Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution George Mason University

Defense of Doctoral Dissertations


October 2009

Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Krista-Anne Rigalo
The Politics of Ritual: Exploring Discourse Regarding the Use of Ritual in Northern Uganda

August 2009

Monday, August 31st, 2009
Pamela Creed
Myth, Memory and Militarism: The Evolution of an American War Narrative

May 2009

Friday, May 8th, 2009
Mery Rodriguez
Colombia: From Experiences to Laboratories: Positioning Peace in the Middle of War From 1998 to 2006

April 2009

Friday, April 10th, 2009
Jeremy Rinker
Justpeace Prospects for Peacebuilding and Worldview Tolerance: A South Asian Movement's Social Construction of Justice

March 2009

Friday, March 27th, 2009
Ulas Doga Eralp
The Effectiveness of the EU as a Peace Actor in Post-conflict Bosnia Herzegovina: An Evaluative Study

December 2008

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Alex Scheinman
From Explanation to Understanding: Toward a Critical Hermeneutic Reconstruction of Conflict Resolution Theory

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Makram Ouaiss
The Impact of Political Alliances on Voter Prejudice in Post Conflict Countries

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Joan Orgon Coolidge
Toward a Just Peace: James H. Laue's Applied Theory of Third Party Intervention

November 2008

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Donna L. Kenley
International Political Will and the Development of a Regional Intervention Model for the International Community to Use in Preventing Violent Ethnic Conflict or Genocide

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Stella Ekwachi-Ford
The Role of Third Party Incentives in Hurting Stalemate: A Critique of Ripeness Theory

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Gloria Rhodes
Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation Practice: Is there a difference?

Friday, November 21st, 2008
Idil P. Izmirli
Autonomy or Integration?  The Dynamics of Crimean Tatar Return and Its Implications for Regional Security in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Cheryl Lynn Duckworth
Revitalizing Our Dances: Land and Dignity in Paraguay

April 2008

Thursday, April 25th, 2008
Ami Carpenter
Rendering Idea into Practice: Development Assistance and Conflict Prevention in Guatemala

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Frances Omori
When Combat Boots and Wingtips Meet: Exploring Organizational Cultures of the Departments of Defense and State

November 2007

Friday, November 30, 2007
Robin Ericson
Bridging Solutions to the Religion and Science Conflict over Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Monday, November 19, 2007
Mary Hope Schowebell
Nation-building in the Lands of the Somalis

Wednesday, November 7, 2007
William Hall
Turning Points In Environmental Negotiation: Dynamics, Roles, and Context

Monday, November 5, 2007
Al Fuertes
Community-based Warviews, Resiliency and Healing Among the Internally Displaced Persons in Mindanao and the Karen Refugees on the Thai-Burmese Border

Thursday, November 1, 2007
Gerardine St. Jean
Evaluation of Intervention Programs Designed to Address Racial Conflicts

October 2007

Tuesday, October 8, 2007
Carolyne V. Ashton
Identifying Theories of Change in the Design and Implementation of Three UNICEF Peace Education Programs

Friday, October 26, 2007
Ismael Muvingi
Actualizing Human Rights Norms in Distanced Spaces; an Analysis of the Campaign to Eliminate Conflict Diamonds and the Capital Market Sanctions (Sudan) Campaigns in the United States

July 2007

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Lulsegged A. Abebe
Christian Councils Can Do It Differently: The Role National Council Of Churches Of Kenya And South African Council Of Churches Have Played In Peacemaking 1990 - 2000: A Case Study Of Kenya And South Africa

May 2007

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Patricia A. Maulden

Former Child Soldiers and Sustainable Peace Processes: Demilitarizing the Body, Heart, and Mind

April 2007:

Thursday, April 26th
Pushpa Iyer

Coming to the Tabl
e: Decisions and Decision-Making in a Non-State Armed Group, The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Monday, April 23rd
Jo Golden
Conflicts around Knowledge Management: Connecting Complexity, Conflict, and Knowing to Support Knowledge-Focused Work


Thursday, April 19th
Wanda Louise Wigfall-Williams
Peace in the Margins:Identity Negotiation in Mixed-Tradition
Marriages and Its Potential for Mitigating Inter-Community
Conflicts in Northern Ireland


Wednesday, April 18
Dena Hawes - Doctoral Defense
Why Art Matters: How Performance Art Interventions Contribute to the Field of Conflict Resolution


Monday, April 16
Young Jin Kang - Doctoral Defense
The Impact of Consensus Building on Conflict/Prevention Reduction: A Comparative Study of Negotiated and Conventional Rulemaking


Friday, April 6th
Karenjot Bhangoo
Religion, Resilience and Relationship: Civil Society in Malerkotla

January 2007:

Thursday, January 25th
Richard Scott Moore
Ending the Bloodshed and Bridging the Chasm: Military Intervention and Conflict

Tuesday, January 16th
Shawn A. MacDonald
From Conflict To Collaboration:  Exploring Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives As A Conflict Management Mechanism For Corporate Social Conflicts

November 2006:

Thursday, November 30th
Jennifer Jean Langdon
- Dispute, Harm, Crime, and Conflict: Narrative Positioning in Justice Practice

Wednesday, November 29th
Natalia Mirimanova - Pluralism in Television News on State Formation Conflicts and Pluralism of “Imagined Communities”: institutional Foundations and Implications for Media Conflict Interventions

Tuesday, November 21st
Linda McLean Harned - Frame Change: The Role of the Press and "the Irish Question"

Friday, November 10th
William G. Cunningham, Jr. - Terrorism and Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice

Friday, November 3rd
Melissa Murray Burn - Loyalty and Order: Clan Identity & Political Preference in Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan

August 2006:

Thursday, August 24th
Jennifer Dougherty - The Critical Mass of Social Change: A Conflict Transformation Perspective

July 2006:

Tuesday, July 25th
Mara Schoeny - Conceptions of Practice: Didactic and Participatory Approaches in Conflict Resolution Training

Tuesday, July 11th
Kevin DeBell - The Effectiveness of Environmental Dispute Resolution in Water Quality Negotiations

Tuesday, July 11th
Valerie Perry - Democratic Ends and Democratic Means: Peace Implementation Strategies and International Intervention Options in Bosnia and Herzegovina

April 2006:

Thursday, April 6th
Orli Fridman - Alternative Voices: Serbia's Anti-war Activists, 1991- 2004

Wednesday, April 12th
Ibrahim Sharqieh
- Ripe for Violence: Public Perception as an Early Warning Indicator

Wednesday, April 19th
Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah - Reflection on Practice: The Impact of 9/11 on Conflict Resolvers

Friday, April 21st
Catalina Rojas -
Adusting to Peace: The Political Economy of Post-War Reconstruction Land, Privatization and Fiscal reform in Post-war El Salvador and Guatemala

Wednesday, April 26th
Jarle Crocker - Conflict Resolution Theory: Towards a Poststructuralist Critique and Reconstruction