher Connolly, Cornell Law School, New York...91

“Will ‘A Forward Strategy of Freedom’ Protect the U.S. from International and/or Transactional Conflicts?”

Timothy Burke, UMass Boston, Massachusetts...96

Session II:  Panel A

Culture and Identity...103

“Transformation and Empowerment of Muslim Women through Islam and Conflict Resolution”

Sana Saeed, George Mason University, Virginia...104

“Cultural Conflict in the US: Competing Identities and Values”

Pamela Creed, George Mason University, Virginia...109

“An Ethnographic Synopsis of American Muslim Representation Following the Events of 9/11”   Tony Gaskew, Nova Southeastern University...116

“Cultural Impacts on Intercultural Relationship Conflict”

Hong Ren, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania...123

"The Conflict Resolution Skills of Academically Successful Inner City High School Students"

Sarah Woodside, UMass Boston, Massachusetts...139

Session II:  Panel B

Media and International Conflict...241

“Public Relations and Diplomacy: Using Commercial Communications to Resolve International Conflicts”

Bobby Huen, Nova Southeastern University, Florida...242

“The Representation of the Arab Israeli Identity in the Israeli Media, and the Construction of the Jewish Israeli Identity”

Dana Selinger-Abutbul, Tel Aviv University/Brandeis University, Massachusetts...249

Session II:  Panel C

Health Care Conflict...254

“Evidence of Role Conflict among Home Healthcare Nurses”

Linda Samia, UMass Boston, Massachusetts...255

“Workplace Bullying Experienced by Nurses Newly Licensed in Massachusetts and the Relationship to Intention to Leave the Organization”

Shellie Simons, UMass Boston, Massachusetts...262

“Bio-Ethics Mediation at the End-of-Life: An Unused Model?”

Jeanne Ten Broeck, University of Baltimore, Maryland...270

Session II:  Panel D

Conflict Dynamics and the ADR Process...275

“‘This is Not a Negotiation:’ The Use of Reframing In Conflict”

David Alpher, George Mason University, Virginia...276

“Explorations of Mediator Schema”

Tiffany Butts, Rutgers University, New Jersey...281

“Presence of Dialogue in Mediation: A Buddhist Oriented ‘Relational Worldview’ as Means for Transformation”

Ran Kuttner, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts...289

Session III:  Panel A

Religion, Education, and Youth...296

“Third World in America: Structural and Cultural Violence in Public Education”

Kerry Stephen, University of Baltimore, Maryland...297

“Religious Leaders as Mediators – A Necessary Progression”

Andrew Cook, School for International Training, Vermont...302

“Let those who pray go over: A Proposal for Grace Among the Christians of Uganda”

Mary Moorman, Yale University, Connecticut...308

Session III:  Panel B

Theory as an Analytical Tool ...330

“Beyond Macro and Micro Theories, and into ‘Nano’ (Intrapersonal) Conflict Dynamics”

Cristina Andriani, Nova Southeastern University, Florida...331

“Chinese Women’s Grievance Arts: a Case for Positioning Theory”

Nancy Morrison, George Mason University, Virginia...337

Session III:  Panel C

Gender and Violence...342

“Gender and Violence: Women’s Participation in the LTTE”

Maneshka Eliatamby, George Mason University, Virginia...343

“Rape as a Weapon of War and Tool of Genocide”

Nicole Goodrich, George Mason University, Virginia...351

“The Role of LEDAP in Combating Domestic Violence in Nigeria: A Case Study of Lagos State”

Olabimpe Olatubosun, University of Ibadan, Nigeria...356        

Session III:  Panel D

Continuing Conflict and Post Conflict Situations ...361

“Why People Join Illegal Armed Groups: Unveiling Some Hidden Root Causes of the Perpetuation of the Colombian Conflict”

Carlos Marin, Clark University, Massachusetts...362

“Resource-Curse in Reverse: The Coffee Crisis and Armed Conflict in Columbia”

Oeindrila Dube, Harvard University, Massachusetts...371

"Comparative Legal Study of Bedouins Situation in Israel and Jordan"                                

Talia Berman-Kishony, Harvard Law School and UMass Boston, Massachusetts...380

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