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Meet the Faculty

Meet the faculty that are leading tomorrow's peacebuilders, today.

Department Chair

Research interests

  • Internal dynamics of insurgent and paramilitary groups
  • DDR
  • Dynamics of post-conflict violence

Department Director of Graduate Studies

Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod Professorial Lecturer and Department Chair, Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

kuraduse@american.edu

Research interests

  • Human Rights
  • Social Movements
  • Genocide

Core Faculty

Research interests

  • Middle East
  • Islam
  • Nonviolence and peace
  • Interfaith dialogue

Research interests

  • Extractive industries and conflict
  • Countering violent extremism
  • Localizing peace
  • Art and post war healing

Research interests

  • Dialogue facilitation
  • Human rights
  • Collective memory
  • Democratization

Research interests

  • Conflict analysis
  • Mediation and negotiation training
  • Early warning and conflict prevention, African political risk consulting
  • Good governance advocacy

Research interests

  • Youth and conflict
  • Migration crises
  • Post-conflict reconstruction
  • Education and development

Research interests

  • International intervention in the Middle East
  • Political movements
  • Democratization

Research interests

  • International negotiation
  • Implementation problems in peace processes
  • Civil society and peace
  • Complex adaptive systems

Affiliated Faculty