- Interview with Landon Hancock about local Zones of Peace
- Stream or download interviews with CACM Director Patrick Coy
- Curriculum Collaboration with Cuyahoga Community College
- Interview with Dr. Patrick Coy on Patriotism in the U.S.
- Peace and Conflict Studies Take Off Globally
- Study Finds Peace Organizations Historically Support Troops
- CACM Celebrates Anniversary & Milestone
- Our Graduates Speak for Themselves About the Center's Degree Program
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News Archives
2012
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CACM Professor Landon Hancock granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor
CACM professor Landon Hancock was granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science effective in the fall of 2012.
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Dr. Hancock appointed to lead Peace Studies Section of the ISA
Landon Hancock was elected in 2012 to a two-year term as Chairperson of the Peace Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA). The ISA is the premier academic organization connecting scholars of international relations around the world. The Peace Studies Section that Professor Hancock is overseeing is the third largest section of the ISA, with over 600 members.
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Curriculum Collaboration with Cuyahoga Community College
In recent years several Center for Applied Conflict Management faculty members have assisted in the creation and implementation of a certificate program in Peace and Conflict Studies at Cuyahoga Community College.
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Stream or download interviews with CACM Director Patrick Coy
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Landon Hancock Co-edits New Book, Local Peacebuilding and National Peace
The new book co-edited by Dr. Landon Hancock, Local Peacebuilding and National Peace, picks up where his 1997 volume, Zones of Peace, left off.
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CACM Director Promoted to Rank of Full Professor
Dr. Patrick G. Coy, Director at the Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM), has recently been promoted to the rank of Full Professor at Kent State University, effective fall 2011.
2010
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CACM Director Wins Fulbright Scholar Award
Dr. Patrick G. Coy, Director and Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM) of Kent State University, has won a Fulbright Scholar Award to Botswana for academic year 2010-11. Dr. Coy will be posted at the University of Botswana in Gabarone.
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Interview with Dr. Patrick Coy on Patriotism in the U.S.
CACM Director Patrick Coy was a guest on the Progressive Radio Show with Matthew Rothschild, the editor of The Progressive magazine, on January 22, 2010. Professor Coy discussed his research on the U.S. peace movement and his new co-authored book, Contesting Patriotism: Culture, Power and Strategy in the Peace Movement.
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Kent State’s Patrick Coy Receives Fulbright Scholar Award
Dr. Patrick G. Coy, director and associate professor at the Center for Applied Conflict Management of Kent State University and resident of Peninsula, Ohio, has won a Fulbright Scholar Award to Botswana for the 2010-2011 academic year. Coy will be posted at the University of Botswana in Gabarone.
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2009
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CACM Alum Andrea DeFilippo Wins Service Award
Andrea DeFilippo, an August 2009 graduate with a major in psychology and minor in applied conflict management, was one of two undergraduate students this year to win a Most Impactful Service Award.
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Patrick Coy Co-authors New Book, Contesting Patriotism
Patrick Coy's co-authored book, Contestiing Patriotism: Culture, Power and Strategy in the Peace Movement, analyzes activism during war when space for political debate shrinks. Narrow ideas of patriotism and security marginalize opposition to militarism abroad and repression at home. This book shows how these ideas were resisted across five U.S. wars.
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Patrick Coy's Article Wins "Best Published Article" Award
CACM Director Patrick G. Coy's co-authored article won the "Best Published Article" award from the American Sociological Association.
2008
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CACM Alum Anne Ambrose Helps Good Guys
For Anne Ambrose, running the city of Palmdale's public safety office is less about fighting the bad guys and more about helping the good guys.
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CACM Celebrates Anniversary & Milestone
The Center for Applied Conflict Management’s undergraduate degree program was approved by the Ohio Board of Regents in February 1973. Now in its 35th anniversary year, the center has attained a milestone by enrolling 1,000 students in its classes in an academic year for the first time.
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Center for Applied Conflict Management Honors May 4
Following the events of May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen injured and killed Kent State students protesting the United States war in Vietnam, Kent State took action. Established in 1971, the Center for Applied Conflict Management has honored that day and responded by bringing conflict mediation and resolution to the university and the broader community.
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Peace and Conflict Studies Take Off Globally
More than 400 universities and colleges worldwide now offer undergraduate or graduate degrees in peace studies, as well as individual courses and certificates. Most peace studies degrees are conferred at undergraduate level. The Peace and Justice Studies Association, a group for scholars in the field, says student enrollments in university-level courses have surged in recent years.
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Study Finds Peace Organizations Historically Support Troops
While many malign those advocating peace and alternatives to violence during war, peace movement organizations are, in fact, some of the troops’ most staunch supporters, according to Dr. Patrick G. Coy, director of Kent State University’s Center of Applied Conflict Management and a co-author of a recent study exploring what it means to “support the troops.”
2007
2006
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The Cost of Dispute Resolution
People who are passionate about community mediation usually are most excited about its varied and many intangible benefits, such as its capacity to heal relationships, empower communities and individuals, teach people how to engage in conflicts in a constructive manner, and generally improve quality of life.
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The Peace Patriots
The documentary film "The Peace Patriots" will be shown at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15 in the Kiva. Film director Robble Leppzer will introduce the documentary and lead a discussion about the film after the showing.
2005
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Coy Receives Hewlett Foundation Grant
Patrick Coy receives a $15,000 Hewlett Foundation grant for research on conflict resolution degree programs.
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How to Exit the Quagmire in Iraq
CACM director Patrick Coy's op-ed article entitled "How to Exit the Quagmire in Iraq" was recently published in a variety of newspapers, including the Akron Beacon Journal.
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What Works! Conflict Resolution Education Conference
Second Annual Conference on Conflict Resolution Education. Innovations in Conflict Resolution Education: Early Childhood to Higher Education.
2004
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American Liberalism's Achilles Heel
CACM professor Patrick Coy published an op-ed in the Akron Beacon Journal and elsewhere entitled "American Liberalism's Achilles Heel," arguing that leading Democrats have failed to step up on behalf of the party to challenge Republican President George Bush.
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Coy Receives NSF Grant for Research on U.S. Peace Movement 1990-2005
CACM director Patrick Coy and two colleagues (Gregory Maney, Hofstra University and Lynne Woehrle, Mount Mary College) received a National Science Foundation grant in August, 2004 of $110,000 for a two-year long research project.
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Myth Making and Spitting Images from Vietnam
With nearly 550 US soldiers killed - so far -- in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, our country is revisiting many of the images and issues of the Vietnam War.
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National Conference on Conflict Resolution in Education
The Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management, the Interfaith Center for Peace, the Association for Conflict Resolution, and the Ohio Resource Network will sponsor the first-annual national conference, What Works! Innovations in Conflict Resolution Education: Early Childhood to Higher Education in Columbus, Ohio, May 5-8, 2004.
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The War Crimes of Nakedgate
CACM professor Patrick Coy recently published an op-ed in a number of papers arguing that the sexual torture at Abu Ghraib prison formally constitutes a war crime, with the chain of command sharing responsibility.
2003
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Dr. Shall Sinha as Mahatma Gandhi
Dr. Shall Sinha will perform his one-man show impersonating Gandhi. Dr. Sinha looks and speaks in the persona of Gandhi, delivering an inspiring presentation and leading discussions based entirely on Gandhi’s writings and actual deeds.
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The Truth About Intelligence on Iraq: "Bring it On"
Time magazine reports that in March, 2002, President Bush met with a group of Senators at the White House. He seemed little interested in debating what to do in Iraq. Instead, he said simply, "F-- Saddam, we're taking him out."
2002
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Consensus Decision Making, Northern Ireland and Indigenous Movements
CACM professor's new edited book, Consensus Decision Making, Northern Ireland and Indigenous Movements, is now available.
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President Bush's Dangerous Ultimatum to the United Nations
On Sept. 12, President Bush issued a public ultimatum not only to Iraq, but to the United Nations itself when he challenged it to force Iraqi disarmament or risk unilateral U.S. military action against Iraq.
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Student-Led Discussion Forums
As part of their course requirements, students in CACM's Nonviolence: Theory and Practice class are tackling such tough topics as religion, politics, homosexuality, police brutality and discrimination. You are invited to join a series of student-led discussion forums during the week of November 18-25.
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University Adds Conflict Management Course to LERs
Students looking for classes to fill their liberal education requirements next fall will have a new course to choose from in the social sciences area.
2000
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CACM Faculty Member's Published Research on Community Mediation
Professor Patrick Coy recently co-authored (with Timothy Hedeen) two articles on community mediation, both of which were originally published in Mediation Quarterly.
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CACM Professor Wins "Distinguished Teaching Award"
The Center for Applied Conflict Management is pleased to announce that Dr. Patrick Coy, a professor at the Center, was awarded the Kent State University College of Arts and Sciences Student Advisory Council "Distinguished Teaching Award" for academic year 1999-2000.
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CACM Professor's New Co-edited Book Now Available
Despite the ubiquity of conflict, significant gaps remain in our knowledge of what influences its escalation and resolution. How collective identity formation impacts social conflicts is one large gap that is now narrowed thanks to this well-integrated collection of original research.
