International Peace And Conflict Resolution

Dec 3, 2021 • Erin Kardon

MA in International Peace & Conflict Resolution Online Information Session

Join us for an Online Information Session Meet with Dr. Warren Haffar virtually and hear how our program provides a theoretical foundation and practical applications of peace, conflict resolution and social justice. Program highlights: Four-semester full-time program; part-time...

Nick Villareal, Rachel Kuria, and Bonnie Laufer in active simulation; photo by Lauren Pupillo '19.

Oct 15, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

IPCR Students Roleplay as Aid Workers during Simulated Humanitarian Crisis

Over the weekend of Oct. 8-10, students in Arcadia University’s International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program spent nearly 48 hours in Boyer Hall, subsisting on only beans and rice, sleeping on cots, and without cell phones or any electronics, in a simulation of a humanitarian crisis...

Female Arcadia University student sits in dorm room reading book

Aug 4, 2021 • Caitlin Burns

IPCR Stays Connected Through Book Club

By Katherine Haines '21, '22 Even as the pandemic required isolation and a move to virtual classes and communities, departments at Arcadia worked to stay connected with their students, faculty, and staff. The International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program found one such connection...

Jul 23, 2021 • Caitlin Burns

Professor Otieno Appointed Associate Dean of College of Arts and Sciences

Alex Otieno, a faculty member in the Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Department, was appointed associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 12. In this role, Otieno will contribute to several important initiatives in the College of Arts and Sciences including...

Selfie of Arcadia University graduate Comfort Asamoah in her home

Jul 8, 2021 • Caitlin Burns

Asamoah ’21M Establishes Organization to Support Girls in Ghana

During a trip home to Kumasi, Ghana in 2018, International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) alumna Comfort Asamoah ’21M was appalled by the treatment of young girls who work in the markets. Asamoah observed and heard stories of girls as young as 8 years old being transported from...

Anthony Devantier • May 13, 2021 •12:58 pm

The Road Behind, the Path Ahead

When I first arrived at Arcadia almost four years ago, I was full of expectations. I was 18 and didn't know where my college journey would take me. Now, as a senior, observing those four years in the rear view mirror, I can’t help but laugh to myself: I was full of expectations, but I had no idea...

Anthony Devantier • Apr 29, 2021 •1:07 pm

Charting a New Course Post-Covid

As the weather warms and the sun graces Glenside more and more frequently, I am reminded of my home in Los Angeles, California. I am also beginning to feel a sensation I have not felt in a long time: I am looking forward to every day. Moreover, I am looking forward to the future. It seems that the...

Nov 11, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

McCreery Encourages Students to Understand “Strategic Nonviolence” in First-Year Seminar

By Nikolai Kachuyevski '21 For Allyson McCreery, who has been teaching "Strategic Nonviolence & Civil Disobedience" since 2013, it is important that her students come away with the tools necessary to be able to assess civil resistance movements: how they’re organized and what components...

Statement from The International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) Program at Arcadia University

June 12, 2020

Friday, June 12, 2020 - 09:15

The International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) Program at Arcadia University
Statement on the Recent Murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery and the Ongoing Racial Tension in the US

The faculty and staff of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program at Arcadia University affirm that Black lives matter and that we envision a future free of... Read More

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Feb 6, 2020 • Caitlin Burns

Nedbal ’17M Member of Inaugural Peace Corps Cohort to Montenegro

International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) alumnus Michael Nedbal ’17M is one of 12 volunteers who departed to the Balkan nation of Montenegro on the inaugural Peace Corps cohort on Jan. 17. As an IPCR student, Nedbal fell in love with Thailand while studying abroad at Mahidol University...

Dec 2, 2019 • Caitlin Burns

IPCR Celebrates 20 Years of Changing the World

Alumni from around the globe descended on Grey Towers Castle on Oct. 12 to celebrate 20 years of a unique Arcadia program that’s centered on changing the world: the International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) Master of Arts program. For two decades, the IPCR program has provided Arcadia...

Feb 8, 2019 • Caitlin Burns

Arcadia Faculty “Takeover” Academic Podcast Feb. 11 to 15

Arcadia faculty are taking over the podcast The Academic Minute from Feb. 11 to 15. Each day of the week, a different faculty member will discuss their current research projects. Featured faculty include Dr. Bruce Campbell, associate professor of Education, Dr. Kalenda Eaton, associate professor...