Today marks one year since former Pres. Jimmy Carter entered hospice. Watch my keynote presentation “The Civil War Next Door” in Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s honor at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution in October.
Live interview tomorrow on Global Leaders Conversation
May 31, 2023 by 1 Comment
Tomorrow (Thurs. June 1) at 10:00 am MDT/noon EDT I’ll be interviewed live on the Global Leaders Conversation about mediation and facilitation both domestically and overseas. Tune in here!
Join my talk “Prospects for Peace in Cameroon’s ‘Anglophone Crisis'” next Friday 4/21 noon Eastern
April 14, 2023 by Leave a Comment
On Friday, April 21 at 12:00 noon Eastern, I’ll be giving a talk (via Zoom) titled “Prospects for Peace in Cameroon’s ‘Anglophone Crisis’” as part of the Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution series of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. This is an under-reported but bloody conflict that has raged […]
My chapter in Contemporary Peacemaking, just published
January 13, 2022 by 1 Comment
The third edition of Contemporary Peacemaking, including my chapter “Inclusivity in Peace Processes: Civil Society & Armed Groups,” is hot off the presses! When I started my study of peace processes over 10 years ago, I learned so much from the first and second editions of this book. It’s hard to believe my name is […]
How Insurgents End Up Harming Their Own
June 10, 2021 by 2 Comments
I’m in a book club. Yeah I know—typical suburban mom thing. But I find it’s not only a good excuse to hang out with girlfriends but also to read books I never would have picked out on my own. Occasionally, a book gives me new insight into a topic related to my work. One such […]
Ready to provide services in French!
April 1, 2021 by 8 Comments
I’m excited to announce I passed the highest-level exam of French as a foreign language–the Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) C2! Thanks to l’Alliance Française de Denver and my brilliant instructor Antoine Alawoe. Ready to offer my facilitation, mediation, and training services in French. Je suis ravie d’annoncer ma réussite de l’examen du plus […]
What YOU Can Do to Promote Peace
September 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Today is International Day of Peace (what, it wasn’t on your calendar?!). People like me resolve conflicts and advance peace for a living, but I bet you didn’t think there’s much that you, a well-informed but otherwise ordinary citizen, can do to bring on world peace. Of course, the big peace decisions are made by […]
Bridging the Police-Community Divide
July 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Like everyone else who watched it, I was horrified and sickened to watch police kill George Floyd in an act that could only be called murder. I’ve been crushed to see the steady stream of videos of police killing Black men (and sometimes Black women or children, and sometimes White people) with dubious justification. I’ve […]
In-Person Meetings: Time to Face Reality
May 13, 2020 by 2 Comments
Just a few days ago, the county where I live lifted the COVID-19 stay-at-home order, leading me to think more about what to expect with this pandemic as regards in-person meetings. My home state of Colorado is one of the earlier states to begin reopening. Currently, our governor’s orders are for offices to operate at […]
US-Taliban Peace Agreement: Success and Failure
March 2, 2020 by 1 Comment
This time of year, I’m ready for spring. Here in Colorado, temperatures can swing dramatically, so it’s not unusual to have a couple of warm, spring-like days in February, as happened on Friday. That gets my hopes up–yay! spring!!–before they are dashed by another round of snow and cold temperatures (which came in last night). […]