Peace and Planning

A few themes stand out in the readings I completed to round out my investigation of the urban peacebuilding literature – and they stood out primarily because of what was… Read more

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve focused on reading about Allport’s contact theory (1954) which hypothesized that the right kind of contact (see four conditions below) could reduce intergroup prejudice.… Read more

This semester I have a neat opportunity to take what’s called a “Directed Reading” – basically a chance to create my own syllabus around a topic I want to dive… Read more

While I’ve been done with the first year of my PhD program for a over month now, it took a little time to get used to the new rhythms of… Read more

For one of my final papers this semester, I attempted to take a narrative approach to public discourse. Specifically, I was interested in how members of the public presenting testimony… Read more

In my Peace Engineering and Participatory Approaches to Narrative Methodology class this week, we talked about that infamous PowerPoint slide trying to detail all the aspects of the American strategy… Read more

I’ve recently enjoyed the privileges of living in a democracy, where members of the public can sign up to speak at district department performance oversight hearings. Councilmembers listen to testimonies… Read more

I arrived at the end of 2021 feeling exhausted yet exhilarated – I had completed my first semester as a PhD student without fumbling spectacularly. I had read thousands of… Read more

I just posted a lesson plan for the final project of my Pedagogy and Conflict Analysis & Resolution class. Check it out at https://planwell.link/peacelearner! Or if you’re feeling about as… Read more