Susan Allen Nan is a scholar-practitioner of conflict resolution. Her main focus is on reflective practice and research that emerges from practice contexts. She has substantial expertise in intermediary roles and coordination amongst intermediaries, evaluation of conflict resolution initiatives, and theories of change and indicators of change in conflict resolution practice. She has engaged long-term in conflict resolution in the Caucasus, as well as contributing to a variety of conflict resolution initiatives in Eastern Europe, Eurasia, the Caribbean, South America, and Africa.
Susan Allen Nan joined the S-CAR core faculty in 2005 after two years teaching International Peace and Conflict Resolution as Assistant Professor at the School of International Service at American University. This was a return to S-CAR. Susan Allen Nan’s Ph.D. (2000) and M.S. (1995) degrees are from S-CAR. Between graduate school and joining the faculty at ICAR, she co-founded and directed the Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT) and served as Senior Program Associate for the Conflict Resolution Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, GA.
Susan Allen Nan’s current research centers on catalytic workshops. Her work has been supported by the US Institute of Peace (Peace Scholar award, Grant program), the One Foundation, USAID, the US State Department, and the William and Flora I. Hewlett Foundation, Compton Foundation, Catalyst Fund (with ACT), USAID, US State Dept (with ACT).
Susan Allen Nan serves on the Editorial Board of the African Peace and Conflict Journal, http://www.apcj.upeace.org/ and Caucasus Edition, http://caucasusedition.net/. She is on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT). www.conflicttransformation.org. She previously served on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org, including as Chair of the Board in 2005.
Susan Allen Nan is a scholar-practitioner of conflict resolution. Her main focus is on reflective practice and research that emerges from practice contexts. She has substantial expertise in intermediary roles and coordination amongst intermediaries, evaluation of conflict resolution initiatives, and theories of change and indicators of change in conflict resolution practice. She has engaged long-term in conflict resolution in the Caucasus, as well as contributing to a variety of conflict resolution initiatives in Eastern Europe, Eurasia, the Caribbean, South America, and Africa.
Susan Allen Nan joined the S-CAR core faculty in 2005 after two years teaching International Peace and Conflict Resolution as Assistant Professor at the School of International Service at American University. This was a return to S-CAR. Susan Allen Nan’s Ph.D. (2000) and M.S. (1995) degrees are from S-CAR. Between graduate school and joining the faculty at ICAR, she co-founded and directed the Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT) and served as Senior Program Associate for the Conflict Resolution Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, GA.
Susan Allen Nan’s current research centers on catalytic workshops. Her work has been supported by the US Institute of Peace (Peace Scholar award, Grant program), the One Foundation, USAID, the US State Department, and the William and Flora I. Hewlett Foundation, Compton Foundation, Catalyst Fund (with ACT), USAID, US State Dept (with ACT).
Susan Allen Nan serves on the Editorial Board of the African Peace and Conflict Journal, http://www.apcj.upeace.org/ and Caucasus Edition,
