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| Dr. Linda M. Johnston, Director MSCM Program & Center for Conflict Management, Associate Professor |
| Dr. Linda M. Johnston is Director of the Master of Science in Conflict Management and Associate Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, and a Master’s (Major: Institutional Administration, Minor: Adult and Continuing Education) and Bachelor’s (Major: Dietetics) degree from Michigan State University. Dr. Johnston serves on the Board of the International Peace Research Association, and the Executive Committee of the International Peace Research Association Foundation (IPRAF). She administers the Senesh Fellowship program for the IPRAF. Her current research interests include racial and ethnic conflict, conflicts in health care, narrative and discourse analysis, and world view conflicts. Her most recent work has included a year-long Fellowship with Hands Along the Nile to develop dialogues between Egyptians and Americans, administering a State Department funded grant to develop a Peace Institute at Tavrichesky National University in Ukraine, worked with the ADR Association of Barbados, and conducting workshops in the Republic of Georgia. Dr. Johnston co-authored a report on the viewpoint of employers on the current status of jobs in the field of International Conflict Resolution; a project funded by the Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution and administered by the Alliance for Conflict Transformation. She authored a chapter on Narrative Analysis in Doing Research: Methods of Inquiry for Conflict Analysis (Sage Publications, 2005).
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| Dr. Timothy Hedeen, Associate Professor |
| Timothy Hedeen is Associate Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University. He provides mediation services through court and private programs, delivers trainings in the areas of conflict resolution and communication, and conducts research and evaluation on dispute resolution. He serves on the editorial board of Conflict Resolution Quarterly, as chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution’s Community-based and Peer Mediation Committee, and former chair of the board of directors of the National Association for Community Mediation. He is a senior consultant to the Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education. His present research projects include analysis of conflict resolution curricula at the undergraduate level and of family law education in law schools.
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| Dr. Susan Raines, Associate Professor |
| Dr. Raines’ research interests include international environmental politics generally, and more specifically alternative dispute resolution in multi-party governmental conflicts. She was recently named as the editor of Conflict Resolution Quarterly and publishes regularly on the topic of environmental and commercial dispute resolution. Professor Raines frequently presents her work at both national and international conferences and in a variety of academic and practitioner journals. In addition to her academic pursuits, she mediates domestic, civil and public policy disputes and has designed and evaluated Alternative Dispute Resolution programs for numerous state and federal agencies.
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| Benjamin Smallwood, MSCM Program Manager |
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| Jacqueline Oduselu, Office Manager |
| Jacqueline Oduselu holds a Bachelors of Science in Human Services from Kennesaw State University. Now employed for Kennesaw State University, she is the Office Manager for the Center for Conflict Management and the Masters of Science in Conflict Management. Not only does she bring her years of administrative experience, but also her experience as a registered neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution for over 6 years. Jacqueline has received professional training in the areas of general/civil, domestic relations, specialized domestic violence, and juvenile mediation. Her professional experience not only includes using her training and skills in the court system of Clayton County Magistrate and Superior Court ADR program, but also years of involvement with children at every age level in the public school system as a substitute teacher.
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MSCM Open House Dates:
December 8, 2009
January 14, 2010
February 8, 2010
March 9, 2010
April 8, 2010
May 11, 2010
Contact bsmallwo@kennesaw.edu for more information!
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