Center for Conflict Resolution

This has been a difficult year in many ways... For whatever reason, I have been fixated on how different things are becoming for us.  And, in so doing, I think I've lost the broader view of what life is.

Amanda Davis, Masters of Education and Conflict Resolution certificate student at Abilene Christian University, was recently appointed by Texas Govenor Rick Perry to the Trinity River Authority (TRA). 

Joe L. Cope, Executive Director of ACU's Center for Conflict Resolution, is listed as a contributing author of the recently published Principal's Guide to Managing School Personnel.

Garry Bailey, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at Abilene Christian University, was elected Secretary of the Peace and Conflict Communication Division of the National Communication Association (NCA).

• January 15-16: Visiting Committee Meeting.  The Department of Conflict Resolution will host its first visiting committee meeting.  The committee includes the following leaders in the field of conflict resolution: Angela Brenton, Ph.D., Little Rock, AR; Robert Otey Ph.D., Austin, TX; Peter Robinson, J.D., Malibu, CA; John Allen Chalk, J.D., Fort Worth, TX; Cecilia Morgan, J.D., Dallas, TX; Fernando Nasmyth, J.D., Houston, TX; Judge Lee Hamilton, Abilene, TX; David Hart, J.D., Colleyville, TX; Charles Self, J.D., Abilene, TX.
  
  
• January 22: Certification Workshop.  Joe L. Cope and Lori Anne Shaw will train local nonprofits participating in the Center's Conflict Resolution Curriculum Project pilot study to implement the 12-lesson curriculum at their nonprofits.  Curriculum is specifically designed for economically and educationally disadvantaged students.  Development and implementation of the curriculum was funded by United Way of Abilene and Community Foundation of Abilene. Abilene, TX.
  
  
• January 29-31: Managing Conflict in Churches.  Charles Siburt offers an examination of the causes, arenas and dynamics of conflict in churches with an introduction to five major approaches to interviewing in  conflicted situations.  Abilene, TX.
  
  
• February 26-28: Interviewing and Counseling. Joe L. Cope will teach course at Pepperdine's Law School. Malibu, CA.
  
  
• March 2: Negotiation and Mediation.  Garry P. Bailey teaches a comprehensive study of the conceptual and interpersonal skills required to engage in effective negotiation and to serve as a mediator. Emphasis on development of interest-based negotiation and mediation skills with strategies assisting parties in the creation of opportunities for agreement. Online.
  
  
• March 9: Identity, Culture and Conflict. Garry P. Bailey identifies conflict arising from assertion of individual and shared identity.  The course explores methods of managing conflict in cross-cultural environments through case study and application. Online.