Halmos Faculty Member Writes Editorial on School Violence

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), wrote an editorial on school violence in the Palm Beach Post titled “Hardening Schools is Wrong Approach.”

“Gun control is essential and effective but not enough – we need an entire shift in thinking from traditional security to human security.” In her editorial, Duckworth contends that “Human security is restorative, community-owned and participatory. Most importantly, human security addresses the basic human needs that are essential to our survival and thriving.”

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.

To read her editorial, please see; https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinion/2022/06/09/school-security-requires-community-healing-not-just-gun-control/7532069001/

Posted 06/19/22