ICCCR Director
Associate Professor of Psychology and Education
Teachers College,
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
Tel.: (212) 678-3112; Fax: (212) 678-4048; Email: coleman@tc.edu
Dr. Peter T. Coleman holds a Ph.D. in Social/Organizational Psychology from Teachers College. He is Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, and teaches courses in Conflict Resolution, Social Psychology, and Social Science Research. Dr. Coleman is Director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Teachers College, Columbia University, a member of the Academic Committee of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, Chair of Columbia University’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity Research (ACCCCR), and an affiliate of the International Center for Complexity and Conflict (ICCC) at The Warsaw School for Social Psychology in Warsaw, Poland. He has conducted research on ingroup/outgroup formation, the mediation of inter-ethnic conflict, intractable conflict, complexity theory and conflict, identity formation, moral emotions, ripeness and conflict, and on the conditions and processes which foster the constructive use of social power. In 2003, he became the first recipient of the Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association, Division 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence. Dr. Coleman co-edits The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice (2000; 2nd edition 2006), and has authored over 50 journal articles and chapters. He is also a certified mediator and an experienced consultant.
Selected Publications:
Coleman, P. T., Goldman, J., and Kugler, K. (forthcoming). Emotional intractability:Click here for a link to Dr. Coleman's full CV
ICCCR Associate Director
Program in Social-Organizational Psychology
Department of Organization and Leadership
Teachers College,
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
Tel.: (212) 678-3112; Fax: (212) 678-4048; Email: ccohen@tc.edu
Dr. Claudia E. Cohen holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from UC San Diego, and was on the faculty at Rutgers University. Her early research into the cognitive basis of stereotyping and the impact of “schemas” on social perception and interaction evolved into a lifelong interest in effective communication, conflict resolution and organizational change. She has worked in Fortune 50 companies as an internal organization and leadership consultant, and as an ombudsman addressing employee conflicts. She has also done extensive training for small and mid-sized companies while serving as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Cohen is an experienced mediator, having worked with the EEOC and with the courts on both municipal and civil cases. She has done research on “mediator style” with Dr. Ken Kressel at Rutgers and has presented at dispute resolution conferences. She is also interested in the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in conflictual situations and has taught civil mediators about EI. She has consulted to NGOs, educational institutions and to the UN. A particular area of expertise is helping applied peace building organizations strengthen their leadership and organizational capabilities. She will teach several ICCCR courses including the Basic and Advanced Practicums.
Selected Publications
Cohen, C.E. , Kahn, D., McGallicher, T., and Bigbie, C. (2008) Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding within the Department of State and USAID: Is There a Role for a U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence? (Draft)
Cohen, C.E. (2007) An Interesting ACR-GNY/NYSDRA Conference. New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators Newsletter. (ACRGNY is the Greater NY Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution and NYSDRA is the NY State Dispute Resolution Association.)
Cohen, C. E. (2004) When My Organization was the Client: Lessons Learned from Project-Managing a Future Search from the Inside.Future Searching, 28, 1- 12.
Cohen, C.E. and Tyson, D.L. (2001) Teaching Blind Men to See the Elephant. Knowledge Directions: Journal of the Institute for Knowledge Management 3 (2).
Cohen, C. E. (1981) Person categories and social perception: Testing some boundaries of the processing effects of prior knowledge. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40. 441-451.
Cohen, C.E. (1981) Goals and schemata in person perception: Making sense from the stream of behavior. In Cantor, N. and Kihlstrom, J. (Eds.) Personality, Cognition and Social Interaction. Hillsdale, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Cohen, C. E. & Ebbesen, E.B. (1979) Observational goals and schema activation: A theoretical framework for behavior perception. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,15, 305– 329.
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