Current Board Members

	Name: Randall Amster Institutional Affiliation: Prescott College Board Position: Executive Director Term Ends: 06/2011 Biography: Randall Amster, professor of Peace Studies at Prescott College, holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a Ph.D. in Justice Studies from Arizona State University. He publishes widely in areas including anarchism, ecology, homelessness, and social justice; writes regular op-ed columns for media outlets including the Huffington Post and Truthout; and serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Contemporary Justice Review, the Peace Studies Journal, and the Journal of Sustainability Education. His most recent books are Lost in Space: The Criminalization, Globalization, and Urban Ecology of Homelessness (LFB Scholarly, 2008), and the co-edited volumes Building Cultures of Peace: Transdisciplinary Voices of Hope and Action (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009) and Contemporary Anarchist Studies: An Introductory Anthology of Anarchy in the Academy (Routledge, 2009). Email Me
	Name: Cris Toffolo Institutional Affiliation: Justice Studies Department Board Position: Co-Chair Term Ends: 10/2012 Biography: Cris Toffolo is Professor and Chair of the Justice Studies Department at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She was the Director of the Justice and Peace Studies program at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota (2003-2008). Some of her publications include The Arab League (2007) and Emancipating Cultural Pluralism (editor, 2003). In 1997 she received a research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. While on sabbatical in South Africa (2005-06) she was a Senior Researcher at CARRAS a human rights NGO, for which she conducted research on anti-racism training programs and economic policy. Since 1991 she has served as Amnesty International (USA)’s Pakistan Country Specialist and has provided court testimony in various immigration cases. Cris has developed, evaluated, and taught in study abroad programs in Guatemala, Ghana, Bangladesh and Northern Ireland. In addition to prior service for PJSA, she has also served as board chair of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA). Her teaching areas include: conflict resolution, human right, theories of justice, social movements, and Third World Politics. She received a Ph.D. and MA from the University of Notre Dame; an MA from George Washington University; and a BS from Alma College, cum laude.
	Name: Michael Nagler Institutional Affiliation: Metta Center Board Position: Board Co-Chair Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography: Michael is Professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at UC, Berkeley, where he founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and is the founder-President of The Metta Center for Nonviolence Education. His major work, The Search for a Nonviolent Future, received a 2002 American Book Award and has been translated into Korean, Arabic, and other languages; he also wrote Our Spiritual Crisis: Recovering Human Wisdom in a Time of Violence (2005), The Upanishads (with Sri Eknath Easwaran, 1987), and other books as well as many articles on peace and spirituality.
	Name: Margaret Groarke Institutional Affiliation: Manhattan College Board Position: Board Co-Chair Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography: Margaret is an Assistant Professor of Government at Manhattan College, and director of the College's Peace Studies program. She is actively involved in community organizing with the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition.
	Name: Ellen Lindeen Institutional Affiliation: Waubonsee Community College Board Position: Secretary Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Ellen Lindeen, Assistant Professor of English, begins her 14th year of teaching at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, IL, this fall. She holds a BS in English Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MA from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. In January of 2009, she offered her college’s first Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution course after two years of work on a Certificate in Peace Studies at UW-Milwaukee and institutional and curricular preparation. She is especially interested in growing the teaching of peace in the nation’s community colleges. Email Me
	Name: Shannon Wills Board Position: Treasurer Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Shannon is the director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education in Berkeley, California. A student of cross-cultural psychology, anthropology, and comparative religions, she dedicates her energy to fostering connections between social justice work and personal development of the individual. She recently completed a year-long ethnography of culture and conflict resolution in Central America, facilitated conflict resolution courses with domestic violence victims and inner-city youth, and is currently co-creating an "experiments with nonviolence" project in the Berkeley-Oakland local community.
	Name: Michael DeValve Institutional Affiliation: Fayetteville State University Board Position: Conference Chair Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography:
	Name: Richard McCutcheon Institutional Affiliation: Menno Simons College / University of Winnipeg Board Position: Membership Chair Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: For almost thirty years Richard McCutcheon has been committed to blending an activist and academic life. As an activist Rick is committed to nonviolent social movements, and has been arrested on numerous occasions in solidarity actions. In 1991 he traveled to Iraq twice, and in 2000-2001 lived there for a year as a Non-Governmental Organization representative with his wife Tamara Fleming. In his professional academic life Rick is an Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies at Menno Simons College, a College of Canadian Mennonite University, located on the campus of and affiliated with the University of Winnipeg, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He also is Co-editor of Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies. He holds an MA in Religious Studies and a PhD in Anthropology. Email Me
	Name: Elavie Ndura-Ouedraogo Institutional Affiliation: George Mason University Board Position: Publications Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Dr. Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo is a tenured Associate Professor of Education in the George Mason University’s Initiatives in Educational Transformation program in the College of Education and Human Development. She is author/coauthor of 2 forthcoming books: Critical pedagogy as Peace Education: Creating hope for the African Great Lakes Region and 147 Tips for Teaching Peace and Reconciliation. Dr. Ndura-Ouédraogo co-edited Seeds of New Hope: Pan-African Peace Studies for the Twenty-first Century and a forthcoming book, Building Cultures of Peace: Transdisciplinary Voices of Hope and Action. Her scholarly articles have appeared in Harvard Educational Review; Journal of Peace Education; Peace & Change; Journal of Adult & Adolescent Literacy; Language, Culture & Curriculum; Multicultural Perspectives; Multicultural Education; American Secondary Education; Intercultural Education; Culture of Peace Online Journal; and other publications. She is currently serving on the board of PJSA (as publications chair) and the Peace Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Association (AERA).
	Name: Bruce Pruitt-Hamm Institutional Affiliation: Pruitt-Hamm Law & Mediation Svcs Board Position: IPRA Liaison Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography:
	Name: Barbara Wien Board Position: Fundraising Chair; Awards Committee Chair Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Barbara Wien is a peace educator, trainer, activist and inspirational public speaker. She is the author of 15 articles and two books, including PEACE AND WORLD ORDER STUDIES, a pioneering curriculum guide for university peace studies. She has catalyzed over 200 university Peace Studies programs in 58 countries, and has taught alternatives to war and violence at the University of Maryland, Georgetown, Columbia and Catholic University. She was famously forced out of the Congressionally-funded U.S. Institute of Peace for opposing the bombings of Afghanistan after 9/11. Barbara was also Executive Director of COPRED for five years (one of 2 predecessors of PJSA). Email Me
	Name: J. Douglas (Doug) Archer Institutional Affiliation: University of Notre Dame Board Position: Liaison to Research Institutions, Harmonizer Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Reference and Peace Studies Librarian, University Libraries of Notre Dame; Ordained Minister and Shalom Team Consultant, Northern Indiana District, Church of the Brethren; Chair, Intellectual Freedom Round Table and incoming Chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee (American Library Association)
	Name: Christine Hansvick, Ph.D. Institutional Affiliation: Pacific Lutheran University Board Position: Liaison to Academic Programs Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Professor of Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University; Program Director, Leadership Tacoma-Pierce County, A joint PLU- Chamber of Commerce program Email Me
	Name: Matt Meyer Institutional Affiliation: New York City Board of Education Board Position: Liaison to K-12 Educators Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography: Matt Meyer is an educator-activist, based in New York City. Founding PJSA Co-Chair along with USF Dean Jennifer Turpin, Meyer has long worked to bring together academics and activists for lasting social change. A former public draft registration resister and chair of the War Resisters League, he continues to serve as convener of the War Resisters International Africa Working Group. With Bill Sutherland, Meyer authored Guns and Gandhi in Africa: Pan-African Insights on Nonviolence, Armed Struggle and Liberation, of which Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote, "Sutherland and Meyer have looked beyond the short-term strategies and tactics which too often divide progressive people . . . They have begun to develop a language which looks at the roots of our humanness." Meyer is author of Time is Tight: Transformative Education in Eritrea, South Africa, and the U.S.A., based in part on his experiences as Multicultural Coordinator for the NYC Board of Education's Alternative High Schools and Programs. He has edited the Fellowship of Reconciliation's "Puerto Rico: The Cost of Colonialism;" War in Africa and an African Peace; and the forthcoming two-volume Seeds of New Hope: African Peace Studies for the 21st Century.
	Name: Laura Finley Institutional Affiliation: Barry University Board Position: Liaison to K-12 Education Term Ends: 10/2012 Biography: Laura Finley earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Western Michigan University in 2002. She is currently Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Barry University. Dr. Finley is the author or co-author of eight books and has two in production. She has also authored numerous book chapters and journal articles. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Finley is a community peace activist, with active involvement in local, national, and international groups. She regularly presents on topics related to peace and social justice. In addition, Dr. Finley is on the Board of Directors of No More Tears, a non-profit that provides individualized assistance to victims of domestic violence and their children, as well as co-chair of the South Florida Diversity Alliance. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International-USA, and the Board of Directors of UNIFEM East Florida Chapter.
	Name: Byron Plumley Institutional Affiliation: Regis University Board Position: Liaison to Activists Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography:
	Name: Randy Hade Institutional Affiliation: University of St. Thomas Board Position: Liaison to Students Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Randy Hade is an undergraduate student at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, majoring in Sociology and Justice & Peace Studies. He actively involved in student organizing on campus, community organizing in St. Paul, as well as leading domestic and international service/learning immersion trips. Email Me
	Name: James Janzen Board Position: Liaison to Students Term Ends: 10/2012 Biography: James Janzen is an undergraduate student at the Menno Simons College (University of Winnipeg) in Manitoba, Canada. His majors include Conflict Resolution and International Development Studies. He has recently spent time away from the classroom volunteering with a local NGO in Kampala, Uganda, has traveled other parts of East Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe, and has spent extensive time working in remote communities in northern Canada. James' academic interests include the relationship between conflict and culture, conflict zone economics, and post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation.
	Name: Joanie Connors Institutional Affiliation: Western New Mexico University Board Position: At-Large Member; Nominating Committee Chair Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography: Adjunct Faculty in Psychology, licensed Psychologist, Systems Theory scholar and therapist.
	Name: Tom Hastings Institutional Affiliation: Portland State Univ Board Position: At-Large Member, Liaison to Media Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography:
	Name: Tony Jenkins Institutional Affiliation: National Peace Academy Board Position: At Large Member, External Review Service Term Ends: 10/2012 Biography: Tony Jenkins is Education Director of the National Peace Academy and serves as the Global Coordinator of the International Institute on Peace Education; Co-Director of the Peace Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University; coordinator of the Global Campaign for Peace Education; and a regular visiting professor at the UN mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. Tony’s current work and research interests focus on examining the impacts and effectiveness of peace education methods and pedagogies in nurturing personal, social and political change and transformation. He is also interested in formal and non-formal educational design and development with special interest in alternative security systems, disarmament, and gender.
	Name: Daniel O'Leary Institutional Affiliation: Old Dominion University Board Position: At-Large Member Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Daniel conducts research about local food systems and the people who participate in them, in particular Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs. He is interested in the interplay among food, peace and community values and how participation in such local food systems allows people to put their beliefs into action. He currently teaches in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and directs the interdisciplinary Work and Professional Studies program both at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He also serves on the board of New Earth Education, which works to promote local food education and awareness in the Tidewater region of Virginia.
	Name: Hakim Williams Institutional Affiliation: Teachers College, Columbia University Board Position: At-Large Member Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Hakim Williams is currently a doctoral candidate in peace education at Teachers College. He received both a Master of Arts and a Master of Education from Columbia University. His research centers on school violence in Trinidad. He received two grants to coordinate the recently concluded Human Rights Film Festival at Columbia University. He has worked in after school programming for almost a decade. He sits on the editorial boards of 3 journals and currently is a researcher on a US DoE project which focuses on child literacy and teacher professional development. Email Me
	Name: Brian Trautman Institutional Affiliation: Berkshire Community College Board Position: At-Large Member Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Brian J. Trautman is on the faculty of the Peace and World Order Studies program at Berkshire Community College. He is an active member of Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice in Pittsfield, MA. Among his roles, Brian currently serves on the 2009 PJSA Conference Planning Committee and as an editor with the U.S. Peace Registry of the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation.
	Name: Ivan Boothe Institutional Affiliation: Rootwork.org Board Position: Social Networking Chair Term Ends: 10/2011 Biography: Ivan Boothe is the creative director of Rootwork.org, working with nonprofits and social change groups, developing websites and doing online strategy around advocacy, fundraising and member engagement. He helped found the Genocide Intervention Network and worked there for four years, first as the director of communications and later as Internet strategy coordinator. He now works in online communications strategy with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and as a community organizer with Casino-Free Philadelphia. Ivan co-organizes Philadelphia NetSquared, which brings together nonprofits and tech experts for discussions about using social technology for social change. He has a degree in peace and conflict studies from Swarthmore College and authored a thesis on third-party nonviolent intervention, which was presented at the 2005 PJSA conference. Ivan also serves on the American Friends Service Committee Nobel Peace Prize Committee. Email Me
	Name: Deborah Powers Board Position: At-Large Member, Special Projects Term Ends: 10/2012 Biography:
	Name: Stephanie Van Hook Board Position: At-Large Member, Women and Gender Liaison Term Ends: 10/2012 Biography:
	Name: Amy Shuster Institutional Affiliation: University of Minnesota Duluth Board Position: Web Manager Term Ends: 10/2010 Biography: Amy is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota Duluth where she teaches courses in the history of political thought. She received her Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University in 2009. Amy is the co-editor of The Global Directory of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Programs (7th edition).