For the Media
Kroc Institute faculty are experts in a variety of disciplines and can speak engagingly on diverse topics related to conflict, violence and strategic peacebuilding efforts.
You can search through our list of faculty to find the most appropriate expert for your story or contact Tracy DeStazio in the Office of Media Relations for assistance.
Africa
Catherine Bolten
Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies
Emmanuel Katongole
Professor of Theology and Peace Studies; Director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
Laurie Nathan
Professor of the Practice of Mediation; Mediation Program Director
A. Rashied Omar
Teaching Professor of Islamic Studies and Peacebuilding
Anti-racism
Ashley Bohrer
Assistant Professor of Gender and Peace Studies
Jason A. Springs
Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies
Antiwar Movements
David Cortright
Professor Emeritus of the Practice
Ann Mische
Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies; Acting Director of the Kellogg Institute
Colombia
David Cortright
Professor Emeritus of the Practice
Josefina Echavarría Álvarez
Professor of the Practice; Director of the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM)
Madhav Joshi
Research Professor; Associate Director of the Peace Accords Matrix
John Paul Lederach
Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding
Jason Quinn
Research Associate Professor, Peace Accords Matrix
Conflict Transformation
Gary Goertz
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies
Norbert Koppensteiner
Director of the International Peace Studies Major (Master of Global Affairs); Associate Teaching Professor of Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
John Paul Lederach
Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding
Atalia Omer
Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
Gerard F. Powers
Director, Catholic Peacebuilding Studies; Coordinator, Catholic Peacebuilding Network
Jason A. Springs
Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies
Peter Wallensteen
Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies
Environmental Justice
Catherine Bolten
Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies
Maira Hayat
Assistant Professor of Environment and Peace Studies
Robert C. Johansen
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies
Richard "Drew" Marcantonio
Assistant Professor of Environment, Peace, and Global Affairs
Gender and Peacebuilding
Ashley Bohrer
Assistant Professor of Gender and Peace Studies
Perin Gürel
Associate Professor of American Studies
Atalia Omer
Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
Susan M. St. Ville
Associate Teaching Professor Emerita
Ernesto Verdeja
Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Genocide
Robert C. Johansen
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies
Emmanuel Katongole
Professor of Theology and Peace Studies; Director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
Ernesto Verdeja
Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Global Migration
Erin B. Corcoran
Associate Teaching Professor; Executive Director
Human Rights
Robert C. Johansen
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies
George A. Lopez
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies
Ernesto Verdeja
Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics; Director of Undergraduate Studies
International Development
Caroline Hughes
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies; Director of Doctoral Studies
Islamophobia
Atalia Omer
Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
Jason A. Springs
Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies
Israel and Palestine
Asher Kaufman
John M. Regan, Jr. Director; Professor of History and Peace Studies
Atalia Omer
Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
Latin America
Ann Mische
Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies; Acting Director of the Kellogg Institute
Mass Atrocities
Ernesto Verdeja
Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Mediation
Madhav Joshi
Research Professor; Associate Director of the Peace Accords Matrix
Laurie Nathan
Professor of the Practice of Mediation; Mediation Program Director
Lisa Schirch
Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies
Middle East
Perin Gürel
Associate Professor of American Studies
Asher Kaufman
John M. Regan, Jr. Director; Professor of History and Peace Studies
Atalia Omer
Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
North Korea
George A. Lopez
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies
Nuclear Disarmament
David Cortright
Professor Emeritus of the Practice
George A. Lopez
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies
Gerard F. Powers
Director, Catholic Peacebuilding Studies; Coordinator, Catholic Peacebuilding Network
Peace Accords
David Cortright
Professor Emeritus of the Practice
Josefina Echavarría Álvarez
Professor of the Practice; Director of the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM)
Madhav Joshi
Research Professor; Associate Director of the Peace Accords Matrix
John Paul Lederach
Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding
Jason Quinn
Research Associate Professor, Peace Accords Matrix
Policy
Erin B. Corcoran
Associate Teaching Professor; Executive Director
David Cortright
Professor Emeritus of the Practice
Robert C. Johansen
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies
George A. Lopez
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies
Religion
Emmanuel Katongole
Professor of Theology and Peace Studies; Director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
A. Rashied Omar
Teaching Professor of Islamic Studies and Peacebuilding
Atalia Omer
Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
Gerard F. Powers
Director, Catholic Peacebuilding Studies; Coordinator, Catholic Peacebuilding Network
Jason A. Springs
Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies
Susan M. St. Ville
Associate Teaching Professor Emerita
Restorative Justice
Jason A. Springs
Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies
Sanctions
David Cortright
Professor Emeritus of the Practice
George A. Lopez
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies
Peter Wallensteen
Richard G. Starmann, Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies
Social Movements
Ashley Bohrer
Assistant Professor of Gender and Peace Studies
Ann Mische
Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies; Acting Director of the Kellogg Institute
Atalia Omer
Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
Ernesto Verdeja
Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Southeast Asia
Caroline Hughes
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies; Director of Doctoral Studies
Structural Violence
Ashley Bohrer
Assistant Professor of Gender and Peace Studies
Catherine Bolten
Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies
Caroline Hughes
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies; Director of Doctoral Studies
Laura Miller-Graff
Professor of Psychology; Director of the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families, Professor
Jason A. Springs
Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies
Trauma
Laura Miller-Graff
Professor of Psychology; Director of the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families, Professor
Susan M. St. Ville
Associate Teaching Professor Emerita