Dissertation Research
The Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) supports dissertation research on conflict resolution topics through funding, the expertise of faculty associates, and other PARCC resources.
Below are dissertation research projects supported by PARCC.
2012 Vadym Pyrozhenko, Public Administration
Citizens' Knowledge and Public Administration: Exploring the Links in Three Social Movements.
2011 Hannah Allerdice, Political Science
The Effects of Settlement Policy on Refugee Political Activism: Sudanese Refugees in the United States and Australia
2011 Rob W. Alexander, Public Administration
Two Octopuses Making Love: An Analysis of Institutional Management Behaviors Across Four Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment Project Networks in Rochester and Buffalo, NY
2011 Heather Pincock, Political Science
“Does Deliberation Make Better Citizens? Examining the Case of Community Conflict Mediation.”
2010 Gearoid Millar, Social Science
Healing and Justice Through Truth-Telling: Local Perceptions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Sierra Leone
2008 Tilla Sewe McAntony, Social Science
Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa: Analysis of Anticorruption Strategies in Kenya
2007 George Farag, Anthropology
Diaspora and Transitional Administration: Shiite Iraqi Diaspra and the Administration of Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq
2007 Heather Getha-Taylor, Public Administration
Specifying and Testing a Model of Collaborative Capacity: Identifying complementary competencies, incentive structures, and leadership lessons for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2007 Lynne Celeste Hinnant, Social Science
The Trust Experience from the Truster's Perspective: A theoretical discussion and experiment
2007 Diane R. Swords, Social Science
Crossing the line: Democracy, Spirituality and Politics in the United States Anti-Nuclear Social Movements
2006 Suzanne Elizabeth Morrissey, Anthropology
Life strategies: Motherhood, urban poverty, and the WIC program in Syracuse, New York
2006 Svetlana Peshkova, Anthropology
Otincharlar in the Ferghana Valley: Islam, Gender and Power
2005 Brian Booth Blancke, Social Science
Rebuilding the longhouse: Obstacles to and opportunities for settling the Cayuga Indian Nation land claim through negotiation
2005 Loretta Kuliawat Denhart, Social Science
Helping new neighbors: Resettlement workers' construction of refugee identity
2005 Kerry Fosher, Anthropology
"I'm just thinking out loud here": Making United States homeland security at the local level
2005 Rachel Miriam Goldberg, Social Science
How our values shape our practices: Exploding the myth of neutrality
2005 Marie Pace, Social Science
The Compassionate Listening Project: A case study in citizen diplomacy and peacemaking
2004 Tiffany Brown, Child and Family Studies
Racial and Ethnic Socialization in African American Families: Scale development and validation
2004 Cerag Esra Cuhadar, International Relations
Evaluating track-two diplomacy in pre-negotiation: A comparative assessment of track-two initiatives on water and Jerusalem in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
2004 Tamara Shevaun Steger Social Science
Environmentalism and Democracy in Hungary and Latvia
2003 Rodney Devi Cunningham, Political Science
Civil society and development in Nigeria: An exploratory study of student attitudes and perceptions
2003 Amy Rebecca Gay, Social Science
Neither judge nor jury: Norms and the role of mediators in court-referred mediations
2003 Michael Stephen Messina-Yauchzy, Social Science
Engendering outrage: Women and men in campus anti-rape organizing
2003 Anna Ohanyan, Political Science
Winning Global Policies: The Network-Based Operation of Microfinance NGOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1996-2002
2002 Lawrence Albert Dunn, Social Science
Negotiating cultural identities: Conflict transformation in Labrador
2002 Krisan L. Evenson, Political Science
Sources of Canadian political values: A comparison of teacher and student cohorts, socialization agents and province differences
2002 Christos N. Kyrou, Environmental Studies
Perception of risk and conflict intensity in an environmental conflict: a case study of wolf restoration in northern New Hampshire
2002 Donghee Yoo, Social Science
Media, culture, and the transformation of the protracted inter-Korean conflict
2001 Cornelius Funk-Unrau, Social Science
If the Lubicon lose we all lose: A case study of interchurch advocacy and intervention in an Aboriginal land rights conflict
2001 Timothy Karl Hedeen, Social Science
The influence of referral source coerciveness on mediation participation and outcomes
2001 David Charles Lobb, History
An ivory tower of fear: Academics of the racist right
2001 Ann Marie Marshall, Social Science
Organizing across the divide: Everyday life, feminist activism, and the election of women to public office
2001 Janet Helene Zinn, Social Science
Pro-choice work under siege: Politicization, mobilization and commitment in three urban communities
2000 Neal Alan Carter, Political Science
Ethnoterritorial justice: A pragmatic analysis of arguments linking social identities to constitutional reform in Belgium and Canada
2000 Robin L. Riley, Social Science
Hidden soldiers: Gender, militarism, and the discourse of defense
2000 Yamuna Sangarasivam, Anthropology
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the cultural production of nationalism and violence: Representing the integrity of nation and the choice for armed struggle
2000 Jessica Joy Senehi, Social Science
Constructive Storytelling: Building Community, Building Peace
1999 Bruce Winfield Dayton, Political Science
In Between Science and Decision: A Study of Policy Frames and the Global Climate Discourse
1998 John T. Crist, Social Science
An ordered anarchy: Mobilization for civil disobedience in Bengal and Bombay, 1929-1934
1998 Anna Christine Snyder, Social Science
Conflict and consensus-building at the fourth UN World Conference on Women: A study of international nongovernmental cooperation
1997 Anna M. Agathangelou, Political Science
The Cypriot "ethnic" conflict in the Production of Global Power
1997 Marie Catherine Agen, Social Science
Rights and respect: A study of the competing concerns of Alliance Quebec and the Societe Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montreal
1997 Patrick Glenn Coy, Social Science
Protecting human rights: The dynamics of international nonviolent accompaniment by Peace Brigades International in Sri Lanka
1997 Margaret M. Riordan, Social Science
Keeping the candle lit: The ethic of just care in the context of Catholic peace and justice activism
1996 Michael Barry Bowler, Social Science
Participation and dynamics in the programs of a nongovernmental organization in a Bangladesh village
1996 Van Jon Cleary-Hammarstedt, Social Science
"Traitors to a masculine cause:" The belief system and conflicts of the pro-feminist, gay-affirmative men's movement in the United States, 1985-1990
1996 Bhavna Dave, Political Science
Politics of language revival: National Identity and State Building in Kazakhstan
1996 Terrence Robert Guay, Political Science
The European Union and integration theories: The case of Europe's defense industry
1996 Bonnie M. Winfield, Social Science
Creating a place to call home: Administrators' and women homeowners' perspectives on an urban home-ownership program
1995 Zoltan Joseph Bedy, Social Science
Couch potatoes and the indifferent electorate: Television viewing, voting, and responsible citizenship
1995 Nalani Meulilatha Hennayake, Geography
Competing discourses of development in post-colonial Sri Lanka: Cultural and political negotiation of the vernacular and universal
1995 Constance Catherine Joseph, Social Science
Older Jewish women: The use of accounts in creating and sustaining the self
1995 Byeong-chul Park, Sociology
Motivational dynamics of student movement participation in contemporary South Korea
1995 Lynne Woehrle, Social Science
The staff of life: Women baking for social change: An ethnography of the Basic Kneads Wholegrain Bakery
1994 Cheryl Lee Carpenter, Sociology
The social production of Fresh Air Charity Work, 1870-1930
1994 Martha Frances Lee, Political Science
Environmental apocalypse: A case study of 'Earth First!'
1994 Brain Douglas Polkinghorn, Social Science
The influence of regulatory negotiations on EPA as an institution
1994 Brenda Kay Uekert, Sociology
Rivers of blood: A comparative study of government massacres
1993 Anne Norinne Bates, Sociology
The Sociology of Auguste Rodin
1993 James John Gerard Byrne, International Relations
Conflict, complexity and children; integrated education in a segregated society: Northern Ireland, a case study
1993 Kimberly A. Chang, Social Science
Culture, power, and morality: Moral voices of Chinese students
1993 Celia B. Cooke-Huffman, Social Science
Social identity in intra and intergroup conflict: A study of the interaction of social identity, conflict and gender in a local church group
1993 Richard W. Coughlin, Political Science
Power, pluralism and culture: Reinterpreting development in Mexico
1993 Amit Mukherjee, Political Science
International protection of journalists: Practice and prospects
1993 James Forrest Rinehart, Political Science
Revolution and the millennium: A comparative, historical, and analytical study of the functions of millenarianism in the Chinese, Mexican, and Iranian revolutions
1993 William Carlton Warters, Social Science
Challenged to change: Perspectives of abusive men involved in wife abuse prevention programs
1992 Saleh M. Al-Namlah, International Relations
Political legitimacy in Libya since 1969: A Weberian perspective
1992 Verna Marie Cavey, Social Science
Fighting among Friends: The Quaker Separation of 1827 as a study in conflict resolution
1992 Douglas Foster Challenger, Sociology
The moral foundations of society: A study of Aristotle's and Durkheim's conceptions of social science
1992 Feng Chen, Political Science
Ideology and economic pragmatism under state socialism: Redefining the ownership system in China, 1978-1990
1992 Thomas Jay D'Agostino, Political Science
The evolution of an emerging political party system: A study of party politics in the Dominican Republic, 1961-1990
1992 Nora Amalia Femenia, Social Science
National self-images, enemy-images and conflict strategies in the 1982 Falkland/Malvinas War
1992 Ting Gong, Political Science
The politics of corruption in contemporary China: A structurationist analysis
1992 Amy S. Hubbard, Social Science
Cross-cultural conflict resolution groups: American Palestinians and Jews in dialogue on the Middle East
1992 Rachel A. Kelly, Social Science
Cultural Determinants of Agression
1992 Gina Petonito, Sociology
Constructing the enemy: Justifying Japanese internment during World War II
1992 Christine Cecilia Wagner, Social Science
Rediscovering Memorial Day: Politics, patriotism and gender
1991 Labite Adzereke Kittisou, Political Science
Issues management and decision-making: A comparative study of France's and the U.S.'s military interventions
1991 Rosemary Averell Manes, Social Science
The 'Pieds-noirs': A case study in the persistence of subcultural distinctiveness
1990 Thomas Knight Adams, Political Science
Military doctrine and the organization culture of the United States Army
1990 Ali Hasan Al-Tawati, Social Science
Saudi agricultural policy from a rural and regional perspective
1990 John Richard Kendrick, Jr., Social Science
Patterns of participation and processes of recruitment in the peace movement
1989 Sankaran Krishna, International Relations
The state, autonomy and foreign policy: An analysis of India, 1947-1987
1989 Ronald George Shaiko, Political Science
The public interest dilemma: Organizational maintenance and political representation in the public interest sector
1989 Gerard Toal, Geography
Critical geopolitics: The social construction of space and place in the practice of statecraft
1988 Rajendraprasad B. Dave, Social Science
From ecocrisis to ecodevelopment: Micro-level environmental movements in India
1988 David Carter List, Social Science
We never forget': IWW support for Finnish draft resisters on the Minnesota Iron Range during World War I
1988 Jerome Denis O'Callaghan, Political Science
DWI sentencing and public opinion: A comparison of commission-plan and elected judges
1988 Rosemary O'Leary, Public Administration
The impact of federal court decisions on the policies and administration of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
1988 Raymond Arthur Whiting, Social Science
The use of mediation as a dispute settlement tool: An historical review and scientific examination of the role and process of mediation
1987 Gautam Kumar Basu, International Relations
The state, development and military interventions: Politico-economic relationships in the Third World
1987 Harry William Murray, Sociology
Isaiah's Fast: The Practice of Hospitality in the Catholic Worker Movement
1987 Terrell Anne Northrup, Social Science
Women's and men's conceptions of war, peace, and security: The relationship between sex, sex-role identification and war/peace attitudes
1987 Phillip Roy Nowicki, Social Science
Regulating and resolving new car warranty problems and disputes: An analysis of lemon laws, FTC Rule 703 and alternative dispute resolution
1978 Catherine Gladys Valentine, Sociology
Art for Whose Sake?: The Sociology of a Community Art Museum