The Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention focuses on cross-disciplinary work in violence prevention research, education, and outreach.
Projects and Activities:
SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES AND BOOK-WRITING WORKSHOPS on topics including From Bullies to Terrorists and global perspectives on reconciliation after civil conflicts.
CULTIVATING PEACE: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION. Student symposium featuring world renowned keynote speakers, conflict resolution workshops, and students research papers.
THE SMALL GRANT PROGRAM for faculty-led projects on topics such as aggression in children, school bullying, and sexual violence.
RESEARCHING PROJECTS on virtual extremism in the U.S., online hate groups, approaches for addressing issues of mass incarceration, the ethical use of autonomous vehicles, community responses to acts of mass violence, the causes of school bully, and more.
THE PEACE STUDIES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM that supports our Peace Studies students’ education and outreach efforts.
THE DISSERTATION GRANT PROGRAM to support graduate-student research projects on issues of social justice, violence and peace.
SPEAKER SERIES on Human Rights, Reconciliation, and Community Resiliency and The Causes and Consequences of Violence
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT through forums on gun violence, police—community relations, cybercrime, and more.
