Maurice Ouma AMOLLO (Kenya) holds an M.A. in archaeological anthropology from the University of Nairobi (2001). He has taught at Tangaza College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, the Utretch School of Arts in Holland, and the University of Southern Denmark. Recently, he managed Amani Peoples Theatre in Nairobi, and is the author of two books exploring the roles of theater and the arts in peacebuilding.  Amollo has also written plays, research papers, and journal articles on popular education, culture, and participatory communication.
Email: <mamollo@ND.EDU>
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Edilwasif BADDIRI (Philippines) is a graduate of Ateneo Law School, Makati, Philippines (2000), and in 2006 earned a masters degree in public administration from Harvard University, which he attended as a Fulbright scholar. Edil served as a legislator in the province of Sulu, and, as a lawyer, worked on human rights cases and served indigent clients.  Convener of the Young Moro Professionals Network, he has been active in Muslim organizations. He has written extensively on issues affecting the Bangsamoro People, the Philippine government, and the Philippine peace process.
Email: <ebaddiri@ND.EDU>
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Malika BAHOVADINOVA (Tajikistan) earned a diploma in international relations from Tajik Slavic Russian University in 2003. She is a founder and director of the Republican Center for Human Rights and Civic Society in Dushanbe. The center focuses on human rights education in secondary schools and universities, and monitors observance of students’ rights in secondary schools in remote areas of Tajikistan. Malika has taught international relations and geopolitics at the Russian Tajik Slavic University.  She also served as an institutional building advisor for the American Bar Association’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative.
Email: <mbahovad@ND.EDU>
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Jennifer BETZ (United States) graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2002 with a B.A. in government and German. Jennifer has been a volunteer in Chile, where she coordinated rural education programs and helped create a post-dictatorship support and social advocacy group. In 2004–05, she worked with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns in partnership with the Global Network of Religions for Children, researching justice issues in Latin America as well as peace and ethical education. Jennifer worked most recently at the Cuernavaca Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Development in the Mexican state of Morelos.
Email: <jbetz2@ND.EDU>
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Christine BRAUN (Canada) earned a B.A. in conflict resolution studies and psychology from the University of Winnipeg and Menno Simons College (2004). In early 2005, Christine was an intern at the European Centre for Conflict Prevention in the Netherlands, where she helped prepare for a global conference on peacebuilding and the prevention of armed conflict at the United Nations. She then worked with the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation, organizing conferences and theater tours to engage young people in issues such as child labor and poverty reduction. She has worked with at-risk youth and as a volunteer mediator.
Email: <cbraun@ND.EDU>
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Keziah CONRAD (United States) earned a B.A. in linguistics from the University of Arizona (2000), having spent a semester in Ireland with the School for International Training.  She later worked in Tucson with Catholic Social Services as a case manager for children moving from foster care into adoptive homes.  Starting in 2002, she worked for the Mennonite Central Committee in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as program manager of an initiative that highlights the potential of religion to build peace. Keziah's work revolved around the choir Pontanima, which is comprised of people from diverse religious backgrounds who sing the music of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
Email: <hconrad@ND.EDU>
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Jehan ELYAS (Iraq) holds a B.S.C. in applied science (physics) from University of Technology, Baghdad (1994). Beginning in 1998, Jehan worked for five years for the United Nations World Food Program, specializing in logistics, warehousing, and tracking.  In 2003 she worked for the Research Triangle Institute, a U.S.-funded agency, and in 2005 became a local program coordinator for ColumbiaUniversity’s Center for International Conflict Resolution. Most recently, she designed and conducted workshops in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
Email: <jelyas@ND.EDU>

Sofia JAVED (United States) earned a B.S. from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (2001). While at Northwestern, Sofia reported on issues surrounding the Arab-Israeli conflict as a correspondent in Jerusalem, and investigated race and poverty issues in Chicago. Later, as an AmeriCorps volunteer, she taught conflict management to children in Indiana. From 2002 to 2005, she taught English in rural Uzbekistan as a Peace Corps volunteer. In 2005, Sofia was part of a team that coordinated out-of-country voting for Iraqis in Chicago. Most recently, she was a linguist for U.S. military operations around the world.
Email: <sjaved@ND.EDU>
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Telesphore KAGABA (Rwanda) holds a B.A. in linguistics from Rwanda National University, Butare (1983).  After graduation, he first worked as a high school principal and then as a radio journalist.  From 1995 to 1999, Kagaba was director at Rwanda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and participated in conflict resolution negotiations for Congo and Burundi, among others. He later worked as a senior information assistant at the United States Embassy in Rwanda. Since 2002, he has served as senior assistant at the embassy’s political section, helping to promote human rights and post-conflict democratic institutions in Africa’s Great Lakes region.  In 2005 he was selected for the Stanford University Summer Fellows Program on Democracy and Development.
Email: <tkagaba@ND.EDU>
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Kathryn MANSFIELD (United States) earned an A.B. degree in history from Harvard College (1996). For eight years, she worked for Goldman Sachs as a product manager in the firm’s Investment Management Division. She spent 2004–05 traveling around the globe. Her experiences included interning with the United Nations Development Program in India and, back in the United States, working as nature specialist at a summer camp for children with life-threatening illnesses. She worked most recently for Peace Games, a Boston-based peace education organization.
Email: <kmansfie@ND.EDU>
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Aisulu MASYLKANOVA (Kyrgystan) holds a B.A. in political science and economics from Berea College, Berea, Kentucky (2006). She was president of Berea’s Buddhist Student Association and spent a semester as an exchange student in Japan. In 2005, she studied human rights issues during the Humanity in Action Core Summer Program in Berlin.  She also attended the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems organized by the Fund for American Studies, Georgetown University, in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2004, she interned in the U.S. at the Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc., analyzing the housing needs of Central Appalachia and assisting the marketing director.
Email: <amasylka@ND.EDU>
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Nuredin NETABAY (Eritrea) holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Asmara (2003), where he completed an internship as a public relations officer.  After graduation, he worked for two years as a graduate assistant in political science at the University of Asmara. Nuredin earned a postgraduate diploma in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center (2006), where he received the African Fellowship Award. Nuredin has participated in a variety of development-related projects, including consulting about, researching, and analyzing data regarding health care, infrastructure, energy use, local languages, and family composition.
Email: <nnetabay@ND.EDU>
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Timothy PAULUS (Liberia) holds a degree in business administration from the University of Liberia (1996), an advanced certificate in international relations and foreign policy from the University of Oslo (2004), and a graduate certificate in peace and conflict transformation from the European Peace University in Stadtschlaining, Austria (2005).  Paulus lived in Liberia during 14 years of civil war and worked with internally displaced persons, ex-combatants, war-affected youth, and child soldiers. His employers included the Norwegian Refugee Council, Children’s Aid Direct, and ADRA/UNHCR. He established the Center for Peace Education and Conflict Transformation to work with rural youth.  Most recently, he was appointed Liberia’s assistant minister for youth services, charged with developing peacebuilding programs.
Email: <tpaulus1@ND.EDU>

Ailar SAPAROVA (Turkmenistan) earned a B.A. in international and comparative politics from American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2006).  From 1998 to 2002, Ailar was an assistant sales manager for the general distributor of DaimlerChrysler products in Turkmenistan. Ailar participated in a student exchange program in Latvia sponsored by the Open Society Institute, and received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD  to join the summer school on Management and Economics in Bremen, Germany in 2005. She also participated in the winter session of the NATO International School in Azerbaijan in 2006.
Email: <asaparov@ND.EDU>

Hisham SOLIMAN (Egypt) holds a B.A. in political science from Cairo University (2005), where he later served as a teaching assistant. His honors included a 2004 scholarship from the Fund for American Studies and Georgetown University to attend the ninth International Institute for Political and Economic Studies in Greece; and, in 2003, a 15-day internship on the functioning of the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Hisham’s later positions included media watch officer in a project sponsored by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
Email: <hsoliman@ND.EDU>

Tamar TANDASHVILI (Georgia) earned graduate diplomas in English language and literature from Tbilisi State University (1996), and medical psychology from the Tbilisi Institute of Medical, General and Applied Psychology (2004).  Tamar worked for the U.S. Peace Corps as a cross-culture coordinator (2003).  While with Peace Corps, Tamar filmed a documentary, “Peoples of Georgia.” As a community liaison officer for BTC and SCP pipelines in 2005, she worked with 18 villages, serving as a mob negotiator during protests and as a mediator during construction disputes. Later, she was a program officer with the United Nations Association of Georgia, and designed human resource training modules at the Centre for Training and Consultancy.
Email: <ttandash@ND.EDU>

Eteri TSINTSADZE (Republic of Georgia) earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in psychology from Tbilisi State University, and completed two years of graduate study in counseling psychology. Etuna has worked as a trainer of non-formal education for the Federation of Children of Georgia, and for the “Sunny House” youth center. For three years, she was a conflict-management trainer for the United Nations’ Alternative Violence Project. She also taught psychology at the Humanitarian Multi-profile College and at a secondary school in Tbilisi.  In 2004–05, Etuna was an international relations specialist at the Department of Youth Affairs, Georgia. Most recently, she worked for the Foundation for Development of Human Resources.
Email: <etsintsa@ND.EDU>
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Anna WALTHER (United States) earned a B.A. in international relations and German from the University of Southern California (2004).  While at USC, Anna was program coordinator at the Center for Active Learning in International Studies. She helped to expand the Teaching International Relations Program, which sends university students to volunteer in local schools and sponsors an annual High School Leadership Conference.  Conference topics have ranged from child soldiers to the World Trade Organization.  In 2005–2006, Anna received a scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation to continue her studies at the Free University in Berlin.
Email: <awalther@ND.EDU>

Wei WANG (China) holds a B.A. in television and radio anchoring and presenting from  Communication University of China, Beijing (2006).  As a student, LanLan interned as a reporter at a local television outlet in Harbin and at China Central TV, the major national broadcaster.  In January 2004, she became a freelance photographer and filmmaker with the EU-China Training Programme on Village Governance.  With LanLan as the director and camerawoman, The Village of the Rich Beach, a documentary on a village election, won third prize among films produced by the teams supported by the EU project.
Email: <wwang3@ND.EDU>

Kentaro YAMANE (Japan) earned a B.A. in English and international studies at Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba (2003).  In 2005, Ken joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, where he was assigned to the United Nations Policy Division, Foreign Policy Bureau.  While there, he lobbied officials from Pakistan, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, and other countries in support of the division’s efforts to promote reform of the United Nations. He was also in charge of granting observer status in the General Assembly and arranging meetings between Japanese and U.N. officials.
Email: <kyamane@ND.EDU>

 

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