CAHSS Faculty and Students Present at International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in Mexico City

Elena Bastidas, Ph.D., faculty in the Depart of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), presented at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, held at the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. Her co-presenters were April Coan and Jennifer Lawer, doctoral candidates in DCRS.

The title of their presentation was Improving Curriculum Development in Conflict Resolution Programs to Foster International Scholarship of Engagement (ISOE). The presentation included an evaluation of an ISOE model developed by Bastidas in 2012. Colleagues from the U.S., Philippines, Australia, Qatar, among other countries, found the presentation interesting and highlighted the potential of the model to foster Internalizations initiatives in higher education.

Bastidas’ research and teaching interests include quantitative methodology, conflict and international development, environmental conflict, and gender analysis in international development. She is also the director of the M.S. and Graduate Certificates in DCRS.