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4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 United StatesDepartment 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
Research interests
- Human Rights
- Social Movements
- Genocide
Core Faculty
Mohammed Abu-Nimer Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Middle East
- Islam
- Nonviolence and peace
- Interfaith dialogue
Hrach Gregorian Practitioner-in-Residence SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Extractive industries and conflict
- Countering violent extremism
- Localizing peace
- Art and post war healing
Doga Eralp Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Dialogue facilitation
- Human rights
- Collective memory
- Democratization
Kwaku Nuamah Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Conflict analysis
- Mediation and negotiation training
- Early warning and conflict prevention, African political risk consulting
- Good governance advocacy
Susan Shepler Associate Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Youth and conflict
- Migration crises
- Post-conflict reconstruction
- Education and development
Elizabeth Thompson Professor and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, SIS SIS | Global Inquiry
Research interests
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International intervention in the Middle East -
Political movements -
Democratization
Anthony Wanis Associate Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- International negotiation
- Implementation problems in peace processes
- Civil society and peace
- Complex adaptive systems