Conflict Resolution Studies Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2023
A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Hispanic Women with Paternal Abandonment and Their Conflict Skills, Alexia Georgakopoulos and Diana Navas
Community in a “Conflict System”: A Case Study of Facilitating Conflict in Nature Conservation, Gwendolyn Smith, Elena P. Bastidas, Russel Mittermeier, John Goedschalk, Rachelle Bong A Jan, Karin Lachmising, and Lindsay Goossens
Submissions from 2021
Leaving Afghanistan was the right move, now it’s time to focus on China | Opinion, Dustin Berna
The Craft of Mediation: The Infusion of Multidisciplinary Approaches, Appreciative Inquiry, and Cultural Diversity, Alexia Georgakopoulos and Eileen P. Petzold-Bradley
Submissions from 2020
Russia may be ultimate winner in U.S.-Iran conflict | Commentary, Dustin Berna
Reaching Beyond ‘The Tools of the Trade’: Anchors and Signposts to Enhance Mediator Effectiveness, Neil Katz
George Floyd: The Eyes of the World are Watching Now, Erin McCandless and Mary Schwoebel
Submissions from 2019
“Students can Change a School”: Understanding the Role of Youth Leadership in Building a School Culture of Peace, Cheryl Lynn Duckworth, Tom Albano, Darby Munroe, and Michael E. Garver
A Study of the Effectiveness of a Youth Peace Education Program, Alexia Georgakopoulos, Charles H. Goesel, and Patrick Hardigan
Illuminating Interviews: Insights into the Hearts and Minds of Conflict Resolution Practitioners, Neil H. Katz, Nekeisha Bascombe, and Peter Tokar
Development Assistance for Peacebuilding, Mary Schwoebel
Submissions from 2018
A Study of Expert Family Mediators' Perceptions of Family Mediator Effectiveness, Paula Bell and Alexia Georgakopoulos
Ombuds and Conflict Resolution Specialists: Navigating Workplace Challenges in Higher Education, Neil H. Katz, Katherine J. Sosa, and Linda N. Kovack
Crossing a Raging River on a Shaky Branch: Chechen Women Refugees in the United States, Olya Kenney and Alexia Georgakopoulos
Somalia Should Allow Former Al Shabaab Leader to Run for Office, Mary Hope Schwoebel and Mohamed Mukhtar
Submissions from 2017
Supporting Literacy and Peace Education with Youth: A Community Mentorship Study, Alexia Georgakopoulos, Cheryl Lynn Duckworth, Kristie Jo Redfering, and Yehuda Silverman
Supporting Literacy and Peace Education with Youth: A Community Engagement Mentorship Study, Alexia Georgakopoulos, Cheryl Duckworth, Kristie Jo Redfering, and Yehuda Silverman
Tackling Workplace Bullying: A Scholarship of Engagement Study of Workplace Wellness as a System, Alexia Georgakopoulos and Michael Kelly
Organizational Impact Analysis of the Training Program "Birth Order Type Habits Model: Leadership and Teamwork", Neil H. Katz, Adam Lowe, and Pavel Mischenko
Peacebuilding Approaches to Preventing and Transforming Violent Extremism, Mary Hope Schwoebel
All I Need is Help to Do Well': Herbs, Medicines, Faith, and Syncretism in the Negotiation of Elder Health Treatment in Rural Ghana, Eileen Smith-Cavros, Joyce Avorti-Wuaku, Albert Wuaku, and Amal Bhullar
Rural Elders in Agate, Ghana, Discuss the National Healthcare Insurance Scheme, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros, Joyce Y. Avorti-Wuaku, Albert Wuaku, and Amal Bhullar
"All I Need Is Help to Do Well": Herbs, Medicines, Faith, and Syncretism in the Negotiation of Elder Health Treatment in Rural Ghana, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros, Joyce Y. Avotri-Wuaku, Albert K. Wuaku, and Amal Bhullar
Oh, as for the Health Insurance…it’s good, but…: rural elders in Agate, Ghana, discuss the National Healthcare Insurance Scheme, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros, Joyce Y. Avotri-Wuaku, Albert K. Wuaku, and Amal Bhullar
Positive criminology: a catalyst for change?, Christina R. Wilson and Elena Bastidas
Self-management intervention for amputees in a virtual world environment, Sandra Winkler, Robin Cooper, Kurt Kraiger, Ann Ludwig, Alice Krueger, Ignacio Gaunaurd, Ashley Fisher, John Kairalla, Scott Elliott, Sarah Wilson, and Alberto Esquenazi
Submissions from 2016
Is There a School to Prison Pipeline? The Case of France, Cheryl Duckworth
Is Peace Building Donor Driven? Inside the Dynamics and Impacts of Funding Peace, Cheryl Lynn Duckworth
Is there a School to Prison Pipeline? The Case of France, Cheryl Lynn Duckworth
Higher Education’s Current State of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services for Students, Neil H. Katz and Linda N. Kovack
Overt and Covert Group Dynamics: An Innovative Approach for Conflict Resolution Preparation, Neil H. Katz, Katherine J. Sosa, and Suzzette A. Harriott
Conducting a Systematic Literature Review on Water-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Stakeholder Engagement Approaches in Florida: Strategies and Tools, Bruce V. Lilyea, Robin Cooper, Jorge Rice, Marcelle DuPraw, and Stacy R. Allsop
Donor-Driven Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding, Ismael Muvingi
Manatee Lagoon: Yesterday and Today, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros and Guadalupe Almanza
How to Enhance Qualitative Research Appraisal: Development of the Methodological Congruence Instrument, Annette M. Willgens, Robin Cooper, Doles Jadotte, Bruce V. Lilyea, Cynthia L. Langtiw, and Alice Obenchain-Leeson
Submissions from 2015
Paris Attacks Should Beckon Force to Crush Terrorists, Dustin Berna
Should the Paris Attacks Summon a Western Invasion to Crush ISIS? YES, Dustin Berna
The Lack of American National Security, Dustin Berna
The Lack of American National Security, Dustin Berna
Review: I Hope I Join the Band: Narrative, Affiliation, and Antiracist Rhetoric, Kelly A. Concannon
History, Memory and Peace Education: History’s Hardest Questions in the Classroom, Cheryl Lynn Duckworth
The Lack of American National Security, Stephen L. Goldstein and Dustin Berna
Professor Understands Complex Dynamics of Islamic Fundamentalism, Mary Hladky and Dustin Berna
The Emotional Advantage: The Added Value of the Emotionally Intelligent Negotiator, Neil H. Katz and Adriana Sosa
Submissions from 2014
How ISIS Came to Be and Why It Must Be Stopped, Dustin Berna
ISIS Must Be Stopped, Dustin Berna
ISIS - Who They Are; What They Want; How to Stop Them, Dustin Berna
The Lack of American National Security, Dustin Berna
Understanding What Makes ISIS Tick, Dustin Berna
Understanding What Makes ISIS Tick, Dustin Berna
Understanding What Makes ISIS Tick, Dustin Berna
Conducting as a Social Act: What Social Neuroscience can Teach Us about the Performance of Classical Music, Mark J. Cavanaugh
Conceptualizing Trust: A Holistic Chinese View to Bridge Divergences and Dichotomies, Jenny Hsiu-Ying Chang, Kuang-Hui Yeh, and Honggang Yang
Enhancing the Experience: A Multiple Case Study of Students' Experiences Using Arts-Based Techniques in Learning Qualitative Research, Sheryl L. Chatfield, Robin Cooper, Elizabeth Holden, and Kelly Macias
Book Review: Cultural Practices of Literacy: Case Studies of Language, Literacy, Social Practice, and Power, Kelly A. Concannon
Peace and Conflict Studies, Robin Cooper
Promoting Workplace Wellness in Organizational Settings: A Case Study Utilizing Facilitation Methodologies, Alexia Georgakopoulos, M Raggat, and N Charles
Overtown: Neighborhood, Change, Challenge and “Invironment.”, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros and Emily Eisenhauer
Mediators and Metaphorical Analysis: A Phenomenological Study and Integrative Theory of Family Mediators, Rebecca Storrow and Alexia Georgakopoulos
Mediators and metaphors: An analysis of conflict resolution metaphors, Rebecca Storrow and Alexia Georgakopoulos
Submissions from 2013
Facilitating Collaboration among Health Care Professionals, Robin Cooper
Communication Technologies Promoting Educational Communities with Scholarship of Engagement, Alexia Georgakopoulos and Steven T. Hawkins
Understanding Conflict Management Systems and Strategies in the Workplace: A Pilot Study, Neil H. Katz and Linda T. Flynn
Mentoring as a Tool for Developing Self-Efficacy in Children, Claire Michele Rice and Stephen Agbor
Identity: Lesbian Lawyers in South Florida an Oral History, Charlene L. Smith, Elieen M. Smith-Cavros, and Ana Alvarez
Mediators and Metaphorical Analysis and Coherence of Family Mediators, Rebecca Storrow and Alexia Georgakopoulos
Submissions from 2012
Islamic Fundamentalism: A Quantitative Analysis, Dustin Berna
Is it Safe?: Exposing the Ethical Dimensions in Combating Student Resistances, Kelly A. Concannon
A Grounded Theory of Inductive Qualitative Research Education: Results of a Meta-Data-Analysis, Robin Cooper, Ronald J. Chenail, and Stephanie Fleming
Building Connections: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Qualitative Research Students’ Learning Experiences, Robin Cooper, Anne Fleischer, and Fatima A. Cotton
What do students learn when we teach peace? A qualitative assessment of a theater peace program, Cheryl Lynn Duckworth, Barb Allen, and Teri Triguba Williams
What Do Students Learn When We Teach Peace? A Qualitative Assessment of a Theater Peace Program, Cheryl Lynn Duckworth, Teri Triguba Williams, and Barbara Allen
Working toward Peace and Conflict Resolution with Scholarship of Engagement: Dramatic Problem Solving Facilitator Model (DPSFM) and Interactive Management (IM), Steven T. Hawkins and Alexia Georgakopoulos
“You Can't Eat Money When You Are Hungry”: Campesinos, Manatee Hunting, and Environmental Regret in Veracruz, Mexico, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros, Sylvia Duluc-Silva, Maria del Carmen Rodriguez, Ponciano Ortiz, and Edward O. Keith
Submissions from 2011
American Troops Sacrifices Weren’t In Vain, Dustin Berna
First Step Toward True Post-Sept. 11 World Is That America Must Unite, Dustin Berna
Critics Say Broward College Teaches Police to Profile, Discriminate Against Muslims, Karla Bowsher and Dustin Berna
FDLE and Broward College Disagree on Who is Responsible for Controversial Police Training, Karla Bowsher and Dustin Berna
Appraising Qualitative Research Reports: A Developmental Approach, Robin Cooper
Restorative Classrooms: Critical Peace Education in a Juvenile Detention Home, Cheryl Lynn Duckworth
Workplace Bullying: A Complex Problem in Contemporary Organizations, Alexia Georgakopoulos, LaVena Wilkin, and Brianna Kent
Transitional Justice and Political Pre-Transition in Zimbabwe, Ismael Muvingi
Déjà vu: Famine and Crisis in Somalia, Mary H. Schwoebel
The Cross-Border Dialogue Initiative, Mary H. Schwoebel
Women and the Arab Spring, Mary H. Schwoebel
Women in Yemen's Protests, Mary H. Schwoebel
Nature, Environment and Beauty: An Examination of the Beliefs of Modern Black Churchgoers and John Muir, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros
Submissions from 2010
Behavioral Repertoire in Conflict Escalation: Dimensions of Dispute and Conflict Escalation, Lan Bui-Wrzosinska, Andrzej Nowak, and Urszula A. Strawinska-Zanko
Strategically Reviewing the Research Literature in Qualitative Research, Ronald J. Chenail, Robin Cooper, and Charlene Desir
Student Perceptions of Teachers' Nonverbal and Verbal Communication: A Comparison of Best and Worst Professors across Six Cultures, Alexia Georgakopoulos and Laura K. Guerrero
Dramatic Problem Solving: Transforming Community Conflict through Performance in Costa Rica, Steven T. Hawkins and Alexia Georgakopoulos
Conflict Discourse among Sudanese Dinka Refugees: Implications for Cross-Cultural Analysis and Resolution, Tina Jaeckle and Alexia Georgakopoulos
Cultural Representations of Identity, Trauma, and Transnationalism among Dinka Refugees: Implications for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Tina Jaeckle and Alexia Georgakopoulos
Conflict Management in Organizations, Neil Katz and Nigel Young
Flooding Challenges Pakistan’s Government and the International Community, Altaf Ullah Khan and Mary H. Schwoebel
Tribalism, Governance and Development: Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen, Mary H. Schwoebel, Lynn Carter, and Phyllis Dininio
Fertility and Inequality Across Borders: Assisted Reproductive Technology and Globalization, Eileen M. Smith-Cavros
Dynamical Social Psychology: Complexity and Coherence in Human Experience, Susan L. Wiese, Robin R. Vallacher, and Urszula A. Strawinska-Zanko
Submissions from 2009
Social Cartography as a Tool for Conflict Analysis and Resolution: The Experience of the Afro-Colombian Communities of Robles, Elena P. Bastidas and Carlos A. Gonzales