Core Faculty and Staff
Sa'ed Atshan ’06
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Peace & Conflict Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Sociology & Anthropology
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Lee Smithey
Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Mike Wilson Becerril
Visiting Assistant Professor
Peace & Conflict Studies
Latin American & Latino Studies
Environmental Studies
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Sahr Conway-Lanz
Curator, Peace Collection
Libraries-Peace Collection
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Israa Al-Helli
Administrative Assistant II
Peace & Conflict Studies
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L Fahn-Lai
Communications and Creative Consultant
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Faculty Steering Committe
Nanci Buiza
Associate Professor
Spanish
Latin American & Latino Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Interests: Latin American literature, Central American and Mexican cultural studies, U.S. Latino/a studies, and diasporic and transnational community formations.
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Denise Crossan
Director, Strategic Initiatives
President's Office
Center for Innovation & Leadership (CIL)
Peace & Conflict Studies
Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility
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Alexandra Gueydan-Turek
Associate Professor
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Comparative Literature
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Interests: Postcolonial Theory; Francophone Literature of the Maghreb and the Mashreq; Comics and Graphic Novels in the Arab World; Local Publishing Markets in North Africa; (Neo)colonial representations; Representations of Islam in France.
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Nina Johnson
Associate Professor of Sociology
Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology
Black Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Jen Magee
Director, Program Development, Implementation, & Assessment
Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Dr. Magee provides leadership, implementation, and assessment of key programs of the Center that fund the work of social responsibility, including the Engaged Scholarship Research Grant program for faculty and for students: Lang Opportunity Scholarship Program, Lang Social Impact Fellowship, Pilot Project Grant Program, Project Pericles Fund of Swarthmore College, and Davis Projects for Peace. Office hours by appointment.
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Barbara Milewski
Daniel Underhill Professor of Music
Department Chair, Music
Music
Peace & Conflict Studies
First Generation & Low-Income Student Initiatives
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Emily Paddon Rhoads
Associate Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Political Science
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Ellen Ross
Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of Quakerism & Peace Studies
Religion
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Andrew Ward
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
Psychology
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Interests: Social psychology: self-control of emotions, thoughts, and behaviors; bargaining and negotiation; social perception.
Office Hours: By email appointment
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