Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

As a graduate student working to obtain her Conflict Analysis and Resolution masters through the accelerated masters program, Merisa Mattix is passionate about assisting and guiding Honors College students as they navigate their initial semester of research through the class: "I love learning about the vast variety of ideas that students come up with and helping them pursue their interests."

Passionate about travelling and exploring different perspectives, Conflict Analysis and Resolution Senior Melaina Kuhl deeply appreciates the people, experiences, and self-growth she underwent through abroad opportunities at George Mason University: "I learned different things from different places."

From his undergraduate to PhD studies, Keil Eggers emphasizes the critical role of mutual discussion and understanding of perspectives between parties to resolve conflicts and foster long-lasting peace: "Peace doesn’t exist as a final outcome, but rather as a continual process of discovering how we can live together."

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."

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.

U.S. Navy chaplain Andrew Hoyle studied hard in the classroom to complete his master of science in conflict analysis and resolution at George Mason University in one year, but he hasn’t stopping learning and gaining more experience. This summer, the active-duty officer interned at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, D.C.

The Carter School and College of Engineering and Computing are teaming up on a peace engineering minor.

George Mason University’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution will launch the Center for Peace Tech and Entrepreneurship in September 2024. The center will be established through the gift and support of Joe Schniebs, founder and CTO of Ridgeline International, a leader in digital identity management.