Conference Program
8:30 – 9 AM Breakfast Buffet
9:00 – 10:30 AM Concurrent Session III
Democracy, Decentralization and Divided Societies
Panel Chair: Donna Haig Friedman; Director, Center for Social Policy; University of Massachusetts Boston
“The Long-Short Way: A Conflict Analysis of the Cyprus Question”
Scott Spiegler, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
“Understanding the Political Dimension of the Lebanese Ethnic Strife as Framework for Conflict Resolution”
Benedetta Berti, Tufts University: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
“Somalia Redux: New Visions for a Renewed Nation”
Chloe Berwind-Dart, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
Leadership Development
Panel Chair: Brian Blancke, PhD; Vantage Partners
“Self-Knowledge - The New Secret Weapon”
Andrew Malionek, University of Aberdeen
“Preparing Students for Leadership in a Diverse Democracy”
Terry Morrow, Nova Southeastern University: Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Photography & Visual Literacy in Reconciliation & Peacebuilding”
Kyle Dietrich, Harvard University: The Divinity School and Tufts University: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Mediation Practice
Panel Chair: Ericka Gray, Founder, DisputED; Instructor, Mediation; Boston College Law School
“An Examination of Active and Passive Mediation Strategies “
John Giles, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
“Yes We Can (Mediate This Dispute): Towards an Account of Constructive Cultural Resources”
Zeke Reich, Harvard University: School of Law
“Reframing Stuck: Embracing the Mystical in Mediation”
Brian Christopher, Boston College: School of Theology and Ministry
“From One Novice to Another: Advice for New Mediators”
Jessica Landry, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
Human Rights, Intervention, & Violent Conflict
Panel Chair: Ivan Sascha Sheehan; Professor, Dispute Resolution; University of Massachusetts, Boston
“Rape: Is it a new weapon of war?”
Phedra Remarais, Nova Southeastern University: Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“The Price of Oil: How the U.S.-Saudi Partnership Sacrifices Human Rights”
Brandon Boylan, University of Pittsburg: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
“Morality of Humanitarian Intervention”
Mutsuko Sugita, George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Bosnia-Herzegovina: An Intervention without Justice”
Patricia Morris, Wellesley College: Department of Political Science
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM BREAK
11:00 – 12:30 PM Concurrent Session IV
Zones of Peace
Panel Chair: Wallace Warfield; Professor; George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“An Exploratory Research Project: The Creation of a Dominican-Haitian Zone of Peace In Dajabon, Dominican Republic”
Yves-Renee Jennings, George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“Peaceable Borderlands”
Adriana Salcedo, George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
“The Association of Parents of Servicemen Missing in Action”
Maneshka Eliatamby-de Silva, George Mason University: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Restorative Practice of Law
Panel Chair: Lisle Baker, Esq; Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
“Alley and Atticus: In Search of the Restorative Lawyer”
Brenda Waugh, Marshall Yoder, Eastern Mennonite University: Center for Justice and Peace, VA
Organizational Conflict
Panel Chair: Michael Chaffers, Esq; Vantage Partners
“Conflict and Culture: The Pre- Electronic Medical Records Climate in Nursing Homes”
Kelly Pike, Cornell University: Collective Bargaining Department, NY
“Assessing the Need for an Ombuds Office at a Scientific Institute”
Lisa Witzler, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
“The Value of Neutrality in Employment Conflicts”
Mimi McGrath, University of Massachusetts Boston: McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution
“Conflicts and Group Decision Rule in Mock Juries”
Eunro Lee, Chungbuk National University: Graduate School of Psychology, South Korea
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Networking Lunch
1:15 – 3:00 PM Closing Plenary
Careers in Conflict Resolution
An interactive panel discussion exploring opportunities, strategies, and resources
for pursuing a career in Conflict Resolution
Mediation and ADR Practice
David Matz
Principal, The Mediation Group [TMG], Brookline Massachusetts
http://www.themediationgroup.org/
Founder & Director, Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution, University of Massachusetts Boston
International Conflict Resolution and International Organizations
Elizabeth McClintock
Managing Partner of CMPartners (CMP) http://www.cmpartners.com/index.shtml
Careers in Academia
Darren Kew
Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution, Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution, University of Massachusetts Boston
http://www.disres.umb.edu/kew.php
http://www.disres.umb.edu/conf/2008/registration.php