Wallace Warfield (1938 - 2010)

Wallace Warfield (1938 - 2010)
Associate Professor of Conflict Analysis

Ph.D., Public Policy, George Mason University
M.P.A, University of Southern California
B.A, Howard University, Washington D.C

Biography

Please visit S-CAR's Memorial Page for Dr. Walace Warfield

May 2010 Newsletter Article: "Wallace Warfield: a Celebration of Contribution and Influence" 

Wallace Warfield is a reflective practitioner, trained in the area of public administration and public policy, making use of a full range of theory in the analysis of conflicts and various approaches used to manage, mitigate, and resolve such conflicts. He teaches laboratory-simulation, practicum, and theory courses and his field work has involved interventions and training in complex, multi party conflicts involving communities and organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Along with other ICAR faculty, he has conducted research and training projects in conflict settings in Africa and South America. In the latter case, the focus has been on conflict zones of peace in Colombia.

Warfield is on the Editorial Board of Negotiations Journal and is also the author of a number of publications in the field of conflict analysis and resolution. He is a past President of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) and a member of the Board of Reference of the Conflict Transformation Program, Eastern Mennonite University

Prior to his affiliation with ICAR, Warfield served as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS). At ACUS, he was responsible for helping Federal agencies build alternative dispute



Awards and Honors
Special Achievement Award
U.S. Federal Government Special Achievement Award, 1979, Outstanding Performance Ratings for 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987.
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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...
Introduces field of conflict analysis and resolution. Examines definitions of conflict and diverse views of its...
This course focuses on advanced consideration of CONF 101 topics, provides an introduction of the core notion of reflective practice, conflict...
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March 28, 2013
This reader brings together the writings of Wallace Warfield (1938-2010), the internationally acclaimed and influential authority on conflict resolution. The selected essays highlight the importance of social context in conflicts and the future and potential of...
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May 03, 2012
A discussion of the application of “zones of peace” as a conflict prevention model for intra-statal/intra-communal conflict. Discusses how this model could be applied to potentially conflictual communities along the Haitian/Dominican Republic border....
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2010
Foreward, by Dennis Sandole:There is a natural tension between “forewording” a group of presentations made in honor of a distinguished colleague on the occasion of his or her retirement and one made in memoriam of that same colleague as a consequence...
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2002
This much-needed handbook offers conflict resolution professionals working (or planning to work) in foreign countries a critical, step-by-step guide for dealing with difficult and potentially dangerous disputes in other nations. The editors, John Paul Lederach...
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July 01, 2000
With roots in both the field of labor-management negotiation and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, practitioners and theorists of conflict resolution have been guided by two main theories concerning the objectives of alternative dispute resolution...
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December 01, 1996
This article focuses on the development of the Applied Practice and Theory Program at George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. The authors discuss the experiences of establishing a practicum in an academic program and elaborate on...
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1996
Racial conflict in America is widespread. No attempt to homogenize American political culture out of an amalgam of egalitarian values can mask its occasionally virulent manifestations. Despite the introduction of large numbers of new immigrant groups in the...
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1992
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October 5, 2010
Wallace Pinn Warfield was born in New York in 1938.  After graduating from Howard University he went on to receive
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August 26, 2010
Wallace Warfield, 71, a George Mason University professor who was an internationally recognized authority on conflict
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December 01, 2008
The iconic and stereotypical image of the social worker as "little old ladies in tennis shoes" that
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November 16, 2007
Wallace Warfield, Professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason Universty, discusses
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July 23, 2007
Quashing gossip in surrounding neighborhoods was a major part of John Wilds' job in the years after he arrived at the
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We gather, colleagues, students, alumni and friends to recognize Wallace's contributions to the scholarship and practice in conflict resolution and his dedication to the building of ICAR as a center of excellence in the field. On behalf of Kevin Avruch and Mara Schoeny you are cordially invited to
April 30, 2010
Colleagues, students, alumni and friends gathered to recognize Wallace's contributions to the scholarship and practice in conflict resolution and his dedication to the building of ICAR as a center of excellence in the field. 
April 30, 2010
Responding to the Whole of Conflict in the 21st Century: Challenging Conventional Identities Thursday, October 7, 2009 Atlanta, GA Has ADR/CR been relegated to the margins of the more complex conflict situations whether these be poverty, scarce resource distribution, persistent and organic
October 07, 2009
Africa Working Group Panel Discussion Featuring Hussein Yusuf, PhD Student, ICAR Dr. Terrance Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, ICAR Dr. Jamie Price, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Anthropology, ICAR Mr. Mahdi Abdi, Executive Director of the East Africa Policy
May 13, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009 Lecture by Ambassador Luigi Einaudi "National Boundaries and Progress; Lessons from Latin America & the Caribbean" 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Truland Building, Room 555 Contact: Erica Soren, [email protected]
May 07, 2009
Professor Sally Merry is Director of the Program on Law and Society and Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University Her most recent publications include Gender Violence: A Cultural Perspective (Blackwell, 2008); The Practice of Human Rights: Tracking Law Between the Global
March 26, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009 Discussion with ICAR Professor Wallace Warfield Race Narratives: Dilemmas for Professional Responders 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Original Building, Rm 244 Contact: Paul Snodgrass, [email protected]
March 23, 2009
This research is a comparative study of professional practice related to two schools of thought in the field of nonviolent conflict intervention: conflict resolution and conflict transformation. The research relies upon a thorough review of scholarly literature related to these two schools and
November 24, 2008
This dissertation research examines racial conflict—one of the contributors to school violence—and effective intervention programs. This dissertation study presents research- and theory-based integrated intervention programs (a synthesized program with conflict resolution and
November 01, 2007
Peace in the Margins:Identity Negotiation in Mixed-Tradition Marriages and Its Potential for Mitigating Inter-Community Conflicts in Northern Ireland
April 19, 2007
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