Druscilla French Chair in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Carter School
Co-Director of the Program on Prevention of Mass Violence, Carter School
Contact Information
Campus: Arlington
Building: Arlington: Vernon Smith Hall
Room 5102
Mail Stop: 4D3
Personal Websites
Biography
Daniel Rothbart is the Druscilla French Chair in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University. He specializes in prevention of mass violence, ethnic conflicts, power and conflict, the ethics of conflict resolution, civilians in war and the psycho-politics of conflict. He currently serves as co-director of the Program on Prevention of Mass Violence. He is also the director of the Laboratory entitled Transforming the Mind for Peace. Professor Rothbart’s academic writings include 70 articles and chapters in scholarly journals and books. Among his ten authored or edited books, his recent publications include the following books: State Domination and the Psycho-Politics of Conflict (2019); Systemic Humiliation in America: Fighting for Dignity within Systems of Degradation (2018). Professor Rothbart received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Washington University, St. Louis, and began his academic career in the department of philosophy at GMU. He also held positions as visiting research scholar at Linacre College, Oxford, University of Cambridge and Dartmouth College.
Honors and Awards
- Excellence in Teaching 2007, Office of the Provost, George Mason University
- Series co-editor: Ethnic Conflict: Studies in Nationality, Race, and Culture, University of Michigan Press
- Member, Board of Trustees, World Peace and Reconciliation
- Member, Global Advisory Board, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies University
Media Appearances
- School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Adeeb Yusif speaking about the Darfur Crisis
October 16, 2012
In the News
- Ideology and Cultural Violence in Darfur
Published on October 18, 2016
Full article
Degrees
- PhD, Philosophy, Washington University
- MA, Philosophy, State University of New York at Binghamton