Select Dispute Resolution, Publications & Presentations
Mediator/Facilitator/Trainer/Consultant
1981-
Facilitate negotiated rule-making with state agencies and community representatives, growth
(“no-growth”) forum with city council, architects and concerned community, govt-community
forums regarding alleged discrimination and dialogue groups re: Middle East (with Palestinians,
Jews from Ethiopia, Russian and the U.S, and Israelis), South Asia (Pakistani-East Indian) and
U.S. foreign policy, strategic planning sessions, interest based proposals
1994-present.
Act as ombuds—interest based mediator for and advise variety of non-profit, educational (pre
through higher), state and federal agencies (includes needs assessment and program evaluation
design), 1994-present.
Mediate labor-management, community, family/child welfare, victim-offender and range of
litigated disputes, 1989-present.
Articles
Facilitative Mediation as A Model for Classroom Management, Fourth R. 2007. Washington
D.C.: Association for Conflict Resolution.
Conflict Mediation, Encyclopedia of Governance. 2006. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
Citizen Diplomacy, Encyclopedia of Governance. 2006. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
Games Theory, Encyclopedia of Governance. 2006. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
Negotiation, Encyclopedia of Governance. 2006. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
Communications Theory and Restorative Justice: Approaches To Proactive Conflict Resolution,
BUSINESS RESEARCH YEARBOOK (2005).
Optimal Strategy With Complex Global Disputes: Blending the Best of Distributive and
Integrative Bargaining, BUSINESS RESEARCH YEARBOOK (2005).
The Global Popularity and Promise of Facilitative Alternative Dispute Resolution 18 TEMP.
INT’L & COMP. L. J. (2004), cited by Steven Austermiller, Mediation in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, 9 YALE HUMAN RIGHTS & DEV. L. J. 132, 144 (2006).
Initiating No Violence Education for Students and Teachers (national curriculum funded by Dept
of Justice). 1999. Boulder County.
Prostitutes: Victims of Exploitation and Abuse (a rebuttal to popular legalization theories), Vol.
II, J. OF LAW AND INEQUALITY (1984), cited in R. Downey 1992 (Supreme Court of
Canada), by Gallagher Norah (visiting scholar, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International
Law, Cambridge University) Sexual Exploitation: A Form of Slavery, Series VIII, Human
Rights, Issues and Theory, KOAGA RONEETA (1999), United Nations Economic & Social
Council Commission on Human Rights, CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY (2000),
Sylvia A. Law, Commercial Sex: Beyond Decriminalization 73 SOUTHERN CA. R. 523, 609
(2000), David Weissbrodt and Anti-Slavery International, ABOLISHING SLAVERY AND ITS
CONTEMPORARY FORMS (2002), Kimberly A. Yuracko, PERFECTIONISM AND
CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST VALUES (2003), W. Heitmeyer and J. Hagan,
INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF VIOLENCE (2003), Donna M. Hughes, BEST
PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THE DEMAND SIDE OF SEX TRAFFICKING (2004), and
Kevin Bales, UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL SLAVERY: A READER (2005).
Conference Proceedings
Exploring and Co-Creating Effective Multicultural Conflict Management Around the World,
Conference Proceedings for Impact of Global Issues On Women and Children, Bangkok,
Thailand, 2003.
Holding These Truths, Conference Proceedings for Women’s Status: Vision and Reality,
New Delhi, India , 2001.
Curriculum
Initiating No Violence Education for Students and Teachers (national curriculum funded by Dept
of Justice). 1999. Boulder County.
Advocacy Training Manual. 1992. Western Massachusetts Legal Services.
Position Paper
Sexual Harassment in Colorado Schools, Women’s Foundation/Girls Count 1994.
Contracted to facilitate several weeks of interest based discussions between unionized child
welfare social workers and management, County of Los Angeles Department of Family and
Children’s Services, 2007.
Asked to moderate WASC Town Hall: “Having the ‘Uncomfortable Conversation: A Frank
Discussion of Interactional Diversity in the CSUDH learning community, Carson, California,
2006.
Advising Ombuds (Cape Town South Africa) regarding ways of empowering and protecting
independence, 2006Co-Chaired Diversity Town Hall with Dr. Munashe Furusa, California State University,
Dominguez Hills, 2005.
Advising Dr. Eun-Joo Shin, Dean, School of Law, Handong Global University, Korea, 2004.
Advising Dr. Minu Hemmati, Seed Initiative (Supporting Entrepreneurs in Environment and
Development), Global Public Policy Institute, 2004.
Advising L.A. actress regarding portrayal of young Israeli and Palestinian women, 2004.
Chaired and facilitated annual meeting of about one hundred NGO professionals and community
members from throughout Balkans, Great Britain, Hungary and Norway, and international forum
with head of border disputes (Ethiopia), human rights ombuds (Peru), faculty (Uganda), members
of Nansen network (Bosnia, Montenegro); activist with Tibetan community (India), University of
Oslo, 2001.
Integrated mediation into intervention program for repeat violent juvenile offenders, including
gang members; successfully reduced incidents of violent behavior more than fifty percent in six
months, 1991.
Presentations, Supervision and Conferences of Note:
International
“Internationalization of Organizational Ombuds” invitation of International Ombudsman
Association, St. Louis, 2007 (moderated panel including African Development Bank, University
of California Berkeley, World Health Organization, Japanese corporation and two transnational
corporations—one practicing in Caribbean/Latin America and other in Africa and Middle East).
“Educating For Peace” invitation of Consulado General De Espana En Los Angeles, University of
Southern California, 2006.
Asked to give Conflict Resolution Workshop, “Impact of Global Issues on Women and
Children,” Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005; Bangkok, Thailand, 2003;
Weaving the Future of Peacemaking, NCPCR (A Network of Communities for Peacemaking and
Conflict Resolution), Atlanta, Georgia, 2003.
“Partnering for International Educational Exchange,” NAFSA, with Craig Hastings, Harvard
University, 2002;
Closing Plenary, “Peace, Justice, and Conflict Resolution: Creating Mechanisms for Community
Building (panel with Honorable Jeffrey Davidow, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Frank Devlyn,
entrepreneur and philanthropist from Mexico and Joyce Neu, Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for
Peace and Justice, University of San Diego) Community Building for Peace and Justice: Dos
Paises, Una Comunidad, University of San Diego, 2001;
“Exploring the Concept of Cultural Competence from the Party Perspective,” Coming Together:
The First International Conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution, Toronto Canada,
and National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, George Mason, 2001;
“The Transformative Cycle of Cultural Recognition & Empowerment, or Cultural Competence:
What does it mean in practice:” Education Cooperation in the Americas, Canadian Bureau for
International Education, Asociacion Mexicana para las Educacion Internacional, Asociacion
Panamericana De Instituciones de Credito Educativo, 1999, 2000.
Hosted visiting faculty from Thammasat University, Thailand; advised regarding
community assessment with environmental impact process involving dam
development and dispute, 2000.
“Mediation as Training and Practice in Community Empowerment and Recognition” Women’s
Status: Vision and Reality, Bridging East and West, New Delhi, India, 2000.
Media
Quoted Monash Asia Institute Bulletin (May 24, 2002).
Interviewed and quoted post 9/11, Chicago Tribune (2001).
Interviewed regarding year for empowerment of women, Star Channel, India (2000).
Domestic
“ Closing Disciplinary Divides: A Polycentric Curriculum Approach in the California State
University System” Lily West Teaching Conference, Pomona, California, 2007; 2006 Conference
of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Carson, California, 2006.
“Appreciating Mediation’s Global Role with Good Governance,” Pacific Southwest Academy of
Legal Studies in Business, Palm Springs, California, 2007.
“New and Expanding Uses of Mediation” with Dr. Peter Nwosu, Southern California Mediation
Association’s 18th Annual Conference, Malibu, California, 2006.
“Discovering Lenses to the South: Appraising Global Surge in Restorative Justice”, Association
for Conflict Resolution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006.
“Diversity and Civic Engagement in Learning Centered Communities” and “Conflict Resolution,
Negotiation and Other Skill-Building Activities in OnLine Classes,” Thirty Sixth Annual
Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning, Palm Springs,
California, 2006.
Multicultural workshop with Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American
Dispute Resolution Center and John Rodriguez, Loyola Law School, Southern California
Mediation Association 14th Annual Conference, 2002.
Scientific Committee, Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Supervise scholarship, e.g.:
 Training American business people to negotiate effectively with Thai business
people, Rasamee Limvipuwat (Applied Communications)
 Environmental conflict case study analyzing diverse communities in Utah, Sarah
Trainor, Ph.D. candidate (Energy and Resource Group).
1997-
Hosted visiting faculty from Thammasat University, Thailand; advised regarding community
participation in dispute resolution process involving dam and other development.
Professional Membership
Association of Conflict Resolution.