SHSS Faculty present at Dispute Resolution Center Conference in Orlando

Several faculty members in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) presented at the Dispute Resolution Center’s Annual Conference in Orlando from August 20-22.

The presenters included:

Alexia Georgakopoulos, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR), gave two presentations. The first entitled: “ Understanding Cultural Frameworks: Techniques for Mediators.” The second was co-presented with Rebecca Storrow and was entitled “The Peacemakers of Institutionalized Mediation: Theories to Reveal the Influences of Power in Family Mediation.” This presentation centered on Storrow’s dissertation research study. Storrow is a DCAR doctoral student and the ADR Director of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit.

Judith McKay,Ph.D., chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, gave two presentations. The first was entitled: “Family Violence: A Typology and the Implications for Mediation.” This assisted participants in obtaining continuing mediation training in domestic violence. The second presentation was entitled: “Angels and Demons: How Mediations Rise and Fall through Narrative.” This presentation was co-presented with Richard Toumey, M.F.A., writer and SHSS adjunct faculty member. McKay is conducting research in the area of narrative as a means of individual, family, and community transformation.