Courses Taught
University Studies courses:
Intro to Peace Studies
Ecology of War and Peace
Intro to Conflict Resolution
Intro to Nonviolence
400/500 courses:
Peace Strategies
Peace History
Nonviolence
Nonviolent Response to Terrorism
Nonviolence and Public Policy
Nonviolence in America
Nonviolent Response to Personal Attack
Global Justice and Conflict Resolution
Environmental Conflict Resolution
Peace Journalism
War, Peace and Media
Academic Career
BA, Peace Studies, Writing,
Northland College
MA, Mass Communication, Nonviolence, University of Wisconsin-Superior
PhD, in progress
Personal Statement
Tom H. Hastings teaches in the Portland State University Conflict
Resolution MA/MS program. He directs PeaceVoice, a program of the
Oregon Peace Institute. His books include: Hundred thoughts on
nonviolence (in press); The lessons of nonviolence (2006); Power
(2005), Nonviolent response to terrorism (2004); Meek t 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 is a nonviolent peace, justice
and environmental activist, a Plowshares nonviolent veteran of three
prisons and has done nonviolence trainings for more than 30 years
across the US. He is a past chair and current board member of the
Peace and Justice Studies Association, and on the Board of Directors
of the Oregon Peace Institute. He is on the Governing Council of the
International Peace Research Association and on the Board of Directors
of the International Peace Research Association Foundation. He is on
the Academic Advisory Council of the International Center on
Nonviolent Conflict. He lives in the Portland Catholic Worker
community Whitefeather House, and hikes and bikes for fun
(transportain andhe owns no automobile).
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Negotiating during the first of nonviolent takeovers of US Senator Ron Wyden's office |
| I'm smiling because Utah Phillips is sitting next to me and we
are conducting a nonviolence training for 200 folks in St Paul MN. |
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very brief version
Tom H. Hastings, author of several books on nonviolence, teaches
in the Portland State University Conflict Resolution MA/MS program. He
lives in the Portland Catholic Worker community Whitefeather
House.
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