Carter School News

University Scholar Avery Shippen's intersecting interests in design and the public sector, reflected in the junior's double major in Conflict Analysis and Resolution & Art and Visual Technology, led her unexpected journey to the Carter School as she strives to make a positive difference in the world: "I want to find a way to include creative processes to help marginalized communities recover after conflict."

As a Conflict Analysis and Resolution major whose time in Beijing, China taught him to appreciate diversity sophomore Jonathan Fang values the opportunity to engage with perspectives that are different from his own at George Mason University: "I want to use these experiences to help make the world more peaceful and united."

Charles Chavis, Jr., a professor at George Mason’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as the Founder and Director of the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, and Race, will be honored at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) In Concert Against Hate, which celebrates everyday heroes who speak out against hate and make a difference in their communities.

Senior Seung Gyo Kim recently spearheaded the inaugural Korean ArtPop Storytelling Workshop, bringing together more than 100 students from diverse backgrounds during Peace Week.

In recognition of former President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday on Oct. 1, George Mason University’s Board of Visitors (BOV) voted to award President Carter an honorary doctor of humane letters.

Today, we celebrate a momentous occasion: the 100th birthday of President Jimmy Carter, a leader whose life has been dedicated to peace, diplomacy, and the betterment of humanity. On behalf of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, I am honored to mark this incredible milestone and reflect on the profound impact President Carter has had on the world.

Solon Simmons, professor of conflict and analysis in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, enters his first year as the George Mason University Faculty Senate president. At George Mason since 2006, Simmons has been a member of the senate for eight years.

The Carter School is proud to coordinate the development of a Global Peace Labs Network as part of its innovative peace labs initiative. This network is rapidly expanding, with the recent inauguration of the York Peace Lab in partnership with the University of York in the UK. Building on this momentum, two new Peace Labs will join the network in 2025, funded by the State Department, in Japan and Korea.

Nathaniel Socks, Pathways Internship, Department of State. George Mason University senior Nathaniel Socks has had two internships in his field, and he credits a course he took his sophomore year with his advisor Jane Walker for helping him get them.

A collaboration between the conflict analysis and resolution and geography and geoinformation science is giving scholars access to data that shows the breadth and depth of violence of the Sudanese Civil War: a key component of achieving justice in cases of human rights violations and war crimes.

George Mason University’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution hosted its largest group of high schoolers to date, 46, for its ninth annual Conflict Resolution Youth Summit in July.

Grace McIntyre is an incoming student in the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution who is in the Honors College.