Student Profiles
Beth Golibersuch
Beth Golibersuch is a Masters student in the Dispute Resolution Program with specific interests in conflicts among adolescents and adolescent groups. She began her experience in the conflict resolution field as a student mediator in her hometown of Columbia, Maryland. From there she went on to receive her Bachelors degree in Non-Violent Conflict and Change as well as Public Relations from Syracuse University. Since graduation, Beth has worked in the advertising and marketing industry in the Washington, DC area as a client service executive. She wishes to possibly move on to work with youth violence prevention and intervention programs. Beth is a research assistant for Roni Lipton and enjoys reading, traveling, cheering on her favorite sports teams, and playing with her beagle, Lucky.
Chloe Berwind-Dart
Chloe Berwind-Dart is a Masters candidate in the Dispute Resolution Program. Chloe attended Wellesley College and Oberlin College where she received a Bachelor of Arts with High Honors. For the past three years she worked as the Director of Special Projects at a multi-generational social service agency in Cambridge, MA. Her current academic interests include the study of human rights, international conflict resolution, mindful practice, elder mediation, and community youth development.
Lindsay Lamarre
Lindsay Lamarre is a Masters student in the Dispute Resolution Program with specific interests in international conflicts. She is a research assistant for Professor Sascha Sheehan. Lindsay received her bachelors degree in Political Science from the University of Delaware. She has also attended learning seminars in Peacebuilding and Development at American University and Alternative Dispute Resolution at Fordham Law School. Most recently Lindsay has worked as a legal assistant in a law firm. She began her interest in the conflict resolution field as a Peer Mediator while attending high school in New Jersey. Lindsay enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.
Manouchka Jacques
Manouchka Jacques is a Masters student in the Dispute Resolution Program. Originally from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Manouchka has lived in Massachusetts for many years where she graduated from Westfield State College with a dual degree in Criminal Justice and Political Science. She completed an internship with the US Department of Justice Office for Civil Rights in Washington, DC and currently works in Human Resources for a major scientific department at MIT. Manouchka wishes to use her skills developed in the program to pursue her goals of working with the United Nations to promote and facilitate peaceful negotiations between nations in conflict, particularly Third World countries.
Robin Escobar
Robin Escobar is a Masters student in the Dispute Resolution Program. She comes with a family studies and sociology background from Brigham Young University. As an undergraduate she was involved with BYU law school's community mediation program where she became certified in basic and domestic mediation and volunteered for the program. Her interests in dispute resolution range from family issues to terrorism. She is currently working as a research assistant to Professor Sascha Sheehan. In her free time she enjoys running, playing tennis, and being part of the city life in Boston.
Scott Spiegler
Scott Spiegler is a masters student in the Dispute Resolution program. Scott graduated summa cum laude from Brown University and has spent the vast majority of his career as a software engineer working in the private sector. He recently decided to do something "for the greater good of people living and conflicting on this planet." Scott's interest in this discipline stems from his training and experience in Interfaith Dialog. As he has become more involved with conflict resolution, Scott's interest has grown to encompass conflict analysis- the pre-resolution phase, the circumstances that surround a conflict and how this conflict came to be in the first place. In his spare time, he is a classical cellist and also plays a number of folk guitars from the Latin American countries.