Work group, Fall 2009 (from left) Tali Kapadia, Rafi Nets, Christine Chung, Dr. Peter Coleman, Regina Kim, Shruti Bhutada, Christianna Gozzi, (Katharina Kugler and Naira Musallam: International Participants, Not Present)
Work Group Members
ICCCR Director; Associate Professor
Dr. Peter T. Coleman holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Social/Organizational
Psychology from Teachers College,
and a BA in Communications
from The
University
of Iowa. He is currently
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, and an affiliate
scholar 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, identity formation, moral emotions, 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-edited The Handbook of Conflict
Resolution: Theory and Practice (2000; 2nd edition 2006), and has authored over
forty journal articles and chapters. He is also a
certified mediator and experienced consultant.
Katharina Kugler, Ph.D. student
Katharina Kugler is a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Munich, Germany. Currently she holds a Fellowship in Complexity and Conflict from the ICCCR to study at Teachers College and to work as a Research Assistant for Professor Coleman at the ICCCR. Katharina Kugler received her “Diplom” (combined B.A. and M.A.) in Psychology at the University of Munich, Germany. During her graduate studies she studied for one year at Teachers College, holding a Fulbright Scholarship. Her main research interest is in the role of emotions in conflicts. She contributed previously to a series of studies, which elaborated on how the experience of humiliation fuels intractable conflicts. Currently her research concentrates on conflicts within organizations, employing the dynamical systems theory approach.
Naira Musallam, Ph.D. student
Naira Musallam received her B.A. in Psychology and Journalism from
Tel Aviv University in 2000. She
has held various positions in Israel/Palestine including working with the Adler
Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection, where she conducted research
assessing the psychological impact of ethnopolitical conflict on various sects
of the Palestinian and Israeli populations, has worked with the Mar Elias
Educational Institutions dedicated to building peace through education, and has
worked with Amnesty International. She was awarded by the State Department the Israeli-Arab
Scholarship to earn her Master’s degree in the United States. Ms. Musallam has
completed her M.A. in Psychology and Education with a concentration in Conflict
Resolution at Teachers College,
Columbia University. Ms. Musallam
served as the Vice President of the Educational Society for Middle East and
North Africa at Columbia University and has interned with the International
Center for Transitional Justice and the Institute for Mediation and Conflict
Resolution.
Rafi is in his final year in the Political Science department at Tel Aviv University, Israel. His research interests focus on conflicts: mostly collective memory of conflicts as well as reconciliation and healing of the aftermath of collective intractable conflicts. He has been and is involved in various Israeli and international activities and research projects that deal with peace and co-existence. He has authored or edited about 20 publications and is also an Israeli certified lawyer.
Christine Chung, Ph.D. student
Christine Chung is in the Social-Organizational Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her B.A. at Dartmouth College and went on to work on a number of research initiatives in clinical psychology and organizational behavior. These experiences helped to clarify her interests in intergroup conflict and the cross-cultural elements that influence these dynamics. To study these themes further, she pursued an M.A. in Social-Organizational Psychology at Teachers College and began working towards a Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Community Mediation through the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR). She also interned at the Intercultural Communications Institute (ICI), where she trained in the use of the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory and is working towards a Certificate in Intercultural Foundations. Christine is currently assisting in research on a dynamical model of cross-cultural negotiations and a study on the effects of power on conflict dynamics.
Christianna Gozzi, M.A. studentChristianna
received a B.A in psychology from Wagner College in May 2007. She was
instantly drawn to social psychology which influenced her senior
thesis; an experimental social psychological study of hazing in Greek
organizations. After college, she was fortunate enough to have the
opportunity to travel. Her experiences in countries such as Croatia,
Estonia and Latvia further impacted her desire to understand and
research social behavior. Currently, she is pursuing a MA in
organizational psychology with an emphasis on conflict resolution at
Teachers College. She is an intern at The HALO Trust, USA which is the
world’s leading landmine clearance agency. This experience is offering
an outlet into understanding the reconstruction of social and
agricultural infrastructure in post conflict societies. Her research
interests are gender conflict, relational aggression, the relationship
between organizational change and social change, cultural
miscommunication and sustainable peace. As a professional, she aspires
to address conflict and sustainable peace both internationally and
domestically through either the United States government or a larger
non-governmental organization.
Shruti Bhutada
Shruti
Bhutada is a first year student of the MA program in Social
Organizational Psychology at TC, Columbia. She completed her Bachelors
in Commerce and Psychology at Nagpur University, India and went on to
acquire a post graduate diploma in personnel management and industrial
relations. She has assisted in preliminary research for finding the
correlation between self esteem and procrastination and more recently
in coding for integrative complexity in the Difficult Conversations Lab
research for conflict and complexity in dyadic discussions. Her
research interests are in the concepts of morality, social justice and
power and how they lead to moral conflicts, and in general studying the
significance of morality in an organizational context.
Regina Kim, Ph.D student
Regina
Kim received her bachelor's degree in Psychology and East Asian
Literature from Smith College and a master's degree in Organizational
Psychology from Yonsei University, South Korea. Her past research
experiences at intuitions like Children's Hospital Boston and
University of California, San Francisco, in addition to her working
experiences as a consultant strengthened her interests in
organizational psychology and she is currently pursuing a doctoral
degree in Social-Organizational Psychology at Teachers College,
Columbia University. Her research interests include the issues of
justice, interpersonal conflicts, stereotypes and culture.
Tali Kapadia
Tali Kapadia received her bachelor's degree in Economics from Barnard College and is planning to graduate with her master's degree in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College in May. Prior to joining the workgroup, she worked at Ann Taylor in training and development. This experience helped lead to research interests in performance measurement, creativity and organizational culture. She is currently assisting in research on adaptivity and power.
Work Group, Spring 2009 (from left) Jesse Kluver, Adam Mitchinson, Christine Chung, Chris Foster, Naira Musallam, Rafi Nets, Dr. Peter T. Coleman, Shruti Bhutada, Christinanna Gozzi
Work Group, Fall 2008 (from left) Naira Musuallam, Dr. Peter T. Coleman, Paola Birganti, Rafi Nets, Christine Chung, Katharina Kugler, Vessel Memedi, Chris Foster, Jesse Kluver