Ethipian professor of conflict studies
Hizkias Assefa is a professor of conflict studies at Eastern Mennonite University’s Conflict Transformation Program. Operating out of his base in Nairobi, Kenya, he works as a mediator and facilitator of reconciliation processes in a number of civil wars in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. He has worked as an attorney and consultant on conflict resolution and peacebuilding to the United Nations, European Union and international and national NGOs in situations of humanitarian crises. Mr. Assefa is currently an associate faculty member at the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. He holds a master of law from Northwestern University and a master in economics and Ph.D. in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh.
Education
LLB, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
LLM, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
M.A., M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Publications
The Move Crisis in Philadelphia
Extremist Groups and Conflict Resolution: The Move Crisis in Philadelphia
Positions
Professor of Conflict Studies - Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia (1995 - )
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