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SHSS Faculty and Students Travel and Study in Morocco
Cheryl Duckworth, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), and eight SHSS students traveled to Morocco during the summer as part of the global studies/practicum program. The students were from the M.S./Ph.D. programs in Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR), the M.A. program in Cross-Disciplinary Studies (MACS), and the M.S. in National Security Affairs (NSA) in the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS).
This particular course focused on an area of Duckworth’s expertise, international peace education and peace building. Sanaa Alaoui, DCAR doctoral student and graduate research assistant for the course, researched and scheduled meetings with IGOs and NGOs in Morocco such as National General Council of Human Rights, Amnesty International, Democratic Association of Women’s Rights, Center for Democracy, Moroccan Association of Human Rights, Youth without Borders as well as the Global Rights Organization. The group had the opportunity to visit and interact with the leaders of the aforementioned organizations. They also took time to tour the Old Medina of Fes, ride horses in a Berber village and wander ancient Phoenician ruins in Old Rabat.
Duckworth is the faculty facilitator for the Peace and Conflict Education Working Group at SHSS. The group seeks to equip and empower schools worldwide to be examples and builders of peace, and to promote activities and curriculum that can help extend peace into the local communities.