1984-1987 Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Education, Master

1981-1984 Hebrew University, Jerusalem.  Sociology and Education Bachelor

1983-1984 Neve Shalom School, Jerusalem.  Facilitation training Certificate

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1997-present Assistant Professor in School of International Service (SIS), International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University, Washington DC.

1997-8 Associate faculty at the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University, Harisonburg, VA (Summer only).

1993-1997 Assistant Professor in Sociology, Guilford College Greensboro, North Carolina.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1997-present Director of The Conflict Resolution Skills Institutes, School of International Service, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program , American University .

1995-1997 Director of the Conflict Resolution Resource Center, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.

1995 Coordinator of the Peace and Conflict Studies, Guilford College.

1989-1992 Research Assistant, Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, VA.

1992-1993 Curriculum developer (with Macro International, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA).

1992-1993 Consultant: Middle East Cross Cultural Watershed Program.

1991-1992 Consultant: Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation Project, (Development Alternative Inc), MD.

1987-1989 Program Coordinator: Arab-Jewish Relations in Arab Schools, Van Leer Institution, Jerusalem.

1984-1988 Senior Counselor and Trainer, Institute for Arab-Jewish Education for Co-Existence.

HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1995-1997 An Annual Kenan Grant for Faculty Development, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.

1996 A Fellowship from the American Research Center in Egypt, New York, 1996-97.

1991 Dissertation Grant, The Ford Foundation: The Middle East Division of Individual Grants, New York, 1991-93.

1991 A "Peace Scholar" Award-USIP (United States Institute for Peace,Washington, D.C. September 1991-September 1992.

1990 A Graduate Fellowship, George Mason university, Fairfax, VA, 1990-1992.

1989 A Fellowship from USIFE (United States-Israel Foundation for Education, Tel-Aviv, July 1989-July 1991.

1987 Cum Laude, Hebrew University

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Conflict Resolution Between Arabs and Jews in Israel: A Study of Six Intervention Models, George Mason University, VA, May 1993.

BOOKS

Conflict Resolution and Change: The Case of Arabs and Jew in Israel, SUNY Press, Spring 1999 (Forthcoming).

Introduction to Conflict Resolution, (Ed.) Cairo, Egypt: The National Center For Middle Eastern Studies, 1999(Forthcoming, in Arabic).

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Conflict Resolution Training in The Middle East: Lessons To Be Learned. International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Special Issue on International Training of Conflict Resolution, 3:99-116, 1998.

Conflict Resolution and Islam:  Some Conceptual Questions. Peace and Change, Vol. 21, January, 1996 (22-40).

Conflict Resolution Approaches: Western and Middle Eastern Lessons and Possibilities. American Journal of  Economics and Sociology, Vol. 55, No. 1. January, 1996 (pp.35-52).

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Abu-Nimer, M. and Sharoni, S. "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Conflict Resolution Perspective" in: Debra Gerner (ed.) Israel-Palestine , Indiana Press 1999 (Forthcoming).

Dialogue and National Consensus: Israeli and Palestinian Peace Activists Pre Madrid Conference: Dilemmas of Israeli  and Palestinian Peace Activists.  Books on Israel, K. Avruch (Ed.), New York: SUNY Press, 1997.

Conflict Resolution Between Arabs and Jews in Israel: A Case of Change and Control, in Education in Divided Societies (ed.) Peter Lemish, Haifa, Israel, 1996.

Book Review

On the Margin; The Arab Population in Israel's Economy, By Aziz Haider (New York St. Martin's Press, 1995) A Book Review , Journal Of Middle East Studies, Vol. 4. No. 3, 1998.

Building Peace in the Middle East: Challenges for States and Civil Societies. By Elis Boulding. A Book Review in DOMES (Digest of Middle East Studies), Volume 3, No. 2 Spring 1994 (pp. 29-36).

GENERAL PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS:

J. Rife, M. Abu-Nimer, And R. Bailey : Americorps Cross Cultural Education Service System: An Annual Report  Program , Greensboro, NC 1996 and 1997.

Non Western Approaches to Conflict Resolution: Lessons from A Workshop in Gaza. Copred Peace Chronicle, Vol. 20, NO. 1, March 1995.

Conflict Resolution Skills: A Training Manual, Part 1 and 2. Developed for the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Under the: Community Partnership Training Program, Silver Spring,

 Maryland, 1993. (Community Partnership in Office for Substance Abuse and Prevention, OSAP).

J. Montville, J. Winkler, A. Marshal, D. Garner, M. Wihelm, M. Abu-Nimer, and H. Merwe. Assessment of Opportunities and Consideration for Palestinian-Israeli Cooperation DAI (Development Alternative Incorporation), Bethesda, Maryland, 1992.

 Abu-Nimer and Robinson Victor. Who Are these Crazy people who Support Saddam?, Capitol Area Peace Studies Chronicle Vo. 2, No. 8. Jan. 1991.

Abu-Nimer, M. and Nasser, I., A Handbook For Social Education Activities (Translated from Hebrew to Arabic (By: Abraham Himo, 1985), 1988.

Mohammed Abu-Nimer and Ilham Nasser. Masuliaty (My Responsibility), The Institute for Education for Co-Existence Between Arabs and Jews in Israel, Jerusalem, 1986.(Arabic)

CONFERENCE PAPERS (1992-1998)

"Diversity and Conflict Resolution Training" A paper presented at the annual conference of COPRED and Peace Studies Association, North Newton, Kansas, April , 1998. (Co presented with Vicrtor Robinson)

"Israeli-Palestinian Education For Peace: New Challenges in New Century." A paper presented at annual conference Middle East Studies Association (MESA), San Francisco, November, 1997.

"Conflict Resolution Training Workshops in the Middle East: Lessons to be Learned." A Paper presented at the Washington Negotiation Group, SAIS , John Hopkins University, 1997.

"Islam and Non Violence: A Practitioner Perspective. A paper presented at the conference on Islam and Non Violence Washington, DC 1997. Sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Resolution Program and Non Violence International Center at American University.

"Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel: The Coexistence Field." A paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, New York June 1995. (Invited and Published in the NJCRAC report).

"North American Model of Conflict Resolution: Critique and Adaptation," Chair the panel in NCPCR (National conference for Peace Making and Conflict Resolution), St. Paul Minnesota, June 1995.

"Can Western Conflict Resolution Approach be Applied in A Middle Eastern

Context?" A paper presented at the ASA (American Sociology Association), annual meeting, Los Angeles, August 1994.

"Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel in the Aftermath of an Israeli-Palestinian Settlement. A paper presented at the IAS (Israeli Association Studies) Annual meeting, Gratz College, Philadelphia, June 1994.

"Conflict Resolution and Intergroup Relations." A paper presented at the Second Conflict Resolution

Conference in the Middle East, Antalya, Turkey, November, 1993. (Sponsored by the Search for Common Ground). (Invited and a summary of the paper appeared in SCG newsletter).

"Conflict Resolution and Islam:  Some Conceptual Questions." A paper presented at the Fundamentalism Project Conference (sponsored by the American Academy of Art and Science in Washington D.C. February 1993) (Invited and used to publish a working paper on the subject).

"Eastern and Western Models of Negotiation." A paper Presented at the Washington Interest in Negotiation (WIN), SAIS (School of Advance International Studies , at The John Hopkins University, 1993 (Invited).

"Conflict Resolution Models between Arabs and Jews in Israel a Case of Control or Change?"  A paper presented at MESA (Middle East Studies Association), Portland, October, 1992.

"Dispute Resolution in A Middle Eastern Community." Annual Meeting of Middle East Study Association (MESA) Portland, Oregon, Oct. 1992.

"Intervention Models of Conflict Resolution in Arab Jewish Relations." A paper presented at IAS (Israeli Association Studies). University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 1992..

"Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution: Exploring Preliminary Steps."(With Rebecca Edelson) A presentation at the Society Of Professionals In Dispute Resolution (SPIDER), Washington D.C. November 1991.

"The Non Violent Aspects of the Uprising. A paper presented at the society for the Study of Social Problems Conference (SSSP), Washington, D.C., August 1990.

"The Intifada as a Step Toward Conflict Resolution. (with S. Sharoni), Conference of the Consortium for Peace Research, Education, and Development (COPRED), Denver, Colorado, September 1989.

"Impacts of the Palestinian Uprising on Women. Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution," George Mason, 1989.

Academic Committees: (at AU only)

1998-1999 AU, Graduate Students Senate Committee.

1998-99 SIS, Ph.D. Student Committee

1995-1997 Intercultural Studies Committee, Guilford College

1994-1997 Peace and Conflict Studies Committee Guilford College

1995 Chair of the Peace and Conflict Studies Committee, Guilford College.

1994 The Judicial Board Committee, Guilford College

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP (1995-1998):

ASA:  A Member of the American Sociological Association.

AIS: A Board Member of the Association For Israeli Studies.

Peace and Change: A member of the Editorial board of the Peace and Change Journal.

COPRED: Co-Chair of the Section on University Peace Study Programs in Consortium For Peace, Research and Education 1996-1997.

- Co-chair and founder of Network on Diversity and Multiculralism, 1998-1999

MESA: A Member of the Middle East Studies Association.

NCPCR: Member of the National Conference on Peace and Conflict Resolution.

METF A board member of the Middle East Task Force

A board member of the Education Committee of Guilford County Schools

Selected Academic Reviews: Books and Articles

- Yale press- DOMES (Journal on Middle East Affairs)

- Columbia press- Journal of Peace and Change

- Journal of Middle East Studies- SUNY Press

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (1997-1998)

1998 Gaza, Palestine, Training For Trainers in Peace Building. Trained Students' political parties representatives and NGOs representatives. Sponsored by Palestinian Center for Conflict Resolution and Search for Common Ground, Washington DC.

1998 Amman , Jordan, Development and Peacebuilding Training for CARE International. Trained CARE staff and directors from various Middle East countries in peacebuilding strategies and tools which can be applied in both development and relief areas.(sponsored by IMTD: Institute for Multi Track Diplomacy).

1998 Americorp, North Carolina , ACCESS Project. A training Workshop on Intercultural Conflict Resolution.

1998 Burk, VA, United Methodist Church, a training in Conflict Resolution skills. Sponsored by: General Board of Church and Society.

1998-1997 Egypt, Conflict Resolution Training for Trainer, I. and II. Sponsored by NCME (National Center For Middle East Research, Cairo) and the Search For Common Ground.

1997 Guatemala, Conflict resolution training for senior managers of CARE (International relief and development organization).

1997 West Africa, Sierra Leone, Conducted a conflict resolution training for CARE (International Relief and development agency). Sponsored by IMTD (Institute for MultiTrack Diplomacy).

1997 Gaza, Conducted an advanced Community Conflict Resolution Training workshops for Gaza Conflict Resolution Team, Sponsored by Search For Common Ground.

1996 Gaza Mental Health Program, Conducted two training programs. Conflict Resolution workshop for community activists, police force, labor unions, and academicians, and an in service training in facilitation team building, mediation for Gaza Team For Conflict Resolution.

1995 Americorps, North Carolina, Training Coordinator Led a series of works shops in community building with 30 grassroots leaders from various immigrants communities (Cambodian, Korean, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Latino, Buddhist, and others).

1995 New Garden Friends School, Co led (Terry Austin, AFS) two workshops on: "Education for Multiculturalism for Parents and Staff."

1995 Boston: Led a workshop for multi cultural trainers on training Arab-Jewish encounter groups, sponsored by the Seed Of Peace.

1994 and 1995 Palestine, Gaza: Led (with an American and South African trainers) a five-days conflict resolution workshops for Palestinian high rank police and military officers, community organizers, and professionals (psychologists and social workers).

1994 Egypt, Cairo: Led two workshops for high level Egyptian officials in Conflict Resolution. The workshops dealt with the application of western Conflict Resolution in a Middle Eastern community.

1993 New York, Rochester University: led a conflict resolution workshop on: Racial Relations on Campus," sponsored by the Students' Union..

1993 Ireland, Dublin: Participated in facilitating a group of 23 Diplomats; (Ambassadors from 14 countries on the Palestinian Israeli conflict, sponsored by the Center For International Understanding).

1993 Switzerland, Geneva: Trained 24 international graduate students in conflict resolution and cross- cultural programs (Sponsored by the MRA Moral Re-Armament).

1992 Boston, Harvard School of International Relations: Led a Problem Solving Workshop for Palestinian and Israeli journalists, academicians, and professionals (with Professor Herbert Kelman).

1991 Virginia, Arly House: Assisted in conveying a Problem Solving Workshop for Parliament members and political representatives of both Catholic and Protestant leaders from Northern Ireland.

LECTURES AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS (partial list)

1998 Harisonburg, Eastern Mennonite University, Key note Speaker in the Frontier Luncheon. "Peacebuilding in the Middle East: Some Lessons Learned."

1998 American University, Washington, DC, Close Up program "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict."

1997 Belmont, Baltimore, USIP, A lecture on: "Conflict Resolution Methods and Culture, in Media, Culture and Conflict Resolution: A Training Workshop."

1997 Gainesville, FL, "Arab-Jewish Conflict: Building Bridges for Peace." Co-sponsored by Beit Hellel, Arab Students' Association, and Visa: International Student Association. 

1997 Washington DC, American University, Educating for Global Citizenship: "Conflict Resolution and Dialogue: A Middle East Case Study."

1997 Washington DC, Methodist Church Educational Program, A lecture on: "Middle East Conflict: A Conflict Resolution Perspective."

1997 Greensboro, NC, A presentation on: "Jerusalem and the Peace Process." Guilford College.

1997 Durham, NC, Durham Dispute Resolution Center, a lecture on: "Power and Culture in Mediation. "

1997 Greensboro, The Friends Meeting House, guest lecture on: "The Current Challenges in Israeli Palestinian Peace Process."

1997 New York, Lectured on: Education for Peace Among Arabs And Jews . Sponsored by Abraham Fund.

1996 A series of interview with Voice of America: on Suicidal bombs (March), and on: "Palestinian Islamic movement (January)."

1996 Fort Lauderdale: Jews and Arabs in Israel the Quest for Coexistence. A seminar sponsored by: Abraham Fund and CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.

1995 American Friends Committee Services Meeting Greensboro: Lectured on "Palestinian-Israeli Settlement: What's Next? "

1995 University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Lectured on "Intervention Models For the Improvement of Racial and Ethnic Relations." Sponsored by the Committee on Race and Gender.

1995 Greensboro: Led a workshop for The New Garden Friends School, "Education for Multiculturalism" (with Terry Austin).

1995 Boston, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Counsel "Coexistence and Arab Jewish Relations in Israel."

1994 A Keynote speaker in the opening ceremony of the exhibit "Art for Peace." Palestinian and Israeli Children's Art work for peace.(Sponsored by Giva'at Haviva).

1994 A lecture on "Support and Opposition to the Peace Process in the Middle East," at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1993 Dutchess College and Rochester University: lectured on: "The Prospects of Israeli Palestinian Peace Process and Peace Process."

1992 Capitol Hill: A keynote speaker in the opening ceremony of the exhibit "Art for Peace". Palestinian and Israeli children's art work for peace (Sponsored by Giva'at Haviva).

1991 A week of organized lecture series on "Current Peace Process in the Middle East." Sponsored by Oregon Interreligious Committee.

1991 A series of presentations in Northern Virginian and Washington D.C. area on: The Gulf War and The Intifada).

1990 Lectures tour in Cleveland Ohio, on Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel, and on Israeli Palestinian Intifada.

1990A week lectures tour Sponsored by Iowa Peace Institute on: Gulf War and Palestinian-Israeli conflict. (With Dr. Simona Sharoni)

1989 Lectures tour sponsored by Iowa Peace Institute on: Analysis of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (With Dr. Simona Sharoni).

1987-1989 Educational Lecturer, Van Leer Institution and the Institute for Education for Co-Existence Between Arabs and Jews, Jerusalem. Lectured in 75 Jewish high schools in Israel on "Personal Testimony of a Palestinian Arab in the Jewish State."

Media (Radio, TV, and Newspaper):

1997 Interview with SunSet, (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), on Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

1997 Guest on the Political Dialogue Panel, ANA, National Arabic Radio, USA.

1997NPR, (Local Public Radio), Gainsville, FL broadcaseted a public presentation.