Mission Statement

The Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) is an innovative academic resource for people and institutions worldwide. Composed of a community of scholars, graduate students, alumni, practitioners, and organizations in the field of peacemaking and conflict resolution, ICAR is committed to:

• Advancement of the understanding and resolution of protracted and deeply rooted conflicts among individuals, groups, organizations, and communities throughout America and other nations through research, teaching, practice, and outreach;

• Systematic and ongoing analysis of the nature, origins, and types of social conflicts;

• Development of the requisite processes and conditions for their productive resolution.

Faculty

Sara Cobb, Director
Kevin Avruch
Sandra I. Cheldelin
Daniel Druckman
Mark Goodale
Marc Gopin
Susan Hirsch
Ho-Won Jeong
Linda Johnston
Karyna Korostelina
Michelle LeBaron
Terrence Lyons
Christopher R. Mitchell
Agnieszka Paczynska
Nadim Rouhana
Richard E. Rubenstein
Dennis J. D. Sandole
Carlos Sluzki
Wallace Warfield
Peter Weinberger

Staff

Pamela Harris, Program Coordinator
Lisa Nolder, Graduate Student Coordinator
Elizabeth Thompson, Financial Manager
Dena Hawes, CRDC Center Assistant

Advisory Board

Lester P. Schoene Jr.
Chair, K. C. Soares, Vice Chair
Sara Cobb, Director, ICAR
Ann Martin Carr
Anna McG. Chisman
Ruby Butler Demesme
Hon. James H. Dillard II
Alan Gropman
Linda Hale
James R. Hobson
Brig. Gen. Charles Jiggetts (Ret.)
Donna Kenley
Edwin W. Lynch Jr.
Carmen MacDougall
Ambassador John McDonald (Ret.)
Marino de Medici
Patricia Smith Melton
David J. Padilla
Florence Parrish St. John
Edward Rice
Hon. James M. Scott
Robert Scott
Stanley Taylor
John A. Wagner
Craig Zelizer

Student Representatives to the Board

Jeremy Rinker

International Council

Daniel Abele
Landrum R. Bolling
James Boren
John W. Burton
Hon. Joao Clemente
Ambassador Luigi R. Einaudi (Ret)
Arun Gandhi
Gilberto Gil
Eirwin Harbottle
Hon. Elizabeth H. Haskell
Hon. Barnard F. Jennings
R. Wayne Kernodle
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
William F. G. Mastenbroek
Mary McDiarmid
Betty Nathan
Edmund D. Pellegrino
Her Excellency Sonia Picado-Sotela
Baena Soares
B. Stephen Toben
Arturo Valenzuela

Affiliated Organizations

Northern Virginia Mediation Service
Robert Scott, Director

ICAR News Staff

Ho-Won Jeong, Editor
Pamela Harris, Assistant Editor