Faculty

Seth Cohen is a facilitator, mediator, and trainer with USACE’s Collaboration & Public Participation Center of Expertise (CPCX) and The Institute for Water Resources, where he has worked since 2010. He has over 15 years experience teaching, training, and facilitating diverse groups in Latin America, Africa, South Asia, and in the United States, working on water resource challenges, land-use development, and other multi-party issues. At USACE, Seth facilitates meetings on...

Dr. Amanda Guidero has a PhD in International Conflict Management from Kennesaw State University, an MS in Conflict Resolution from Portland State University and a BA in International Studies from Southern Oregon University. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Creighton University and primarily teaches in the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program. Prior to joining Creighton, she was a part-time instructor for the Political...

Tyler Keyworth is Assistant Director for Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice in Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution at the University of Colorado Boulder. In this role, he oversees the university’s conflict resolution and restorative justice efforts. Tyler holds an MS from University of Baltimore in Conflict Negotiations and Conflict Management and attended St. Mary’s College of Maryland for an BA in Political Science. After beginning his career as an AmerCorps...

Rachel Larsen is the Senior Coordinator for the Restorative Justice program at CU Boulder (CURJ). She holds an MA in Communication Studies and a professional certificate in Restorative Justice & Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego. She is active in the Colorado restorative justice community, serving on the boards of the Colorado Coalition for Restorative Justice Practices (CCRJP) in the Education Seat and on the board of Victim...

Dr. Derek Sweetman is the Dispute Resolution Director and Foundation Director at the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Washington, DC and Eastern Pennsylvania. He holds a PhD and MS from George Mason University's School of Conflict Analysis and Resoution. He is also an adjunct faculty member for S-CAR and George Mason's School of Integrative Studies (formerly New Century College), teaching courses in conflict transformation, community conflict resolution, peace studies, critical...

2015 - 2019 (Director tenure) Bryan C. Taylor is a professor of communication and a previous director of the Peace, Conflict and Security Studies Program at CU Boulder. His teaching and research interests are interdisciplinary, spanning the areas of security, media, technology, organizational communication and qualitative research methods. He is currently interested in theorizing and applying communicative explanations of security-related phenomena, particularly those associated with nuclear deterrence and proliferation. He...