Department of Conflict Resolution Faculty Joins the Board of the Alliance for International Education

Cheryl Duckworth, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), joined the Board of the Alliance for International Education (AIE) as a trustee. According to their website, AIE’s purpose is “The Alliance for International Education brings together those who are committed to advancing international education and intercultural understanding to develop ideas and practices through sharing and exploring their similarities and differences.” For more information about AIE, please see http://www.intedalliance.org/ Duckworth was inducted at a meeting in Geneva.

Duckworth is the faculty facilitator for the Peace and Conflict Education Working Group at CAHSS. 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.