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KEVIN AVRUCH Curriculum Vitae Professor of Anthropology Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, MSN 4D3 George Mason University 3330 Washington Blvd., Suite 500, Truland Bldg. Arlington, Virginia 22201 (703) 993-3607, -1300; FAX (703) 993-1302 E-Mail: kavruch@gmu.edu And: Associate Faculty, School of Public Policy Peace Operations Policy Program, 3B1 Affiliate Faculty, Department of Sociology & Anthropology College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences, 3G5 Associate Faculty, Center for Global Studies Office of the Provost EDUCATION: 1978 Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, San Diego 1973 M.A. in Anthropology, University of California, San Diego 1972 A.B. in Anthropology (with Honors), the University of Chicago TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Spring, 2009 Joan B. Kroc Peace Scholar, Joan B. Kroc School Of Peace Studies, University of San Diego 2006 Visiting Professor, Universidad Para Paz (UPeace) San Jose, Costa Rica (January term)

2003- Professor of Conflict Resolution and Anthropology, George Mason University (in ICAR)

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Courses (graduate): As below, plus: Theories of Social Conflict; Introduction to Conflict Resolution; Culture and Conflict Resolution Spring, 2003 Visiting Faculty, Program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey 1993-2003 Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University

(in Department of Sociology and Anthropology) Courses: As below, plus: Philosophy and Methods of Conflict Research (graduate); Approaches to Violence (graduate); Ethnography in Conflict Zones (graduate) Summer, 1994 University of Malta, Msida, Malta Course: Contemporary Societies and Politics in the Mediterranean 1984-1993 Associate Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University. Courses: Anthropological Theory; Classics in Anthropology; Fieldwork and the Ethnographic Enterprise; Civilizations; Social and Cultural Change (graduate); Conflict Management: Perspectives from Cultural Anthropology (graduate); Ethnic and Cultural Factors in Conflict Resolution (graduate) 1980-1984 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University. Courses: As above, plus: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Ethnology of the Middle East; Anthropological Perspectives on Religion; Cultures in Comparative Perspective; Comparative Political Systems 1979-1980 Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Chicago. Courses: Introduction to Social Anthropology; Social and Cultural Theory; Problems in Middle Eastern Ethnology; Comparative Religious Movements; Primitive Political Systems (graduate) 1978-1979 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego. Courses: Israeli Society; Social Movements; The

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Anthropology of World View (graduate, co-instructor) 1972-1975 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology and Muir College, University of California, San Diego RESEARCH INTERESTS: Conflict Resolution, Politics and Culture, Ethnicity, Nationalism, Negotiation and Mediation, Middle East, Israel RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 1999-Present Associated (doctoral) Faculty, School of Public Policy (GMU) 1997-Present Senior Fellow, Institute for Public Policy, Peace Operations Policy Program (GMU). Research on cultural aspects of peacekeeping and complex humanitarian operations 1996-1997 Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace, United States Institute of Peace. Research on cultural aspects of international conflict resolution practices; initiated research on culture and peacekeeping 1984-Present As affiliated research and teaching faculty of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (GMU), continuing research on ethnopolitical and identity conflicts, culture theory and conflict, cross-cultural approaches to conflict resolution. 1980-Present Continuing research on comparative approaches to religion; and religion and political integration in the Middle East, particularly Israel. 1975-1977 Anthropological fieldwork in Israel, based in Jerusalem. Research on dimensions of acculturation and integration of new immigrants, especially Western European and American, to Israel. 1975 Anthropological fieldwork, Fez, Morocco. Research on ethnicity and ethnic identity in Morocco.

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1974-1975 Co-Director, University of California Student Attitudinal Study. A study undertaken on behalf of the Chancellor, experience included questionnaire design, pre-test and analysis, and computer applications. 1971 Anthropological fieldwork with Chippewa Indians, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation (Wisconsin). Research supported by the National Science Foundation, Student Originated Studies Grant. Fieldwork was part of interdisciplinary study of Indian urban migration. 1971-1972 Research Assistant to Dr. Raymond Fogelson, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago. Ethnohistorical research towards preparation of volume in Smithsonian Institution's Handbook of North American Indians. PUBLICATIONS: Books: 2000 Information Campaigns for Peace Operations. Washington D.C.: CCRP Publications. (With J. Narel and P. Combelles-Siegel.) 1998 Culture and Conflict Resolution. Washington D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press. 1997 Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Religion, and Government. Albany: State University of New York Press. (Ed., with W.P. Zenner.) 1991 Conflict Resolution: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. New York: Greenwood Press. (Ed., with P.W. Black and J.A. Scimecca.) Paperback edition: Praeger, 1998. 1981 American Immigrants in Israel: Social Identities and Change. Chicago: University

of Chicago Press.

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Articles, Chapters, and Review Essays: Ms(a) “Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Problems in Transitional Justice and the Reconstruction Of Identity.” Transcultural Psychiatry. 2009a “Transforming Conflict Resolution Education: Applying Anthropology Alongside Your Students.” Learning & Teaching: The International Journal Of Higher Education in the Social Sciences 2(2):8-22. 2009b “What is Training All About?” Negotiation Journal 25(2):161-169. 2008 “Culture Theory, Culture Clash, and the Practice of Conflict Resolution.” In, A Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. (D.J.D. Sandole et al., eds). New York: Routledge, pp. 239-253. 2007a “Peace Zones in the Philippines.” In Zones Of Peace. (L. Hancock and C. Mitchell, eds.). Bloomfield CT: Kumarian Press, pp. 51-69 (with R. Jose). 2007b “Truth and Reconciliation Commissions.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. (G. Ritzer, ed.). Malden MA: Blackwell, pp. 5085-7. 2007c “A Historical Overview of Anthropology and Conflict Resolution.” Anthropology News 48(6) (September), pp. 13-14. 2006a “Toward an Expanded ‘Canon’ of Negotiation Theory: Identity, Ideological, and Values-Based Conflict and the Need for a New Heuristic.” Marquette Law Review 89(3):567-582. (Abridged version reprinted as: “The Poverty of Buyer and Seller.” In The Negotiator’s Fieldbook. (A.K. Schneider and C. Honeyman, eds.). Washington DC: American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section), 2006, pp. 81-86. 2006b “Of Time and the River: Notes on the Herrman, Hollett and Gale Model of Mediation.” In The Blackwell Handbook of Mediation: Bridging

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Theory, Research, and Practice. (M. Herrman, ed). Malden MA: Blackwell, pp. 384-394. 2006c “Culture, Relativism, and Human Rights.” In Human Rights and Conflict: Exploring the Links between Rights, Law, and Peacebuilding. (J. A. Mertus and J.W. Helsing, eds.). Washington D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, pp. 97-120. 2005 “Culture, Apology, and International Negotiation: The Case of the Sino-U.S. ‘Spy Plane’ Crisis.” International Negotiation 10(2):337-353 (with Z. Wang). 2004a “Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution.” Journal of Dispute Resolution 2003(2):353-365. 2004b “Culture as Context, Culture as Communication: Considerations for Humanitarian Negotiators.” Harvard Negotiation Law Review 9:391-407. (Reprinted abridged in, Negotiation: Theory and Practice, M.L. Nelken, ed. Dayton OH: Matthew Bender & Company/LexisNexis, 2007, pp. 266-272; and in Negotiation: Processes for Problem Solving, C. Menkel-Meadow et al. eds. Waltham MA: Aspen Publishers, 2006, pp. 392- 395.) 2003a “Type I and Type II Errors in Culturally Sensitive Conflict Resolution Practice.” Conflict Resolution Quarterly 20(3):351-71. 2003b “Conceptualizing Professional Culture and International Negotiations.” In Professional Cultures in International Negotiation: Bridge Or Rift? (Gunnar Sjostedt, ed.). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 201-216. 2003c “Culture.” In Human Conflict: From Analysis To Intervention. (S. Cheldelin, D. Druckman, and L. Fast, eds.). London & New York: Continuum, pp. 140-153. (Second edition 2008, pp. 167-180.)

2002a “The Context and Geography of Protracted Conflict: What Do I Need To Know About

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Culture?” In A Handbook of InternationalPeacebuilding: Into the Eye of the Storm. (J.P. Lederach and J.M. Jenner, eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 75-87.

2002b “Cross-Cultural Conflict,” in, “Conflict Resolution,” ed. Keith W. Hipel, in the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Oxford, U.K.: UNESCO, Eolss Publishers. On the web at: http://www.eolss.net. 2001a “Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: A Review Essay and Annotated Bibliography.” Social Justice 2(1-2):47-108 (with B. Vejarano). (Republished in The Online Journal Of Peace and Conflict Resolution, Issue 4.2, Spring 2002; at web address: http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/4_2recon.htm) 2001b “Constructing Ethnicity: Culture and Ethnic Conflict in the New World Disorder.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 71(3):281-289. (Reprinted in, Race and Ethnicity: Comparative and Theoretical Approaches, J. Stone and R. Dennis, eds., Oxford: Blackwell, 2003, pp. 72-82; and in Social Work Diagnosis in Contemporary Practice, F.J. Turner, ed., New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 546-553). 2001c “Notes Toward Ethnographies of Conflict and

Violence.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 30(5):637-648.

2000a “Culture and Negotiation Pedagogy.” Negotiation Journal 16(4):339-346. (Reprinted in Understanding Negotiation, M.L. Nelken, ed., Cincinnati OH: Anderson Publishing Co., 2001, pp. 51-57; and in Negotiation: Theory and Practice, M.L. Nelken ed. Dayton OH: Matthew

Bender & Company/LexisNexis, 2007, pp. 27-31; excerpted in Negotiation: Processes for Problem Solving, C. Menkel-Meadow et al. eds, Waltham MA: Aspen Publishing, 2006, pp. 378- 379.)

2000b “Reciprocity, Equality and Status-Anxiety in

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the Amarna Letters.” In Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations. (R. Cohen and R. Westbrook, eds.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 154-164. 1999a “Civilian Perspectives on the Analysis of Civil Military Interactions: Introductory Remarks.” In Analysis of Civil-Military Interactions. (A. Woodcock and D. Davis, eds.). Clementsport NS: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, pp. 87-91. 1999b "Cultural Relativism, Conflict Resolution, and Social Justice." Peace and Conflict Studies 6(1):21-36 (with P.W. Black). 1998a "Political Judaism and the Post-Zionist Era." Judaism 47(2):146-159. 1998b "Peace Making: Introductory Remarks." In Analysis for Peace Operations. (A. Woodcock and D. Davis, eds.). Clementsport NS: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, pp. 29-32. 1998c "Analysis and Conflict Resolution." In Analysis for Peace Operations. Pp. 116-121. 1998d "Israel." In Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. (R. Wuthrow, ed.). Volume I, pp. 397-399. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Books. 1998e "Zionism." In Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. Volume II, pp. 804-806. 1998f "Evolving Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era: Some Notes on Cornwallis-II." In Analysis For and Of the Resolution of Conflict. (A.E.R. Woodcock & D. Davis, eds.). Clementsport NS: Canadian Peacekeeping Press, pp. 15-19. 1997a "Localizing Israeli Judaism." In Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Religion, and Government. Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 152-167. 1997b "Introduction." In Critical Essays on Israeli

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Society, Religion, and Government. Albany: State University of New York Press (with W.P. Zenner), pp. 1-8. 1996a "ADR, Palau, and the Contribution of Anthropology." In Anthropological Contributions To Conflict Resolution (A. Wolfe and H. Yang, eds.). Athens: University of Georgia Press (with P.W. Black), pp. 47-63. 1996b "Conflict Resolution." In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, (D. Levinson and M. Ember, eds.). Volume I, pp. 241-45. New York: HRAF/Henry Holt. 1995 "The Jews of Israel." In Encyclopedia of World Cultures, (J. Middleton and A. Rassam, eds.). Volume IX, pp. 141-44. Boston: G.K. Hall. Revised version published online as, “Cultural Summary: Israelis.” eHRAF Collection of Ethnography, New Haven: CT, HRAF, 2003. 1994 "Linking Theory and Conflict Management." Peace and Change 19(4):424-430. 1993a "Conflict Resolution in Intercultural Settings: Problems and Prospects." In Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice: Integration and Application (D. Sandole & H. van der Merwe, eds.). Manchester (U.K.): Manchester University Press, pp. 131-45 (with P.W. Black). (Reprinted in Conflict and Culture Reader, P.K. Chew ed., New York: New York University Press, 2001, pp. 7-14. Spanish translation at: http://www.gmu.edu/ Departments/ICAR/intercultu.pdf). 1993b "Culture, Power and International Negotiations: Understanding Palau-U.S. Status Negotiations." Millennium: Journal of International Studies 22(3):379-400 (with P.W. Black). (Reprinted in Culture in World Politics, D. Jacquin-Berdal, A. Oros and M. Verweij, eds., New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998, pp. 34-60.) 1993c "The Role of Cultural Anthropology in an Institute for Conflict Analysis and

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Resolution.” Political and Legal Anthropology Review 16(3):29-38 (with P.W. Black). 1992a "Making Culture and its Costs." Ethnic and Racial Studies 15(4):614-26. 1992b "The Role of Anthropology in Conflict Resolution." Human Peace 9(4):3-10 (with P.W. Black). 1991a "The Culture Question and Conflict Resolution." Peace and Change 16(1):22-45 (with P.W. Black). 1991b "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel." In Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Politics, and Culture (I. Lustick and B. Rubin, eds.). Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 129-43. 1991c "Culture and Conflict Resolution." In Conflict Resolution: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (K. Avruch, P. Black & J. Scimecca, eds.). New York: Greenwood Press, pp. 1-17. 1990a "Melford Spiro and the Scientific Study of Culture." In Personality and the Cultural Construction of Society: Papers in Honor of Melford E. Spiro. (D.K. Jordan and M.J. Swartz, eds.). Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, pp. 15-59. 1990b "Israeli Society and its Environment." In Israel: A Country Study. (H. Metz, ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office (Library of Congress), pp. 81-138. 1990c "Ideas of Human Nature in Contemporary Conflict Resolution Theory." Negotiation Journal 6(3):221-28 (with P.W. Black). 1989 "Some Issues in Thinking About Culture and the Resolution of Conflict." Humanity & Society 13(2):187-94 (with P.W. Black). 1988 "Gush Emunim: The 'Iceberg Model' of Extremism Reconsidered." Middle East

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Review 21(1):27-33. 1987a "A 'Generic' Theory of Conflict Resolution: A Critique." Negotiation Journal 3(1):87-96, 99-100 (with P.W. Black). 1987b "The Emergence of Ethnicity in Israel." American Ethnologist 14(2):327-39. 1986 "Politics and Society in Contemporary Israel." The Middle East Journal 40(1):139-44. 1984 "Some Middle Eastern Flash Points." Faculty Lecture Series (V. Gras, ed.). Fairfax, VA.: George Mason University, pp. 133-47. 1982a "On the 'Traditionalization' of Social Identity: American Immigrants to Israel." Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology 10(2):95-116. 1982b "New Markets and Good Deeds: On Altruism and Exemplary Entrepreneurship." Anthropological Quarterly 55(4):211-23. 1981 "Becoming Traditional: Socialization to Bureaucracy among American Immigrants in Israel." Studies in Comparative International Development 16(3/4):64-83. 1979 "Traditionalizing Israeli Nationalism: The Development of Gush Emunim." Political Psychology 1(1):47-57. 1978 "Gush Emunim: Politics, Religion and Ideology in Israel." Middle East Review 11(2):26-3l. (Reprinted in Religion and Politics in the Middle East, M. Curtis, ed., Boulder: Westview Press, 1981, pp. 207-15.) Reviews and Miscellany: 2009 Review of An Asian Perspective on Mediation (J. Lee and T.H. Hwee, eds.). Peace and Conflict Review Fall.

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2008 The Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: The U.S. Contribution to the IrishPeace Process, 1998-2008. Technical Report for the Department of State: A History of the “Walsh Visa Program,” 167 pp. (With Nike Carstarphen & Laurel Collins.)

2007 “Afterword” to Managing Protracted and Deep

Rooted Conflicts in the U.S. Senate (Richard Cocozza). ICAR Working Paper No. 26, pp. 24-25.

2005a Review of Taming Intractable Conflicts:Mediation in the Hardest Cases (C. Crocker, F.O. Hampson, P. Aall). SAIS Review of InternationalAffairs 25(1):193-197.

2005b Review of How Israelis and Palestinians Negotiate: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Oslo Peace Process (T.C. Wittes, ed.). The Middle East Journal 59(3):485-486.

2004 “Foreword” to Witnessing in Mediation: Toward an Aesthetic Ethics of Practice (Sara Cobb). ICAR Working Paper No. 22, pp. v-vi.

2003a “Integrating Ideas of Culture, Ethnicity, and

Multiculturalism in Conflict Resolution and ADR Practice.” Occasional Paper #4, Program In Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Sabanci University (Turkey), 24pp.

2003b Comment on “What Would You Do—With a Taniwha at the Table?” (Ian Macduff). Negotiation Journal 19(4):292-293. 2002a Review of Holy War, Holy Peace: How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East (M. Gopin). Middle East Journal 56(4):733-735. 2002b Review of Social Identity, Intergroup Conflict, and Conflict Reduction (R. Ashmore, L. Jussim, and D. Wilder, eds.). Contemporary Sociology 31(6):711-712. 2002c Review of The Limits of Coexistence: Identity Politics in Israel (R. Torstrick). American Anthropologist 104(1):384-385.

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2001a “Foreword” to Learning Lessons from Waco:

When the Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiating Table (Jayne S. Docherty). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, pp. xi-xiv.

2001b “An Overall Assessment of the Irish Peace Processs Cultural and Training Program Act Of 1998, Public Law No. 105-319.” Technical Report Submitted to U.S. Department of State, 35 pp. 2000a “ICAR in Ancient Egypt.” ICAR Newsletter 11(1):4-7 (with D. Druckman). 2000b Review of Views in Review: Politics and Culture in the State of the Jews (A. Margalit). Middle East Journal 54(1):128-9. 1999a "Conflict Resolution and Democratic Governance." ICAR Newsletter 10(1):8-11. 1999b “Cultural Considerations of Peace Operations.” Report of Workshop Proceedings, Religious Considerations of Peace Operations: The Role Of the Military Chaplain. George Mason University, The Institute of Public Policy, pp. 89-101. 1999c Review of Peacemaking in International Conflict: and Techniques (I.W. Zartman and L. Rasmussen, eds.). Peace & Change 23(4):100- 102. 1998 Review of Interactive Conflict Resolution (R.J. Fisher). Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 4(2):187-9. 1997 Review of Resolving International Conflicts: The Theory and Practice of Mediation (J. Bercovitch, ed.). Peace & Change 22:360-3. 1995 Review of Israeli Judaism: The Sociology of Religion in Israel (S. Deshen et al., eds.). Israel Studies Bulletin 11(1):14.

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1992a Review of Jewish Settler Violence: Deviance as Social Reaction (D. Weisburd). Journal of Political and Military Sociology 20(1):171- 3. 1992b Review of Stiff-Necked People, Bottle-Necked System: The Evolution and Roots of Israeli Public Protest, 1949-1986 (S. Lehman-Wilzig). Israel Studies Bulletin 8(2):30-33. 1992c Review of New Perspectives on Israeli History: The Early Years of the State (L. Silberstein, ed.). Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 26(2):213-4. 1992d "Becoming an Anthropologist." Conversations No. 1:5-6. George Mason University, College of Arts and Sciences. 1990 Review of American Aliya: Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement (C. Waxman). American Jewish History 79(3):435-7. 1988 Review of Israel: Building a New Society (D. Elazar). The Middle East Journal 42(4):694-5. 1987a Review of From Camel to Truck: The Bedouin in the Modern World (D. Chatty). Nomadic Peoples 24:58-9. 1987b Review of Voyage to Freedom: An Episode in the Illegal Immigration to Palestine (Z. Hadari & Z. Tsahor). International Migration Review 21(2):438-9. 1987c Review of Migrants from the Promised Land (Zvi Sobel). Association for Israel Studies Newsletter 2(2):20-22. 1986 Review of The Dual Heritage: Immigrants from the Atlas Mountains in an Israeli Village (Moshe Shokeid). International Migration Review 20(4):106. 1985 Review of Understanding Cultures: Perspectives in Anthropology and Social

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Theory (R.C. Ulin). International Migration Review 19(2):359-60. 1984a Review of Return to Judaism: Religious Renewal in Israel (J. Aviad. The Middle East Journal 38(3):534-5. 1984b Review of The Conflict of Tribe and State in Iran and Afghanistan (R. Tapper, ed.). American Anthropologist 86(3):729-30. 1982a Review of The Druzes in Israel: A Political Study (G. Ben-Dor). Sociology: Reviews of New Books, 9(2):42. 1982b Review of The Book of Mordechai: A Study of the Jews of Libya (H. Goldberg). Ethnohistory 29(4):308-9. 1982c Review of Israel's Black Hebrews: Black Americans in Search of Identity (M. Lounds, Jr.). International Migration Review 16(2):503-4. 1982d Review of Nubian Ceremonial Life: Studies in Islamic Syncretism and Cultural Change (J. Kennedy, ed.). Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 16(2):63-4. 1975 Review of Arabs and Berbers: From Tribe to Nation in North Africa (E. Gellner and C. Micaud, eds.). Contemporary Sociology 4(3):288-9. PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES:

2008a “Conflict Resolution Education on the Cusp Between Applied Anthropology and Public Policy.” Paper presented at Society for Applied Anthropology, Memphis TN. 2008b “Peace, Conflict, and Reconciliation: The TRC in Perspective.” Advanced Study Institute For Cultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal.

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2007a “The New and Newer in Negotiation: The Poverty

Of Buyer and Seller.” Paper presented at the American Bar Association, Section on Dispute Resolution Meeting, Washington, D.C.

2007b “Social and Cultural Meanings of Violence in Titus Andronicus.” Invited lecture, the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC. 2006a “Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Problems in Transitional Justice and the Reconstruction of Identity.” Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, Washington D.C. 2006b “The Biology of Trust in the Resolution of Conflict.” Workshop presentation, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta GA. 2006c “Ethics and the Anthropology of Public Policy: A Case-Study from Conflict Resolution.” Invited Paper, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Jose CA.

2004a “Introduction to Conflict Analysis and

Resolution.” Lectures given at Tbilisi State University, Program on Conflict Resolution and Department of Social Psychology, Tbilisi, Georgia.

2004b “Toward an Expanded ‘Canon’ of Negotiation Theory: The Need for a New Heuristic.” Annual Meeting, International Association For Conflict Management, Pittsburgh PA. 2004c “The Dynamics of Escalation and Conflict Prevention.” Invited presentation, Foreign Service Institute, Arlington VA. 2003a “Culture and Conflict Resolution.” A series of three invited lectures given at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey.

2003b “Overcoming Cultural Barriers in International Negotiations: Success in Diplomacy and International Transactions.” Invited paper,

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Program on Negotiation and Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 2003c “Culture as Context, Culture As Communication:

Considerations for Humanitarian Negotiators.” Invited presentation at the Annual meeting of the Humanitarian Negotiators’ Network, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Henry Dunant Centre, Geneva and Talloires, France. On the web at: www.hdcentre.org/Programmes/nnetwork.htm

2002 “Integrating Ideas of Culture, Ethnicity, and

Multiculturalism into Thinking about ADR.” Paper presented at the Association of Conflict Resolution, Washington D.C.

2001 “Truth and Reconciliation Commissions:

Perspectives from Anthropology and Conflict Resolution.” Paper presented at American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C.

2000a “Culture in the Pedagogy of Negotiation.”

Invited paper, Hewlett Conference 2000, Program on Negotiation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 2000b “Truth and Reconciliation: Anthropological Perspectives.” Paper presented at American Anthropological Association, San Francisco CA. 2000c Invited discussant, “Negotiating Identity: From Metaphor to Process.” School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. 2000d Invited discussant, “Global Religions and Conflict Resolution: A New Paradigm.” U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. 1999a Chair and discussant of session on "Civil- Military Interactions in Peace Operations." Cornwallis-IV Conference. Pearson Peacekeeping Training Centre, Cornwallis Park, NS. 1999b "Toward a Cultural Psychology of Ethnopolitical Conflict." Invited paper, Solomon Asch Center

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for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 1999c Chair and discussant of panel, "The Israeli Right." Association for Israel Studies, Washington, D.C. 1999d "The Nature of International Conflict." Invited presentation to the Summer Institute for Secondary School Social Studies Teachers, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. 1998a "Negotiating Across Cultural Boundaries." Invited paper, United States Institute of Peace, Workshop for the Cross-Cultural Study of Negotiation, Washington, D.C. 1998b "Conflict Resolution in the Context of Peacekeeping Operations." Invited paper to the Conference/Workshop, "Analysis for Peace Operations, " The Cornwallis Group. Pearson Peacekeeping Training Centre, Cornwallis Park, NS. 1998c "Conceptualizing 'Professional Culture' and International Negotiations." Invited paper to the Project on International Negotiations, School of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C. 1998d Invited discussant of panel, "Violence, Racism, and Population Dynamics." American Anthropo- logical Association, Philadelphia PA. 1997a "Culture and Ethnic Conflict Resolution in the New World Disorder." Invited paper to the Conference, "Ethnic Conflict in the Post- Industrial World." Rockefeller Study Center, Bellagio, Italy. 1997b "Evolving Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era." Invited paper to the Conference/Workshop, "Analysis of and for the Resolution of Conflict," The Cornwallis Group. Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Cornwallis Park,

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Nova Scotia. 1997c "Responding to Conflict: The Challenge of Multiple Third Parties—Cultural Perspectives." Invited presentation to the 1997 "College and University Faculty Seminar on Conflict and Peacemaking in an Evolving World." United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. 1997d Chair of Panel, "Arab and Jewish Communities in Israel." Association for Israel Studies, Atlanta, GA. 1996a "Anthropological Aspects of the El-Amarna Letters." Invited paper to the Conference, "The Origins of Diplomacy: The Amarna Letters." Rockefeller Study Center, Bellagio, Italy. 1996b "Conceptions of Culture in the Cross-Cultural Study of National Negotiating Styles." Invited paper, United States Institute of Peace, Workshop for the Cross-Cultural Negotiation Project, Washington, D.C. 1996c "The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Some Prospects for Conflict Resolution and International Relations." Invited paper to the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict, Maxwell School, Syracuse University. 1996d "Melford Spiro and the Scientific Study of Culture (Part II)." Invited paper presented At the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA. 1996e Chair of Panel, "The Politics of Differences: Citizenship, Minority Status, and Gender," Association for Israel Studies, Boston, MA. 1996f Invited discussant of panel, "Culture and Change in Foreign Policy Analysis." International Studies Association, San Diego, CA. 1995a "Political Judaism in the Post-Zionist Era." Invited paper, Middle East Studies Association

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annual conference, Washington, D.C. 1995b Chair of Panel, "Studies of Israeli Ethnicity," Association for Israel Studies, Baltimore, MD. 1995c "Cultural Approaches to Conflict Resolution and International Relations." Invited presentation to the Life Cycle Institute, Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. 1994a "ADR, Palau, and the Contribution of Anthropology." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, Atlanta, GA (with P.W. Black). 1994b Invited participant, United States Institute of Peace, "Workshop on The Comparative Analysis of National Negotiating Behavior," Washington, D.C. 1994c Invited participant, "Workshop on Ethnic Conflict and Problems in Advanced Industrial Societies," The Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. 1994d "Culture, Power, and Conflict Resolution: The Search for a New Paradigm." Invited presentation to the Global Peace and Conflict Studies Program, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine. 1993a "Some Aspects of Emergent Israeli Judaism." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C. 1993b "Cultural Aspects of International Negotiations." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology, New Orleans, LA (with P.W. Black). 1993c Chair and discussant of panel, "Evolving Definitions of Jewish Nationalism." Association for Israel Studies, Atlanta, GA. 1992 Chair, organizer and discussant of panel, "Conflict Resolution in the Israeli-Arab

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Conflict: Problems and Prospects." Association for Israel Studies, Milwaukee, WI. 1991 Invited discussant, "Ethnicity Planning Meeting," The Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. (Organized by Prof. Donald Horowitz.) 1990-7 Invited discussant and participant, United States Institute of Peace, Project Working Group on "Religion, Ideology and Peace: Intolerance as a Threat to Peace." Washington, D.C. (Working Group has organized conferences at USIP on the Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Sudan, Nigeria, and Tibet.) 1989a "Where is the 'Culture' in 'Inter-Cultural' Conflict Resolution?" Paper presented at the North American Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, Montreal, Canada (with P.W. Black). 1989b "The Concept of the Person in Contemporary Conflict Resolution Theory." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, San Diego, CA, (with P.W. Black). 1989c "Anthropology's Contribution to Teaching Peace Studies." Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C. (with P.W. Black). 1988 "Some Issues in Thinking about Culture and the Resolution of Conflict." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology, New Orleans, LA, (with P.W. Black). 1987a "Israel's Religious Establishment." Invited paper presented at annual conference of the Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C. 1987b Invited discussant, Meeting of Hewlett Foundation funded Conflict Resolution Programs, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.

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1986a Invited discussant & moderator, "Seminar on Managing Conflicts in a Multicultural Context," The Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 1986b Chair of session, "Transcultural Perspectives on Conflict and Conflict Management," and presented paper "Anthropological Perspectives on Conflict." Third National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, Denver, CO, (with P.W. Black). 1982a "Mental Health Aspects of the Acculturation of American Immigrants in Israel." Invited presentation to the Association of Menta Health Affiliation with Israel, Pittsburgh, PA. 1982b "Some Middle Eastern Flash Points." The Faculty Lecture Series, George Mason University. 1980 "Entrepreneurship and Immigration: The Case of Americans in Israel." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C. 1979a "Acculturation and Bureaucracy: American Immigrants in Israel." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Cincinnati, OH. 1979b "Judaism in America: Problems of Modernity and Accommodation." Invited presentation to the Department of Religion, Brown University Providence, RI. 1978a "American Jewish Immigrants to Israel: Social Identities and Change." Presented at the Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Los Angeles, CA. 1978b "Aged American Expatriates: The Israeli Case." Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Merida, Mexico. 1978c "American Jewry and Modernity." Invited

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presentation to the University of California annual Judaica Symposium, Berkeley, CA. 1977 "Gush Emunim." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Houston, TX. 1971 "Politics and Powwows at Lac Courte Oreilles: Partial Report on the University of Chicago NSF/SOS Project." Presented at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philadelphia, PA. HONORS AND AWARDS: 2009- Henry Hart Rice Chair in Conflict Resolution 2009 Joan B. Kroc Peace Scholar, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego (Spring Semester)

2001-08 Co-Principal Investigator, “Irish Peace Process Cultural & Training Program (Walsh Visa Program),” Conflict Resolution Curriculum Design (2000-01); Overall Program Assessment (2001-08); History and Final Technical Report (2007-08). Funded through Department of State. Total budget 2001-08: $1,316,540

2001-05 Research Team Member, “A Comparative

Analysis of Local Zones of Peace, Colombia” U.S. Institute of Peace Unsolicited Grant

2001 College of Arts and Sciences Award for

Scholarship (George Mason University)

1999 Honorable Mention, Book of the Year in Conflict Studies, International Association of Conflict Management (IACM)

1998 Deputy Principal Investigator, "Information Campaigns for Peace Operations," Program on Peacekeeping Policy, George Mason University. 1998 Faculty Study Leave, Office of Research and

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Graduate Studies, GMU. 1997 Invited participant, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study Center, "Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Industrial World" conference. 1996-97 Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace. United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. 1996 Invited participant, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study Center, "Origins of Diplomacy" conference. 1993 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Summer Stipend, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Project title: "Culture, Conflict Resolution, and International Relations." 1992 George Mason University Alumni Association, "Faculty Member of the Year" Award 1988 Distinguished Faculty Award, George Mason University 1987 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Summer Stipend, the "George Mason University Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution Project: The Cultural Components of Conflict Resolution Theory." 1982 Nominee, National Jewish Book Award (Nonfiction) 1977-78 Research Grant, the Jerusalem Center for Anthropological Studies 1977 University of California Dissertation Fellowship 1972-77 National Institute of Mental Health Pre- Doctoral Fellowship 1972 A.B. with University and Departmental Honors, the University of Chicago 1971 National Science Foundation, Student Originated

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Studies Grant ADMINISTRATION: Associate Director, ICAR (2005-2008) Coordinator, Anthropology Program--1988-89, 1990-96 MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Memberships: American Anthropological Association; American Ethnological Society; Society for Psychological Anthropology; Middle East Studies Association; Anthropological Society of Washington; Association for Israel Studies; Association for Political and Legal Anthropology; International Association of Conflict Management Editorial Consultant/Reader: The University of Chicago Press; University of Wisconsin Press; State University of New York Press; International Migration Review; Anthropological Quarterly; Studies in Comparative International Development; Contemporary Jewry; Ethnohistory; Social Science & Medicine; Journal of Contemporary Ethnography; Cultural Anthropology; Ethnic and Racial Studies; Academic Press; University of Pennsylvania Press; Human Organization; Sociological Perspectives; International Journal of Peace Studies; University of California Press; Oxford University Press; Ashgate Publishers (UK); Journal of Peace Research; W.W. Norton; International Negotiation; University of North Carolina Press; Negotiation Journal; Journal of Political and Military Sociology; Cambridge University Press; Peace and Conflict Review; Millennium: Journal of International Studies; Transcultural Psychiatry Scientific Reader and Grants Evaluator: National Science Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; Israel Science Foundation; U.S. Institute of Peace; Fulbright National Screening Committee

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Academic Conference Program Committees Cornwallis IV (Pearson International Peacekeeping Training Centre, 1998), Program Sub-Chair Cornwallis III (Pearson International Peacekeeping Training Centre, 1997), Program Sub-Chair Middle East Studies Association (1995) Association for Israel Studies, Committee Chair (1992) Publications Coordinator: Anthropological Society of Washington (1985-1986) Editorships: Newsletter of the Anthropological Society of Washington (1982-1985) Associate Editor, Journal of Political and Military Sociology (1991-2003) Book Review Editor, Anthropological Quarterly (1986- 1991) Editorial Board, the George Mason University Press (1985-1994) Editorial Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania Press, Monograph Series, "The Ethnography of Political Violence" (1995- ) Editorial Board, Social Justice: Anthropology, Peace, and Human Rights (1999-2005) Editorial Board, Peace and Conflict Review (2006- ) Member, Board of Directors: Anthropological Society of Washington (ex-officio, 1982-1985)

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Association for Israel Studies, Board Member (1989-1993, 1997-2001) and Secretary-Treasurer (1993-1997) Cultural Center for Social Change (1992- ). A community based, non-profit interdisciplinary arts education organization Advisory Board, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (Columbia University) (2004- ) Alliance for Peacebuilding (formerly International Conflict Prevention and Resolution [AICPR]) (2005-2008) Honorary Advisory Board, Abraham’s Vision (2005-07). An educational organization devoted to peace in the Middle East UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Department of Sociology and Anthropology: Recruitment Committees (1980-81, 1987-88, 1993-94); Anthropology Curriculum Committees (1980-81, 1988-91); Graduate Committee (1981-83); Faculty Matters Committees (1984-87, 1988-95, 2000-01); Anthropology Club Faculty Advisor(1988-96); Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honors Society Faculty Advisor (1989-96); Anthropology Program Coordinator (1988-89, 1990-96); Member, Sociology M.A. Thesis Committees (1986-88, 1988-90, 1996-01); Chair Renewal Review Committee (2000); External Chair Search Committee (2001-02) Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution: Member, Faculty Advisory Board (1980-Present) Affiliated Teaching Faculty (1986-Present) Chair, Special Projects Committee (1981-83) Chair, M.S. Admissions Committee (1987-88) Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committees (1989-Present) Member, M.S./Ph.D. Admissions Committee (1999-2003) Chair, M.S./Ph.D. Admissions Committee (2003-06) Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committees (2000-Present) Chair, Visiting Scholars Committee (2001-03) Chair, Junior Faculty Search Committee (2002-03) Member, SOAN Search Committee for Undergraduate CR

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Program (2004) Member, Faculty Search Committee (2005-06) Associate Director (2005-08) Chair, Point of View Committee (2009-2011) College of Arts and Sciences: Curriculum Committee (1981-83, Chair 1981-82); Academic Programs and Policies Committee (ex-officio member, 1981-82); BA/SIC Program Participant (1987-88); Dean's Advisory Group (1991-93); CAS Council (1993-95); MAIS Thesis Committees Chair (1997-00); Chair, Department of Economics External Chair Search Committee (2000-01) University: Joint Review Committee on PAGE (1982-83); Committee on International Programs (1981-83, Chair 1982-83); Office of International Programs Seed Grant Committee (Chair, 1982-83); GMU Faculty Lecture Series (Spring, 1982); GMU Press Editorial Board (1985-94); Provost Search Committee (1987-88); Robinson Professor Advisory Screening Committee (1986-89); Cultural Studies Ph.D. Faculty Advisory Committee (1988-89); Search Committee, ICAR Director (1993-94); BIS Faculty Advisor (1997-00); Admissions Committee, MAIS in Peace Operations (1999-01); University Faculty Senate (1999-2002; 2003-05); University Faculty Study Leave Review Committee (1999); Admissions Committee, MNPS in Peace Operations [School of Public Policy] (2002-04); Provost’s Summer Research Funding Review Committee (2004); Steering Committee, Humanities and Social Sciences Reorganization (2004); University Faculty Handbook Revision Committee (2005-08); School of Law Dean’s Renewal Committee (2008); Emerging Scholars Award Committee (2009); REFERENCES: Available on request (10/09)