Master of Science inNegotiation and Conflict Resolution

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.