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Introduction to Conflict Resolution: 4
credits CR301U/CRN45447 Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00-11:50am.
This course will introduce students to the nature and dynamics of conflict
and its resolution/transformation. To this end, students will be asked to participate
in both classroom lectures and small group discussions, as well as involve
themselves in a community organization. In this way, experiential learning
will be the vehicle by which students explore their assumptions about conflict,
the modes by which they communicate, while developing new skills for resolving
interpersonal conflicts. The course~Rs objective is to acquaint students with
the field and practice of conflict resolution, which will include time spent
examining and analyzing theories of conflict resolution and transformation,
as well as time ~Sin the field.~T Time will also be spent exploring how enhanced
communication and conflict resolution skills can improve interpersonal communication,
thereby transforming our relationships with others, as well as with the world
around us.
Amanda Byron has a Masters Degree in Intercultural Communication and Program
Administration and is currently on a leave of absence from the PhD program
in Urban Studies. Ms. Byron has over ten years of experience working with survivors
of torture, and has been an active community organizer in the fields of violence
prevention, and community development. She is a trained mediator, specializing in Victim/Offender mediation, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Peace Institute.
********** Participating in Democracy: 4
credits CR399U/CRN40791 Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00-11:50 am.
This class introduces students to the notion that they have a great deal to do with the ways in which democracy is realized, or not, in the United States.
Morals and ethics they consider consonant with democracy will be examined, in an effort to illustrate that participating in democracy is a particular
kind of work that does not happen by default because we live in a democratic
country. The Holocaust, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960?s, and recent
hate crimes will be used to demonstrate what happens when democracy breaks
down or goes unobserved, and what is being done/what can be done to restore and/or revitalize democracy. Into this framework the concept of conflict resolution
is then placed, in order to help students understand that the ways in which conflict manifests, and especially how it is resolved, depend heavily on the
context in which it exists.
Isbel Ingham has a master's degree in conflict resolution and is currently doing research for her Ph.D. in the areas of community development and the
context of conflict. She has been a counselor for the last 20+ years, as well as mediating for social action groups, leading and teaching workshops and classes on diversity, and raising two wondrous daughters.
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Nonviolence in America: 2 credits CR407/CRN44519 CR507/CRN44520 Friday 5:00-9:00 pm, Saturday 9:00-5:00
pm, Sunday 9:00-5:00 pm, class meets 2/24, 2/25, and
2/26.
This two-credit seminar will look at the historical record of the evolution of the philosophies and practices of nonviolence in US North America. We stress
history, personalities, internal and external influences, and the development of mass movements as well as the small groups that often inspired those movements.
From the colonial Quakers seeking to practice religious freedom, nonviolence
and abolish slavery, to women seeking the vote to labor seeking bargaining
rights to pacifists objecting to war to human rights workers, the US has a
rich, unique history of the development and exercise of nonviolent power in affecting public policy and national social norms.
Tom H. Hastings is Director of Peace & Nonviolence Studies
track in the Portland State University Conflict Resolution MA/MS program. His
books include: Power (2005), Nonviolent Response to Terrorism (2004), Meek Ain~Rt Weak: Nonviolent Power and People of Color (2002), and Ecology of War and Peace: Counting
Costs of Conflict (2000). With Seattle writer Geov Parrish, he wrote the 2002
War
Resisters League calendar datebook, 52 True Stories of Nonviolent Success. He edits The PeaceWorker and Candles, two peace publications. He is a nonviolent
peace, justice and environmental activist, a Plowshares nonviolent veteran
of three prisons and has done nonviolence trainings for more than 20 years across the US. He lives in the Portland Catholic Worker community Whitefeather
House, and hikes, bikes and paddles for fun. **********
Conflict Resolution and the Emotions: 2 credits CR407/CRN44523
CR507/44524, Friday 5:00-9:00 pm. Saturday 9:00-5:00 pm, Sunday 9:00-5:00 pm,
3/10, 3/11, & 3/12.
This class will examine 3 very different views of human emotions: Rational/Analytical; Buddhist; and Re-evaluation Co-Counseling.
Explore the role of emotions
in conflict resolution, through the prism of family mediation.
Consider the
effects that our family of origin's conflict resolution methods have
on us and our perspectives toward emotions in CR. Enhance our understanding of attitudes and skills needed to effectively deal with high emotions in conflict.
Isbel Ingham has a master's degree in conflict resolution and is currently doing research for her Ph.D. in the areas of community
development and the context of conflict. She has been a counselor for the last 20+ years,
as well as mediating for social action groups, leading and teaching
workshops and classes
on diversity, and raising two wondrous daughters. **********
Facing History: 2 credits
CR407/CRN44517 CR507/CRN44518, Friday 5:00-9:00 pm, Saturday 9:00-5:00
pm, Sunday 9:00-5:00 pm, 2/10, 2/11 & 2/12.
Facing History and Ourselves is devoted to teaching about the dangers of
indifference and the values of civility by helping [students] confront the
complexities of history in ways that promote critical and creative thinking (Text)." Therefore, this course will take a brief look at some historical events: the Holocaust,
the Civil Rights Movement, the murders of Matthew Sheppard and James Byrd,
Jr., and use them to discuss our role in the world, particularly in the United States.
Isbel Ingham has a master's degree in conflict resolution and is currently
doing research for her Ph.D. in the areas of community development and the context of conflict. She has been a counselor for the last 20+ years, as well as mediating for social action groups, leading and teaching workshops and classes
on diversity, and raising two wondrous daughters.
********** Academic Writing: 2 credits
CR407/CRN44514 CR507/CRN40806 Mondays from 4-5:20 pm.
The purpose of this class is to introduce conflict resolution students the
writing requirements of the Conflict Resolution Program. To this end, basic
skills will be reviewed and expanded upon and students will have a chance to get feedback on their writing from the instructor and other students. In addition, we will discuss what we mean by conflict resolution writing style, as well as introduce program requirements for citing your work, how to write a literature review, etc. Finally, attention will be placed on finding one~Rs writing voice,
and how to do that within the context of academia.
Amanda Byron is a mediator, an educator, and an active community organizer
in the fields of conflict resolution, violence prevention, and multicultural
community development. Amanda brings over 15 years of experience working with diverse communities to heal trauma and transform conflict. She is particularly
interested in the field of violence, understanding how and why it occurs, and
forging new ideas on individual and collective responses. Amanda earned her BA in Business Administration at Lewis and Clark College, her MA in Intercultural
Management at the School for International Training, completed post-graduate
work in Urban Studies at Portland State University, and will begin doctoral
studies in transformative learning this Fall.
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Love and CR: 1 credit CR 407/40796 CR 507/40804 Friday
5:00-9:00 pm and Saturday, 9:00-5:00 pm 1/27 & 1/28.
This one-credit course will delve into the practical and mystical world of love to explore its relationship to the resolution of conflict. Readings, simulations, meditations and practice mediations will provide students access to the deep
inner wisdom that drives the transformational process.
Amanda Byron is a mediator, an educator, and an active community organizer
in the fields of conflict resolution, violence prevention, and multicultural
community development. Amanda brings over 15 years of experience working with
diverse communities to heal trauma and transform conflict. She is particularly
interested in the field of violence, understanding how and why it occurs, and
forging new ideas on individual and collective responses. Amanda earned her BA in Business Administration at Lewis and Clark College, her MA in Intercultural
Management at the School for International Training, completed post-graduate
work in Urban Studies at Portland State University, and will begin doctoral
studies in transformative learning this Fall.
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Nonviolence 4 credits: CR
410/CRN 40798 CR 517/CRN 40812 Thursdays 5:30-9:10 pm.
This course examines the philosophies, strategies and tactics behind the major
successful and unsuccessful nonviolent campaigns for mass liberation, social
change, ecological preservation, human rights, labor rights, civil rights, treaty rights and more. We focus on the past century in depth and upon the
germinal campaigns to free India from British rule in particular during one
section of the syllabus and move around the globe and through time from that
basic formative series of campaigns.
Tom H. Hastings is Director of Peace & Nonviolence Studies track in the Portland State University Conflict Resolution MA/MS program. His books include: Power (2005), Nonviolent Response to Terrorism (2004), Meek Ain~Rt Weak: Nonviolent
Power and People of Color (2002), and Ecology of War and Peace: Counting Costs of Conflict (2000). With Seattle writer Geov Parrish, he wrote the 2002 War
Resisters League calendar datebook, 52 True Stories of Nonviolent Success. He edits The PeaceWorker and Candles, two peace publications. He is a nonviolent
peace, justice and environmental activist, a Plowshares nonviolent veteran
of three prisons and has done nonviolence trainings for more than 20 years
across the US. He lives in the Portland Catholic Worker community Whitefeather
House, and hikes, bikes and paddles for fun.
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Global Justice: 4-credits CR410/CRN45260 CR510/CRN45261 Tuesdays and Thursday 12:00-1:50 pm.
This four-credit course looks at the contemporary Global Justice movement and its predecessor movements in the light of the interdiscipline of Conflict Resolution,
which includes Peace and Nonviolence Studies. We look at the threads of this international movement that is reshaping how we think of both international
financial relationships between poor and rich nations, how corporations are affecting governance, and about how movement effect social change.
Tom H. Hastings is Director of Peace & Nonviolence Studies track in the Portland State University Conflict Resolution MA/MS program. His books include: Power (2005), Nonviolent Response to Terrorism (2004), Meek Ain~Rt Weak: Nonviolent
Power and People of Color (2002), and Ecology of War and Peace: Counting Costs
of Conflict (2000). With Seattle writer Geov Parrish, he wrote the 2002 War
Resisters League calendar datebook, 52 True Stories of Nonviolent Success. He edits The PeaceWorker and Candles, two peace publications. He is a nonviolent
peace, justice and environmental activist, a Plowshares nonviolent veteran
of three prisons and has done nonviolence trainings for more than 20 years across the US. He lives in the Portland Catholic Worker community Whitefeather
House, and hikes, bikes and paddles for fun.
********** The European Union as a System of Conflict Prevention and Peace Building: 4 credits CR510/CRN40808 Tuesdays
5:30-9:10 pm.
This is an interdisciplinary course that focuses on the European Union (EU) as a trans-national, trans-ethnic system of conflict-resolution and peace building.
In the context of globalization and socio-economic and cultural change, the EU is examined in the backdrop of the two World Wars and the nationalist past
of each of the European countries. The EU is explored as a system of peace and security in light of the historical effort to transcend ethno-national,
state centralism, and militant nationalism. The relationship between national
interest and the interest of peace is critically examined from the vantage
point of the evolving EU model as a historically novel system of governance. Institutions of co-operation and instruments for resolving disputes and building consensus within the EU are assessed from the perspective of peace and security
issues. The rising, but yet unformed, EU culture is explored in relation to
group identity, ethnicity, inter-state symbiosis and peace. The relevance of the EU is examined in the context of world events and the challenges of globalization.
Harry Anastasiou holds a Ph.D. in the Political Sociology of Peace and Conflict
from the Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and a Doctorandus
Degree from the Free University of Amsterdam Holland. He is a long-standing academic and practitioner of conflict-resolution and peace building in ethnically
divided societies. At present, he is a core faculty member of the Conflict
Resolution Graduate Program of Portland State University. For over a decade he has been playing a leading role in the development and growth of a citizen-based
peace movement in the ethnically divided island of Cyprus. He has also been a participating member of ~SThe Harvard Study Group~T, a bi-communal think tank working on ideas and approaches for the peaceful resolution of the Cyprus problem. As an academic, he has published numerous articles on peace and conflict issues,
focusing in particular on Cyprus, Nationalism and Peace building.
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Divided Societies: Cyprus: 4 credits CR510/CRN40809 Wednesdays
12:00-3:50 pm.
This course will focus on the divided society of the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Through in-depth interdisciplinary inquiry in conflict analysis, the study will attempt to explore ~Qwhy~R and ~Qhow~R the Cyprus problem precipitated
into one of the most stubborn protracted conflicts of our times. A number of factors central to the Cyprus problem will be examined, such as the relationship between public culture and conflict-habituation, power symmetry and/or asymmetry
in the relationship between the rival sides, the evolution and structure of the conflict in terms of the role of domestic, ~Qforeign~R and international
stakeholders, the role of ideology etc. A parallel, complementary analysis will address issues pertinent to the development of perspectives, strategies and actions relevant to the attainment of a political settlement and of societal
peace. Attention will be given to peace-oriented thought and action elaborated
and infused into the conflict situation over the years by a multiplicity of agents at the citizen, political and international level. This study will provide ample opportunities for comparison and contrast with other divided societies
and the search for resolutions.
Harry Anastasiou holds a Ph.D. in the Political Sociology of Peace and Conflict
from the Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and a Doctorandus Degree from the Free University of Amsterdam Holland. He is a long-standing academic and practitioner of conflict-resolution and peace building in ethnically divided societies. At present, he is a core faculty member of the Conflict
Resolution Graduate Program of Portland State University. For over a decade he has been playing a leading role in the development and growth of a citizen-based
peace movement in the ethnically divided island of Cyprus. He has also been a participating member of ~SThe Harvard Study Group~T, a bi-communal think tank working on ideas and approaches for the peaceful resolution of the Cyprus problem. As an academic, he has published numerous articles on peace and conflict issues,
focusing in particular on Cyprus, Nationalism and Peace building. ********** Philosophy of Conflict Resolution: 4
credits CR513/CRN 40810 Thursdays 3:00-6:40 pm.
Introduction to the insights that philosophy offers to the field of conflict resolution. The course will also explore the impact that conflict resolution
practice may have on philosophical theory. Additionally, ethical issues that
arise during conflict resolution work will be carefully considered.
Robert Gould is a trainer and community organizer in the field of CR, as well
as a philosopher whose scholarly work is in a transformational approach to philosophical problems, including philosophical approaches to CR problems.
********** Negotiation & Mediation: 4
credits CR 515/CRN40811 Mondays 1:00-4:40 pm.
This four credit, graduate level course is the first in a two-part series of core courses that teaches the skills and techniques of negotiation and mediation,
including an intercultural perspective. The first term focuses on a broad
range of negotiation strategies in a variety of contexts, with an emphasis
on building collaborative processes. Communication and self awareness skills will also be addressed. In the second term, students will apply their negotiation
skills in learning a practical and structured mediation process for helping
parties to a dispute find mutually agreeable solutions. The skills developed
in the course are extremely useful in interpersonal relationships, in the
workplace, and in organizational and community settings. The structure is highly interactive, integrating theory and practice through lectures, demonstrations, small group discussions, dyad and individual exercises, and negotiation role
plays with evaluative feedback.
Stan Sitnick is a member of the core faculty of the Graduate Program in
Conflict Resolution at Portland State University and he maintains a private practice
as a mediator, facilitator and trainer. He is also a consultant for Indian
Dispute Resolution Services, a national non-profit Indian organization. For
ten years he was the Coordinator of the Clackamas County Dispute Resolution Center, a community mediation program in the Portland metropolitan area. He has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney practicing general
civil
law and as Litigation Director for Legal Services programs. Stan is on the Executive Committee of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the
Oregon State Bar and he was a member of the Board of Directors of the
Oregon Mediation
Association for six years.
********** Psychology of Conflict Resolution: 4 credits CR518/CRN40813 Mondays from 5:30-9:10 pm & CR518/CRN40814 Wednesday
from 3:00-6:40 pm.
This class will explore the psychological dimensions of interpersonal, intra-group
and inter-group conflict. Through this lens, we will examine the underpinnings
of what contributes to, perpetuates and ultimately resolves conflict on these
various levels. Class topics will include cooperation, competition, identity,
affiliation, emotions and others. Class structure is intended to be highly interactive and will incorporate presentation, dialogue and experiential activities.
Barbara Tint is currently the Director of International and Intercultural Conflict
Resolution for the Conflict Resolution
Graduate Program where she served as Assistant Director for the past three
years. She has 20 years of experience as a practitioner and
teacher of mediation, conflict resolution and facilitation. She has worked
in a variety of domestic and international settings, including
Australia, where she completed her Doctoral work in International Conflict
Resolution. ********** Advanced Mediation: 4 credits
CR524/CRN40816 Fridays 5:00-9:00 pm and Saturdays, 9:00-5:00 pm 1/ 20,
1/21, 2/3, 2/ 4, 2/17, 2/18, 3/ 3 &3/
4.
This four-credit, graduate level course is the second in a two-part series of core courses that teaches the skills and techniques of negotiation and mediation, including an intercultural perspective. Students will build on the first term~Rs
work with interest-based negotiation and other collaborative processes. In this term, students will apply their negotiation, communication and self-awareness
skills in learning a practical and structured mediation process for helping
parties to a dispute find mutually agreeable solutions. The skills developed in the course are extremely useful in interpersonal relationships, in the workplace,
and in organizational and community settings. The course is designed both for
those interested in entering the field of mediation and for others looking
for better ways to help individuals and groups resolve conflict. This course exceeds the basic mediation training requirements of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission and students will receive an appropriate certificate at the end
of the course. The course structure is highly interactive, integrating theory
and practice through lectures, demonstrations, small group discussions, dyad
and individual exercises, and a series of supervised mediation role plays with
evaluative feedback.
Stan Sitnick is a member of the core faculty of the Graduate Program in Conflict
Resolution at Portland State University and he maintains a private practice as a mediator, facilitator and trainer. He is also a consultant for Indian
Dispute Resolution Services, a national non-profit Indian organization. For
ten years he was the Coordinator of the Clackamas County Dispute Resolution Center, a community mediation program in the Portland metropolitan area. He
has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney practicing general civil
law and as Litigation Director for Legal Services programs. Stan is on the Executive Committee of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Oregon State Bar and he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Oregon Mediation
Association for six years.
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