Conference Program
8:00 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Buffet
8:45 – 10:00 AM Opening Plenary
10 AM – 12 PM Concurrent Sessions I
Applying Theoretical Concepts
Panel Chair: Anna Ohanyon, Professor, Political Science; Stonehill College
“Elements of Nonviolence in Communication Inventory (ENVCI): A New Measure”
Lissa Young, University of Massachusetts Boston: Department of Clinical Psychology
“Uganda Peace Talks: The Negotiation Under-Commitment Problem”
Kim Hyesung, Tufts University: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
“Using Systems Thinking to Reinterpret US Foreign Policy”
Jeffrey Range, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, International Relations
“Negotiation and Nonviolent Action: Interacting in the World of Conflict”
Amy Finnegan, Boston College
Refugees and Minority Populations
Panel Chair: Theodore A. Johnson; Professor, Coexistence& Conflict/Sustainable International Development; Brandeis University
“Revitalizing Our Dances: Land & Dignity in Paraguay”
Cheryl Duckworth, George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Loss and Politics: Seeking a Solution to Vietnamese Central Highlander Discontent”
Joanna Hurlburt, American University: School of International Service
“The Role of Refugees in Separatist Conflict”
Kate Zimmerly, University of Denver: Conflict Resolution Institute
“Conflict in the Camps: Dispute Resolution in the Refugee Camps of Dadaab Kenya”
John Moore, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
Social Dynamics of Conflict
Panel Chair: James McGuire, Esq; JAMS, The Resolution Experts
“Nature and Nurture: Elements that Contribute to Basic Human Needs As They Relate to Interpersonal Behavioral Responses in a Negotiation”
Maria Garcia, Nova Southeastern University: Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Social Intelligence: What Social Neuroscience Tells Us about Emotions: Yours, Mine, and Ours”
Juliana Hoyt, Woodbury College: Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies
“Why Do In-groups Split? “
Mohammed Cherkaoui, George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Toward an Integrated Theory of the Sources and Dynamics of Social Conflict”
Ethan Finley, George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Alternate Approaches to Conflict, Peacemaking, & Capacity Building
Panel Chair: Hauwa Ibrahim, Esq; Radcliffe Fellowship Program, Harvard University
“Community Based Development of an Islamic Approach to Conflict Resolution”
Christopher Mendez, Nova Southeastern University: Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Lasting Impacts of Leadership Training: The Case of Burundi”
Elizabeth McClintock, Tufts University: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
“The Use of the Internet as a Coalition Building Mechanism”
James Coughlin, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
“Women Taking Agency During Violent Conflict: Case Studies of Women PeaceMakers at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice”
Emiko Noma, Portland State University: Conflict Resolution Department
“Copts Possibilities to Move into a Social Non-Violent Group”
Samy Gerges, American University: School of International Service
12 - 1:15 PM Networking Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 PM Concurrent Session II
Conflict Consulting Workshop
Panel Chair: David Levy, Professor, Management; University of Massachusetts Boston
“The Ups and Downs of a Consultative Experience: A Workshop on Designing Conflict Management Systems in Organizations”
Christine Chung, Molly Clark, Katharina Kugler; Columbia University: Teachers College
Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation
Panel Chair: Leila Farsakh, Professor, Political Science; University of Massachusetts Boston
“Restorative Justice and Culture: A Case Study of the Nickel Mines Amish”
Teresa Ralicki, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
“Justruth: Conceptual and Practical Approach to Reconciliation”
Laura Taylor, University of Notre Dame: Joan B. Kroc School of International Peace Studies
“The Science of Peace: A Closer Look at Atonement, Social Reconciliation, and International Criminal Law in Northern Uganda”
Peter Stockburger, University of San Diego: School of Law
“National Conference for Conflict Transformation and Peacemaking”
Jacques Koko, Nova Southeastern University: Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Truth-Telling: A Double Edged Sword”
Lauren Sauer, Eastern Mennonite University
Identity and Conflict
Panel Chair: Rajini Srikanth; Professor, English; University of Massachusetts Boston
“Relative Functional Insecurity: Re-examining Ethnicity, Identity, and Nationalism”
Alison Hall, Nova Southeastern University: Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“State Terror and Perceptions of National Belonging: Violence against the ‘Enemy’ Within“
Robin Cooper, Nova Southeastern University: Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Getting to the Roots of Islamophobia”
Reem Alzaim, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, International Relations
“Identity as Position: Core Concepts in Conflict Analysis”
Rhian McCoy, George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Identity’s Dichotomous Roles: The Case of Northern Ireland”
Jonathan Winegar-Mendez, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
International Standards, Organizations, & Law
Panel Chair: Jack Spence; Professor, Political Science; University of Massachusetts Boston
“The Enforcement of Mediation Settlement Agreements in P.R. China”
Jiaqi Liang, University of Missouri Columbia: Truman School of Public Affairs
“A Comparative Look at Hybrid Courts and Tribunals”
Alexander Starr, Yale University: School of International Relations
“Is the UN Human Rights Council More Effective in Promoting Human Rights?”
Zhiyuan Wang, George Washington University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Fences and Good Neighbors: A Comparative Analysis of Human Rights Standards Applicable to the Mexican Border Wall Using the Framework from the ICJ West Bank Advisory Opinion”
Sandra Jones, Arcadia University: International Peace and Conflict Resolution
“The Applicability of anti-SLAPP Statutes to Arbitration”
Nicholas Raichart, Pepperdine University: School of Law
3:30 – 4 PM Networking Break
4 - 6 PM Keynote Address
Citizen Peacemaker:
Bringing Iraqi’s Warring Factions to the Table
Padraig O’Malley
John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor of Peace and Reconciliation
McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston
6 - 7:30 PM Halloween Reception
hosted by the UMass Boston
Dispute Resolution Student Association
http://www.disres.umb.edu/conf/2008/registration.php