Sandra Cheldelin

Sandra Cheldelin
Professor Emerita of Conflict Resolution

BS, Sociology, 1969, Oregon State University
MEd, Psychological Foundations of Education, 1971 , University of Florida
Certification to teach psychology at community colleges
EdD, Psychological Foundations of Education, 1976, University of Florida
Psychologist, State of Ohio Board of Psychology, #2610, 1977 to 2000. Education Policy Fellow, Institute for Educational Leadership Washington, D.C. 1977. Certification in psychological and organizational assessment, Birkman and Associates, Houston, Texas, 1980 to present.

Biography

Sandra Cheldelin served as the Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Professor of Conflict Resolution at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR) from 2004 until her retirement June 1, 2016 when she became Professor Emerita. Throughout her career she was—and continues to be—an active practitioner. A licensed psychologist and expert in organizational conflict, she conducted large and small scale mediations, coached senior executives to create healthy and diverse work environments, resolved interpersonal, intergroup and inter-organizational conflict, designed institution building and conflict resolution mechanisms and supported strategies to create and maintain collaborative leadership.

She has worked with more than 150 organizations including colleges, universities, medical schools, treatment facilities, corporations, associations, religious institutions and community organizations. She has been keynote speaker and invited lecturer on workplace issues of violence, change, race, gender and conflict. She has facilitated large-scale interethnic and interfaith community dialogues on topics of fear, terrorism, violence and suspicion. Cheldelin has convened large and small groups for a variety of purposes including the development of a national policy on policing for victims of violent crime, creating a 10-year institutional strategic plan, and designing and implementing neighborhood strategies for building community resilience. She is coauthor of Conflict: from Analysis to Intervention (2003, 2008); An Academic Leader’s Guide to Conflict Resolution (2004); Women Waging War and Peace: International Perspectives on Women



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Grant Recipient and Principle Investigator
Dr. Cheldelin has been a Grant Recipient and Principle Investigator for following projects:- Building Stakeholder Consensus for Involuntary Inpatient Services: A Collaborative Project with Fairfax...
Education Policy Fellow
Former Washington Intern Program (1977-78)
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Introductory skill-building course integrating conflict theory and practice using reflective practitioner model. Students learn necessary skills...
Examines constructs of gender and conflict as they relate to critical analysis of theory and practice. Reviews...
Introductory skill-building course integrating conflict theory and practice using reflective practitioner model. Students learn necessary skills...
In-depth field study of ongoing conflict situations, and design and delivery of intervention processes to manage or...
Taken in last semester of master’s student course work. Assists in developing students’ own theories of conflict and conflict...
Introductory skill-building course integrating conflict theory and practice using reflective practitioner model. Students learn necessary skills...
Covers conflict at mezzo level, introducing theories of social harmony and conflict, drawing on sociology, social...
Covers conflict at micro level, introducing theories drawn from various disciplines including psychology, anthropology, and conflict resolution....
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November 04, 2015
Deconstructing Women, Peace and Security offers a critical review and analysis of many gender-based efforts implemented since 2000, including empowerment policies, strategies, and an in-depth study of four particular cases. It calls out the need for...
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2011
This collection of essays explores the role of women as they participate in both conflict and peacemaking.The essays, contributed by scholars and practitioners from around the world, do not look at women as victims or perpetrators, but instead examine their...
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2011
 Sexual violence during wartime is well documented and the primary story that emerges is of women as victims. Cases of atrocities offer insights into the trauma and challenges faced victims and members of their families and communities. As rape is a war...
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2011
This chapter integrates the stories of women and agency by providing an expanded conception of conflict and intervention from a different voice. Reflecting on the lessons learned from cases in 16 countries, several insights emerged. The story of all wars...
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2011
The chapter introduces the book—its origin and what the reader can expect to find from the stories presented. It presents the organization—from Inside Conflict to Prevention—in the context of women’s agency. The authors’ experiences...
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September 01, 2010
The cross-disciplinary team tackles the inconsistencies of gender teaching as seen from the perspectives of law, business, and peace studies negotiation courses.  In the process, they reconsider gender in the context of culture, demanding a forthright and...
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August 01, 2009
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May 02, 2009
Research evidence across a number of disciplines and fields has shown that women can encounter both social and financial backlash when they behave assertively, for example, by asking for resources at the bargaining table. But this backlash appears to be most...
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September 01, 2008
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2008
The team of international experts that have contributed to this fully revised volume, provide a broad range of geographical and disciplinary perspectives. Covering theory, research and practice, they analyse the different types of conflict and offer a thorough...
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November 01, 2007
From 1992 to 1997, Tajikistan experienced a multi-layered civil war between excommunists on the one hand and a coalition of “democrats” and Islamists on the other, between Uzbeks and Tajiks, between Tajiks from different regions of Tajikistan, and even...
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March 1, 2007
Without the cooperation and efforts of a large number of people we could not have succeeded in creating a consensus building process. To all of the participants we offer a special thank you. More than seventy people participated in our stakeholder dialogues...
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November 2006
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January 01, 2006
The year following 9/11 witnessed a significant change in the climate and personal experiences of citizens in the greater metropolitan area of our nation's capital. Communities and organizations were challenged to deal with a variety of sensitive and complex...
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December 22, 2003
Dealing with conflict is an evitable part of any academic administrator’s job. Often, however, new administrators lack the skills they need to successfully resolve campus conflicts. This important resource includes an array of strategies for identifying and...
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August 13, 2003
This major new textbook analyses the emergent role of conflict analysis and resolution. Cheldelin, Druckman and Fast are all based at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, and are international experts in the field of conflict. Covering theory,...
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August 12, 2003
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August 11, 2003
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August 01, 2003
Negotiation and mediation are the two third-party practices most commonly studied and used. We now turn to two equally important practices, both borrowed from other disciplines, and now applied to large-group, multi-party and organizational conflict: facilitation...
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August 01, 2003
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March 01, 2002
An increasing number of U.S.-based conflict resolution providers and educators are now also working outside the country, carrying with them, in some sense, the mantle of conflict resolution expert. But it is possible that some well-meaning people - though genuine...
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January 01, 1989
Successful businesses today are attending to internal and external changes. Their leaders value diversity and seek a heterogeneous workforce, recognising that effective work teams are essential in the process. In the shaping and managing of new organisational...
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July 06, 2009
Bravo to Michael Fischer on “Defending Collegiality” (Change, May/June 2009).  Robert Sutton’s
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June 26, 2009
Antioch University McGregor will celebrate the graduation of more than 260 students on Sunday, June 28. The
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May 01, 2009
ICAR’s 21st Annual Lynch Lecture was held April 9th at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., with the
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October 01, 2008
What is the role of higher education in the midst and the aftermath of civil wars? When a majority of the most talented
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April 01, 2008
Eight evenings of thought-provoking discussion. Eight minds grappling with the important. That is the promo for the
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February 01, 2008
From 1992 to 1997, Tajikistan experienced a multi-layered civil war that ended with a power-sharing agreement between
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November 01, 2007
On October 22nd, at the National Press Club, ICAR celebrated the 20th Annual Lynch Lecture featuring the Honorable Lee
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October 01, 2007
The tragedy of Seung Hui Cho’s murder and suicide has reverberated across the country, yet many of the responses
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September 14, 2007
Dr. Sandra Cheldelin, professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution speaks about the Virginia Tech
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August 14, 2007
Virginia Tech's tragedy remains a stark reminder for those working in emergency medical services -- particularly in
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Symposium on Vulnerability, Precarity and Human Rights Friday 19th September 20149:00am - 5.30pm,George Mason University, Arlington Campus, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution:3434 Washington Blvd, 5th Floor, Rm 5183.In recent years, a growing political discourse has emerged around
September 19, 2014
Sandra Cheldelin participated in the International Studies Association Conference in Toronto, where she presented the paper, “Rethinking the Pedagogy of Ethics in Peace & Conflict".
March 26, 2014
Sandra Cheldelin and Maneshka Eliatamby participated in the International Studies Association Conference in Toronto, where they were a discussant and Chair respectively on the panel, “Raising the Bar: Ethics in Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution.”
March 26, 2014
Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict Resolution's Annual Conference “OUTRAGE/ACTION: Leveraging Commitment in Gender Research, Theory and Practice”, March 21-22, 2014March 21-22, 20149:00am-5:00pmMetropolitan Building, Rooms 5183, 5145, 5000CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE
March 21, 2014
Dissertation Defense:The spirit and insights of the axial flowerings: A paradigm for conflict resolution? Monday, November 18, 201310:30am-12:30pmMetropolitan Building 5183The current convention of conflict resolution discipline is that it is a 20th century dispensation. My study argues that
November 18, 2013
Designing and supporting education systems in post-conflict areas are predominant methods of international development and sustainable conflict resolution practice. However, schools can both combat, and contribute to, conflict as well as influence culture within marginalized communities. This
May 02, 2013
The Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict (CGC) at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, invites submission for its inaugural Annual Conference, Bridging the Gap: Gender and Conflict Theory, Research and Practice, to be held April 11-13,
April 11, 2013
Dissertation Defense: Beyond the "bear" necessities: A mixed methods analysis of the conflicts arising in human-black bear encountersKathryn MazaikaPrevious Degrees: Masters of Science, Conflict Analysis & Resolution, SCAR Masters of Environmental Law, Vermont Law School
March 27, 2013
The relatively recent plague of political incivility and deadlock in America has been attributed to many factors, ranging from the ill temper of certain politicians to the extremism of certain political and religious groups. But conflict analysts and resolvers think that the problem runs deeper and
March 05, 2013
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Many scholar-practitioners have studied gender mainstreaming as a policy tool to help achieve gender equality, but their work does not consider how the related gender equality change and its implementation impact men at a socio-psychological level in male-dominated societies. The impact of such a
April 11, 2012
Dialogue in the Workplace was funded by the Community Resilience Project and Freddie Mac Foundation. These dialogues are part of a series of multi-party dialogues in Fairfax County conducted by Sandra Cheldelin. The dialogues began one year after 9/11/2001 and continued for several more years.
November 24, 2009
Sandra Cheldelin, the Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, will give the spring lecture for the Undergraduate Program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution on Tuesday, April 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Her lecture, which will be held in the Mason Hall
April 03, 2007
International Studies Association Annual Conference, Shadows of Empire: the Emerging Politics of Identity and Nationalism in Central Eurasia, convened and chaired panel, San Diego.
March 22, 2006
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