Halmos Faculty Presents at Conference in Nashville

Cheryl Duckworth, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), presented at the 2022 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association (ISA) held in Nashville, TN, on March 29-April 2.

The conference theme was “A Wider Discipline for a Smaller World.” ISA has more than 6,500 members representing 100 countries. Duckworth’s presented on the contributions of famed educational theorist Dr. Maria Montessori.  In her presentation called, “Why IR scholars need Dr. Maria Montessori”, Duckworth made the case that Montessori’s contributions go far beyond early childhood education.  Rather, she is best understood as a global peace and security thinker.

Duckworth is the faculty facilitator for the Peace and Conflict Education Working Group in DCRS. The group seeks to equip and empower schools worldwide to be examples and builders of peace, and to promote activities and curriculum that can help extend peace into the local communities. She teaches qualitative research methods, foundations of conflict resolution, History, Memory and Conflict Resolution, and peace education.

Posted 05/11/22