Select Dispute Resolution, Publications & Presentations

Mediator/Facilitator/Trainer/Consultant1981-

Facilitate negotiated rule-making with state agencies and community representatives, growth (“no-growth”) forum with city council, architects and concerned community, govt-community forums regarding alleged discrimination and dialogue groups re: Middle East (with Palestinians, Jews from Ethiopia, Russian and the U.S, and Israelis), South Asia (Pakistani-East Indian) and U.S. foreign policy, strategic planning sessions, interest based proposals 1994-present.

Act as ombuds—interest based mediator for and advise variety of non-profit, educational (pre through higher), state and federal agencies (includes needs assessment and program evaluation design), 1994-present.

Mediate labor-management, community, family/child welfare, victim-offender and range of litigated disputes, 1989-present.

Articles

Facilitative Mediation as A Model for Classroom Management, Fourth R. 2007. Washington D.C.: Association for Conflict Resolution.

Conflict Mediation, Encyclopedia of Governance. 2006. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

Citizen Diplomacy, Encyclopedia of Governance. 2006. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

Games Theory, Encyclopedia of Governance. 2006. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

Negotiation, Encyclopedia of Governance. 2006. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

Communications Theory and Restorative Justice: Approaches To Proactive Conflict Resolution, BUSINESS RESEARCH YEARBOOK (2005).

Optimal Strategy With Complex Global Disputes: Blending the Best of Distributive and Integrative Bargaining, BUSINESS RESEARCH YEARBOOK (2005).

The Global Popularity and Promise of Facilitative Alternative Dispute Resolution 18 TEMP. INT’L & COMP. L. J. (2004), cited by Steven Austermiller, Mediation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 9 YALE HUMAN RIGHTS & DEV. L. J. 132, 144 (2006).

Initiating No Violence Education for Students and Teachers (national curriculum funded by Dept of Justice). 1999. Boulder County.

Prostitutes: Victims of Exploitation and Abuse (a rebuttal to popular legalization theories), Vol. II, J. OF LAW AND INEQUALITY (1984), cited in R. Downey 1992 (Supreme Court of Canada), by Gallagher Norah (visiting scholar, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, Cambridge University) Sexual Exploitation: A Form of Slavery, Series VIII, Human Rights, Issues and Theory, KOAGA RONEETA (1999), United Nations Economic & Social Council Commission on Human Rights, CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY (2000), Sylvia A. Law, Commercial Sex: Beyond Decriminalization 73 SOUTHERN CA. R. 523, 609 (2000), David Weissbrodt and Anti-Slavery International, ABOLISHING SLAVERY AND ITS CONTEMPORARY FORMS (2002), Kimberly A. Yuracko, PERFECTIONISM AND CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST VALUES (2003), W. Heitmeyer and J. Hagan, INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF VIOLENCE (2003), Donna M. Hughes, BEST PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THE DEMAND SIDE OF SEX TRAFFICKING (2004), and Kevin Bales, UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL SLAVERY: A READER (2005).

Conference Proceedings

Exploring and Co-Creating Effective Multicultural Conflict Management Around the World, Conference Proceedings for Impact of Global Issues On Women and Children, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.

Holding These Truths, Conference Proceedings for Women’s Status: Vision and Reality, New Delhi, India , 2001.

Curriculum

Initiating No Violence Education for Students and Teachers (national curriculum funded by Dept of Justice). 1999. Boulder County.

Advocacy Training Manual. 1992. Western Massachusetts Legal Services.

Position Paper

Sexual Harassment in Colorado Schools, Women’s Foundation/Girls Count 1994.

Contracted to facilitate several weeks of interest based discussions between unionized child welfare social workers and management, County of Los Angeles Department of Family and Children’s Services, 2007.

Asked to moderate WASC Town Hall: “Having the ‘Uncomfortable Conversation: A Frank Discussion of Interactional Diversity in the CSUDH learning community, Carson, California, 2006.

Advising Ombuds (Cape Town South Africa) regarding ways of empowering and protecting independence, 2006-

Co-Chaired Diversity Town Hall with Dr. Munashe Furusa, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2005.

Advising Dr. Eun-Joo Shin, Dean, School of Law, Handong Global University, Korea, 2004.

Advising Dr. Minu Hemmati, Seed Initiative (Supporting Entrepreneurs in Environment and Development), Global Public Policy Institute, 2004.

Advising L.A. actress regarding portrayal of young Israeli and Palestinian women, 2004.

Chaired and facilitated annual meeting of about one hundred NGO professionals and community members from throughout Balkans, Great Britain, Hungary and Norway, and international forum with head of border disputes (Ethiopia), human rights ombuds (Peru), faculty (Uganda), members of Nansen network (Bosnia, Montenegro); activist with Tibetan community (India), University of Oslo, 2001.

Integrated mediation into intervention program for repeat violent juvenile offenders, including gang members; successfully reduced incidents of violent behavior more than fifty percent in six months, 1991.

Presentations, Supervision and Conferences of Note:

International

“Internationalization of Organizational Ombuds” invitation of International Ombudsman Association, St. Louis, 2007 (moderated panel including African Development Bank, University of California Berkeley, World Health Organization, Japanese corporation and two transnational corporations—one practicing in Caribbean/Latin America and other in Africa and Middle East).

“Educating For Peace” invitation of Consulado General De Espana En Los Angeles, University of Southern California, 2006.

Asked to give Conflict Resolution Workshop, “Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children,” Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005; Bangkok, Thailand, 2003;

Weaving the Future of Peacemaking, NCPCR (A Network of Communities for Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution), Atlanta, Georgia, 2003.

“Partnering for International Educational Exchange,” NAFSA, with Craig Hastings, Harvard University, 2002;

Closing Plenary, “Peace, Justice, and Conflict Resolution: Creating Mechanisms for Community Building (panel with Honorable Jeffrey Davidow, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Frank Devlyn, entrepreneur and philanthropist from Mexico and Joyce Neu, Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego) Community Building for Peace and Justice: Dos Paises, Una Comunidad, University of San Diego, 2001;

“Exploring the Concept of Cultural Competence from the Party Perspective,” Coming Together: The First International Conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Toronto Canada, and National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, George Mason, 2001;

“The Transformative Cycle of Cultural Recognition & Empowerment, or Cultural Competence: What does it mean in practice:” Education Cooperation in the Americas, Canadian Bureau for International Education, Asociacion Mexicana para las Educacion Internacional, Asociacion Panamericana De Instituciones de Credito Educativo, 1999, 2000.

Hosted visiting faculty from Thammasat University, Thailand; advised regarding community assessment with environmental impact process involving dam development and dispute, 2000.

“Mediation as Training and Practice in Community Empowerment and Recognition” Women’s Status: Vision and Reality, Bridging East and West, New Delhi, India, 2000.

Media

Quoted Monash Asia Institute Bulletin (May 24, 2002).

Interviewed and quoted post 9/11, Chicago Tribune (2001).

Interviewed regarding year for empowerment of women, Star Channel, India (2000).

Domestic

“ Closing Disciplinary Divides: A Polycentric Curriculum Approach in the California State University System” Lily West Teaching Conference, Pomona, California, 2007; 2006 Conference of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Carson, California, 2006.

“Appreciating Mediation’s Global Role with Good Governance,” Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Palm Springs, California, 2007.

“New and Expanding Uses of Mediation” with Dr. Peter Nwosu, Southern California Mediation Association’s 18th Annual Conference, Malibu, California, 2006.

“Discovering Lenses to the South: Appraising Global Surge in Restorative Justice”, Association for Conflict Resolution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006.

“Diversity and Civic Engagement in Learning Centered Communities” and “Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Other Skill-Building Activities in OnLine Classes,” Thirty Sixth Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning, Palm Springs, California, 2006.

Multicultural workshop with Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center and John Rodriguez, Loyola Law School, Southern California Mediation Association 14th Annual Conference, 2002.

Scientific Committee, Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Supervise scholarship, e.g.:1997-

  • Training American business people to negotiate effectively with Thai business

people, Rasamee Limvipuwat (Applied Communications)

  • Environmental conflict case study analyzing diverse communities in Utah, Sarah

Trainor, Ph.D. candidate (Energy and Resource Group).

Hosted visiting faculty from Thammasat University, Thailand; advised regarding community participation in dispute resolution process involving dam and other development.

Professional Membership

Association of Conflict Resolution.