A collection of published articles from members of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development community at Kennesaw State University.
The School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University offers a Master's degree in Conflict Management, a Dual Master's degree in Conflict and Business Administration, an Online Graduate Certificate in Applied Peacebuilding, and a Ph.D. in International Conflict Management. We also offer Alternative Dispute Resolution services and workshops through which we assist our clients in managing and transforming conflict.
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Submissions from 2023
The Solution Accelerator in Afghanistan: Lessons From the Field, Volker Franke and Eric Wolterstorff
Applied theatre with students with refugee backgrounds: Pedagogical considerations for TESOL settings, Jessica Hill
Democracy Under Occupation: Coalition Government Formation and Survival in Iraq and Palestine, Stephanie Stapleton, Taib Biygautane, Tavishi Bhasin, and Maia Carter Hallward
Submissions from 2022
Teaching effective policy memo writing and infographics in a policy programme, Tavishi Bhasin and Charity Butcher
Using In-Class Writing to Promote Critical Thinking and Application of Course Concepts, Charity Butcher
Environmental dimensions of conflict and paralyzed responses: the ongoing case of Ukraine and future implications for urban warfare, Kristina Hook and Richard Marcantonio
The Effectiveness of Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in Localized Contexts, Brandon D. Lundy, Tyler L. Collette, and J. Taylor Downs
Submissions from 2021
Optimism and social resilience: social isolation, meaninglessness, trust, and empathy in times of covid-19, Volker C. Franke and Charles N. Elliott
The three conditions: Solving complex problems through self-governing agreements, Volker C. Franke, Eric Wolterstorff, and Cody W. Wehlan
Environmental and collective rights: Differences between indigenous and non-indigenous NGOS involved with the United Nations Human Rights Council, Maia Hallward, Charity Butcher, Jonathan Taylor Downs, and Emily Cook
Differences in African Indigenous Rights Messaging in International Advocacy Coalitions, Maia Hallward and Jonathan Taylor Downs
Immigration status as a health care barrier in the USA during COVID-19, Jessica Hill, Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, and Paul N. McDaniel
Pinpointing Patterns of Violence: A Comparative Genocide Studies Approach to Violence Escalation in the Ukrainian Holodomor, Kristina Hook
Digitally shaped ethnographic relationships during a global pandemic and beyond, Jaymelee J. Kim, Sierra Williams, Erin R. Eldridge, and Amanda J. Reinke
Submissions from 2020
Does Karen Wear a Mask? The Gendering of COVID-19 Masking Rhetoric, Tavishi Bhasin, Charity Butcher, Elizabeth Gordon, Maia Hallward, and Rebecca LeFebvre
Displaced and dismayed: how ICTs are helping refugees and migrants, and how we can do better, Joseph G. Bock, Ziaul Haque, and Kevin A. McMahon
Humanitarian Aid in Yemen: Collaboration or Co-Optation?, Charity Butcher and Hameed Alqatabry
Simulating Diplomacy: Learning Aid or Business as Usual?, Charity Butcher and Edwin Njonguo
Academic Librarian Burnout: A Survey Using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), Sherrill Hayes, Barbara A. Wood, Ana B. Guimaraes, Christina E. Holm, and Kyle R. Brooks
“I’m not Working from Home, I’m Living at Work”: Perceived Stress and Work-Related Burnout before and during COVID-19, Sherrill W. Hayes, Jennifer Priestley, Namazbai Ishmakhametov, and Herman E. Ray
Between Georgia and Ohio: Constructing the Covid‐19 Disaster in the United States, Jaymelee J. Kim, Amanda J. Reinke, and Maya Grant
Project- and Human-Centered Teaching and Learning: Diplomacy Lab and the Expanded Public Charge Rule for New Cabo Verdean Immigrants, Brandon Lundy, Allision Garefino, Brenda L. Cleaver, Danielle Dumett, Kaitlyn Godwin, Agazeet Haile, William P. Hasse, Alexandria Seigler, Kathleen B. Smith, and Nicholas A. Zingleman
The Gift of Solidarity: Women Navigating Jewellery Work and Patriarchal Norms in Rural West Bengal, India, Sarasij Majumder
The Environment in Warfare-Related Policy Making: The Case of Ukraine, Richard Marcantonio and Kristina Hook
Foreign Aid Reduction and Local Civil Society: Recent Research and Policy Guidance for Donors and International NGOs, Christopher L. Pallas and Mark Sidel
How does domestic violence influence the likelihood of settlement in mediation? New data answers old questions, Susan S. Raines and Vittorio Indovina
Documents and the bureaucratisation of alternative dispute resolution in the United States, Amanda J. Reinke
Global Perspectives in the Core: Student Attitudes and Instructor Performance, Amanda J. Reinke and Scott Butler
Consequences of childhood memories: Narcissism, malevolent, and benevolent childhood experiences, Aspen D. Starbird and Paul Story
Submissions from 2019
Mainline Protestants and Divestment as International Economic Activism, Maia Hallward
Success and agency: Localizing women’s leadership in Oman, Maia Hallward and Hania Bekdash-Muellers
Women’s Leadership in Oman: An Intersectional and Transnational Perspective, Maia Hallward and Hania Bekdash-Muellers
Training and Capacity Building for Peacebuilding and Development, Maia Hallward and Hogr Tarkhani
Teaching the Vietnam Antiwar Movement: Confronting Myths and Misconceptions, Robbie Lieberman
Conflict Management and Resolution, Brandon Lundy and Edwin Njonguo
Conflict and aid dependency – an explorative study motivated by the case of Palestine, Marcus Marktanner and Almuth Merkel
Hunger and Anger in Autocracies and Democracies, Marcus Marktanner and Almuth Merkel
Applied anthropology in juridical grey spaces, Amanda J. Reinke
Submissions from 2018
Aid Reduction and Local Civil Society: Causes, Comparisons, and Consequences, Susan Appe and Christopher L. Pallas
Getting a Sharper View of the Humanitarian Marketplace: Introducing Conduit Engagement Theory, Joseph G. Bock and Ziaul Haque
Religious vs. Secular Human Rights Organizations: Discourse, Framing and Action, Charity Butcher and Maia Hallward
Muslim Youth Unemployment and Expat Jihadism: Bored to Death?.", Moamen Gouda and Marcus Marktanner
Challenges and Opportunities Facing Successful Women in Mocrocco, Maia Hallward and Cortney Stewart
Sectoral FDI, absorptive capacity and economic growth – empirical evidence from Egyptian governorates, Shima'A Hanafy and Marcus Marktanner
Sometimes my mind, it has to analyze two things, Sherrill Hayes and Endale Etsegent
Just-in-Time Workforce: Temporary Workers as a Structural Aspect of Lean Production, Darina Lepadatu
You’ll Never Hear Kumbaya the Same Way Again, Robbie Lieberman
Challenging Adulthood: Changing Initiation Rites among the Balanta of Guinea-Bissau, Brandon Lundy
Rebuilding Tertiary Education in Guinea-Bissau: Can it be done?, Brandon D. Lundy
Measuring Community Integration of Lusophone West African Immigrant Populations Through Needs Assessment, Human Security, and Realistic Conflict Theory, Brandon Lundy and Kezia Darkwah
The Impact of Foreign-owned Enterprises in Low-income Economies, Brandon Lundy, Mark Patterson, and Alex O'Neill
Global Learning is Shared Learning: Interdisciplinary Intercultural Competence at a Comprehensive Regional University, Dan Paracka and Sabine Smith
Can democratic states justify restricting the rights of persons with mental illness? Presumption of competence, voting, and gun rights, Heather Pincock
Becoming the change we wish to see: The unexpected benefits of conflict resolution work, Susan S. Raines
Beyond the Bridge: Transforming Conflict Research, Education, and Practice by Transcending Barriers—Honoring the Contributions of Tricia S. Jones, Susan S. Raines
Building a Knowledge-Based Foundation for Mediation Practice & Program Administration, Susan S. Raines
Submissions from 2017
Digital Civil Society: How Nigerian NGOs Utilize Social Media Platforms, Crystal Armstrong and Charity Butcher
Ethnicity and confidence in government: the case of Turkish-minority relations, Tavishi Bhasin, Charity Butcher, and Deniz Gumustekin
Civil War and Terrorism: A Call for Further Theory Building, Charity Butcher
Diversionary Tactics and the Ethiopia-Eritrea War (1998-2000), Charity Butcher and Makda Maru
Europe’s united future after Brexit: Brexit has not killed the European Union, rather it has eliminated the largest obstacle to EU consolidation, Stephen D. Collins
Changing Radicalization to Resilience by Understanding Marginalization, Sherrill W. Hayes
Ombuds as Nomads? The Intersections of Dispute System Design and Identity, Tim Hedeen
Managing Online Communities: Lesson’s From Reddit’s “AMAgeddon”, Amber Hutchins
Contextual Predictors of Protest Behavior on Social Media: A #Ferguson Case Study, April A. Johnson and Rebecca LeFebvre
Policy Considerations regarding the Integration of Lusophone West African Immigrant Populations, Kezia Lartey and Brandon D. Lundy
Drivers and deterrents of entrepreneurial enterprise in the risk-prone Global South, Brandon D. Lundy, Mark Patterson, and Alex O'Neil
You can’t force a friendship? An analysis of US/Argentine relations, Thomas J. Nisley
Defining the Scope of Aid Reduction and Its Challenges for Civil Society Organizations: Laying the Foundation for New Theory, Christopher Pallas, Quinn Anderson, and Mark Sidel
Using Dating as an Analogy to Teach IR Theory, Christopher L. Pallas and Charity Butcher
Donor withdrawal and local civil society organizations: An analysis of the HIV/AIDS sector in Vietnam, Christopher L. Pallas and Lan Nguyen
Donor withdrawal and local civil society organizations: An analysis of the HIV/AIDS sector in Vietnam, Christopher L. Pallas and Lan Nguyen
High-Impact Practices in Anthropology: Creating a Bridge Between Liberal Arts and Neoliberal Values, Susan Kirkpatrick Smith, Brandon D. Lundy, and Cheyenne Dahlmann
Submissions from 2016
Sidestepping Interdisciplinary Irrelevance—Current Approaches to Peace & Conflict Graduate Programs, Joseph G. Bock and Amanda Guidero
Bridging the Gap between Human Rights and Peace: An Analysis of NGOs and the United Nations Human Rights Council, Charity Butcher and Maia Carter Hallward
Muslim Youth Unemployment and Expat Jihadism - Bored to Death?, Moamen Gouda and Marcus Marktanner
Tweeting Resistance: The Evolution of Engagement Frameworks, Maia Carter Hallward and Crystal Armstrong
Decision-Making Meets Negotiation: The Palestinian Bid for UN Recognition, Maia Carter Hallward and Amanda Guidero
Decision-making Meets Negotiation: The Palestinian Bid for UN Recognition, Maia Hallward and Amanda Guidero
Educational Considerations for Refugee And Migrant Children in the United States, Sherrill Hayes
Conflict-Induced Migration and the Refugee Crisis: Global and Local Perspectives from Peacebuilding and Development, Sherrill Hayes, Brandon D. Lundy, and Maia Carter Hallward
Women, Party Politics, and the Power of the Naked Body, Stacy Keltner and Ashley McFarland
Rïm's Unrest: Issues of Secrecy and the Multivalent Use of a Nalú Traditional Shrine Piece, Brandon D. Lundy
Aid Reduction and Local Civil Society in Conflict-Affected States: New Research and Stakeholder Dialogue, Christopher L. Pallas
Reforming NGO Accountability: Supply vs. Demand-driven Models, Christopher L. Pallas
Where the Rubber Meets the Clouds: Anticipated Developments in Conflict and Conflict Resolution Theory, Heather Pincock and Timothy Hedeen
Safety, Satisfaction, and Settlement in Domestic Relations Mediations: New Findings, Susan Raines, Yeju Choi, Joshua Johnson, and Katrina Coker
Submissions from 2015
When Winning Is Really Losing: Teaching Awards and Women Political Science Faculty, Charity Butcher and Timothy Kersey
Introduction: Within the Folds of the Complex: Art, Activism, and the Cultural Politics of Peacemaking, Heather Fryer, Robbie Lieberman, and Andrew Barbero
From Armed Conflict to Disaster Vulnerability, Marcus Marktanner, Edward Mienie, and Luc Noiset
Pancasila: Roadblock or Pathway to Economic Development, Marcus Marktanner and Maureen Wilson
Why do activists lobby institutions that have already reformed?Modelling target selection and learning in NGO advocacy, Christopher L. Pallas, Kimberly Fletcher, and Bing Han
The Future of the Profession(s), Susan S. Raines
Narratives of risk and poor rural women’s (dis)-engagements with microcredit-based development in Eastern India, Debarati Sen and Sarasij Majumder
Submissions from 2014
Taking the Fight to Them: Neighborhood Human Rights Organizations and Domestic Protest, Sam R. Bell, Tavishi Bhasin, K. Chad Clay, and Amanda Murdie
Reading Du Bois on East Africa: Epistemological Implications of Apartheid Constructions of Knowledge, Jesse Benjamin
Terrorism and External Audiences: Influencing Foreign Intervention Into Civil Wars, Charity Butcher
An Applied Learning Experience Field Research and Reporting at the 2012 National Party Conventions, Carolyn S. Carlson, Joshua N. Azriel, Jeff DeWitt, and Kerwin Swint