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SHSS Faculty Presents at ACR Conference in Chicago
- Judith McKay, J.D. Ph.D.
Judith McKay, J.D. Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) gave presentations at the Association for Conflict Resolution’s Annual Conference in Chicago on Sept. 1-4, 2010.
McKay’s presentation was entitled: “Family Violence: The Typology and the Implications for Mediators and other Conflict Resolution Specialists.” The session provided a review of recent research and perspectives on family violence and the impact it has on mediation. It emphasized and explored the different types and levels of family violence and related it to the practice of mediation and other conflict resolution applied processes. The session addressed multi-modal and multi-cultural perspectives and the need for enhanced mediator awareness and skill. McKay used examples from the work and the research she has done in the VOICES project.
VOICES is a violence prevention and intervention project designed for families struggling with conflict and violence. It was started through a grant from the US Department of Justice. McKay is currently training SHSS graduate students from the departments of Multidisciplinary Studies, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, and Family Therapy in the typology of family violence, the VOICES mediation model, and the VOICES family education and training model. This will prepare them to work with VOICES and assist families in the local community as part of SHSS’ community engagement.
VOICES is one of the projects of Community Resolution Services (CRS) at SHSS. CRS offers trainings and workshops, as well as mediation, facilitation, conflict coaching, and community building services, to individuals, families, groups, and organizations to resolve conflicts on the NSU campus and out in the broader community. For more information about CRS, please contact Erika Freeman Sauer at 954-262-4237 or at efreeman@nova.edu, or contact CRS Director Judith McKay at 954-262-3060 or at mckayj@nova.edu.