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Faculty
The M.A. in Conflict Resolution enjoys the participation of faculty across a wide range of departments and programs within Georgetown University including members of the departments of Psychology, Theology, Philosophy, Sociology and Economics; the Program on Communication, Culture and Technology; and the Law Center, the Business School, the School of Foreign Service, and the Public Policy Institute.

Program Director:
Lise Morjé Howard is Director of the M.A. Program in Conflict Resolution. She specializes in theories of conflict resolution, peacekeeping, area studies of Africa and the Balkans, and international relations.

Director of Graduate Studies:
Michael Bailey is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Government. He is the Col. William J. Walsh Chair in American Government and specializes in political economy, statistical analysis and the United States Congress.

Advisory Committee:
Thomas Banchoff is an Associate Professor of Government and works on European integration, globalization, and the role of values and religion in politics.

Jacob Bercovitch is Professor of International Relations at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.  His research interests include Conflict Theory and International Politics.  Bercovitch is visiting Georgetown in the spring and summer of 2007.

Claudia Fetter is a Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, and has many years of experience with multiple aspects of Conflict Resolution as a practitioner and trainer, having conducted training programs for the World Bank and the Harvard Program on Negotiation and worked with organizations like the Conflict Management Group and USAID on field-based, post-conflict programming.

Charles King is Ion Ratiu Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service and Department of Government, and Chair of the Faculty of the School of Foreign Service. He specializes in political change, social violence, and ethnicity in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Carol Lancaster is a Professor in the Government Department and in the School of Foreign Service, and Director, Mortara Center for International Studies. Her areas of expertise include foreign aid, development and democracy in Africa, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) as political organizations.

Kathleen Maas Weigert is Director of the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service and Research Professor in both Sociology and the Program on Justice and Peace. She specializes in experiential and community-based learning and education for justice and peace.

Carrie Menkel-Meadow is Professor of Law and Director of the Georgetown Hewlett Fellowship Program in Conflict Resolution and Problem-Solving. She is a national expert in alternative dispute resolution, the legal profession, legal ethics, clinical legal education, feminist legal theory, and women in the legal profession.

Fathali Moghaddam is Professor of Psychology. His research and teaching interests include psychological processes associated with inter-group conflict, collective aggression, perceived injustice (particularly human duties and rights), terrorism, culture and democracy, and policies for managing diversity.

Jessica Raper is Special Assistant for Policy Planning in the Office of the President at Georgetown University. Her interests include dispute resolution in transitional justice settings and the integration of customary dispute resolution mechanisms into developing legal systems.

Scott D. Taylor is Assistant Professor in the School of Foreign Service.  His research and teaching interests lie in the areas of African politics and political economy, with a particular emphasis on business-state relations, anti-corruption programs, warlords, and economic reform.

Alan C. Tidwell is the Director of the Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies in the School of Foreign Service. He specializes in conflict resolution and education, conflict in the Australasian region, and organizational conflict management.

Catherine Tinsley is Associate Professor of Business. She specializes in international negotiations, the effects of diversity on group performance, and the roles of gender, culture, perceptions of fairness, and reputation in the management of conflict.

Elizabeth Z. Waetzig is a Research Instructor with the Center for Child and Human Development at the Georgetown University Medical Center. An attorney by training, she specializes in mediation, negotiation, and systems change in health care and child serving systems.

Clyde Wilcox is Professor of Government. He writes on public opinion and electoral behavior, religion and politics, gender politics, and the politics of social issues such as abortion, gay rights, and gun control.

Craig Zelizer is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the MA Program in Conflict Resolution. His areas of expertise include working with youth from violent conflict regions, civil society development and capacity building in transitional societies, program evaluation and design, working on conflict sensitivity and mainstreaming across development sectors, and arts and peacebuilding.