Yves-Renée Jennings, ICAR Ph.D. Candidate
A keen sense of seeking to overcome injustices combined with developing opportunities for peace-building has been a foundation for Yves-Renee Jenning's work. After retiring from many years at the World Bank, Yves-Renee joined ICAR’s Ph.D. program to explore the conflict dynamics of gender relations in post conflict countries. Previously focused on West African countries, she now sees important openings for practitioners in Haiti to rebuild, overcoming structural violence, creating dialogues, and develop civic responsibly.
Currently ABD, Yves-Renée is teaching and writing with Prof. Sandra Cheldelin. She has always been dedicated to building the ICAR community, as director of the GMU Dispute Resolution Project, chair of the Latin America working group and as an ICAR Student Association (formerly GSCS) board representative. She is active in the Gender working group and as a Drucie-Cumbie Fellow, she has been developing a grants portal for ICAR. Working in Haiti will not be a new initiative for Yves-Renée, as her own non-profit organization “Partners for Sustainable Peace” has been working on conflict resolution, peace-building and social transformation in a project training the Dominican Republic and Haitian police officers at the border.
Yves-Renée is from Miragoane in the south- western part of Haiti. She is married to William Jennings, who she met at church. Yves-Renée also has an adult son who lives here in Virginia. She loves to read, watch old movies, and host and Fellowship
with others. Always passionate and deter- mined in her work, she will no doubt con- tinue to be a leader, overcoming adversity and building peace.