Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development

at the University of Massachusetts Boston

Center Fellows

Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development Fellows

Center Fellows

Saeed Aden
Afis Alo
Mukesh Baral
John Brown
Jeffrey Cox
Whitney Henderson
Evan Litwin
John Lewis Moore
Git Nahmens
Denise Sharif

 

Afis Alao, Fellow
Education: MA candidate, Conflict Resolution, UMass Boston

Research Interest: Relational characteristics of stakeholder engagement processes in conflict resolution
Denise Sharif, Fellow
Education: JD, Suffolk University Law School
MSPA, International Relations, UMass Boston

Research Interests: South Asia, global governance and development, the education of girls and women in developing countries, Islamic law, and comparative legal systems
Evan Litwin, Fellow
Education: MSPA, International Relations, UMass Boston

Research Interests: US-Haitian trade relations and the effects that neoliberal economic policies have had on the Haitian market and natural environment
Git Nahmens, Fellow
  Education: MSW, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work

Research Interests: Refugee/immigrant law, European Union immigration policies, maternal health and reproductive rights, and human trafficking
Jeffrey Cox, Fellow
Education: Graduate Certificate candidate, Conflict Resolution, UMass Boston

Research Interests: Organizational conflict, especially involving religious groups and nonprofits
John Brown, Fellow
Education: MSPA candidate, International Relations, UMass Boston

Research Interests: International political economy, political risk, predictive analysis, human security, and human capital management
John Lewis Moore, Fellow
Education: MA, Conflict Resolution, UMass Boston

Research Interests: Dynamics of governance, peace, and development in post-conflict societies; traditional justice and peace mechanisms; relationship between international donors, aid agencies, local civil society, governments, and people
Mukesh Baral, Fellow
Education: MA, Conflict Resolution, UMass Boston

Research Interests: Civil society’s role to democracy, sustainable peace, ethnic and religious conflicts; and the challenges of transitional democracies in South Asia
Saeed Aden, Fellow
Education: MA, Conflict Resolution, UMass Boston

Research Interests: Current conflict in Somalia, economic and social developments in the Horn of Africa
Whitney Henderson, Fellow
Education: MSW, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work

Research Interests: Refugee/immigrant law, European Union immigration policies, maternal health and reproductive rights, and human trafficking