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A.H. Peter Castro

A.H. Peter Castro

Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988

Areas of Expertise

Applied anthropology, rural development policy and planning, environmental conflict management, climate change, forestry, food security, refugees, East Africa
Thomas Dennison

Thomas Dennison

Professor of Practice Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1987

Areas of Expertise

Health care management, health care finance, home and community based care, nonprofit governance

Areas of Expertise

Public sector human resource management, labor and employment relations, workplace conflict management
Kirk Emerson

Kirk Emerson

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Professor of Practice, Collaborative Governance, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1997

Areas of Expertise

Collaborative governance, inter-agency cooperation and conflict management, particularly related to climate change, public lands management and border security.
Catherine M. Gerard

Catherine M. Gerard

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Research Director, Collaborative Governance

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

M.A., Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto

Areas of Expertise

Leadership, organizational development, total quality management.
Ken Harper

Ken Harper

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Associate Professor, Visual Communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications

Director, Newhouse Center for Global Engagement

Areas of Expertise

Intersection of media and atrocities
Erin Hern

Erin Hern

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Ph.D., Department of Government, Cornell University, 2015

Areas of Expertise

Comparative politics, African politics, political participation, women and gender
Paul Hirsch

Paul Hirsch

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, SUNY ESF

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008

Neil Katz

Neil Katz

Associate Professor Emeritus, Public Affairs

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1974

Areas of Expertise

Nonviolent conflict and change, conflict resolution

Areas of Expertise

Science and technology policy, environmental policy and administration
Mark Lichtenstein

Mark Lichtenstein

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Executive Director of Sustainability and Chief of Staff, Office of the President at SUNY ESF

M.A. in public administration, Syracuse University

Areas of Expertise

Coalition building, influencing policy and accelerating change though the engagement of collaborative problem-solving and collaborative government principles using examples from the Caribbean and Latin America

Areas of Expertise

Managerial leadership, NGO management
Rosemary O'Leary

Rosemary O'Leary

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1988

Areas of Expertise

Collaboration as a leadership and management strategy, leading in place, environmental governance.
Tom Perreault

Tom Perreault

Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

DellPlain Professor of Latin American Geography

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2000

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, environmental justice, water governance, critical resource geography, mining and extractivism, rural livelihoods, agrarian political economy, indigeneity and indigenous politics, Latin America
Kendall Phillips

Kendall Phillips

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Professor, Communication and Rhetorical Studies, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Areas of Expertise

Broad theoretical questions of advocacy, controversy, dissent and public memory. Explores these concepts through a variety of rhetorical artifacts, including comic books, film, political speeches, and scientific controversies.
Grant Reeher

Grant Reeher

Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Yale University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

American politics, political representation and legislature behavior, health care policy, citizenship and democracy, public engagement, gun politics and policy
Mara Sapon-Shevin

Mara Sapon-Shevin

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Professor, School of Education

Ed.D., University of Rochester, 1976

Areas of Expertise

Diversity and social justice issues, including full inclusion, anti-racism teaching, bullying and harassment, cooperative learning, and using the arts to teach against oppression
Sabina Schnell

Sabina Schnell

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Transparency, open government, public values, democracy and bureaucracy, anti-corruption, human resources management, international and comparative public administration, public sector reform, development policy and administration.
David Sonnenfeld

David A. Sonnenfeld

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Professor, Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF

Ph.D., University of California Santa Cruz, 1996

Areas of Expertise

Environmental sociology; environment, development and sustainability; sociology of science and technology; East and Southeast Asia; historical and field research methods
Farhana Sultana

Farhana Sultana

Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Research Director, Environmental Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D., Geography, University of Minnesota, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, international development, water governance, climate change, environmental justice, sustainability, citizenship, human rights, decolonizing, transnational feminisms, South Asia
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