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Mara Schoeny is an associate professor at the at George Mason Ä¢¹½AV and the Director of Undergraduate Programs. She teaches courses in research and evaluation methods, practice skills and the integration of inter-disciplinary approaches to conflict analysis and resolution. She was a 1998 USIA Visiting Fellow in the Curriculum Development Exchange Program, in residence at Yerevan State Ä¢¹½AV, Armenia. As part of the grant she developed and taught simulation courses for undergraduate and master’s level sociology and social work students in family, organizational, political and community conflict. She is a former youth camp director with experience in traditional camp settings as well as dialogue and co-existence camps for youth from conflict areas. Her research and practice interests include nonviolence, education and training and dialogue processes.

Honors and Awards

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• Teaching Excellence Award, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV

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Affiliations

• Northern Virgina Mediation Service

  She is Member of Board of Directors of Northern Virgina Mediation Service (NVMS).

Media Appearances

• Arlington Puts Diversity Among Its Ä¢¹½AV Priorities
  February 18, 2009
• Virginia Votes 2008
  December 2, 2008

Presentations and Performances

• Webinar: Forging Alliances for Peace: Insights from a Conflict Resolution Scholar-Practitioner
  May 6 2013 | Arlington Campus
• Dissertation Proposal Defense - Soolmaz Abooali
  Jan 23 2017 | Metropolitan Building
• The Sixth Annual Graduate Education Symposium in Peace and Conflict Resolution
  May 27 2016 | Arlington Campus, Founders Hall

Degrees

• PhD, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV
• MS, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason Ä¢¹½AV