Department Chair
Research interests
- Human Rights
- Social Movements
- Genocide
Department Director of Graduate Studies
Jeff Bachman Associate Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- U.S. foreign policy
- Political media and communication
- Political violence
- Genocide
Core Faculty
Mohammed Abu-Nimer Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Middle East
- Islam
- Nonviolence and peace
- Interfaith dialogue
Hrach Gregorian Practitioner-in-Residence SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Extractive industries and conflict
- Countering violent extremism
- Localizing peace
- Art and post war healing
Doga Eralp Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Dialogue facilitation
- Human rights
- Collective memory
- Democratization
Kwaku Nuamah Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Conflict analysis
- Mediation and negotiation training
- Early warning and conflict prevention, African political risk consulting
- Good governance advocacy
Susan Shepler Associate Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Youth and conflict
- Migration crises
- Post-conflict reconstruction
- Education and development
Carolyn Gallaher Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Organized violence by non-state actors
- Urban politicsÌý
Anthony Wanis-St. John Associate Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- International negotiation
- Implementation problems in peace processes
- Civil society and peace
- Complex adaptive systems
Samuel Johnson Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Political economy of conflict
- Post-conflict peacebuilding and reconstructionÌý
Tazreena Sajjad Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Transitional justice
- Refugees and forcible displacementÌý
- Gender and conflict and peacebuilding
Brandon Sims Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Research interests
- Violent, non-violent, and self-violent conflict
- Contentious organizations in South Asia