Humanists of Georgia July Meeting - Dr. Linda Johnston,

Dr. Linda Johnston will be our speaker at our July meeting. Dr. Linda M. Johnston is the Executive Director of the Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Character and an Associate Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University in the US. Her research interests include racial and ethnic conflict, ethics, bullying, sports-related violence, health-related conflict, narrative and discourse theory, and world view theory. She is a trained mediator, negotiator, ombuds, and facilitator. She works both domestically and internationally. She has received a grant from the Southern Poverty Law Center to do workshops on Teaching Tolerance. She has had a Fellowship to begin a dialogue between Egyptians and Americans. She has also done conflict resolution work in Ukraine, Republic of Georgia, Barbados, Nigeria, Egypt, and in the US. Dr. Johnston is the President of the International Peace Research Association Foundation, serves on the Small Research Grants Committee, and administers the International Senesh Fellowship Program. She is also on the Board of Hands Along the Nile, is an adjunct for the UN School of Peace in Costa Rica, reviews articles for the Journal of Peace Education, and serves on the nominating committee for the American Friends Service Committee Nobel Peace Prize.