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The Human Security, Violence, and Trauma Conference, generously funded by the IGCC Academic Conference grant, will bring together researchers from various disciplines—including political science, psychology, neuroscience, and public health—and practitioners working in the field for a two-day seminar on the implications of conflict and forced migration.
It will provide an opportunity to create connections and spark conversations across fields in previously underexplored ways, offering theoretical, methodological, and practical insights into vital questions of conflict recurrence and peace stability, with the goal of advancing scholarship and informing policy on how living through war impacts human behavior.
Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Links to all events will be distributed via emails collected through registration.
SCHEDULE, all times listed in EST
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
11:00am - 11:15am: Welcome and Agenda Setting
11:15am - 12:15pm: The Legacy of Trauma in the Mind and the Body (Panel)
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Keynote Presentation by Dr. Daphna Canetti
1:45pm - 2:45pm: Grounding the Human Experience of Trauma (Panel)
2:45 pm - 3:15pm: Coffee Break & Networking
3:15pm - 4:15pm: Research Design & Methodological Challenges (Working Group)
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Experiencing Violence & Post-Conflict Outcomes (Panel)
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Open Chat
Thursday, May 27, 2021
10:00am - 11:00am: Trauma and its Impact on Human Behaviors (Panel 4)
11:15am - 12:15pm: Mental Health Realities and Treatments in the Field (Panel)
12:15pm - 1:00pm: Coffee Break & Networking
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Brains, Bodies, Violence, & Groups (Panel)
2:15pm - 3:15pm: Keynote Presentation by Dr. Wendy D’Andrea
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Practical Implications for Peace Building (Working Group)
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Closing & Networking
SPEAKERS
Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York, the City University of New York (CUNY) and at the Graduate Center, CUNY
Mohammad Al-Rajabi, Facilitator – The Field Guide for Barefoot Psychology, Questscope
Adam Brown, Associate Professor of Psychology (Clinical) and Vice Provost for Research, The New School
Daphna Canetti, Professor of Political Psychology and Head of the School of Political Science, University of Haifa
Wendy D’Andrea, Associate Professor of Psychology (Clinical), The New School
Rana Dajani, Professor of Biology and Biotechnology, Hashemite University in Jordan, Founder and Director of We Love Reading
Justine M. Davis, LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
Heidi Ellis, Director, Trauma and Community Resilience Center at Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Mohamed Elshazly, Consultant Psychiatrist
Melanie Greenberg, Managing Director of Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation, Humanity United
Biz Herman, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of California – Berkeley
Rebecca Littman, Assistant Professor of Social & Personality Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago
Brian P. Marx, Deputy Director, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD
Aila Matanock, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California – Berkeley
Rose McDermott, David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations, Brown University
Yuval Neria, Professor of Medical Psychology and Director of PTSD Research and Treatment Program, Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute
Mike Niconchuk, Program Director, Beyond Conflict
Betsy Levy Paluck, Professor of Psychology & Public Affairs, Princeton University
Phuong N. Pham, Assistant Professor and Director of Evaluation and Implementation Science, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Tim Phillips, Founder & CEO, Beyond Conflict
Andrew Rasmussen, Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of MS Program in Applied Psychological Methods at Fordham University
Richard Tedeschi, Distinguished Chair, Boulder Crest Institute for Posttraumatic Growth
Patrick Vinck, Director of Research, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Rebecca Wolfe, Lecturer, Harris School of Public Policy/ University of Chicago
Lauren Young, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California – Davis
DISCUSSANTS
Nana Amoh, Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, The Graduate Center (CUNY)/John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Laura Curren, Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Boston University
Trisha Dehrone, Ph.D. Student in Social Psychology, Psychology of Peace and Violence Program University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Aidan Milliff, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science and Security Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Beatrice Montano, Ph.D. Student in Political Science, Columbia University
Alix Simonson, Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium
Peter Onah Thompson, Public Policy Ph.D. Candidate, University of North Carolina – Charlotte