Through a unique community based participatory action research project with Bhutanese refugees and immigrants in the Triad area of North Carolina (Greensboro, High Point,[...]

This paper critically examines trauma in organizational life, specifically in organizational conflict by exploring power constructs, and the roles of both social and indi[...]

Abstract Positive community change came in a place long entrenched in racism through the CommonVisions: Photographic Explorations of Unity in Diversity project. Here an a[...]

This paper situates Canadian politics and Aboriginal issue in the literature of peace and conflict studies. The work presents Aboriginal identity, its dismantling in Cana[...]

This paper examines the role of civil society in creating spaces of belonging ("zones of peace") and support for undocumented residents in North Carolina, a relatively ne[...]

The Divan Center is a network of Turkish immigrants in North Carolina who join together for social support and common commitment to a type of Islam referred to as Hizmet [...]

Book review for Immigrants and Refugees: Trauma, Perennial Mourning, Prejudice, and Border Psychology.

The decision by the American Academy of Religion (AAR) to cancel a panel at its November 2017 Annual Meeting spurred a conversation with Dr. Stephen Zunes, Professor of P[...]

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Strategic communication is at the forefront of moving the narrative of violent dowry conflict in India forward in purposeful and integrated ways. We examine three of thes[...]

Originally emerging from the amalgamation of varied disciplines, the field of Peace and Conflict Studies has evolved and transformed throughout the years. In its current [...]

When thinking about Human Needs Theory most immediately jump to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the idea that needs are ranked in order of importance: food, water, shelte[...]

Dismantling education destroys democracy. The systematic disassembly of higher education in the United States is a direct assault on democracy. No democracy survives with[...]

The practice of sustainable peace is a process that must be initiated, nourished and revised. The "social energies" of conflict transformation – truth, mercy, justice, pe[...]

The United States Refugee Resettlement Program has seen many changes over the last twenty years. However, the election of President Trump and the subsequent policy distor[...]

A book review of David Miliband's Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time.

The Russo-Chechen conflict started in the early 1800s and continues today. It is one of the most intractable and long-lasting ethnopolitical conflicts in the world and is[...]

The disasters of the Syrian civil war that started in 2011 as a result of the Arab Spring have not been limited to Syria alone; rather they have affected many other count[...]